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Nightcrawler
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I never make the game thread, but I figured I'd step in and try to help the Rangers actually win a game ( hopefully more) in Oakland.
The Rangers are 1-5 here on the season and their only victory in this horrid ballpark came on April 17th.
The first game is huge, well they all are, but I still think the first one is most important in this series.
Kendall Graveman appears to be a mediocre pitcher with mediocre overall stats, but he has dominated the Rangers this year. Graveman is 2-0 with a 2.61 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP in 3 starts against the Rangers. Could we all possibly chip in money and give Khris Davis a 2 week vacation to Australia or something? That guy just murders us.
It would go a long way if we could sustain the momentum from Seattle, beat Graveman, and shutdown Davis. If we are going to have any chance of facing the Yankees in New York in a sudden death game ( daunting task, but Houston went and prevailed one year) we have got to treat Oakland like the bottom feeding losers that they are. We need to win 5 out of 7 against these guys at least.
If I were bannister, I would consider sitting Gallo for the first 2 games of this series. Honestly, Gallo's game is primarily the long ball and the ball doesn't carry in Oakland at night.
I also like that Gonzalez is expected to start against Oakland twice. Why you ask? Because none of our other pitchers have been able to beat them. Who knows? Maybe he could do it. It could actually be considered a positive thing that we don't have Darvish on the team for right now because the A's owned him.
The Rangers are 1-5 here on the season and their only victory in this horrid ballpark came on April 17th.
The first game is huge, well they all are, but I still think the first one is most important in this series.
Kendall Graveman appears to be a mediocre pitcher with mediocre overall stats, but he has dominated the Rangers this year. Graveman is 2-0 with a 2.61 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP in 3 starts against the Rangers. Could we all possibly chip in money and give Khris Davis a 2 week vacation to Australia or something? That guy just murders us.
It would go a long way if we could sustain the momentum from Seattle, beat Graveman, and shutdown Davis. If we are going to have any chance of facing the Yankees in New York in a sudden death game ( daunting task, but Houston went and prevailed one year) we have got to treat Oakland like the bottom feeding losers that they are. We need to win 5 out of 7 against these guys at least.
If I were bannister, I would consider sitting Gallo for the first 2 games of this series. Honestly, Gallo's game is primarily the long ball and the ball doesn't carry in Oakland at night.
I also like that Gonzalez is expected to start against Oakland twice. Why you ask? Because none of our other pitchers have been able to beat them. Who knows? Maybe he could do it. It could actually be considered a positive thing that we don't have Darvish on the team for right now because the A's owned him.