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I fell asleep watching this game, I was too tired to stay up. I went to bed before it was over, I was asleep before the 7th inning, so I didn’t get to watch it. Plus, I’m really busy at work, a meeting is taking up most of my time today, don’t have any time to spend writing about this game anyway. :)

Stayed up late watching this game, as I was watching the Expos / Marlins game on MLBEI. Both games had rousing wins in the bottom of the 9th. The Expos one made me feel good (nice to see Galarraga up there). The Rangers one did not.
Pitching was the order of this game. Kenny Rogers went 5, giving up only two runs. Probably could have gone more, but threw too many pitches in the first, going out of the game with about 100 pitches. Hideki Irabu & Rich Rodriguez looked good, both giving up nothing. Dan Miceli looked good, just not in the 9th. :)
On the other side, we did jack against Tim Hudson, and we got to Billy “Stupidest Beard in the universe” Koch. We always seem to get to him. Anyway, not a lot of offense, only 11 hits between both the teams, and it had a great finish. Not a great game for Ranger fans, but it was a great game.

Opening day. Opening day on the road, doesn’t seem quite the same, and especially when the game is at 9PM. :)
Still, I was excited to see Ranger baseball again. I’d seen the players play (well, heard them) on the radio, plus saw them in person once already in the exhibition game I went to, so the big deal here was Josh Lewin. While I liked Bill Jones, and was sorry to see him go, Josh Lewin has an energy that ought to be very interesting. It’s been but one game, but so far I like him!
On the field, well – we got beat by Mark Mulder, who was definitely on his game – Chan Ho Park was not. Park had moments of being on his game, but kept getting away from them. I think the tone was set by him hitting Randy Velarde as the second batter of the game. Park wasn’t exactly awful, but his performance would have fit well with last year’s team – not a good trend.
Offensively, we had little to nothing going on – except for Juan Gonzalez who had TWO infield singles. Hank Blalock on the first pitch he saw drived a single to center and got an RBI & a hit on his first major league pitch. Carl Everett made it a little less than lifeless in the 9th when he had a two run home run, but even at a score of 8-3, we seemed more out of it than that.
Ah well, there’s more to go. Just hope this isn’t a trend already.

Exhibition game against the Redhawks. Yawn. Rangers lost – doesn’t really matter anyway – doesn’t count in standings. Can’t find a box score – don’t care. On to Opening day! :)

I had a ticket to this game, and I debated all morning, up until about 40 minutes before gametime as to whether or not I’d go out there. I finally decided against it, too much rain. And then they played anyway. I hate that. Had a ticket (that I paid for, no less), and didn’t go. Grrrrrrrr… (I ended up doing some housework)
Two straight games of great pitching – we won this one on an odd miscue in the bottom of the ninth. We also had another no doubter home run from Raffy, which was the first scoring of the game in the fith.
Was a pretty quick, almost National League game in it’s score and it’s speed. :)