Texas / Baltimore - WOW

Did me a lot of good...
...Michael Young is on my fantasy team and got a whopping 2 hits and one runs scored...and no ribbies

Listening to the Rockies announcers, they were shocked that there were no HBP's by Baltimore.

I agree. Unbelievable. You just cannot allow teams to get hacks like the Rangers were getting. Stat of the night, though:

The Baltimore Ravens have not given up 30 points in an NFL game since 2005!!!!

Maybe Ray Lewis needs to be a pitcher.

I don't think anyone will charge the mound on him nor will an ump be brave enough to toss him for pitching inside.

Brings up an interesting point. Sons JV team beat another 32 - 3. When our head coach found out, JV coach got a "raking".
My question is this: How, if you are the winning team, put an end to this?

Fortunately in HS baseball, we most often have mercy rules which kick in to keep this from happening to a great degree....be it 10 runs or 15 runs........

I have been involved in many blow outs over the years.....As the umpire, I do not change my zone to assist, I do try and call strikes, but altering the basic game is not ethical to me.....

I do not advocate any team "calling off the dogs" until they reach those preset levels.......You play hard, you play to win....you play the game as it is meant to be played.

Once the score has reached those levels, I do believe its time to teach sportsmanship. I have seen some classy teams and coaches stop stealing bases, stop giving signs, stop advancing on passed balls, pulling the starters..etc........that does not mean that the mismatch will not lead to more run differential.

I always hate to see these games as no one learns anything.......and often someone gets hurt.....once the game gets ridiculus the play can get sloppy.......sloppy play can lead to injury.....

Wasn't this the same Rangers that struck out 17 times three nights ago against Santan and 11 two nights ago against Bedard?

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
Wasn't this the same Rangers that struck out 17 times three nights ago against Santan and 11 two nights ago against Bedard?

Believe it or not, despite scoring 30 runs last night, they still managed to strike out 11 times, granted it was in about twice the number of ABs.

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Originally posted by FrankF:
Listening to the Rockies announcers, they were shocked that there were no HBP's by Baltimore.

I don't get this comment. The Rangers were not stealing,and if you saw the highlights, they were hacking at everything the pitchers were flipping up there...they got 29 hits. In my opinion, you still focusing on hitting the ball hard, regardless of the situation.

Why should a Ranger hitter get drilled because the Oriole pitchers aren't any good?

I didn't make the comment or that I agreed with it. Only reported what I heard.

He also stated that in times past, someone would have been on their backsides. Maybe they were a little too comfortable in the box.

Even though I'm a pitchers parent, I've never advocated throwing at someone because they hit you. Not to say I wouldn't throw a purpose pitch.

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
Wasn't this the same Rangers that struck out 17 times three nights ago against Santan and 11 two nights ago against Bedard?

What I heard, was that Baltimore was using 12 year old pitchers and they were having to change them every inning because they were reaching the 85 pitch limit.

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Originally posted by FrankF:
I didn't make the comment or that I agreed with it. Only reported what I heard.

He also stated that in times past, someone would have been on their backsides. Maybe they were a little too comfortable in the box.

Even though I'm a pitchers parent, I've never advocated throwing at someone because they hit you. Not to say I wouldn't throw a purpose pitch.

I understand it wasn't your comment. My thoughts were really more general in nature as I have heard this before.

I have never understood drilling a batter on purpose because he was successful at the plate. If he taunts the pitcher or showboats in any way, run one under his chin. But just because he hits a home run, or several string together hits, why plunk someone? Pitch inside if you want, but there is a difference.

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Originally posted by micmeister:
What I heard, was that Baltimore was using 12 year old pitchers and they were having to change them every inning because they were reaching the 85 pitch limit.

Now that's funny!

So I'm watching the LL world series and the baseball/tennis commercial comes on, I flip over to Sports Center and see the rangers highlights. I'm thinking huh! another cool commercial!!

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:

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Originally posted by micmeister:
What I heard, was that Baltimore was using 12 year old pitchers and they were having to change them every inning because they were reaching the 85 pitch limit.

Now that's funny!

WOW!!! It was true!!! LMAO

What a game that was, for Texas, not Baltimore.