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The Twins need to stop winning. ****

He has pitched very well lately, yes. But the Cy Young is for the entire season. And it definitely doesn't matter one bit how good or bad the team is. Zack Greinke won the AL Cy Young in 2009 on a horrible Royals team. Lincecum won it in 2008 and 2009, and the Giants missed the playoffs both those years. Actually, the last NL pitcher to win the Cy Young AND make the playoffs in the same season was Chris Carpenter in 2005. Adam Wainright is definitely ahead of Hudson in the race. Not even you can deny that, and if you do, then idk what to say. His K/BB ratio is so far superior. Josh Johnson is interesting. He probably needs his team to get him a few more wins, but if you don't look at record, then I'd put him over Hudson as well. Believe me, I'd love Hudson to win it. But I'm tellin ya that his strikeout total and K/BB ratio is going to kill his chances. He'd need one of the other contenders to implode to win it. Maddux's lowest K total in his Cy Young streak was 156. Hudson won't even approach that. And it was more his K/BB ratio than any lack of Ks. Maddux walked very few batters those last two years.

He definitely has the ERA and the record to warrant very strong consideration. But what I think is gonna hurt him is his lack of strikeouts, and his weak K/BB ratio. I don't think he'd finish top 2 if the season ended today.

:rotflmao: Tim Wakefield sucks! First pitch of the 11th, Nelson Cruz pounds his knuckleball out of the park for a walkoff HR. WIN!!!

Hmm interesting. I'll have to watch the highlights on mlb.com because I'm sure all that will be on there. Right now the Rangers are going to the 11th, so I'm a little occupied with that for the moment.

Say what? Splain plz.

Josh Hamilton is further solidifying his MVP status tonight. Four hits, two terrific catches in CF, and great baserunning, including scoring from 2nd base on an infield hit just now. Rangers were down 8-2, and have climbed the mountain to tie it 9-9 going into the 9th. This game has had it all.

If we lost Hamilton to another team, I'd be incredibly depressed. He's not only an amazing player (offensively and defensively) but he's probably the most loved player on the team amongst the fans. That is why this whole ordeal with the selling of the team was imperative to get solved. Before it ended, it was looking like Hamilton was destined for his Ranger days to be numbered.

If there is one person whose absence would severely debilitate his team, it would be Josh Hamilton. That is why he will win MVP.

He is absolutely the biggest reason why our pitchers have made such improvements the last two years, and why we are in position to get to the playoffs. When normally a pitcher would be going 5, maybe 6 innings and with a 100 pitch count. He's say **** that and make sure you pitch to 120. Pitchers are going so much deeper in games than we had gotten used to over the last decade. Make them pitch out of it.

haha I'm not a Skins fan anymore!! :pfft: My favorite baseball team is the Rangers, no doubt. I will always hold my local teams higher than the others. But the Braves are #2. I'm just one of the many people that got hooked to the team at an early age via TBS.

He was hardly the one running the show for the Braves.

Nearly blew the save is what I meant. ok! :mad:

And he nearly lost again. But the Rangers decided to bail him out. edit: so he is Spiderman?

The Rangers owned him last night, so posting that really doesn't make sense.

un****ingreal...leadoff triple and we can't score. ****!!!!!!!

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The Rangers win! THEEEE EEE EEEEE RANGERS WIN!!!! Walkoff hit against Rivera! That is the second time in less than a week that a Texas opponent has intentionally walked a guy to get to David Murphy. The A's did it and he made them pay. The Yankees did it and he made them pay!

Gary Matthews Jr.'s catch from a few years back will top most.

Cuban wanted to move the team to downtown Dallas. But our current ballpark is only 16 years old. Sure, it may need some renovations like a better big screen. But I love that ballpark. Plus, being in Arlington makes it a central location for both Dallas and Fort Worth fans. And being right next to the Cowboys can't be bad either.

Nolan Ryan wins the bidding for the Rangers!!!!! YEAHHH!!!!!

Today is the 17 year anniversary of Nolan Ryan's massacre of Robin Ventura. Easily the most memorable game I've ever attended. Fitting that it's on the day of the auction. WNETI5Abx0o

WTF is Rich Harden doing actually pitching well? @ the Angels getting mowed down by our scrub of a pitcher. :rotflmao:

whaaaaaat?? He can't even throw the ball back to the pitcher. That's why he never got back to the big leagues after getting injured once the season started.