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The Fast And Furious: Action Piling Up In Rangers Game

Posted on April 8th, 2009 9:04pm by Evan Grant
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Couple of developments here in the fifth:

1. Michael Young, who made his first error as a third baseman in the top of the inning (wound up and threw a wild one on a Mark De Rosa grounder), doubled to lead off the inning. Atonement, perhaps. But it was the Rangers seventh double in 14 innings this season. As you may recall, the Rangers tied the Major League record for doubles in a season last year with 376. That’s an average of about 2.3 per game.

2. Josh Hamilton followed with a triple, that probably should have just been a double. Hamilton is quick, but he may look a little quicker to you this year. As part of his offseason work at API (Athlete Performance Institute), he spent a lot of time on “form running.” It’s designed to streamline running technique. He certainly looks different to me on the bases.

3. Hank Blalock was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the inning. Retribution?

3 Comments to “The Fast And Furious: Action Piling Up In Rangers Game”

Rangerette @ April 8th, 2009 at 9:09 pm

I’d like to share a double with MY. Tied or knot.
Jolly @ April 8th, 2009 at 9:16 pm

Maybe Teagarden needs to become Vinny’s personal catcher…….he needs a calming effect………
Mike S @ April 8th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

Game 2 and we have our first multi-HR game! Cruz just hit a moon shot into the left field club level seats, 8-4 good guys going to the 8th!

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