BASEBALL 2018---BRING IT ON!

[al_c]

I know some Ranger fans who are uhhh  feeling a little deflated right now.

Heh ... I'm assuming you posted this after the opening series? Yeah, that was humbling. But at least it was to the Astros instead of the likes of the Mariners, Angels or A's. Stros are definitely the AL West team to beat again this season. But at least my Rangers took one of the games from your guys.

[Cyber Liberty]

I saw the pitch that triggered the argument. It flew past the plate just under the floor of the strike zone. Pollock clearly had a beef with that
pitch, but hitters can question a pitch without getting into an argument. If the manager comes out of the dugout and gets past his player
on a pitch call, he's gone automatically. If Pollock had been next to the dugout when Lovullo came out, Lovullo would have been tossed before
he got anywhere near the ump.

My point was, that ump had been calling the framed pitches (even ones further out than that one) all the way up to that point.  It wasn't the one pitch that created the argument.

[GrouchoTex]

Heh ... I'm assuming you posted this after the opening series? Yeah, that was humbling. But at least it was to the Astros instead of the likes of the Mariners, Angels or A's. Stros are definitely the AL West team to beat again this season. But at least my Rangers took one of the games from your guys.

The Astros are in Minnesota tonight, and the last time I checked, it was 36 degrees there.
That's cold! With Verlander throwing in the mid 90's, that could be a painful at bat for the opposition.

[Slip18]

Just asking this:

Has anyone seen the new pitcher for the Angels pitch?  He is outrageous!  Twice pitching, and 12 strikeouts both times.  Plus the guy can hit!  Three homers already.  Records will be made with this player.  His name is Shohei Ohtani. He made player of the week with Jameson Tallon.  Ohtani is all of 23 years old.

Watch out Astros!

 

[dfwgator]

Heh ... I'm assuming you posted this after the opening series? Yeah, that was humbling. But at least it was to the Astros instead of the likes of the Mariners, Angels or A's. Stros are definitely the AL West team to beat again this season. But at least my Rangers took one of the games from your guys.

Rangers need to fire John Daniels and everybody else on down. 

[catfish1957]

Heh ... I'm assuming you posted this after the opening series? Yeah, that was humbling. But at least it was to the Astros instead of the likes of the Mariners, Angels or A's. Stros are definitely the AL West team to beat again this season. But at least my Rangers took one of the games from your guys.

You gotta grant us a little trash talk, after you guys beat us like a drum for our first four years in the AL.

[Polly Ticks]

@DCPatriot
Your boy Max Scherzer had a heck of game last  night.
 

[Machiavelli]

Just asking this:

Has anyone seen the new pitcher for the Angels pitch?  He is outrageous!  Twice pitching, and 12 strikeouts both times.  Plus the guy can hit!  Three homers already.  Records will be made with this player.  His name is Shohei Ohtani. He made player of the week with Jameson Tallon.  Ohtani is all of 23 years old.

Watch out Astros!

 

@Slip18

He's amazing. Here's his record: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/ohtansh01.shtml

[DCPatriot]

@DCPatriot
Your boy Max Scherzer had a heck of game last  night.
 

 

[EasyAce]

Just asking this:

Has anyone seen the new pitcher for the Angels pitch?  He is outrageous!  Twice pitching, and 12 strikeouts both times.  Plus the guy can hit!  Three homers already.  Records will be made with this player.  His name is Shohei Ohtani. He made player of the week with Jameson Tallon.  Ohtani is all of 23 years old.

Watch out Astros!

 

@Slip18
@Machiavelli
Out in southern California and in my neck of the desert we call him Shohtime.

[TomSea]

Chuck Connors: He played in Cuba before “The Rifleman”
April 10, 2018 by Silvio Canto Jr.   



We remember Chuck Connors who was born on this day in 1921 and died in 1992.

We remember Chuck Connors for that wonderful western, “The rifleman”.   In fact, I try to watch it every Saturday morning. The show was on from 1958 to 1963.

Before the rifle, he played baseball. His career was brief or a just two major league seasons: 1949 Dodgers & 1951 Cubs.

http://cubanbeisbol.com/post/12626032772/chuck-connors-mears
https://babalublog.com/2018/04/10/chuck-connors-he-played-in-cuba-before-the-rifleman/

[al_c]

You gotta grant us a little trash talk, after you guys beat us like a drum for our first four years in the AL.

Trash away ... it's well deserved and well earned. With the Stros being my 2nd favorite team, I can take it. 

[al_c]

Rangers need to fire John Daniels and everybody else on down.

Daniels needs to be the first escorted out the door. Forcefully and painfully. Maybe with a swift kick in the arse.

[GrouchoTex]

Just asking this:

Has anyone seen the new pitcher for the Angels pitch?  He is outrageous!  Twice pitching, and 12 strikeouts both times.  Plus the guy can hit!  Three homers already.  Records will be made with this player.  His name is Shohei Ohtani. He made player of the week with Jameson Tallon.  Ohtani is all of 23 years old.

Watch out Astros!

 

Ain't skeered.

[DCPatriot]

Ain't skeered.

"If it bleeds....we can kill it!"

That's a famous quote by Bryce Harper, isn't it?     

[dfwgator]

Daniels needs to be the first escorted out the door. Forcefully and painfully. Maybe with a swift kick in the arse.

I don't care what anybody says,  Nolan Ryan leaving the Rangers organization was a disaster.

[al_c]

I don't care what anybody says,  Nolan Ryan leaving the Rangers organization was a disaster.

 

[EasyAce]

"If it bleeds....we can kill it!"

That's a famous quote by Bryce Harper, isn't it?     

@DCPatriot
Arnold Schwarzenegger, from Predator.

[DCPatriot]

@DCPatriot
Arnold Schwarzenegger, from Predator.

LOL!   I was well aware of that.

Go NATS!!   Hopefully this is their year.

[EasyAce]

LOL!   I was well aware of that.

I would have expected Harper or the since-departed Jayson Werth to have said, When it comes to children, I admire the filial
practises of the barracuda---they eat their young!

(Extra credit if you know who really said it!)

[catfish1957]

Ain't skeered.

This Astros fan views the Halos  :

1. Has the best baseball player on the planet.  But he is only one player
2. Phenom who may or may not pan out in the long run
3. An aging player who used to be the best player on the planet who is now breaking their bank.
4. Does anyone else play for the Angels?

Now if you want to talk about how good my team is..........

[Slip18]

This Astros fan views the Halos  :

1. Has the best baseball player on the planet.  But he is only one player
2. Phenom who may or may not pan out in the long run
3. An aging player who used to be the best player on the planet who is now breaking their bank.
4. Does anyone else play for the Angels?

Now if you want to talk about how good my team is..........

My nephew is an Angels fan, so I do follow them.

Ummmm, I believe they just took the Astros out of first place in the ALW last night.

I did root for the Astros last year in the World Series versus the Dodgers...

 

[Polly Ticks]

Any thoughts on the wild and crazy night for baseball last night, @EasyAce ?

[EasyAce]

Any thoughts on the wild and crazy night for baseball last night, @EasyAce ?

I have a few . . . crowned by the fact that my New York Mets and my Boston Red Sox are what ol' Red Barber used to call
tearin' up the pea patch. You can even try no-hitting the Mets and they find a way to win now. And my Los Angeles Angels
ain't doing too bad, either!

What a difference a lack of disabled list makes.

[EasyAce]

And where did Javier Baez rediscover his power stroke? ;)