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Not a Rookie: Matt Harrison
Not a Rookie: Matt Harrison Harrison was a third round draft pick by the Braves in 2003, out of high school in Stem, North Carolina. Considered a classic projection lefty, he threw 87-91 in high school, showed promise with his curveball and changeup, but needed to get stronger and generally...
Saturday a.m. things
Geez, that was a frustrating game last night. Matt Harrison and Jamey Wright throwing batting practice. Gerald Laird diving into first base head-first in the 9th, on a play where he might have been safe if he'd run through the bag. Scoring 13 runs and losing. Ugh. Evan Grant says yesterday's...
Sunday a.m. things
Texas is 4 1/2 games up on Oakland now, with 19 to go (20 to go for the A's). They need to go 10-9 to hit the 80-82 record I predicted before the season, and 11-8 to finish at .500. As I think everyone knows since finishing first in the West in 1999, they've yet to finish higher than 3rd, and...
Thursday a.m. things
Even if it is over a team as pitiful as the Royals, a sweep is a sweep, particularly on the road, and I'm going to enjoy it. Matt Harrison was solid. Frankie Francisco was impressive. And Jarrod Saltalamacchia made a hustling, heads-up play on a 2 out error that was the difference in the game. ...
Sunday a.m. stuff
The Rangers needed that start from Matt Harrison yesterday. Hell, I think we, as fans, needed it. 17 straight outs to end his outing, no walks, and only three hits in eight innings (two of them in the first inning). Evan Grant says the key was throwing strikes and not walking anyone, along with...
Wednesday morning things
6 games over .500, but still 5 back of the Wild Card race. Once again, the Rangers win, but have a sort of cloud hanging over the win. This time, the cloud is C.J. Wilson, who is headed to the disabled list with bone spurs, and who seems to have upset some folks with how he handled last night's...
Friday a.m. things
Rough outing for Matt Harrison yesterday, who just couldn't throw strikes consistently, and who ended up leaving the strikes he threw in bad positions. It happens. That's part of breaking in young pitchers. You just have to hope Harrison learns from it and improves. Anthony Andro calls the...
Sunday morning stuff
3 games over .500, 7.5 games out of first place. Personally, right now, I root for the Angels to beat the A's when they are playing each other (like last night)...I don't figure there's much chance we'll catch Anaheim, but I'd like to see the Rangers finish in 2nd place for the first time in this...
Wednesday a.m. things
Much love for Matt Harrison from Richard Durrett this morning, as Harrison was terrific in his major league debut last night. Harrison's stint in the majors is probably going to be pretty short...Jon Daniels says Michael Ballard will likely start today, and I'm guessing Harrison will get sent down...
Matt Harrison to start tomorrow
Per Richard Durrett, Eric Hurley is still having issues with his hamstring, so the Rangers will call up Matt Harrison to get the start (and make his major league debut) tomorrow. No word yet on how the Rangers will make room for him, but you'd have to figure that either Warner Madrigal gets sent...
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