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G154: Rangers lose 15-13. Fans sigh.

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Whenever I see a score like this, I am reminded of a game I’ve spoken of a few times over the years on this site. The Phillies / Cubs game from the late 70’s where the Phils beat the Cubs 23-22. You’d think 13 runs would be enough to win the game. Not this time.
First off, I had tickets to this game, but could not go. I’ve been hurt lately, I had an X-Ray and now an MRI on my knee, so the walk from parking to my seat and all that would have been too much pain. So I stayed home. Rangers lost, but I certainly would have seen an entertaining game, had I been able to go.
We were down 7-0 going into the bottom of the third, and then we unloaded with a nine spot in the bottom of the third. Not long after that, the Angels put up a five spot, followed by a three run bottom of the fifth, so there was little pitching in the first five innings, as the score at that point was 13-12 Anaheim, and we hadn’t gotten to the sixth yet!
In the final four innings, the Angels outscored Texas 2-1 in the final four frames. I’m not even going into details as to pitchers and batters. It was just scoring all over the place. If you want that level of detail, hit the MLB Recap link at the top of this story. :)

G153: That was just awful. Rangers lose 17-4

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I don’t have time to write a full commentary, but even if I did, I wouldn’t have wanted to.

G152: Rangers walk off with 5-4 win

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No time to write about this still, but a huge win in the bottom of the ninth sounds great. Wish I would have seen it. :(

Buh-Bye Yankees!

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UPDATE 9/17 @ 8:15AM: The elimination number is now just three! Come on, let’s bury the Yankees!
I took a look at the standings tonight, and noticed that the Yankees are 79-70, and in FOURTH place in the AL East. There’s no chance they’ll end up in the cellar, the Orioles have a firm grip on that.
But to see the Yankees in fourth was a surprise. But what I really enjoyed was seeing their “Elimination Number” at just 5. I’d say the Yankees being eliminated from the playoffs completely will happen before the weekend. The Yankees play the White Sox this week, and the Rays play both Boston & Minnesota. Might not happen on Wednesday like I’d like, but I figure the Yankees will probably be eliminated on Friday.
That will be a great moment – no Yankees in the playoffs for the first time in ages.
Unfortunately, they’ll probably overreact and try getting every high dollar free agent for next year.
I’m also not sure exactly what day it happened, but I did also notice the Rangers were officially eliminated from the post season, too.

Several Recalls

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  • C Max Ramirez recalled from AAA
  • P Wes Littleton recalled from AAA
  • 3B Travis Metcalf recalled from AAA
  • P Brian Gordon purchased from AA
  • 2B Ian Kinsler moved from the 15 day to 60 day DL [ Link ]

Tentative 2009 Schedule Stuff

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The Ft Worth Star Telegram has an article online today talking about the tentative 2009 schedule. According to that article..

  • The Rangers will open at home (against Cleveland)
  • The Rangers will close the season in Seattle again
  • Interleague Away: Astros, Giants, Diamondbacks
  • Interleague Home: Astros, Padres, Dodgers

I personally would prefer games start at 7:35 again, but I’ve ranted enough about that.

G148: Matt Harrison dominates A’s, Rangers win 7-0

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Nolan Ryan’s recent edict was that pitchers in our entire organization need to pitch longer into games. He must have loved this one. Matt Harrison pitched a complete game shutout. His line was specacular. Nine innings pitched, five hits, four walks, and ZERO runs allowed. The kind of line that would make any team president happy, but one with the pedigree of Nolan’s? Oh yeah, he was loving that. It also was a historic win, too, as Matt Harrison is now a record holder for a lefthand rookie pitcher with eight wins.
Offensively Hank Blalock had another home run, and looked like he had a second (would have been a slam), but it didn’t quite get out. Chris Davis hit a few balls around the yard hard, too. Taylor Teagarden also continued to shine offensively with another home run. Extra base hits were the order of the night, as we had six of them (out of 10 hits). Three doubles (Hamilton, Davis, Laird), one triple (Davis), and two home runs (Blalock, Davis).
But the night belonged to Matt Harrison. Nights like this will go a long way towards 2009. However, one always wonders about these kinds of things. I’ve seen a ton of pitchers have great Septembers, but by the time spring training comes around, they seem to have forgotten all of this. Hopefully it sticks around.