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Wednesday a.m. stuff
I was all prepared to talk about how I had mentally geared up for a 10 game losing streak to end the season, and then the Rangers won last night, and ruminate about Hank Blalock's resurgence... However, the big news today is that Nolan says Jon Daniels and Ron Washington will be back next year....
Trade odds
I normally would wait until the beginning of the week to do a post like this, rather than put it up on the weekend, but zywica is going to be blogging Monday and Tuesday while I make a quick jaunt to D/FW to watch a couple of Ranger games, and besides, moves are going on this weekend, which could...
Sunday morning things
9.5 games out of first place. 6.5 games out of the wild card. BP puts the Rangers' chance of making the playoffs at 4%. That's not a terrible place to be in, in what was expected to be a rebuilding season, but I think it is coming clear that this team isn't going to be in a playoff race the last...
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...
Afternoon linkaliciousness
A lot of interesting things out there today... The latest Ask BA has a Rangers mention, in response to a question about why teams follow the draft slotting recommendations... MLB generated more than $6 billion in revenue last season, and early indications are that baseball will surpass that...
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...
Sunday morning stuff
A 4 game winning streak. And as Evan Grant points out, the Rangers have had 11 series so far this season, and have won 6 of them. So why don't they have a winning record? 4 of the 5 series they've lost, they've been swept... Ramon Vazquez gets some love from Grant in his game story, with the...
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