Remember the offseason when Prince and Albert were both still available? I was SO excited that the Rangers would get ONE of those guys for first base.
They currently have 2 homers. Combined.
Mitch Moreland has 2 homers. And he's only a platoon 1st baseman.
This game will kill ya.....
Just bought tix for the Dodgers/Nats in LA for weekend after next. Can't wait! Been a long time since I've been to Dodger Stadium. One of my all-time favs!
And it's hard to beat a Dodger Dog.
Love to see Todd Helton hitting the ball. He's been one of the best for a long time. Great guy, too. I hope the HoF voters don't look at it as a "Coors Field Thing".
Believe me - I understand not liking George and ARod (trust me - there's not much love for those guys here in TX.) I just don't get the ramp up to "HATE". Maybe it's just semantics but words mean something to me.
I'll save "hate" for people that are trying to hurt my family. ARod just gets hardy applause from me when he strikes out with the bases loaded. And a scoff when he says/does something stupid. He can be a real jerk but he's been a heck of a ballplayer for a long time.
Sounds like a fun series w/ the Angels. I'm afraid I won't be able to get near the Ballpark in Arlington when the Angels come to town....
Maybe I'm just missing the necessary gene but I'll never understand all of the "Yankee Hatred". People around here (Texas) HATE the Yankees to a point that's just silly. If you pin them down as to why it's pretty much because the Yankees always kicked around the Rangers and they spend so much money.
I point out that they don't kick around the Rangers anymore and LOTs of teams spend lots of money.
Believe me - I root against the Yankees when they play the Rangers (and I root FOR them when they play the Angels) but I have NOTHING but respect for the winning tradition the Yankees have produced over the last 100 years.
The best part of the RedSox '04 run to winning the WS was beating the Yankees! (If the Yankees were bad that amazing comeback wouldn't have happened.) The best part of the Rangers run to the WS in '10 was beating the Yankees. (They'd never been good enough before.)
The fact is: Baseball is better when the Yankees are good.
OK - flame on....
Jays are going to be good. Love that 3rd baseman.
SO we have fans of the following teams in this thread:
Jays
Mets
Rockies
Angels
Rangers
Who'd I miss?
Better get used to it, buddy. I have a feeling the LAAofA will have bullpen probs all year.
Nathan blew one for the Rangers last night. But at least it wasn't 6 runs! Ouch!
ALWest is gonna be a dog-fight.