tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954406898956219842012-02-16T03:43:31.450-06:00Mildbillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14682535526898417976noreply@blogger.comBlogger471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-695440689895621984.post-42681477478857852072011-10-28T09:33:00.002-05:002011-10-28T09:56:39.593-05:00

Failure is life's greatest teacher, and as my mother always said " what doesn't kill you, will make you stronger". Yes, the Rangers blew a golden chance and blame can be spread in many different directions. As fans we tend to overreact to a loss, truth is yesterdays outcome will have no effect on todays. After the embarrassing loss in game three, people wrote this team off as dead. Once again

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Garrett, my oldest son, has turned into a true little baseball fan. We took him to his first World Series game Saturday vs. the Cardinals, and I couldn't help but think, he has no idea how big a deal this really is. It hit me that the Rangers I grew up watching at his age don't compare to the Rangers he knows. A life-long Rangers fan, I grew up watching season after season of bad baseball, and

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Hamilton suffers broken arm in head-first dive at home, out 6-8 weeks. First of all, I liked the aggressive call by the 3rd base coach, and as far as the result, well injuries seem to find Josh. I've been all for Murphy getting more AB's, but I didn't really want it to come at the expense of Hamilton being out for 2 months. Josh will be missed, but this team has plenty of fire power to keep

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Rangers start the season with a bang, hitting 11 homeruns in the 3 game sweep of Boston. Kinsler and Cruz become the first teammates to homer in the first three games of a season, and Kinsler also became the first player to ever lead off the first two games of the season with HR's. The brightest spot for me in the series was Matt Harrison's 7 innings, allowing only 1 run. Sure, it's only 3

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A beautiful 90 degree day in Arlington for baseball. For my two oldest sons it was their first opening day, and while they may not have thought much of it, ( although Gman did think it was cool to skip school )I will always have that memory to hold on to. The baseball season is a marathon, but opening day is always one of the most anticipated sports days of the year. It signals Spring is here,

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Following a World Series appearance, the Rangers are now under greater pressure to perform. Baseball, for the first time in DFW, has dominated the sports talk world, even in the offseason. Interest in the Rangers is at an all-time high, this years spring training has been covered more in depth by more people than I can ever recall. Some things never change though, and with that said,

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1. Neftali Feliz says he would like to stay in the bullpen, that is great news.2. Ogando throws 3 scoreless innings last night with 4 k's.3. Webb is scheduled to face live hitters on Wednesday in bp.4. Chris Davis, not sure if this is good news, but he is hitting .435 so far this spring. Davis is getting plenty of AB's this spring with Beltre being out, and so far is making the most of his

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Before we dive in to pitchers and catchers, let's discuss Michael Young. I admit, I am a Young fan, and I would like to see him remain a Ranger. He has been the face of this franchise for the last decade. Young has always been under appreciated by the national media, but the lack of respect, shown by Ranger's management, is a joke. Young is no more a liability at 3rd than Beltre, both had 19

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Rangers sign Beltre to a six year deal, making Michael Young the DH. I like both aspects of this move, although I don't necessarily believe Beltre is as far supperior at third as the media makes him out to be. I do however like adding another steady .300 + average to the line-up. Heading into next season the Rangers line-up appears to be stronger than last years, but like I said, that's on

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December 30, 2010: Tom Vandergriff, father of the Texas Rangers, passed away. Mayor of Arlington for almost three decades, Tom Vandergriff spent the better part of a decade lobbying for Arlington and DFW to be home to a MLB team. Finally, in 1972, baseball approved the proposal by Robert Short, owner of the expansion Washington Senators, to move the team to Arlington. Vandergriff also served

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With Greinke being traded to the Brewers, the Rangers are only left with one real quality pitcher to pursue. Matt Garza is the last quality pitcher on the market, and in my opinion, if they are unable to make that trade work, the Rangers should do nothing in terms of adding pitching. The Rangers will be in the hunt this season, and by the all-star break there are always teams out there trying

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Now that we know Lee won't be sporting a Rangers jersey next season, the task for the Rangers to add quality starting pitching has may get desperate. My hopes are the Rangers don't go out and make another Chan Ho mistake, just paying big money for a name. Matt Garza seems to be the best of the rest available via trade, since Greinke is sounding more like a long-shot trade. I heard Brandon

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The Rangers need to pull the plug and walk away from Cliff Lee. Six years $150,000,000 + is crazy talk, and here is why. Sure, we all remember how great he was in the ALCS taking down the Yankees, but do we realize, that as a Ranger, Lee was 4 - 6 with a 3.98 era prior to the postseason. A 3.98 ERA 4 wins 6 losses, just as reference that is the 4th best e.r.a. on the staff. Cliff Lee is only

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James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams: "The one constant through all the years... has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steam rollers, it's been erased like a blackboard. Rebuilt and then erased again, but baseball has marked the time... This game is a part of our past... it reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again." Baseball has been a part of my life for

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Free agency is now open, and the Yanks appear to be wasting no time in going after Lee. Everything I'm about to write is pure speculation and opinion, so here we go. Truth is the Rangers could be a better overall team without Cliff Lee. With Hamilton, Cruz, C.J., Murphy, and a couple of others, arbitration is going to take a chunk of the money the Rangers can spend this offseason. Paying Lee

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Thank you Rangers for the greatest season in the clubs history! Two items can now be removed from my bucket list 1. Go to a World Series game ( check x 2 ) 2. See the Rangers make it to the world series. CHECK. I'm a fan of all sports, but baseball has always been #1 for me. Nothing could compare to seeing the Rangers play live in Arlington in the World Series, not even being at a World Cup

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In front of the largest crowd in Rangers history, my wife and I stood along and took home with us a little piece of history. Not only was this the first ever World Series game in Arlington, but also the first ever World Series win for the state of Texas. As we pulled into the parking lot and made our way to the stadium, something was clearly different. The fans were in a frenzy, the parking

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Okay, so I realize I haven't been blogging this season. Main reason is no one seemed to follow along last season, but with the success the Rangers have had perhaps there are a few more Ranger fans on the wagon. Now, let's get to business.I was more than excited listening to Eric Nadel call the final out in Game 6 against the Yankees, and it was a nice change for seemingly everyone to be a

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Twenty games remain in what has been an exciting season in Arlington. The reality is this team far exceeded all expectations this year, and have given us reason to look forward to next season. Ranger are 6 back of the Angels and 4 back of the Red Sox, there is an outside shot of catching one of them, but I don't anticipate it happening. This offseason should be interesting around here, as the

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The Rangers take 2 of 3 in the Bronx Zoo to keep the pressure on the Red Sox. Jennings has been cut by the Rangers, and the way the bullpen has been throwing of late i'd say add C.J., Eddie, and Frankie to that list. Two games back heading to the Twin cities, this team continues to keep the interest of its fans. 36 games to play and the boys are in the hunt, I'd call that success no matter

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After the Red Sox series Rangers fans were on cloud nine. The boys find themselves 2 games back now, and need to right this ship before it heads out to the Bermuda triangle. The Twins series was a huge let down blowing 4 run leads on back to back nights, and now dropping the first two against the Rays. Not to mention we head to the big apple to face the evil empire for the next three, if they

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The Rangers aquire Pudge for the final playoff push. Playoffs or not i think its great that he's come back to where he started and intends to retire a Ranger. Rangers look to keep the wins coming with the Twins in town, and i have to admit after the bullpen collapse on Friday i'm a little concerned to say the least. The starting pitching for this team continues to be top notch, one of the best

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The Rangers had game in hand ready to take the Wild card lead, and what do you know the old bullpen problems bite them square in the ass. I know they say in baseball that one game doesn't make a season, but losing that game in that situation could take the wind out of the sails of this team. The boys will need to rebound and win the next two from the Sox or this loss could linger in their minds

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GAME ON, Rangers and Red Sox are dead even as the Sox seem to be in free fall at the moment. Big week coming up with 3 on the road in Cleveland and then home to see the Red Sox face to face

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Rangers drop 3 out of 4 to the A's, and the next week could decide the season for this ball club. As bad as the Oakland series was they are only 2 back in the wild card race as the Red Sox are struggling of late, but the surging Rays are only a 1/2 game behind the Rangers now. Big series with the Angels starts tonight and next week the Red Sox are in town for 3 at the ballpark. Fifty-five

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Feliz, congrats, your audition last night has led us to put you as our closer for the rest of the season. The debut for Feliz couldn't have gone much better, and although i'm not mailing it in on this season yet, the pitching prospects for next year look promising. Feldman, Hunter, Holland, Feliz, Millwood could shape up to be a good staff and with the exception of Millwood a good staff for

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The Rangers lose in the ninth, and yes Wilson gave up a big hit, but i'm I the only one that noticed Cruz lolly gagging to the ball. It's not the first time i've noticed him going half-ass to a ball, but game on the line? Maybe the baseball gods turned his ankle for his lack of hustle. Throwing away games in the late innings can't happen for this team to be taken seriously, and handing them

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Rumors swirling about Rangers trade for Roy Halladay. Reportedly the Jays have asked for Holland, Hunter, Smoak, and one more in return. Smoak i can live with because after all he is a prospect with no big league experience, and prospects are like lottery tickets some may win you a couple of bucks but very few hit the big pay off. Hunter and Holland on the other hand are two young pitchers

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The Rangers finish the short road trip taking 2 of 3 from K.C., but the big concern will be the health of Millwood. This pitching rotation has been nothing short of remarkable by Rangers standards and losing the ace for any extended period now could hurt the small chance they have of winning the division or sneaking into the wild card. The bats need to get hot and fast with the Tigers coming to

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updated Big XII SEC blog

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The Rangers dropped the first two out of the all star break, but recovered nicely to win 4 of 6 including a sweep of the Red Sox. Pitching was the key to the homestand, but it still worries me how much this team needs the long ball. The Angels aren't giving the boys any chance to make up room at the moment, KC seemed to just keep giving games away. Rangers head to KC tomorrow and try to keep

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Now that the ASG is behind us, we look to the second half of the season. The Rangers had a great first half in relation to what was expected of this team, but it's a long season and the question is do they have any staying power. If this ball club can get to 90 wins i'd say they had a great year, playoffs or not. What needs to happen for the Rangers to have a chance, the pitching will need to

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I for one do not care about the ASG, and never really have. Sure you get the most popular ( not necessarily the ones having all star years ) players in the league in one stadium for one night playing an almost meaningless baseball game. The process of selecting the teams is a joke, with the exception of the managers picks, for the most part it's about the popular teams and biggest fan bases.

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When the Rangers get to the big "A" tonight, Josh Hamilton (the all-star???) is back and Chris Davis has been sent down to AAA. That leaves this club with six outfielders on the roster. I'm not sure why Borbon is on the roster, because he's not getting AB's or time in the field, and now that Hamilton is back i don't see that changing. Byrd and Murphy are swinging the hottest bats for the

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Star-telegram reports rumors this morning that the Hicks group took out a $15 million dollar loan to make payroll this week. Speculation of late has been that the Rangers are in financial trouble ( Hicks group defaulted on a $525 million loan ) and the possibility looms that MLB could potentially take over operations of the team. John Daniels confirmed in the article that the Rangers will not

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The long ball returned to the Ballpark last night as the Rangers set off the fireworks 5 times in a 9-5 win. The rubber game tonight features two of the best pitchers in the A.L. with Weaver and Millwood. A win tonight could put the confidence back in this team that has been missing, they've continued to say all the right things of late, but their body language has looked like a beaten down

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Unfortunately the only thing heating up at the Ballpark is the mercury. The boys of summer were 1 hit last night and dropped 2 of 3 to the Padres. The Angels come to town tonight for 3 followed by 4 with the Mariners, this could be a critical stage in this teams season. If the next 7 games are as ugly as the previous seven, we could find ourselves 5-6 games back in no time. All i'm hearing on

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What a night for Chris Davis, 4 for 5 with a double and a HR. I honestly hope this was the beginning of something for him, being that i'm on that bandwagon to send him back down to AAA. His struggles have been the topic of many Ranger blogs and newspaper articles, but i'm sure that all of us critics will gladly eat crow if he continues to show signs of life at the plate. The Rangers closed out

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Good to see you again my friend!!! Padilla pitched a great game last night going 7 and allowing 1 run, in fact Padilla has had 4 starts now since clearing waivers in early June. Maybe being put on the waiver wire is what he needed, he's 3-0 and only allowed 6 runs in his last four starts. I keep hearing that this line-up misses Hamilton and when he gets back things will get going. First of

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lets get a little comic break from the bad baseball

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As bad as the hitting has been of late the Rangers still hold on to a slim lead in the west over the Angels and now surging Mariners. The truth is yes the bats are cold, but this team has only been 1 or 2 hits away from winning their last 4 games ( lost the last 4 games by a total of 6 runs) in large part due to the pitching staff which continues to be solid.This morning in the Star Telegram, Gil

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The west coast road trip couldn't have started much worse, getting swept by the Giants after two great starts by Millwood and Holland. I'm really starting to question rather or not this last month of poor hitting is just a slump or something more. Hear me out, very few Rangers are getting quality AB's in this skid, a lot of first pitch swinging pop-outs. It's not unusual for 1 or 2 guys to

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Tough loss last night, after blowing some chances in the 1st and 2nd inning the Rangers battled back to take a 4-3 lead in the 6th. Feldman found himself in a bad spot in the bottom of the 6th, with runners on 1st and 3rd with nobody out, Kinsler made a great play to double off the runner at 1st. The next batter Fred Lewis crushed the hopes of getting out of the inning when he took Feldman

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The Rangers finished off a disappointing 4-5 home stand last night falling to the Astros, and now head west for some more interleague play with the Giants, D-backs, and Padres. Chris Davis and Michael Young hit HR's last night, David Murphy had a solid 2-3 outing, but overall the bats are still in hiding for this team. Don't look now the Angels are only a 1.5 back and getting healthier winning 7

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A few historical tidbits from this day courtesy of www.nationalpastime.com1973Twenty days after pitching his high team to a state championship, Rangers' rookie David Clyde pitches five innings, strikes out eight and allows just one hit in his first major league start as Texas defeats the Twins, 4-3. A crowd of 35,698 fans, the first sellout at Arlington Stadium, to see the debut of the 18-

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It's hard for me to say this about someone from my hometown, but Chris Davis it's time to head for waivers. He is an above average first baseman and seems to be well-liked by his team, but if this team is going to make a serious run at October baseball ( i know we haven't even got to the allstar break yet) there is no room in the batting order for a .202 average. This brings me to my bigger

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For those of us who've been Ranger fans as long as we can remember ( although at times it's been tough to admit ) the season is off to a better than expected start. There seems to be something different about the way this season is going, we seem to have found some stable starting pitching, but there seems to be a lack of hitting. I find myself questioning Ron Washington regularly in close games

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