so . . . was this weekend a coincidence or something else?

[WallyWorld]

That was not the same team we've been watching all season. Was this just a coincidence of meeting up with a crappy Rangers pitching staff that had a particularly bad series, or did last week's shake-up light some sort of fire?

[Inside Pitch]

That was not the same team we've been watching all season. Was this just a coincidence of meeting up with a crappy Rangers pitching staff that had a particularly bad series, or did last week's shake-up light some sort of fire?

 

 

I'd argue it's purely coincidence, but one thing even Scioscia haters must admit..... since he's been in Anaheim he seems to get them to up their game when the team faces adversity....   Think back to how he handled the Adenhart tragedy, and to a much lesser degree, the loss of Richards last year

[Blarg]

I would say it is a great weekend and this is like mulling over the best desert you've had at a place not known for them.

 

Just stfu and enjoy something for once!

[stormngt]

Scioscia haters won't give him credit for anything.

I'd argue it's purely coincidence, but one thing even Scioscia haters must admit..... since he's been in Anaheim he seems to get them to up their game when the team faces adversity.... Think back to how he handled the Adenhart tragedy, and to a much lesser degree, the loss of Richards last year

[WallyWorld]

I would say it is a great weekend and this is like mulling over the best desert you've had at a place not known for them.

 

Just stfu and enjoy something for once!

 

who said I wasn't enjoying it?! 

just thought it was interesting that the team just had its best series of the year, immediately following that bizarre shake-up last week. Almost certainly just a coincidence, but still . . .

[WallyWorld]

I'd argue it's purely coincidence, but one thing even Scioscia haters must admit..... since he's been in Anaheim he seems to get them to up their game when the team faces adversity....   Think back to how he handled the Adenhart tragedy, and to a much lesser degree, the loss of Richards last year

 

agreed re: Scioscia. I think the Manager of the Year Award is mostly silly, but when MS won it in 2009, that was one time when it felt really deserved to me. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Id say coincidence. Poor pitching in Arlington.

But if calhoun wakes up it helps a ton. If aybar can just stay aolid, and if cron can just be average it changes a bunch

[bloodbrother]

Coincidence, unless you think they'll be scoring 33 runs every series? I still look at the lineup and don't see much there.

Edited July 6, 2015 by bloodbrother

[Ray McKigney]

I hope it jump starts them for the rest of the season.

[bloodbrother]

Maybe Cron starts to hit better vs LHP, but this team definitely needs to find a legit LFer and a LHB DH. An upgrade at catcher would be nice but no clue who would be available for trade

[Halos of Anaheim]

Little bit of both.

[Hollyw00d]

I think the Rangers suck

[Blarg]

I think the Rangers suck

 

According to Grigori they are a second half team.

 

 

Sunday was the start of the second half.

[stormngt]

Coincidence. But previous poster is right. No one is better than Scioscia in getting the team to ignore off the field drama and focus on baseball.

[fan_since79]

Something will change only if Joyce and Iannetta start hitting again. I'm not holding my breath waiting for that to happen.

[Angel Dog and Beer]

I listened a little to yesterdays game on XM, so I had the Ranger's broadcasting team.  One of them were talking about how they went into the Angels locker room before the game and how it seemed really loose and jovial (he chuckled that it could've been the 21 runs they scored against TEX the previsous two games).  Apparently, the team was playing some questions/answer game with CJ Cron and his "twin" (someone who looks just like him in the TEX organization, I believe).  Anyhow, he mentioned how loose the club seemed and how raucous they were all getting before the game.

[OregonLAA]

Nice to have the secondary guys like Aybar Calhoun and Cron start hitting. That will be huge if they can keep it up. So far this strategy of trying Cron every day instead of in a platoon is working out quite well

[ELEVEN]

According to Grigori they are a second half team.

Sunday was the start of the second half.

He's right. We won the first half 12-1 and they won the second half 5-0.

[disarcina]

either the tension is relieved or last weekend's fireworks at the clubhouse 'scouting issues' meeting featuring DiPoto had the side effect of firing up the team...........

 

perhaps a combination of both ---

 

either way, we'll take it. sweep on the road couldn't have happened at a better time.

[ukyah]

it seems that sample size is a fairly common term in baseball these days.

[ELEVEN]

Can we have a 3rd choice that simply says YES?

[arch stanton]

The Rangers have played like crap at home all season and their pitching doesn't hold up. The Angels are a better offensive team than they've shown, especially in a hitters park. Not so much coincidental as inevitable.

[tomsred]

I would have appreciated this in a tabular form:

 

Something like this  -- Vote for one only:

 

1.  Yes this weekend was a coincidence, the Rangers are pathetic and our team caught them at exactly the right time with their weakest pitchers.  We still suck.

 

2.  Finally, an offensive breakout, we were due because our hitters are much better than they shown up to this past weekend.  This is a legit turnaround.

 

3.  I want to believe #2, and I don't want to jinx it, so I will vote for #1.

 

4.  I believe #1, but I don't want to look stupid so I'm going to keep my mouth shut just in case this is a turnaround point.  I don't want to be highlighted in any stupid throwback thread.

 

5.  I said Scioscia was a POS, and I hate him, so what happened this weekend is all on the Rangers.  This team is in big trouble, and I hope Arte sells it.

 

6.  I think GM's shouldn't meddle in club house affairs, because the GM who possibly did this is gone, but I'm keeping my mouth shut because I don't want to get crucified by Scioscia haters.

 

7.  I could care less, I quit this team before this series started.

 

8.  I have season tickets, and I want to sell them for the highest possible price, so I'm saying everything is great, and we are on our way to the playoffs baby.

 

9.  I wish I had made Chuck a really good offer for this website when he offered to sell it, I missed a great investment opportunity.

 

Addendum questions if you don't want to answer 1-9:

 

10.  Bill Stoneman will never make a trade before the deadline, that's his history and conservative nature.

 

11.  Bill Stonemason will shove it up your booty, and make a stupid trade before the deadline.

 

12.  Bill Stoneman will help guide this team to Winning a World Series this year, and I will spend the next ten years posting that he should come out of retirement, because you are only as old as you appear to be.

 

 

Edited July 7, 2015 by tomsred

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I enjoyed the weekend. That said, they will have to do it for more than three games for me to buy in on it being a turning point.

[Puget Sound Angel]

I think we need more team meetings.