Lone Rangers of Loser Justice

The Rangers suck. There, I said it. They wait until Jose Bautista's last at bat of the series (their last series matchup of the season) to hit him with a pitch and then a punch. Is it Bautista's fault that they threw a trash pitch that he hit to the moon in last season's playoffs? I'd argue no, but to each their own. When something like that happens, it's only fair that you toss your bat to the moon so the ball has some company.

 

This majestic hit and bat flip apparently rubbed the Rangers the wrong way. Or maybe it was the fact that they blew the lead and got sent packing after Joey Bats dropped his pants and took a dump on them. You be the judge. Slightly heartbreaking to me that Matt Bush had to be the man to hit him with a pitch, but he's on his second day of MLB baseball, so I'll give him a pass for caving into the stupid request.

 

The Rangers are dead to me and are now the softest team in the majors. Congrats boys, you sucker punched the GOAT of bat flips and still couldn't knock him down. I'd hit you with some Chumbawamba, but that doesn't even apply because Odor hits like a little girl. You want to come at the king, you best not miss. He better thank his lucky stars Beltre stepped in because when your best shot doesn't take the man down, it's time to run.

 

All my love,

@corbeech

Saturday Morning WakeUp

Good Saturday morning! I won't be posting anymore this weekend after this one due to husbandly duties, it is my wife's birthday weekend and I'll be busy as shit. Let's jump into what happened last night, then look forward to the high points of the weekend.

Heat Fight Off Elimination, Defeat Raptors 103-91

Miami forced a Game 7 last night after taking down the Raptors at home. Goran Dragic poured in 30 points while Dwyane Wade added another 22. After turning it up in Game 5, DeMar DeRozan scored 23 and Kyle Lowry had 36. The Raptors had a chance to clinch last night and they laid an egg. They will return north of the border to fight it out one more time in Game 7 on Sunday. Early Prediction: Heat win.

Welcome to the Show, Matt "F@cking" Bush

By now you should have read the article posted yesterday about troubled pitcher Matt Bush. Well at the ripe old age of 30, the former number one pick in the draft finally made his major league debut. Bush got thrown into the fire in the ninth inning with Josh Donaldson, Jose Bautista, and Edwin Encarnacion waiting for him. Bush would strike out Donaldson before retiring the next two in order for a scoreless and hitless inning. I am proud for him. Hopefully, he can stay clean and actually get to throw more.

Looking to the weekend, there are a few interesting things on the schedule, but nothing like last weekend. Game 7 between Miami and Toronto is on Sunday. The winner will face Cleveland in the Eastern Conference Finals. 

Sunday Night Baseball features St Louis headed to Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers. Mike Leake (traitor) will take the hill against Alex Wood. Any time the Cardinals play, it's always a good chance to root against them. 

The NASCAR boys are in Dover for the weekend. Racing, to the normal fan, means nothing at the moment. We still have a few races before the Playoffs begin to take shape. Tomorrow in Dover, Kevin Harvick is on the pole. Blog Folk Hero, Dale Earnhardt Jr, will be his partner on the first row. In the last five races, Kyle Busch has finished first or second in four of them. He leads the standings with three wins and is starting third. 

That's all I have. Hopefully some of the other writers might keep you entertained this weekend. Hope you all have a great time!

-Dug

@chansm1th

Matt Bush is Heading to Arlington

A bit of an interesting story has popped up today. Matt Bush, the #1 overall pick from the 2004 MLB Draft has been called up by the Texas Rangers from AA Frisco. Bush was selected by the San Diego Padres in what was a surprising pick at the time and one that did not pay off for them. This will serve as his MLB debut once he officially gets to play for the Rangers. Why has it taken 12 years for him to reach this point? Bad decisions. 

Bush's professional career has been marred by alcohol induced poor decisions that found him sentenced to 51 months in a Florida prison. While in the Tampa Bay organization, he ran into and over a 71 year old man on a motorcycle while sporting a .18 BAC. Thankfully the man survived the incident which included his head being ran over in the process. However, this was Bush's third DUI within 10 years, so he had sort of ruined all possible good will. Reading through his rap sheet would make you think you were screening Eastbound & Down and watching Kenny Powers in the flesh. 

Bush was released from prison just under 7 months ago and has been working his way back into the good graces of baseball in hopes of achieving the dream of being a pitcher in a major league game. It appears that dream will soon become a reality with today's call up and I can only hope that Texas will be able to keep him clean like they did for Josh Hamilton and get his life turned around to become a positive example.

All my love,

@corbeech