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Know Your Enemy - Texas Rangers

Wed, 26 Jun 2008 11:50:00 GMT

posted by GM-Carson
General History - The Texas Rangers started playing baseball in 1972 after the Senators left Washington and relocated to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. They are the second team to be previously known as the Senators, since Washington moved to Minnesota in the 60's. If you add the 10 years the team played in Washington, the Rangers are the oldest franchise to never make it to the World Series. Moreover, they have never even won a playoff series. In fact they've only won a single playoff game in their history. It's not 10,000 loses, but that is a lot of losing.

Not A Ranger - Unfortunately, Walker Texas Ranger is not a Texas Ranger. But he is freakin' awesome and he will kick your ass.

You Know Your Organization Sucks When... - They start inducting mediocre players into their Hall of Fame. 2007's inductee - Rusty Greer. Ouch. If Rusty can make it into a Hall of Fame, maybe the Phils should stick Juan Samuel in theirs...no, that would be silly...

Phillie Connection - Three former Phillies are on the Rangers roster: Marlon Byrd, Kevin Millwood, and Vicente Padilla. Byrd was a cool dude, but we have plenty of outfielders, so I don't miss him too much. Millwood never pitched as good for the Phils as he did with the Braves, and he sweated too much, so I don't miss him. Now, Padilla, that is a guy I miss. He had a cool fan group, he switch-hit (having a contact side and a power side), he threw side-arm curveballs at inappropriate times, he wasn't' afraid to incite a riot and beat some ass and he might have a drinking problem...boy do I miss this guy.

This Year - At 40-40, you would have to say the Rangers are having a pretty good season. Their best player is Josh Hamilton, who just left the game after the first inning against the Astros with what Yahoo! sports lists as an "UNDISCLOSED INJURY." Hopefully he's not injured severely, but just enough to not play against the Phils.

Matchup - The Phils get Gabbard, Padilla (against Hamels) and Hurley (not the guy from Lost...). The Phils should take at least two from the Rangers. And if they don't, I'm signing off on supporting the Phils and turning this into a WNBA blog...
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WTF does "balky" mean?
Wasn't that the foreign guy from Perfect Strangers? Standing tall, on the wings of my dream...

Anyways, Ruben Amaro says that Tom Gordon's "balky" shoulder is nothing serious. Phew, that's good news. I was thinking since he hasn't pitched since June 15, it might be serious, but if Ruben says it's okay, it must be okay. I'm sure that a sore shoulder on a guy with a partially torn rotator cuff and a history of prolonged DL-time is nothing to worry about.
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Yesterday's Game
C'mon, did you really think Eaton was going to beat Harden? No, of course not, and neither did anybody on the actual team. That game was over before it started.

I appreciated Charlie's lineup mixup on Wednesday, but after yesterday, I've changed my mind. I don't want to see Utley in the 2-spot again and I like moving Burrell up but at the expense of Victorino? And keeping Howard at 4? Now these changes are just looking random and desperate...

Corey

Vicente Padilla Knows Karate

Sun, 17 Sep 2007 03:00:00 GMT

posted by sooze

Rangers 11, Athletics 9

Ah, brawls. Really, they're the only thing more exciting than a stolen base or a squeeze play.

It all started when Oakland's Nick Swisher was nailed by a Bill White pitch in the seventh inning on Saturday. As the umpires issued a warning to both benches, Swisher glared toward the mound.

Swisher, who hit a bomb in each of the first three games of the series against the Texas Rangers, was hit again on Sunday in the first inning by Vicente Padilla, and this time he'd had enough.

The switch-hitting outfielder charged the mound and tackled Padilla while A's second baseman Jack Hannahan, making sure not to miss any of the action, dove into the pile as well.

Second base ump Tim Timmons fell to the ground during the melee before plate umpire Chuck Meriwether tossed only Padilla and Swisher, who had to be restrained by several teammates. This marks the first time Swisher has ever been ejected and the second time for Padilla.

A's starter Lenny DiNardo lasted just two innings. "I was definitely in a different mental state in the second inning," he explained. "My first instinct was to go out and hit the first batter. The umpires and coaching staff told me just to throw strikes and I didn't do a good job of that."

DiNardo gave up five runs and two hits with four walks and a strikeout, lasting just 1.2 innings for his second straight start.

Michael Young was the star of the night for Texas however, as he drove in 7 runs on 3 hits and a walk. Sammy Sosa had 2 RBIs for the Rangers while Brad Wilkerson and Nelson Cruz drove in the last two.

Mark Ellis, who has officially hit in every spot in the batting order, nailed 3 RBIs and Kurt Suzuki drove in two runs for Oakland in their heated 11-9 loss.

American League
Royals 4, Indians 3
Orioles 8, Blue Jays 6
Angels 7, White Sox 9
Tigers 6, Twins 4
Devil Rays 9, Mariners 2
Yankees 4, Red Sox 3

National League
Phillies 10, Mets 6
Braves 3, Nationals 0
Reds 2, Brewers 5
Pirates 3, Astros 15
Cubs 4, Cardinals 2
Marlins 0, Rockies 13
Giants 1, Padres 5
Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 1

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