Saturday morning Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 25, 2010 10:54 AM CDT
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Wow.
The Rangers had gone 1 for their last 51 as of one point in yesterday's game.
Then, suddenly, out of nowhere, there was an offensive explosion, and the Rangers end up with a 10-3 blowout victory, lowering the magic number to 2, and putting Texas in a position to clinch by taking one of the next two games against Oakland.
Jeff Wilson's game story talks about Vladimir Guerrero and Jeff Francoeur leading the Rangers' offensive charge last night. Wilson calls Guerrero the best free agent signing in the A.L. this season, and while I think Jim Thome and Colby Lewis would disagree with that label, Guerrero seems to be getting back into a groove just in time for the playoffs.
Evan Grant has his thoughts on yesterday's game, and suggests that Vladimir Guerrero has a viable claim for being the Rangers' MVP this year.
Richard Durrett has some post-game quotes and comments from the Rangers clubhouse. He says Ron Washington felt the 6th inning was the crucial point of the game, which is why he lifted Tommy Hunter, who had been pitching well, to bring in Clay Rapada to face Jack Cust, who represented the go-ahead run at the plate.
T.R. Sullivan says in his game story that the Rangers need to have the champagne on ice, because celebration time is close at hand.
Sullivan had a story go up before yesterday's game about the bats slumping, and the team being confident they'd snap out of it. Hopefully, the Rangers will carry over this success to today's game.
Evan Grant writes that the Rangers will have to do a better job of performing on the road if they want to advance in the playoffs...he notes that Texas is 12-27 on the road against A.L. teams with a winning record this year.
The Rangers look to be clinching without Josh Hamilton, who did some activities yesterday and is making progress, but still isn't ready to return. Hamilton can play through the pain, but his problem now is muscle spasms...if the muscle is spasming, he can't play.
Sullivan has updates on Hamilton and Frank Francisco, both of whom expect to be back by playoff time.
Anthony Andro writes that Sunday's Trevor Cahill v. Colby Lewis matchup will be the fifth time this season the two pitchers have faced each other, with Lewis being 0-3 so far despite a solid ERA.
Sullivan has a story up on Rich Harden and Scott Feldman, who started the season as the team's top two starting pitchers, and who will likely not be included on the team's playoff roster.
With the Rangers potentially clinching today, Durrett takes a look at the Rangers three previous division-clinching games.
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I didn't make it through the game but I just watched the highlights at mlb.com
Vlad’s bases clearing double was a freaking missle…that thing was like 4 feet off the ground.
LET"S FINISH IT UP TODAY DUTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
So..
Assuming we eventually clinch…what’s the celebration plan for Hamilton?
I mean, are he and CJ just going to spray each other with cream soda or something?
HazMat Uniforms
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
With the
air tube pumping in clean air to keep the smell out…
I mean, someone must have put some thought into this, right?
by grn_lantern on Sep 25, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
someone has done a story on it...it wasn't a very informative one so I don't know what they're going to do.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Sounds kinky.
"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 Sep 25, 2010 11:03 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I see what you did there.
"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
Get it done, Holland.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
FINISH THEM!
"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
by Conjunction on Sep 25, 2010 11:09 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
That kid's going places
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
Has the official scorer overturned that Michael Young "double" yet?
E-8 all the way.
Yes, that was a rope that Vlad hit to clear the bases. Big hit.
"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing."
by Hard8 on Sep 25, 2010 11:11 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
While the CF turned the wrong way,
that’s not going to be turned into an error.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Sep 25, 2010 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions
correct
It is NEVER ruled an error. But it should ALWAYS be ruled an error.
Official scorers are gutless. We hear all the time about how players are faster, stronger, better than ever, yet these scorers have lowered the bar of expectations for defenders to a laughable level.
"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing."
Writers should not be allowed to write
“Player X is the team MVP this year” articles the day after they dominate a game like Vlad did. There needs to be a 24 hour waiting period on the insane hyperbole.
Go Rice Owls!
Having anyone but Hamilton in that discussion
is a bit silly.
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.
yep
I swear if Grant or any other writer does to Hammy what those Seattle writers did to ARod back in 1996…..
Go Rice Owls!
yep :)
I’m not complaining about ‘96, I’m just pre-emptively complaining about ’10.
At least GoET doesn’t have a vote – he’d probably vote Cliff Lee!! the MVP because he means the team has an Ace in the playoffs; never mind that votes come before the first playoff game…
Go Rice Owls!
here's the link
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/games/300924111/gallery;_ylt=AhqZxkg0V2LPyRfq818qXEm4u7YF
Maybe after he wins ROY, a few of these sports people will learn his freaking name…
His dreads look really stupid.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
Picabo Street
She looked old on College Gameday.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 25, 2010 11:29 AM CDT reply actions
Concur...what the hell happened?
She used to be somewhat cute. Too much sun when she was young and now…bad hair, not enough make-up and waaaaaaaaay too many cheeseburgers.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Sep 25, 2010 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
On the last part
She’s pregnant.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 25, 2010 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
She still looked like shit and you don't have to look
like shit when you’re pregnant.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Sep 25, 2010 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
This.
For the honesty, I thank you.
"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 Sep 25, 2010 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Indeed
Josey’s plainspokenness is quite entertaining at times.
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 Sep 25, 2010 12:34 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Rangers can clinch, but I'm going to get an entirely meaningless Red Sox-Yankees game out here.
I almost hope they clinch tomorrow, so I can see it.
If I can't get the game, for the first time in my life, I will be rooting for the Rangers to lose.
I promise not to bring that in to the GDT, though.
The fact that...
I’m going to be blacked out of today’s game pisses me the fuck off.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
you're gonna have to go underground for it...no excuses!
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
wait for the GDT someone will post a link...hopefully....I would but I have no idea how it works.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
something called StreamTorrent
Rodney usually posts the link early in the GDT, but I don’t know how it works. I’m not what you’d call “computer savvy.”
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Yeah I'll probably be giving this a shot
Though I know they don’t always have links to every game.
I went to bed, it was 2-0
holy crap. Hope they keep that up.
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.
So how about that Jeff Francoeur.
Who would have thought that we would turn Arias into a player who would ever have an 11-29 streak with us.
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
I'm diggin it....as long as Wash uses him appropriately..
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Now you're just being ridiculous
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 Sep 25, 2010 12:35 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Good times.
"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'm this close to java coding SBN if they keep...
logging me the fuck out.
"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 Sep 25, 2010 12:21 PM CDT reply actions
I assume you mean JavaScript or something similar. GreaseMonkey FTW. The scripts aren't hard to write at all
"I don't do a straight up Mitch for Butler" -- booyakasha
I feel the love
Vlad is one of my favorite players. I cannot put my finger on it, but I identify with his approach to the game. I know Josh has had a great season and vlad has lots of baserunning mistakes, but is sure is fun to watch him hit.
by CDorsey on Sep 25, 2010 1:46 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
There has been a lot of over-the-top love for players this year
I don’t know if the hyperbole is just a normal thing when a team is good, or if it is something about being stuck in the 3rd place doldrums for 10 years. But there has been a lot of blown-out-of-proportion nonsense spewed by a lot of media/blogger types this year when it comes to players on this club.
Go Rice Owls!
Well, this is my favorite Rangers team ever and I love each and every player more than I think I've ever loved anyone.
Even MY.
But I’m not going to argue they’re any better than they actually are.
I agree with all of that
I think this is easily the best Rangers team ever, save for the bad set of injuries the club has had. If healthy, this team can compete with anyone in baseball. For once, this is a club where there are no real overall weaknesses: obviously catcher and 1b could be improved… but offense, defence, starters, relievers – this is a solid well rounded club. No Mike Henneman to make us stress out.
But that said, this is a club that only two offensive players are playing at their absolute peak right now: Cruz and Hamilton. And they’ve lost lots of time to injuries. That’s probably a good thing – it means that if the team puts it all together in October they can win. But it also means that any discussion of who the two best position players on the team are needs to be limited to those two players. And even that isn’t a discussion
Go Rice Owls!
Durrett's article was depressing.
I had forgotten how anti-climactic clinching in 1996 and 1998 had been. And of course, the obligatory reminder about how we blew the playoff series in ‘96 and then didn’t bother to show up in ’98 and ’99 is always a fun read.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
One of the high points of my Ranger fandom was in the middle
of Game 2 ’96 when Juando went to the condo with his 2nd bomb of the night to give us a 4-1 lead after we had taken Game 1.
Fucking Henneman. Fucking Dean Palmer.
Fucking Bobby Witt getting the start (Game 4) in the most important game in the history of the franchise to that date.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
yep
Those playoffs in ’96 were the most depressing moment of my life as a baseball fan. Years of waiting for the Rangers and to collapse the way they did to a lesser Yankee club. At least ’98 and ’99 were against the clearly best team in the league. ’96 the Rangers should have won.
Go Rice Owls!
I'm very interested to see the lineup and if Frenchy is in there instead of Murf.
Hadn’t seen one posted yet.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Hey music fan, check this out. Tell me what you think. Dig that bass line.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvVU4e0W7hc
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
that's a dope fiend beat...
school me on some Stevie…give me some dirty funk.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
It starts with 'Music of My Mind'. If you like this, get the album
Fufillingnest First Finale
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Well fuck, that came out all wrong. Just start with this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow6JWVmc0tA
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
oh yeah, I love this song
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
my son is getting down right now...haha
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Is he like the kid at 0:38?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ul7X5js1vE&feature=related
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
haha, not yet...his wig isn't that long yet.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
yet yet yet yet
hate when I do that
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
ok..
SS Elvis Andrus (.266)
3B Michael Young (.283)
LF Nelson Cruz (.312)
DH Vladimir Guerrero (.303)
2B Ian Kinsler (.290)
RF Jeff Francoeur (.379)
1B Jorge Cantu (.203)
C Matt Treanor (.216)
CF Julio Borbon (.277)
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
It is getting to where I cringe almost as much when I see Cantu in the lineup ...
as when I see Fat Ass in the lineup.
Damn A’s and their stupid lefty-heavy rotation.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
yeah....I think we're going to see a lot of Cantu until the end of the year though.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Slightly OT
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Right?
Well, you can get a subscription to ESPN the Magazine for $4/year.
Go here and input 4573.
You’re welcome.
"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
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