Well, the 2009 season has started. Last season, I started taking shots at the Detroit Tigers when they stumbled out of the game, mainly because they were one of the AL contenders who passed up on signing Home Run King Barry Bonds.
This year? Maybe my target is the Texas Rangers.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/154116-opening-week-random-baseball-musings
Why? Well, it's because when they started out 3-0, some of their players were talking about "expecting to win" this year. Hello? It's still early!
Marlon Byrd: "This team has a different feel. We go out there and we're expecting to win now."
"The team chemistry in here is second to none, and right now it's a special team to be part of," said pitcher Brandon McCarthy.
Funny. McCarthy didn't even pitch all that well (2 HR, 4 BB, 3 R, 5 IP). And it's not like he's been in all MLB clubhouses to know that. (To steal a line from Rick saying that anyone who listed Toronto as the top 10 cities in the world had only been to 9 other cities.. hahaha)
Well, in their 2nd and 3rd wins, Texas pitching allowed 13 runs (but scored 20 runs total).
In their 4th game, the Rangers lost 15-2. Okay, no perfect season after all.
In their 5th game, today, the Rangers lost 4-3. Their pitcher (someone named Harrison) gave up four runs, nine hits, and five walks in 5 2/3 innings.
Well, I wonder what happened to their winning attitude.
The bottom line is, they can't pitch (as usual), so it doesn't matter whether they expect to win or they have good chemistry. They're still going to have a rough year.
Of course, after that 3-0 start, there were people blogging on the Internet about how the Rangers have "proven" they're the team to beat in the AL West.
What a joke.
And oh, in that link I posted above, I also talked about former Jay A.J. Burnett. Wonder if he'll be injury-free this year...
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