WTF Indeed: Actually in the summer they do Subby

citation? rofl.

The Ballpark in Arlington (or whatever the hell they call it) is a notorious hitters park. This is part of the reason the Rangers have had historically bad pitching.

Bullets seem too.
/too soon?
//probably.

TheJoe03: The Ballpark in Arlington (or whatever the hell they call it) is a notorious hitters park. This is part of the reason the Rangers have had historically bad pitching.

Part of it is also the fact that the Rangers have had some of the best power hitters in baseball on their teams over the years.

That historically bad pitching thing is supposedly about to change with guys like Feliz, Holland, and Kiker coming into their own. Then again, Rangers heard the same thing about the DVD trio and that didn't exactly pan out as planned for them.

You can say what you want about hitting at Coors Field, but to be fair players get punished for playing in Denver when it comes to MVP voting. Other than 1997 when Larry Walker won putting up some downright stupid numbers (.366, 49 HR, 130 RBI, .720 Slg) no Colorado player has ever really been a serious MVP candidate when the votes were counted.

I mean in 2001 Larry Walker hit .350 with 38 HR and 123 RBI and finished 24th in MVP voting. Todd Helton has never finished higher than 5th and in that season he hit .372 with 42 HR and 147 RBI. That was the year Jeff Kent won.

Actually, checking Baseball Reference Dante Bichette finished 2nd in 1995. Barry Larkin won the MVP even though Dante Bichette was a triple crown threat that year (1st in HR and RBI and 3rd in BA).

*cough*Humidor*cough*

Outshined_One: Part of it is also the fact that the Rangers have had some of the best power hitters in baseball on their teams over the years.

Is it the field or the player? Milton Bradley, Gary Matthews Jr, and Sammy Sosa The Later Years never looked so good

Hitting coach to manager, to manager in the World Series, to hitting coach?


Sounds like bad ownership or something, he probably didn't suddenly forget how to manage. Or maybe he got lucky for a few years there. I don't follow baseball closely enough.

bhcompy: Outshined_One: Part of it is also the fact that the Rangers have had some of the best power hitters in baseball on their teams over the years.

Is it the field or the player? Milton Bradley, Gary Matthews Jr, and Sammy Sosa The Later Years never looked so good

Why can't it be both? Guys like Alfonso Soriano, Mark Teixeira, Pudge Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez, Alex Rodriguez, Raffy Palmeiro, etc. moved on from Texas and had productive years elsewhere. The Ballpark helped them, but a lot of those guys were pretty good power hitters regardless of the field.

Outshined_One: bhcompy: Outshined_One: Part of it is also the fact that the Rangers have had some of the best power hitters in baseball on their teams over the years.

Is it the field or the player? Milton Bradley, Gary Matthews Jr, and Sammy Sosa The Later Years never looked so good

Why can't it be both? Guys like Alfonso Soriano, Mark Teixeira, Pudge Rodriguez, Juan Gonzalez, Alex Rodriguez, Raffy Palmeiro, etc. moved on from Texas and had productive years elsewhere. The Ballpark helped them, but a lot of those guys were pretty good power hitters regardless of the field.

For sure, but most of those were roiders anyways

uofacats2004: citation? rofl.

Houston is well known as a hitter's park.

If you need proof, look at the contract Milton Bradley got last offseason.

3rd highest park for dingers last year. Nice job there Lou.

Huh, I didn't realize they had let Rudy J. get away.

erratick: Hitting coach to manager, to manager in the World Series, to hitting coach?


Sounds like bad ownership or something, he probably didn't suddenly forget how to manage. Or maybe he got lucky for a few years there. I don't follow baseball closely enough.

Hurdle probably found out through the grapevine he's not manager material right now.

He did a pretty good job in getting a hitting instructor job, and probably thinking in the back of his mind that the manager job will be his if the Rangers and Washington ever part ways.

He should have waited for an offer to manage - Hurdle is too good to be a hitting coach.

didn't yankee stadium have the most HRs this year?

TheJoe03: The Ballpark in Arlington (or whatever the hell they call it) is a notorious hitters park. This is part of the reason the Rangers have had historically bad pitching.

It's now called the Little Baseball Field next to Jerry's World.