Texas Rangers 2013

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The #Rangers making it clear they are all in to make run at World Series w acquisition of Alex Rios

All in!

1st place :D

could just as easily read

The #Rangers making it clear they are all in to make a run at World Series w firing of Ron Washington

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/adrian-beltre-gets-funniest-rundown-113343920.html

quite an 8th by Scheppers there -- HBPs on consecutive pitches to tie the game

go Astros

Just played for one run in the fourth inning -- had Andrus give up his at-bat.

Boy.

That's Our Wash!

panic mode

Rangers lost by four.

ok, the Stros have a 3-1 lead in the 4th; let's see how long it takes

WELP

baaaaaad Angel defense

did this game start at 11am for football reasons?

thought it was weather-related

both teams in their red uniforms, looks hideous

they expecting a twister?

i think it was just supposed to rain really hard in the afternoon, and since it's the last weekend anyway, they wanted to make sure they got the game in

and it starts to pour just as LAA mounts a 3-down rally.

angels trying desperately to save ron washington's job

Yu tomorrow

rangers fire first base coach dave anderson, dugout coach jackie moore

the latter: "You look for reasons and I haven't found any, other than me being a Nolan guy."

why would you fire a first base coach

was he timing home-to-firsts wrong? didn't get out to second base fast enough to get people's gear? saying "BACK" during pickoffs in the wrong language?

"lakers fire robert sacre, will search for new towel-waver"

poor high fives and butt slaps

haha, his BSHFRC+ (adjusted buttslaps plus high-fives per runner coached) must have been below league average

Anderson didn't coldcock Loney before he blocked first the other night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve5_z6IybDE

rangers have recalled ROUGNED ODOR from double-a

http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=ROUGNED+ODOR&t=1000&a=n

happy 30th birthday to prince fielder

They woke up and optioned Arencibia!

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsB-BeBCIAEOzX4.jpg

Not into leg tattoos I guess

well, that just came up on my work computer.

warnermadrigalbodyissue2009.jpg

he's no jumbo diaz

C Lewis
2.1IP 13H 13R 11ER 0BB 1K

whoa

That's incredible. Reminiscent of David Wells's famous game in '92 (took him into the 5th to give up 13 runs):

4.1 IP, 11 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 4 BB, 1 K

http://www.hardballtimes.com/tht-live/20th-anniversary-david-wells-hung-out-to-dry/

did wash have no bench last night? did he not make a single position player move in a 14 inning game?

The DH was someone named Dan Robertson, who batted ninth.

Ron Wash nudes leaked

just a rumour at the moment

they were in verlanders hacked phone obv

somehow i missed Wash's "So he's got inflammation. I've got inflammation" doozie re Yu.

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/9/5/6112145/ron-washington-texas-rangers-manager-resigns

new manager: jeff banister, a player/coach/coordinator in the pirates system for 29 years

a. had bone cancer in his ankle as a teenager, nearly resulting in amputation
b. as a catcher in college he suffered crushed vertebrae in a home plate collision that left him paralyzed from the neck down for 10 days
c. hit 1.000 in the majors

his injury and personal tragedy credentials are top notch!

return of hamilton, arrival of Hanser Alberto

beltre to 15-day DL, gallo up from double-a

gallo bp: https://twitter.com/katyclarke/status/605852996547702785

gallooooo

well, this year!

rougie getting eight games, supposedly

potntail playoff team deserves a new thread

choo back to DL / gallo up / yu starting saturday

nomar mazara!

^^^just hit a ball 491 feet

previous season-high was giancarlo at 475

fuck you, cole hamels

damn okay

return of darvish tonight!

mazara hit another BOMB

If Beltre and/or prince could wake up...

first time in this forum this year, didn't actually realize there were threads for each team. So go Rangers, best team in the AL!

choo back active, yu dl'd

Colby Lewis pitching a no-no thru 8 (only 1 walk)

dammit

8.5 games up o_o

on june 1st tx was .5 games up

on june 23rd tx is 10 games up

they took care of that mariners hold on first place in short fucking order huh

i expect something of a regression, but it's obv a good lead to have.

BP:

The Rangers tied a franchise record with 54 first-half wins. The first year the franchise played in Texas, they also had 54 wins ... total.

the break really hit at an apt time though, they got worked by the twins the last few days

A cut from a broken souvenir beer mug has landed Texas Rangers reliever Jake Diekman on the 15-day disabled list.

Diekman hurt his left index finger while reaching into his luggage for a beer mug he bought at the bar Cheers in Boston. The mug had broken in his bag, and a piece of glass pierced his finger.

have lost 15 of 19

http://www.drudgesiren.com/siren.gif

Michael Young hates clowns

http://deadspin.com/elvis-andrus-pranks-michael-young-with-mask-almost-get-1784649185

Maybe he has nothing against clowns. Wasn't he pissed off when the Rangers had him move to third?

seems rare to have guys w career stats so similar as beltre/beltran b2b in a lineup, what are other examples?

beltre - 10000+ ab's; 2874 hits, 429 hr
beltran - 9000+ ab's; 2564 hits, 415 hr

plus their surnames are almost the same also tbqh

career earnings:

ade - $165M
carlos - $190M

carlos is 2 yrs older but debuted in mlb ~3 months after adrian

Choo may return to platoon with Gomez in the postseason

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/09/19/report-the-rangers-could-get-shin-soo-choo-back-for-the-alds/

.500 against losing teams

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/one-more-incredible-rangers-statistic/

Carlos Gomez's transformation has been incredible, BA from .190 to .290 and OPS from .300s to ~.900

Rangers!

d-backs?