Texas Rangers 2023 - They're Still Shitty?

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

C’mon spores don’t fuck this up

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Come on, get this now.

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Using all our Cs tonight. 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Gotta get at least one across here.

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Whew, was not expecting success there. 

Jank does what Jank does. 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Yes.

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Hey, that a kid, Leody. 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Okay, Chapman and Smith, do your thing.  

[Dr Fear 1265]

Somebody's getting upset!

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Atta boy, Chapman. Well done.

[Wally Pryor 5244]

8 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

 

 

Somebody's getting upset!

 

They're 50 games under .500 for a reason you douche.

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Alright Will, shake that off. 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Can't miss that blue, either of you.

[AnimalTobacco 34]

48 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

Dunning did his part. Wasn't completely on his game but worked out of a couple of jams to stop any further damage. 

Solid effort, again, by a starter. 

We were lucky this was the A's is all I'll say while agreeing with you.

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Boring, but counts. 

Same shit tomorrow. 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11668]

A wins a win.  Not one for the scrapbook 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Nice win. Off a huge homestand with sellouts going into a mass of apathy and empty seats against a terrible team. Grind it out. Down early on but resiliency, again, comes to the forefront.

 

[AnimalTobacco 34]

Undefeated in August, longest current win streak in the majors-- Houston has to be feeling dejected and maybe feeling a squeeze as Seattle has the second longest current win streak at 5 and after the Baltimore series they could feel the M's hot breath on their necks.

[DigDug 1649]

Like a closing time cutie, really not pretty, but she'll do

[Fudbelty 2785]

Agreed, but with the next 4 against OAK, not as urgent.
We sweep the A's and Houston gets swept by the surging O's, I think we can start a magic number countdown!

47. (Was 48 at the time of your post)

[Wally Pryor 5244]

On the subject of 47, that (as of today) is the total games improvement over '22. Ended the season at 26 under .500. Now 21 over. 

As it stands, Hyde and Bochy both deserve to be AL managers of the year.

 

[Guest]

Shaping up to be 97-65 year. 

[Trey3216 15325]

31 minutes ago, Porterhouse said:

Shaping up to be 97-65 year. 

Pythagorean Theorem has us going 99-63.  Quite the surge from last season.  

[Guest]

33 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Pythagorean Theorem has us going 99-63.  Quite the surge from last season.  

101-61, nice even 40 games over. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Porterhouse said:

101-61, nice even 40 games over. 

34-15 from here on out. Definitely doable. 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11668]

if this is the team that wins 100 games after our 2010-2012 greatness, it'll be quite the credit to bochy.

[Dr Fear 1265]

Huff at DH, if I were on the A's I would take that as an insult.

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Same lefty lineup. 

 

The other options are lefty Jank or little Josh, horrific Hedges, kid Ornelas. 

Edited August 8, 2023 by shadow_operative2.0

[Dr Fear 1265]

...again

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Quote

Another day, another positive step for Jonah Heim.

Less than two weeks after he suffered a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist, Heim took batting practice for the first time on Tuesday. Heim took about 15-20 swings off pitching from hitting instructor Tim Hyers without issue and also caught a bullpen session. Manager Bruce Bochy said Heim could face “live” pitching as early as Monday and potentially return to the Rangers lineup sometime during the six-game homestand next week.

“It’s a 10 out of 10,” Heim said Tuesday. “It was good to go today. Just getting over the mental aspect of being able to do it was huge.”

The tentative plan is for Heim, a switch-hitter, to swing only from the left-hand side for the time being. The left wrist is non-dominant when swinging from the left side. It is more heavily involved on right-handed swings.

In Heim’s absence, the Rangers have found Mitch Garver to be both more durable and productive than perhaps was expected. Garver, who had three hits on Monday, started behind the plate for the third consecutive game Tuesday. It’s the first time he’s started three consecutive games behind the plate since May 2021 while he was with Minnesota.

Tuesday also marked Garver’s fifth start in the last six games. In six August games, Garver was hitting .455 (10 for 22) with two homers, two doubles and six RBIs.

 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Dr Fear said:

 

 

Huff at DH, if I were on the A's I would take that as an insult.

 

Hopefully Robbie doesn’t get fucking turf monstered again. 

Max has a Peter Stormare thing going on. A little Bo Pelini. Let’s go with Karl Hungus. 

2 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Same lefty lineup. 

 

The other options are lefty Jank or little Josh, horrific Hedges, kid Ornelas. 

I’ve seen enough Huff. Gimme the kid. 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Come on Bautista.

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Un-fucking-real. 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Fuck.

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Alright, handle our own business. 

[Dr Fear 1265]

Second night in a row for Asian Marlins Man.

[beer 3217]

Here we go with the fucking completely variable strike zones

[beer 3217]

Oh god its so empty!

[Wally Pryor 5244]

There were maybe 1,000 people in that mausoleum last night. Less tonight.

[Dr Fear 1265]

There were maybe 1,000 people in that mausoleum last night. Less tonight.

What's a Wednesday day game going to look like tomorrow?

[beer 3217]

Such a fucking waste of tax and resources too given the astonishingly horrible housing shortage in the area

[mdmost 42860]

I was there last Saturday for the Giants game and it is night and day. There were lots of Giants fans but more than half were A's fans. This is just sad. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Handle shit, Max. 

[beer 3217]

I'm assuming when Oakland leaves they will not really use that stadium anymore. 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

5 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

6 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

There were maybe 1,000 people in that mausoleum last night. Less tonight.

What's a Wednesday day game going to look like tomorrow?

More vendors, stadlum personnel and players than people in the seats.

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

More park stupidity. 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

That foul territory in Oakland never ceases to amaze. Should have its own zip code.

[Herbie Hancock 7303]

Zeke!

[shadow_operative2.0 15826]

Robbie/Zeke show. 

[Wally Pryor 5244]

Good.