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by Adam J. Morris on Sep 5, 2009 5:52 PM CDT
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I think that scoring 3 runs in the first, and then the offense rolling over and playing dead the rest of the game, is even more frustrating than the offense just sucking the whole 9 innings.
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Agreed AJM
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
by NYTXFAN on Sep 5, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Im recing it for that comment
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by NYTXFAN on Sep 5, 2009 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
O'Day, Wilson, and Frankie
All ready for tomorrow
by oc on Sep 5, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Most likely worthless if we can't score more than 4 runs tomorrow either
by Agreen07 on Sep 5, 2009 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
for this last game
four runs would’ve held up for any other pitcher except millwood.
by cashman on Sep 5, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Danny Gutierrez
Starting for Frisco tonight in the a HUGE game.
by shroomer on Sep 5, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
super huge
gotta sweep to get in!!
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 5, 2009 5:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yup
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 5, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
did not know that
figured there would be a one-game playoff if they tied
drat – tough row to hoe then
by shroomer on Sep 5, 2009 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was at the Frisco/Midland game
Gutierrez was decent. FB around 88, I don’t think it ever hit 90. His offspeed was fair in the upper 70’s. First ER in the first he gave up was small ball stuff with a base hit, sac, SB, and then another hit. Steven Murphy bombed a 2 run homer for Frisco into the wind at least 390ft. It was all tied up going into the 9th. Midland’s DH Sulentic hit a 1-2 pitch with 2 outs into the right field bullpen for the walk off. Hamilton just left a fastball over the plate. Really a great game. Oh, Midland’s pitcher Storey has just nasty stuff. Not much velocity on the fastball, but Frisco couldn’t touch his stuff
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 5, 2009 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Philips wasn't really sharp.
Lots of fly balls that were hit really well, just at the defense. His twitchyness bothers me when he pitches. I thought he was going to snap his neck watching all those fly balls go over his head as if they were HR’s.
The offense was a bag of suck except for Greene. He Whittleman looked lost at the plate and Murphy was all or nothing with his swing. Looked off balance also.
It rained for a good 45 minutes before the game so the ground was pretty muddy making it slow. Lemon or anyone for that matter couldn’t get much speed on the basepaths. Was caught stealing 2nd in the 1st inning.
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 5, 2009 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow
aggressive!
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Sep 5, 2009 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
no kidding
This is his AA debut, right?
by shroomer on Sep 5, 2009 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
HOT SPORTS OPINIONS!
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
by sprite on Sep 5, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hot Onions
"Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, right, tells his wife, Silda, that you have to pay double for the kind of f*cking Neftali Feliz gave the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)" --benmor78 caption on AP picture of Eliot Spitzer and wife at Yankees game.
by Section 339 on Sep 5, 2009 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This offense just sucks...period.
Shame Cruz didn’t really shine at the cleanup spot today, that’ll give the Gut ample opportunity not to play him there again.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
by jonthefon on Sep 5, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's weird
Wash will bat Cruz cleanup against lefties, particularly finesse lefties. But not against RH power pitchers or the rare power lefty. And as regularly documented, Cruz’ splits against LHP are not good at all – but he kills RH power pitching. It’s almost like Wash is intentionally making hurdles for him.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Sep 5, 2009 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sabremetrics 101
This coming offseason, JD needs to give Wash a lesson or two in sabremetrics.
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 5, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
does JD have that much time to spare?
HH is that a sock in your puppet or are you happy to see me?
by BigGuns on Sep 6, 2009 1:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't understand what this guy's saying
by Black Francis on Sep 5, 2009 5:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i think he said that they were going to make out for the pitcher
thats some kinky shit going on in their clubhouse
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 5, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A totally unacceptable
offensive performance today. Up 3 in the first and lose 5-4.
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 5, 2009 5:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
to be fair
Matusz looked really really good after the first. But not one baserunner good.
by cashman on Sep 5, 2009 5:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
he looked the same as he did in the first
we started hacking
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
These are the games we need to win.
A little 4 game winning streak is not going to get it done. This team goes from the funnest team to watch to the most frustrating team to watch.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 5:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yep
I’ll say it again, only putting ONE MAN ON AFTER THE THIRD INNING is totally unacceptable. Especially when you only need one freaking run to tie.
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
by lonestarJon on Sep 5, 2009 5:54 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I do not endorse these crappy ESPN/ABC puppet commercials.
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers. - Homer Simpson
by SarasotaRanger on Sep 5, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that what that is?
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
by lonestarJon on Sep 5, 2009 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes,
those stupid Lebron/Kobe “Most Valuable Puppet” commercials.
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers. - Homer Simpson
by SarasotaRanger on Sep 5, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never seen one of those.
Of course, I don’t watch much actual TV. I watch most of my stuff online.
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
by lonestarJon on Sep 5, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh listen to mr fancy pants
Modern man over here.
by Black Francis on Sep 5, 2009 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
I’ll share my secrets if you want.
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
by lonestarJon on Sep 5, 2009 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hulu?
I watch the Twilight Zone on that sometimes.
by Black Francis on Sep 5, 2009 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eh, hulu doesn't have that much good stuff on there
QFN is my current favorite. And if you’re willing to put up with a little buffer time, megatastic has a lot of back episodes.
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
by lonestarJon on Sep 5, 2009 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
agree about hulu
bookmarked the others, will check ’em out
by shroomer on Sep 5, 2009 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hulu is constrained by little things like the law =p
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
On Hulu you can at least see and hear what you’re trying to watch. The quality of audio and video from those sites is pretty bad.
by Black Francis on Sep 5, 2009 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i didn't even realize it was that bad.
i was barely paying attention the last 4 innings.. i suppose thats why.
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not worried.
Bring on tomorrow.
by Black Francis on Sep 5, 2009 5:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dutch needs to play stopper again
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
by lonestarJon on Sep 5, 2009 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Milly
enjoy the post-game spread you out of shape bastard.
by Agreen07 on Sep 5, 2009 5:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i really hate Millwood right now
do we really have to let his option vest?
has it happened yet, because this guy sucks and can’t consistently throw strikes. he hasn’t been able to in 2 montsh.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Sep 5, 2009 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I kinda agree.
He looked good for the first couple of months but he just can’t seem to do it over the course of a full season. I wouldn’t mind seeing us put him on the DL for an “injury” before the option vests. If we’re going to pay $12 million a year for a pitcher I think there are probably better options out there. Probably not going to happen though, he only has a couple more innings to go before it kicks in, plus we’re still in the race.
Ric Renner is a giant douche.
by txhc on Sep 5, 2009 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe he only needs 8 more innings for it to vest
Fuck Mike Estabrook
by Horns130 on Sep 6, 2009 1:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: Charlie Weis is disgusting.
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers. - Homer Simpson
by SarasotaRanger on Sep 5, 2009 5:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I fucking sick of
Watching Washington stick with vetrans when better options are there
why not pinch hit borbon…why stick with millwood until he dicks away the entire lead.
And how many times have we seen this offense score in the first and then shit themselves the rest of the game
by death of the cool on Sep 5, 2009 5:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Not playing Borbon really is inexcusable...
Especially when you DH Saltalamacchia instead… Fucking retarded.
by N41D on Sep 5, 2009 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Borbon has been slumping...
…and doesn’t hit lefties well.
I don’t know that you can kill him for trying Salty instead.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 5, 2009 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Salty has been awful all year...
If you’re gonna DH a RHH catcher, it needs to be Teagarden…
I don’t understand playing Saltalamacchia at all…
by N41D on Sep 5, 2009 6:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
b/c he cant play catcher?
If you cant put Salty at DH he doenst need to be there at all.
Jeeez, the players JD picked up in the Tex trade have barely made any kind of meaningful contributions to the Rangers in The Show, but the pro-JD crowd is still running around shouting "I told ya so."
by red3biggs on Sep 5, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i've always supported salty, but no he doesn't need to be playing at all right now
I liked where his defense was this year outside of the syndrome causing the throwing problems, I still like him for our startcing catcher next year… but as a dh.. not working.
Of course it needs to be stated with the current injuries we have no good righty dhs at all so whoever we put in there was going to be meh.
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jones or Salty
Jeeez, the players JD picked up in the Tex trade have barely made any kind of meaningful contributions to the Rangers in The Show, but the pro-JD crowd is still running around shouting "I told ya so."
by red3biggs on Sep 5, 2009 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
jones should be back on.....thursday i think.
which i think is an offday heh so friday.
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
agree with adam
seems like the rangers do this a lot. offense puts runs on the board early, looks like they have the opposing pitcher on the ropes a bit. then for no apparent reason they just roll over and die, three up, three down, three up, three down. its really maddening.
by selppuc on Sep 5, 2009 5:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
All I can say is
Go Greinke!
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 5, 2009 5:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Shall we start an Angels-Royals watching party thread?
by oc on Sep 5, 2009 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do it!
Do it!
Do it!
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 5, 2009 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No EPL today
World Cup Qualifying day
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
by sprite on Sep 5, 2009 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
any excuse to type with a British accent
by shroomer on Sep 5, 2009 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
cheeky bastard
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 5, 2009 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sod off, wretched cunting wanker.
Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else - and it hasn't - it's that girls should stick to girls' sports, such as hot-oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such-and-such.
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by Maximilian on Sep 5, 2009 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't matter if they win or lose
It’s going to hurt either way.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It helps. still hurts.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank You
Thank you very fucking much Kevin Millwood. One the road, against a shit team, in the middle of a playoff race, the offense gives you 3 runs in the first inning, and you blow it out your ass.
by Kyle Mc on Sep 5, 2009 6:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
oh dear lord
Local news. Always a train wreck.
by Black Francis on Sep 5, 2009 6:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
lots of death so far.
News loves a body count.
by Black Francis on Sep 5, 2009 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Milly looked OKAY in the first 2 innings and could get it together
Obviously he did not.. lost his control from there, looked bad.
Well, after 4 straight wins I’m going to shrug off a 1 run road loss, but obviously it was a game you need to win 90% of the time if you are thinking you are headed to the playoffs.
Thankfully the redsox lost.
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 6:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm probably wrong
But his body language (posture, reflexive movement, leg drive) tell me he’s done. Probably for this season, if not for the future. I hope I’m wrong.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Sep 5, 2009 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably
But the club won’t do it … would appear to be a move to prevent him from getting his vesting innings. Catch-22 redux.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Sep 5, 2009 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was at 167 as of 8/30
He vests at 180 innings. He’s getting very close.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Sep 5, 2009 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
can they just cut him right now?
They don’t owe him much money for the rest of the year. He can either go on the DL or he can be cut.
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
INTERESTING.
They’d never, but…goodness. So interesting.
But no. The union would get involved.
That said, I couldn’t watch the game, but following the box score all I could think was deeeeee EL this fucking meat.
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Sep 5, 2009 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I think you're right.
He can’t do it for a full season. He looked good for the first couple of months, but as soon as it got hot he started caving. I really think they need to shut him down and let him walk, for $12 million we can do better.
Ric Renner is a giant douche.
by txhc on Sep 5, 2009 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Sheets is coming back next year.
Any chance a team like the Orioles throws more cash at him for similar years and he goes elsewhere?
by oc on Sep 5, 2009 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Possibly, I doubt it though.
But even after Sheets there’s still going to be some other guys out there.
From MLBTR:
Ben Sheets (30)
Erik Bedard (31)
Rich Harden (28)
Tim Hudson (34) – $12MM mutual option with a $1MM buyout
John Lackey (31)
Cliff Lee (31) – $8MM club option with a $1MM buyout
Jason Marquis (31)
Jarrod Washburn (35)
Brandon Webb (31) – $8.5MM club option with a $500K+ buyout
Of course a few of those guys might not end up being available, but who knows. Plus there might end up being better options on the trade market. I’d at least like to take Millwood’s money off the books so we would have some options, even if the worst case scenario is that we just end up resigning him for a lesser contract.
Ric Renner is a giant douche.
by txhc on Sep 5, 2009 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think part of it was the high pitch counts
early in the year, seems to be taking its toll now.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 5, 2009 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been listening to the radio and following on my phone
And I have 1 comment about the game, Fuck you Kevin Millwood. That’s all
by blueballlefty on Sep 5, 2009 6:03 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Absofuckinlutely
I have zero confidence in that guy.
by Kyle Mc on Sep 5, 2009 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: I swear I've been taught wrongly about what Modernism is.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
by jonthefon on Sep 5, 2009 6:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
6 through 9 in the order
0 for 13
That's why they call them business sox
by egriffey on Sep 5, 2009 6:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
.
Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else - and it hasn't - it's that girls should stick to girls' sports, such as hot-oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such-and-such.
Rock Flag & Eagle Radio: Thursdays, 10 PM - 1 AM, on FM 88.7 The Choice, or online @ ktcu.net!
by Maximilian on Sep 5, 2009 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is great
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate Number 1
He’s the reason I’ve only seen a handful of Next Gen episodes.
by shroomer on Sep 5, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry shroom
I was a teenage girl when Next Gen was on. Riker was one of the reasons I watched. Still have love in my heart for Jon Frankes.
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
I kinda feel that same way about Montel Vontavious Porter.
by shroomer on Sep 5, 2009 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you just compare Star Trek to wrestling?
What is wrong with you?
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
At least Star Trek admits it’s fake. And it’s written a helluva lot better, too.
But yeah, Frakes was the low point of that show.
by JBP on Sep 5, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry...I for some fucking reason forgot about Wesley.
Gotta give the real low point his due.
by JBP on Sep 5, 2009 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was about to correct you but
now that’s not necessary.
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I'm humble.
I can admit when I’m wrong.
by JBP on Sep 5, 2009 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I used to have a great drinking game
I found on the internet for Next Gen. It included a drink your whole beer any time Riker looked like he was about to knock something down with his forehead.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Sep 5, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
great success
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not worried at all
plus Greinke has the lead
by BuckyB on Sep 5, 2009 6:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
kevin millwood is no "ace"
if i hear ace and millwood in same sentence im going to throw up!!!
by tx ranger fan on Sep 5, 2009 6:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
But... you just...
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The idea that he should be starting in our playoff
rotation is ridiculous. He should be DL’d tonight.
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
whats your list?
Feldman is the only guy im really confident in right now. And yeah I naysayed him in the presseason, hes amazed me lately and every player/manager loves his cutter.. hes in there and in a 5 game series would probably get two starts.
Then you’ve got Hunter, Holland, Nippert, McCarthy, Millwood…
Its not exactly 4 cy youngs and millwood. Control issues, health issues, young inconsistency.. they’ve all got their problems. Is there one of those guys you start twice?
On the whole Hunter has probably pitched the best of them the past couple months, but if it does come down to it I would probably just go with the hot hand next. It could conceivably be Millwood, though its not looking like it.
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everything after Feldman in Game 1 a complete toss-up.
I think you may be right about going with the hot hand. Do you chance your arm by starting Feldman in a Game 4 at home, or roll with Hunter, who probably gets one of those starts (don’t know where). I’m thinking Holland gets an opportunity, unless he finishes poorly.
My guess right now, in spite of Millwood’s struggles recently:
Feldman
Millwood
Hunter
Holland
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
by jonthefon on Sep 5, 2009 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My list is go with the hot hand
did you hear the stat they had during the game that Millwood’s era for his last 8 starts was over 5.5? I don’t remember the exact number I just remember it was fucking embarrassing.
Right this moment it would be,
Feldman
Hunter
Holland
McCarthy
Nippert
Millwood
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe it's a dumb thought...
But I was having the discussion today about possibly trying to go game 1 of a series with the bullpen? Give feliz, cj, oday and ff one time through the batting order and that should get it done. Then I would do a tandem start style thing with feldman going 6ish and then holland finishing it off. Then Hunter in for game 3 with the bullpen possibly ready to finish out the game, or bmac/nippert ready to jump in.
my better is better than your better.
by rangerjake on Sep 5, 2009 11:35 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
It was a dependent clause.
Maybe that saves it?
by John Fountain on Sep 5, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kevin Millwood you suck!!!!
I see you’re back to your sweaty fat old man laboring ways, circa 2007-2008
You should be embarassed to call that 88 mph cheese spread cheese, I swear you’re one burrito shy of being Eddie Guardado.
Anyways enjoy your chicken fried steak with fried mushrooms, Don’t choke on that like you have been the second half of this year.
I hope you don’t get to 180 innings so you can go out and get what you’re really worth which is not 12 million.
HH is that a sock in your puppet or are you happy to see me?
by BigGuns on Sep 5, 2009 6:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
millwood realistically is a 4th or 5th starter at best right now!
man i was sure hoping to get within 1 game of those redsox, granted the offense was anemic after they scored those early runs, but millwood been blowing the chrome off trailer hitches for the longest time..we’re not going to make playoff unless millwood starts giving this ballclub some quality starts, has anyone seen the last time he had a quality start?
by tx ranger fan on Sep 5, 2009 6:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
a week ago
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully we won't be hearing any more comparisons of Millwood to Feldman this year.
Also, the Black Hole is a failed bit yet these Mensas keep thinking it will work.
CD now 12 for 42 (with 3 bs infield hits among those 12 hits) since coming back up.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Sep 5, 2009 6:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Heh @ the infield hits comment
how many warning track fly balls, a couple chased down just in time rather than high flyouts, are in there?
CD has just looked ok. He hasn’t been great, but he doesn’t look overmatched. A step in the right direction.
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So apparently you degrade Crush's performance as "luck"
when Hack F. was “unlucky” to be hitting flyballs to right-field the entire time?
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
by jonthefon on Sep 5, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hank
7 for his last 42.
Davis is so fucking shitty!
by brettgardner on Sep 5, 2009 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
CD has 11 RBI’s in 11 games since getting called back…..Hank has 11 RBI’s in his last 29 games started, but I’m sure all of them were huge.
If you want some slack, bring your own rope.
by rangerfaninva on Sep 5, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hunter has been moved up to start Monday's game
by Mike E on Sep 5, 2009 6:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Why???
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 5, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It would keep Hunter on his normal 4 days rest.
But I haven’t seen it comfirmed anywhere.
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 5, 2009 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we just need MY and josh back
So should we move millwood out of the rotation? maybe put in feliz or nippert? maybe mathis?
by CY Feliz on Sep 5, 2009 7:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
65 pitches for Greinke thru 4 IP
He’s shutting out Anaheim, but it doesn’t matter…he’ll leave and the Royal pen will blow it.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 5, 2009 7:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yup.
Hillman has proved that he is a mental midget and does not know how to mange his bullpen.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
by coolaid on Sep 5, 2009 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair
having crap in your bullpen doesn’t help.
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I know someone who’d have no qualms about trading Mendonca for Cruz.
by brettgardner on Sep 5, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
huh?
I can’t recall ever being that high on him.
by Black Francis on Sep 5, 2009 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was making a joke
He’s talking about me.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 5, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeez
Somebody get Lord Fauntleroy here a MAD magazine.
by brettgardner on Sep 5, 2009 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Heh.
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Sep 5, 2009 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He could have
used Soria yesterday for a two innings save but decided to use some scrub and blew the game.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
by coolaid on Sep 5, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe they will actually use soria this time
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
88 through 6
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
88 now at middle 6th
if he could get through 8 and then soria, that would be sweet
TAG doesn't give a shit about you
by stammer on Sep 5, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or even 7.1 or 7.2
bring soria in for a 5 out or 4 out save..he was last out there on the 09/01 and even though he threw 45 pitches that day he should be able to go more than 1 inning
TAG doesn't give a shit about you
by stammer on Sep 5, 2009 7:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
sigh.
1st and 3rd noone out.
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 8:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
clutch k of abreu
come oooooooooon greinke
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
is it inevitable
that laaaaaaaaaa of a is eventually going to get one of their bs come from behind wins?
by selppuc on Sep 5, 2009 8:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Vladdy at the plate.
Greinke now at 116 pitches
by oc on Sep 5, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
1-1
Crowd wanted a strike.
Grienke working quickly
by oc on Sep 5, 2009 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH
by oc on Sep 5, 2009 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
its inevitable
luckiest damn team i’ve ever seen. its disgusting.
by selppuc on Sep 5, 2009 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they were lucky last year too
weren’t they like 15 wins over their pythag or something like that/
by selppuc on Sep 5, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Give it up
when a team “outperforms” its pythag every year, by unheard of margins, for several straight years, it’s time to stop copping-out and calling it lucky and acknowledge that there’s a clear blind spot.
When it happens 3, 4, or 5 times in as many years, it’s just not “luck” anymore. It’s a lazy excuse to avoid addressing what shortcomings the metric clearly has.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Sep 5, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's true.
When you flip a coin 50 times and it comes up heads 5 times in a row, it’s time to stop calling it chance and start looking for leprechauns and fairies.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 5, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that's a fair analogy
Because clearly no other factors could possibly play into a game, just like a coin flip.
And clearly a sample size of 810 games is the same as a sample size of 5 coin flips.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Sep 5, 2009 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chone Figgins...
is built like a leprechaun, maybe he’s responsible.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 5, 2009 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then why did
the 2002 Angels underperform their pythag very much with David Eckstein?
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Sep 5, 2009 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because even...
God hates David Eckstein.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 5, 2009 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny you say that
I’m probably the only Angels fan you’ll ever talk to who doesn’t like Eckstein. He annoys the shit out of even me.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Sep 5, 2009 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lucky midgets...
and their effects on baseball have been well studied by SABR types. See Pedro Martinez…
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47653
The Angels overperforming their pythag is actually expected when Figgins’ influence is taken into account.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 5, 2009 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
I’m probably the only Angels fan you’ll ever talk towho doesn’t like Eckstein.
by brettgardner on Sep 5, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh well done sir
HH is that a sock in your puppet or are you happy to see me?
by BigGuns on Sep 6, 2009 1:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nooooooooooooo
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 8:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
greinke is going to throw at least 125 pitches
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 8:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Greinke fans Morales.
Bottom of the 8th now.
1-1 tie
by oc on Sep 5, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least the Royals have 6 outs
to the Angels 3 to score a run
If you want some slack, bring your own rope.
by rangerfaninva on Sep 5, 2009 8:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd favor them to win if they had.. 12 outs to 3.
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
leadoff single
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 8:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Jesus... tried to bump him to second, and Lackey got the lead runner
by oc on Sep 5, 2009 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Royals announcers
So desensitized to the losing
by oc on Sep 5, 2009 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Since when are you allowed to block 2b?
Can you just kneel down in front of 2b like home, heh.
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 8:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
actually....im almost positive you can
just that no one has the balls to do it…
admittedly not 100% sure of this
btw….just for the record…Fuck Kevin Millwood…Fuck the angels
Fuck Mike Estabrook
by Horns130 on Sep 6, 2009 1:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it is not fair they get to play the royals
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 8:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
oooooh my
Free chick fil a sammich on Monday if you go in wearing your favorite teams logo. DShep and I are all over that.
by Mike E on Sep 5, 2009 8:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
favorite baseball team or college team or what?
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Favorite sports team.. so whatev
" If you are looking for something fun and free to do this Labor Day Monday, throw on your favorite sports team t-shirt, jersey, hat or other apparel and head to your local Chick-fil-A. From 10:30am until closing, everyone wearing something with a team logo on it can receive a free original Chick-fil-A sandwich. Who couldn’t use a free sandwich?"
by Mike E on Sep 5, 2009 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you. That's a plan for dinner
Monday evening. I appreciate the heads up.
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
can the royals score one in the ninth? NO WAY ITS GONNA GO TO EXTRAS
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 8:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What's worse
Royals or Pirates fan? Heck being a Nationals fan can’t be much fun these days either.
by Hull Fan on Sep 5, 2009 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh.
They’re doing the wave.
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
by RachelB on Sep 5, 2009 8:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
PLEASE GET A SINGLE MARK
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 8:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
how about a double?
ok with you?
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
by RachelB on Sep 5, 2009 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
blah
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 8:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Now the back end of the Royals bullpen.
Christ…
by oc on Sep 5, 2009 8:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
An Abreu specialty...go ahead Vlad, fuck us again
by texasrfan on Sep 5, 2009 8:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Innings over
Bottom of the 10th coming up.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
by coolaid on Sep 5, 2009 8:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't know if there is a worse hitting team
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 8:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
their bullpen can't suck any more
Must kill Moe. Weeeeeeeee
by Baseball North on Sep 5, 2009 8:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
there is the game. fucking royals. angels would be losing to any other team right now
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Angels score
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
by coolaid on Sep 5, 2009 9:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
angels win
i hate the royals. 2 runs in 2 games, pathetic.
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by DSheppard on Sep 5, 2009 9:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
cuntfuckshitwhorebitch
seriously, how the fuck can you team suck soooo much, yet Baltimore = KC in terms of the amount of cock they suck, yet Rangers still lose
Must kill Moe. Weeeeeeeee
by Baseball North on Sep 5, 2009 9:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Baltimore has a way better lineup than the royals
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Sep 5, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
doesn't matter
cause when we play them we make a guy like Hochevar look like Cy fucking Young.
by behindthebag on Sep 5, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
trey hillman can die in a fire
that is all
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by studcrackers on Sep 5, 2009 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
In other news
I’m always fascinated by Hard Knocks, and this year has been no different. Anybody who saw the gargantuan tub of shit Andre Smith last week will enjoy this post on Cincy Jungle.
by brettgardner on Sep 5, 2009 10:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
For those who watched the game...
and considering it was mentioned elsewhere in this thread:
Should/could the Rangers DL Millwood?
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Sep 5, 2009 11:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
first off
This is Sept., nobody goes on the DL unless it is the 60 because the team wants to call someone up. Secondly, I think he is just fatigued and not necessarily hurt. I wouldn’t mind them skipping his next turn in the rotation but they won’t cut or DL him. Remember, he is thier “ace”.
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 6, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
agree on both counts
why not give him the rest and let Nippert take his next start (and nippert would be well rested in this situation as well)
Fuck Mike Estabrook
by Horns130 on Sep 6, 2009 1:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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