Your 2nd Place Rangers

NT03 · July 16, 2009

Since the other post went so well I thought I'd start a mid season one. Right now TX stands 1 1/2 back of Anaheim ( TX leads series 2 - 7 ) , still 9 games head to head 6 of which are @ ANA. Seattle is currently 3rd and 4 games out , but they always seem to be sellers towards the trade deadline.

Rangers also sit 2 1/2 games back of NYY for the WildCard lead ( 3 games left @ NYY) and Tampa trails the Rangers by just 1 game ( 6 games left , 3 home/away). With Boston,NYY & TB playing several games left down the stretch beating each other up , TX could sneak into that Wild Card spot..

Green Guy Bass · July 16, 2009

75 games left holmes.

Green P1 · July 16, 2009

75 games left holmes.

Bingo.

MDH · July 16, 2009

Bingo.

Yahtzee

gksmith · July 19, 2009

Definately not time to panic....but...

The angles are playing really well the last month or so. This isn't a Ranger meltdown...this is another team playing better. Hope the laws of average catch up to the angles and Texas can keep playing consistantly.

UNT90 · July 19, 2009

This offense is just terrible. Home run or nothing. "Opposite field" seems to be a foreign concept. It will be interesting to see if Mr. Ryan makes a change at the hitting coach position this off-season.

CHris Davis appears to have returned to his old self in AAA. Hitting close to .400 and going the other way. Not Mr. Home Run Or Nothing that we saw the 1st 3 months of this season.

If only we had last year's first half offense with this years pitching. Sigh.....

2010 should be a really interesting year for the little Rangers.

UNTFan23 · July 19, 2009

Yahtzee

UNO!

KingDL1 · July 19, 2009

Its hard to get excited when even on the Rangers' good years they usually spiral down after the break.

UNT90 · July 20, 2009

Watching Kinsler hit these days is just painful. It looks like he is on the Chris Davis major league hitting plan. 3 strike outs and a solo homer so far. Swinging from the heels all night. No making the pitcher work, just swinging at balls the are almost bouncing to the plate.

So painful.

Mean Green 93-98 · July 20, 2009

Watching Kinsler hit these days is just painful. It looks like he is on the Chris Davis major league hitting plan. 3 strike outs and a solo homer so far. Swinging from the heels all night. No making the pitcher work, just swinging at balls the are almost bouncing to the plate.
So painful.

I'll take two homers, including the game winner, any day.

UNTflyer · July 20, 2009

Kinsler with a walk-off home run tonight in the 12th.

Rangers are off the schnide.

UNT90 · July 20, 2009

uh....spoke a little too soon.

Still, isn't it just amazing how much this offense relies on the homer?

I would almost had rather Kinsler won that with a double down the line.

Green P1 · July 20, 2009

I would almost had rather Kinsler won that with a double down the line.

I'll agree with that.

Edited July 20, 2009 by Green P1

hickoryhouse · July 20, 2009

Perhaps I am missing something but I was always under the impression that a god lead off guy made contact, worked pitchers so that the rest of the line up could get a view of their stuff, and got on base. I thought he was supposed to have more runs thatn RBI's..

If this is the case then why don't we hit Mike Young at the lead of spot? and Move Kins to a more power friendly location in the lineup?

Quoner · July 20, 2009

This offense is just terrible. Home run or nothing. "Opposite field" seems to be a foreign concept. It will be interesting to see if Mr. Ryan makes a change at the hitting coach position this off-season.
CHris Davis appears to have returned to his old self in AAA. Hitting close to .400 and going the other way. Not Mr. Home Run Or Nothing that we saw the 1st 3 months of this season.
If only we had last year's first half offense with this years pitching. Sigh.....
2010 should be a really interesting year for the little Rangers.

There was an article about Adrian Gonzalez about a month ago in Sports Illustrated where he talked about how the Rangers didn't like his inside-out swing and spent his minor league career trying to make him into a pull hitter who would hit 40 homeruns instead of hitting to space like he had before he got here. Granted, this was years ago, but now I wonder if last seasons patience was really attributable to the leadership (so weird to type) of Milton "Crazy Pants" Bradley rather than the genius of Rudy.

eulesseagle · July 20, 2009

The "curse of the Rangers" continue......

1. Collapse after the All-Star break.

2. The old Washington Senators......."First in War.....First in Peace.....and LAST in the American League."

How many years did it take Boston to break the "Curse of the Bambino?"

forevereagle · July 20, 2009

Perhaps I am missing something but I was always under the impression that a god lead off guy made contact, worked pitchers so that the rest of the line up could get a view of their stuff, and got on base. I thought he was supposed to have more runs thatn RBI's..
If this is the case then why don't we hit Mike Young at the lead of spot? and Move Kins to a more power friendly location in the lineup?

I wish we had one of those.

Green Mean · July 20, 2009

Kinsler is really really painful to watch. I would much rather have Murphy or heck even Andrus bat leadoff. I don't know if the Rangers will win the division but I do think we will see meaningful baseball come September. It just goes to show that the Rangers do have a plan and they will be competing for several years to come if they stick to it and continue to make smart personel decisions. Baseball in the DFW has stunk for so dang long that I am just happy with what the Rangers are doing so far this year and how the future is looking really bright.

UNT90 · July 20, 2009

Baseball in the DFW has stunk for so dang long that I am just happy with what the Rangers are doing so far this year and how the future is looking really bright.

No doubt. They have bridged the gap quite nicely from college Bball season to Pro football training camp (don't pay that much attention to NHL or NBA). That's all I ask of them.

Green P1 · July 20, 2009

Just got my tickets to tonight's (blow)Sox game. I'm thinking about taking a broom.

Quoner · July 20, 2009

Just got my tickets to tonight's (blow)Sox game. I'm thinking about taking a broom.

Anyone going tomorrow?

UNTflyer · July 20, 2009

Anyone going tomorrow?

Yes, a vendor gave us tickets to their suite behind home plate.

Quoner · July 20, 2009

Yes, a vendor gave us tickets to their suite behind home plate.

POW!

I'm doing Inside Corner Night in the Homerun Deck and plan to challenge Evan Grant to a hot dog eating contest - and maybe grab a bite while I'm there too. Enjoy your suite, Mr. Fancy Pants.