Monday morning Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 14, 2009 9:44 AM CDT
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BP says the Rangers' odds of making the playoffs dropped from about 21% to about 14% from this time yesterday.
I am reminded of the episode of the Simpson's, where Homer is having a barbecue, and the pinnacle is the roast suckling pig on a grill. Lisa, who has recently converted the vegetarianism, is appalled by the meat-eating, and ends up rolling the grill away. The grill crashes through a hedge.
Homer: It's just a little dirty. It's still good, it's still good! [Grill passes through traffic, jumps a bridge and the pig lands in the water.] It's just a little slimy, it's still good, it's still good! [It gets caught in a dam spillway, and when the pressure builds, it shoots into the sky.]
Homer: It's just a little airborne, it's still good, it's still good!
Bart: [Crestfallen.] It's gone.
Homer: I know.
I don't feel that we as Rangers fans holding out hope for the playoffs are at the "It's just a little airborne" stage -- more like, "It's just a little slimy." But Texas is rapidly approaching the point where they are going to need to go at least 5-2 against Anaheim to stay in the race.
A split yesterday, with Tommy Hunter doing his thing in game 1, and Derek Holland continuing to struggle in game 2. Holland continues to go through growing pains in the rotation, although given the way King Felix shut down the bats in game 2, it didn't make a lot of difference how well Holland pitched.
Jeff (the writer) Miller has some post-game thoughts, as well.
Kevin Millwood, meanwhile, may have his next start skipped -- he threw on the side yesterday with Mike Maddux in an effort to work on some mechanical issues. Skipping Millwood would mean Hunter would go on Friday in the first game of the Anaheim series, with Scott Feldman and Brandon McCarthy presumably pitching the weekend games.
Anthony Andro writes about the things the Rangers did to kill time during the rain delays, and Marlon Byrd said Saturday night's game was the worst conditions he's played in in the majors.
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One of my favorite episodes. We really need Millwood and Holland to get going again to have any chance. Tommy Hunter and Scott Feldman have to be two of the biggest surprises among starters in all of baseball. Not one of us thought Hunter would be doing this right now.
It’s great to see Davis making better contact, lots of loud outs among his efforts lately. Hard to get excited about playoff chances with some of the pitchers having bad stretches, Young still out and Hamilton’s back being the way it is. A season simultaneously filled with amazing hope, pleasant surprises and shocking disappointments.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Sep 14, 2009 9:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ggreatest Simpsons episode ever
and by far the most quotable.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Sep 14, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I submit to the panel:
You Only Move Twice.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 14, 2009 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So much greatness...
…Albert Brooks kills in that one.
I have no objection to man walking on the moon.
by Chad Crudup on Sep 14, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is certainly my favorite
How many simpson’s episodes have a Beatle?
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Sep 14, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least 3...
…George and Ringo have also made appearances.
I have no objection to man walking on the moon.
by Chad Crudup on Sep 14, 2009 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
George tried to give Homer a brownie in The B-Sharps
Marge mailed love letters to Ringo
Paul and Linda were in some episode on Apu’s rooftop
by oc on Sep 14, 2009 10:35 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
"Oh my god!
Where did you get that brownie?!?"
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 14, 2009 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"It's been done before"
I have no objection to man walking on the moon.
by Chad Crudup on Sep 14, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the Apu rooftop one was this same "Lisa becoms a vegetarian" episode.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Sep 14, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The B-sharps one is great, too
lots of little moments that refer to Beatles’ history thrown in there. (“congratulations boys, you’ve just made your first #1 record”, etc.)
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Sep 14, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the part at the junk sale where the family is laughing hysterically
Bart: Why are we laughing?
Homer: WHO CARES?!
by oc on Sep 14, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
All-time favorite Homer quote
Homer is dozing off in church and as his head nods down he bumps it on the back of the church pew in front of him. Awakened, he shouts “dammit!!!”
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Sep 14, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
havent seen it in awhile
my favorite quote from the episode was from mr. burns:
Burns: You know, Smithers, I think I’ll donate a million dollars to
the local orphanage…when pigs fly!
[They laugh. The pig sails across the sky before them.]
Smithers: Will you be donating that million dollars now, Sir?
Burns: Nooo, I’d still prefer not.
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by studcrackers on Sep 14, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate to be...
one of the LSBers to say stick a fork in it, but stick a fork in it. Unless Boston or LAA has a huge collapse the Rangers are going to be on the outside looking in. The Rangers are playing pretty well. However the fact that the Rays completely rolled over for the BoSox while the M’s did the same for the Halos then got a couple W’s in Arlington was the killer.
Still a very nice season with a lot of postive things to take from it. I didn’t expect this team to be in contention for the playoffs this year. It has been a very nice surprise. Next year though, I will expect this team to win the West. The Rangers lose very little and the kids should perform better with one more young big piece of the future coming into play.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 14, 2009 9:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Holland
Please start throwing a cutter.
by LiamP on Sep 14, 2009 9:59 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
It would help
if he started missing the center square of the strikezone.
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Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 14, 2009 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holland
Please start throwing at least an average slider.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 14, 2009 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rangers need
a sweep in Boston and a sweep of the A’s. Not sure who I think needs to sweep in Boston.
by bdavison94 on Sep 14, 2009 10:00 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I am going to root for the Sox
Kinda like for them to take the wind out of Anaheim’s sail before they come into town.
We don’t play Boston again. We still have (7?) against the Angels
by oc on Sep 14, 2009 10:27 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah,
unless the Angels take the first one or definitely if LAAAAAAAAA takes the first two, then you root for the sweep.
Plus, the Sox still have a series (multiple?) left against NYY
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Sep 14, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the Sawwwwxxxx
are much more likely to go into a late season tailspin than the Angels at this point. And I would still love to see them get booted out of the playoffs because of Texas.
by MikeEl on Sep 14, 2009 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Red Sox play
Toronto and Cleveland in Fenway the last week of the season.
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Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 14, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and they have games against the Angels and Yankees
and right now they have only 1 reliable starter.
by MikeEl on Sep 14, 2009 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only way into the playoffs is through Anaheim
I wouldn’t count on Major League Baseball keeping the Red Sox out of the playoffs, especially with New York already in
by oc on Sep 14, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they would love to have
a Boston – MFNYY ALCS.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 14, 2009 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
the Angels are just too far gone. 6 games out with 20 to play? Good luck. The Angels are down to a magic number of 15.
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by DJCahill on Sep 14, 2009 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The difference is...
…the Rangers have 7 games with the Angels.
If they weren’t playing Boston or Anaheim, I’d agree with you.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 14, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still too far back...
unless the Rangers go 6-1 against the Halos.
Not impossible, but not likely either.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 14, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
5-2 vs the Angels
won’ t be enough.
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Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 14, 2009 10:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably not
But if they go, say, 2-4 against Boston and the Yankees, then Texas going 5-2 against the Angels would give us a shot.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 14, 2009 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Texas needs to start going 8-2 every 10 games.
They are playing themselves out of This Thing. (Is that the proper usage of that?)
by FuturePants on Sep 14, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cinch
Just take Holland and Milllose out of the rotation
by oc on Sep 14, 2009 10:30 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Who do you replace them with?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 14, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And there is the $64,000 question...
…we aren’t exactly bursting at the seams with options.
I have no objection to man walking on the moon.
by Chad Crudup on Sep 14, 2009 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nippert and a 4 man rotation for a few weeks.
by MikeEl on Sep 14, 2009 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh...
I don’t think a 4 man rotation is a good idea right now.
I’d be fine with Nippert and Feliz taking over for them. Feliz would only be able to go 3 or 4 innings but then you could have Holland/Mathis/Moscoso come in after him.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 14, 2009 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The worse I see LAA doing is 9-11
That means the Rangers would have to go 15-5 just to tie LAA.
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Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 14, 2009 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Highly optimistic
But if the Rangers go 6-1 against LAA, then LAA has to go 8-5 against everyone else.
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by Parman on Sep 14, 2009 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
and queue the “Rangers are skipping Millwood to keep him from vesting” articles.
by bdavison94 on Sep 14, 2009 10:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope we don't have to pay him next year
by BuckyB on Sep 14, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he is demanding his 2010 salary in hamburgers
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Sep 14, 2009 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
just recently started watching Arrested Development
you and Mike Rhyner’s Catheter have my favorite screen names on LSB
Plus, I just saw the episode where your sig comes from last night… he’s a never nude.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Sep 14, 2009 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
AD is by far my favorite TV show ever
and I watch a lot of TV. A lot. Seriously.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Sep 14, 2009 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t watch television. And notice I say “television,” and not “TV,” because TV is a nickname, and nicknames are for friends, and television is no friend of mine.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 14, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
I had to think for a minute where that line came from…
I can’t remember the name of that character, but he had another appearance that was the lead-in to one of my favorite Mr. Show sketches, “Monsters of Megaphone.”
“Counterfeit money machine, counterfeit money machine, baby loves it all day long!”
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
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by RCCook on Sep 14, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's the episode that caused me to make gazpacho the first time
Lisa: Wait Dad! Good news, everyone! You don’t have to eat meat! I’ve got enough gazpacho for everyone.
It’s tomato soup, served ice cold!
Barney: Go back to Russia!
Pretty much our offense is gazpacho.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 14, 2009 10:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ah, one of my favorite episodes.
Homer: Wait wait wait a minute. Lisa, honey, are you saying that you’re never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No!
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No!
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad, those all come from the same animal!
Homer: Yeah right Lisa, a wonderful, magical animal.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 14, 2009 10:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hahahaha
that was fuckin greatness
Must kill Moe. Weeeeeeeee
by Baseball North on Sep 14, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so if Hunter, Feldman, and McCarthy are going for the Rangers
anyone know who all would be going for the Angels??
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
by hinduplaya on Sep 14, 2009 10:08 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kasmir on Friday
thats all I know.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 14, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or Kazmir
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 14, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of those two
Probably a game-time decision which one.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 14, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope it's Kasmir
I think he’s actually a righty…
by MikeEl on Sep 14, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I thought you were just missing the "h"
and were talking about Led Zeppelin
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 14, 2009 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is Millwood the stuffed pig in this analogy?
by MikeEl on Sep 14, 2009 10:25 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The playoffs is the stuffed pig
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 14, 2009 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but Millwood is still a stuffed pig right?
by MikeEl on Sep 14, 2009 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hee hee
You know, I think he has gotten fatter over the season. He really did actually come into it this year looking svelt. Now? Swine-like.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Sep 14, 2009 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stupid Padilla. Still showing his effects.
Give me team chemistry and emotion over stats any day. Do you think 34,000 Ranger fans were screaming their asses off over Pudge and his .275 OBP?
by AceJC on Sep 14, 2009 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
glad i dumped $4000+ on playoff tickets last week
i like to think of it as interest free savings…
in addition to my seats for the entire length of the playoffs i bought eight additional seats for the first home playoff game (game three in a best-of-five against NYY).
if the decision was mine today, i would still buy the tickets – all of them. it’s too big of a risk not to. that said, it’s TEX must sweep OAK and BOS needs to get swept by LAA. not going to catch the angels.
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Sep 14, 2009 10:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
he's a reality tv star dude
he makes the big bucks
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 14, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
his H3 is cooler than HH's.
Hank is the elephant in the room. When will he disappear?
by Chase Irwin on Sep 14, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
$4000?
Are you sitting in the dugout?
by Brett Perryman on Sep 14, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
Must kill Moe. Weeeeeeeee
by Baseball North on Sep 14, 2009 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not at all - that's the crazy part. they are $45 tickets
season ticket holders paid $1650 per seat b/c we bought the entire playoffs – including tie breaker and every possible game
tie breaker ($45)
3 games alds ($60)
4 games alcs ($100)
4 games ws ($250)
12 parking passes
the cost of inferior seats for alds through both presales – $100 per seat per game.
it’s not meant to impress anyone at all. more of a “shock the conscience”
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Sep 14, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll buy the rights to those tickets for $20
by BuckyB on Sep 14, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
$25
let the bidding begin
Must kill Moe. Weeeeeeeee
by Baseball North on Sep 14, 2009 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's gonna suck for you when the HSG declares Chapter 11
And they don’t pay back that money.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 14, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They'll just put it towards next year's season tickets
Which was why we paid our 1400 bucks – we’re going to end up paying it anyway, this way if the Rangers make it to the postseason we get to go, and if the Rangers don’t, we’re mostly paid for next year.
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by lisa w on Sep 14, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn DINKs
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Sep 14, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Personally, I hope that Millwood's option doesn't vest
I hope he takes his veteran leadership somewhere else next year. If it were up to me, that pathetic outing against Seattle would be his last in a Ranger uniform.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
by tricer on Sep 14, 2009 11:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
x
I sat there in the drizzle that night and was disgusted watching Millwood stink it up. He was just awful.
I would be happy to see him pitching somewhere else next year. I have had about all the Millwood show I can take.
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
by horsedooty on Sep 14, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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