Batting Kings: Texas Rangers Dynasty

[Roy31]

Dynasty im starting today with the 06 Mod and updated rosters.

Settings:

- Play All 162

- All-Star level

- Rosters up to date

[KCBQ11]

I can't wait. Sounds good. Make it good man. I'll be following.

[Roy31]

Transactions

Rangers Sign 1B Erubiel Durazo

Rangers/Devil Rays Deal

Rangers send:

1B Erubiel Durazo

Devil Rays send:

LF Carl Crawford

SS B.J. Upton

Rangers organization is very pleased with the deal. Getting 2 speedy players and an all star in the making in Crawford.

[KCBQ11]

That was a big steal for you. I can't believe the CPU accepted that.

[Roy31]

That was a big steal for you. I can't believe the CPU accepted that.

Tell me about it lol. I needed an outfielder and some speed.

[D-Unit]

yeah like KCBQ said that was a great move. it should help out your team a lot. especially with crawford.

[KCBQ11]

yup. Wish you luck on your dynasty. Hope you don't quit like i did lol.

[JoeyMcM93]

Wow, that was quite the steal. Durazo sucks too, lol. Looks like a good one. I'll be watching! Good luck!

[kgbaseball]

That deal must be the biggest ripoff in history!

[JoeyMcM93]

Possbly, but I think I had one better. I once traded Barry Bonds in his third year of the dynasty for Gomes, Cantu, and Baldelli! I think it is clear, Tampa Bay is the best team to trade with!

[kgbaseball]

heh, are you sure you had fair trades on? That's one heck of a steal. In my current Dodgers dynaty I traded Ricky Ledee straight up for Joey Gathright which isn't fair, so maybe EA forgot to give TB any logical thinking ability.

[KCBQ11]

One time i got Scott Kazmir for Mike Myers.

[Roy31]

Transactions

Frisco Roughriders (AA)

Send down RHP Nick Masset, And RHP Chris Baker to Bakersfield (A). Call up LHP John W Danks and RHP Thomas Diamond.

Sign RP Felix Heredia

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Heredia is not the best reliever available but it gives the rangers bullpen another southpaw and he has a pretty nasty slurve. And I think its best to get my 2 future aces in double AA right off the bat.

Pitching Rotation

Batting Order VS Lefties

Batting Order VS Righties

Well I think im ready to get the season underway and dominate and yes fair trades are on hehe, Tampa Bay is stupid. What you guys think of my lineup?

[KCBQ11]

GREAT! But texas dosen't have Shouse anymore. The Brewers have him.

[Roy31]

All Texiera! Cordero & Otsuka Close Out Red Sox

April 4th, 2006 - Game 1 Of 162

Game 1 Of 3: Boston Red Sox (0-1) @ Texas Rangers (1-0)

Boston Red Sox 4, Texas Rangers 6

Game Wrap:

First pitch for millwood a changeup high and away got cranked for a Solo shot by Coco Crisp. Rangers bounced back in the top of the first with a 3 Run Shot courtesy of Mark Texiera. Millwood held the big sluggers of the red sox in check for the most part. The bullpen pitched 2 scoreless innings to give the Rangers a season opening win.

Game Notes:

Coco Crisp went 3 for 3 hitting a home run and 2 singles. Brad Wilkerson fractured his hand on a slide to 2nd after Blalock hit into a double play.

Player Of The Game:

Mark Texiera 3 for 4, 1 HR, 4 RBI's

Rangers' Box:




 Player			  Pos   AB R H RBI BB SO  AVG


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1 C. Crawford		 LF	4 1 1   0  0  0  .250   


2 G. Matthews Jr.	 CF	4 0 0   0  0  2  .000


3 M. Young			SS	4 2 2   0  0  0  .500


4 M. Texiera		  1B	4 2 3   4  0  0  .750


5 B. Wilkerson		RF	2 0 0   0  1  0  .000


6 H. Blalock		  3B	4 0 1   0  0  1  .250


7 K. Mench			DH	4 1 2   1  0  0  .500


8 R. Barajas		  C	 4 0 1   0  0  1  .250


9 D. Jimenez		  2B	4 0 3   1  0  0  .750


10 L. Nix			 RF	1 0 1   0  0  0  .1000








2B: H.Blalock (1), M.Young (1)


HR: M.Texiera (1)


RBI: M.Texiera (4), K.Mench (1), D.Jimenez (1)




E: G.Matthews Jr. (1)




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Pitching Lines:




BOS				   IP   H  R ER BB SO HR  ERA


C.Schilling (L 0-1)   7.0 11  5  5  1  4  1  6.43


R.Seanez			  1.0  3  1  1  0  0  0  9.00




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TEX				   IP   H  R ER BB SO HR  ERA


K.Millwood (W 1-0)	6.2  8  4  4  2  0  1  5.40


C.Almanzar			0.1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0.00


F.Cordero			 1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0.00


A.Otsuka (S, 1)	   1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0.00


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Linescore: 


	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  --  R  H E


BOS 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0	  4  9 0


TEX 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 X	  6 14 1


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Transactions

Rangers place OF Brad Wilkerson on the DL (21 Days)

Upcoming Games

April 5th, 2006

Boston Red Sox (RHP Josh Beckett 0-0) Vs Texas Rangers (RHP Adam Eaton 0-0)

April 6th, 2006

Boston Red Sox (LHP David Wells 0-0) Vs Texas Rangers (RHP Vicente Padilla 0-0)

[Taylor_Made]

Great Win man love the set up, keep up the great work

[cybernetic]

what are you doing about the Wilkerson injury? Who fills in?

[Roy31]

Im going to throw Laynce Nix in there. My outfield should be fine I have some good depth. Crawford, Nix, Matthews Jr, Mench ill go with for now.

Hehe heres something funny to chew on. I just looked up the league leaders after the game and Erubiel Durazo whom I traded went 2 For 5, 2 HRs, 4 RBI's in his first game lol.

[KCBQ11]

Looks like the D-Rays knew what they were doing. Anyway, good dynasty man. But the only thing is can you put in-game pics? It would make it even better to read. Thank You for a great dynasty.

[Roy31]

Texiera & TheWild Night In Arlington

April 5th, 2006 - Game 2 Of 162

Game 2 Of 3: Boston Red Sox (0-2) @ Texas Rangers (2-0)

Boston Red Sox 6, Texas Rangers 7

Game Wrap:

This was pitchers duo Beckett retired 9 straight batters at one point and Eaton was tossing up pop fly after pop fly. But once the 6th inning came around the rangers slammed 2 solo home runs back to back off of beckett. Then in the 7th Beckett gave up a couple singles and then Mench hit a 3 run dinger on a fastball inside. Eaton got into a Jam early in the 7th and Heredia got the rangers out of the 7th. In the 8th Heredia walked a batter and gave up a single and therefore the change bringing in Bauer who left a hanging changeup right over the dish and got slapped out for a 3 run dinger by pinch hitter JT Snow (lol). Almanzar finnally came in and retired the sox in the 8th. 6-6 going into the bottom of the 9th and MARK TEXIERA hits a WALK OFF Home RUN!

Game Notes:

Manny Ramirez has gone 0-9 in the first 2 games and is the only hitless redsox batter. D'angelo Jimenez A pleasant suprise for the rangers went 3 for 3, Solo HR, SB, 1 RBI.

Texas looks for the sweep tommorow with Vicente Padilla on the Mound.

Player Of The Game:

Mark Texiera 3 for 5, 1 HR, 1 RBI

Rangers' Box:




 Player			  Pos   AB R H RBI BB SO  AVG


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1 C. Crawford		 LF	5 0 1   0  0  0  .222   


2 G. Matthews Jr.	 CF	5 0 1   0  0  0  .111


3 M. Young			SS	5 0 1   0  0  0  .333


4 M. Texiera		  1B	5 2 3   1  0  0  .667


5 H. Blalock		  3B	4 2 3   1  0  0  .500


6 K. Mench			DH	4 1 1   3  0  0  .375


7 L. Nix			  RF	4 1 2   1  0  0  .600


8 R. Barajas		  C	 3 0 1   0  0  0  .286


9 D. Jimenez		  2B	3 1 3   1  0  0  .857


10 M. Derosa		  2B	1 0 0   0  0  0  .000








2B: C.Crawford (1)


HR: M.Texiera (2), K.Mench (1), D.Jimenez (1), L.Nix (1), H.Blalock (1)


RBI: M.Texiera (5), K.Mench 3 (4), D.Jimenez (2), H.Blalock (1), L.Nix (1)




E: M.Young (1)




SB: D.Jimenez (1)




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Pitching Lines:




BOS				   IP   H  R ER BB SO HR  ERA


J.Beckett			 6.2 14  6  6  0  0  4  8.10


R.Seanez (L 0-1)	  1.1  2  1  1  0  0  1  7.71




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TEX				   IP   H  R ER BB SO HR  ERA


A.Eaton			   6.1  9  2  2  1  1  0  2.84


F.Heredia			 1.0  1  2  2  1  0  0  18.00


R.Bauer			   0.1  3  2  2  0  0  1  54.00


A.Alfonseca		   0.1  1  0  0  0  1  0  0.00


C.Almanzar (W 1-0)	1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0.00


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Linescore: 


	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  --  R  H E


BOS 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0	  6 14 0


TEX 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1	  7 16 1


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Transactions

N/A

Upcoming Games

April 6th, 2006

Boston Red Sox (LHP David Wells 0-0) Vs Texas Rangers (RHP Vicente Padilla 0-0)

[Roy31]

Rangers Play Small Ball

April 7th, 2006 - Game 4 Of 162

Game 1 Of 4: Detroit Tigers (0-3) @ Texas Rangers (3-1)

Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 8

Game Wrap:

Kameron Loe pitches a solid 7 innings striking out 3 batters and only giving up 3 runs going into the the 8th when he loads the bases on 2 singles and a walk. Rangers call to the bullpen and they gave up a few runs but still kept the lead. Otsuka comes on in the ninth and gives up 2 singles then retired 2 batters and then closes the game with a strikeout.

Game Notes:

Rangers former All-Star catcher Ivan Rodriguez went 2 For 4 with a solo HR and 1 RBI. Texiera failed to hit a HR snapping his 3 game HR streak. D'Angelo Jimenez went 1 For 1 boosting his average to 875 on the season.

Rangers Notes:

Rangers were thinking about sending down Mark DeRosa but after this game they will keep him in the big leauges for a little longer. 2B Ian Kinsler is just itching to get called up.

Oakland Athletics are off to a 4-0 Start, Rangers lie 1 game back.

Player Of The Game:

Carl Crawford 2 For 4, 2 RBI's

Rangers' Box:




 Player			  Pos   AB R H RBI BB SO  AVG


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1 C. Crawford		 LF	4 2 2   2  0  0  .294   


2 M. Young			SS	4 1 2   3  0  0  .353


3 P. Nevin			DH	5 0 2   2  0  0  .444


4 K. Mench			RF	5 0 0   0  0  0  .235


5 M. Texiera		  1B	5 0 1   0  0  1  .444


6 H. Blalock		  3B	5 0 1   0  0  0  .375


7 M. DeRosa		   2B	3 1 2   0  1  0  .286


8 G. Matthews Jr .	CF	3 2 2   0  0  0  .286


9 G. Laird			C	 2 0 2   1  1  0  .500


10 D. Jimenez		 PR	1 2 1   0  0  0  .875




2B: M.Young (2)


HR: M.Young (1)


RBI: C.Crawford 2 (2), M.Young 3 (3), P.Nevin 2 (2), G.Laird (1)


SH: G.Matthews Jr. (2), C.Crawford (1)




E: M.Young (2)




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Pitching Lines:




DET				   IP   H  R ER BB SO HR  ERA


M.Maroth (L 0-1)	  5.1 10  5  5  2  1  1  8.44


C.Dingman			 2.2  5  3  3  0  0  0  6.00




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TEX				   IP   H  R ER BB SO HR  ERA


K.Loe (W 1-0)		 7.1 12  6  6  1  3  2  7.36


F.Heredia			 0.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  10.80


C.Almanzar			0.2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0.00


A.Otsuka (S, 2)	   1.0  2  0  0  0  1  0  0.00


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Linescore: 


	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  --  R  H E


DET 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0	  6 16 1


TEX 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 X	  8 16 1


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Papparazzi Pics

N/A

Transactions

N/A

Upcoming Games

April 8th, 2006

Detroit Tigers (LHP Nate Robertson 0-0) Vs Texas Rangers (RHP Joaquin Benoit 0-0)

[Roy31]

Lol **** I put this recap over the previous one by accident. Anyways tthe other one was a 5-1 loss to the bo sox.

[Roy31]

DeRosa & Benoit Lead The Way

April 8th, 2006 - Game 5 Of 162

Game 2 Of 4: Detroit Tigers (0-4) @ Texas Rangers (4-1)

Detroit Tigers 2, Texas Rangers 4

Game Wrap:

Both pitchers were cruising along in the first half of the game, Robertson working the count forcing alot of ground balls, Benoit striking out batters and had a perfect game going into the 5th when he walked a batter then Texiera made an error on a throw from Young. But Benoit was able to get out of the 5th inning with out giving up any runs. Bottom 5th Mench & Blalock both hit singles and DeRosa swinging a hot bat smokes a Home run to left field scoring 3. Then in the 8th Benoit gets in a Jam and gives up a 2 Run blast to Guillen and in the Bottom of the inning Michael Young hit a solo HR to make it 4-2. Otsuka closes out the game as usual in the 9th.

Game Notes:

Ivan Rodriguez went 0 for 4 and struckout twice. Carl Crawford got caught trying to steal 2nd making him 0 for 2 in stealing attempts this year.

Rangers Notes:

Buck Showalter is very happy with his 2nd base play from DeRosa & Jimenez. What was once thought a weakness heading into the season.

Player Of The Game:

Mark DeRosa 2 For 3, 1 HR, 3 RBI's

Rangers' Box:




 Player			  Pos   AB R H RBI BB SO  AVG


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1 C. Crawford		 LF	4 0 1   0  0  0  .286   


2 M. Young			SS	4 1 1   1  0  0  .333


3 P. Nevin			DH	4 0 1   0  0  1  .385


4 K. Mench			RF	3 1 1   0  0  0  .250


5 M. Texiera		  1B	3 0 1   0  0  0  .429


6 H. Blalock		  3B	3 1 1   0  0  1  .368


7 M. DeRosa		   2B	3 1 2   3  0  0  .400


8 G. Matthews Jr .	CF	3 0 0   0  0  0  .235


9 G. Laird			C	 3 0 0   0  0  0  .286






HR: M.Young (2), M.DeRosa (1)


RBI: M.Young (4), M.DeRosa 3 (3)




E: M.Texiera (1)




CS: C.Crawford (2)




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Pitching Lines:




DET				   IP   H  R ER BB SO HR  ERA


N.Robertson (L 0-1)   7.2  8  4  4  0  2  2  4.70


C.Dingman			 0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0  5.68




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TEX				   IP   H  R ER BB SO HR  ERA


J.Benoit (W 1-0)	  8.1  4  2  2  2  4  1  2.25


A.Otsuka (S, 3)	   1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0.00


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Linescore: 


	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  --  R  H E


DET 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0	  2  5 0


TEX 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 X	  2  8 1


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Paparazzi Pics

DeRosa's HR To Left

Nook Logan Strikeout

Blalock Hits Into Double Play

Otsuka Closes Out The Game

Transactions

Brad Wilkerson's Injury Has Now Been Downgraded to 2 Weeks

Upcoming Games

April 9th, 2006

Detroit Tigers (RHP Colby Lewis 0-0) Vs Texas Rangers (RHP Kevin Millwood 1-0 5.40 Era)

[Roy31]

Big Bats Come Through

April 9th, 2006 - Game 6 Of 162

Game 3 Of 4: Detroit Tigers (0-5) @ Texas Rangers (5-1)

Detroit Tigers 2, Texas Rangers 7

Game Wrap:

The Tigers got off to a quick start in this one with a Leadoff Home Run by Carlos Guillen. Then in the 3rd Ordonez hit a Sac Fly cashing in one. The following inning Hank Blalock Skys one to right to tie it up. Then the rangers bats were back at it again in the 6th with THREE back to back to back Home Runs off of starter Colby Lewis! Then Texiera hit another home run in the 8th for insurance. Rangers win 7-2, Millwood pitches a solid complete game.

Game Notes:

Slugger Craig Monroe went 0 for 4 for the second straight game and struck out twice. Rangers look for the sweep tommorow night.

Rangers Notes:

Buck Showalter has been dissapointed with DH/OF Kevin Mench's play. Buck told the media to keep an eye on the story.

Player Of The Game:

Hank Blalock 3 For 4, 2 HR, 3 RBI's

Rangers' Box:




 Player			  Pos   AB R H RBI BB SO  AVG


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1 C. Crawford		 LF	4 0 1   0  0  1  .280   


2 G. Matthews Jr .	CF	4 1 1   0  0  1  .238


3 M. Young			SS	4 2 2   1  0  0  .360


5 M. Texiera		  1B	4 2 2   3  0  0  .440


6 H. Blalock		  3B	4 2 3   3  0  1  .435


6 K. Mench			DH	4 0 1   0  0  0  .250


7 L. Nix			  RF	3 0 0   0  0  1  .375


8 R. Barajas		  C	 3 0 0   0  0  0  .200


9 D. Jimenez		  2B	3 0 1   0  0  0  .727




2B: M.Young (3), K.Mench (1)


HR: M.Young (3), M.Texiera 2 (5), H.Blalock 2 (3)


RBI: M.Young (5), M.Texiera 3 (9), H.Blalock 3 (4)




CS: C.Crawford (3), D.Jimenez (1)




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Pitching Lines:




DET				   IP   H  R ER BB SO HR  ERA


C.Lewis (L 0-1)	   6.1  9  5  5  0  3  4  7.11


R.Colon			   1.2  2  2  2  0  1  1 10.80




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TEX				   IP   H  R ER BB SO HR  ERA


K.Millwood (W 2-0)	9.0  8  2  2  0  3  1  3.45




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Linescore: 


	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  --  R  H E


DET 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	  2  8 0


TEX 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 X	  7 11 0


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Paparazzi Pics

Hank Blalocks 4th Inning Blast

Hank Rounding The Bases

Transactions

N/A

Upcoming Games

April 9th, 2006

Detroit Tigers (RHP Jeremy Bonderman 0-1 5.40 Era) Vs Texas Rangers (RHP Vicente Padilla 0-1 11.25 Era)

[KCBQ11]

Good dynasty man.