See-Saw Battle

Hello once again! I seem to like writing on this late at night. I suppose it is when my brain is working the best. Haha, as you might tell, I'm a really big night owl. I stay up till all hours of the night and then sleep in until like the afternoon if I don't have to work. And this week I don't have to work until Wednesday, so yay!

So, the Rangers-White Sox game today was a see-saw battle from the beginning. The third batter of the game, Carlos Quentin hit a homerun off of rookie Matt Harrison to put the ChiSox up 2-0. However, the Rangers quickly battled up and then tied it up. Milton Bradley strode to the plate and hit his 19th homerun of the year. Milton is breathing down Mr. Hamilton's neck! (I thought it was quite funny when they showed the four Ranger All-Stars before the game today holding up their All-Star jersies and Josh was giving Milton the rabbit ears and then Milton responded by sticking his foot up behind Josh. Lol. It was pretty funny.) Anyway, he tied up the game at 5. Mr. Ian Kinsler also extended his hitting streak to 25 games a little bit earlier, scoring two on a double. He is getting ever so closer to the Ranger record held by Gab Kapler with a 28 game hit streak. The ball was carrying well in Arlington today and balls from off the bat looking like simple pop-ups turned into RBI doubles. The hit parade was going for both teams, both having I believe at least 20 hits by the end of the game. The Rangers were up 12-8 going into the 9th inning. My boy, C.J. Wilson was coming in after a couple of rough outing where he threw way too many pitches however he battled his way through. C.J. had another rough outing, however he battled and he never lost his velocity. C.J. gave up three runs and I believe had the bases loaded, walking some and giving up five straight singles. It was just that kind of day at the Ballpark where everyone was getting a hit. I was getting quite nervous in the 9th, however we got the win and that's all that matters. Does it leave a tinge of a sour taste in my mouth? Sure, it does. This win should have been a whole heck of a lot easier than it was, however we won our 50th game of the year and that's the important thing. Now, the Rangers go on another pretty long road trip out of the All Star Break, however they have the most home games left on their schedule than any other Major League team.

Just wanted to mention that I watched the first half images on Baseball Tonight and my favorite part of it was when they were showing some of the Rangers players (Hamilton, Bradley, Kinsler, Laird, Young, Rupe) sliding on the tarp at Shea Stadium during a rain-out and having a great time. This team looks like they are having so much fun this year and thus, us Rangers fans are having fun watching this team. They have been a pleasure to watch this season. Now, if only we could get some pitching.....

Home Run Derby time! I can't wait until tomorrow night. The line-up consists of Josh Hamilton (Rangers), Justin Morneau (Twins), Grady Sizemore (Indians), Evan Longoria (Rays), Ryan Braun (Brewers), Chase Utley (Phillies), Dan Uggla (Marlins), and Lance Berkman (Astros).

GO JOSH!!!!!!

<3 hannah