Rangers call up Mike Olt

[Long John]

Batboy?

Also re: Hamilton, is this odd and cryptic quote:

"“When the time is right, I’ll be honest with you, you’ll be right in the loop. I’ve been shown a lot of things over the past week. There’s disobedience and there’s obedience to God. I’ve been being disobedient. It may be a small thing to you, but it’s a big thing to him. There’s consequences. It’s like a father and a kid. There are disciplines. You guys can chew on that and think about it.”"

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/20...josh-hamilton/

I've got $10 that says he got drunk and slept with another man.

[SlideRule]

So it was his inability to kick his chewing tobacco habit? Weak sauce.

But it does make his "You guys can chew on that and think about it" comment pretty funny, if it was intentional.

[virgonomic]

LOL. An office colleague tried to find 10 participants for a new Yahoo league, but only roped in six, and at least two of them would appear to have no idea what they're doing. I currently have a 17-point lead on 2nd place, but it's always more fun to keep working to maximize my score. I'm almost un-catchable at this point in AVG, OBP, R and RBI, but I could still win or lose points in HR and SB.

Note to yourself: recruit here next April. I would have joined.

[onejayhawk]

Great at bat for his walk off hit last night. 9 pitches, culminating in a walk off hit through the hole. Phil Coke is pitching, runners at 1st and 2nd, 2 out

Pitches
Ball
Called Strike
Called Strike
Foul
Foul
Ball (Blocked by catcher)
Foul
Foul
Ball in Play

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX201208110.shtml

The "blocked by catcher" pitch was a checked swing on Coke's strikeout pitch. It was a curve ball that started up and ended in the dirt.

Wasnt this guy just in AA?

J