Get off Torii Hunter's nuts

by meatbonelefty on Nov 23, 2007 3:03 PM CST Comment 20 comments

This is mostly for Adam

please get off Torii Hunters nuts. Okay , Torii wasn't a good match for this team like most people have said but not because he's not a good player.
Sure, throw all the numbers you can at me but this guy is class act clubhouse leader who would have made something happen in this Rangers clubhouse full of youngsters. His offense isn't great and probably will get worse toward the last 2 years of his contract which is why we shouldn't have signed him.
For his defense,another fact not mentioned. He has played 81 games a year on the tough turf of the Metrodome for what 8-10 years. I'm sure that takes a toll on you. Finally playing on grass for a whole season will only make this guy better. Another defect of the Metrodome is that roof that is the same color of the damn ball. Do you think late jumps toward the ball and the guessing he has to do in that stadium helps?

If this guy signed with the White sox or the Dodgers then you wouldn't really care too much, but since it's the Angels in our own division you feel you have to make this guy out to be a third rate ball player. I guess that's why almost every team had his as the top centerfielder on the market. If you're so right about him then maybe you should be the Rangers g.m. and sign Mike Cameron.

The fact that he won't be as good in the last year of his contract doesn't matter. Maybe you couldn't tell but the Angels are in a win-now mode
and this move makes a guys like Willits and Figgins expendable to get Miguel Cabrera. They have a lot of youngsters and now they need the right number of veterens to guide them. stop trying to be their g.m when you don't know what they're doing.

All I know is this move with the one with Garland will only improve this team to stomp past the other A.L. teams to get to the W.S. That's what a real team does

So seriously stop posting crap about Hunter. I don't want to hear what experts like Keith Law have to say. The Angels have a plan to win the World Series (something the Rangers are beginning to come up with) Maybe we should listen to the Angels G.Ms have had to say and study it as much as you've been on the "Don't bring Torii Hunter, bring Mike Cameron to town bandwagon"

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Gross

Fingernails on a chalkboard ...

T.R. -- enough is enough.

by Chase Irwin on Nov 23, 2007 2:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Isn't...

the correct use of someone "being on your nuts" when they are positively obsessed with you? I mean, I think if Adam was "on Torii's nuts," he would have been trying to get Torii in Arlington.

by benmor78 on Nov 23, 2007 3:33 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Jeez!!!

Get off MBL's nuts, Ben!!!

Ben Franklin. Gandhi. Jackie Robinson. Winston Churchill. Martin Luther King. Jesus Christ. And now... Dwyade!!!

by thedirkatron on Nov 23, 2007 4:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

All of this nut talk

is making me hungry for some Planters.

by Agreen07 on Nov 23, 2007 4:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe he meant...

quit busting Torii's balls.

by benmor78 on Nov 23, 2007 4:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm guessing.....

you're right, but in what has turned into Sharky's world, you can never be sure.....remember Spock's immortal quote, "In an insane world, the sane man must appear insane".

by tklawless on Nov 24, 2007 10:49 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dude

I don't normally suggest people not writing diaries, but it seems like if you are so fed up with what AJM writes, specifically his thoughts about Hunter, Cameron, and quoting experts' opinions, you should go to another blog...

It is one thing to criticize someone's viewpoint, but telling a blog owner what and how he should and shouldn't write is way over the top. You are probably the only person in the entire LSB community that doesn't want AJM to express his strong opinions about the team (not wanting Hunter) or quoting baseball experts in his posts (which implies that he spends a significant amount of time reading articles which he incorporates into his posts).

AJM is so dedicated to this blog. He has spent hours upon hours upon hours writing posts, managing the site and reading articles about the Rangers. Nobody is making you read it.

So if you want to argue about why you think Hunter will be good for the Angels, good for you. But if you want to negatively criticize the way AJM runs his blog (which he basically does for free), then get out of here cause nobody wants any part of your negativity.

by Agreen07 on Nov 23, 2007 3:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

A little harsh?

"mostly for Adam", apparently since Adam provided the most information (data and opinions) about Torii Hunter. It's a defense of Torii Hunter, I'd guess, and aimed at all who frankly didn't want him as a Ranger on any kind of longer term contract.

Agree it's not separate diary-worthy and could have been posted within a Hunter topical. I don't think MBL is crusading against the blog owner, at least not on all points and issues. Maybe just the Hunter aspect of dealings, including agreeing with whatever the Angels' point of view might be.

'At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.' Erk Russell / Georgia Southern

by Ed Coffin on Nov 23, 2007 3:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I guess this part bothered me

"So seriously stop posting crap about Hunter. I don't want to hear what experts like Keith Law have to say."

You can disagree about Hunter but you shouldn't tell a blog owner what to write about or how to do it (not to quote experts). Even if you disagree about what Law has to say on Hunter, you should praise AJM for taking the time to go read what Law has to say about the move and then quoting him in the post instead of each of us having to read Law's entire article, like what a lazy blog writer might do.

by Agreen07 on Nov 23, 2007 4:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

True

And true.

'At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.' Erk Russell / Georgia Southern

by Ed Coffin on Nov 23, 2007 4:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

I can't believe you misused the phrase "get of x's nuts" so badly.

It's means the exact opposite of the way you used it.

But it was a nice try at least.

Ben Franklin. Gandhi. Jackie Robinson. Winston Churchill. Martin Luther King. Jesus Christ. And now... Dwyade!!!

by thedirkatron on Nov 23, 2007 4:04 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Although...

The sound of being on someone's balls does sound painful.

Remember that time your dog ate my goldfish, and you lied and told me I didn't have any goldfish? Why did I have the bowl bart? Why did I have the bowl?

by i hit straight ball very much on Nov 23, 2007 4:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Definitely used

the phrase incorrectly.

Off Topic: I read that the phrase "Balls to the Wall" came from fighter pilots. The throttles had balls on the ends of the shafts and when they were going to go full speed they would push the balls all the way forward and would be against the wall of the cockpit.

It makes no sense to criticize someone for using "experts opinions" and "numbers". Let me guess you have good face and can just sense that this will be a deal that we regret. I am all in favor of having an opinion that goes against the numbers or having a hunch, but you can't imply that someone doesn't know what they are talking about and you do when you have nothing to back it up.

Experts and Stats > tea leaves

Ephesians 1:3-10

by kwellborn on Nov 23, 2007 4:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs