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Post by changeup on Jun 25, 2010 11:19:30 GMT -5
Personally, I predict another Rangers sweep of the Astros giving them a 14 game winning streak by the end of the Series. The Astros pitchers won't have a good weekend in Arlington.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 25, 2010 16:05:35 GMT -5
I don't know, I think this move is giving people a little hope. Maybe people will start playing better. The trouble is this is one of those stupid designated hitter games. We should sit down Lee and put that new kid in his spot in the outfield and see what he can do.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 26, 2010 0:04:33 GMT -5
Hurray, they did it! Moeller and his motley crew with great help from Chris Johnson and Blum. My divination skills continue to be finely honed. The world will not end in 2012! We put in Drayton's cheap favorite at catcher today. Might have scored more runs if Castro had been catching. Let's not get too upbeat. I predict much more misery before the season is over!
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Post by iowafan on Jun 26, 2010 17:07:13 GMT -5
Banks was the pitcher today, looks like one of Drayton's remodeling projects. He got crushed. We didn't hit so well either. It is looking like we are digging from the wholesale market for our starting pitching now. It is no use getting big leaguers for this team. Might as well dredge up projects.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 28, 2010 10:39:45 GMT -5
Oswalt sucked again today. You never know if he is coming to play or not. It is like JB says, he doesn't give a sh*t. He is like Berkman. At least that is what I think about Oswalt at this point in time. Time to dump all the old trash on the team and start over. You can't win with trash that doesn't give a sh*t. Texas probably won't take him now. I don't know if there are many that would, he is definately a risk. Same with all of the older players we have on the team. Drayton been shoveling sh*t in the hog house, but he has been piling it, and he has piled himself into a corner and now he has to climb over the sh*t to get out. With every stupid move he makes he is going to have a more difficult time getting out and take more years. The Astros are in big trouble.
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Post by changeup on Jun 28, 2010 16:29:53 GMT -5
I expected Oswalt to pitch good against the Rangers so they would really try to rescue him from Drayton and his stable of losers. The Rangers hammered him!! However, I still think Nolan Ryan wants him and will try to get him before the trading deadline if the Rangers financial mess doesn't screw it up.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 28, 2010 16:42:59 GMT -5
I hope we see that happen. I am so sick of this crap from Drayton. If they are going to get rid of him the sooner the better. Why even keep these people around. I realize that they may be holding out for a sweet deal, but that is a gamble also. I just don't believe this is going to turn out well anymore. You see our supposed ace get bombed and you begin to wonder what we do have for trading bait, if anything.
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Post by changeup on Jun 29, 2010 10:33:30 GMT -5
Oswalt is just what the Rangers need.........a quality right-hander to put at the top of the rotation. Throw him in with Lewis, Hunter, and Wilson and that is a solid group. Rich Harden has been a disappointment and is on the DL for the Rangers but is soon eligible to come off the list.
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Post by Ken on Jun 30, 2010 5:50:52 GMT -5
changeup - I wonder if that is the longterm plan for this team. Trade Oswalt and another big name Lee, Berkman or Pence and secure a bit of a future for this team. What happened to all the top notch prospects we always had coming out of Venezuela? Seems like our farm has completely dried up.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 30, 2010 10:59:27 GMT -5
I heard they closed the camp in Venezuela or sold it to another team. Probably Drayton didn't want to deal with Hugo Chavez. Texas probably broke off all relations with that country when Hugo Chavez took over their oil production. I think recently they have been trying to build up their system but for awhile it was completely worthless.
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Post by Ken on Jun 30, 2010 12:41:23 GMT -5
Amazing. The political unrest in that country has cost us a ball team. Astros used to have the best farm in baseball. We can't seem to raise diddly anymore.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 30, 2010 13:32:27 GMT -5
That was just my guess. I all of a sudden put the two together because I believe that they happened about the same time. I have no way of knowing if there is any truth behind it. I read somewhere about the Astros selling that camp. I think it is kind of crazy that we have to go to Latin America to get players anyway. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
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Post by iowafan on Jul 9, 2010 9:53:16 GMT -5
I think this applies to this weekend also. You just have the feeling that the Astros are in for a major whipping. The Cardinals need this series badly and the Astros seem like they are due for a whipping. Our pitching has been due for a breakdown for quite awhile. Some think that I am being negative, but this is realism. I do not want these predictions to come true for those that don't understand nuance.
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