MY back and DH'ing
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 15, 2009 3:47 PM CDT
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The Rangers need a shot of energy? Well, tonight they are going to seem Young again.
Michael Young is returning to the Rangers lineup just two weeks after suffering a significant left hamstring strain. Young ran bases this afternoon and pronounced himself fit to play. He was inserted into the No. 2 spot in the lineup with the only limitation being that he will play DH.
Here’s the full lineup: LF Julio Borbon, DH Michael Young, RF David Murphy, CF Marlon Byrd, 2B Ian Kinsler, 1B Chris Davis, C Ivan Rodriguez, 3B Esteban German, SS Elvis Andrus.
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That can't be correct
Davis is batting 6th! So did he lose the pacifier or training wheels?
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
This is a big night for LSB
The baby boy who has been propped up the entire season is actually getting some responsibility and a chance to prove he’s not here solely because the GM drafted him.
The 6 Hole in the line-up. WOW!!!
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Here's your sign
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK4fJhbRL1g
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
And no Pine Box
Yay!
"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.
Josey
I asked you this twice already this week, and still no response:
Why do you act like JD favors “his guys” as if no other GM in the history of organized sports does this? Because they pretty much all do.
That’s a weak line of argument, even for you.
"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."
- Wails
Hey we take the good with the bad here ... right?
Hank is the elephant in the room. When will he disappear?
by inactive lsb user on Sep 15, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Cruz
Man, you’d think Cruz was the one with a big option about to vest due to games played.
by Excel Hearts Choi on Sep 15, 2009 3:59 PM CDT reply actions
Thank God we got Cruz out of there!!!! He was just freaking killing us.
I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.
OT question
What do the 1 and 2 in your username mean? Elvis & Teagarden / Ramon Vasquez (“12”) / Geno Petralli (“12”) or someone else?
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
My brain must've been off that day
Was thinking Ian was 12 for some reason. But the Elvis Tea thing makes a good explanation
Young returns on the first day with no rain
He returns the same day the Angels begin a critical series with another team beginning a critical series
He returns against some spare named Edgar Gonzalez
Young returns a day after I bitched the team out using my ‘outside voice’, fifteen rows behind their dugout
And he returns with the team failing to have scored a run in it’s last 19 innings, and six games
for some reason it didn't occur to me we were shutout in back to back games
wow.
the preceding post was a great success.
probably because it wasn't really noteworthy
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
That's 19 straight innings my friends
I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.
well could you take
sitting on the bench not being able to do anything while watching your first playoff chance in fives years slip away?
It's awesome knowing that one of those teams is going to lose for the next three days
But what pisses me off is that we have an off-day Thursday and the Red Sox and Angels don’t.
That’s why winning yesterday was critical
by oc on Sep 15, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
If we somehow make the playoffs
Bricks shall be shat all over my room, then I’ll jump up and down with joy, quite possibly scream and giggle like a little school girl.
This would be a great time to win like 7 in a row...
I like face coming back to hopefully provide a spark and win some ball games.
my better is better than your better.
From Todd Wills' MLB Preview
McCarthy can build use momentum when he takes the mound at pitcher-friendly Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, considering he’s allowed 13 home runs in 76 1/3 innings this season.
McCarthy is going to be pretty lonely in Oakland. And “can build use”? Does anyone proof read this stuff?
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 15, 2009 5:22 PM CDT reply actions
Yay
Considering Hamilton coming back probably won’t mean shit in terms of production, getting MY back this soon is the best we can hope for right now.
Now, of MY can just remember how to hit with RISP…
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
Shit...
stop benching Cruz for Murphy.
I back you up a lot Wash, but you’re fucking pissing me off with this anti-Cruz bullshit.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
In the last 7 days/games (SSS)
Murphy is out hitting Cruz.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 15, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I. Don't. Care.
Cruz >>>>> Murphy in every sense of the game.
Defensively
Power
Average
Speed
Arm
It makes zero sense to start Murphy over Cruz. I’m getting really tired of the fucking “gut”.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Yeah, but even if you go by that, Byrd has been worse than both of them the last 7 days.
Bench Byrd, and stick Borbon in CF for a learning experience since our playoff chances are pretty much realistically over.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
Meh...
I’d still play Byrd over Murphy.
I’d go Borbon LF, Andrus SS, Young DH, Cruz RF, Kinsler 2B, Byrd CF, Davis 1B, Pudge C, German 3B.
But that’s just me I guess.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Byrd has been better than Murphy in the last 7 days.
Using OPS
Last 7 days
Borbon: 840
Murph: .789
Cruz: .639
Byrd: .550
If you go back 28 days, Cruz is clearly comes out on top
Cruz: .940
Byrd: .848
Murph: .835
Borbon: .794
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 15, 2009 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Oops. I mean Murph has been better than Byrd.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 15, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions
And the worst part is, Byrd gets to bat cleanup while Cruz gets to sit
Fuck you Wash.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
I think it is safe to say
that Ron Washington doesn’t know what Nellie’s RHP/LHP splits are.
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
Well, this smacks of desperation
Not that that is a bad thing right about now.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
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