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Once again, work prevented me from listening to much of this game, but I did get to hear the best part – the six run uprising in the seventh inning to win the game 8-5.
It was also nice to see that the big 6 spot wasn’t with three run home runs – in fact, no home runs were involved!
It was also NOT nice to see us give up 5 runs in a game yet again.

Roster Transaction

Posted by Joe Siegler on March 24, 2003 at 3:45 pm

IF Manny Alexander traded from the Brewers to the Rangers for a PTBNL
OF Antoine Cameron traded from the Cubs to the
Rangers for a PTBNL.
The following players placed on the 15 day DL,
retro to March 21 – OF Kevin Mench, IF Herbert Perry, & P Todd Van Poppel

ST25: Rangers shut out by White Sox, 4-0

Posted by Joe Siegler on March 23, 2003 at 10:25 pm

I was busy doing some other things, and didn’t hear anything about this game, but from looking at the box score, I didn’t miss much. John Thomson was decent, giving up just two earned runs over five innings. Of course, when you don’t score any, it doesn’t matter how many you give up (when the number is greater than zero).
One week from this game and they count, and we can see/hear every game again! \o/

ST24: Rangers beat Angels, 4-3

Posted by Joe Siegler on March 22, 2003 at 10:24 pm

Whoa! A spring training game on television. I cannot recall the last time the Rangers had a spring training game on television – it’s got to be around 4 or 5 years or so. It was really nice seeing Tom & Josh on the TV again. Was also nice to get a view of the new facility in Surprise. I suspect that was the purpose of this telecast, since there was a lot of “Come check the place out” Ra-ra-isms. That was OK, but it struck me as an attempt to sell tickets and to get people to visit Surprise. :)
In terms of the game, it was nice to see Chan Ho Park have a nice outing two times in a row. He gave up just one run in five innings, and had 6 K’s during that time. The rest of our pitchers were pretty good too except Cordero who tried to give the game away in the 9th, but still managed to hold onto it.
It was, of course, a big tease – I want the real season to start, and I don’t want to wait till Sunday! Waaaah! :)

Roster Transaction

Posted by Joe Siegler on March 22, 2003 at 3:45 pm

P John Koronka passed through waivers, and was
returned to the Reds per the Rule 5 draft rules.

ST23: Rangers beat Brewers 9-6

Posted by Joe Siegler on March 21, 2003 at 10:23 pm

I didn’t get a chance to listen to this game, but from what I can see, the Teixeira push to make the club continues unabated. It’s looking more and more likely that he’ll start the season in the majors. I’m a bit unsure as to how I feel about that. He’s having the same spring that Blalock had last year, and he didn’t handle it well. Time will tell – it always does.