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All pressure is off. We are not going anywhere. It’s back just like it was on the sandlot. Have fun!! Let’s beat the Halo right off of these impostors. It’s a good lineup with an excellent pitcher for the Rangers so let’s kickback and have some fun while entertaining “The Sea of Red.”

@last – angry dog. best burger in Dallas and very cold tap beer.

If you have a “redout” or whatever, shouldn’t you do it against a team who wears green or blue or purple or something OTHER than red?

One of the world’s shortest RBI doubles ever.

At the end of the day all they will see in the boxscore is that Chris Davis hit a double to drive in Nelson Cruz.

I think this is the slowest I have seen it here this year.

Finally, some offense! It would be really nice to be able to enjoy the last couple weeks without the pain and misery of getting shutout every night!

I told my ex-wife that she could have custody if the rangers make the playoffs.

At least they are showing a little life.

They really need to bring this one home. I’m hoping to get the win total into the mid-to-high 80′s (90 wouldn’t hurt), if for no other reason to restore the sense going into the offseason that we’re headed in the right direction. Since this group of players will be mostly back next year, I don’t want to be headed to spring training as “the team that forgot how to win”.

WHAT THE HELL?!?!?

anybody have a clue what Wash is thinking? Better yet, does he have a clue what he is thinking?

Very nice play Kins!!!

Watching on Gameday….Feldman isn’t hurt? Are the TV guys saying anything?

I guess Evan even quit on us… no in game updates yet.

better a batter too early than a batter too late.

Yeah….if Feldman wins out, he’ll be at 20. You’d kind of like for him to pitch as deep as he can to control his own fate. If he was aroun 110, I’d understand. At least let him finish the 7th.

Not only a great play by Kins but Andrus made a fantastic catch.

@Jeff…thanks for the response. Good call on melting in the sixth. Maybe that was his motivation.

@Lamar – perhaps, but the way things have been going lately I don’t like tempting bad karma. Took a web gem to get out of trouble.

Just b/c this is a slow night and Darren Oliver is pitching, I’ll throw this out. I met my wife 15 years ago. Oliver started for the Rangers on either our first or second date.
First date, the Rangers lost to Todd Van Poppel and the A’s. Second date, we beat the With Sox, but can’t recall who pitched for them.
On August 12, we got engaged….and MLB players went on strike.

@Mike: good story. Oliver started the first Ranger game I saw in person (a loss in Baltimore), but I didn’t meet anyone there and as such remain single to this day

@Ruffian: I think Washington’s first priority will be to keep his team in the races until they aren’t.

@Lamar…thanks. We’ve been hitting HRs since ’94. It’s been great. Our first three or four dates were Ranger games. Our honeymoon was in Colorado (we saw Rockies/Padres less than 24 hours after hour wedding in Texas). Now we live on the West Coast and ave been to every California MLB park.

Keep hanging in there. You’ll find the right kind of baseball-lovin’ woman.

I believe an attempt to start the wave has been hooted down by those paying attention to play.

C’mon Frankie – bring this one home!

@Mike: from your keyboard to God’s ear

@all: wow, forgot what taking a lead to the 9th felt like. It seems more like 20 straight losses than 5!

@Lamar…..lol

Whew!!!

Chris would have made that play… at least for one out.

Ouch…

Well Blalock cost us the game.

Even the TV guys are questioning whether Wash had the best defensive alignment out there…

Thank goodness…. come on FF

Ballgame… !!!

Breathe… just breathe…

They really needed this win… and I think this will help them tremendously in finishing out the year on a positive note.

Mike in Reno – that’s cool. I took my wife to one of Pudge’s early starts. Good to see you have a good baseball woman there!

Happy for the team. Good for them.

It is things like that which Wash sleeps thru that I just cannot understand. Good Guys WIN this time. Maybe it will start something good.

Hank came through. He is a streak hitter so he could get on a roll and carry this team through the end of the season. I just woke up, what did I say? Nothing crazy, I hope.
“Ol’ Hank never done it this a way.”