Series Preview: Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals: Royally Bankrupt
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 3:00 PM CDT
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PrintIs there anything more boring than a two game May series against the Royals in Kansas City? Yes, plenty of things. For example, listening to people's theories of what the finale of LOST meant. (It was the dog's dream all along, right?) This is Texas Rangers baseball you cynic!
Tuesday, May 25 7:10: RHP Rich "Tight Pants" Harden vs. RHP Gil Meche
Wednesday, May 26 1:10: RHP Scott Feldman vs. RHP Luke Hochevar
Much like a scatterbrained plot thread from LOST, you might be thinking you've gone back in time and are reliving a pitching match-up you've seen before. You wouldn't be wrong. On May 8th and 9th (Right before a suave and roguish new Front Page contributor came along to save the allegorical island of Rangers blogdom with his mystical Series Previews), the Rangers and Royals battled in the remaining two games of their four game set in Arlington with Harden v. Meche and Feldman v. Hochevar facing off. It almost feels like we're pressing the same button every 15 days.
The Rangers won both of those games to complete the four game sweep of the Royals. However, Harden and Feldman combined for a total of nine innings pitched while giving up six runs and collecting zero wins themselves. I've been vocal about this before, but if Harden and Feldman are going to continue pitching back-to-back, one of them, at the very least, is going to have to start giving the Rangers much more than an average of 4 1/2 innings.
If you're worried about the bullpen, and there's reason to begin worrying (Here is a handy website that tracks baseball bullpen usage. You can almost feel the tendonitis!), having to take on half of the innings pitched on the days Harden and Feldman start, on consecutive days, is going to be a major contributor to trouble down the road for the bullpen if a course correction is not taken. With prolonged overuse, the pen is eventually going to start becoming less effective on days when they only have to pitch two or three innings, much less four or five, when you consider that they're already first in the American League in innings pitched (three innings ahead of Detroit and nearly ten innings ahead of third place Oakland) and have three of the top four (Chris Ray (23), Neftali Feliz (23), and Frank Francisco (22) in overall appearances.
Much like a certain television show that recently ended, while the outcome was positive when the Rangers struggling duo of Harden and Feldman last faced the Royals, sometimes the devil is in the details. Or *spoilers!* sometimes the devil is in the gaping hole to hell stopped up by a giant cork that you thought was a metaphorical cork but it turns out it is real and shit and it's the only thing preventing the evil of the world from extinguishing the light of life...or something. So, it's a lot like when pitchers walk a lot of batters is what I'm saying.
Hard Hitting Analysis: The Royals are bad.
Kansas City Royals (18-27, 4th place AL Central)
Rangers' 2010 Record vs. Kansas City Royals: 4-0 in Arlington
Kansas City's Recent Results: 1-2 Series loss against the Colorado Rockies
SBN Royals' Blog: Royals Review
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Match-up: (as of 5/24) |
Rangers |
Royals |
Advantage |
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Batting (RAR) |
60.1 (13th) |
45.9 (19th) |
Rangers |
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Starters (RAR) |
31.1 (20th) |
30.8 (21st) |
Rangers? |
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Bullpen (RAR) |
8.3 (12th) |
-8.3 (29th) |
Rangers |
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Overall RAR |
99.5 |
68.4 |
Rangers! |
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Defense Runs Saved |
14 |
-20 |
Rangers |
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Questions to Ponder:
- Is David DeJesus one game stealing, home run robbing catch away from being the next Ryan Sweeney?
- Over/Under: Do the Rangers pitchers walk 8 batters in this short series?
- Did you know: Asdrubal Cabrera has been even worse than Betancourt at short this season? Mariner grown shortstops, what's up with that?
- Will royalsfan come to faux-troll us oh please oh please oh please?
- No really though, the dog was dreaming, right?
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Sweet baby, baby
baby jeebus thank you! It’s real live baseball (talk)!
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Good ol' fashioned
baseball talk is very refreshing.
by lost in space on May 25, 2010 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
HEY!
What makes you think this is a baseball blog? Please preface all of this with OT: please.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
I hate that Feliz is being used so much
90 innings of high leverage usage could kill his arm. that was my fear when Wash gets control of when to use Feliz rather than having him pitch every 5 days.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
do you really blame Wash for Feliz' high usage?
cause I don’t. I blame him for maybe bringing him in too late, or in the wrong situation, but not for how much he’s used. We’ve been in that many close games, and with Frankie losing it initially, plus the other bullpen woes, I don’t see how it could’ve been avoided. Hopefully, our starters go longer innings and our offense opens up some bigger leads so we don’t have a 2nd and 3rd trimester of games that mirror the 1st.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2010 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Some of it, yes.
Because our manager’s style is one that results in a ton of close games.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
exactly
I don’t think our manager wants this team to win by more than a couple. hasn’t he said as much that his favorite games are 2-1 victories or something along those lines. I think he shoots for that every time then later realizes two runs is not enough
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
This is why...
I’d love to see Fx2 turn back into his old dominating self, so Feliz can go back to being used for 2 or 3 innings every 3 or 4 days. The last few outings for Frankie have been very encouraging.
Sadly, I still doubt Wash would do that. He’d still probably try to overuse the kid.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Another perspective on bullpen use is looking at actual pitches thrown
instead of IP. When viewed from that perspective, only one Ranger is in the top 10 in the AL. Nippert ranks 1st and Feliz is next at 17th. Additionally, when comparing the number of pitches thrown by the relievers vs those thrown by the starters, if Feliz was in the rotation instead of the pen, he would have logged nearly 3 times as many innings as he presently has.
Every time you appear in a game
You have to warm up which adds to your pitch count and use of the arm
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
Yes, but you have a regular schedule
There are many variables that can affect a reliever’s stress load, and many of them are more important the simple number of innings, or even number of pitches thrown. A lot of high leverage innings bunched too close together worries me, and since the Rangers have had so many close games it’s a concern with the few guys Wash trusts.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
Does this compensate for throwing 3 times as many pitches?
And aren’t in-game pitches more intense and max effort than warm-up tosses in the BP? My point is simple, IP’d is a very shallow stat when actually gauging a pitcher’s workload. He can have 50 innings at 20 pitches per inning or he can have 50 innings at 10-12 pitches per inning. I think the difference in overall workload is significant.
by twinkilling on May 26, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm agreeing with you that innings pitch is too limited
a way to judge pitcher use. My subject line refers to relief pitches sometimes warming up even when they don’t get in the game. It’s just another way that relief pitchers get used.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
I choose to try and ignore that that Lost episode Sunday ever took place.
The whole 6th season, really. Just terrible.
it would have been better if they had used all 22 episodes and not just 17
things got rushed a bit. That being said, there were some gems this past season.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
Was that the one about Alpert?
That was a pretty good one. Mostly because: no alternate timeline! What a timewaster that shit was. I mean for real – since it was purgatory, in a way, and none of that was real, why the fuck did we spend over a full episode exploring Jack’s kid’s personality and story? He never existed!! What a joke.
The theory is...
it was his way of coming to terms with his daddy issues.
And yes, Ab Aeterno was the glorious, glorious Alpert episode.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Des, Eko, Sayiid (spelling)?, Jin, and "Satan"
when not Locke were my favorites
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2010 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions
how can I forget Sawyer, who I HATED to begin with?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2010 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions
If Nestor Carbonell doesn't win an emmy for that episode
there is no justice
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
weird
I just looked him up on IMDB thinking he was Ra in Stargate (the movie) and saw that he’s in “Noah’s Ark” – must be animated – with Michael Keaton, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Rob Schneider, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould as God, Eliza Dushku, Nicollette Sheridan and Howie Mandel. That’s either got to be an error or a spoof right?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2010 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
by the way, don't make fun of me for thinking Nestor was Jaye Davidson
NO excuse.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Most importantly...
he was Batmanuel!
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I feel the same way about John Noble's work on Fringe lately.
Unfortunately, best supporting actor will be really strong so neither will probably have much of a shot.
by LiamP on May 25, 2010 5:19 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Damn I love that show.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
The last few episodes,
would’ve made a pretty good end to a different TV series, but didn’t really fit the Lost that actually got made for the first 4+ years. Neither the alternate timeline nor the Jacob/Smoak stuff was dealt with much until just this year, and then bam, everything else is pushed to the side and forgotten about.
x
The last few episodes (and especially the finale) made a great wrap up to the story arc that existed in Season 6 only. It totally ignored the other 5 seasons, which was…..frustrating. At the very least.
But yeah, the finale ended season 6 fine. Just wish it wasn’t also the series finale, because it finalized exactly nothing in that series.
Yeah, I wasn't too let down by it,
cause I gave up a while ago on getting any more explanation for most of the island backstory beyond “magic island, dudes!”
But when I think back to how much more intriguing I found the early season plotlines, like the season 4 Ben/Widmore shenanigans, I get that “this could’ve been so much better” feeling. (Not unlike your typical Rangers season!)
Right
The mysticism being explained by magic, I can let that go. A dude turning into a killer cloud of black smoke that can read minds is stupid enough – I can accept that maybe it has no real explanation grounded in reality.
But yeah, what was the real deal with Ben and Widmore. Why did Ben banish him? Why couldn’t they murder each other (but then Ben totally murdered him)? Questions like this needed to be explored at least a little more…writers dropped the ball, plain and simple.
Too much time on that STUPID alternate timeline.
Actually Ben banished him was explained in the same episode he banished him
He had a child (Penny) with a woman who wasn’t an other. Evidently that broke one of the 50 billion rules that didn’t have an explanation for why they were rules anyway.
I donno
I liked the “Satan” character – when he wasn’t looking like Locke
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2010 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
YAY GAME DAY NO AND NO SALE TALK
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Yeah...
but our reward for baseball talk is the Royals. What are we going to talk about? Scott Podsednik?
I know! How about that Elvis Andrus!?
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions
This talk will be better than when we talk about the Pirates,
who by then will have probably traded their whole major league roster.
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
wOBAr's that make me sad, wOBAr's that make me chuckle.
wOBA* (park adjusted)/wOBAr
Sad:
Kinsler: .376/.340
Hamilton: .363/.343
Andrus: .348/.322
Cruz: .450/.422
Young: .364/.354
So that’s 6 pretty great wOBA*’s, when you account for position. It makes sense that there might be some luck involved. Conversely, it’s not surprising that Murphy’s wOBAr is higher than his wOBA* (.274/.291) as he is currently below average and luck is playing a role. Treanor is like this, too (.273/.310). But look at these:
Vlad: .383/.388
Smoak: .276/.364
MaxRam: .367/.403
=D
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on May 25, 2010 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Smoak's changing approach
Now that we’ve seen confirmation that the Smoak Monster’s powers are linked to the Magic Underground Light, his recent at bats make a lot more sense. Some poor Rangers intern just has to go under the ballpark and put the drain plug back in for the Bathtub of Electromagnetism.
Put the cork back in the devil's porthole.
And Smoak will maybe hit for average and power again. Just don’t shoot him and kick him off a cliff first.
Maybe
the chalk outline around the batter’s box has some ash in it and that’s what’s limiting his powers.
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
Or maybe...
….we can do what the writers of Lost did, and when Smoak starts hitting well, we can attribute it all to MAGIC. That wouldn’t be annoying at all.
Bitter?
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
I understand that.
Personally, I really enjoyed the last episode. But I get why people are frustrated.
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
NO!!
That’ll take him to heaven and we’re not ready for that yet.
Ah...
so the reason Smoak is struggling is Hicks can’t pay the electricity bill for his magical light power source. FUCK!
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I think we can find a way to blame Padzilla -
maybe he pulled the cork?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2010 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Would it be a bad thing if they had skipped one of Feldman or Harden for this series? Say the starters went Harden and Lewis against KC and then Feldman, Wilson, and Holland against Minny. Lewis would be moved up but still pitching his normal 5 days rest.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
And if they aren't going to do it for the KC series
shouldn’t they do it for the CWS series?
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on May 25, 2010 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Why skip them against a bad team?
These are the teams you want your struggling pitchers to go against.
Even against bad teams
Harden and to a lesser extent Feldman haven’t been going deep. This stresses the bullpen unnecessarily. There are three off days in the next eight days. Why not use them?
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on May 25, 2010 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't know how the off days will be utilized, but..
It’s not as cut-and-dried as simply saying we need to skip the top 2 guys like that. We also need to pay attention to the innings loads on CJ, Holland, and to a lesser degree Lewis. I worry about the bullpen use, but I’m equally concerned about getting these young, semi-untested starters through the whole year too.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Lewis averaged 177 innings in Japan the last two years. He’s 30 years old. He would be pitching on his normal five day’s rest. That seems pretty cut and dried to me.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on May 25, 2010 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Pretty sure I said "to a lesser degree" with him..
Any thoughts on the other 2 spots- CJ and Holland?
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other
Breaking up two lefties doesn’t seem to be as big a deal to me as breaking up the two pitchers that can’t pitch deep into a game.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on May 25, 2010 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Sorry, I wasn't talking about breaking guys up...
more about skipping a guy in order to do that. I was focused more on that aspect.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Yeah I said skipped in my first post and I can see how you could read it that way.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on May 25, 2010 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
With the offdays
they should certainly break up Feldman/Harden in my opinion.
"No, I'm not a pessimist. At some point the world shits on everybody. Pretending it ain't shit makes you an idiot, not an optimist."-https://twitter.com/shitmydadsays
Agree...
I’m still not sure why so little staff juggling has happened so far. It just seems very quiet on that front. Harrison to the DL, Holland taking his place and Moscoso coming up are the only moves I can recall.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
They should skip Harden & Feldman whenever possible. They have been the biggest burden on the bullpen. Anyone can have a bad start but they have been horrific.
by Linedrive222 on May 25, 2010 5:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Other than not wanting to mess up their rhythm or some horseshit....
I can’t see a good reason not to split those two up. Perhaps the only reason they haven’t done it is become those two were the #1 and #2 starters coming into the year and they don’t want them to think they’ve lost faith in them. However, right now, the bullpen is more important.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Why am I waiting for somebody to dedicate a FanPost proclaiming Tom Hicks to be a Jezebel?
"A win is a win. Kinda like banging a hogger on Spring Break. You’re glad hardly anybody saw you do it but at the end of the day you got laid."-- Josey Wales
He doesn't deserve the recognition
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
I think "Incubus" would be more appropriate
who the fuck says Jezebel anyway?
we're from Texas
CJ says "Relax"
Ummm???
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
seriously the gender is wrong
Hicks is not a female. It would like be calling him a “Bitch” which makes no sense at all
we're from Texas
CJ says "Relax"
You are good at this Dead Erik
"...he’s subliterate and needs to have a cork on his fork to keep from hurting himself when he eats" - AJM on Ron Washington
by Anonymous New Guy on May 25, 2010 3:19 PM CDT reply actions
OT: NFL gives 2014 Superbowl to NYC/NJ
In a related note, the NFL has decided to change it’s name to NYFL in order to further clarify who’s side it’s on.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
In other related news.....
stocks in Columbia Outerwear, The North Face, and Spyder just skyrocketed…..
"Biggest mistake in DFW history?" - Bigger mistake in LSB history.
by Samuel_L_Bronkowitz on May 25, 2010 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions
So...
I am the only one concerned that MY has yet to get a game off?
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
I'm seriously concerned by it as well.
Not sure why we’re keeping a guy around to spell Elvis when Mikey baseball has yet to get a single day off more than quarter of the way into the season.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
Yeah, but
He’s .382/.456/.551 in May. Those number aren’t sitting.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I guess you would rather he
pull a hammy in Sept then sit a game in May? Or maybe you would like to sit him in Sept whe he is not hitting as well because his bat speed has slowed down a bit. Why does Ron force everyone else to take a day off no matter their production or desire not too but he doesn’t force MY to take a game off?
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
Don't put dumb words in my mouth.
99.9% of MLB managers aren’t sitting a guy that hot, that’s just not the way it works.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
we have 3 days off in a week
it is silly to rest a player this week
by jonathan rigby on May 25, 2010 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I don
"No, I'm not a pessimist. At some point the world shits on everybody. Pretending it ain't shit makes you an idiot, not an optimist."-https://twitter.com/shitmydadsays
you don what?
a feather in your cap?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2010 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
His gay apparel!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
by Rodney on May 25, 2010 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think
he’ll pull a hammy because they won’t sit him in May. I have no idea why they didn’t sit him in April tho when he was ice cold.
"No, I'm not a pessimist. At some point the world shits on everybody. Pretending it ain't shit makes you an idiot, not an optimist."-https://twitter.com/shitmydadsays
This is a much more valid point.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Do we have a legitimate b/u to Mikey.
Just curious….
"Biggest mistake in DFW history?" - Bigger mistake in LSB history.
by Samuel_L_Bronkowitz on May 25, 2010 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on May 25, 2010 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Blanco
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Blanco is Young's backup as well
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
what is his point
i cant think of a situation i would want him in the game….. are they just trying to keep him around for being the throw in person in a trade in july?
by jonathan rigby on May 25, 2010 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes...
Elvis is Elvis’ backup.
He’s that damn good.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I would have wanted him to get one a few weeks ago
but with the off days that they have now, its pointless.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
let's not compare those two
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
i think MY will be just as good as cal ripken someday......
with a show on the MLB network
by jonathan rigby on May 25, 2010 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hochevar
Him and Gordon were supposed to give these losers a shot in the arm
I just don’t get how KC busts on all these top picks
It's systemic
They have had a shitty GM for years, then hire a bright, well respected guy as the new GM, and he turns into a moron too.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Yo Ghost
These just keep getting better. thank you to AJM for allowing this to happen…
Offering continued condolences to Stars and Liverpool fans.
Good
Royals_Report #Royals without RF David DeJesus, who is attending the birth of first child. Willie Bloomquist starting in right.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
So.....
we can’t fuck with DeJesus?
Le sigh….
"Biggest mistake in DFW history?" - Bigger mistake in LSB history.
by Samuel_L_Bronkowitz on May 25, 2010 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
You could say his wife (girlfriend?) did
about 9 months ago…
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
maybe it's a Smoak cloud
and we’re trading for DDJ?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2010 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Now the Rangers...
can’t help but win!
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions
with the bunt?
/Ron Washington
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Fuck Matt Treanor
aandro #Rangers lineup is the same as Sunday, with Smoak, Treanor and Borbon the bottom three.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
It IS KC
just sayin….
"Biggest mistake in DFW history?" - Bigger mistake in LSB history.
by Samuel_L_Bronkowitz on May 25, 2010 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll take the over
for $
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2010 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I am hoping Smoak gets his first 4 hit game tonight.
It would be a cycle but I don’t have much faith in him getting a triple.
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
lofty goals
i would be happy with a 1 for 3 with a double and 2 walks
by jonathan rigby on May 25, 2010 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I would lay odds on Smoak NEVER hitting for the cycle.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Still better than Bengie going home
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Nothing like watching Prince Fielder run
reminds me of baywatch
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Now that you mention that it's true haha
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Perfect summation.
:D
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
not in KC at least
horrible triple ballpark IIRC, unless you have Usain type speed
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
the thing is that really annoys me
is that Wash really thinks Treanor is a better hitter than MaxRam
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
i think they both are garbage....
max is a DH playing catcher and treanor reminds me of gregg zaun
by jonathan rigby on May 25, 2010 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Did Max piss on Wash's cocaine stash?
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Here they are
eat sunflower seeds faster, keep Max away from a bat
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Offense So Far
I included DeJesus. I’m assuming he’s playing tomorrow and I didn’t want to go through the work of, like, splitting the difference between he and Bloomquist.
He really does hate pitchers
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
I saw that on Youtube for the first time the other day
That and the boomstick one, kept wondering where that came from.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Might be the best video ever made for a baseball video game
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Video game question
about to get a PS3. Do i get 2K10 or The Show?
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
I don't own a system unless you count a PSP,
but from the stuff I’ve heard 2K10 is tough as all get out to hit on, The Show I haven’t heard as much on. I prefer MVP, but it’s not an option ha, The Show is pretty consistent from year to year, and supposedly Road to the Show is better than ever.
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
This board seems to favor
The Show pretty heavily.
by lost in space on May 25, 2010 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions
He's the Desmond...
in my series of LOST-metaphors.
He’s become aware of all realities.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
This, for damn sure.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
The Royals are so bad...
(Now they will sweep, but whatever, they’re so bad!)
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
They're so bad...
Scott Podsednik married this lady, and yet he finds no joy in life.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I am so excited that there's a Rangers baseball game tonight...
I don’t know why, but it seems like it’s been a week since they last played.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 5:36 PM CDT reply actions
Yes it does;
losing 2 games before a day off is torture.
by lost in space on May 25, 2010 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Let alone one of those being a day game
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Ba da boom, tsssk!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
saying
let me see some titties really doesnt count as conversation unless your name is Dirkatron
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
I'm very close to reproducing Steve Sommers's series projections, btw.
I need a Monte Carlo simulator. I’ve been able to hammer out a spreadsheet that gets winning percentages for the most part, but since this is just a two game series and it’s about to start, I didn’t bother finishing.
I want to use wOBAr to project the offense, but I need to figure out how to convert that to wRC instead of just wRAA. I’m going to use CHONE’s defensive projections for the runs saved, I think, unless someone can suggest better.
That would be awesome.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Soon...
you will know the secrets to all of life’s mysteries.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 25, 2010 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions
If you want
I can email you my spreadsheet version… it’s up to you. Shoot me an email at steve dot sommer05 at gmail dot com.
At worst you can glean how I went from wOBA to RC/game
by stevesommer05 on May 28, 2010 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
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