Rangerfans.com

You are here: Home / Archives for Joe Siegler

Several moves

Posted by on at

  • P Kameron Loe recalled from AAA
  • P Elizardo Ramirez purchased from AAA
  • 3B Travis Metcalf optioned to AAA
  • P A.J. Murray placed on 15 day DL [ Link ]
  • 1B/DH Jason Botts traded to Nippon Ham Fighters for cash. [ Link ]

G60: Rangers outslug Cleveland, 12-7

Posted by on at http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_06_03_clemlb_texmlb_1&mode=wrap>MLB.com Recap

Rangers won, but I don’t have to write about it. Read the mlb.com recap link above.

Josh Hamilton

Posted by on at

I’ve been sending emails for the last few months to members of my congregation telling them about Josh Hamilton. I sent them a few emails about his baseball activities (since I’m sure most of my congregation don’t follow the team that closely), and also making them aware of his strength from God.

So I told them today about his winning the AL Player of the month for the first two months of the season (something that’s never been done before). Mentioned he’s now second in AL outfielders in the All-Star voting.

But one thing I noticed this afternoon which probably won’t get as much press was the fact that he changed his agents. SI reported this fact today. Here’s what they had to say:

Josh Hamilton’s negotiations for a long-term deal may be held up a little by his decision to switch agents during negotiations that appeared to be progressing. Hamilton, a born-again Christian after returning from bouts with his drug addiction, explained to friends that he wanted to be with a Christian stable, so he switched agents from Matt Sosnick to Michael Moye as he seemed to be closing in on a long contract.

I don’t suspect that will impact much. Somehow I don’t see Josh’s walk with God leading him to milk the Rangers for dumptrucks full of money – although he may end up with it, anyway.

As someone who also believes hard in Jesus & God, the fact that Josh is using baseball as a platform to push the Gospel is most refreshing for me.

G57: Rangers get over .500 again with 8-4 win

Posted by on at http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_05_31_oakmlb_texmlb_1&mode=wrap>MLB.com Recap

I found out on June 5th that I skipped this game, and it messed up my count of games. No time to write later on about it, but it was an nice feeling getting back over .500 again.

G56: Rangers back to .500 again with 3-1 win over A’s

Posted by on at http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_05_30_oakmlb_texmlb_1&mode=wrap>MLB.com Recap

This game can be boiled down to just a few things. Kevin Millwood & Brandon Boggs.
Kevin Millwood came off the DL on Friday, and threw a gem, the kind of performance you don’t expect from a pitcher making his first start off the DL. I think his exit was probably due to the DL, as he left after six innings, having given up just five hits and a single run. He threw 86 pitches, so it must have been a “pitch count” thing. Eddie Guardado was quite good following up Millwood. Eddie struck out two of the three batters he faced in a 1-2-3 inning. Jack Benoit had a scoreless frame, as did CJ Wilson, who got the save. But most importantly to our pitching performance – NO WALKS! Yeah, no walks will always help out. But it was a really great performance by our staff We allowed just seven hits overall, and a single run. Really good stuff there.
Offensively, we had nine hits, and five of them were doubles. Two of THOSE doubles were by Brandon Boggs, who had all three RBI’s in this game. Two of the runs scored were by Josh Hamilton, who is usually involved with runs by his bat, not by his feet. :) Still, a win is a win, and it was a good, crisp (2:37) game, with fantastic pitching, and timely hitting providing us with the win.
The game ended cool, on a 4-3 double play where Ian Kinsler had to make a play after crashing into a runner who was trying to avoid being doubled off. Let’s see if we can get over .500 on Saturday – something we’ve had issues breaking through on.

Several moves announced

Posted by on at

  • P Kason Gabbard optioned to AAA
  • P Robinson Tejeda purchased from AAA
  • P Franklyn German refused AAA assignment, now a free agent
  • P Dustin Nippert activated from 15 day DL
  • P Dustin Nippert outrighted to AAA after clearing waivers [ Link ]