Thursday, August 09, 2012

David Murphy's hot bat and a few baseball thoughts

The Rangers are 65-45 after taking 2 of 3 in Boston.  They are 5 and a half over Oakland and 6 and a half over the Angels.  I'll take those standings after 110 games.  

They can thank David Murphy for a hot bat....Murphy went into Wednesday's game hitting .421 (16-for-38) with eight RBIs in his past 12 games, and .364 with four home runs and 24 RBIs in his past 42 games.

Let's remember a couple of items from baseball history.

How many of you remember the first night game at Wrigley?  It happened 24 years ago and it was shown nationally over WGN.  I remember the whole thing.  I think that the Cubs lost the game. 

Also, the Yankees retired # 37 in 1970.  It was Casey Stengel's number, or the manager who led the Yankees from 1947-60.  They won the Series 9 times during his tenure.  It was probably the most successful run in major leage history.

The Yankees have now retired # 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15 16, 23 32, 37, 44 & 49.  They will soon add Rivera's # 42 & Jeter's # 2.

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