chris-shelton Stories - Lone Star Ball
Thursday a.m. stuff
That could have gone better yesterday. And Warner Madrigal's major league debut could have gone a little bit better. Evan Grant's game story talks about the bullpen situation, and Ron Washington's hands largely being tied yesterday. With Eddie Guardado, Frankie Francisco, and Josh Rupe all...
Monday a.m. things
Woo-hoo!!! A game over .500!!! Evan Grant says it was all about the fastballs last night, with Vicente Padilla and C.J. Wilson having success sticking to the hard stuff. Jeff Wilson says it was all about the timely pinch hitting, with Frank Catalanotto and Ramon Vazquez getting key pinch hit...
Saturday a.m. things
Back to .500. 4 games back of Anaheim, 1 1/2 games back of Oakland, 6 1/2 games up on the poor Mariners. The Rangers set a team record with 9 doubles yesterday, which helped make up for a bad Kason Gabbard outing. When a finesse lefty can't throw strikes -- Gabbard threw 90 pitches in less than...
Hank Blalock, first baseman
Hank Blalock is moving to first base. Seriously. When he comes off the d.l., he will be coming back as a full-time first baseman. I don't get this. I think this is a bad decision, although Ron Washington and Jon Daniels apparently think it will help the team. But I don't see how having Blalock...
Thursday morning stuff
Outstanding start by Vicente Padilla last night. Evan Grant says it the best start Padilla has had since coming to Texas, and once again, Padilla succeeded when relying on his fastball. I was surprised Padilla was lifted when he was. He was only at 91 pitches, appeared to still be blowing and...
Wednesday a.m. stuff
Sidney Ponson was pretty good last night. He even has a better ERA than Armando Galarraga...can you believe that? Ponson is the focus of Evan Grant's game story, although he does end up reminding us of how the Rangers were going to give Ponson (and Rich Aurilia) big bucks when it looked like the...
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