Rangers, PLAY BALL!!

Well, if you actually stayed up and watched the game till the end last night, you can’t help but not know how the hell you should feel about this team.
Good points:
1. Kevin Milwood goes 6 innings, with a 0.00 ERA.
2. Vicente Padilla goes 6 innings, with a 1.50 ERA.
3. Josh Hamilton looks like he can not only rake, but he’s a hell of an outfielder as well.
4. Milton Bradley looks like he’s going to be very solid at the plate, and he didn’t even bite the first night when an ump blew a call against him, and then the ump even chased him over to first base trying to antagonize him. (Bud Selig needs to fine the hell out of that ump, by the way, but I guess he’s got other things on his mind, like convincing congress to misremember the last 10 years of MLB.)

Bad points:
1. Rangers’ infield has 5 errors in the first two games, which led to 6 un-earned runs. Meaning of the 9 runs Seattle scored in the first two games, only 3 have been earned.
2. With the exception of his solo homer his first at-bat of the first game, Michael Young has been absolutely atrocious. 2 errors which have led to 2 un-earned runs, hit into 2 rally-ending double plays, and struck out twice.
3. As it is with all successful off-season veteran acquisitions the Rangers pick up, Josh Hamilton and Milton Bradley will be gone by the trade deadline, especially if they continue to produce.

Again, it’s all in how you look at it. You have to believe that the infield, Michael Young especially, is not going to continue to commit costly errors. However, you also have to believe that the starting pitching is NOT going to continue giving you an average of 6 innings with a 0.75 ERA. The former NL Rookie of the Year, Jason Jennings, starts tonight and it will be interesting to see how he performs. If he looks good, you can throw him on that train with Hamilton and Bradley to be out of here by the deadline, and if he’s horrible, he’s ours for good.

Oh well, what this all amounts to is it looks like it’s going to be just another season of baseball in north Texas, with the best aspect of it being that it gives you a legitimate excuse to drink beer 6 nights a week.