Pool Time!!!!!!

The Rangers are back and so is the yet-to-be-sponsored Home Run Pool. That’s OK. Somebody is going to pick up a nice value one day. In the meantime, the only logo we are running is TD’s design. Thanks TD.

It’s so hot outside, I’m going to jump in the pool myself this afternoon, making a call for Josh Hamilton in the first inning, 2-0 pitch, 367 feet to right field. One on, one out. So, now you have to beat everybody else and me, too. But if you do, I happen to have a leftover autographed baseball from last night’s event at Pappasito’s. Not only is it an official Major League Baseball, but it also has a nice plexiglass case and is signed by all four players who participated: Kevin Millwood, Eddie Guardado, David Murphy and Tommy Hunter.

Just in case you are new to the HR Pool. Here’s how it works. You pick the first Ranger to hit a homer. You pick the inning and the men on base. The count is the first tie breaker. Distance is the second. Simple.

Here’s your Rangers lineup against Minnesota LHP Glen Perkins: 2B Ian Kinsler, 3B Michael Young, CF Josh Hamilton, DH Andruw Jones, 1B Hank Blalock, LF Marlon Byrd, RF Nelson Cruz, C Taylor Teagarden, SS Elvis Andrus and pitching for the Rangers … RHP Vicente Padilla.

Get set. Go.