2022 Texas Rangers Thread

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

18 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

This chick announcer is the worst I've ever heard. 

Check out this beauty. "They're gonna have Kole Calhoun field this one." 

As opposed to the 6 other LFs to choose from at the time? 

[DougO 5264]

What was that on, some kind of streaming pile of shit again? 

[gsoda3 3362]

best part of the game was in the bottom of the 6th when they stopped doing pbp and just let us listen to the sounds of the game for the first two outs.

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Except a Friday night Rangers/Mets game on July 1 wasn't exactly bumpin'. Basically you just heard the catcher's mitt. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Losing quickly. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Winning now, Kole bomb. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Jonah, bitches. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Kole again, bitches. 

[ztejas 44228]

Good work getting out of it there. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Leody, bitches. 

[ztejas 44228]

Update the graphic. 

[Ignatius 4141]

Glad to see Leody playing with confidence

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

We're the big winners. 

12;40 tomorrow. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

And Leody sits again. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

We like the early homers to these guys. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Jonah, bitches. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Far from a good throw by Jonah, but most competent MLB 1B bail him out. Then the fucking floodgates open. 

[TonyTexas 10764]

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

That’s awesome if you really didn’t check every post I made anyway, TonyTroll. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Early fucker today. 

[ztejas 44228]

Heim getting some rest?

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

He started all 3 in Queens, noon game usually calls for the backup. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

For the love of fuck, run through the bag. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Fucking boom! Quite the unexpected rally. 

[Radical Larry 28820]

Unleash the fury, Mitch!

[VirginiaLonghorn 4909]

Kremer served up a platter of meatballs … or maybe matzah balls

Edited July 4, 2022 by VirginiaLonghorn

[Elmer_Fudd 22992]

On 6/30/2022 at 9:00 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said:

 

 

On the Rangers website he's listed as the starter tomorrow.

Edited July 4, 2022 by Elmer_Fudd

[Post Oak 20564]

7 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

On the Rangers website he's listed as the starter tomorrow.

I wish they had found another arm to use instead of Howard.  Just because I want him in AAA everyday.  

He's been better.  Hopefully, he doesn't have a big inning.

[Herbie Hancock 7489]

We better not lose to the fucking orioles in extras

[VirginiaLonghorn 4909]

Death, taxes … Rangers suck

[DougO 5264]

Dammit...

Can't beat the shitty teams. 

[DougO 5264]

It doesn't help that the announcers keep repeating "this series could be an opportunity to get over the .500 hump..."

Shut the fuck up and do one at a time. It almost seems like a reflection of the team's mindset, getting ahead of themselves.

[ztejas 44228]

3 minutes ago, DougO said:

It doesn't help that the announcers keep repeating "this series could be an opportunity to get over the .500 hump..."

Shut the fuck up and do one at a time. It almost seems like a reflection of the team's mindset, getting ahead of themselves.

I just don't think it's a great baseball team. .500ish is what most of us thought I think and that's what they are. 

 

[DougO 5264]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

I just don't think it's a great baseball team. .500ish is what most of us thought I think and that's what they are. 

 

I agree. That's why I don't want to hear the false expectations bullshit. I just want to watch them continue on and hopefully take small steps forward towards relevancy at some point.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4909]

42 minutes ago, DougO said:

Dammit...

Can't beat the shitty teams. 

Like the O’s … with a cumulative payroll probably less than Seager’s contract … who are 1.5 games behind the Rangers with the same number of wins?  That shitty team?

[Vic Mackey 47953]

30 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Like the O’s … with a cumulative payroll probably less than Seager’s contract … who are 1.5 games behind the Rangers with the same number of wins?  That shitty team?

Exactly. We are one of the shitty teams.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4909]

8 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Exactly. We are one of the shitty teams.

Too bad Doug doesn’t have your awareness. 

[DougO 5264]

Last years team was a shitty team. As was the one before. They are approaching mediocre this year. That's just reality, and it's a siginificant improvement. That's what we look for, improvement.

They are also 2 1/2 games ahead of the Angels, everyone's off-season darlings of MLB. 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Lowe is so goddamn fucking putrid at 1B. 

 

[dcar00 14955]

it would be nice if our multimillion dollar every day FA acquisitions stopped sucking so much ass...but par for the course for the Rangers.  Get to Arlington and start sucking.

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

One of them has. 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Morris was freaking out about the late lineup, but Howard for Sborz is the only move.

[DougO 5264]

20 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Lowe is so goddamn fucking putrid at 1B. 

 

He really isn't good at baseball, and only occasionally useful as a hitter when he's hot. I wish they could trade him to a sucker while he's got decent hitting stats, before he goes into his annual deep freeze.

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Welcome back, Spencer! 

[Elmer_Fudd 22992]

Yeah it feels like a downward slide is coming.  Team hovered around .500 for a good while, but this looks like by the end of the month we'll be 10+ games below .500

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

We'll take that break. 

4-3 now. 

[ztejas 44228]

18 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Yeah it feels like a downward slide is coming.  Team hovered around .500 for a good while, but this looks like by the end of the month we'll be 10+ games below .500

Make some more negative proclamations. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16261]

Garver yack ties it. 

[ztejas 44228]

That's a rip.