Was I the only one in the big inning for the Rangers furious that they walked Bradley with a 3-2 slider with a 7 run lead when Santana was throwing 99 mph? I didn’t mind the homeruns nearly as much as that damn walk. If he hits a 99 mph fastball tip your cap and move on. Troy Percival made a living throwing 99mph 90% of his pitches.
I know it’s heat of the moment and its a split second decision but I think he’d been better off with a slide. Ramirez had just gotten the ball and it wasn’t a given he’d been able to tag him before Mathis touched the plate. But I don’t think I’d want Mathis bowling over a catcher with the game on the line against the A’s right now. If he gets injured….. Ryan Budde is going to be the starting catcher and I don’t even know who the backup would be.
his first child, a baby girl was due today…waiting for call from wife at anytime…we may have an emergency starter tomorrow! Who will start in his place if he has to go west…what happens if he is pitching and she calls…? :((
How strong can he be if he one hopped to the cut off man?
But let’s say he’s got a strong arm? He’s got mediocre movement. He’s better than Vladdy but I don’t know if he much better than GA. HGH is more athletic with a rocket for an arm.
I’m not saying that justifies keeping him in the lineup. It certainly doesn’t justify putting him at DH. When you look at the balance between offense and defense, the defense is WAY ahead. I think it makes sense to compromise a little defense to get a lot more offense.
Adam J. Morris- The real story from this game: “When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with putting one in his earhole.”
ghtd36- “He’s going to get a Matt Harrison pitch in his ear tomorrow.”
Gdawg1- “Then shoving his bat up his butthole.”
Sore losers. Ha, ha ,ha, like I’m sure Jeff is shaking in his boots right now. We don’t call him “Shotgun” for nothing. Just try to catch him off his guard. Ain’t going to happen, the Rangers should just try to focus on throwing the ball at all without recording all those errors.
Hunter
Breaking out of it. Hopefully he keeps this up. If he does, this team is just going to get better in the 2nd half.
leftwing - July 7, 2008
Fangraphs sez
Torii Hunter, though not by much. Tonight’s was a team effort. Golden Raspberry to GMJ.
scareduck - July 7, 2008
He did outhit GA.
Stirrups - July 7, 2008
Hunter's second smash was the big one slightly tipping the scale to him
tanana40 - July 7, 2008
Torii all the way!
Los Angeles de Anaheim - July 7, 2008
I gotta go with "NOTSO" Torii-ble today.......
i’ve been riding him hard….and putting him away wet….....
so….its time to give the devil his due!
norcaliangelsfan - July 7, 2008
Walking With A Panther!
Funke5ive - July 7, 2008
Holy crap
Nice job.
Zu Long - July 7, 2008
nice!
yeswecan - July 7, 2008
I think we have a new "Win" graphic.
TheOptimist - July 7, 2008
The only problem is that it's keyed to Hunter specifically.
Zu Long - July 7, 2008
Does Hula scope the booty like a big game hunter?
melvintoast - July 8, 2008
Decent Game overall, great to see the offense this HOT!
Torii for sure… but nod to Kotchman for the good D that saved us alot of runs.
lesserknown - July 7, 2008
I'd say Torii all the way
Congrats on the 2 homers.
Was I the only one in the big inning for the Rangers furious that they walked Bradley with a 3-2 slider with a 7 run lead when Santana was throwing 99 mph? I didn’t mind the homeruns nearly as much as that damn walk. If he hits a 99 mph fastball tip your cap and move on. Troy Percival made a living throwing 99mph 90% of his pitches.
MH252525 - July 7, 2008
I went with Mathis
just for knocking Ramirez over in the 8th (even if M.R. did hold onto the ball)
red floyd - July 7, 2008
IMO
I know it’s heat of the moment and its a split second decision but I think he’d been better off with a slide. Ramirez had just gotten the ball and it wasn’t a given he’d been able to tag him before Mathis touched the plate. But I don’t think I’d want Mathis bowling over a catcher with the game on the line against the A’s right now. If he gets injured….. Ryan Budde is going to be the starting catcher and I don’t even know who the backup would be.
MH252525 - July 7, 2008
Saunders may miss tomorrow's start...
his first child, a baby girl was due today…waiting for call from wife at anytime…we may have an emergency starter tomorrow! Who will start in his place if he has to go west…what happens if he is pitching and she calls…? :((
Linkie to story on angels site
K3YEROUT - July 7, 2008
can we have Adenhart pitch on 2 days rest?
MH252525 - July 7, 2008
My guess would be Jered on three days rest
then Saunders in Jered’s spot.
Zu Long - July 7, 2008
or we could trade for Jaime Burke
If he only gave up 1 run per inning like he did for the M’s the Angels would have a fighting chance.
MH252525 - July 7, 2008
Let's have Ervin go again.
He’s already had his kid.
TheTypingFiend - July 7, 2008
Well, we know what Rivera, Santana and Saunders were doing after the Boston loss!!
:-)
red floyd - July 7, 2008
can you blame 'em??
howiestheman - July 7, 2008
Apparently
they stopped sucking.
Rev Halofan - July 7, 2008
hell let OLIVER get the start........
the pen is pretty rested lately…....we have enough guys to get the job done with out using jered on short rest.
norcaliangelsfan - July 7, 2008
not worried
first babies are notoriously late. mine was born 5 days past his due date.
lightupthehalo - July 8, 2008
My first
Was a week early. Ticked off my parents to no end, because the had rescheduled an Alaska cruise so as not to miss the scheduled arrival.
My mom had to make do with a faxed copy of the (very bad) hospital pic till they got back.
red floyd - July 8, 2008
torii for sure
he ruined someone’s birthday
howiestheman - July 7, 2008
even though he was in a Twins uniform… i still love that video…
lesserknown - July 7, 2008
the LL thing was hilarious
howiestheman - July 7, 2008
rofl
Carl Johnson - July 7, 2008
Torii for panther
Mathis and Vlad are 2nd
Andyman - July 7, 2008
Great win!
Memo to Scoscia: bench GMJ! Now! Play Johnny Rivers every day. He is a better player. In every way.
halofan91 - July 7, 2008
as much as i hate the GMJ bashing
or bashing anyone who wears the halo jersey, i gotta agree with you. he’s gotta be last on the OF depth chart right now. play juanito!
SCHalo - July 7, 2008
I don't like it much either.
And I try not to root against him while he’s in our uni. But Juan’s a better player, and always has been. He needs to start getting some real ABs.
Zu Long - July 7, 2008
It's the worst when he's hitting
ahead of Howard. I hate the Soth a little more each day he makes a lineup like that.
TheTypingFiend - July 7, 2008
Eh.
Sosh has his downsides, but overall, he’s still the best in baseball at managing, and I wouldn’t trade him for anybody.
Zu Long - July 7, 2008
Yea, I love him very much.
It just irks me, though I’m sure it does us all.
TheTypingFiend - July 8, 2008
Not
In defense, switch hitting, or speed. However, I do like Rivera.
vladtheimpaler - July 8, 2008
I don't know about Johnny's fielding. It's not bad but it aint HGH.
Remember the assist HGH got out of the right field corner?
melvintoast - July 8, 2008
Rivera once led the NL in OF assists
and he only played half the season. Also, did you see him one hop Kendrick from the outfield corner to help nail that guy at the plate on Sunday?
Zu Long - July 8, 2008
How strong can he be if he one hopped to the cut off man?
But let’s say he’s got a strong arm? He’s got mediocre movement. He’s better than Vladdy but I don’t know if he much better than GA. HGH is more athletic with a rocket for an arm.
I’m not saying that justifies keeping him in the lineup. It certainly doesn’t justify putting him at DH. When you look at the balance between offense and defense, the defense is WAY ahead. I think it makes sense to compromise a little defense to get a lot more offense.
melvintoast - July 8, 2008
So did Manny
hauldog - July 9, 2008
INTERNET TOUGH GUYS from Lone Star Ball:
from the end of their game thread,
Adam J. Morris- The real story from this game: “When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with putting one in his earhole.”
ghtd36- “He’s going to get a Matt Harrison pitch in his ear tomorrow.”
Gdawg1- “Then shoving his bat up his butthole.”
Sore losers. Ha, ha ,ha, like I’m sure Jeff is shaking in his boots right now. We don’t call him “Shotgun” for nothing. Just try to catch him off his guard. Ain’t going to happen, the Rangers should just try to focus on throwing the ball at all without recording all those errors.
44FAN - July 7, 2008
Is it just a coincidence...
that the guy we consider the worst performing Angel in the line-up (GMJ) is a former Ranger? Chew on that for a while guys.
Scuff - July 7, 2008
Lazy to dig up the image tonight...
Click me Click me
scottnak - July 8, 2008
For the second straight game I vote for Mathis
If I didn’t know any better, I think he’s earning a little respect from Halo Heaven bloggers
hk47 - July 8, 2008
Why don't you write a fanpost...
that covers the disrespect of Mathis? It’s a fashionable thing to do …
Downing Rules - July 8, 2008
talk about us being racist too
that seems to work.
howiestheman - July 8, 2008
HH
Anti-white!
hauldog - July 8, 2008
You all inappropriate, tattooed, child bearers you.
44FAN - July 8, 2008
i dont have kids and i'm not tattooed yet
where does that leave me? just racist? :P
howiestheman - July 8, 2008
Thread-Of-The-Week Panther!
Stirrups - July 8, 2008
Thread-Of-The-Week Panther!
Stirrups - July 8, 2008
Neat trick. I wonder how I managed that?
Stirrups - July 8, 2008
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