Local Talent?
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 3:41 PM CST
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PrintI started thinking of baseball players who grew up in the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex. So who is the best local player to make it big in the Majors?
I am looking at the signing of Kerry Wood by the Cleveland Indians. It is hard to believe that Wood is 31 years old. He has won 77 games and has a career 3.65 ERA. He cannot be the best from the area, can he? I am sure there are tons better players that I am not thinking of.
Nolan Ryan wasn't from the Dallas-Ft. Worth area by the way!
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Heh, Local Talent
I thought this was about strip clubs, or fav ladies night haunts…
Now I’m bored again :(
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Hang out with Pacman Jones
He will show you around and maybe even make it rain if you are lucky!
Miami bound...
Here's something along those lines courtesy of the Dallas Stars
http://stars.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=711&id=20273
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 31, 2008 10:46 AM CST up reply actions
Feel free to share your secrets.
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by inactive lsb user on Dec 31, 2008 2:44 PM CST up reply actions
Psshaw...
I have none any longer…I’m so far outta circulation I make Susan B look popular…sigh…
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
so then lets see
when i was in college.. it was the Clubhouse?
if i am remembering correctly! Pantara;s place?
I was there one night when the Stars won the Cup! Tons of drunk hockey players! The girls were all geeked up!
Yes, you are correct.
But you haven’t partied there until you’ve partied with the owners…great times!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Club Legends/Club Legacy
Those were my two favorites in Arlington. I remember going to one of them for the first time (the all-nude one, I can’t ever remember which that is) and when my friend told me it was BYOB, the conversation went something like this:
Me: OK, so this place is BYOB?
Friend: Yes, so we have to stop on the way to get beer.
Me: And it’s all-nude?
Friend: Yep.
Me: Let me get this straight- you bring your own alcohol, which saves money on drinks, since you’re not paying club prices- and you get to see the girls totally nude, not just topless?
Friend: That’s right.
Me: OK, so can you tell me why the FUCK we’ve been going to the other place instead?
I think that’s part of my problem- I’m the kind of person who attempts to apply logic to situations like this…
"I dont care to debate with a troll." - Sharky
by RCCook on Dec 30, 2008 4:53 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
LMAO
HAHAHA!
Legends with a 1.75 bottle of Tequila in a smoked black bottle…you will never sit alone!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
LMAO
HAHAHA!
Legends with a 1.75 bottle of Tequila in a smoked black bottle…you will never sit alone!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
PS: Chicas Locas
its totally nude byob and you can catch baseball and footy there.
has a little mexican flava as well.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
i live like 5 minutes from there
i heard its kind of dingy but i cant say that im not a little intrigued.
Never rule out Jim Bowden.
That guy is effing crazy.
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Dec 30, 2008 9:21 PM CST up reply actions
yeah it took me a few years to have the guts to walk into the joint
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
I would think Chicas Locas
would be nothing but Mexican flava.
Freddie King rules faces.
by Cecilio's Guante on Dec 30, 2008 9:35 PM CST up reply actions
No way ese.
Freddie King rules faces.
by Cecilio's Guante on Dec 30, 2008 9:37 PM CST up reply actions
they also had a major drug bust there recently
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 30, 2008 10:05 PM CST up reply actions
i thought i sold it enough
but then dirk had to sell it just a little more.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
lolol
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by inactive lsb user on Dec 31, 2008 2:46 PM CST up reply actions
Nice tip,
mebbe I’ll swing by sometime ;)
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
I don't do that,
any longer…
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Dallas off NW Hwy.
I actually havent been in years since it moved. My wife doesnt like me to bring home strippers, or dancers, or any strange chick I meet for some reason. I remember the one in Arlington being a lot of fun too. I believe the laws are a little more relaxed over there. That used to be the only reason to go to Rangers games.
From what I heard
NW Hwy = Vietnamese Bath Houses
Freddie King rules faces.
by Cecilio's Guante on Dec 30, 2008 9:46 PM CST up reply actions
I know they're some over there
I think moreso on Harry Hines, but Ive never been into that. Plus I dont think bathing with Vietnamese men would be as fun as it sounds. But I guess it depends on your bath buddies.
You been on Harry Hines lately?
Major redevelopement happening there, especially up north. Kinda cool.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
I moved from Dallas to Los Angeles
eleven years ago. I used to work at UTSW on Harry Hines. I was amazed when I was in Dallas this past January at how much different the Metroplex looked. The idea of developing Harry Hines 10-15 years ago would never have crossed my mind.
by mrichardson70 on Dec 31, 2008 8:43 PM CST up reply actions
NW HWY
best speed trap in the city. Street is loaded.
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by inactive lsb user on Dec 31, 2008 2:46 PM CST up reply actions
stay far, far away from the one in paris
ive heard bad stories
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 31, 2008 12:58 AM CST up reply actions
Depends what you call the metroplex
Tris Speaker and Rogers Hornsby were from North Texas, with Speaker hailing from Hubbard, which is near Hillsboro. Since that is a pretty liberal definition of the Metroplex, I’d probably have to go wtih Banks. But Speaker and Hornsby were better players, imo
in everybody's opinion
Mandatory reading before suggesting a trade
by ab03 on Dec 30, 2008 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I should hope so
but there is always someone who’ll start raising a fuss about a statement like that (probably a closet Cubs fan out there), so I figured that I’d just avoid the inevitable confrontation by qualifying my statement.
Hornsby
was born near Winters out in West Texas. He grew up around here but he wasn’t technically “from” here.
"We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round." - Tony Romo
well now were cookin
we got the old generation gap to consider too. Tris and Rogers were of the same era, but Banks was of a different mold!
Lackey
Grayson County Community College legend!
Sherman/ Dennison
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
And one
of the nicest guys in baseball. Played ball against him during summer lgs in HS and college. Hard nosed, old school ballplayer. Good guy.
by Michael Cave on Dec 30, 2008 4:44 PM CST up reply actions
Lackey
Just barely- he transferred from UTA after one season because he wanted to pitch, and Grayson CC was more willing to let him do so. At least that’s the story I’ve heard.
Speaking as a UTA alumnus, I don’t claim Lackey. Hunter Pence, Mark Lowe, Tim McKyer, and Cliff Odom, definitely. But if you weren’t at my school when you got drafted, I don’t count you.
We also don’t claim Lou Diamond Phillips, but that’s for different reasons. Embarrassment, mostly. :)
"I dont care to debate with a troll." - Sharky
Yep
There’s a dorm named after her on campus, so we pretty much have to.
And the Lackey thing was mostly in jest- I’m just bitter he transferred. When your school’s main athletic claim to fame is the wheelchair basketball team, it tends to make you feel small in the face of all the UT and A&M alumni on these forums…
"I dont care to debate with a troll." - Sharky
hey arent you guys getting a real basketball arena
or sumpn? id even go to a few games a year if it wasnt at the apollo
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
Lou Diamond Phillips? of losing his wife to another woman fame?
awesome!
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 4:52 PM CST up reply actions
Shame
that Clay Gould passed away when he did. UTA’s program was on its way to perennial top 25 status. GREAT COACH!! and human being.
by Michael Cave on Dec 30, 2008 6:46 PM CST up reply actions
John Lackey
He’s from Abilene. I was in youth group with him at the Highland Church of Christ there. He was a year ahead of me. He played QB at Abilene High for 3 years and, honestly, wasn’t very good. He played 1B on their baseball team and was pretty good. He never pitched in high school to my knowledge. I never really knew him very well but his dad and his sister were nice enough.
"We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round." - Tony Romo
shanahan
wouldnt that be a nice change of pace?!!
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 5:30 PM CST up reply actions
i bet jerry keeps wade because he wants to “stand by his statement”.
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 4:53 PM CST up reply actions
What kind of magic
do you think Shanahan could do with our healthy O-line and barber, jones, and choice. Flat out murder to other teams.
by Michael Cave on Dec 30, 2008 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
a healthy OLine and this years team wins the Arizona and Pittsburgh games. Add the NYG playoff game last year too!
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 8:13 PM CST up reply actions
Vernon Wells,
Ben Grieve, Todd Ritchie and the immortal Mike Bacsik hahaha
If were running a family tree the add Tom Grieve!
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 4:49 PM CST up reply actions
Paul Richards
as well. He is from way back. My dad used to play at Richards park in Waxahachie in HS.
by Michael Cave on Dec 30, 2008 6:45 PM CST up reply actions
HP alums?
Cam Blair is probably stil toiling away in minors. Miles sorry but most overrated Scot ever: Xerxes Martin. We played him a few times in summer and crushed him. Thought you would enjoy those blasts from Highland Park past ha
by Michael Cave on Dec 30, 2008 6:43 PM CST up reply actions
Joe Morgan
is from Bonham. Kinda far for the metroplex, but if Grayson County College counts. Then Bonham has to also.
i think Joe Morgan with his play by play and career on the field could be a winner!
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 5:23 PM CST up reply actions
He was born in Bonham, at least.
He didn’t grow up there as far as I know. Two other Bonhamites to consider: Danny Darwin and Roy McMillan. Neither are really contenders for this high honor but by Bonham standards they are the Babe Ruths of baseball.
i think his play by play
would automatically disqualify him and overrule any talent he showed on the field.
I have always like Joe’s play by play! Very humble guy for a sure HOF!
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 5:41 PM CST up reply actions
give me some examples
because I’ve never really bothered paying attention to the guy
+1
FJM may have shut down for now, but the archives are still a great way to waste time.
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
Yeah
For the first six months or so at my current job, I didn’t really have any major projects to work on, and would read FJM archives for about two hours every day.
Awesome!
So I never realized how many people disliked Joe Morgan! I just checked out FJM. OMG! That is really funny! I still stand behind liking Joe though! Maybe it is that he is simple and when I watch a game I like to sit back and relax! Even if he is calling the game on a seven second delay!
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 9:08 PM CST up reply actions
This may be a weird question
but are you new to the interwebs?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 30, 2008 10:06 PM CST up reply actions
oh nothing
it just splains alot.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 30, 2008 10:19 PM CST up reply actions
that site is considered for hero worship
by all who hate morgan, and the crowd is sizable
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
Dirk
You asked a question that i think you could have figured out on your own. I see you have been on this blog for what a couple months more? and you have been blogging on a couple of other sites for roughly a year? So from what you said i will take from that your being a dick to me for whatever reason? My brother told me about this website because I have time to kill while watching my 2 year old! Thanks for the warm welcome!
by mrichardson70 on Dec 31, 2008 12:39 AM CST up reply actions
I think it's just because
You write like shit.
It’s fine, really. There are a ton of people here who can’t write very well.
by brettgardner on Dec 31, 2008 12:47 AM CST up reply actions
dont worry about him
he hates any1 who doesnt think just like he does
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
or apparently write like he does
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
Don't be so offended.
It’s obviously the reason Dirk asked. We can all see it. Might as well try to improve, right?
by brettgardner on Dec 31, 2008 1:38 AM CST up reply actions
huh?
I wasn’t being a dick — you need to lighten up buddy.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 31, 2008 8:00 AM CST up reply actions
You can look above for a site that
explains his stupidity pretty well.
And the first time I found out how stupid Morgan (also never paid attention to him before then) was when he came out trashing Moneyball. He never read the book and thought Billy Beane wrote it, but he was certain that it was just about nerds and calculators and such.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
The way he always knows what was going to happen after the play occurs
He drives me crazy. His “I knew he was going to steal that base” or “I knew the squeeze play was coming” makes me want to beat the crap out of my tv and/or wife. I couldnt watch sunday night baseball because of him.
spousal abuse,
always a funny punch line.
"You’re the worst poster here I think."--- brettgardner
by red shoe ranger on Dec 31, 2008 7:10 PM CST up reply actions
Chris Bosh, Deron Williams, LaMarcus Aldridge.
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
Bryon Hopkins
should be on there somewhere. If he hadn’t gone to fucking SMU to ruin his development.
Bracey Wright and Daniel Horton were decent too.
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by inactive lsb user on Dec 31, 2008 2:55 PM CST up reply actions
Yep
Bracey Wright was thought to be a better prospect than Deron coming out of high school.. Horton disappointed me, but I guess Michigan as a whole disappointed under Amaker.
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
Lance Armstrong - Plano
He’s probably the best athlete from TX ever.
"Evolution happened, now get over it." Michael Shermer
although he doesn't claim Plano
he claims Austin as his hood….don’t know why.
Freddie King rules faces.
by Cecilio's Guante on Dec 30, 2008 9:17 PM CST up reply actions
PISD screwed him
Short story: When he was in high school and would miss school for cycling events, they didn’t let it slide. They would bend over backwards for a football player, but since he was just riding a bike, they didn’t let have excused absences for that. I think they were going to hold him back a year or something like that too. In the end, he moved to Austin where the school district was supportive of him and since then, he claims thats his home town.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
The Ticket recently did a segment on
Sammy Baugh and suggested that he might be the best athlete ever from Texas, for what that’s worth. They noted his ability to throw the ball given an era where the running game was all that mattered, and the fact that he was a decent quarterback despite playing with a football shaped much more oddly than it is today.
Did he play with the black man?
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
Good point.
Fire Todd Dodge. Seriously. 45 given up in the 1st quarter. Wow. But still we're better than Washington! Oh and, SUCK IT WESTERN KENTUCKY! 1-10 baby!
You know, I didn't even think about that.
And I always think about that sort of stuff when it comes to baseball players. That is a good point.
except for the fact
that if other major sports athletes had taken up cycling instead of their chosen sports Lance would be sitting at home right now typing on boards like these.
"You’re the worst poster here I think."--- brettgardner
by red shoe ranger on Dec 31, 2008 7:12 PM CST up reply actions
update
with 2 min left in the game the Mavs lead by 2!
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 9:41 PM CST up reply actions
Mavs win
after being down by 22 at half!
by mrichardson70 on Dec 30, 2008 9:44 PM CST up reply actions
Fuck 22
They were down 29 in the third. Biggest comeback in franchise history.
by brettgardner on Dec 30, 2008 9:45 PM CST up reply actions
Down 29 at one point
Biggest comeback in Mavs history.
Fire Todd Dodge. Seriously. 45 given up in the 1st quarter. Wow. But still we're better than Washington! Oh and, SUCK IT WESTERN KENTUCKY! 1-10 baby!
Overcame a 29 point deficit, largest in franchise history.
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
Scott Livingstone went to Lake Highlands,
was an all-time bad ass in the SWC for A&M and had a spare major league career with San Diego & Detroit.
Spud Webb, Larry Johnson and Dennis Rodman are all from Dallas as well.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Woah, It's Jeremy
I know you but you probably don’t know me. You lived with my brother at A&M Commerce.
Hanley Ramirez
Boston wanted to make a trade for him (back). The deal was ellisbury and buchholz. I wouldnt even hesitate if the Marlins were willing! Hanley is a monster!
German Duran
FW Paschal.
"A ~.650 OPS from a COF should get you deported, not traded for."
- The Huntressatron
by inactive lsb user on Dec 31, 2008 2:57 PM CST up reply actions
SERIOUSLY
Is thiS a thinly-disguised gay dating website?
I'm just killing time until I'm reincarnated.
no
i think if you look around a little youll see that there is no disguise at all.
Never rule out Jim Bowden.
That guy is effing crazy.
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Dec 31, 2008 3:12 AM CST up reply actions
We should do a thread on biggest busts from the metroplex sometime
I dont have any nominees, but there was a kid from Frankston ( Paul Coleman? ) who was drafted real high by the Cards but never made it. Thats east Tex, probably a little far out
You would have to add
Todd Van Poppel to that list.
by mrichardson70 on Dec 31, 2008 8:59 AM CST up reply actions
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