Rangers

I'm really not sure what to think about the Rangers game last night. Padilla gave up 5 runs in the first and the Rangers had to work from behind and they came back. The Mariners didn't go down without a fight, however, they scored in the eighth and ninth innings to tie it up at 12. C.J. Wilson did not look good working in a non-save situation. High fastballs are never a good idea.

Here's my hot sports opinion of the day. DON'T BRING HANK BLALOCK OFF OF THE DL. Again this year Ramon Vazquez is doing a great job filling in for Blalock. Although many will say that Vazquez doesn't have the power to be a starting 3rd baseman I disagree. He hits for average, .323. He only has 5 RBI, but I still think he's a better option than Hank, especially with a power hitting center fielder on the roster who continues to drive in runs.

Hamilton has 8 home runs, .306 average, 43 RBI, and 22 Runs in 39 games. That's over 1 per game. Thanks to Hamilton the pitching doesn't have to be perfect.

The bullpen has been looking better of late, but last night was not a good one for the pen. Benoit did not look good and Wilson wasn't good either. Despite the pitching the Rangers have been battling back into the A.L. West.

Buck Showalter on Baseball Tonight commented on the improvement the Rangers are making and even had some really positive comments on Hamilton. Buck is good on Baseball tonight and should probably stick to that gig since he obviously doesn't do well as a manager.

Speaking of manager, I'm still not sure I like the way Wash keeps moving players around in the outfield. They need to stick with a configuration and keep it. What I mean is stop moving Murphy and Boggs around from Left to Right. Keep them at one position and let them play. They are doing a great job and need to every opportunity to excel, moving them from side to side can lead to errors because they get used to seeing the ball of the bat from a certain angle. One of the weak spots before the season has turned into a real strength, credit to the GM for bringing up Boggs and getting him out there.

The Rangers are 4.5 games out of first and are only 3 games under .500, I really can't believe it after the awful end of April they had. Hamilton is really putting this team on his back and carrying this thing.