Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet

Stupid commercial has been stuck in my head all weekend...

Great night of baseball last night.

Brewer game:  Best game of baseball played by the brewers this year.  We won the game fair and square.  Lots of small ball, good pitching and key hitting.  Every starter but Lucroy had a hit (minus Marcum).

I never thought I would say this but Francisco has pitched much better than Axford this year.  But I do believe Axford has no converted 50 saves in a row, continuing from last year, leading the MLB.  Another interesting fact the terrible ESPN commentators showed last night, Marcum has the best road ERA in the MLB last year at 2.18ish.  Also how the Brewers only had 6 starting pitchers all year (Estrada I do believe was the 6th when Grienke went out with his basketball injury).  Probably one of the largest factor on why the Brewers made it to the NL champ series, STAYING HEALTHY!

MIL 7 - CUBS 5

Ranger Game:  Completely different game.  Had the Brewer game on the main TV and started with the Ranger game on my phone, later switching to my PC but didn't see much of Yu's first inning but when you have 40 plus pitches to get 3 outs....its usually never good!  But of course the Ranger extreme power came to life and won and saved the game.  This team is strong, maybe even better than last year without CJ.  Don't get me wrong CJ is damn good, and last night has a solid line in his debut with the Angels but the addition of Yu, a contract year for Hammy and a few other major potential free agents, this year could be huge for the Strangers.  Some can argue that some of the Rangers ability to put of large numbers is because of their more than hitter friendly park, but I really believe a lot of it has to do with the line up, but when the wind is blowing in from right at the ballpark next to Jerry world, balls fly and fly far.

I woke up to a text and a ESPN alert on Kinslers extension.  5 years 75 million for a 2B is solid.  Last night he has a laser to left, almost identical to Cruz's rocket after the terrible terrible call at the plate to Hammy.  Not only did he beat the tag, he never tagged him!

Kinslers #'s
7 years in the Majors
32 HR last year
Career #'s

BA	OBP	SLG	OPS

.276

.356

.471

.827

I think Kinsler made out on this deal a little but I hope it pays off for the Rangers.  Rickie Weeks has comparable numbers to Kinsler and is in the middle of a 4 year 39 million deal but also Weeks has a nasty injury bug his first few years of major league ball.  If Weeks can stay healthy it will be interesting to see what the Crew offers him and how comparable it is to Kins.

And last thought, how awesome is it too have Yu's first game with the most famous, and in my mind one of the best baseball players ever, Ichiro together in the same game.  And Ichiro has Darvish's # all game, I think he went 3-4 against him.

TEX 11 - SEA 5