Allergies are killing me this season. Can't stay up for the game.

The *incredible* Paul Gilbert has a fun song called "Mr. Potato Head"

Sonny Gray's pitching tonight, methinks. We'll most likely lose...

I'll certainly be up, but I don't think I'll watch much, if at all.

Slade's going to miss a month! Gah! That fucking sucks.

Got to love War Games. Would you like to play a game?

My, oh my. Slade can't run, run away.

strasburg may be hurt. pulled after 1 inning and 16 pitches.

those yellow jerseys are pretty annoying.

i hate stadiums where the bullpens are on the playing field. also, ones with a dirt path from the pitching mound to home plate. i think arizona has that. feh.

dodo *sucks* at hitting.

28 pitches in 3 innings for sonny gray (bright cloudy).

Rangers lose, 2-0. Out.

[9] oh, man. my brother and his family are gonna be crushed.

i only follow MLB and root for the Yankees. i couldn't care less about any other team or sport. (for the most part...)

I liked the Isles as a kid so I am glad to see the Rangers lose.

ugh. this guy again. who in the goddamn fuck is billy burns and why the fuck does he keep getting extra base hits against us??? i hate this fucking kid!

[11] i did too, but my brother and his kids dig the rangers so i'm sad for them. my brother shares a birthday with you and my oldest nephew has one on sunday, so i'm sorry their big days are pretty much ruined from this...

zobrist. another one i can't stand. you just know he's gonna hit a double here...

pitch the ball, cap.

Garrett Jones, now Headley--again!--man, Mr. Potato Head, these fielders are awful.

i'll be very happy if the baseball rangers win! : )

[16] i have the roku feed, via mlb.tv. i'm now seeing it.

wow. that was really bad. these are professional baseball players getting monopoly money, right? jeesh.

Chris Capuano is just not a major league quality pitcher any more.

there's the double.

so, we sweep the royales but will have been swept by the two worst teams in the west. (yes, i'm saying we'll get swept in this series.)

the fuck?!

oh, look at that. another double!

remember when Mussina gave up eleventy one of them in a row to the Tiggers? at least he was a hall of fame pitcher. i miss Mikey Moose. i will not miss Capuano.

just get him out of there now. put in Rogers, fuck up our run differential, and get rid of them both.

Good Lord. Last night's loss really hurt.

[21] I'm pro getting rid of Capuano and Rogers.

hey, there's esmil! he's looking at Cap, thinking "I can do that better. You give up 4 runs getting no outs. Watch me give up 5!"

No need to stay up late tonight. Cap. can't pitch anymore and they will do nothing against Grey. The last three in the order are really over matched.

[22] sure did. CC shouldn't have gone back out and Carpenter certainly shouldn't have taken over with inherited runners on base.

[25] i always have a plethora of reasons to stay up late!

cashman called headley an average fielder. chase was kicking some ass with the leather. now he's really bad.

i watched chipper jones man the hot corner all the time for many years. i always heard how terrible he was. i gotta tell ya, he was pretty frickin' awesome. he may not have had great range, but he caught darting line drives, charged and barehanded bunts beautifully, had a fucking *canon* (like A-Rod), and pretty good glove on grounders.

he was also pretty decent with the stick...

sucks i'm only around when none of the banterers are... : (

I hate the a's. I always considered Chipper to have a good glove.

it's a good thing we're being no hit...

[30] i agree on both accounts!

btw, i'm having your birthday beer right now. Slainthe Mhath!

[32]. Better late than never. Sláinte!

i figured he'd be sitting on the curve and crush it.

also figured he'd catch a routine grounder, even if it hit the edge of the grass.

i guess i figured he'd then strikeout...

40 pitches through 4.

according to flash, the jump gritner got was not actually part of the play. jump + catch = separate parts.

baseball rangers win!

read: shit sox lose : )

no. keep warren in the rotation. there are tons of bullpen options. i don't care if Cap is getting $5 mil. can't keep running him out there.

well, i kinda care about the $5 mil. i think it should be split between the commenters on this thread! : )

Is it time to rename the Mendoza Line the Drew Line?

ok, this is the last half-inning i'm watching. i'm then going to collect my prorated portion of capuano's salary and play bananagrams with my wife, on our deck : )

mccann can!!! 4 games in a row. no hitter gone, shutout gone. too bad there were no base cloggers...

[39] as long as the definition of the line is closer to .150 than .200!

the Drew line: Ofer.

[41] Mendoza never hit lower than .180. Drew topped that the last 3 seasons. It is amazing that he is still on the team. $5 mil. is the answer I guess.

I love watching highlights on mlb network. I don't believe Didi has appeared.

jesus, dodo. you fucking SUCK at baseball!!!

i know, i know, he has great range... (Hi, RI!)

wait, the hometown scorer called that a hit? with the catcher running?! holy fuck. that's a giant bunch of fucking bollocks. dodo should be given TWO errors on that play, just cause he sucks at baseball (range notwithstanding)!

oh, here's that burns kid. i'm expecting a 3-run homer with only one guy on base.

it's weird, if we somehow comeback to win, i'll be happy but i really don't care. huh.

pretty insipid playing by the pinstripes.

cap and esmil combined era is over 11.

bright cloud's era is under 2.

our team is somehow in first place, and losing to a last place team.

feh.

i'm watching A-Rod, then walking away again...

groundout. ho-hum.

good night, no banterers...

Settle the fuck down, lawrie. Your act is tired.