Friday, October 22, 2010

Thoughts:Rangers head to World Series


* The confetti flew and the Rangers went to a huge crowd around the mound after winning the game. Player in his arms and took the T-Shirts Champion.
Nolan Ryan hugged Chuck Greenberg and others, and manager Ron Washington gave Bank coach Jackie Moore, a hug.

* Perhaps the greatest entrance in the history of the franchise was the fifth. The Rangers scored four times to enable a range of 1-1 in a 5-1 lead. And although he is a RBI, Josh Hamilton, the likely MVP has played a key role. The Yankees have decided to voluntarily go for a second time in the game with two outs put the runners on the corners, like Vladimir Guerrero. We worked in the third inning, as Guerrero appeared. But in the fifth inning, Guerrero hit a long double to center gate Mitch Moreland and Hamilton.

* And the crowd of 50,000 buzzing yet, Nelson Cruz reliever David Robertson. Cruz saw five balls curve, right behind the account of 1-2 at Robertson tried to throw a fast ball. It was a mistake. Cruz, who has criticized the center-left seats. Long Ranger PA spokesman Chuck Morgan started his own music regularly (from  The Natural ) will expire before the ball hit the fan. The audience went crazy and took the Rangers a 5-1 lead. The four points were scored after two outs.

* Colby Lewis, who did a great impersonation Cliff Lee. Rose strikeouts (seven of them, including four in the seventh and eighth) and worked quickly and efficiently. The Yankees had only three shots out of it and not really risk a big entrance. He had to fight a good fastball command, and according to its sales outside speed found in the first innings, has a reliable curveball and slider. Who put it in a slot. A landed eight innings to give the club. There were many entries written since 19 June when he won the game in Houston fully recovered.

* Elvis Andrus is hitting his strip series expand immediately returned Friday, a double belt next start from the middle to the bottom of the first. He went to third place Hamilton single and scored on Guerrero grounded second. Hamilton goes on LAUNCH Guerrero to play so any possibility of a double (although I do not think that the Yankees were the DP anyway, because the ball was hit slowly).

* A controversial move by the height in the fifth inning was the Yankees to tie the game. The ball bounced on the floor and hit Nick Swisher in the tibia. Swisher react even catcher Bengie Molina and has seen and done it. But plate umpire Brian Gorman was blocked and threw a wild country, so to score Alex Rodriguez.

* The Yankees have decided not to let Josh Hamilton beat her on Friday. Intentionally walked three times after a single in the first. This strategy has produced mixed results, had mentioned above. They were 1-for-3, which was not the percentage they wanted him around trying to throw and intentionally walked twice to get Vladimir Guerrero with two outs. But Hamilton is so frightening that even walking is difficult for intentional Hughes in the third inning. The first version was glove and backstop Jorge Posada, to go as Mitch Moreland to third parties. With Hamilton on first and third Moreland, Vladimir Guerrero popped out, so the decision to leave Hamilton developed.
* But aggressive base running game helped the Rangers to run, that to avoid getting in the first race that Hamilton was running AD. It is part of the versatility of this training, manager Ron Washington has preached and the team has fully embraced this season.

* Andrus hit in 11 games for the Rangers season in 2010, started according to the fourth longest streak ever hit a career in the playoffs.
He showed his glove in the second inning a liner in A-Rod to intervene looked like he could go to the head. Andrus was a great series so far.

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