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2-0 count, bases loaded, 1st round rookie up at the plate.

Angel Hernandez calling balls and strikes... here we go again



 
This remains one of the most bad a$$ things.  Hey...the pitcher threw at him.  Even the one that he bunted looks like it was high and inside.


 
Loebarth said:
The large money contracts are what has driven me away from Professional sports as a whole. The only positive in the MLB vs the NBA and especially the NFL is the huge difference in total number of felonies committed by MLB players vs the other two sports. Regardless, when will enough be enough?

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Did you miss the part where it says athletes are statistically less violent than the general public? 

Boycotting professions according to their felony rates and domestic abuse cases could really limit a person. 

 
BigRedBuster said:
Ok…season starts on Thursday. My Cubs in the off season did better than any year since the liquidation. But, still not championship level. 
 

So, my prediction is they make the playoffs. If lucky, have success early but don’t make the World Series. 
 

How do you predict your team?
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Most likely, I see the Texas Rangers playing pretty well.  Starting pitching will be a concern as we lost Montgomery (couldn't afford him).  Fortunately, we get Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer back after All-Star break.  So I'm hoping we aren't too far out of 1st place by then. 

I think we have the best offensive lineup in baseball.  Especially with Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford this year.  

Keep an eye on Langford.  He's built like a young Mike Trout, and has incredible power.  

I love our Manager Bruce Bochy.  Like I said, we should be pretty good.  

 
admo said:
Most likely, I see the Texas Rangers playing pretty well.  Starting pitching will be a concern as we lost Montgomery (couldn't afford him).  Fortunately, we get Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer back after All-Star break.  So I'm hoping we aren't too far out of 1st place by then. 

I think we have the best offensive lineup in baseball.  Especially with Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford this year.  

Keep an eye on Langford.  He's built like a young Mike Trout, and has incredible power.  

I love our Manager Bruce Bochy.  Like I said, we should be pretty good.  
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I have a decent sized futures ticket on Langford to win ROY so I'll be rooting for him. The rest of your team however, I will not be rooting for haha.

 
Xmas32 said:
I have a decent sized futures ticket on Langford to win ROY so I'll be rooting for him. The rest of your team however, I will not be rooting for haha.
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My friend that is a very wise decision.  Langford might hit 35-40 bombs as a rookie.  

I mean, he's got a serious swing for launching bombs to all sides of the field. And the Rangers 3rd baseman Josh Jung hit 26 as a rookie last year and missed a month of the season. Soo....with Marcus Semien, Evan Carter and Corey Seager in the lineup and Adolis Garcia going for 50 homers..... Langford might do something like Pete Alonso did and just rake bombs on his way to ROY honors. This young man is determined and built for it.

 
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admo said:
Most likely, I see the Texas Rangers playing pretty well.  Starting pitching will be a concern as we lost Montgomery (couldn't afford him).  Fortunately, we get Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer back after All-Star break.  So I'm hoping we aren't too far out of 1st place by then. 

I think we have the best offensive lineup in baseball.  Especially with Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford this year.  

Keep an eye on Langford.  He's built like a young Mike Trout, and has incredible power.  

I love our Manager Bruce Bochy.  Like I said, we should be pretty good.  
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Well…isn’t this precious. We play each other tonight on ESPN.  
 

My story about the rangers. When I was in grade school, my dad used to do business with an owner (Brad Corbett).  He went a game with him. He brought me home a tee shirt that said “you gotta have balls to play for the rangers”. I wore it once and I never saw it again. Assuming my mom threw it away. 
 

Side note….he rode the elevator up with George jr before he owned them. 
 

Side side note…is it bad if your opening day starter leaves the game with a pulled hammy???  f#&%. 
 

 
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admo said:
My friend that is a very wise decision.  Langford might hit 35-40 bombs as a rookie.  

I mean, he's got a serious swing for launching bombs to all sides of the field. And the Rangers 3rd baseman Josh Jung hit 26 as a rookie last year and missed a month of the season. Soo....with Marcus Semien, Evan Carter and Corey Seager in the lineup and Adolis Garcia going for 50 homers..... Langford might do something like Pete Alonso did and just rake bombs on his way to ROY honors. This young man is determined and built for it.
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I think he's going to be a very solid player. I started watching him a couple years ago when he was at Florida where he was obviously quite good. Once I read that Texas was going to let him join the club for Spring Training I figured it was worth a shot as there was a chance he might make the club out of ST given Texas's openness to playing young guys if they are ready regardless of service time.

 
BigRedBuster said:
Well…isn’t this precious. We play each other tonight on ESPN.  
 

My story about the rangers. When I was in grade school, my dad used to do business with an owner (Brad Corbett).  He went a game with him. He brought me home a tee shirt that said “you gotta have balls to play for the rangers”. I wore it once and I never saw it again. Assuming my mom threw it away. 
 

Side note….he rode the elevator up with George jr before he owned them. 
 

Side side note…is it bad if your opening day starter leaves the game with a pulled hammy???  f#&%. 
 
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Wow, you should have adopted the Rangers at that moment for your #2 team!  That's pretty cool !

Your starting pitcher last night was very difficult to hit.  Mixes speeds with his slider and sweeper. It's unfortunate for y'all he pulled that hammy.....  As it turned out it was a happy ending for us  chuckleshuffle

 
Xmas32 said:
I think he's going to be a very solid player. I started watching him a couple years ago when he was at Florida where he was obviously quite good. Once I read that Texas was going to let him join the club for Spring Training I figured it was worth a shot as there was a chance he might make the club out of ST given Texas's openness to playing young guys if they are ready regardless of service time.
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Our recently new GM said that it's different these days and if some players are ready right away, you embrace it and give them every opportunity to play in the majors.  Carter was 20 years old when given a chance to play the final 21 games of last season and start nearly every playoff game.  And the GM said that Langford almost got added to the playoff roster when a few guys got hurt.... Even though he only played 44 minor league games.  

We are definitely in a good situation offensively.  Pitching not so much. And I don't think our closer is good enough and is really an 8th inning guy. We need a real closer.

 
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admo said:
Wow, you should have adopted the Rangers at that moment for your #2 team!  That's pretty cool !

Your starting pitcher last night was very difficult to hit.  Mixes speeds with his slider and sweeper. It's unfortunate for y'all he pulled that hammy.....  As it turned out it was a happy ending for us  chuckleshuffle
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Naaaa….i used to hate the American League with the DH. Now….i guess it doesn’t matter. 

 
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