I hope y’all are having fun at Pappasito’s!

@evan: when Kins gets back, ask him what he thinks of Perez.

@evan: who all is there?

*rubbing his hands with anticipation*
Can’t wait to see how Hunter does tonight. And no AJOnes in the lineup? What a shame….
@Evan – when does Crush come back to Arlington? The Hammer experiment is going terribly wrong I think….

that’s 1 shot!

Greetings from party everyone!!! Scooper and becca you should be here.

@alan – what’s the frame of reference for those stats?

14-10 with 32 saves?

uhhh i just got them from espn i hope i added the win losses correct Iam wrong forgive me please

but what are the win/losses from? Since ASB?

@scooper: he did his deed.lol.

@ehren: Good! Keep him honest!

I ready to proclaim that division over with and wild card is the only race to focus on know but I could be wrong

Didn’t see that double comin at all.

Hey rf! I’m on the wife’s iPhone tonight. Might be a little slow o the draw scooped. Lol

Does anyone else already have their Frisco Gameday window up anxiously awaiting Perez…

Another worthless at bat by Salty. I think he’s starting to feel the pressure of TT which means he is pressing.

RF, I have the window up waiting for kinslers first AB.

@last: c’mon! you have to give me at least a minute to catch it!

1-0 red sox hr lowell

@even: I didn’t think it was that good of a tackle! Porcello side-stepped and, when Youk when down, Porcello ended up on top!

@Evan – thanks. I guess my only question is…. why? Can he be worse than what Blalock has done since the ASB?

Teagarden seems SOOO much more able to hit a fly ball when one is needed. I’m more than ready for them to swap.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_08_12_friaax_tulaax_1

@Ehren, can you confirm the shot by Evan for the leadoff walk? Not that we would not trust Evan, but wanted to see if he had any pomp and circumstance with it.

RF, yes, he should play the whole game.

giants beat dodgers in walkout home run in one of worst called games i have ever seen…..

David Murphy is really seeing the ball well these days. Don’t know why he doesn’t get more PT.

and jon miller doing postgame color………what a classy franchise……

@Rangers, what the rangers bunt? That would be silly.

This was a comment today for the “against” reason for the Rangers making the playoffs:

This is too much of an all-or-nothing offense that needs to hit home runs to win. There are too many holes at the back end of the lineup to consistently wear down pitchers. The Rangers’ on-base percentage (.316) is the worst by the franchise since 1983. And until proven otherwise, the Rangers are a poor second-half team. In three of the past four seasons they took a winning record into the All-Star break and wound up with a losing season.

Well well well…clutch power hit from Hammy, real good sign.

@All: By the way, you can nominate candidates for the Player of the Game throughout the game on the blog. Just specify that you are nominating somebody.

Evan, I am going out on a limb and nominating hamilton.

@scooper: I treated Evan to his latest shot. Lol

That gives hunter the ability to perform the rare 4 K inning.

@audito: I’ll make everything is on the up and up. Lol

I nominate Hunter

“Hit all they want, until they learn to pitch and play defense they’ll never make the playoffs!” Then, lots of references to “the kid GM” who’s “over his head”

That’s what we’ve heard for years. The angels can hit, but can’t field or pitch. I think the Rangers recent past is more predictive of what will happen to the Angels down the stretch than the Rangers.

If Salty doesn’t start throwing better, they play TT and blame it on Salty’s “sore shoulder.”

3-0 red sox hr bay

Rangers have 7 shutouts TT behind the plate one 5 of them . Thats enough for me to have him the starter.

@last why is it we can’t get a mature GM? who was the guy hicks fired when he arrived? class baseball guy………oh well…..

Well great…Kinsler hit by pitch at first AB.

Kins HBP

Theres no reason at all to fire JD. Almost every guy your excited about was brought here by JD.

@scooper: TT has caught four; Salty has caught 3.

@just: don’t forget that John hart was a mature fm. See how well he worked out.

I think I am interested in seeing Teagarden more.

@ehren hart was/is an arrogant ass that WAS HIRED BY HICKS

*rubbing his hands together*
Hunter just keeps getting better. If DH gets consistent and Nipper continues to improve… ah, don’t wake me! A Ranger fan can dream, can’t he?

It’s Perez time people!

But he was a mature gm.

How could the 3rd and 4th pitches in that walk not be strikes.

JD will be here with new owners i’d bet.

@ehren: no one can beat Nolan vs. Ventura!

ugly player releases
kenny rogers i blame hicks
ryan dreese JD?
tex yes good trade poor pr parted ugly
bradley definitely jd
padilla jd
hamilton management poor job from jd
ponson jd
Do the Rangers lead the majors in that category?

@RangersFan: Porcello is getting his suspension for hitting Youk, not the fight.

Dreese is no longer in majors is he? And all the others i don’t see the problem with when your as bad as the rangers were you take chances.

Seriously, what is the reasoning for Blalock still playing everyday? The offense as a whole is not “clicking”. Blalock as an individual is certainly not. And Davis’ defense is far superior. So this leaves us with…he’s a veteran and he’s MY’s bff?

Teagarden. As much as possible.

@Scooper: right, but I don’t think it was obviously intentional. No other sox pitcher’s were fined and/or suspended for throwing…

I am sad to say that I will not miss Blalock when he is gone. Used to be favorite player.

Volquez is out for the next year or so with surgery so it’s a wash for now.

@RangersFan: Everyone knows that you have a man crush on Salty and if anyone ever talks bad about him you’ll throw yourself in front of the bus to defend him. The bottom line is that TT has a better, more accurate arm than Salty and he calls a better game. He’s caught probably 20% of the games and has more shutouts than Salty so you CANT dispute that. If Salty hit like Mauer then he’d be worth it but he DOESNT.

jason O
Don’t agree. Check the stats.

Hunter is the man! Order a shot for me.

Anybody else sick of the same 2 batting stance guy commercials they run.

three!

Of the 7 Ranger shutouts this year TT has caught 4 of them. That’s roughly 12% of his starts result in goose eggs for the other team. Conversely Salty has 4%. This could be misleading due to the small sample size of TT’s games played.

I thought it was Andrus who walked! Those shots must be hitting home!

The most interesting stat is the Catcher’s ERA, which is slightly in favor of Salty (4.17 vs. 4.29)

Perez cannot get a low strike called at all even right down center of plate.

Been about 6 or 8 like that for Perez.

Guys, I don’t think the minor league gameday is as accurate as the major league gameday. they don’t have pitch speed, type of pitch, or the box representing the strike zone. I doubt that the “ball” placement on the screen is particularly accurate. I’m listening to the game and it doesn’t sound like anything is wrong with the ump’s strike zone.

EVAN: Update on Purke and Scheppers?

Byrd should change bat maker or type.

that first pitch that Perez threw, the announcer said it was down and in.

Thanks Evan for the update.

player of the game Racer X or John Smith his real name

probably did not know who rusty Greer is oe Rich Hand never knows who is who when he is athe tunnel
knows more about movie stars because when u dont work and old people support u u watch alot of tv
so player of the game because he must have ate a bunch of fajitas
dorry Evan that guy is a real jerk and he sells what he gets unlike some of us who collect for the glory

@Evan – any news of the guys around Purke? (Scheppers is obviously going to drag on and on and on..) I think that would atleast set the above-slot requirements.

Also, re: Scheppers – since August doesn’t apply to him, when IS the deadline for recouping that pick in 2010 (which I think may have been the plan to begin with, given the money issues they face).

@Evan: Well, as far as dominating rookie performance, that’s gonna have to go to D-Hol. (Sunday’s game). Consistently good…Hunter.

@Ryan’s Dad… seconded.

@scooper: all walks have been accounted for.

@ehren: thanks!

@Evan – didn’t the editors tell you? When you’re on remote, you have to wear a company shirt and no drinking until it’s over and you’ve changed.

The wierd thing about Hunter is he’s pitching 10 times better in bigs than he did in minors.

some guys just do that. Murph is playing better up here, too. and wasn’t Rusty Greer like that, too?

Perez 2.2 in 7 run 6 earned 74 pitches. Ouch

Lots of grumbling among the prospephiles at the Hunter pick in the 07 draft.

This may be the best scouting, drafting, developmental, management group in history of team. There have been others adept at parts, but not all three at once.

I agree and still think he got squeezed but wanna see how he does next time out he had to be nervous big time tonight.

He probably hasn’t even been there long enough to meet all of his teammates! I’m sure he’ll bounce back just fine!

WOW! What a catch for the rook!

What a catch by Borbon.

Can Lewin stop claiming wins before they are wins…

I think that ump was ready for the game to be over.

CJ has some sneaky good stuff.

Three K’s in the clutch is serious stuff.

dreaming of a 2010 stretch run with Holland, Hunter and Feliz in the rotation and a 2011 that adds Perez has my baseball pants excited and help dull the pain of the Angels ridulous run.

studying the rangers K situation, the only 2 real areas that have to be address THROUGH the 2011 season are Frankie and CJ. Frankie is a FA after 2010 and CJ after 2011. Nobody else is coming up that is critical. In fact, the only other one that comes up period is BMac (also after 2011). This ignores the guys coming up after this year and Millwood next.

Pretty amazing salary control for the next 4-6 years.

Not sure we wind up doing something with FF (I don’t believe in paying crazy closer money), but would like to see CJ taken out a couple of years.

Filed under Gee-Whiz information, we find 3 former Ranger 1B that are tied with 29 HRs
Tex, Pina and A Gon. With any one we would be leading the pack. Well, maybe not, since CD had 16 or so and league leading Ks. But still, To Dream is Divine

I doubt it means anything that Kinsler was taken out. I was at the game and left after the 7th with Tulsa up 10-4. he got 4 ABs and the game started 3 hours ago so they just took him out to be safe i bet.

PS…I got the Moreland HR ball. My first HR/foul ball in 32 years of living. I was acting like a 5 year old after getting it so I left early to escape the humiliation.

Did Kinsler get any hits?