World Series 0-1
by benmor78 on Oct 27, 2010 10:36 PM CDT
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John Gacy Night at LSB?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Heh...
I just saw that move this weekend.
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Oct 27, 2010 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions
movie
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Oct 27, 2010 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions
That was le suck.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by Lisa W on Oct 27, 2010 10:37 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Game 2 ALDS that is
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 27, 2010 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions
FUCK DUDE.
CLOWNS AND SPIDERS ARE MY TWO WORST FEARS
"What IS your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?"
Bears the other?
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Holy shit.
I think that creeps me out more than if you had posted a truckload of dead babies.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
It is. And if that were in my house, I would burn it down, not take a picture.
"What IS your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?"
Sharky is just a moron
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
We'll be fine.
We’ll score like this again. They won’t.
Correct
This had to be their best scoring game of the year.
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
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Just one game
Remember we lost the first game to the Yankees. Win tomorrow and it’s all good.
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
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Exactly.
And I feel about a thousand times better after this loss than that one.
Nobody should be panicking.
by DrumsInTheDeep on Oct 27, 2010 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
this team has a lot of heart and no give it, just one game and it starts out 0-0 tomorrow
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of destiny.
Nah
CLIFF LEE NEEDS TO BE DFA’ed!!
DFA’ed I SAY!!
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Hey Arod. You're fucking out. And we're fucking in.
"If we do that," Lee says, "it would be hard to walk away."
by Brian Thomas on Oct 27, 2010 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Angrydome!
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Well, that was pretty much worst case scenario realized for that one.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Well Lincecum wasn't exactly dominating.
"What IS your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?"
I'm not sure whether that makes losing this game better or worse though.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
It sucks, but I feel better knowing that we got to their pitching more than I thought.
Wilson didn’t look dominant either. Just the optimistic side.
"What IS your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?"
He didn't seem to damn pleased with himself either.
I hope the team climb in his head a little.
"Ooooh....I want some fucking pancakes!" son of willamos2
8 hits 2 BBs and 4 ER against him
in less than 6 innings. I’d say we got to him pretty good
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
at least it happened in Game One
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
no
he lost his fastball command, and got hit hard because of it
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
It didn't help
but I agree with NothinG, last night was all about the lack of fastball command. Lee’s curve is like what, his 5th pitch? Some nights he has it, some nights he doesn’t.
Lemme fix it for you
he lost hisfastballcommand, and got hit hard because of it
"Ooooh....I want some fucking pancakes!" son of willamos2
Are we sure about that?
He basically hadn’t had to run the bases, let alone slide, all year.
by DrumsInTheDeep on Oct 27, 2010 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Bright side
we can hit their bullpen.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry
here's another BRIGHT SIDE, Vlad won't be playing RF tomorrow!!!
by pinoyintegrity on Oct 27, 2010 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions
So the bullpen blows game 1 of the ALCS and they're back out there the next night.
It’s not definite that Vlad isn’t out there tomorrow.
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
nothing is a definite with Wash as your manager
but he left the door open in interviews earlier today that Vlad might not play in game 2
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Clint Mansell
Did good work on the “Moon” soundtrack.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
If you want the positive...
1.) We got to their bullpen pretty good.
2.) Ogando was solid.
3.) Cliff Lee won’t do that two times in a row.
yes
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of destiny.
4.) We got punched in the mouth and responded our half of the inning.
by dolphinpuncher on Oct 27, 2010 10:40 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
wanna bet?
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of destiny.
Methinks you vastly underestimated Ron's overreliance on veterans.
5 internet bucks he starts tomorrow.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
He won't be used unless it's another abortion like this one
So it doesn’t matter.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
this is the way Wash is managing and it makes zero sense
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
In the regular season
he went 1 IP with his relievers. Tonight he burned up Ogando and possibly Lowe.
I don't mind him burning up Lowe...
…given that Lowe wasn’t, y’know, any good.
by Stormwalker on Oct 27, 2010 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
You must be joking.
Lowe is good dude. He pitched how many games in the regular season fresh off of back surgery?
Using him in a playoff situation was plain stupid. He hasn’t pitched all year.
You had a choice between him and Nippert as your reliever.
I personally think he was a better choice, but he had some appearances in September that got him noticed by the Rangers’ coaching staff, and he pitched well enough in Arizona for them to put him on the WS roster.
Yup.
I don’t really know why people would have a problem with Lowe being used last night when we where already down.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
There are a lot of positives.
The negative is just the fact Lee sucked and we lost. Those are fucking awful negatives, but at least it wasn’t a horrible performance all around leaving you wonder if the team will even show up.
something like 4 errors is pretty damn bad
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Yeah,
one wonders if having a better defensive alignment would have allowed Cliff Lee to get out of some of those innings and find his groove later on.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 27, 2010 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I dream of Beltres.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 27, 2010 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Honestly, I'm more concerned about Young's 0-fer...
…than I am about his fielding tonight.
by Stormwalker on Oct 27, 2010 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Or Tiny E
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
What about O'Day with the first pitch 3 run HR??!!
It was still a game before that. Him and Oliver just seem up and down these playoffs.
And why the hell is Lowe in the fucking World Series roster when the team doesn’t think he’s good enough to be in the ALDS or ALCS? Rapada can’t be much worse than him.
Yes he can!
Rapada was singularly unimpressive against the Yankees, and the Giants have a right handed heavy hitting lineup. The Rangers needed another righty and it was down between him and Nippert.
Fun fact: Durren O'Day has given up as many home runs over the last 17 appearances (going back to Sept. 7th)
As he did in his first two seasons in the majors.
Dude’s xFIP has always been quite a bit higher than his FIP, but that’s just nuts.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
O'Day
Possible effects of being used a lot early in the year maybe.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
According to the Ticket
Grant tweeted last night that he has been having trouble getting loose lately, and the chill probably didn’t help.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Not sure...
but he really has struggled lately.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
assumptions
you don’t know that the team did or didn’t think Lowe could help. They wanted a RH long man against TB — Lowe isn’t that. They wanted another LH to go against Cano — Lowe isn’t that.
Now they want another power RH arm. Lowe is that, so he’s on the roster. You could argue Nippert vs Lowe, but you’d probably get the same production from either, so really it doesn’t matter.
by elvis1isking on Oct 28, 2010 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions
3 Salmas, 3 runs. Not enough Salma.
by dolphinpuncher on Oct 27, 2010 10:39 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
MOAR SALMA
tomorrow
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Well...
made Wilson throw 11 pitches at least.
Troll terror alert level = RED/Severe
and remember to …..
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
RON WASHINGTON... DO NOT PLAY VLAD IN RF TOMORROW!!! I REPEAT..
by pinoyintegrity on Oct 27, 2010 10:40 PM CDT reply actions
Thoughts.
http://dallas.sbnation.com/texas-rangers/2010/10/27/1778944/world-series-game-one-thoughts
Gonna see if I can’t get over this with school work.
I am glad we got our bad Lee performance in game 1 of tthe WS
And not in game 7 of the ALCS.
by Motiak on Oct 27, 2010 10:41 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Well they destroyed us.
Sadly, this game doesn’t have the same feel as game 1 of the ALCS where the Rangers looked like the better team for the first 7 innings. From what I saw, the Giants looked like the better team throughout this game. Hopefully, the Rangers show up from now on or this could feel like a really long, short World Series stint for Ranger fans. It would be a shame if the potent Rangers got embarrassed by the offensively challenged NL foe
Ugh sorry, that came off way too negative.
I just feel like I got caught way to much in this postseason being the Ranger’s destiny when it very well could be the Giant’s destiny. The Rangers just have to go out there and play a better ball game then they did tonight and let the results speak for themselves.
Ok, one game, and San Fran wasn't hot cakes either. But it did suck, and was a crummy way to start the series.
Now let us never speak of it again.
by Giant Space Ants on Oct 27, 2010 10:42 PM CDT reply actions
If Vlad doesn't play
and CJ is CJ, I like our chances tomorrow. We can do this.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Well, that sucked ass
Vlad should never play in the outfield again. That made me sad.
On to Game 2. This series is far from over.
"Scared? We're not scared...We do this every day. Scared is being in a prison yard."- Michael Young
Don't leave Byrd out of this
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
I Hate Chris Rose and Buck, both are on my shit list.....it grows larger daily
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of destiny.
man, that sucked
what a beating to watch, terrible sloppy game
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Vladdy is a ph tomorrow night
and The Murph gets the start in LF (Cruz in RF).
Put away the lab coats and clipboards, the experiment is ovah.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Vladdy knew it after he kicked the ball in the 8th.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I would not bet on that, Wash is the manager ya know
the GUT rules over the brain
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of destiny.
Sounds good, but why would they need Vlad to pinch hit
in a 13-0 Rangers win?
by Giant Space Ants on Oct 27, 2010 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
What about your leadership experiment?
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
This so much.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
did we have 4 errors in that game?
cmon Ceej, we really need to win tomorrow. hit your spots
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
That was dumb.
I hope Vlad better not see right tomorrow. And I wish Face didn’t see third but no that isn’t happening. Fuck I hate his defense. And Kins for the DP ball in first pitch and stupid baserunning. Fucking Clown Ball. McGriddles Rangers again
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Oct 27, 2010 10:44 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Was Young this bad at 3B last season?
I don’t remember him being this bad last season. Maybe I wasn’t paying attention as much.
He was
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
David Wright and Alexi Rameriz were worse in the whole league
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
O'ley!
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
it's his jump that he does to prep
it’s always late. like in Tennis (i know, Tennis), when a player serves the ball the guy receiving will jump stop when the ball is hit so he can react at that moment. MY isn’t landing when the ball is hit, he is jumping, he lands his stupid jump stop when the ball is 3/4s the way to him. i’ve noticed this for awhile and I don’t see how someone can’t correct this
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Does he wear a cup?
He is certainly afraid to get in front of the ball. That ball tonight was not hit that hard.
He was worse, I think, at first,
then “improved” to being just very bad to bad instead of awful. No such improvement this year, though many reasonable people were hoping for it.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 27, 2010 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm worried that I'm not worried.
Cause that was the least I’ve worried about any of the postseason losses so far.
I'm still quite optimistic
that the team brushed this off and plays well tomorrow.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
I can name one guy...
who won’t lose any sleep over it.
by DrumsInTheDeep on Oct 27, 2010 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Me
it sucked but I’m not going to panic.
I think if asked about it, Vlad, Young, and Andrus should all say, wow, we sucked, but I don’t want them to lose sleep.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
He'll
sleep like a baby.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Hide your kids...
Hide your wife.
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Oct 27, 2010 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
heh
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
I'm going as JD
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Nice.
I was also thinking either Steve Jobs or Trololo guy.
"What IS your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?"
Trololo guy, bigger What value
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
If I find a double breasted suit by Saturday, I will.
I can make that grin all night, and I’m Russian like him too.
"What IS your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?"
You should do the Russian dance thing
I don’t know what’s it called.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
absolutely
Which loss was worse: the ALCS Game One or this loss? I hazard to say it was the meltdown loss to The Almighty Yankees. Get you one tomorrow and it’s Mission Accomplished.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
definitely ALCS
and if we split tomorrow, that’s all I wanted to do for these first 2 games
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
This feels like game 1 of the ALCS
Michael Young sucks at defense. Then when we need base runners, Ian Kinsler brain farts on the base paths. And the bullpen sucked.
exploding highfive
This doesn't feel like Game 1 of the ALCS..
at all.
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Oct 27, 2010 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions
well the fact how we lost by 4 runs, yeah.
by pinoyintegrity on Oct 27, 2010 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
no, the fact that we had game 1 of the ALCS won
and we had our worst inning in Rangers history in that 8th inning
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I felt like we were the better team in Game 1 of the ALCS...
I didn’t get that same feeling watching the shellacking tonight.
This game really doesn't even need analysis.
Bad overall game. 1 down. Let’s start over tomorrow.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
that's all you can do Scoop. It HAS TO get better tomorrow..
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
With a stiff fastball in the ribs
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Freddy
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Nightmare on Elm St. is classic
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Third one sucked. Dokken theme song, and Patricia Arquette.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
by scoop16 on Oct 27, 2010 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, but damn I remember that first one scared the crap out of me
I could not fall asleep.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
dokken rec
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Are you asking for a Dokken rec?
I’ll go with ‘Alone Again’, the hot girls liked it in junior high.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
He's speaking of Freddie.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 27, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Not really deserved either.
Face not failing and some better located curves is what he was missing.
by dolphinpuncher on Oct 27, 2010 10:53 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He was talking about the hitter not the pitcher
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
HAHAHA
@keithlaw
keithlaw
Good win for the #sfgiants. I look forward to seeing Bochy give Matt Cain the game ball in the 7th inning next Wednesday.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
For Cliff's unbeaten streak in the postseason..
A single 40 oz. Doesn’t suffice.
by dolphinpuncher on Oct 27, 2010 10:49 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
That's the only part of this that hurts, really.
Now the media’s going to pounce on him.
by DrumsInTheDeep on Oct 27, 2010 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
equivalent of being mocked by the A/V club in HS.
Except they’ve grown a little. Fuck them. We know what we got.
by dolphinpuncher on Oct 27, 2010 10:57 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I meant the other A/V club.
by dolphinpuncher on Oct 27, 2010 11:05 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Probably, but that's idiocy on their part.
Pitchers have bad games sometimes. Even the best pitchers.
It’s unfortunate that it happened in Game 1 of the World Series, but, y’know, Lincecum was not exactly lights-out either. It’s a team’s job to pick up their pitcher when he has a bad game, just like it’s his job to sometimes when one when the team doesn’t hit.
But then, the media is full of idiots.
(I’m looking at you, Colin Cowherd.)
by Stormwalker on Oct 27, 2010 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
It will be glossed over if he signs with the Yankees
and pointed out for months if he signs with anyone else.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 27, 2010 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
He was due.
There was no way he could sustain it forever. It’s better that it happened in a Game 1 rather than a Game 5 or something.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
The goal is to split the first two games.
Win tomorrow, and the Rangers go home against Sanchez (who can be a mental case) in game #3, a rookie in game #4, and back to Lee vs Lincecum in Game #5. I have faith the Rangers can get it done.
MAVS WIN!!
Baby Wash is not impressed……
"you can drop the antlers on 'em...or you can drop the claw on 'em."
by b.pate on Oct 27, 2010 10:51 PM CDT reply actions 7 recs
BEAT YOU
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 27, 2010 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions
not according to my screen.....ah ha.
"you can drop the antlers on 'em...or you can drop the claw on 'em."
NOO!
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 27, 2010 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Are you going to game 3?
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't listen to this guy, he's a...
by Giant Space Ants on Oct 27, 2010 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
X
:(
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 27, 2010 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
that's criminal
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Jesus fucking christ.
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Oct 27, 2010 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions
"That's just the way my hair grow."
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions
"That's the way Trick or Treating go!"
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Oct 27, 2010 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
"Candy cravings do what they do"
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Mini Gut
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of destiny.
sizing
/oc
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Fuck the heck...
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Why are there two of these terrible things?
by Giant Space Ants on Oct 27, 2010 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions
sizing
/oc
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
It is not.
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Oct 27, 2010 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
That game was such an aberration it's hard to take anything from it.
Everything that could go wrong, did.
The only thing I take out of this game is that Vlad should not see the field again in this series under any circumstances. Unfortunately, I suspect Wash won’t see it that way.
Everything else was just weird, and I’d caution against trying to take any lessons from it.
I agree
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of destiny.
On the bright side:
Grilled cheese sandwiches with bbq sauce are the shit.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
it's one of the most awesome combos
i cant eat tomato soup without a grilled cheese
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Mmmmm sauce
Sweet Baby Rays?
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Rudy's spicy
stole the whole bottle from the restaurant last time we went.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I did brats tonight
I take sweet onions and saute them in Shiner, brown sugar, paprika, red pepper, and salt…throw that on top with some Dijon mustard.
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
damn
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Where are you sitting for game 3
and are you going to tailgate?
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions
not going, didn;t get tix
may head down there to tailgate a little…..then go to a local bar…who knows really
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I miss you Ryan
you complete me.
Fucking baseball.
Shit.
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I have a really bad feeling that Gut will run Vlad back to the outfield again tomorrow
would have to be one of his worst moves all year
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of destiny.
ok, I'm going to Buffalo Wild WIngs in McKinney to watch tomorrow's game
gotta do something different
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Hey!
I’ve driven on those highways!
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
maybe we passed each other and didn't know it!
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
prolly did!
jeez, louise… small world.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
you dudes just became best friends.......congrats!!
"you can drop the antlers on 'em...or you can drop the claw on 'em."
Glad we got our asses kicked.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I was, and I still am.
We needed to get our asses whipped, we’ll crush them bc of it.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
why did he bat in this game?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
If Moreland would only get a clue and grow a soul patch...
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I don't think so
I thought it was a righty pitching still
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
naw
Bochy brought in Lopez, a LHP, to face Moreland and Wash countered with Cantu. Something I haven’t heard much talk about…. does SF have the better bench?
I still don't get Cantu coming in
didn’t Moreland prove he is the better hitter regardless
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
and if you don't want to be pounded
don’t say stupid shit. keep it to yourself, dumbass
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Seriously, Cliff pitches Game 5.
I have a feeling he’ll respond pretty well.
by Giant Space Ants on Oct 27, 2010 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree.
Likewise, I think CJ will bounce back well tomorrow from his bad last start.
by Stormwalker on Oct 27, 2010 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
As I posted above, taking anything from this game is a mistake.
It’s an abberation. That’s all it is. The best pitcher in the AL had a bad game. Elvis made an error on a fairly routine play. Hamilton went 0-fer.
These are not normal occurrences. Just a lot of things went wrong in one game.
The team will bounce back.
Really, Game 1 of the ALCS was MUCH worse than this.
by Stormwalker on Oct 27, 2010 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
if the giants beat lee, cj, and colby
i’ll just tip my cap. right now all that happened is lee had an off night where he was wild in the zone, didn’t have a curve, didn’t have a change up. as flukey as the 4 errors.
what I think is funny is that people think Lincecum was solid
he was not good by any definition. sure, he got the win, but only because he wasn’t as shitty as the other guy
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
He had 1K through 4innings.
He wasn’t solid. He just happened to get the balls hit to his IF at the right time.
Yeah.
In fact, I was complaining about that when Buck called Lincecum “good” tonight. He wasn’t good. He wasn’t really even much better than Lee, who was terrible (by Cliff Lee standards).
by Stormwalker on Oct 27, 2010 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Actually, he only got the win because O'Day gave up a fucking bomb.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
I have 4 more beers
should I drink them?
Your thoughts?
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
braggart
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
They're Shiner Holiday Cheer
They’re gross.
I love Shiner but this brew is no bueno.
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I kind of liked them...I had some on draft at Fox and Hound on Tuesday
It was sweet so I could only handle one or two
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
7
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Ok
on my way to the kitchen.
Thanks for the advice. You should have your own motivational seminar.
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I do.
Remember that little slip up by Hamilton at the bar and that time our manager did cocaine? That was my motivational speaking to tempt them.
Oh
I see. Playing checkers with Jesus?
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions
wish i had em right now
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of Destiny.
My thoughts...
are that after an abortion of a game like that, you shouldn’t have 4 beers left.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Solid point
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions
That game nearly drove me to taking my first drink.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
This also.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Shotgun them.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Well i am out for the night see you guys tomorrow and hope we win it
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of Destiny.
So, I'm not gonna be reading any sports stuff over the next day
Out of fear that I’ll catch glimpse of a “Giants get to Lee, dominate Rangers” stuff. I mean, sure it’s correct, but I know it’ll take a “Rangers aren’t up to the task” like angle, and that’s just bull.
by Giant Space Ants on Oct 27, 2010 11:15 PM CDT reply actions
Yep.
I’m actually glad now that I have to go in for a training class tomorrow, which would normally be a day off for me.
It’ll keep me from sitting around and reading LSB all day and stewing in what a crappy game this was. I’ll work all day, get off work, come home, and watch Game 2.
by Stormwalker on Oct 27, 2010 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Why care?
That’s what the media said after ALCS game 1 too.
by dalboslaston on Oct 27, 2010 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions
We dropped neither antler nor claw upon their faces this evening.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Maybe we shook off a couple bandwagoners.
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Oct 27, 2010 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions
They'll be back.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
We don't let quitters back on
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Question for Robbie:
How do the numbers on the simulation change if you set Game 1 as a Giants win?
Rangers still win 52-54% of the time, depending on how you do the league adjustment.
Weirdly, it doesn’t make much of a difference. But even if you take it all the way down to the ~.530 record this year, Rangers are still slightly favored to go 4-2 or 5-1 through the last six.
A serious waste of time.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Meh. Idle curiosity.
Also, I’m trying to put off having to actually write the three-page paper I have due tomorrow.
Game simulations, league adjustments, game theory...really?!!!?!?!
….complete bullshit.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Ladies and gentlement, the #1 disciple of the great Bill James.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Well, certainly the AL is as good as the NL. Have you ever seen any evidence otherwise?
And no franchise has ever built success off of trying to make the future a little more predictable with statistical programs.
Shoot, I’m not sure where that picture came from. What is Bill James up to these days, anyway?
by philkid3 on Oct 27, 2010 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
disappointing post
even from you.
You know better Josey.
by elvis1isking on Oct 28, 2010 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Making fun of game simulator types the night
there’s 18 runs scored in SFO when Cliff Lee & Tim Lincecum are the starting pitchers?
Nobody saw that coming just like nobody saw the Mets beating the Orioles in ‘69 or the Dodgers beating the Mighty A’s in ’88.
Come World Series time, those things are mostly worthless and a complete waste of time.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Because he doesn't understand it
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Did your grandson's laptop get a porn blocker
and so you decided to take it out on all computers everywhere?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions
STFU
The Emperor is naked.
Find a way to put some clothes on him.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Little man...
You’re full of shit.
Most people here are afraid to say it.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Old man.
You’re full of shit.
Most people here aren’t afraid to say it, because they’re right.
Shame you’ve never got the hint.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
by jonthefon on Oct 27, 2010 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Actually, I think your heart is in the right place
but your brain is up your ass.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions
boomer loves pictures...oklahoma and all that.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Surprised, bitch?
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Better use of time than rehashing the same old shtick about Davis
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Davis isn't on this roster....he's next year's problem.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
You don't get it do you?
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Arthritis?
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Charlie Harper shirts?
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Don Rickles
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I think he's funny and I'm not even the target audience.
/ducks
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Don Rickles is brilliant.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I need to read his book, my dad has it and says its really funny.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
"my dad has it and says its really funny."
You’re actually counting that as a point in the book’s favor?
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
My dad and I have the same humor mind set.
We are both extremely sarcastic
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Went right over your head.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
It's tough to convey good sarcasm through typeface.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
You know what ruins sarcasm?
When people do this- /sarcasm
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Or ;) at the end of a comment.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
My Dad can be funny as hell too
But that’s more in regards to his standup abilities, not his book-humor choices.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Dementia.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Steve Perry Sux...
and so do the giants!!!
http://slumwords.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/please-stop-believin/
So, that was bad.
But…. meh. I can’t get that pissed off about it. It was a weird-ass game. There’s gonna be a clunker every once in a while, at least it’s game 1 and not when we’re down 2 games to 1 or something.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
Yeah, that sums up how I feel.
You score 7 runs against solid pitching yet your best starter and some decent bullpen guys just completely blow up. Outside of Vlad in the OF, I’m not sure I would have approached anything differently.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah...
I don’t feel as bad about this as I did last night.
The clown baseball defense was worrying but when you sit back and look at the offensive production against their best starter and a great bullpen you’ve got to start feeling a little better
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
It's just like CJ to shrug off the pressure and shrug off the last bad start and throw a gem tomorrow.
Let’s do this.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Well..
that certainly wasn’t what I had envisioned or expected to see for the Rangers first WS game.
On the plus side, I somehow avoid throwing something at the TV after the Uribe HR. I think I’m slowly learning how to control my temper!
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
The stars lost to buffalo in game 1 in 99. The cowboys trailed at the end of 1st in both Bill superbowls. The Mavs lost game 1 to The Spurs in 06. Precedent.
by peppersquad on Oct 27, 2010 11:31 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Bringing up the Mavs
a horrible, horrible idea.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest"
--South Korean Rangers fan
Yes, this is terrible, this idea.
"Sometimes I'm Bill Buckner, baby. Sometimes I'm Willie Mays." -dariustx
by TheJeezus on Oct 28, 2010 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
The Cowboys were up 28-10
at the half in SB 27.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Does anyone still think
we can come out with a win tomorrow?
Atleast my Warriors
for basketball are winning tonight.
by KinslerFTW12 on Oct 27, 2010 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions
The worst thing anybody can do in here is panic.
Lots of eventual champions lost Game 1.
Don’t runaround like Chicken Little tonight & tomorrow.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions
You runaround like Chicken Little, apparently.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Are you at a disco?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Ohhhh, good point.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
The worst thing anybody can do in here
is read your inane posts
Chan Ho bobble head
by Powder Blue Red Shoe on Oct 28, 2010 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Formula ?
The idiots need some numbers!!
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions
No it's not
but i don’t care how many games it takes to win this thing.
by KinslerFTW12 on Oct 27, 2010 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions
No...
it’s over. Pack your shit and go home. Don’t even bother playing game 2.
Fuck.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
What about the math dork percentages?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Also, was this a reply fail or completely out of nowhere?
I hope it’s the second. I’m laughing either way, but the latter would be much funnier.
Yeah, smart people suck, right?
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Omigosh! You called us dorks!
What’s next!? Dweeb? Four Eyes?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Giants scored 16 runs in a game in their last WS appearance...
and still didn’t win. I ain’t worried.
Back on the scene, crispy and clean.
I ain't worried either, but that was 25 different guys.
What happened to DeRosa this year?
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Some catastrophic injury or physical problem.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Wrist issue, I think.
He was on XM last night and highly complimentary of the Rangers (Young, CJ).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 27, 2010 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Always was a good dude, Francouer kinda reminds me of him.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I can see it
In the sense that Mark DeRosa apparently takes massive shits, and Jeff Francouer is a massive shit on the baseball diamond.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
In fact, maybe Mark DeRosa created Jeff Francouer.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
In fact
D-Ro’s departure from the Braves almost coincides with Francouer’s arrival.
Coincidence? Absolutely not.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
As a guy, not as a player.
Anyways…
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Giants fan here
DeRosa has flappy tendons. forget about him, he’s 36 and pretty much done for. sadly, he’s signed for another year
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions
At least South Park is humorous tonight
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
I'm watching How It's Made
and I’m unreasonably annoyed by this segment – they are clearly manufacturing player piano rolls of the “How It’s Made” theme, so why the fuck isn’t the player piano at the end of the segment playing it? It’s playing something else entirely.
This pisses me off every single time I see this one.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
What a terrible baseball series.
Still, a decent deal and I’d probably do it if I had money.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
It's the post-06 NBA Live of baseball games.
All the motions are herky-jerky.
And this is the same company which produced NBA 2K…
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Also the unstoppable hook shot!
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
it has come a long way
and way better than 09
for 2 bucks, def worth a look
plus you can get a ton of mods online
I made these a while back
and rangers WS jerseys
I've had enough of you fucking people
I’m going to bed
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
You didn't like my Jeff Francouer-is-a-Mark DeRosa-turd theory?
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
If CJ the Streak Stopper Shows Up Tomorrow...
…and the bats can get to Cain, we get a split.
Which is what I was counting on all along. And as long as it’s 2-2 at worst heading into Game 5, I think I like Cliff’s chances to rebound from tonight.
Keep you antlers up, bitches.
Writer for Defending Big D
If the Rangers score more runs than the Giants tomorrow they get the split too.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Yeah, I was gonn be just fine with a split.
I don’t like that now we have to win that game to get the split, but oh well.
Giants fan here
crazy game, sloppy in some areas (esp Vlad in RF).
You guys think he’ll be playing in the OF tomorrow?
Not if Wash wants to have a chance at winning any games in SF.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
yeah he looked like some def clank-mitt out there. That single that turned into a triple was just, i dont know, wierd. i dont think I’ve ever seen that before.
One other question, what caliber relievers did you use tonight? the mop up guys, or the front line guys (other than youre closer). I could look it all up, but that’d be tougher than just asking those already in the know. Thanks guys
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Holland, Oliver, and Feliz are probably the 3 best right now.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Ogando Holland and Feliz are best right now, the Darrens were over used this season and it has shown this post season
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of Destiny.
Ogando and O'Day are two of our better relievers.
That definitely wasn’t the A-team though. Neither Lowe or Kirkman have thrown a ton of innings. Kirkman has been pretty effective for the most part. Lowe we don’t really know a lot about because we haven’t seen enough of him (he was the other piece to the Cliff Lee deal and was on the DL until right at the very end of the season.)
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
For some reason, we hit top tier pitchers very well. Hung losses on every top pitcher this year. You saw the NLCS.
ok cool. and for my end, we used Casilla, Romo, Lopez, and Wilson (our top 4 relievers, who didn’t allow any runs).
Ramon Ramirez is teh SUCK, hence, 9th inning mop-up, and still can’t even mop up. He had a lucky year BABIP-wise. Bochy was throwing him a bone, and he didn’t do shit with it. I wouldn’t expect to see him again unless it’s mop up duty, and still, maybe not even at that. Mota is good, though he rarely pitches so you may not see him either.
Affeldt is a very good reliever too, though he is not of the Casilla/Lopez/Romo/Wilson caliber.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions
Good to know,
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
My thoughts:
1. CLIFF LEE! was due for that. I was scared it was going to happen last series against the Yankees but thankfully it didn’t. Better that he got it out of the way in Game 1 rather than later in the series. I’m not worried about him.
2. Vlad does not need to be in the outfield at all in SF. Strictly a PH for the away games in this series. Maybe he could play LF if we were in Fenway or something, but there is way too much ground to cover in SF. Murphy needs to get the start tomorrow in LF, and Cruz needs to be in RF.
3. Bullpen needs to get outs.
4. Defense needs to step up.
5. Too many LOB.
We just have to do a better job against their lineup. There’s no way they’re as good as we made them look tonight. And their pitching looked very hittable.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
while I’m a Giants fan, I do have two things to say- first of all, we hit top pitchers very well because our team is free-swinging and great pitchers, they pound the zone. We also hit lefties very well. I wouldn’t assume Lee will dominate in Game 5, but we shall see. Timmeh wasn’t great tonight either (hit with too many damn balls, lol)
and second, yes you run a risk with Vlad in the OF, but remember that he is your cleanup hitter. The risk far outweights the reward, and I’m not saying that because he made two errors tonight- because your lineup is severly weakened without him at AT&T.
oh, and third- our lineup is not consistent, but they do have a ton of power. 1-7, they are all HR and XBH hit threats (except 8 hole hitter Renteria, playing with a torn bicep). The downside is we lack speed, but putting up alot of runs is not beyond our team- everyone got hot in July and we put up the most runs in the majors over that month. That said, its anyone’s guess how this series turns out, but the games at AT&T (thanks to McCann) favor us greatly.
G’nite all
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions
sorry, 2nd sentence in 2nd paragraph should say “the reward far outweighs the risk”.
by giant4life83 on Oct 28, 2010 12:36 AM CDT up reply actions
If you watched this team and all in the second half, you'd know how wrong your second point is.
Murphy has outplaying Vlad completely.
You wouldn’t be saying this if the shoe was on the other foot, its a very Baseball Tonight hot-air analysis. But then again you guys don’t really get the whole “9 guys who can all hit” concept.
by dolphinpuncher on Oct 28, 2010 12:44 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Our lineup and our OF
will be stronger with Murphy than Vlad….Vlad can ph, but his hitting has been very poor. If the Giants are free swinging they will have trouble with CJ
So
1) We should throw crappy pitchers at the Giants in order to do well? That makes sense.
2) The lineup is not weakened without Vlad, especially since Murphy is better against righties than he is. Trust us, we remember he’s our “cleanup hitter” and it has caused us much pain (and some pleasure, true) in recent times.
3) Your lineup is good, underrated even, but not 11 runs good, and can be shut down, and I think that’s what txhc was talking about.
by Giant Space Ants on Oct 28, 2010 12:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes
Which is why the score was actually 7-6 Rangers. Our lineup was good but not 11 runs, so they took away 5 runs, and y’all ended up winning.
/I live in North Texas, and can’t get over how delusional Rangers bandwagon fans are.
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
Calling someone a bandwagon fan?
Get the fuck off here. Seriously. Fucking leave.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:31 AM CDT up reply actions
You want to dispute this?
I walk around my Campus, and all I hear is “Yea I wasn’t a Rangers fan, but now that they’re in the playoffs I’m gonna start following them.”
I’ve been in Texas for 5 years – 4 in Austin, 1 in North Texas and if you’re telling me that the Rangers are big in any way, you’re lying.
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
He didn't say there aren't bandwagon fans.
It looks kinda like you’re implying that GSA is a bandwagon fan, though.
Fair enough
I apologize to GSA, for offending then.
Proud adoptee of Dick Tidrow the mastermind behind Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Buster Posey and many more. Also known as "The Reason".
Every team has bandwagoners.
Every.single.team.
Texas is always going to be a football state. But there are a lot of die hard Rangers fans who have been waiting for something to get excited about.
So yeah, fuck off. Don’t go calling people on this site bandwagon fans.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah...
Including the Giants. Somehow they’re immune?
Tonight I saw several people wearing Giants hats with A’s jerseys or something. But yeah, darn bandwagonin’ Rangers fans!
(P.S. Could you imagine rooting for the Astros in the World Series? Gross. What’s wrong with people?)
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 28, 2010 2:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, I wasn't actively rooting for the Astros
but I was happy to see friends happy, so I was excited for them when they went to the WS.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Exited for my friends! Not the Astros!
Plus, fuck Ozzie Guillen.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Or, you could try to not be a jackwad,
and just assume like most rational people that he was merely putting forth the crazy idea that the Giants are unlikely to score 11 runs a game for the rest of the series.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
We should throw crappy pitchers at the Giants in order to do well? That makes sense.
I think the point he was trying to make is that its very possible a guy like Jonathan Sanchez would be much more likely to dominate our lineup than a guy like Cliff Lee. Obviously Sanchez isnt a better pitcher, but dominant strike throwers lose some of their usual advantage when they face a lineup like ours.
Thing A
"Correlation between inability to use the reply button and general crappiness of analysis: pretty high." -Sleepy Freud
The lineup is strong with Murphy than Vlad against righties.
Maybe even period. That’s before getting in to the defense.
Whenever you do come back,
could you do us a favor and use titles? The text tends to run together and can make for difficult reading. Thanks.
Also, just because Vlad hits 4th, don’t assume that he’s the best option for that. Individually, there are a lot of power guys in the lineup who can be a bit streaky. Vlad is one and part of the reason why he stays there is because the manager is hoping for one of those hot streaks. The lineup is good enough for Murphy to play in Vlad’s place and still be productive, even if you want to use career numbers instead of seasonal ones. Murphy’s average defense makes it worth it.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm also a little uneasy with Cruz in LF.
Both corners take a defensive hit with Vlad in the OF.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 28, 2010 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah,
I can’t decide if he looks uncomfortable because of position or the different layout of their OF.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Cruz is a good defensive OF but he will
take a few curious routes to balls. I’d just rather see him where I know he’s comfortable. He said last night before the game on MLB that he’s more comfortable in RF because that’s where he’s played most of his career.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 28, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
I just looked over at the corner of my screen and realized it's only 10:51 out here.
Fuck. I’m already ready to eat dinner, watch Terriers, maybe a movie, and then go to bed and get up for game 2.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
That would explain why McCovey Chronicles is still blowing up.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Were San Fransiscan we party all night, then go build you all iphones
by allhailtheredwings on Oct 28, 2010 1:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Where's my fuckin' IPhone then?
Lazy San Franciscans.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Maybe if you built them before partying,
they’d work better? =)
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
So, what exactly do you do with your life?
Do you ever get to see Sun Light?
"Fuck Tom Hicks. There is no aspect of my baseball universe that man hasn't shit on."
"and to Adam J. Morris and the Lone Star Ball regulars; go fuck yourself."- cmkelly29
by TooLegitToQuit on Oct 28, 2010 1:24 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
This meme is just about played out.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Kinda like you?
(I love you)
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Fuck it
WE’RE ALL ANGRY.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME.
Watching SportsCenter. According to Tim Kurkijan, Wash says Vlad will remain in RF.
Fucking STUPID.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
I hate Ron Washington so much.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Listen Ron, Vlad isn't gonna be back next year.
His feelings don’t matter at all.
by Giant Space Ants on Oct 28, 2010 1:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Even if he is back it isn't the best thing for the team.
His veteranness be damned. Playing him in that giant RF is stupidity, pure and simple. That’s basically saying “Whatever, you guys won’t hit us like that again. Go ahead and try.”
Unbelievable. The is the World Fucking Series, man!
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
What irritates me is I don't think that's why Ron is doing this
I think his dumb ass honestly believes the team is better off with Vlad gimping it up in RF, probably because of some nonexistent “presence in the lineup” bullshit or something.
I might break things if we lose this thing in 6 or 7 games and Ron is still running Vlad out there in the final two games waiting for his bat to return to it’s first half glory.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
This will engrage me beyond belief.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
God this is just dumb.
In order for it to even remotely make any sense you would have to put Borbon in either Center or Left and shade either Hamilton/Borbon over to right to make up for Vladdy’s lack of range. And putting Borbon in there at all doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me.
The outfield should be Murphy LF, Hamilton CF, and Cruz RF. In the pressers Wash said he was going to do what got us here. Well, that’s what fucking got us here Wash so do it. Suck it up and use Vladdy as a PH for the national league games, he can still be a weapon coming off the bench. It’s not like Murphy can’t hit or something, they’re playing against a righty, and it’s not like Vlad is lighting the world on fire right now anyway.
The decision isn’t that difficult.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Oh I agree with you...
I just think Wash wants Vlad there because of his veteran’s presence. Not saying I think it’s right.
Yup.
He thinks having Vlad at cleanup is some kind of big deal, even though Vlad has been shitty in the playoffs, and shitty most of the the second half.
Just like with Andruw and Sammy.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Vlads bat does not work, so why have him in the field, makes no sense at all
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of Destiny.
Wow, I had a feeling that might happen.
Don’t know what to say.. its not to say Murphy is chopped liver. This is the World series, you cant afford to keep making mistakes like this. Yeah Vlad didnt cost us this game, the pitching did but his defense can surely cost us tomorrow in a close game.
What a nightmare, days like these I wish I wasn’t a night owl. Funny this loss didnt worry me like the ALCS game 1 did. But hearing this news is enough to make you nauseous.
Listen, I know he was a drunk.
But it’s rude to call Ulysses S. Grant a freak. You didn’t even know him!
by Giant Space Ants on Oct 28, 2010 1:21 AM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
I find this more humorous this morning
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
The way this game was played
I was stunned that the final score was 11-7 to tell you the truth
Get me a flight to San Fran
I got a kneecap to introduce Mr. Crowbar to.
by Giant Space Ants on Oct 28, 2010 1:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Nah, we could still use him for PH duties
What we do is we kidnap Ron and replace him with that creepy kid from higher up in the thread.
Nobody will be able to tell the difference walking and talking, and we’ll be able to get mini-Ron to play Murphy for 50 bucks and a pair of Snickers bars.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
According to SportsCenter that's what Wash said.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
DOUBLE CONFIRMED
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
It was pretty clear that despite Vlad’s issues in right field in Game 1, Ron Washington is committed to playing him in Game 2.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 1:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Yup
What in wash’s managerial track record would indicate he wouldn’t start him in game 2. It would show a lack of confidence in one of his players.
If at first you don’t succeed try try again.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I knew his dumb ass would do this, how stupid is he, he did so well in the other series and now he pulls this shit
Murphy has no shot with this ass at the helm
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of Destiny.
Vlad looked fucking miserable out there.
Wash, stop. Uncle, man. UNCLE.
by dolphinpuncher on Oct 28, 2010 1:38 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
man the SF trolls are getting pretty cocky everywhere it seems.
karma needs to shut them up tomorrow.
They kinda have the right to be.
Everyone picked us to win, and it was probably annoying to hear CLIFF LEE nonstop. So, yeah, they deserve to talk trash. It’s not looking very good right now. Things can change, but we got dominated with our best pitcher on the mound.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 1:54 AM CDT up reply actions
you nailed it..
Put yourself in our shoes for a sec… ALL we heard was Cliff Lee was invincible… All we saw was pretty much every “expert” pick the Rangers… So we Giants’ fans are thrilled with the start.
Nobody is popping Champagne corks… There is a long way to go and you’re taking the right approach in here. One win tomorrow and you’re where you want to be. (although I like the Cain matchup tomorrow… He’s been brilliant down the stretch.)
Cheers!
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I don't know dude...
the folks in the city sure acted like they had things wrapped up tonight.
It made me wonder if Giants fans didn’t realize the World Series was a best of 7.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 28, 2010 2:11 AM CDT up reply actions
excellent, the rangers have them right where they want them
then they will crush their hopes and drink their tears!!!
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I'm glad we lost...we fucking suck when we're favorites.
and like you said…it gives them an extra level of cockiness to crush.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Agreed.
IMO, the stats have shown that CJ is slightly better than Cain this season, but in all aspects, they’re basically equal.
CJ gets into trouble when he tries to nibble on the corners too much. If he’s getting the low and away strike, he’s almost unhittable. If the ump is not, he can tend to walk people, and that’s where he gets into trouble.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Really?
Every expert picked the Rangers?
ESPN: 22 pick Rangers, 6 pick Giants
Sports Illustrated: 6 pick Rangers, 5 pick Giants
Jeff Sullivan @ Lookout Landing:
The Rangers are probably better by a tiny bit. If you re-played the World Series a million times, maybe 50-55% of the time the Rangers would be crowned as champions
A poll at FanGraphs asking who will win Game 1 resulted in a 53.5% Rangers vote.
In other words, spare me the “nobody believed in us” shtick.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes, it was annoying.
Several rumbling articles in major media about how miserably Giant will fail against the mighty Lee and how unbelievably awesome he is. And given that us, Giants fans, are not an optimistic bunch anyway, that was annoying.
Last 5 Giant’s wins – losing pitchers:
Roy Halladay, Cole Hamels, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Madson, and Cliff Lee.
Must be because Giant’s offense sucks so bad.
My favorite picture on MCC todays was that meme with Cain asking “Guys, you are going to do that again tomorrow? Really? Really?”… Cain is not the luckiest one.
Vlad in RF again? mmm.. ok.. i gues nobody here objects..
Now, to be fair
Cliff Lee deserved to be fawned over. His stats were incredible. Still are. But I’d probably have been annoyed if I were a Giants fan.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:15 AM CDT up reply actions
It is fair.
I do not think anybody was optimistic going into the game. Lee is an awesome, awesome pitcher. I still can not believe watching the 5th.
It is just the overall intensity of nutsuck swinging combined with general bias in the national media.
I still most of those hacks are still pissed it is not Philadelphia against Yankees.
I can't fucking believe it either.
For a guy who has so much control, seeing him up in the zone was so infuriating. And no offense, but the Yankees lineup is much more of a threat offensively than the Giants. It would have made much more sense for him to have that game he had tonight in Yankees stadium than against the Giants.
I guess that’s what I’ve got to hope for; that this was an aberration. I feel like it was, but in a short series, you never know. Excited for game 2 tomorrow.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:26 AM CDT up reply actions
I just hope Lee's back isn't fucked again.
A lot can happen in eight days.
I admit that thought came to mind.
If so hope he speaks up asap and they give him that magic injection like they did back in August heh.. But I hope not, he had an off day, in the world series sucks for us but it happens.
Yankees are too patient
..and professional to swing at everything and make Lee work.
This Giant’s lineup is quite adept at being pests to good pitchers who throw strikes.
Now Rangers have an advantage as Cain being the certified tough luck pitcher. I just hope your pitching stuff is shaken a bit.
Let’s wait for tomorrow.
I mean he has some very bad luck.
Throughout his career. He pitches well, and gets little to show for it.
Ok.
Wasn’t sure if you meant run support. The label clashed with me thinking of him as the guy that always outperformed his peripherals.
I'm guessing he means the low run support
Second-lowest on their staff to Zito. Although only a couple points below league average. Don’t really know how significant a couple points is in this case.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Given that Giants don't usually score..
..that means a lot.
He is an overall unlucky looking dude. :)
Need to find the gif when he struggles to open champagne after Giants clinched. He couldn’t. That’s Matt.
Meh,
Lee has been so good these past two postseasons, I don’t know why that’s so surprising. I also think the results last night had more to do with poor defense and a bad outing from Lee than the Giants suddenly turning into an offensive juggernaut.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Hitting Torres, the walk to Burrell, Face's error
Ian’s double play ball and baserunning fuck-up plus the Adventures of Vlad….
Sleep like a baby and tee it up again today.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 28, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
%*$& the heck?
We didn’t even do the Angrydome right tonight. We got a bunch of “Get ’em tomorrow”s and Josie demonstrating his hatred of all things he doesn’t understand instead. Step it up, LSB.
We got the self-destructing over with in the gameday threads.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Angrydome reached critical mass early tonight
Then shutdown for the most part, because everyone just wanted it over
After the GDT I think the meltdowns killed it for one.
The FPC might have reached an all time high at one point, for a single game setting.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
If they lose tonight,
it will come out.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions
What's FPC? Something with political correctness?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 28, 2010 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Fucks per comment.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Well now...
I sure shouldn’t go to Rangers playoff games.
The Rangers are 8-9 all time in the playoffs when I’m not in the stadium to watch the game.
The Rangers are 0-5 all time in the playoffs when I am in the stadium to watch the game.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 28, 2010 2:10 AM CDT reply actions
I mentioned this in the gameday thread.
I’ve sent out pictures to the proper authorities. No more worries!
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Nope...
And never again.
By the way, here’s a list of things that happened:
-People threw things at Baseball North and I
-Poured a beer on a 70 year old Rangers fan
-Drunk fans grabbed my Rangers playoff hat, we chased him down, his drunk prick friends tried to start something, and the cops made me take a walk before Giants’ security came over and asked US which one of US punched him
-Two full beer cans were lobbed within a couple of inches of our heads
Giants fans are classy.
(Besides the above and the outcome, it was still fucking great to be there)
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 28, 2010 2:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, you were obviously provoking them.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:27 AM CDT up reply actions
I mean, being a celebrity and all.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Yea.....I think GoET is confusing Giants fans with the paparazzi.
"you can drop the antlers on 'em...or you can drop the claw on 'em."
Geez.
Although, in fairness I imagine that kinda shit goes on at just about any baseball game in any park, really. You get several thousand morons together in an enclosed space and get them pumped up on adrenaline and alcohol, you kinda have to expect it.
I have to imagine it even happens at the RBiA to some extent, we just don’t hear about it because this is a Rangers board.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Yes...
My favorite taunt was, “Go home!”
Home being 15 minutes away?
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 28, 2010 2:29 AM CDT up reply actions
PLUS...
THEY WON! What would have happened had they lost?
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 28, 2010 2:30 AM CDT up reply actions
New York all over again.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
I woulda had to truck a dude...
I don’t want to have to truck a dude.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 28, 2010 2:36 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
They would have tucked their tails and acted like little bitches.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
I don't think you want to know that answer.
the play off environment is a at your own risk type of thing in a visitors park. Thankfully it wasn’t in Philadelphia you might of gotten shanked.
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
The local radio guys, who went to the game
Are reporting some asshole behavior too.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Must be Yankee Fans
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
San Francisco has always had the reputation as
a particularly tough place (in regards to fan behavior) to play when the Dodgers were in town.
When the 49ers beat the Cowboys (“The Catch”) for the ’81 NFC Championship some of the Cowboy wives said that fans their would piss in cups and drop on them when they were exiting The Stick.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Ah, I've never paid that much attention to them.
Is there a part of California that isn’t rough. Granted I’ve only been to LA for mission trips.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Dodger Stadium, The Big A, Qualcomm
were all very hospitable when I was there.
The Coliseum in LA was a bad place when the Raiders were there but that’s to be expected.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I've been to two games at Dodger.
Very pleasant experience. I was wearing a Pujols jersey and my Cardinals hat (we saw them play the Cardinals on our last day on mission trip). Everybody was very nice, which was weird cause we were in center field bleachers and I had heard stories about how rowdy it could get out there for fans of the visiting teams.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
I don't know how to explain it other than to
say there seems to be northeast mentality (Boston, Philly, NYC) in the Bay Area in regards to their teams that doesn’t seem to exist in So Cal.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Chavez Ravine is a stadium I'd really like to visit
Probably in my top five that I haven’t seen.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
Honestly
I don’t think it’s all that. It might have been a much better ballpark when the competition was the 60’s 70s era multiuse nightmare ballparks that were the norm. But with all the new ballparks, I don’t think it is all that great.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
So much of the beauty with Chavez Ravine
is that the ballpark itself is immaculate and on some days you can see the San Gabriel Mountains beyond the OF pavillion.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Yeah
I want to see it because it’s a legendary stadium and because of the view.
I know it’s not going to be as “nice” or user-friendly as the new parks, but that’s not what I’m after. I am in love with Fenway and that place is as non user-friendly as can be.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
I was at Wrigley Field in 2006
and the bathrooms are below the stadium.
So much for “user-friendly” but you piss in a horse trough at Wrigley Field just like you did at the old Arlington Stadium.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I miss the horse troughs at old Arlington Stadium
Fenway is much the same. The concourse has the build and feel of a dungeon.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
Nothing like feeling the splashback
of another man’s urine stream on your forearms.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
TWSS
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 28, 2010 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
WTF?? Nobody likes the horse troughs!!
You never want to cross the streams!!
Never!!
"you can drop the antlers on 'em...or you can drop the claw on 'em."
Well some of the new ballparks
Like Pittsburgh and San Francisco were located and built so well, they do make Chavez seem fairly pedestrian, imo.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
I was there in the early 70s for a day game in June and
my recollection is that it was beautiful.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LAN197306240.shtml
Lot of talent on the field that day.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Drunk morons are being drunk morons.
But I would much rather be in opposing team garb in SF then in Philly.
I'm just going to go ahead and assume...
they were the bandwagoners.
Every real Giants fan I’ve ever met were super meek relaxed dudes.
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 28, 2010 2:35 AM CDT up reply actions
What would you expect from a team with current tugline being "torture"?
We all watch games from under the couch.
I don't get the torture thing.
Is it the style of winning?
Because it’s kind of torture to see Wash make headscratching moves, but we continue to win with that.
Giants baseball... torture..
That is walking the bases loaded for every save – with a saves leader for a closer.
Braves series – all games one run games..
Arrgh..
Doesn't sound all that different from Ranger baseball this year, really
Just anecdotally, it seemed like the Rangers couldn’t do anything easily either. Especially against teams they where supposed to dominate, like the Orioles.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
IT'S THE COLORS, MAN.
BLACK, WHITE, ORANGE. This series is over. FUCK.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:44 AM CDT up reply actions
I can't hate the Giants too much,
because FUCK THE ANGELS, right?
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:46 AM CDT up reply actions
You realize this is called the Angrydome, right?
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 28, 2010 2:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Angry is positive.
:)
Yeah, I should retreat back.
NO NO
You’re fine. Much better than 99% of the trolls here.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Part of me wishes I was registered when Frankie
blew that save against the Red Sox last year. I had left in the 8th inning to go see District 9 with my friends, and I remember watching GameCast on my iPhone and yelling out “FUCK” really loudly when they gave up the lead in the 9th.
The PGT must have been epic in its angryness.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:50 AM CDT up reply actions
holy shit
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:54 AM CDT up reply actions
The one where Murphy thew Buchholz out at home before things went really bad?
Yeah. I had the neighbors yelling at me for screaming “FUCK YEAH” when that fucker got nailed, and then Frankie proceeded to shit the bed.
They probably thought they shut me up, which was the real loss that night.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Yes, that one.
I’m kind of glad to have not watched that meltdown live, but it was just as deflating reading about Frakie STFB.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Oct 28, 2010 2:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Bahaha
Sorry, not laughing at you, just that concept.
Heh. Three months ago we all thought this team was too bankrupt to be a postseason threat, and where worrying about blowing an 8-game lead to the A’s or Angels.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
That surprises me
I actually said at the start of the game when I saw random Ranger fans, that they probably dont have to worry about beer being thrown on them in SF
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
This is why I cant decide if I want to go to game3
I really want to see the world series, but they lose when i go
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I don't want to pay $600 for a crappy seat.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
If anyone's still here
talk me down. I was surprisingly confident after losing game 1 of the ALCS, but the main reason for that was Lee pitching game 3. Now that he lost, we need Colby and CJ to pick up the slack.
I still feel like they can win, but fuck, that was a punch to the stomach. Ugh, things would have set up so fucking perfectly had we won tonight.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
You also probably felt better after game one of a ALCS
Because we dominated that game all except for 1 inning.
There where positives tonight too, but they where all muted by clownball and Lee getting drilled.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Winning a World Series isn't supposed to be easy.
Colby and CJ are capable of picking up the slack.
Lee won’t be that bad again.
We kinda hammered Lincecum.
Vlad won’t be in the outf…Wait, what?
I had reached a calm peace with this game
disappointing as it turned out. But now that Washington is saying Vlad is playing tomorrow, I’m starting to get very, very angry. Very. Extremely angry. I swear, Vlad didn’t even look like he wanted to be out there anymore once he started clanging the damn ball all over the place. I’m so pissed off now. Seriously, why the hell would he play Vlad again tomorrow? He was horrible out there. Murphy needs to be playing! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was just coming in
for a second to check what was going on before I went to bed. And now I’m mad and wide awake, and drinking a beer.
I’m taking it badly.
by Melanie on Oct 28, 2010 2:51 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You're not alone.
Fucking stupid. Somebody needs to override his decision on this, it’s going to fuck us.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Took the words out my mouth..
I too had made my peace and was like we’ll get them tomorrow till I read the news just got me pissed. I hope someone steps in because this could cost us this series. Its just looking to be stubborn right now, I get that he believes in his players and look out for them, love that about wash. But this is a SEVEN GAME SERIES, you don’t have much room for error. There is no way he saw what Vlad did out there tonight and be so gung ho to put him back there…no way.
I would understand if Cantu was the alternative but Murphy has been great offensively and while he wont be winning any gg soon, he’s better then Vlad.
I feel like tonight's game was the game
where everything just went horribly wrong, and you chalk it up to bad luck. Cliff wasn’t a robot, the Giants turned into steroids era Barry Bonds, Elvis made an error on a simple play, Ian did something stupid on the basepaths. Fine, whatever. At least the Rangers bats didn’t go completely cold. I still feel good about the rest of the series.
Then this Vlad news comes out. I realize it’s completely irrational, but I have this feeling that playing Vlad again out there is just pushing it, to the point of angering the baseball gods. I can imagine his outfield play being very catastrophic in a close game.
I’m over the top with it, probably, and sort of tipsy but I just really don’t want to see Vlad tomorrow, except to maybe pinch hit.
well we can be irrational together then..
Cause I feel the same way, seems like we’re tempting fate. And for all the reasons you listed, we scored off their daunted bullpen, had 4er off Tim and had 7 runs in an otherwise crappy game. Our offense wasn’t dormant just a lot of stupid errors and little things that made you think k tonight just isnt our night we’ll be back tomorrow.
But you learn from your mistakes and imo Vlad being out there is one of them. Oh well hope we win despite all this, time will tell.
night melanie and other lsbers who are still up
I think I'm gonna go to bed angry just because of Wash.
Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.
Vlad won’t be in the outf…Wait, what?
stupid manager does not learn from mistakes, more shitty play from Vlad tomorrow, if he were hitting homers and knocking in a ton of runs maybe it would be ok, but hes not and likely will not, he has been a total fail all post season, why should it change now
I have a real dislike for the NY Yankees and their Stupid Ass Guido fans. - - The Texas Rangers are the new team of Destiny.
And some people wonder why Wash catches so much shit.
Just look at this decision. It’s things like this that piss people off.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
The lousy thing is because the team had a good season, he's going to be bulletproof for at least another season.
Probably longer, if the team doesn’t backslide bigtime for some reason in 2011.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
man coming into these first two games in this series i had a good feeling we would get a win in game one, but had a bad feeling about game two.
then we pulled the crap we did in the first one and now i’ve got a really bad feeling about tonight . i really hope they don’t go up there and swing at everything cain throws, because if they do it’s going to be another long game.
So, will the bloggers spend days mocking Bochy for using his closer with a big lead like they did Wash in the ALCS?
Or will they conveniently forget since they like Bochy?
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
by WestTxAg06 on Oct 28, 2010 5:42 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Maybe they really do fear the beard?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
"Of course I host Diamond Talk."
I have no idea why I was up at 3:50am for the replay, but damn did they hammer the shit out of MY, and he really deserves it. “Hey look, a line drive right passed my glove…wow, that was close, it almost hit me.”
Fuck he needs to be moved to DH, let him bulk up and get some power back. Sigh, he will be the new Lowell…
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Yeah, I pretty much absolve Cliff of that 2 run inning, any pitcher would struggle when his 3B makes it a 5-out inning AND puts runners on base
I wish I had been able to catch Diamond Talk. Sean Bass tweeted that he just slept at the station after finishing.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
Heh, he had to have
He was back on the air at 5:30am this morning.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I believe his exact words were "morning tickers are bitch"
I can’t believe he had to do Diamond Talk late night and then the morning ticker. Hopefully he punches Ty Walker or whoever’s fault that is.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
It's usually Rich Philips in the mornings
He must have SMU stuff to do.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Dorn is the only person I hate more than Vlad right now.
It took everything I had to keep myself from going into a profanity laced tirade in front of my gf’s nieces last night .
I don’t like, but can somewhat understand, failing to get in front of a ball during a day game in the middle of June. This is the World Series asshole. Help your pitcher out.
Yup
I think MY may have had a run in with the mafia at some point, as he seems to be wearing cement shoes…
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Cement shoes is something the mob usually deals with.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
profanity laced tirades
are the best kinds of tirades
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Is there any other way to have a good tirade?
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
"Gosh durnit ya freaking pea brain!
Get your behind in front of the dadgum ball! This is hogwash!"
Hmmm, nope.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Agreeance.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
has anyone seen GoET?
poor guy’s antlers must be wilted after having to watch that third trimester abortion in front of Giants fans….whoah that must of been rough.
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
You have mail
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Are you hitting on him?
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
Jackwagon!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Pow
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
So who is going to gif Lee after his double?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I'm not really upset with this game...
and even if we drop the game tonight, I feel like we’re winning this.
You have mail too
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
did Ron say after the game he's going to do it again tonight? I believe ESPN said that...
I couldn’t bare to watch the funeral like post game.
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
SHIT HAPPENS!!
i won’t be worried until the giants have 3 wins and the rangers are losing with 2 outs in the 9th inning
if i burst out in a cheer when people are praying it's ok, GOD is a ranger fan too!
You'll start to worry long before it reaches that point, trust me.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
I think that's silly.
Time travel with a cellphone is pointless – there would be no reception, as towers and satellites didn’t exist yet.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Or did they?!?!?!?!
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
whoa
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
x
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
x
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Yup, I thought the song was cool for a while after I got iTunes, did I learn quickly.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
SCIENCE!!!!
When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." – Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 28, 2010 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Science!
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Best possibility I can think of is it's an icepack
As the dude had gotten punched a short time before that for wearing women’s clothing.
‘Cause that don’t look like no woman.
It does look like he/she says something into it right near the end of the clip, but that could be coincidental.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Sandlot style
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
It really is...
This picture was from 1928. Frozen Indian scrotums were dominating the “non-swelling items” market at that time.
In October of that year, an Amish milkmaid by the name of Grunda Fung used a piece of frozen raw beef to heal the wounds on her face. Her husband, Tim Dickles had ferociously beat upon her brow many times. This guy was just an asshole.
Anyways, word got around.. “RAW BEEF HEALS.. INDIAN SACS NOT AS EFFECTIVE.”
In response, Native Americans began removing their own sacs at an insane pace. They flooded the market with their frozen beanbags. Nobody was buying.
Less than a year later… You guessed it. The great Stock Market crash of 1929. Depression era begins. Thanks to Grunda and a bunch of sac-less Indians.
Dickles Raw Beef
tookover the market.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Yeah, maybe that was too soon for icepacks too.
But really, whatever it is almost looks too bulky to be a cell phone to me.
Unless this particular time traveler was from the ’90’s.
Although, if it is a phone it’d have to be some kind of time traveler’s equivalent to a sat-phone, used for communicating with his own time or something. Which could explain the bulkiness.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Man, fucking Wash.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
what?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
He's going to keep Vald in the field tonight.
Murphy’s too valuable as a pinch hitter, apparently.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
(I made that last part up)
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Sadly I think that logic holds true.
Borbon is all but forgotten it seems (Minus his pinch hit last night)
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
well, this Yahoo article seems to at least leave the question up in the air, likes it's not a sure thing.
But if the Texas Rangers manager is experiencing doubts about his plan to keep Guerrero’s bat in the lineup, he didn’t own up to it after the 11-7 loss to the Giants in Game 1 of the World Series.
“No, I don’t,” Washington said when asked if he had to reconsider Guerrero playing the outfield. “A couple balls got by him.”
Actually, that would be quite a good reason to question the benefit of fielding a defense featuring a creaky-kneed 35-year-old manning San Francisco’s spacious triples alley.
But Washington also never said if Guerrero will be in the lineup for Thursday’s Game 2 and I just don’t see how they can again risk his defensive play in a crucial game that would figure to be a lot closer.
emphasis mine
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Wash with the understatement of the century
“A couple balls got by him.”
Yeah, and he’s an outfielder, you asswipe. Outfielders aren’t supposed to have “a couple balls get by them” like that in a month, let alone a game.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
At least we can see they still respect his arm, once he gets to the ball of course
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
66 runs in 12 post-season games with Judy mostly stapled to the bench. It's not a coincidence.
I do think Murphy should be in LF with Josh & Nelson and that Vlad would be a monster ph option for later in the game (when they bring in Lopez to face Murph).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I won't argue that point.
But Vlad is a much bigger potential in this game to be important as a pinch hitter. No use in having two pairs of cement shoes, one at 3B and one in RF. Allowing runners to gain unnecessary bases
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
How many total extra bases could we tag on Vlad last night?
I count 5. Give a couple to Face and one to Elvis, too.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Well Sanchez had 2 doubles that I know with Nellie would have been singles.
I’m honestly trying to forget how bad it was.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Grand opportunity to shoehorn a shot at The Face.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Well, we've learned from the best
Thanks to all your shoehorned shots at Davis and more recently Borbon.
“The Influence Continues”, right?
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Somebody mentioned Judy being forgotten about and I mentioned
there’s a reason (12 games / 66 runs). It was within the context of the conversation.
The reason the offense is doing so well is because they no longer have offensive black holes at 1B & CF.
I don’t care if you take shots at The Face for last night…he deserved it…but it wasn’t in the context of the conversation.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Well, it's only rarely anything you say is within the context of the conversation
So I wouldn’t go calling anyone out over it.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
That's a lie.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
No, it's an exaggeration.
But not much of one.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Red throughout,
though I don’t like it when the center is still cold.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Can I get some mail Rodney?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
No soup for you.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
x
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
:^D
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry
by DonDrapersOPS on Oct 28, 2010 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions
David Price thinks Lee will come back strong in his next start...
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
solid insight
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I'm going with it or would you prefer to crawl into a fetal position in a corner and start crying?
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
No, I fully expect it as should any sensible baseball fan.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
the question is rather
whether he is a sensible baseball fan
by kevinkinsler on Oct 28, 2010 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Eguardo Perez giving us too much love
He had us in 6 against the Yanks and now 5 against the Giants.. Also he likes C.J in game 2. I want this game to come on already!!
I don't like people supporting us, I want the national media laughing us off
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
Last night was a good start then.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
That game sure did feel like 2008
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Either the Giants are this good
on offense or that we were just playing so bad.
You don’t like to make excuses, but I think the longer layoff hurt us. We had some rust.
— Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
And Vlad and MY
permanently have a quarter inch thick coating of rust on them.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
Where do you think the grit comes from?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 28, 2010 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions
200 grit sand paper
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
I dont know if he does or doesnt
he seems to like the team chemistry, etc and thats part of it.
but what he did was so much cooler
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
what, just show his hands and go "eh."?
by rockin_rangers on Oct 28, 2010 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions
it was cool
he was being very fonzie’ish
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
That's what I was thinking
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Oct 28, 2010 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Gods do not do silly memes.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
I'm blaming the loss on him not doing it.
I think he screwed with the Karma Gods and they decided to show him some Giant claws.
Hipsters, Flipsters, and Finger Poppin Daddies! Knock me your lobes.
So, after last night's start
In the playoffs, Cliff Lee is 7-1, with a 1.96 ERA with a 74/8 k/bb. Add in his HBP last night and that still an 8.2 k/free pass ratio.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Koufax got whacked by the Twins in Game 2 of the '65 World Series (Dodgers went down 2-0)
and he came back to be a bad-ass (won Game 5 on 3 days rest and Game 7 on 2 days rest).
Lee will be just fine in Game 5.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
ugh...watching the highlightssssssss
forgot about the Kinsler going for 2nd thinking the ball got past Huff….vomit.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Went home when that happened.
Game ovah
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I had a hard time getting overly upset over that one, oddly.
Probably because I initially thought the ball got past Huff too.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
When that happened, i pretty much decided I was giving up
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Huff banged my buddy's girl
I like to remind him of that.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Oct 28, 2010 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Huff looks like he smokes an 8 ball of meth / day
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
AJ Burnett says 'sup
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
AJ has serious meth-mouth.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
And so does Joba's mom
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Oct 28, 2010 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Ron looks like my pet bum named Tommy who resides in downtown Fort Worth
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Oct 28, 2010 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Did Ron really say he is playing that POS zombie in right again tonight?
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
No, Michael Young will remain at third base.
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
by LSJ on Oct 28, 2010 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
I see what you did there
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
!
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Are those cool red pullovers that the non-roster spares (like Davis) wear
available to the public?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 28, 2010 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Did Davis fuck your wife or something?
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Oct 28, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions
His mom
He walked in on it and Davis gave him a wink and a smile. Since then…something just hasn’t been right.
That sounds like Crush
he never does the wink and the gun…just a smile
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Oct 28, 2010 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions
That reminds me of the great 30 Rock episode where Frank and the writers get into a prank war with Jack Donaghy
And the war ending when Jack sends the tape of him sitting on Frank’s mom’s bed with a glass of wine, telling Frank how she’s such a nice lady.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
Yes they are.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
How THAT's shoehorning
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Adam needs to get the morning thread up and get those clowns the hell off top of the page.
Not that it should matter for me, I need to get some sleep before the game anyway…
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
Yeah, it's almost like they've been getting creepier every time I visit the front page
It was no big deal at first, but now… AHHH!!!
"I think Elvis Andrus deliberately hits grounders to the right of shortstops to show that those shortstops aren’t Elvis Andrus" - Jeff
My "screw this game" binge eating is not liking me this morning
If you’ve ever had Angelo & Vito’s…yeah, I ate 1/2 of an 18" Italiano last night…dumb.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
So you got stuffed with 9" last night?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
You better watch it Bub.
heh
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Eh. Not my thing, personally.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
I was hoping someone would jump in that open manhole
Oh…wait…retract!!!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Today is the happiest I've ever been that I work at home
Not only do I have to hear that stupid question everyone at work has been asking me (that being – “do you have any extra World Series tickets?”), but this morning I just don’t want to answer “what the hell happened to the Rangers?”
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
So, do you have any extra World Series tickets?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
If I did, I'd give em to you
over everyone who never expressed any interest all year long in going to a game.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
Hey you'd better buy that chair this week:
http://officemax.shoplocal.com/officemax/Default.aspx?action=entryflash&
$85 off through Saturday.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Sweet, thanks!
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
ugh
already gotten it twice.
Did you watch the game? Did you see how the other team got more hits and made better plays in the field? That’s what happened. Idiots.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
On days like today I just answer in grunts
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Giants fans were worse than NYC
I had a similar experience as Goet. Some relentless taunting of other Rangers fans led me to put some clown in headlock during the game
And after the game outside a group of punks were shoving fans leaving the game. I bodychecked the lead jackwad pretty hard just before 3 cops took them down
Some of the other Rangers fans near us said folks tried to start fights with them also.
No mercy tomorrow
we're from Texas
CJ says "Relax"
by eclou on Oct 28, 2010 10:21 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
I don't know my knuckles are still bruised from punching a yankee fan
like two weeks ago
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Oct 28, 2010 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions
I like your style
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
Unknown LSBer ripping Young on
Norm right now.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
He mentioned LSB?
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
i hate when the sites mentioned
the idiot posts go up 30%
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
OC? He's a known Ticket caller
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
ripping on Young?
Not likely.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
The Face should be ripped for his error
but not the line drive.
That’s dumbass.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 28, 2010 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions
He took only one step and missed a ball that almost hit his glove
It wasn’t an automatic out, but I thought he should have had it. I think it’s a play that’s made by a 3B with good range.
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
No, the only 3B that could make that play is a tall, rangy 3B
like Rolen (and it’s not a play I would expect anybody to make).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Oct 28, 2010 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
I am listening to Ben and Skin
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Oct 28, 2010 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions
Huh?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
This pic makes me laugh every time.
It’s right up there with the triple play triceratops.
by ncrangerfan on Oct 28, 2010 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
The hell?!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
that's Francine Fishpaw from the movie Polyester...
she had a rough night kinda like we all did last night.
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
l o fucking l
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
wait
not seeing anything anywhere. Does he still play for Lions? Are you duping me? I hate being duped
http://sidelionreport.com/2010/10/26/lions-notes-bobby-carpenter-to-take-over-for-follett/
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Freakin' hilarious
And the slide into Al Davis Central continues for Jerrah…
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Woah, look at the Bay:
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
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