2019 Texas Rangers Thread

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

Did I hear the announcer right? Rugie is 5 for his last 43 ABs?

 

So Bummer walks a rookie to load the bases - so he can pitch to Ofor. Ofor doesn't disappoint. Slow grounder to 2B. Inning over.

Edited August 25, 2019 by Irish Wrist Watch

[Fire Jack Chevigny 938]

Great job Odor. Just clutch as always. Enjoy being replaced by Nick Solak.

[Elmer_Fudd 22109]

Odor 0-3 with 2 K's on the day.

[Voldemort86 2259]

This has to be unprecedented 

 

the white Sox just walked a rookie who hasn’t been in the league more than a week so that they could load the bases and pitch to a vet who has 5 years experience in MLB.

 

 

[Post Oak 20184]

1 hour ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

Did I hear the announcer right? Rugie is 5 for his last 43 ABs?

 

So Bummer walks a rookie to load the bases - so he can pitch to Ofor. Ofor doesn't disappoint. Slow grounder to 2B. Inning over.

5 seems high

[Voldemort86 2259]

Odor just missed a meatball right down the middle. It’s a lazy fly ball to right field.

 

man that guy is awful.

Edited August 25, 2019 by Voldemort86

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

So... down by two, the man on first attempts a steal. WTF? The SS, on his way to cover the bag, runs straight into a line drive that would have been a hit. Nice.

Ofor - the Sean Kelley of hitting.

[Knoxtnhorn 5929]

.195

[Voldemort86 2259]

Offense was pretty stinky this weekend.

[DougO 5239]

Tonight they got almost as many hits as they have been averaging per game lately.

[Dr Fear 1265]

He does at least have a walk tonight.

[Voldemort86 2259]

1 hour ago, Dr Fear said:

 

 

He does at least have a walk tonight.

 

Big stink still sucks.

[SurlyBDR 22650]

 

[DougO 5239]

Send him to Venezuela winter ball and hope they don't let him come back.

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

6 minutes ago, DougO said:

Send him to Venezuela winter ball and hope they don't let him come back.

And we'll weep for him . . . in the press.

[Voldemort86 2259]

Big stink isn’t in the lineup tonight.

 

knowing this organization, it’s just a regularly scheduled day off for the little stinker.

[Dr Fear 1265]

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

Joined late. Saw the replay of that first to home to first double play. Nice.

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

Odor pinch strikes out. In his last 27 games, 90 something at bats, he's hitting .172. He's second in league for homers for second basemen. Maybe we can get something, anything for him in a trade. He'll probably resurrect his career, I just hope he isn't here when he does it.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

Is he still leading the team in rbi?

[Dennis Taylor 18706]

the rangers sucked then as well but at least they were entertaining sometimes

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

LeClerc shits the bed in the ninth. Does not thank God at end of inning. Does not wave hat to crowd.

[BigDHornfan 6541]

Saying farewell to the Temple and get to see Face’s number retired.
Priceless.

[zork 629]

kids went early to get choo autographs the other night.  they have spend the last near decade not watching games only to have choo come up and have them run out on the balcony yelling:  "choooooooooooo".  pretty cool.  only one autograph per person, unless you are a near 20 something hottie korean chica who made him smile real big.  didn't get any pics.

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

Mr. Cool,  Rougie Ofor, tries to one-hand a fairly hard roller on a slow runner. He didn't need to, but his boot of the ball loaded the bases instead of ending the inning. Nice fucking move. Cost us a run, pitcher taken out one batter later. This sob makes way too many errors to justify keeping him around. Texas is fifth from the bottom in 2B fielding percentage.

Edited September 1, 2019 by Irish Wrist Watch

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

By blanking the Yankees today, Texas broke one of the longest streaks in MLB history - 200 some odd games without being shut out. Trevino continues to shine.

[Dr Fear 1265]

Rangers fired most of the AAA & AA coaching staffs today.

[ztejas 43264]

I'm pretty sure I saw yesterday that Rougie is leading us in RBIs while batting below .200, which has never been done before. 

Like, in league history. 

Edited September 3, 2019 by ztejas

[Post Oak 20184]

40 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

Rangers fired most of the AAA & AA coaching staffs today.

 

40 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

Rangers fired most of the AAA & AA coaching staffs today.

Seems pretty significant.  Wonder why they stopped being a match

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

55 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I'm pretty sure I saw yesterday that Rougie is leading us in RBIs while batting below .200, which has never been done before. 

Like, in league history. 

What does that say about our number four and five hitters for most of the year. Say Gallo, for way too long? Either they've really sucked, or our one-two-three hitters have been unable to get on base. That seems less likely, since it usually included Elvis and Choo.

 

[Trey3216 15325]

3 hours ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

What does that say about our number four and five hitters for most of the year. Say Gallo, for way too long? Either they've really sucked, or our one-two-three hitters have been unable to get on base. That seems less likely, since it usually included Elvis and Choo.

 

Considering Gallo has missed almost 3 months, it doesn’t say much bad about him 

Edited September 4, 2019 by Trey3216

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

Odor 123 games, 70 rbi

Pence 83 games, 60 rbi

Gallo 70 games, 49 rbi

I guess it's more about playing time, and Ofor has had more than his fair share. Suppose they're giving him every opportunity to turn it around this season, because he's not going to get a chance past the first thirty games or so next season.

[Post Oak 20184]

id be shocked if he was here in March.  I think they look to switch bad contracts with someone else. 

[DougO 5239]

On 9/3/2019 at 3:40 PM, Post Oak said:

 

Seems pretty significant.  Wonder why they stopped being a match

When guys like Calhoun and Solak started coming up JD realized they were producing guys that don't strike out enough.

[Dr Fear 1265]

This game is already a shitshow.

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[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

So Ofor comes to the plate in the seventh going 0 for five with two walks in this home stand. Two runners on, Rangers trailing 8-7. He hangs tough on the count and sends a line drive into the stands. He's kicked his BA up to .203 or so.

[Trey3216 15325]

We’re somehow going to squeak out a .500 record this year.  

[Elmer_Fudd 22109]

Hopefully Allard and Burke continue to look good and carry over into next year and we'd have 4 pretty good starters that'll give us a chance to win more times than not with those 2 plus Minor and Lynn.  Try to find another decent starter over the offseason.  Jurado just doesn't have it.

[SurlyBDR 22650]

Solak cant be stopped 

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

As good a hitter as Willie is, I think Solak is more exciting. Almost homered his first at bat tonight, got one in the fourth. We may have picked up a real gem in that trade. Be nice to see him develop into a Mike Trout type.

Edited September 13, 2019 by Irish Wrist Watch

[Native Horn 3492]

14 hours ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

As good a hitter as Willie is, I think Solak is more exciting. Almost homered his first at bat tonight, got one in the fourth. We may have picked up a real gem in that trade. Be nice to see him develop into a Mike Trout type.

I mean, yeah, it would be.  

[mdmost 42865]

Going out to the ballpark for the final time tonight. Taking my youngest who's really excited to go. She's been talking about it all week. Probably just sit for a bit and soak the place in one last time. 

[Vic Mackey 46936]

20 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Going out to the ballpark for the final time tonight. Taking my youngest who's really excited to go. She's been talking about it all week. Probably just sit for a bit and soak the place in one last time. 

Me and my girlfriend are going for the final series against NYY. It is the only chance we have to make it before the season ends. No chance for us to make it during the week. She has never been to this ballpark and I have not made it out there this year. Should be a good time to go one last time before they go to the new one.

[Dr Fear 1265]

2 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Me and my girlfriend are going for the final series against NYY. It is the only chance we have to make it before the season ends. No chance for us to make it during the week. She has never been to this ballpark and I have not made it out there this year. Should be a good time to go one last time before they go to the new one.

There is a churro joke here, but I am just not going to go there.

[mdmost 42865]

56 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Me and my girlfriend are going for the final series against NYY. It is the only chance we have to make it before the season ends. No chance for us to make it during the week. She has never been to this ballpark and I have not made it out there this year. Should be a good time to go one last time before they go to the new one.

I wanted to try to make that last week and take both of my kids separately for Dad/Daughter outings but it was way too expensive that last week. I got 1st base side for $36 each tonight. The same tickets are in the hundreds that final week. But I get it. The Rays game on Wednesday had home plate tickets for $20 but I couldn't make it out. 

[Vic Mackey 46936]

1 hour ago, Dr Fear said:

There is a churro joke here, but I am just not going to go there.

Funny you mention that. She has been in the mood for churros lately haha

[Vic Mackey 46936]

6 minutes ago, mdmost said:

I wanted to try to make that last week and take both of my kids separately for Dad/Daughter outings but it was way too expensive that last week. I got 1st base side for $36 each tonight. The same tickets are in the hundreds that final week. But I get it. The Rays game on Wednesday had home plate tickets for $20 but I couldn't make it out. 

Yeah the tickets for a regular season game for the Rangers (especially with their record) are way overpriced for that Yankees series but I get it. Final series ever here and it is NYY. At least they are closing out the ballpark against someone like that instead of some fucktard team like Seattle. Just wish we could have had a playoff game this season but oh well.

The tickets for that get away game Thursday afternoon against Boston are very cheap but we can't make it to that one. 

[Trey3216 15325]

20 hours ago, Irish Wrist Watch said:

As good a hitter as Willie is, I think Solak is more exciting. Almost homered his first at bat tonight, got one in the fourth. We may have picked up a real gem in that trade. Be nice to see him develop into a Mike Trout type.

I mean, I’d love to get the second coming of Mickey Mantle for a reliever every time.   We should do it more often 

[Trey3216 15325]

4 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

Funny you mention that. She has been in the mood for churros lately haha

Should’ve taken her to TJ with Zepol 

[Irish Wrist Watch 1349]

4 Run second inning. Rangers lead 4-3.