Laird is on the bench.

Mench is DH.

 Go Rangers                                            

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Worth of effort.
switch off sarcasm

snip:
"Some Democrats, breaking ranks from their leadership, today said the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi in Iraq was a stunt to divert attention from an unpopular and hopeless war."

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Laird is looking more like Millwoods' personal catcher these days.

Could be an illusion though.

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Yes boys and girls the Indians are waxing the Cali-Anna hips through the bottom of the 7th inning.

                              Update: Final 14-2 Go Rangers!!!

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is in the lineup.

How did that happen?

From the Rangers web site.

"For the second consecutive day, rain has washed out the Rangers. Sunday's game between the Rangers and Red Sox at Fenway Park has been postponed due to rain. The game will be rescheduled on a date to be determined later in the season."

Line Up here

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260512102

Go Rangers  .  .  .

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If you're interested to know KRLD live streams the postgame call-in radio show.  KRLD is the Rangers game broadcast flagship station.
KRLD.com is the URL and live streaming requires a painless name and email address registration.

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  If the script Confederate Rangers will be seen on  Rangers uniforms in a MLB game in the future.

Nah. Too, much trouble.  Better to be Los Rangers than to be from the old south.

Reader Bill writes:

    If the Rangers organization REALLY wanted to kowtow to their Mexican-American and Mexican illegal audience, they should have put "Los Rinches" on their uniforms. That is the Mexican slang used to put down the Texas Rangers, sort of like calling them "pigs".

What is this?  I ask.  Isn't everyone a Rangers fan?

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Here it is

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260505113

                                                                                                       Go Rangers!

Here it is:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260429105

Oooops almost forgot  .  .  .

Go Rangers!

Then again the 300 character minimum is a real fun hurdle to posting a lineup thread too.

Cue the music  "William Tell Overture"

"Hi ho Silver, away!"
One-line diaries are prohibited on Lone Star Ball. Give your diary a bit more thought, then give it another shot. If you have nothing to add to your proposed diary, then it probably belongs as a comment under another appropriate thread.

The minimum is 300 characters.
One-line diaries are prohibited on Lone Star Ball. Give your diary a bit more thought, then give it another shot. If you have nothing to add to your proposed diary, then it probably belongs as a comment under another appropriate thread.

The minimum is 300 characters.  

 
  After Kevin Millwood does his job in tonight's game against the Mariners the result will still be up to the Rangers hitters.  I hope they get to Moyer early and often.  

J. Moyer's performance summary:

April 3, vs Angels:  6.2 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 4.05 ERA

April 8, vs Oakland:  5.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 1 HR, 4.38 ERA

April 14, vs Boston:  6.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 8 SO, 0 HR, 3.93 ERA

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Koranka  vs  Hernandez

Vs Tigers April 7 IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
John Koronka      5  6 4 4  0  1  1  7.20

Vs Angels April 12  IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
John Koronka        6  6 2 2  1  5  0  4.91

Vs Athletics April 7 IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Felix Hernandez      5    2 1 1  4  4  0  1.80

Vs Indians April 13 IP   H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Felix Hernandez     4.2  7 5 5  4  4  2  5.59

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  streaming radio interview 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm central time today.

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FROM:

http://www.radaronline.com/fresh-intelligence/2005/06/30/index.php#report_001642

A story about a purported fight between A Rod and Jeter.  There may be trouble in the Evil Empire.

"I was doing an interview in the locker room and saw them go at it," says the source. "A-Rod walked past Jeter's locker and mumbled something about his throw, then Jeter told him to go [expletive deleted] himself and all hell broke lose.  Their teammates were pulling them away from each other."

Naturally a blanket denial was issued as well.

Yankees spokesman Rick Cerrone called the fight an "absolute fantasy," and denied any rift between the players, claiming "there are no lines drawn in the clubhouse."

  The mother of all "I didn't know that" stories.

  I would not say this is a total immersion into the scouting career field.  It is an ambitious article about the what's, how's and why's that scout's use to evaluate baseball players.

  What:  The tools of position players, and the attributes of pitchers (in the bull pen and on the field).

  How:  Using stop watches and note cards and notebooks, and radar guns, and knowing how to think about what you are seeing.

Why:  The scout's mission is to find "a major leaguer".

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UPDATE DH Tonight McDougall   One more ride on the (not so) merry-go-round.
Today's pre-game thread has a  Head to Head Stats table for you to peruse.

  Remark as you think what it's worth.

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Tandem starters

Today's game features C. J. Wilson' debut as a starting pitcher for the Rangers.  Wilson has some ML relief pitching assignments under his belt.  According to media sources (Jamey Newburg's web site, radio interviews, and the official Texas Rangers web site) C. J. will be limited today to an 80 pitch appearance.  The second Rangers pitcher or back half of the tandem pair, if you will allow that term, is Jason Standridge.  

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The Rangers' loss has not changed the AL west standings.
The Nats defeated LAA's final score 6-3.
Today's game may be more of the same.
With Davies pitching for the Braves and sporting an ERA of  1.86.  The Rangers could make this game very exciting by roughing up Davies.  Well here's to the first 40 minutes of this game.

Pedro Astacio

  Time again for P. Astacio to hurl batting practice . . .   culminating in a great work out session for the Rangers bull pen.  I owe this low expectation to my high schooling philosophy.   The teachers from the 1st day until graduation implored "Expect the wosrt then anything better than that is a real surprise."

Promotion Watch:  Thomas Diamond may be promoted very soon.  This snippet from J. Newberg's blog today:

Diamond is now the only member of Bakersfield's original rotation who hasn't been promoted (C.J. Wilson, John Danks, Edison Volquez, and Murray have each moved up). But to be fair, there were various stories after Diamond's masterpiece on Thursday that he'd get one more Blaze start before being elevated to Frisco. That start should come tonight against Lancaster, the club he dominated last time out with seven scoreless innings in which he punched out 14 JetHawks, walking none and yielding just three hits.

  I am one Rangers fan that can not wait for T. Diamond to be promoted to AA.  And so it is a promotion watch for Thomas Diamond.
Update [2005-6-14 16:9:49 by Iaanmte]:NOTE: Tomorrow's game Start Time is: 6:05 PM CT. ESPN will broadcast Wednesday's game.

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Chris Young pitches for the Rangers tonight.

Game Time:  7:05PM CT
Local TV:  KDFI (from the Rangers web site)

RHP Tim Hudson  3.36 ERA in 2005 will be facing the Rangers hitters.

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  Thanks for your help in setting me straight on last season's loosing strak record.

  NWS Forecast (Zip Code:  33056)
This Afternoon: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Partly cloudy, with a high near 88. East wind between 11 and 14 mph.

  So we have TEX: RHP Ricardo Rodriguez vs
FLA: RHP Brian Moehler 2.59 ERA in 2005.  

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FLA: LHP Al Leiter ERA: 6.45

The table is set today in the Rangers favor.  If the Rangers don't hit even a Kenny Rogers' masterful performance won't win for them.  When it's showtime this evening at 5:05 PM CT we'll quickly see if the
Rangers are hitting or just not in the mood to win.  Provided that the weather cooperates. Update [2005-6-11 17:45:56 by Iaanmte]:http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=250611128 Line up

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From the NWS south Florida web site forecast:

This Afternoon: Occasional showers and possibly a
thunderstorm. High near 84.  Breezy, with a east wind between 17 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Tonight: Occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then
scattered showers after 2am.  Low around 78. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 17
mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

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This is from a story posted over at another web site.
Full credit is given to them over there.
see url below.

 By M.J. Hindman

(cough cough) NewbergReport.com>

 Frisco pitchers Juan Dominguez (already on the 40 man roster) and C.J. Wilson (not on the 40) are on an airplane right now flying to Florida where they will join the Rangers for the Marlins series. (I knew something was up yesterday when Wilson was pulled after two innings of his Frisco start on Wednesday).

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June 9th pre-game thread

  Reflecting back on the reported reactions of the player(s) and the (deafeningly loud) no comments from the coaching staff to the "firing" of R. Dreese,  will this affect positively or negatively on P. Astacio's performance on the mound tonight?
Update [2005-6-9 13:9:42 by Iaanmte]: The NWS forecast for this afternoon is: Partly cloudy, with a high near 94. South wind around 9 mph. Media: TV FSN/Radio KRLD and Rangers Radio Network (RRN)

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  Representing the Rangers best hopes for their future pitching dominance 6' 10" RHP Chris Young takes the mound tonight in Philadelphia.
And RHP Robinson Garcia Tejada from the Dominican Republic makes his debut as a Phillies starting pitcher.  Rob Tejada's MLB career began May 10, 2005.  He has been in the bull pen since his call up, until tonight's scheduled start.
  I am expecting the Rangers hitters to put on a clinic tonight.  The struggles of the Rangers non hitters in the line up will be highlighted in contrast to the Rangers hitting successes.
Yes, sore eyes and bright smiles.  What a combination for Rangers fans. Insert Update [2005-6-8 18:21:48 by Iaanmte]:http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=250608122

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  Phillies RHP Lieber has been good when pitching at home this season.  The Rangers have got to bring their collective "A" game to today's outing.
  The Phillies won't give the game away but the Rangers may take it.  Stats wise I could not find a solid push in the Rangers favor.  Preparation and Buck's management ability can not be underated if the Rangers are winning this week.  

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  K. Rogers is scheduled to take the hill for the Rangers.  RHP Zack Greinke did this: 0-1, 7.20 ERA vs. Rangers in 2005.
  Yesterday in the pre-game thread I looked at Lima's 18.00 ERA recorded for the first game this season he pitched to the Rangers and concluded he would improve on that awful performance.  I did not think he would taunt the Rangers after a scoreless inning or 2.  
  Today, I think the Rangers may not have a chip on their collective shoulders, but I think they are of a mind to win big today.  The Rangers plate discipline will again produce base runners.  Rangers hitting with runners in scoring position should improve to a near 2 out of 3 attempts mark.  Did I say improving in the top seven (expected) spots in the batting order?

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   The KC Royals have won every game they played since Buddy Bell took over the helm.  The Royals recent wins give a whole new meaning to the term bell curve.  
  The Rangers' [just keep] grinding it out attitude is an ingredient for the success experienced this season.  The Rangers' fans and players know that 1 for 8 hitting with runners in scoring position (last night's performance) is not going to win games.  And the players own the loss.  The players do not dwell on it though.  

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