Comments on: It Felt Like Red October, and Red Sox Taught Texas Rangers What Knockout Blow Feels Like http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/2009/08/15/it-felt-like-red-october-and-red-sox-teach-texas-rangers-what-knockout-punch-feels-like/ InsideCorner sports page and blog analyzes Dallas sports teams including the Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, and Dallas Stars with original reporting, statistical analysis. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:33:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bobby in Bryan http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/2009/08/15/it-felt-like-red-october-and-red-sox-teach-texas-rangers-what-knockout-punch-feels-like/comment-page-1/#comment-42572 Bobby in Bryan Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:26:26 +0000 http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/?p=13530#comment-42572 Watching on TV last night, it looked like the stands were 'rockin', except for those folks sitting behind the backstop. What's that about? Watching on TV last night, it looked like the stands were ‘rockin’, except for those folks sitting behind the backstop. What’s that about?

]]> By: Rangers Fan http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/2009/08/15/it-felt-like-red-october-and-red-sox-teach-texas-rangers-what-knockout-punch-feels-like/comment-page-1/#comment-42486 Rangers Fan Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:30:06 +0000 http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/?p=13530#comment-42486 The pain...it hasn't gone away..make it stop The pain…it hasn’t gone away..make it stop

]]> By: Tom B http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/2009/08/15/it-felt-like-red-october-and-red-sox-teach-texas-rangers-what-knockout-punch-feels-like/comment-page-1/#comment-42476 Tom B Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:54:17 +0000 http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/?p=13530#comment-42476 I'd be surprised to see Frankie trot back out there and maybe not again this year asa closer. The man may have deeper seated problems than have been revealed. CJ threw more than the arbitrary 20 pitches which generally signals the need to rest another day. The truth is, 'All the good options are taken.' Feliz seems on the surface to be the man most likely but Wash has a hang-up on youth. These young guys have gotten us as far as we have gotten. I have great confidence in youth. You have to have some ground rules and Wash doesn't always let ground rules get in the way of 'His Gut Feeling.' I say you see a move but Mathis is in between and there isn't much more to move. Actually two moves: Salty is going to have to go or get some magic pill cure for numbness in his throwing hand. Cruz is a piece that gives some flex but you would have to give up Kinsler for a day or two to use it. If all of that has previously gone down then it will take a major move to get another arm in here. Madrigal may be it. I’d be surprised to see Frankie trot back out there and maybe not again this year asa closer. The man may have deeper seated problems than have been revealed. CJ threw more than the arbitrary 20 pitches which generally signals the need to rest another day. The truth is, ‘All the good options are taken.’ Feliz seems on the surface to be the man most likely but Wash has a hang-up on youth. These young guys have gotten us as far as we have gotten. I have great confidence in youth. You have to have some ground rules and Wash doesn’t always let ground rules get in the way of ‘His Gut Feeling.’ I say you see a move but Mathis is in between and there isn’t much more to move. Actually two moves: Salty is going to have to go or get some magic pill cure for numbness in his throwing hand. Cruz is a piece that gives some flex but you would have to give up Kinsler for a day or two to use it. If all of that has previously gone down then it will take a major move to get another arm in here. Madrigal may be it.

]]> By: michigan mike http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/2009/08/15/it-felt-like-red-october-and-red-sox-teach-texas-rangers-what-knockout-punch-feels-like/comment-page-1/#comment-42462 michigan mike Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:05:15 +0000 http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/?p=13530#comment-42462 Thanks for the poetry, it helps the recovery! Baseball question: Assuming that Maddux and Wash agree on the bullpen roles with CJ setting up and FF closing, does it make sense to have a guy close who is demonstrably not as good on the second (not to mention third) consecutive day? Is the psychology of bullpen roles that nuanced that a "closer by committee" situation is not practical given FF's health situation since pitching three days in a row before the first DL stint? Is Feliz the closer tonight by default? Thanks for the poetry, it helps the recovery!

Baseball question: Assuming that Maddux and Wash agree on the bullpen roles with CJ setting up and FF closing, does it make sense to have a guy close who is demonstrably not as good on the second (not to mention third) consecutive day? Is the psychology of bullpen roles that nuanced that a “closer by committee” situation is not practical given FF’s health situation since pitching three days in a row before the first DL stint?

Is Feliz the closer tonight by default?

]]> By: Jack Daddy http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/2009/08/15/it-felt-like-red-october-and-red-sox-teach-texas-rangers-what-knockout-punch-feels-like/comment-page-1/#comment-42461 Jack Daddy Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:57:41 +0000 http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/?p=13530#comment-42461 @haiku man - sheer brilliance. my grapes are crushed. but enough is enough. We are going to win tonight and we are going to kick their #ss in doing so. @haiku man – sheer brilliance. my grapes are crushed. but enough is enough. We are going to win tonight and we are going to kick their #ss in doing so.

]]> By: haiku man http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/2009/08/15/it-felt-like-red-october-and-red-sox-teach-texas-rangers-what-knockout-punch-feels-like/comment-page-1/#comment-42459 haiku man Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:47:18 +0000 http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/?p=13530#comment-42459 so close to glory comes surprise kick to the grapes I vomit in pain so close to glory
comes surprise kick to the grapes
I vomit in pain

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