Official 2012 Texas Rangers Thread

[bullets13]

figure we should have one for them, too ;)

[Ty Cobb]

Not a bad start to the 2012 season, taking 2 out of 3 from the White sox.  Mariners come to Arlington tonight and Yu Darvish makes his debut.  Won't be able to watch this one because of work.  Someone keep me updated.

[ForeverADog]

Darvish really labored through that first inning. Walking a lot. Maybe just nerves.

[bullets13]

after giving up 4 in the 1st, Darvish gave up only 1 in his final 4 2/3, and retired 10 or 11 in a row at one point.  i can understand the nerves, and the way he bounced back makes me excited.  in line for the win in spite of his poor start to the game.

[bullets13]

Rangers with their second loss of the season, and Joe Nathan has both of them... not real pleased right now.  they should be 6-0.

[Ty Cobb]

The RANGERS gave boston a 18-3 beating tonight. 

[bullets13]

up 6-2 in the 8th, well on their way to a 10-2 start.  the rangers are playing amazing so far... two bad outings from nathan away from being 12-0!

[Ty Cobb]

Need to get this one tonight.  The RANGERS go to Detroit next then host the yankees and rays.  Not the easiest part of the schedule.

[Ty Cobb]

The RANGERS take the series opener against detroit 10-3. 

[Ty Cobb]

The RANGERS win 3-2 in 11 innings today.  Get the winning run home by the squeeze.  TEXAS takes the series 3-1.  The yankees come to town starting Monday for a 3 game series.

[bullets13]

[quote name="Ty Cobb" post="1213837" timestamp="1335127445"]
The RANGERS win 3-2 in 11 innings today.  Get the winning run home by the squeeze.  TEXAS takes the series 3-1.  The yankees come to town starting Monday for a 3 game series.
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i believe the rangers just went 8-1 on a roadtrip that took them through boston and detroit!  they're by far the best team in the league right now.

[bullets13]

pretty incredible stat: through 16 games, the rangers have allowed 4 runs in 3 games and 5 runs once.  the other 12 games they've allowed 3 or less. 

[Ty Cobb]

It's almost unbelievable that we are talking about the RANGERS and their pitching. 

[jenks]

Rangers are playing like they have unfinished business.

[westend1]

Rangers at it again.  Up 4-0 over Yanks in 3rd

[Ty Cobb]

The RANGERS and the rays have split the first two games of the series.  Game 3 today.  Could this be a early look at the AL Championship series? 

[Ty Cobb]

Going to cleveland to take on the indians.  Gotta stop the 2 series losing streak. 

[Ty Cobb]

OK, the RANGERS stop the series losing skid at 3 by taking 3 of 4 from baltimore.  Seems like they are hitting the ball well and it couldn't come at a better time with the angels coming to TEXAS!!!

[jenks]

I truly hope they win it all this year. Now is their time!

[bullets13]

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OK, the RANGERS stop the series losing skid at 3 by taking 3 of 4 from baltimore.  Seems like they are hitting the ball well and it couldn't come at a better time with the angels coming to TEXAS!!!
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isn't it funny how the angels are terrible, and at the bottom of the division, and they're still the ones we worry about.  i still put more emphasis on their results than the A's, who are much closer in the standings.

[Ty Cobb]

Yes, I know what you mean.  I don't consider oakland or seattle as threats.  The angels have started slow but they have the tools to be a serious contender.  They will get hot somewhere throughout the season, I just hope the RANGERS have a big enough lead to hold them off.

[Ty Cobb]

Nelson Cruz just hit a grandslam to give the RANGERS a 6-2 lead.  The annoucers started talking about the TEXAS line-up.  In my opinion this is, not only, the best line-up in the league but also the best line-up ever!!!  The only true argument that I get is the reds, Big Red Machine.  I'm 35 years old so I haven't seen as much baseball as some.  Is this truly the greatest line-up ever?

[Speedkills]

52-34 going into the all star break with 8 all stars and 4 games ahead of a peaking Los Angeles Angels of Anahiem team things seem to be looking good for these guys at this point. From a pitching stand point things are looking much better at this point than I personally believe anyone expected. With a team ERA of 3.72 that ranks third in the American League behind the Oakland Athletics and LA Angels. Matt Harrison up to this point is 11-4 with a 3.10 ERA, Yu Darvish 10-5 with a 3.59 ERA not to mention 117 K's. Offensively Hamilton has hit 27 Homers(Tied for first in MLB), knocked in 75 runs(1st in MLB), And an OPS of 1.087 (Third in MLB). The rest of the rangers bat are sort of quiet to this point other than Beltre 326 Average, 15 Homers, and 54 ribbies.

[Ty Cobb]

The RANGERS lost Colby Lewis for the season.  He needs elbow surgery that will take 9-12 months to rehad.  Not good for their chances of returning to the World Series.