Rangers. Angels. Final Homestand.

[Hambombs]

Man 3 of those 4 hits little bloopers

 

[romeo212000]

Atta boy josh! Elvis with awesome base running. Same for josh advancing to second.

 

[romeo212000]

Beltre!

 

[WilltheThrill]

Apparently Elvis and Ian have a side bet going on who can get picked off the most this year. Someone really needs to work with them on paying attention when on base. It's reaching embarrassing levels.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Greinke with only 2 K's today, both on Josh Hamilton, and both with nothing but slow breaking balls bouncing in the dirt.

I don't understand how Josh can't lay off that pitch. Every single pitcher throws him the same junk every at-bat and almost every time Josh strikes himself out. Is he that slow? Stubborn? Selfish? All he has to do is walk up to the plate with the bat on his shoulder and take the first 2-3 pitches for balls. He'll either end up walking or getting a good pitch to hit. But instead he just stubbornly strikes out. And what's crazy is that he's admitted that he knows that they're going to be throwing him nothing but junk in the dirt and that he should take more pitches. But it's like he can't help himself. He has an advantage that almost no other big league hitter has in that he knows exactly what pitch is coming about 80% of the time and yet he rarely uses that to his advantage. It's so frustrating to watch.

 

[romeo212000]

Wtf Yu? Quit that shit!

 

[romeo212000]

He's done wash. Pull him.

 

[1502tuley]

Why the hell are we going with Ogando? Poo Hole eats fastballs for breakfast. I have a bad feeling here.

 

[romeo212000]

Pujols and trout. The two guys you don't want standing in the box in this situation.

 

[romeo212000]

Why the hell are we going with Ogando? Poo Hole eats fastballs for breakfast. I have a bad feeling here.

Should be uehara and the nasty splitter.

 

[1502tuley]

Should be uehara and the nasty splitter.

My thought exactly.

 

[romeo212000]

Whew...

 

[romeo212000]

Need two more shut down innings. One more to get the ball to Nathan. You know ogando will pitche the 8th and he'll save uehara for tonight.

 

[1502tuley]

What time is the second game today?

 

[romeo212000]

6:00

 

[WilltheThrill]

Great at-bat Murph. Nice to see someone working a walk. Take note Josh.

 

[romeo212000]

Thanks soto. At least move him over.

 

[WilltheThrill]

Thanks soto. At least move him over.

We just have way too many unproductive outs. Too many strikeouts and shallow pop-ups with men on base.

 

[1502tuley]

We just have way too many unproductive outs. Too many strikeouts and shallow pop-ups with men on base.

I believe the dictionary says "see Kinsler" by this description.

 

[WilltheThrill]

I hope we can unleash on Santana tonight like we did on Blackley the other day because so far the hitting today has been pretty weak.