Texas Rangers 2013

"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

triple shy of the cycle

josh > DL

so Gallo went down when Hamilton returned. was that always the plan?

some combination of that and beltre's return, i think.

plus that's a shitload of strikeouts

Bottom of 1st: Beltré tripled to deep left center, Odor and Fielder scored.
Bottom of 2nd: Beltré doubled to deep left center.
Bottom of 3rd: Beltré singled to right, Fielder to second.
Bottom of 5th: Beltré homered to left.

The quality of players who've done this three times is pretty solid: Beltre, Bob Meusel of the '27 Yankess, Babe Herman (one of the great freak 1930 seasons, not a bad career beyond that), and John Reilly from the 1800s--never heard of him, but again, not a bad career (twice as many career triples as HR).

11th inning rally

im like 98% sure napoli is gonna start hitting now that hes back in tx, need to put eyes on him tho he could be too far gone

this year's Royals? except no one even wanted to start a season thread for em.

plz no Hamels in the playoffs

feels p apt that the 2015 rangs thread is titled texas rangers 2013 honestly

tx was 17-2 vs houston in 2013 btw

choo is hitting .389/.522/.611 so far in sept, counterbalancing his .096/.254/.173 april

bastards

have lost 3 in a row, West getting more interesting

LOLendorf

first season since WS loss ive been able to follow the team again, if only toward the tail end. tough break today though i imagine this must have been as great a game for the dispassionate observer as it was painful for ranger fans

still optimistic about the ability to capture the dibision though apprehension is definitely rising

only had the radio going, amazing

someone link to the win probability graph

http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?date=2015-10-03&team=Rangers&dh=0&season=2015

WP was 98.6% at the start of the ninth.

this was tolleson's 5th game in a row

if hamilton gives them anything, their lineup is kinda scary

hamels looks on pace to crack a complete game in under 100 pitches with a little luck

well, not quite but they could let fielder pitch in the closer spot at this rate lol

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?