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Espn Rangers Winter Forecast

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3090033

The world wide leaders Ranger's off-season preview. Amazingly they didn't start off with a Yankees-Red Sox off-season preview and then just devote small paragraphs to the rest of the league.

I don't think they follow the team so much saying our main need is pitching, and Bourbon is a TOP OF prospect so take it with a grain of salt...

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Our pitching does need to get better
I know the Rangers need hitting but the pitcing isn't that great yes they do have good pitching prospects coming up but the staff of last year wasn't that good.
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by boomer1 on Nov 6, 2007 12:56 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Sorry...
There is no doubt are starting pitching needs to get better...I was just alluding to the fact I didn't think it is the #1 need when Carlos Silva is the best pitcher in the FA market.

by nikpin on Nov 6, 2007 1:02 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Um
Yes it is the #1 need, it's just not the #1 most easily fillable need.
Ben Franklin. Gandhi. Jackie Robinson. Winston Churchill. Martin Luther King. Jesus Christ. And now... Dwyade!!!

by thedirkatron on Nov 6, 2007 4:40 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Sweet
I guess I'm of the opinion that are OF is the #1 need. But hey what do i know...

by nikpin on Nov 6, 2007 6:54 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Grammar Police
  1.  If you are trying to use the first person plural possessive pronoun in reference to the team, then the correct spelling is "our" not "are."  I'm a Texan, so I definitely struggle pronouncing the two words differently, and I would assume that is why you keep spelling it "are."
  2.  You nor I are members of the Texas Rangers, therefore there is no need for you to use the pronoun at all.  Instead you should say, "I'm of the opinion that OF help is the #1 need for the Texas Rangers."  I used to do that in the past, but it helps you make a stronger argument to refer to the team in third person unless of course you are C.J. Wilson who has every right to use the personal pronouns.

by rangeressary on Nov 7, 2007 12:57 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

LOL
Thanks I knew my education wasn't worth much. I actually have a notebook that I write common grammatical error's in. This will have to be added!

by nikpin on Nov 7, 2007 10:00 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Well
that's fine if you do. It's a defensible opinion.

But the reasoning you stated above was simply to say that it wasn't our greatest need cause Carlos Silva was the best available FA pitcher. To me that says, "It's not our biggest need, cause it's not a need that can be filled."

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

by thedirkatron on Nov 7, 2007 1:29 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Well...
All in all that wasn't a bad report. A little vanilla, but I would have to say surprisingly accurate from ESPN. As for Borbon, I suppose he would have to be considered a top OF prospect given his draft status and our dearth of OF prospects.

by Topgun22 on Nov 6, 2007 2:59 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

agree
the community list rates Beltre and Mayberry higher, but Beltre is mentioned and Mayberry is not a CF prospect (which is really what they are talking about).

by Brandon Wilson on Nov 6, 2007 3:37 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Not surprised
The author cover Seattle, and gets a pretty good view of the division.
'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 6, 2007 3:44 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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