Posts Tagged ‘Wally Pipp’
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All Star Break: Back and ForthJuly 20th, 2008
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While Back-and-Forth would certainly be an accurate description of the Rangers to this point, a team written off for dead before April was over (at least twice…check our columns…) that has clawed its way back to the fringe of the playoff picture without sweeping an opponent yet. But this column is Back and Forth as Cary and I take turns looking at Texas topics for the second half. Cary’s answers will be in bold. Mine will be intelligent.
KEN: So, I’ll start this by tossing you a softball. (Just don’t hit it back at me….we both know I can’t field it…) Who is the Rangers’ MVP so far? The two-time player of the month, or are you going to avoid the obvious answer? Read more
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Who’s On First? Third Base….May 26th, 2008
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Well, not yet, but it is too nice of a headline to ignore. As the season of bizarre-but-successful-adjustments-on-the-fly continues, suddenly the plan is for 2-time All-Star 3rd baseman Hank Blaylock to move across the diamond and take over first base. (However on Friday, Hank didn’t get called up because of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, which is what will happen if you sit around playing GTA4 with Cary’s mom for weeks on end.)
While I love Hank, he’s looking less and less like the Hammer and more and more like the Nail. After missing great chunks of last season and the early going this season with various injuries, it’s getting tougher to count on seeing his name in the lineup. When he got Wally Pipped by Ramon Vazquez, Hank read the writing on the wall (and promptly had to go back on the DL with eye strain…). Actually, he saw Vazquez with a .359 average, read all the quotes about Ramon just helping this team to find a way to win, and thought maybe we could use a bat over at 1st base.