Taking a pass on this. Got too busy.
G21: Rangers blow out Angels, win 11-3
It was Wednesday evening. I was working. I was working most of the evening, actually, so I didn’t have time to check into this game. As such, I didn’t care too much that I’d get it spoiled. So it was late, and I saw a few of my friends on Facebook being rather happy talking about Nelson Cruz, and “that was a great inning” in their updates (Hi Rose!). So I thought I’d check in and see what was going on. Turns out I missed the biggest offensive inning of the year to date. We tagged nine runs on the Angels in the top of the fourth inning!!
G20: Rangers lose in extras, 5-4
This one irritated me. In fact, it irritated me so much, all I want to write is “Well, crap!”
Don’t like going to extra innings, as we generally lose those. We lost this. My boy, Smokin’ Joe Ortiz lost the game, giving up a walkoff home run. Bummer. Still like him a lot! :)
OK, I wrote a little. But basically.. “CRAP!”
G19: Rangers win late game in Anaheim, 7-6
This was a game I didn’t get to see much of. Had to work. But I did catch a few minutes here and there. What I didn’t miss was the mostly blah performance of Derek Holland. When I was thinking of writing for this game, I thought it was going to be one of those back and forth games. That did turn out to be the case in the middle innings for a little, but not as much as I realized.
The Rangers started out with a couple of runs early against Joe Blanton. A guy I remember from his time in Philly. When he got on the ropes early, I was immediately expecting a blowout. That didn’t happen. We did score 2, which is always helpful. But we let Blanton off the hook, as we could have had a lot more than that. [Read more…]
An Open Letter to Trent Williams [UPDATED]
I updated this after the initial reaction on Twitter. Read below the picture…
Dude, please stop.
I’m talking about the guy who has season tickets out in section 51 of Rangers ballpark. This is the guy who in the last few years has a habit of running out on the field, catching home run balls and throwing them back. He’s been doing this for some time now. I don’t recall offhand when he first started doing this, but I recall for sure seeing it during the 2011 season. The earliest I can (quickly) find was this reference to a game in September 2011.
When he started doing this, it was kind of cool. Even amusing. I used to get a kick out of it. Not anymore. I am starting to hate when opponents hit home runs out there. Not because of my objecting to throwing home run balls back (which is another entire discussion), but the fact that this guy dominates home run balls. I mean seriously – he seems to want to be “the man” out there, and that’s why I have a problem with this. If I were a parent in that area, I’d be really pissed off, because Trent Williams near me means my kid has no hope of getting a home run ball. [Read more…]
G18: Rangers sweep M’s with 11-3 thrashing
I am not going to write a lot about this one. The old “running out of time to write” right now thing. But I will put down a few bullet points.
- Justin Grimm looked as good as I’ve seen him since his initial stellar major league start. Was quite good.
- I got to see just a little bit of this game, but I did get to see the bottom of the fifth
- Always amusing to see a game with an 11-3 score with an official credit for a save. :)
- In watching game commentary on Twitter, it was funny to see both “Nelson Cruz boomstick” and “Nelson Cruz bloopstick” at the same time. :)
- Nice jets on Leonys Martin. Good to see he didn’t hurt himself on his triple.
- Martin wins the slugging percentage award for this game with a triple and a double.
- Always ALWAYS love seeing grand slams by the Rangers. Even better when the outfielders for the other team don’t even MOVE when the ball is headed their way. :)
G17: Two shutouts in a row, beating M’s 5-0
Two shutouts in a row. Granted, it’s the Mariners, who have had offensive problems the last several years. But still. Won 7-0 yesterday. Won 5-0 today. You’ve GOT to love that kind of performance from your pitching staff. Yesterday the big deal was Yu Darvish. Today the big deal was.. well.. all of them. Because in the third inning, it looked pretty bad. [Read more…]
Misc Small Transactions
Here’s a few small transactions that happened over a couple of days:
- P Zach Simons released (Apr 11 – could be Apr 1)
- P Justin Miller recalled from AA and placed on 60 day DL
- P Jeff Beliveau traded to Tampa Bay Rays
- P Julio Borbon claimed off waivers from Rangers by Chicago Cubs
I really was hoping that Borbon could go somewhere and win. I always felt he got a bit of a bad deal here. Not *TOO* bad, mind you – as he had numerous chances to seize the job. But in the end, he was passed by other guys on the roster. Shame, as I always liked the guy. Hope he does well in Chicago.
G16: Rangers shut down Mariners, 7-0
Whatever was bothering Yu Darvish in his second start, certainly didn’t bother him this game. He looked more like the almost perfect guy in his first outing of the season. Wasn’t quite THAT good, but man, he looked good here. His pitches were moving – he mowed guys down. He very much looks like what the Rangers expected to get when they sent a truckload of money to his Japanese team, and then offered Darvish himself another truckload of money. Take that Dice-K! [Read more…]
G15: Rangers lose to Cubs on Thursday, 6-2
This is one of those games that has a simple explanation. Oh, I could write multiple hundreds of words about it, breaking down all the details, but it really is very simple. Carlos Villanueva for the Cubs was good. Alexi Ogando for the Rangers was not. Ogando allowed five earned runs in 2.1 innings. That was the game in a nutshell.
Our only two runs came on two solo home runs (Kinsler & Cruz). In fact, Kinsler & Cruz were our ENTIRE offense, as we had just four hits total. Both of them had two hits (the others being singles). Nobody else had any.
That’s it, folks!
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