Lost in the shuffle of all the records broken by the Rangers yesterday, did they set some sort of record for most runs scored in 4 innings of a game? It's hard to believe that all 30 runs were scored in only 4 innings.

Let's see, last time I took a train was from Union Station (L.A) to Newhall it was actually quite enjoyable/different.

Here's today's lineup:

Furcal, SS

Pierre, CF

Kemp, RF

Kent, 2B

Hillenbrand, 1B

Martin, C

Gonzo, LF

Martinez, 3B

Billingsley, P

some people are upset Ethier & Loney aren't in the lineup today.

I just think it's funny that a college football program can be accurately criticized for being amateurish.

Loney vs LHP 2007: .382/.435/.509 in 62 PAs
Martinez vs. LHP 2007: .289/.357/.342 in 42 PA

This is Loney's 3rd non-start in the last 6 games. Not acceptable on any level.

I'm usually a big Grady supporter, but I figured today's line-up would be a slam dunk.

Grady is like, well Ned got 'em might as well make him useful.

http://tinyurl.com/2tdp4d

If Amtrak had more convenient schedules I'd take it more often.

Then tuesday my boss said he and basically everyone else in the office would be gone today and was on call.

They will all suffer by my low productivity!!

Grady must be looking at the overall numbers for Gonzo vs Ethier:

OBP/SLG/AVG

L Gonzalez .357/.427/.278

A Ethier .368/.474/.298

sorry, still doesn't make sense

The Baltimore Orioles just gave up 30 runs. The most points surrendered by the Baltimore Ravens in any of their games last year was 26.

In his career in Philly, including the Vet, he is hitting .308/.418/.515 in 273 PA.

sorry bud, couldn't resist ;)

Trains are cool. In 1975, following a 6-month stint on an Israeli kibbutz, I embarked on a 2-month tour of Western Europe via Eurail. The 2-month pass cost me $200. I visited friends in Stockholm and Copenhagen to the north, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and Vienna to the east. I stepped off the train for 20 minutes in Basel Switzerland to buy an authentic Swiss Army knife (turned out to be a genuine fake), and rode the night-train between Munich and Paris to save on hostel fees. The Eurail pass was a good deal all round.

A real headscratcher ...

And of course Gonzo over Ethier.

Very Jim Tracy-esque.

We'll always have Paris and the Internet.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/07/weekly_world_news_goes_online.html

In my mind, that pretty much makes him a gorilla.

Today's line-up is totally stupid but I guess the only rationale behind it is to rest guys for the NY series? Otherwise, I dunno. Fingers are crossed!

I remember asking Johnny Podres one time, "How come there weren't that many injuries to pitchers during his career (1950s)?" He responded, "We drank more beer."

well beer is a muscle relaxer so they might be on to something.

I'm not sure which one it is.

DIAMONDBACKS: 34 games left, H-18, A-16
NLW 25 games - 7-SD, 6-CO, 6-LAD, 6-SF
NLC 9 games - 3-CHC, 3-STL, 3-PIT
NLE 0 games
No.Games ag. Teams under 500: 12
Final week: Away (7) to Pirates, Rockies

PADRES: 37 games left, H-17, A-20
NLW 25 games: 7-ARI, 6-CO, 6-LAD, 6-SF
NLC 8 games: 4-MIL, 4-PIT
NLE 4 games: 1-NYM, 3-PHI
No.Games ag. Teams under 500: 10
Final week: Away (7)to Giants, Brewers

ROCKIES: 36 games left, H-20, A-16
NLW 25 games: 7-LAD, 6-SD, 6-ARI, 6-SF
NLC 1 game: 1-PIT
NLE 10 games: 3-WASH, 4-PHI, 3-FLM
No.Games ag. Teams under 500: 13
Final week: Away (3), Home (3) Diamondbacks

DODGERS: 36 games left, H-15, A-21
NLW 25 games: 7-CO, 6-SD, 6-ARI, 6-SF
NLC 4 games: 4- CHC
NLE 7 games: 1-PHI, 3-NYM, 3-WASH
No.Games ag. Teams under 500: 9
Final week: Home (6) Rockies, Giants

I would never ever ever ever ever (x20) do that again. That may have been the single most miserable travel of experience of my life, even more than getting stuck in a plane on a taxiway at O'Hare during a severe thunderstorm while the guy next to me told me that public libraries were the biggest waste of taxpayer money in America, aside from zoos.

Meanwhile, another fun topic:

"[T]he pitching-starved GMs of America find themselves debating pressing (or is that depressing?) questions like this: Who will get more overpaid this winter -- Kyle Lohse or Carlos Silva?

"Let's face it," said one GM. "It's going to be a nuclear winter."

Stark -- http://tinyurl.com/39fndn

I think I developed chilblains.

Haven't read the rest of the thread, but what the heck is Grady thinking?!

Is he friends with Tim Donaghy? I want an investigation!

I'll start with, well, Amtrak.

The rest of the stuff was just a waste.

Poor at-bats in the top of the first by the Dodgers. Way to make a rookie work.

On the other hand, at least the Phillies aren't working the count either.

Castro vs Billingsley sounds like it could be a fun matchup for many many years to come...

If you could take either Nolan Ryan or Greg Maddux, in their prime, who would you go with? Ryan being the prototypical high pitch count, high strike out, power pitcher; Maddux being the prototypical lower pitch count, force-them-to-put-it-in-play, "finesse" type?

Can anybody on the West Coast get it?

Maddux had an ERA+ of 273 in 1994!

The best Ryan hit with the Angels was 141.

2-5 4.54 35.2 34 hits 18 ER 19 BB 28 K

Walking 200 guys in a season will do that.

Maddux has struck out a lot of batters in his career, over 3200. Which is a lot for pitchers not named Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlton, or Roger Clemens.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind Martinez getting the start at third today if he was replacing Hillenbrand. It's benching Loney that makes no sense to me. I just hope James starts the three in NY.

85 - in his defense, in the two years that he walked 200, he averaged 350 Ks.

Current:
FanGraphs: 45%

vr, Xei