For the love of God, can we get some pitching? How many seasons have to be blown to bits before SOMEONE in Texas realizes that outside of a pretty fine closer, the Rangers bullpen is empty? I almost wish I couldn’t brag about sending Dan a note at the start of the 11th to the effect of “Kameron Loe comes in to start the 11th, chalk up another loss for the Rangers.”

Seriously. Knock off the cutesy spelling of your name and get the job done. He’s actually not even the worst offender, despite the two HR in 19 innings he’s given up, but to go single, double, intentional walk to set the plate for Garrett Anderson with nobody out, and the always flammable Brian Shouse coming in from the pen, ugly things will happen.

To recap, that’s now 23 runs in 10 games, 17 in the nine losses out of those 10. The losing streak is at three, the deficit in the AL West is at 8.5 and climbing. At this rate, it will be in double figures (or would that be triple figures) by the weekend. Anaheim doesn’t want to lose, and Texas can’t remember where it put the good bats. It’s fugly.

At least Julio Franco came through again, with a two-run triple and three RBI in the rain against the Marlins.

I don’t follow the NBA all that much, but I do realize that there seemed to be too many question marks about Andrew Bogut’s health for him to be such a solid #1 pick. Thus, when he was on one satellite feed right next to President Bush’s address tonight, I commented to the aforementioned Dan that “two men are simultaneously saying ‘this is the right thing to do’, and one of them isn’t quite telling the truth.”

The answer is closer than you may think.

And with that, I leave you…. Boof Bonser