A good headline for this Rangers team could be - The Heart of a Ranger: Young and Persistent.
I am so tired of Seeing CJ Wilson blowing leads, give up ties, and simply losing games...or like last night making the team show its heart to come back for the win. I really think the future for this team is really looking bright. You've got a Murphy, a Boggs, a Davis, and several other rookies, including pitchers who are showing them to have tremendous potential. Next year the Rangers could be legitimate contenders to make the playoffs, and if things continue to progress, we could say they are contenders for the World Series, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. If the Rangers can't keep their good pitching they will never get anywhere. They tend to misjudge their pitching talent, it seems.
It has been a long time since I felt like this for the Rangers. I think you would call it HOPE. These rookies are showing All-star potential and they are joining a solid core of all-stars with Young, Hamilton, and Kinsler. So if the Rangers can get things going with their pitching they could be absolutely be amazing and maybe bring a baseball championship to Texas. A few years ago that would simply be a pipe-dream....now it could really be something that is tangible in the near future.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Rangers
Well, I've wanted to post this since the CJ pitch on the 23rd and now here it is.....
"I wish I had a CJ Wilson Bobblehead that was given out on the 16th of May (yes, I have no idea why they picked him). It would have been fun to slam the head of the bobblehead many times against my desk, being at work. This game was a classic example of over coaching. Why do we have to change pitchers? When a pitcher is doing well, don't take him out. Keep him going until he starts to wear down a bit, or gives up a hit or walk (starts to get into a little trouble) at least. No in today's baseball we have pitchers with "roles". These unwritten rules seem to hurt teams the majority of the time, more then help. I wish I could see more pitchers getting complete games and less of this nonsense I'm seeing now. I guess this is the tipping point for the Rangers for this year. I think this game is the monumental game that says....not this year....start working for next year. Man, I wish this team had better luck with pitching. Put a couple of good starting pitchers on this team and oh a real closer and the Rangers would be contenders. Maybe it is time to unload a catcher like Salty to a team in need, like the Yankees, and see if we can get some good pitching prospects. I'm holding my breath that Hank will stay health and do enough to up his value again and maybe we can get some pitching for him as well. Maybe, just, maybe, we'll get lucky with some of these young pitchers and be able to solidify this team and maybe actually see them play in October. I hope someday in my lifetime, I'll get to see them win a World Series. I think they are so close, if they could just get their pitching in line. The offense is amazing. Maybe next year...."
"I wish I had a CJ Wilson Bobblehead that was given out on the 16th of May (yes, I have no idea why they picked him). It would have been fun to slam the head of the bobblehead many times against my desk, being at work. This game was a classic example of over coaching. Why do we have to change pitchers? When a pitcher is doing well, don't take him out. Keep him going until he starts to wear down a bit, or gives up a hit or walk (starts to get into a little trouble) at least. No in today's baseball we have pitchers with "roles". These unwritten rules seem to hurt teams the majority of the time, more then help. I wish I could see more pitchers getting complete games and less of this nonsense I'm seeing now. I guess this is the tipping point for the Rangers for this year. I think this game is the monumental game that says....not this year....start working for next year. Man, I wish this team had better luck with pitching. Put a couple of good starting pitchers on this team and oh a real closer and the Rangers would be contenders. Maybe it is time to unload a catcher like Salty to a team in need, like the Yankees, and see if we can get some good pitching prospects. I'm holding my breath that Hank will stay health and do enough to up his value again and maybe we can get some pitching for him as well. Maybe, just, maybe, we'll get lucky with some of these young pitchers and be able to solidify this team and maybe actually see them play in October. I hope someday in my lifetime, I'll get to see them win a World Series. I think they are so close, if they could just get their pitching in line. The offense is amazing. Maybe next year...."
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