Bottom line... We have not gotten the breaks in this World Series, Torres' double off the bag, hitting balls hard right at 'em, Buster Posey's complete joke of a home run, Kinsler missing a home run by an inch in San Fran. It has not gone our way, but still, we have not helped ourselves out. I wish I could tell you that it is going to be OK. I wish I could say that we have Cliff going tomorrow so we have a great chance to send it back to San Fran. I wish I could say that, if we do somehow take it to Game 6, we could get any runs off Matt Cain. I wish I could tell you these things, but I can't. That's just the way baseball go, I guess, and we got here, nobody, including me, thought we would in our lifetimes. I'm proud of my team, and if this is, in fact, the way it ends, it has been a great ride and I can't wait for opening day 2011! However, maybe, just maybe, this team can come together one more time, for the fans, for the city that can't stand to watch their team lose another championship to an inferior team. Can we do it? You know we can! Will we do it? It starts with Mr. Lee tomorrow night. It's time for the greatest comeback in Dallas sports history. It's time for one of the greatest comebacks in World Series history, and It's Time for our offense to step up and win us a couple. You gotta believe! Go Rangers! (Maybe I did have a little rah-rah left in me after all)
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Game Over, Giants 4, Rangers 0
I wish I had a rousing, hopeful, rah-rah speech to give tonight. But, alas, I do not. I just witnessed an average, rookie pitcher completely manhandle our "All-Star" lineup. What does that term, "All-Star", even mean? This team looked like an absolute joke tonight. They take pitches they should hit and swing at pitches that freaking Yuniesky Betancourt wouldn't swing at! Maybe that's hyperbole, but maybe not. Discount for a minute that we hit the ball hard but right at 'em no fewer than 9 times tonight. Discount for a minute that we got, as Ben and Skin put it, "Bennett Salvatored" by the ump behind the plate tonight. Despite all that, we could not even get a decent hit. We had 3 hits, Nelson had a hard hit ball up the middle, and the other was from one of three guys that has not looked absolutely pathetic this series, in Mitch Moreland. Mitch is the MVP of this series for the Rangers right now... MITCH MORELAND. I know the guy is good, he has slowly crept up into my top 4 Ranger players. But still, there are 6 current or former all-stars in this lineup, and only 2 of them came to play in this series, Elvis and Nellie. Kinsler is probably third on that list in terms of production as he has not had a terrible series, and just missed a big HR in San Fran. Next is Hamilton, who hit a HR last night but was awful tonight, hit a couple balls hard, but still GIDP in the 1st when we had what would turn out to be a rare chance to score on Bumgarner. 5th is Michael Young. He wasn't awful last night, though he did GIDP twice, but still had 2 hits, but tonight he was awful. Vlad Guerrero is last. What is there to say about Vlad? He has been AWFUL. Not even mentioning his Game 1 debacle in Right Field, he has been a killer in the middle of the lineup. He has been awful, and I know he has been great all year, but if we bring him back next year, that would be a big mistake. He has tanked the second half of the season, had one big hit against the Yankees, but other than that he has been awful. I love my Rangers, but this performance tonight was unacceptable.
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