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G155: Rangers drop another to Anaheim, 7-3

Posted by Joe Siegler on September 27, 2008 at 9:52 pm http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_09_20_anamlb_texmlb_1>MLB.com Recap

Vicente Padilla got into the seventh, but really didn’t pitch that well. His official line was 6 innings pitched, seven hits, five earned runs, and three walks. Not terribly great. Also gave up a two run home run to Garret Anderson. On top of that, he did throw two wild pitches.
Offensively we had five more doubles (and five singles). Hank Blalock led the way, going 4-4 with an RBI and a run scored. He’s been on fire lately.
There really isn’t a whole lot to write about this game. Fairly “meh” game.

Josh Hamilton Book

Posted by Joe Siegler on September 23, 2008 at 11:57 am

Caught the commentary on the Josh Hamilton book the other night watching the game, and looked into it. It’s coming out on October 16th, and is apparently more of Josh’s personal life story. The book is available for pre-order from Amazon.com. Click on the book cover here to get to Amazon.com’s pre-order page (which is currently selling the book for 32% off). There’s more about the book in this story over on the Rangers’ site.

I know I’m behind on games again, I’ll catch up at some point, but I don’t know when right now, as my company is releasing a new product tomorrow, so I’m really tied up with that.

G154: Rangers lose 15-13. Fans sigh.

Posted by Joe Siegler on September 21, 2008 at 10:05 am http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_09_19_anamlb_texmlb_1&mode=wrap>MLB.com Recap

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

Posted by Joe Siegler on September 18, 2008 at 12:23 am http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_09_17_detmlb_texmlb_1>MLB.com Recap

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

Posted by Joe Siegler on September 18, 2008 at 12:22 am http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_09_16_detmlb_texmlb_1>MLB.com Recap

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!

Posted by Joe Siegler on September 17, 2008 at 8:15 am

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.