TGIHRP: Thank Goodness It’s The Home Run Pool

Posted on August 7th, 2009 6:30pm by Evan Grant
Filed under Contests and Promotions, Home run pool

hrpool2Here is your home run pool for the opening game of the big Rangers-Angels AL West Showdown:

The Rangers will go with: 2B Omar Vizquel, 3B Michael Young, CF Marlon Byrd, DH Andruw Jones, RF Josh Hamilton, 1B Hank Blalock, LF David Murphy, C Taylor Teagarden, SS Elvis Andrus and pitching for the Rangers … RHP Scott Feldman.

Most interesting thing about this lineup to me is dropping of Murphy to seventh. It gives Rangers three straight right-handed hitters (Young-Byrd-Jones) at the top of the order and three lefties (Hamilton-Blalock-Murphy) in the bottom half.

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27 Comments to “TGIHRP: Thank Goodness It’s The Home Run Pool”
  • Auditor @ August 7th, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    Jones
    2nd
    0 on
    1-1 count
    405 feet

  • idiotbox @ August 7th, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    MY
    1st
    solo
    first pitch
    388

  • txmemaw17 @ August 7th, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    I guess 4 for 8 with two homers and a double was not productive enough for Murphy to stay in the three spot. Also only RW would put three left handed batters in a row.
    against a left handed pitcher.

  • morgan @ August 7th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

    Murphy with a chip on his shoulder hitting 7th
    2nd inning
    1 on
    2 out
    1-0 count
    392 ft

  • CorditeSmoke @ August 7th, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    @ Evan Grant
    Paragrph #2 begins with “The Ragners”
    are you trying to tellm us your true feelings regarding their uniforms?, team error rate? Do tell.

  • cameron @ August 7th, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    No homers
    2 runs

  • DSM Gary @ August 7th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    Blalock
    2nd
    solo
    2-1
    403 ft

  • Nancy Nichols @ August 7th, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    Young
    3rd
    solo
    0-3
    373.5

  • Nancy Nichols @ August 7th, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    Oh, and I fixed your typo. Do I get extra credit?????? Here’s a dumb question. In the HRPool, how do “we” know the shortest distance for a homerun? Okay, back to Law & Order.

  • Al Bundy @ August 7th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    No homers
    3 runs
    7 hits

  • dr_waller @ August 7th, 2009 at 7:51 pm

    I’m calling a Hamilton “I’m not dead yet” homerun in the 3rd.
    2 runs
    1-2 count
    445 ft.

    Kinsler, in a severe jealous rage, miraculously recovers from his hammy injury to come back and hit 20 homeruns (and 170 fly ball outs, 100 strike outs) over the last 45 days of the year.

  • The Beer Guy @ August 7th, 2009 at 7:52 pm

    Byrd
    6th
    1 on
    1 out
    2-2
    399′

  • Johnathan @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    Marlon Byrd
    1st Inning
    1 on base
    1 out
    1-0 count
    397 feet

  • tett @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    Young
    3rd
    a slam of the grand variety
    3-1
    407′

  • Little O @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    Jones
    3rd inning
    1 on
    1-0
    1 out
    396 ft

  • alan @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:10 pm

    Hamilton
    4th
    1 on
    2-2 count
    425 feet

  • TD @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    Josh
    2nd
    0 on
    2-2
    411 ft.

  • Gunter @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    Murphy
    2nd
    solo
    2-1
    395ft

  • Stephen R @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    Young
    1st inning
    0 on
    1-0 count
    397 feet

  • becca @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    youg
    3rd inning
    1 on
    2-1 count
    401 ft
    and i want bonus points if he does a cartwheel over homeplate.

    thank you.

  • Mattio @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    Omar
    1st inning
    none on
    none out
    2-2 count
    389 ft

  • scooper @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    Murphy
    5th inning
    0 on
    2-1 count
    402 ft.

  • IrishP1 @ August 7th, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    Mikey with the clincher in the 8th
    1 on
    1 out
    2-0 count
    404 ft

  • Ryans Dad @ August 7th, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    Byrd
    1st Inning
    1 on 1 out
    402′

  • Zhigh63 @ August 7th, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    Hamilton
    2nd inning
    none on
    1-1 count
    410 ft.

  • Ross @ August 7th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    Joshua Hamilton
    1st
    2 on 1 out
    380 ft to right

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