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Did Josh Hamilton just hit a two run homer off Putz?
Josh Hamilton - The Natural.
And whichever idiot was talking about "they need pitching."
They do have decent pitching, they need a better infield. I eagerly await the Elvis Andrus era.
What, he can finish 20 hamburgers in one sitting?
Man, closers not doing very well early on.
Entertaining game.
Hamilton's gotta be the biggest CF Ive ever seen run down balls like he did tonight. If he stays healthy and produces consistently he's going to be a steal. The guy does have all the tools.
Hopefully Kinsler and Young were off because of illness, because that was some ty fielding.
I am a firm believer in good defense being very important over 162 games. The Rangers have a pretty decent foundation in the minors with Julio Borbon (CF), Elvis Andrus (SS), and Taylor Teagarden (C). Now with Hamilton and Murphy both looking very good, they might have a pretty good defense in a few years.
161-1 is on it's way!
David Murphy needs to be batting #2 in this line-up...The guy is probably the best contact hitter on the team and young can bat 3rd.
Kinsler,Murphy,Young,Hamilton,Bradley,and Blaylock is a pretty good top of the batting order..
It's only two games into the year, but Ian Kinsler is already looking like he did absolutely nothing to improve his fielding during the offseason.
Amazing that we get rid of Soriano and replace him with an even bigger butcher at 2B.
His defense improved a lot the last couple of months last year. Let's give him some games w/o a 103 degree fever or without taking a ball off hte finger and see if he gets better.
Good win for the Rangers. I am ready for them to stop coming in last place.
I really dont like Kinsler leading off...i think he is better suited at #2 or #6..i dont know if Murphy can lead off but it appears that he makes contact and isnt a strike out maching which is key for a leadoff man
1. Murphy
2. Young
3. Hamilton
4. Blalock
5. Bradley
6. Kinsler
7. Cat
8. Laird
9. Broussard
Last edited by sribb43; 04-02-2008 at 12:03 PM.
Murphy has never consistently put up a .350+ OBP at any level. He's fine where he is right now.
I'm not too worried about this series with the Mariners. The Mariners are going to be a very good team.
This isn't a bad start to the year. They're still figuring out this new offensive philosophy, which is understandably tough since the Rangers have had the "swing for the fences every time" mentality for over a decade. Now they're trying to learn how to manufacture runs.
The big thing is that they're staying compe ive and fighting. Lots of times last year this team looked like they had no fight in them.
Jennings made two horrible pitches up in the zone that got tattoed for 4 runs. Other than that, he and the bullpen looked good. Definitely a work in progress, but at least it's three quality starts in a row for the starting rotation. Can't remember the last time that happened to start a season.
Good point. If their pitching can be solid and not give up too many runs, the Rangers will be in pretty good shape. The runs are gonna be there more often than not.
would you guys trade young?
Nice series for the M's! Our pitching is looking solid.
The top 3 looked damn solid. That fat guy that threw last night looked lights out.
Carlos Silva is a decent pitcher. He's not as good as last night suggests. He'll get 8 runed at least 3 times this year.
The M's rotation looks good if Bedard/Felix stays healthy. Other than that, though, guys like Washburn, Batista and Silva are pretty mediocre. They're going to miss SHerril this year, and Putz needs to be healthy because as it stands right now, they have 1 above average pen arm (Mark Lowe), two decent guys (O'Flaherty and Green) and a whole bag of nada
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