This just sucks. It’s tough to suck this badly in a situation when you shouldn’t suck. It was a...

This just sucks. It’s tough to suck this badly in a situation when you shouldn’t suck. It was a horrible performance. It’s hard to describe the feeling. You don’t want to be the guy who lets hope get away. Somebody’s got to wear it, though. I have to wear it.

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Own it, Big Game.

Love that guy.

"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz

by Cecilio's Guante on Sep 29, 2009 1:26 PM CDT reply actions

Tommy has always been a no-nonsense guy to the media

A friend of mine covered a series of his in college when Alabama played at Nebraska and got swept. After one of the games, Hunter basically said, “We went up here and played like crap. It’s embarrassing.”

Last year, after he struggled in the Majors had been sent back to Triple-A, I asked about his time in the bigs. I was expecting to get the general “I learned a lot and hope to get back soon” answer, but this is what he said…

"It was awful," said Hunter of his experience in the Majors. "There’s nothing to say. I had 20 something earned runs in 10 innings. Not too many excuses. It was not good."

And this is why I love Tommy Hunter.

http://rangers.scout.com

by JasonCole on Sep 29, 2009 1:34 PM CDT reply actions

I concur.

"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 29, 2009 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions

I Heart Tommy!

The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ

by NYTXFAN on Sep 29, 2009 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions

he's a badass

all part of the development though…this should make him stronger, and make the team stronger

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Sep 29, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions

...And that's why today DOES suck...

"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball

by rangerdanger on Sep 29, 2009 1:54 PM CDT reply actions

Reminds me of this Simpsons moment from 1996...

Homer: [on phone] Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night.
           They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but
           they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.
    Marge: Homer! Watch your mouth!
    Homer: Aw, I gotta go. My damn weiner kids are listening. [hangs
           up]
     Lisa: We are not weiners!
    Homer: Then what are you dressed like that for?
Bart+Lisa: They made us.
    Homer: “Oh, they made us.” That’s loser-talk! You gotta start
           acting more like me and my team, the future champions of the
           world. Nothing’s going to stop us now!

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Sep 29, 2009 2:00 PM CDT reply actions

I love hearing that from the youngster

you know he’s gonna work his ass off this off-season and try to come back even stronger next year.

by Agreen07 on Sep 29, 2009 2:27 PM CDT reply actions

Tommy Hunter 4 Rangers rotation 2010.

..since, apparently, Millwood and Feldman are the only SP that have a lock in the rotation according to Wash.

by kch tx on Sep 29, 2009 2:43 PM CDT reply actions

I think he'll be in it

But right now its smart to not lock yourself into something like that. Hunter has options and if something happened and we all of a sudden went out and acquired a pitcher or two its easier to now say Hunter is gonna start in AAA than go and tell him that spot he had locked up is now gone

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Sep 29, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions