Friend of Batter's Box Jamey Newberg, proprietor of the best
major league baseball e-mail newsletter on the planet, just posted a
special edition of his daily missive to Texas Rangers (and other
baseball) fans everywhere. Here's part of what he wrote:
We were on the road, starting a seven-game trip, losers of seven out
of nine, facing the team with the best record in the American League,
matched up against perhaps the most consistently dominating pitcher in
the league ...
... (who, with a win, would have had one fewer victory on the season
than the Rangers as a whole), sending out not our number one, and not
our number two, but a young starting pitcher still trying to establish
some degree of dependability -- and we battled our way to a win.
It's frustrating that we're capable of games like that but are just
as prone to struggle against Detroit, Baltimore, and Kansas City.
But that’s about the only thing that was frustrating about Texas 5,
Toronto 4. Good grief, that was a good win. A tough,
resilient, solid win. A third straight three-run effort from
Brandon McCarthy. Ian Kinsler’s first opposite field home run
since birth. Nelson Cruz erasing any questions. Pivotal
defense at third base from Michael Young. The consistently
reliable Jason Jennings, commanding as nasty a breaking ball as this
staff has seen in a few years. Ron Washington bucking
conventionality and Frankie Francisco making it pay off.
Solid.
Your thoughts, Bauxites?
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