Wonderful memories of baseball's golden age. When kids pick Jersey numbers on my team I give them a history of the baseball greats who wore them. The old "No. 7" for Mantle I opine on for more than a few moments.
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Born to immigrant Italian parents, he dropped out of school in the eighth grade to help his parents. He fought at D-Day from a Navy rocket boat at Normandy. With the Yankees he became a 15-time All-Star and won pennants managing both the Yankees and Mets.
LOL we could do a better job than the DFW 'experts.' Here's an article which addresses what we talked about days ago. Wonder if Fraley, Grant and the DFW gang lurk here at LP:)
Yea I seen this wonder how it's all going to turn out?
I've seen other coaches who had no experience in their sport and ended up being fairly good, like Ken Hitchcock for instance.
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I hope they catch the guy(s) that stole all of his memorabilia and I hope it's a NY cop that catches him/them..
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Wonder if Fraley, Grant and the DFW gang lurk here at LP:)
Many think the Rangers will not be contenders again until 2017 at the earliest. Who do you think the Rangers will have playing at the four corner positions and at DH in 2017?
Fraley: Don't hold me to this. I'll go Gallo and Beltre on the infielder corners. Fielder at DH. Hamilton and Choo at the outfield corners.
Found this little tidbit in an article, seems he thinks Josh will stick around. Remember when I mentioned moving Beltre to 1st, Gallo as far as I know hasn't played 1st before hmmmmm...
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Gallo just played his first game in the OF for the Rough Riders. I saw somewhere else he played rougly 7 games at first base so far.
I hope they don't confuse this kid like they did Chris Davis.
Davis played 3B and 1B often at Round Rock. Then right before they traded him he played some OF for Round Rock. I remember in 2011 taking my son down to the railing to get Chris Davis' autograph a week before he was traded. I said "Chris hope to see you in Arlington soon." He shrugged like he already knew he was being dealt:) Then in 2013 going down the same railing at RR AAA my son got Mike Olt's autograph. A few weeks later he was dealt to the Cubs for that rental pitcher.
So we will not be seeking Joey Gallo's autograph anytime soon:)
Seems Gallardo can't get passed the 5th inning. Gave up two bombs in the game too. BP held their own and did not give more runs. So maybe the Banny plan has merit.
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I saw somewhere else he played roughly 7 games at first base so far.
Last year at Frisco, only 3B and OF this year.
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Davis played 3B and 1B often at Round Rock. Then right before they traded him he played some OF for Round Rock.
Chris got shipped because his bat wasn't producing anything other than the occasional HR and many, many strikeouts. Then he went to Baltimore and hit many many HRs and many many strikeouts in that one year, the others he's been mediocre.
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Seems Gallardo can't get passed the 5th inning. Gave up two bombs in the game too.
If the pitcher gives up 3 runs or less over the course of pitching 7 full innings I could give a schitt less if those runs were HRs or singles. The important thing is he kept his team in the game and gave them the chance to win.
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If the pitcher gives up 3 runs or less over the course of pitching 7 full innings I could give a schitt less if those runs were HRs or singles. The important thing is he kept his team in the game and gave them the chance to win.
Johnny Cueto usually gives up quite a few HRs during the course of the season. Last years record was 20-9, 2.25 ERA and gave up 22 HR. It's obvious he doesn't nibble at the corners he goes right after the hitters and sometimes the opposing hitters win the battle but usually not the game. BTA the ball really carries at the GABP in Cincy so that accounts for some of them. He's on a pace to allow 28 this year and his ERA is right at 3.00.
Like you said before pitchers aren't perfect and here's a prime example, but his mistakes aren't near as costly as some other pitchers mistakes and obviously aren't as numerous.
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LOL a 2-1 win last night. Boston had 12 LOB for the game. Wow, talk about managing each pitcher and pitch:) Tolleson was calm and cool in the 9th. Gave up a one out double, then a long drive to the Green Monster which DD snagged nicely holding the runner at 2nd. Then Banny orders an intentional walk of Big Poppie (the second of the game IIRC); then he puts on the shift for Ramirez and gets a direct grounder to Field. Frankly Wash would have blown that game.
Rangers had about 8 or 9 LOB as well. The one run for Boston was a HR I believe. So good news is Klein gets the win.
Hey I'll take it.
Looking at the MLB standings as a whole...'Stros best team in baseball...LOL, about time they reached this level with plucking the best draft picks and DFAs over the past 3-4 years. They keep beating the A's which is good.
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And they put him back in the 2nd slot and he did good last night, Martin stunk again.
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I noticed they threw a lot of pitches last night right at 160 or so.
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• Matt Harrison, approaching his one-year anniversary of spinal fusion surgery, made his second start in an extended Spring Training game on Monday, allowing two runs in three innings. He threw 44 pitches. Harrison had the surgery on June 3, 2014.
Looks like he might be ready by the middle of June if everything goes smoothly.
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A win last night and only used 3 pitchers instead of 5 or 6, much better. Wandy did his job going 6-2/3rds instead of 4 or 5.
DD in 2nd slot again a and got on base 3 of 4 ABs, Moreland quietly having a good year hope it keeps up. Teams not using the shift as much on Prince now since he took my advice and started hit the ball where it's pitched instead of trying to pull everything.
Used Kela as setup last night and he mowed them down using only 18 pitches for 5 batters with 3 Ks. Tolleson got his 2nd save in a row and his fastball seems to be ramping up, was throwing 95 instead of usual 92, used too many pitches though. Also noticed Ogando closed out the game for the Sox last night, I had wondered where he ended up after he left now I know.
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Used Kela as setup last night and he mowed them down using only 18 pitches for 5 batters with 3 Ks. Tolleson got his 2nd save in a row and his fastball seems to be ramping up, was throwing 95 instead of usual 92, used too many pitches though. Also noticed Ogando closed out the game for the Sox last night, I had wondered where he ended up after he left now I know.
Yes Kela continues to do well and as he matures it is going, IMO, get even better. He looks confident out there. Tolleson did use a lot of pitches in both save appearances. Wondering if he is available tonight based on that count. However, I do remember the 30 pitch 'close' outs by Nathan with high drama.
Yes I saw Oganda pitch against the Yankees early in the season on ESPN. Also saw Robbie Ross pitch for the Red Sox earlier in the season. By fangraphs I see he is still there sporting an over 6 ERA in 13 games:
Did you see that Oakland hired Wash, I found out in the middle of the night watching MLB channel.
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Yes Kela continues to do well and as he matures it is going, IMO, get even better.
I have a feeling he will be the closer by the end of the season or early next year.
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10-9 final Ohlendorf gets the save after he gives up a HR in the 9th, neither BP has much to write home about after last nights game.
Rangers put up a 7 spot in the 3rd, that has got to be their biggest inning in quite sometime. Pineda tried coming up and in to Prince and he took him deep both times. My guess is pitchers have noticed how Prince has adjusted to them pitching him outside and are now experimenting again on where to pitch him.
On MLB Tonight last night they had Carlos Pena on as a studio analyst and he was talking about he fixed weak areas in his swing. He used to be really weak in the upper portions of the strike zone and he said he didn't change anything like stance or placement in the box, it's just that he started targeting those pitches specifically to hit. Once the pitchers figured out he was looking for those pitches and tried to hit other zones then he would start looking for those too. (Maybe the Rangers need to hire Carlos as a "special consultant".. :) Oh wait never mind if he hasn't formally retired they still might own his rights)!!
It's a cat and mouse game you gotta keep making changes to your game to keep up and be successful.
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Lets see 2nd day in a row DD has been leadoff and they have score 25 runs and he's been on base 4 out of 9 times, not too shabby. I was kinda surprise he was leadoff yesterday because CC is a lefty but guess Bannister is gonna find out if he can handle the job or not. If he can keep this up (.400 OBP) I think they've found their new leadoff guy, he seems to be doing good defensively in CF.
Josh is supposedly ready and coming to town Monday, I would imagine they are going to put him in the 5th slot for now to see how he does. I do hope this works out for the team cause I would hate to see them regress back to where they were earlier in the season.
Martinez did a nice job yesterday 2 runs thru 7 innings, that makes 15 starts in a row for him where he's given up 3 runs or less. Not bad for an infielder turned pitcher. :)
Harrison still seems to be on track... Might have to revise my estimated return date for him to July sometime since his velocity is still down in the 80s.
"Harrison made his third start in extended spring camp Saturday in Arizona and pitched four scoreless innings. The left-hander allowed three hits, struck out four and threw 62 pitches. His velocity was 86-88 mph".
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Gallardo did all right but didn't have very good command of the strike zone threw a lot of pitches. He would done even better if Andrus didn't boot that easy ground ball in the 1st that lead to both of the Yankees runs. Andrus also went "oh fer" and left 4 men on base. He needs a few days off to get his head together at a minimum or maybe start a few trade rumours about him going to some last place team in Bulgaria!! :)
DD did good again yesterday went 2-5 and scored a run or so, also found an article where Bannister said he isn't going back to the bench when Josh gets here..
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I don't look for him until the All Star game if not later, he's just now starting to throw again.
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Todays game Klein is the projected starter and Josh is "supposed" to be in LF. Since Marcum (RHP) is starting the game I would imagine DD is starting in CF and leadoff since he's a lefty.
Haven't seen a batting order yet so don't know where Josh is hitting so I'm still going with 5th for now. BTA if they decide to give Choo a day off he could be in the 2nd slot, guess I'll find out later when they post one.
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Just seen a batting order looks like Josh is hitting 5th, no day off for Choo.
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Shep pitched pretty good in the 6-7th. Then Freeman did fine too. Tolleson had a perfect 9th. He did get hit in the foot on the last play. Hope he is ok.
I think Colby pitches tomorrow.
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Tolleson had a perfect 9th. He did get hit in the foot on the last play. Hope he is ok.
They put Feliz on the 15 day disabled list so they don't have much choice. He had an axillary abscess on his side they say. Did a little snooping and those things usually grow in warm dark areas of the body like armpits and crotches. If he had one in his right side armpit it would help explain why he pitched so bad lately, it probably bugged the heck out of him when he threw. Can't throw effectively if your mind is somewhere other than on the ball game and catchers signs.
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Shep pitched pretty good in the 6-7th. Then Freeman did fine too. Tolleson had a perfect 9th. He did get hit in the foot on the last play. Hope he is ok.
The pen did a pretty good job overall Klein didn't look too good he was charged wit 7 out of 8 runs.
Josh got on base twice once thru a BB and the other on an error by the pitcher on a come backer he threw over the 1B head, scored 1 run. Not the best of days but it could have been worse.
The networks must be noticing they are playing better because 3 out of the last 4 games have been televised up here, before that none of them had been. OTOH they were playing the Yankees and that could be the reason, even though nobody around here really likes them other than those who think it's fashionable to follow them.
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They put Feliz on the 15 day disabled list so they don't have much choice. He had an axillary abscess on his side they say. Did a little snooping and those things usually grow in warm dark areas of the body like armpits and crotches. If he had one in his right side armpit it would help explain why he pitched so bad lately, it probably bugged the heck out of him when he threw. Can't throw effectively if your mind is somewhere other than on the ball game and catchers signs.
Or as with Blanks and Detwiler a 'convenient way' to get underperformers on the DL to free up space for other players.
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The networks must be noticing they are playing better because 3 out of the last 4 games have been televised up here, before that none of them had been. OTOH they were playing the Yankees and that could be the reason, even though nobody around here really likes them other than those who think it's fashionable to follow them.
Yes, it was because they played Boston and NYY.
For some reason the Tribe just kills our pitching this year.
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For some reason the Tribe just kills our pitching this year.
Their record against the tribe the last few years hasn't been very good.
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I get so sick of turning on the TV and either the Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals, Giants or Dodgers are playing. I could personally care less about all of those teams and would rather watch other teams no matter what their record is.
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I can't remember the last time I seen the Mets play on TV, only the low/highlights on the MLB channel.
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Another win last night that makes 7 straight and back to .500 which ties them with the Angels for 2nd place.
Prince still having an outstanding stretch at the plate and a very good month for that matter, another starter doesn't go at least 6 innings but the pen pitched well last night (looks like they are getting back to certain guys having certain roles) and "Evis" tried blowing the game in the 9th by booting another easy ball.
Martin still stinking it up at the plate, Choo needs a day off and I can't remember the last time Smolinski got a hit. Also beginning to look as if they should have left Josh in the minors for another week or so to work on his swing. I realize the OF is thin but the way DD was playing I think they could have managed without Josh till he was hitting better.
If they can stay at .500 for awhile until some of the other pitchers get healthy they might be able to make a late run at the playoffs, maybe...
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