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I wonder does Wash feel like he is even in charge of his team what other manager would let others write his lineupcard you think Lou Pinella or Terry Frnacona now. I understand Wash is not in those guys league but this is like Jerry jones telling his coach I am bringing in a player whether you like it or not oh wait that did happen TO. If they do not trust him to manage this team then bring somebody in that they will let write their own lineupcards. I think they just cut Wash legs right undernmeath him and you think the other players are going to have alot of respect for a manager who cannot even make his own decisions. They must be thinking man who is running this show John Hart Nolan Jd or hec even Jerry Jones what a joke they just made Wash look like. I almost feel sorry for the man

@Evan – Ian’s statement and RW’s don’t seem to match exactly. Kins made it sound like RW said it wasn’t his call whereas RW makes it sound like it was discussed as an org. which are not the same things. Any feel for which is the true picture or am I reading too much into the words used?

On the radio, Wash just retold his version that he wants Borbon leading off. Guess he didnt think Kinsler would tell the media what was said between the two of them.

Me thinks Ian is not quite a head case, but high maintenance for sure.

You certainly sense some “I” before team in him, yes?

How did Ian air it? All he said was..”it is what it is.” ?????

I’m reposting what I put under Evan’s article:

Let’s just play baseball. Dang, this is all white noise. This isn’t unique. Organizations weigh in on decisions all the time. Doesn’t make Wash underminded or weak. So Ian’s pissed. Good. Make them change their mind.

Play ball.

Yeah!! Now we have the Sturminator on our side.

@Bob – Now you have something else to talk to Ian about next week. Why would Ian not think he was throwning Wash under the bus? Telling the media that your manager’s been neutered?

Seems to me this could have been a case of RW recognizing Ian is a key piece to this team and wanting to make sure that JD and Nolan understood what he was going to do and why, and they agreed with his decision. That’s a whole lot different than getting permission or getting told to make a change.

Ian said:

Kinsler said Washington informed him it wasn’t his decision.

Locker room issue, shame Ian threw Wash under the bus like that (@TB read the article).

Certainly agree with Jack Daddy, but Ian put it out there (right in the middle of the biggest series of the year), therefore its new and “it is what it is”.

Angels 5-1 top 4th

Ok, new day, new game and Rangers still have the leg up on Sox for the year. Holland pitching… Let’s go Rangers.

New topic – it seems the move of Josh OUT of CF is now official and complete, huh?

As long as Borbon is here they need to see what he can do. We know what Josh can do so get as good a look as you can at Borbon. I believe Josh will see more CF but not as often

2nd new topic:

The organizaiton hung on SO LONG before making the decision to send Davis down. They clearly wanted him up here. Now, when it seems he is ready to get back, they say it isn’t in consideration. Strange huh?

Makes me think that his swing is still showing the same “hole” (whatever it was) and he is just taking advantage of AAA pitching (or they REALLY want it to “stick”, like Cruz last year).

Or they are just inconsistent in their approach to this team.

Jack daddy its the Rangers hec for all we know John Hart could still be calling the shots

Good start Derek! Let’s go Rangers, let’s go!

wheres bob

This is the game to pound them. Penny is roast beef. This is the kind of guy that a Blalock handles.

hey the leadoff guy didnt pop it up to the outfield with an upper cut swing wow

i never understood DHing a young guy like Borbon. Don’t make him sit in the dugout waiting to hit, getting over-anxious. Then wait after the AB, stewing on it. Put him in field.

I like this kid. I see no reason why he can’t be the player Ellsbury is.

Kinsler would have swung at the first pitch and popped up. I’m glad the “Organization” is starting to realize that Wash doesn’t have a clue how to manage a team i.e. (Guardado last night or Jennings with men on)

btw, i’m machine gunning right now, because about to head out to a “Things White People” like party that my wife is dragging me to. I’m wearing my Holland jersey though. Leaving soon, so carry this one through for me!

Ever think that the other reason to bat Kinsler 6th right now is to shake up some guys to put last night out of mind?

Thoughts on a couple of these topics: I believe management thought the quality of 1B defense would go way down when they turned the keys over from Davis to Blalock and it didn’t happen. I expected to hear “Davis would have had that” not just from bloggers but Nadel at least 5 times a night. Didn’t happen. Given that, I think that management would rather stick with the veteran Blalock in this pennant race. If the team were burried, Davis would be back by now IMO.

And yes, it goes without saying that I’d love to smash Red Sox Nation in the face. Hopefully the Rangers do it for us the next two days.

Think Kinsler would have been as upset if he had been dropped from 1st to 3rd?

Agree with TAG, though I think MY has suffered with men RISP because he has tried to over=compensate for the absence of Josh.

Of course AJM will say its because his Zone Rating sucks.

@TBG-Chargers

@lamar in PA – I actually completely agree with you. Though Hank’s offense since the ASB is getting silly. Not a single walk? Really?

no ehren tonight?

no fred?

no Rangers Fan or Becca?

All due respect to Mike Bascik – I think Tim McClellan might have something to say about that

Barnett is much better on TV than radio. seems much more relaxed and is doing a good job of pulling insight from TAG.

based load for Kins in his first AB? wow, nice drama.

that was the old new josh. or the new old. the sucky one.

@JackDaddy: he didn’t swing at the first pitch. still a better Josh.

this kinsler wash controversy is all vincente padilla’s fault……..let’s be very clear about who to blame………

@RD- probably depends on pitchers or hitters. Problem with McClellan is his “fluid” interpretation of the strike zone and his Hot Dog attitude

Nice pop up

The BPiA has the slowest radar gun in the league. Either that, or EVERY OTHER STADIUM is 2-4 mph faster.

i blame last night’s loss on padilla as well

Holland’s ERA now below 5. That’s awesome considering some bad appearances. Was 6.63 at highest pt.

Derek Holland looks like a Major League Ace. I know it’s too early and that he will have his ups and downs, but the kid just “looks like an ace”

Kins get to be 2nd lead-off man. That’s a nice consolation prize

Have I mentioned how much I love watching this kid pitch? JD’s best decision as GM? NOT trading DH. (Ok, maybe that Tex trade was the best, but this is a close 2nd) lol

@texas Rock – that’s because he is. I’m not terribly smart, I don’t make near enough money and I am only average in bed, but I know an ace when I see one.

wash is a genius

OPPOSITE way!

@scooper, Best speed comes in 4th 0r 5th inning.

Well I guess Kins is out to prove em wrong…

I laughed out loud when Kinsler hit that homer, I stick by my desire to have him do that lower in the order so it’s more likely someone will be on at the time.

@TomB: I said, “…yet.”

that’s only Kins’ 2nd opp field job in the majors (his other off Doc Halladay), per Ian himself (at least as far as he could remember).

anybody know how many of kinsler’s homers have been solo’s?

angels 5-1 top 6th

ok, they are hiding something regarding Salty.

@tett, Most!

HA!!! Lack of communication on that one.

@evan: as Jack Daddy pointed out, it was also an opposite-field homer.

Did anyone get a distance on the Kins homer?

@Tom b- yeah it certainly seems that way, i just don’t know exactly where to find out the exact number

hell yeah! Andrus & Borbon!

@All: I repeat my question – how’s that new lineup workin’ out for ya?

@Jack: I don’t think so.

@Evan: Oh you know Ranger fans, they’ll find SOMETHING to complain about eventually

jeez – that would be “steal” not “still”. Maybe mrs jack daddy drives us to our party!

Borbon is playing like he WANTS that leadoff spot!

Yep Little O… I agree

calling 3 run shot here by murph.

@ Evan, The rumor is, You were the Other Guy in that Wash decision on Batting Order. Give us the scoop here Big ‘E’

@Jack Daddy: I said this last night, but will reiterate it, I don’t think many teams will block on catchers. The last thing they want to get stuck with is a third catcher on a roster before Sept. 1. Teams can move pitchers around, but three catchers are three catchers.

Contrary to my talk last night, I don’t think you are going to see a Rod Barajas or Pudge Rodriguez here. I think you are more likely looking at a straight backup. A guy who might fit that profile and is languishing on a bad team is San Diego’s Henry Blanco.

EFf you Dustin Pedroia, you over rated piece of crap!!!

@Tom B: No truth to that rumor. I don’t think I’d have argued one way or another, but certainly have liked the electricity with which the Rangers have played the first two innings.

@evan thanks for the info, and the high ratio of solos to total homers has been frustrating. I mean I certainly don’t want them to stop hitting homers with the bases empty, but it would be nice to see some more of those jacks come with runners on.

I don’t want them to bring in a starting catcher. I want to see TT play and see what he can do. A back-up catcher is fine with me.

Come on TAG that was so clearly on error on Pedroia. He had it in his glove and wildly transferred it to his right hand and dropped it. No question.

@Evan – love the lineup, just needs Cruz back in the middle to look really good. I love having Borbon’s speed at the top and he and Elvis back to back give some small ball opportunities that could be interesting. You can already see Borbon’s speed bothering Penny and helping the other hitters.

okay what is the record for put outs for one player in the game

@evan- love borbon hitting leadoff to answer your repeated questions. And I like that Wash and/or JD and/or Nolan are shaking things up a bit.

I agree with Scooper, let TT be our main guy, but I really hope that if Salty is out, we can bring in a veteran (Pudge would be great for obvious reasons). Respectfully, I’m not sure career minor leaguers being brought up are what we need at this point in a pennant race.

plus side of it is penny has thrown 50 pitches in 2 innings.

hank not covering second on the throw in.

Wife’s at Harrah’s in New Orleans.

I’m at home watching chefography and MLB Gameday.

I lose.

Hopefully Holland can go aways tonight.

I like the unified front on the Kinsler thing. This club has a well earned reputation of star players playing politics with front office undermining managers and coaches. Nolan isn’t going to tolerate that stuff.

re: Pudge.

I don’t think the Astros would do anything to help the Rangers, even if it helped them.

They won’t do win-win with Tex – especially since Hicks stole Ryan back.

you know, this holland is good.

@EasyEddie: Going to be hard to fit Cruz and Borbon into the lineup without sitting either Murphy or Byrd.

916 four more for 920 wow we rock

man, I can’t even spell “tough”!

a walk!

I think TAG is wrong. I think Ian will want to keep up with Borbon.

not even close.

Note: I typed that BEFORE Ian stole 2nd.

Ok, time to knock another run in here.

70 pitches for penny through 3

My AFLAC trivia question is Chili Davis

evan, did wash explain why he left ff in long enough to give up 6 runs?

You can tell Varitek is a catcher – he’s not arguing because he wants that pitch for his guy, too.

8:15: And another thing: LHP Eddie Guardado isn’t going anywhere just yet, according to Washington.

Washington said he is aware of Guardado’s poor batting average against left-handed hitters – it’s now .370 after David Ortiz homered – but he is also aware that Guardado has a long track record of succes.

“Me, personally, I’m not worried about Eddie,” Washington said. “I know what the numbers say there, too. And I know people will say I’m stupid, but I have confidence in him. Sometimes things go in your favor; sometimes they don’t. You need to have a guy’s back sometimes. I’ve got his.”

@Obagain: No, but he wasn’t asked. I don’t know where I would have taken him out either before the homer. You keep thinking he’s going to get the last out; he just didn’t and when it became 8-4, there was no more thinking about it.

Nice pitching kid

YES!!! Holland steps up after the homer / walk and strikes em out

I actually would like to see Kins hit 4th behind Josh.

@Ranger: throw in Feliz, also. the way his secondary pitches look, they should give him another chance to start.

any chance elvis is running?

a stolen base on a pitch out!

pitch out and still didnt come close.
And then takes 3rd.

Nice baserunning kid

great base-running by elvis!

Speed kills.

Borbon steals here for #3 on the night

I know it’s only one game, but I love the combo of andrus and borbon at the back of the lineup. Greatness.

Wow, I know anything can still happen, but what a way for our guys to come out and scrap the day after a brutal beating

last, look at holland in the dugout, he is constantly in millwoods ear, I give more props to millwood.

There’s some of that small ball I was talking about earlier. Glad to see RW letting the kids be aggressive.

8:31: Go-Go Rangers. Five steals by Borbon and Elvis Andrus. If I didn’t ask this question before, I’ll ask it now: How do you like this lineup?

For the record, Evan, LOVE this lineup!

evan, I love the speed in the 1 and 9 spots.

83 pitches for Penny.

I really enjoy listening to Dave Barnett better than Josh Lewin.

I agree scooper.

I like any lineup that gets 6 hits and 3 walks in 3.1 innings.

Great lineup. Never a doubt

and 4 steals..

@scooper: That was the general hint that Ron Washington dropped before the game, but Wilson had a 27-pitch inning last night and managers aren’t going to divulge any information pre-game that could be of use to the opponent, so I’m not entirely confident on how the 9th would be set up. My gut: Wilson might face a guy or two.

@obagain: don’t tell me it is another one like last night!

Marlon gets the job done.

@evan: would he give Feliz a chance to close?

Let’s try not to need a closer tonight

@ryansdad: I’m all for letting Holland pitch them all, but he is at 60 pitches thru 4. 7 or 8 innings is more likely.

@Obagain: Oh, goodness.

scooper, moscoso.

@scooper: Moscoso pitching for OKC; wouldn’t surprise me if Washington used Feliz for 8th and o’day for ninth if Wilson not available or go Feliz for four batters, wilson to face lefty, O’Day to face right-hander.

@Evan – can we expect an AAA-Twitter update?

No hitter over

8:44: Can we blame this one on Obagain? Guillermo Moscoso gives up a hit with one out in the sixth to end Oklahoma City’s streak of 14 consecutive no-hit innings against Salt Lake City.

Wow, I’m a total jinx!

@wordup – Ozzie Smith, maybe Jose Oquendo?..

Plus, they were playing on carpet in sneakers. They could giddyup.

now lets put up 3 right here.

Holland’s biggest weakness is his tendency to give up homeruns. He tends to groove fastballs on occasion and guys don’t miss. He said earlier that his biggest trouble isn’t pitch selection, it’s pitch location. This game seems to be baring that out. His fastball is dominating on the corners. It’s easy to give up bombs, though, if the fb is all you throw and you pipe one.

I think the fastest guy I ever saw in person was bo jackson, that guy could fly.

I think it is hilarious that Kins is being more disciplined at the plate when he is hitting 6th.

Here comes a Blalock walk

Does Hammer really have to try to pull EVERY pitch?

thanks LT

@bigskinny: not quite.

ah blalock the poster boy for plate discipline…….

@Chadb: Moreland fractured a bone in his foot.

@Evan – to continue your lineup questions: who should eventually replace Blalock in the 7 spot – Bird, Murphy, or Cruz?

Hank and Taylor back-to-back in any lineup is just brutal

8:56: Rangers entered the fifth one stolen base shy of club record set on the next-to-last day of the 1978 season. And just in case you are looking ahead, there has been only one AL team steal eight bases in a game this decade. It was Tampa Bay. Against Boston in May. With Jason Varitek behind the plate.

just made a quick run to the store. i used to go when the rangers were pitching so i would miss as few ranger at bats as possible, now i go when the rangers are batting, so i miss as few rangers pitches as possible… my how things have changed this season

angels 5-1 final

I’ve always felt the lineup could carry Salty r Taylor– guys in an important position (c), who are young, good D.

But when you have one of those guys, plus guys like Hank, AJ, Davis also in a lineup…

@scooper: Manny Del Carmen was up in the fifth, but nobody is up at this minute.

speaking of swinging at bad pitches, did anyone see the highlight of vlad swinging and hitting a ball that bounced in the dirt from yesterday’s angels-orioles game?

I want elvis on again so I can watch the sox sweat.

time for another round of steals.

I have a ? why in the world is little league baseball regional final on espn baseball I understand the world series but man when is it considered overexposure

@all what is the difference in holland now and earlier in the year when he struggled so badly?

Well, seems like he has a better plan, for starters… plus, its easier to build on success.

justsaying, he is learning how to pitch to big leaguers.
earlier he would throw strikes down the middle and paid dearly for it.
Now he still makes a few mistakes but he is learning better location.

@JustSaying… simple – experience.

Run, Mike, RUN!

2010 may look something like this:

Borbon- CF
Young- 2b
Ham- Rf/DH
Cruz-LF/RF/DH
Kinsler- 2B
Murphy- DH/LF
Davis- 1b
Veteran catcher to be acquired offseason
Andrus-SS

here’s the video of vlad hitting the pitch that bounces… vlad’s bat literally hits the dirt http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090815&content_id=6439870&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

@JustSaying- Main difference to me is his focus

@scoop- completely agree, though the same rules apply to a bad game.

I think playing in the field instead of (preposterly) DH’ing has a lot to do with how comfortable he looks tonight.

He had solid mechanics to start with – I doubt that he has changed anything there. I really think it is command and confidence.

@ JB: Vlad would be a cricket star.

Man, the Orioles are just cursed. Even Ranger fans can say that about the O’s. Awful.

Huge inning in a 2 run game. Leadoff single..yikes

9:20: O’Day up for the Rangers, so maybe Feliz is being held back for the eighth or ninth.

@obagain: good point.

here comes the hook

Fine game for Holland.

look at that kids xxxx eating grin…….what a beast…….

See, he’s even learned to cover his mouth when he is cussing! It would be nice, though, if he acknowledged the standing O.

Twitter Repost:

VictorRojas29 Derek Holland = bueno #redsox #texasrangers

bidness is a boomin’

@evan: do they let Feliz pitch the 8th and 9th (assuming no problems in the 8th)?

sit down midget

I assume O’day handles the 8th, too. The 9th could be fun

Holland didn’t even have his A game and he still pitched a good game.

I hope O’Day comes back for the 8th, and Feliz for the 9th.

Plus, the Red Sox had done their homework and were not going to let FB’s strikes go by early in the count and were not going to swing at sliders outside the strike zone. Good learning experience for Derek.

Let’s see wins over the Angels and the Red Sox in the middle of a pennant race sounds like a future ace of the staff to me

Yeah, this score sounds disturbingly familliar…

@Evan – Ever since you last mentioned Dominguez, I’ve wondered what happened to him.

Do you have a “Where is he serving fastfood now” update on him?

Rally stated, leadoff man on.

@Last: Great mystery. Nobody seems to know. Wasn’t close with anybody in the organization.

Ok look, come on. Why in the world do so many of our players have this TOS? Is this common with players of other teams? Is this doctor getting paid by the “Remove a Rib Foundation” or something?!?

Why waste O’Day this way??

@scooper: attendance numbers
2008- 24,021 per game
2009- 27,512 per game

Ranger_Rick: I agree.

@Scooper: Appears to be an approximate increase of 150,000 at this point. But I suspect that margin will grow if Rangers keep playing well and stay in the race. September attendance tailed off significantly last year. Don’t think that’s the case if Rangers are playing for a playoff spot.

Yep, Feliz for both 8th and 9th

Kins working count really well and gets the hit

But if O’Day pitches to only one batter tonight, you’re not maximizing your resources.

@Ranger: and going the other way. that was a good decision by the Sox (having Pedroia cover 2nd), but Kins foiled it by going to the right side.

Maybe since he pitched last night, trying to make him available for tomorrow as well.

you get the feeling just a single insurance run here will be huge

No way Blalock gets a strike with Tea on deck

man hank swings at anything

@scooper- because he needed a kick in the pants???

straighten it out, Hank!

well that’s one way to get a run

Can we get Chris Davis here by noon tomorrow? Please?

Hank should might as well have been bunting

@scooper- that’s what I like so much about the move. Gives him a kick, takes everyone’s mind off last night and sends a message to them that the manager, gm and president are a united front.

Agreed, Tim. Blalock is simply wasting space. Why is this club so enamored with this guy?

@littleO: except for Wash saying that it wasn’t his decision.

920 for the year Taylor your prize is hitting instructions courtesy of Rudy!!!!

@Beesley because theyre paying him. and they’re cheap.

Great camera work

it fooled the cameraman

that is why you run.

weired play

that’s some gas!

nothing weird about that. sit. down.

first pitch -97
second pitch -80

He looks so effortless when throwing too

99 on a slow gun, that is some heat.

little loss of control there, bet Pappi backs off the plate a bit now.

dang

i didnt think I could be more impressed but wow.

So smoooooootttttthhhhhhhh

feliz in the ninth seems also to be a baseball move………

That is the medicine we needed last night

Yeah, I don’t see Wash using Feliz tomorrow regardless, so let Wilson rest before we don’t have him OR Feliz tomorrow.

and the Red Sox will leave the park tonight saying, “At least we won’t have to face Feliz tomorrow!”

LEAVE HIM IN

feliz is young, but goes OG with the dip

A personal note of thanks to J.D. for that Teixeira trade…again.

Honest question, are you more excited to watch Feliz or Holland pitch?

I mean, if you were given the option to watch one or the other, whom would you choose?

I think it’s a good question. Oh, and another Elvis SB. Awesome!

7 SBs and not one double steal

@scooper: why not? A guy can do what he trains his body to do, in my eyes. Are we really to believe guys 100 years ago were better athletes than today’s guys?

So is there some kind of bet between Elvis and Borbon for stolen bases?

getting the bunt down here caps a great nite for julio

Speed kills.

Very nice bunt… and Elvis was already running.

bet julio runs to break the team record. that was a helpp of play backing up first

@beesley: remember how young he is. You don’t want to screw up his arm.

Uh, Ian, welcome to the 6th spot.

you just knew that Borbon would steal there.

Come on Murph! Drive the nail in the coffin.

@Evan – so how do you like the new lineup?

I just don’t see Feliz being that effective in the majors a couple of times through a line-up. Could be wrong.

Yep, I love Ian, but he is NOT a lead off hitter. Borbon is showing why.

@Scooper, obagain: Maybe in the long run, but perhaps not this year!

i love murph and byrd and all, but they are not 3-4 hitters.

stupid bases loaded. Can’t steal with no base to go to.

I’m amazed he didn’t swing at those 2 pitches.

You can steal home!

@Beesley how is Byrd not making you confident? He is hitting .281 for the year, and .333 with RISP. He may not hit here, but he has hit fairly well this year

Appreciate Murph stepping in for Josh in the 3-hole, but I think it’s safe to slide him back down.

@beesley gotcha

and that was ball 4

I rest my case

@scooper/Beesly –

Yeah, but even varitek can throw it 7 inches!

(That sounded better when I anticipated that response before typing the original comment)

Don’t be alarmed, just building the drama for Hamilton.

Appreciate Byrd stepping in the 4-hole, but I think it’s safe to slide him back down.

Nice job Hammy

Ok, I’ll take the single…. WooooHOOO

josh comes thru.

whoa….whoa…whoa

Holy crap that is scary

love that fire, ian.

did varitek throw the helmet at ian?

@littleO: seriously, he looked like he was grimacing when he crossed home plate.

Appreciate Murph stepping in the 3-hole, but I think it’s safe to move Josh back up.

@S.Arcasm: That is a scary thought!

Specially since Kinsler already almost got hit in the head earlier

Jeez, thank goodness for the ear protector part of the helmet.

@Scooper: I also thought Borbon looked like he was limping a bit or something…

I almost charged the mound! Had to catch myself before I ran into the TV.

Good job Varitek flapping your gums at Ian, here’s a thought, why don’t you work on your throws to second before you puff your chest out again.

@JustSaying: Who? …. oh yeah! That Padilla guy. Almost forgot about him.

They better come out and nail if not tonight but tomrrow for sure.

if I am the red sox I dont want feliz throwing at me, even the meaty part of the back.

Don’t you know Kins was ticked to have guys in front of him on the base pads. After watching that carosel of JB and EA.

@scooper- just replayed it on slo-mo. Looked like he was kind of huffing from running but you might be right. Didn’t notice it at first

@ryansdad: You tell him!

YES!!! Sit em down with the strikeouts

Bring me the head of Dustin Pedroia!

Good point by Barnett. The Kids won this one.

i’m still mad as hell at the head hit…….that is assault….pure and simple…….

Adios muchachos manana

hello win column!

Gawd, that was nice!

@All Let’s keep it right here for the time being before moving into post-game show.

I’ll just say this: The response the Rangers put forward after last night’s potentially devastating was impressive, to say the least.

Actually, I could use a better word than impressive if you can come up with one.

Woo-hoo! Can’t wait to watch them give the whole Wild Card thing a shot again tomorrow afternoon!

How bout their response was a “statement” to their resiliency

The really amazing thing about Feliz is his control. How many pitchers throw that hard, but don’t walk anyone?

Huge, huge win!

Rangers bounce back again! To me this was probably the most impressive win of the year.

One question…why is o’day never given any consideration in the 9th? I know his stuff isn’t overpowering but he has great command and has arguably been a top 5 reliever in the AL this year. I just have a ton of confidence in him.

Great win!

@Evan – Resilient

@Evan, It was larceny and Grand at that. 7 hits, what 6 runs and 8 stolen bases with Kins’ contribution. The Dynamic Duo Rides/Runs again

I loved it when Elvis stole 3rd, because Lowell was playing in for the bunt. That was just a great, heads-up play from the 20-year-old.

Do you think A-Rod would like to play with these “kids”?

…and I DO NOT mean that we should bring him back!

How about Holland Feliz and Hunter leading this rotation in ’10?

No I let A$$-Rod play on this team.

UH.. meant No way…

May not need a closer with Holland, Feliz, Hunter… LOL

Roy who?

I was just thinking about his “24 kids” comment. Personally, I kinda like kids!

Hey, I love these kids!!

What are the chances Ellsbury gets plunked first pitch tomorrow.

I agree obagain, go for Pedroia.

If I am pedroia I am glad feliz will not pitch tomorrow.
You have to retaliate, you just dont make it too obvious.

If Kinsler has any say he’d probably like to see Pedroia be the target. I’d wait until they have the game in hand before getting too caught up in a beanball battle. He obviously didn’t hit Kinsler on purpose but it is certainly scary any time you get hit in the head and Kinsler nearly got hit in the face earlier in the game.

I’m still fired up…great win!

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5564redsox wrote:
JUST AWFUL THEY ARE HITTING LIKE GARBAGE I AM ALMOST ASHAMED,AND STOLE 9 BASESD AGAINST VARITEK 9 BASES THAT IS LIKE 9 EXTRA DOUBLES HOW CAN YOU WIN GIVEN UP 9 STEALS IN 1 GAME VARITEK IS DONE CANT HIT CANT PLAY DEFENSE CANT THROW ANYONE AND I MEAN ANYONE OUT FANCONA MANAGING IS WORSE HE HAS SINCE HE HAS BEEN HERE,BEING LOYAL IS OK TO A POINT,THIS IS JUST A JOKE,2 RUNS AGAINST THIS KID WAS A JOKE,I CANT BELEIVE THERE IS A CHANCE A GOOD CHANCE WE WONT EVEN BE IN PLAYOFFS WE DESERVE ALL THE ABUSE THEM STUPID YANKEE FANS GIVE US.

LMAO… Sox are feeling the Happy heat

I want to see Nip bean Ortiz. Tall, skinny Nip vs. fat, oafish Ortiz if he charges.

@Dan You are high. That’s a thought you entertain for about 2 seconds before sanity returns and you remember the nut kick that was last night’s final out. And I bet Gunter is right about being told by Wash and/or a team leader not to do it — that it wasn’t required. All that mattered tonight was a win. But tomorrow…oh tomorrow…some lucky Red Sox batter is taking one in the ribs (if they are lucky). I only wish it could be one of their obnoxious, frontrunning, bandwagoning “fans” from Irving(deep south Boston) who could be the recipient of said pitch. Vomit-inducing faux fans in our park should be flogged…

No past-game tonight?

and how can you talk about retaliation when you just cut your #2 pitcher because of bean balls…….c’mon folks was vincente cut for nothing? for no return? no high road?

Evan, You have hungry cattle here waiting for any morsel of grain to devour. Can you pitch us a headline? We’re desperate here.
We need Rangers News Food.

Seriously, is there anything more sickening than the Red Sox attired douche screaming his ass off in Arlington? Look, I’m sure 10 or 15 out of the 20,000 Red Sox “fans” at the park have at the very least passed through greater Boston for a long weekend, but they are going to get smeared with that douche label. Sorry to that dozen. But cheering for a team that won 2 out of the last 5 championships doesn’t make you a fan, it makes you a sad, frontrunning, douche.

I was glad to see the draw tonight at TBPIA.
48,000+ and 41,000+ last night. Those are the
crowds this team deserves. They will get 40,000+ tomorrow, with any luck.

Funny post Ryan’s Dad.

That Derek Holland is a nobody pitcher.

@fluaggie – with mediocre stuff no less – lol – that’s what happens when you don’t watch the freaking game – sorry, channeling the GAC Daddy for a second, ooh, that was painful

sorta reminds me of a giants game where dodger fans come and infiltrate…….c,mon now you have to constantly remind them tomorrow of their catcher’s second game of 8 stolen bases….of big poppi wiffing from feliz……..you have to make them suffer……make them feel that they’re just not welcome…………

Jack Daddy says nice game by Rangers. Nicer game by Dutch, who he’s been hyping since August 2008, when he saw him with own eyes and fell madly in love. Jack Daddy will be sitting on the 3rd row tomorrow when the over-rated Midget takes one in the ribs from Guardado.

Evan – I believe the words is balls.