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I really want to know why they have already decided its a 2 day assignment.  That seems fairly ridiculous to me in light of Hamilton's early return from the DL, and the slump Kinsler was in prior to his DL trip.  In my opinion, the Frisco appearances should last as long as they need to last.  If Kinsler is hitting the ball and seems like he is unaffected by the Hamstring, I see no reason not to bring him up in 2 games.

However, if he is still having issues, I see nothing wrong with using the whole 30 days if necessary.  I'd just hate to see a repeat of the Hamilton fiasco.

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Huge win for the Rangers.  The Rangers give Nellie and Ian and Salty the night off, and still crush the Angels with the help of a white Hot Andruw Jones (Ranger OPS leader and person who would be released if a lot of LSB had their way).

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11 games over 500!  Your First Place Texas Rangers!  Time for Seattle!

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Milton apparently threw his helmet after he flied out in his AB in the 6th, and broke a water cooler.  Pinella benched him, and there were words.  They interviewed Pinella and he still seemed a little wound up.

So the question is, if the Cubs put Bradley up on the market for bargain prices and were willing to pick up some of his contract, would you be interested?

My suspicion is because of the Tom Hicks financial situation, it would be tough to make a deal work.

After watching Chris Davis put together some great three true outcomes games (games in which the hitter keeps the ball out of play all night long), lately, I was wondering how far advanced he was on the path to being a TTO monster.  For his career, he has a TTO/PA of .445, which would put him #5 on the all time list. 

However, this year he is just smoking along at a .542 clip, which is just awesome. It means over half his PAs, the defense can just pick dandelions. Hopefully he can pick up his walk rate, and even have less balls in play.

It's awesome that you really don't have to worry about his BABIP because he so rarely puts the ball in play.  We might be able to see the greatest TTO player in the history of baseball.

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