Looks like Mitchell had a rough night last night... He's out of the hospital so shouldn't be too bad, just wonder how he will react the next time he goes to pitch??
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Don't think the Royals will tank that bad but they have trouble beating good teams this year. The Rangers are the bizarro opposite. They lose to sub-500 teams and beat above 500 teams. Better record on the road (best AL road record) than at home.
Good points. (I'd rather have a team demonstrate an ability to beat better teams while having a worse record.) The Rangers -- road warriors too? It all bodes well for them IF they can cop a WC spot.
Hard to tell if the Rangers tank. It does not take much right now. In the position of the Twins, Rays, Angels, Orioles and Rangers if any of those teams go on a 5-7 game losing streak it may be tough to bounce back in Sept.
The Rangers are a Jekyll and Hyde team. Sorta like the Yanks, sorta like many teams it seems. Running either Hot and Cold.
The only teams I'd bet the house on for making the playoffs is the Jays and KC (only because the AL Central stinks.
I foresee Bannister using 7-10 pitchers in a game come Sept call ups:)
t was a great time to be on the Island .The team was very community oriented . It was easy to route for Trottier and Bossy but may favorites were the grinders like Bobby Nystrom and the Sutter Brothers . Same thing with the D .
Must have been a great time out there back then.
I mentioned the Trottier-Bossy-Gilles line because they were the iconic line of those championship teams, but yeah, other guys were memorable -- Nystrom, Tonelli (both clutch), Bourne, Goering....the Sutters were really young but integral members of the team. That D never got much credit.
Everyone liked Potvin .
Especially Rangers fans. Oh wait ;-) GREAT player.
But my favorite was Ken Morrow . I thought it was cool that he went from an Olympic Gold medal team right to a Stanley Cup team . Not a bad way to start a career . A Gold medal and 4 Stanley Cups .
Quite a start for Morrow, eh? Gold Medal, then the Cup. A defenseman's defenseman.
I can still see a bearded Clark Gilles circling around trouble-makers like a lion, keeping the peace. Most intimidating force I can recall during those days. Remember the brawls with Terry O'Reilly?
He [the #1 Stopper] is on the DL after TJ surgery...
We have 2 #2s one is on the DL supposedly gonna be back on Wednesday and the other is pitching like a #3 or 4, in fact he could very well have lost last night if it weren't for the defense...
Potential is there....injuries (or lack thereof) is a crucial factor for everyone obviously at this time of year. Ya gotta hope that when your hurlers return they're in top form.
Choo saved his bacon with this little gem last night that if not made would have surrendered the lead and maybe the game...
I can still see a bearded Clark Gilles circling around trouble-makers like a lion, keeping the peace. Most intimidating force I can recall during those days. Remember the brawls with Terry O'Reilly?
Sure do also with Dave Schultz .. and with Gilles on the line no one was going to take cheap shots at 2 time Lady Byng winner Mike Bossy .
Looks like Mitchell had a rough night last night... He's out of the hospital so shouldn't be too bad, just wonder how he will react the next time he goes to pitch??
he has nasal fracture. Don't know if he will be back before Sept call ups . Expect Paneda back soon. I think his whole dl stint was an innings limiting stunt frankly. But when he comes back the Yanks will almost definitely go into a full 6 man rotation .After Sept 1 I expect there will be 35 Yanks in uniform ...mostly in the bullpen . We'll be lucky if Yanks games last less than 4 hrs. with all the pitching changes.
"EVIS" well he's still playing his way into moving to a new zipcode, hope that can be arranged this off season... Ever since he got that big contract he's been regressing in all areas of his play...
Defense has been much better. His hitting has moved up a bit since the AS break.
"When Americans reach out for values of faith, family, and caring for the needy, they're saying, "We want the word of God. We want to face the future with the Bible.'"---Ronald Reagan
Striking distance. Stros are beginning to choke. Do the Angels have enough?
If you can get passed Trout and Puhols with no runners on, you beat the Angels.
Seems teams know this:) Their pitching is like everyone else's in their current position...shaky:)
"When Americans reach out for values of faith, family, and caring for the needy, they're saying, "We want the word of God. We want to face the future with the Bible.'"---Ronald Reagan
Tough loss tonight. One bad inning by Chi Chi in the top first. Got in trouble but worked out nicely again in the third. After that lights out. BP did great too. What to expect when facing Iwakuma.
"When Americans reach out for values of faith, family, and caring for the needy, they're saying, "We want the word of God. We want to face the future with the Bible.'"---Ronald Reagan
7-2 Rangers top 9th. Was 3-2 going into the 7th. Then they had three HRs in a row. One two run HR by Moreland, then solo by Napoli and then another by Elvis.
Holland did well. Made it 6 1/3 innings. Only had one inning (6th) where he got in trouble. Defense to the rescue again with a bases loaded no outs double play, then DD guns out a runner at the plate for the third out one batter later.
"When Americans reach out for values of faith, family, and caring for the needy, they're saying, "We want the word of God. We want to face the future with the Bible.'"---Ronald Reagan
Nice back to back to back HR derby by the Rangers yesterday. Even "Evis" put one deep over the fence to Left-Center. Nap got in on it too with a bomb in the same direction.
"When Americans reach out for values of faith, family, and caring for the needy, they're saying, "We want the word of God. We want to face the future with the Bible.'"---Ronald Reagan
They always play down to the opposition and Detroit is below them. Bannister somehow needs to change that mentality of the team or they will never reach their potential...
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Like I said before it takes awhile for pitchers to get back to where they were before the TJ surgery, he hasn't yet he's still inconsistent. It my be next year before he's "All the way back" BTA he may never be all the way back. Same thing is going to apply to Darvish.
It takes pitchers years to get their grips and mechanics down to become successful, he's having to relearn that stuff to some degree cause his arm "feels different" than it used to...
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It was a good year to be a Rangers fan UNTIL Feliz blew the save in game 6 and Cruz missed a routine fly ball after Josh got back the lead.
So saw Nefti Feliz pitch well in the 8th inning for Detroit. He lit up the radar to 97-98. Too bad he could not find that velocity with us. He would still be pitching for us.
"The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever."---Isaiah 40:8
It takes pitchers years to get their grips and mechanics down to become successful, he's having to relearn that stuff to some degree cause his arm "feels different" than it used to...
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I'm not but I just remember some of the articles I read that mentioned him.
Was on the 40 man roster, they had his potential as a #3 or 4 workhorse starter in the bigs (can you say Colby Lewis), throws in the low to mid 90s periodically topping out in upper 90s, most improved pitcher in the Rangers system (according to JD), has a good curve but changeup is still a work in progress, projected to be trying to nail down a spot on the Rangers roster come next Spring...
Colby is a free agent at the end of the year and is no spring chicken at 36, another year or 2 and he's gone... No more 200+ innings...
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The person I wanted them to get from the Phillies was Ken Giles. He has a "heeter" in the high 90s/low 100s and sub 2 ERA. He would have solidified the pen for years and would have cost must less to acquire. But now that Papelbon has been traded you can forget it he's their closer now...
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