May 2009

Aces of the American League

What do Cliff Lee, Roy Halladay, John Danks, King Felix and Erik Bedard all have in common?

Well, besides each posting sub-4.00 ERA’s so far this season, they also have all fallen to the Texas Rangers. The only one left is Grienke, but let’s face it — that man is an alien and no one is able to score a win off him.
However, now, the Texas Rangers are 14-12 after posting a 10-inning 7-2 win over Seattle, which puts them a half game behind the AL West leading Mariners. The win, catapulted by a Jarrod Saltalamacchia grand slam in the top of the 10th, also makes it four W’s in a row for the Rangers, their first winning streak of any kind since the season opener series against Cleveland almost a month ago. 
Sure, there are a lot of strikeouts. Hank Blalock, though getting a walk here and there, is still hacking away at everything. Chris Davis, though showing some killer defense at first, has 41 strikeouts in 26 games. But, there are also many bright spots on this team. The young Elvis Andrus has been amazing a third, making a great double-play combination with Ian Kinsler. Kinsler also has 9 homers on the season and well on his way to a 30-30 or even 40-40 year. 
It’s starting to click. The team is starting to gel. And the adversaries are falling.

Meet Medusa

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This woman was at at least two of the three games versus the White Sox this past weekend. Needless to say, she has gone viral. 
This is what I love and hate about the internet age. Some of you may remember Jen Sterger from a few years ago. If not, allow me to recap: at a Florida Sate college football game, the scantily clad Sterger was spotted in the stands by the TV crew, with the game announcer stating that “thousands of red-blooded teenage boys just applied to Florida State.” She went on the star in a spread in Playboy, had her fifteen minutes of fame, and just as fast, faded back into normality.
Now, our Medusa woman here (named so because of that awesome, awesome hair) is a bit of a cult celebrity herself. All one has to do is view the fan posts and threads at SB Nation’s Lone Star Ball and see that she is quite the celebrity in some circles. In fact, she has become a bit of a good luck charm — the Rangers are currently 4-1 with Medusa in the game day threads.
But, just like Sterger, she too will eventually fade away, and we will forget her.
The internet has given the possibility of everyone becoming a fifteen-minute celebrity. Just in the past few weeks, we’ve even had Susan Boyle, the Scottish contestant on Britain’s Got Talent. 
I don’t know if the new American dream is to become famous, but it’s undeniable that some of these webgem viral celebrities are quite amusing.
Though, given the look on her face, I don’t think Medusa agrees…

Welcome!

This first entry doesn’t have anything to do with the game per se, but what you can expect at my blog.

First, thanks for stopping by! Take off your shoes, have a seat and hang out.

 

Though I’m a huge Texas Rangers fan, I won’t just write about them. I also follow an independent league called the United League Baseball, and I will also muse about my family. I hope to make you laugh, to make you think, to make your remember the days of being a kid with baseball cards stuck in the spokes of your tires. (God knows I probably lost hundreds of dollars in memorabilia because of that!)

 

I’ll write at least twice a week. So, come hang out with me. Let’s play ball!

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