Twittering Texas 4, Boston 2.
I'm not going to make a habit of this, but the circumstances were right tonight, and I did the Twitter thing from my seat at Rangers Ballpark. It went something like this: FIRST INNING: 1st: hunter 11 pitches, Beckett 22...like seeing D.Anderson getting more aggressive sending runners...make 'em make a play SECOND: Papi getting aggressive on the bags? Like that too FOURTH: Hunter's G/F tonight will be deceiving; lots of bad contact in the air FIFTH: In the 15 years before 07, Hunter is a top 5 prospect for this org; now -- 12ish? 15? Impressive as hell SIXTH: Someone oughtta research this: lowest pitches per inning in a start vs super-disciplined Boston this year SIXTH: That 20-something-pitch inning: my bad, that's on me; one other thing – (I'm gonna choose not to reprint the rest here) SEVENTH: Another great Anderson send EIGHTH: Yeah sabermetricians: Texas pitching no better this year; mm hmm EIGHTH: Hamilton just a little better than Beckett, just like TB thought 10 years ago EIGHTH: In 10-year career, Dave Anderson never played against Boston; coaching game of his life tonight vs Sox NINTH: Liiiiiiikes me some 2009 C.J. If you're on Twitter and want to follow me, I'm at @newbergreport. Also, I'll announce a few new raffle and auction prizes for Newberg Report Night soon – they include an autographed Nolan Ryan baseball, an autographed Kevin Millwood batting practice jersey, a miniature batting helmet signed by six Rangers players, an 8 x 10 team photo signed by 14 players, and an autographed 8 x 10 Michael Young photo. =========================================================== To join the free Newberg Report mailing list so you can get e-mail deliveries of every edition of the newsletter, daily minor league game recaps, and frequent Newberg Report News Flashes, go to www.newbergreport.com and click the "Mailing List" link on the top menu bar. (c) Jamey Newberg http://www.newbergreport.com Twitter @newbergreport If you want to be removed from this list, please e-mail me at newbergreport@sbcglobal.net