Signifigance of Nolan Hire

by LBrooks on Feb 6, 2008 12:01 PM CST

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Nolan's Role as Team President

1. Strictly a Figurehead

20 votes

2. Actively involved in baseball operations

17 votes

3. Pre-cursor to a change of ownership

9 votes

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by mtex on Feb 6, 2008 12:06 PM CST reply actions

Actively involved..

he's too smart not to be. Change in ownership? Yeh like that's going to happen, we're stuck with that pocket lining oaf for quite a while.

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by LAMuscleFag on Feb 6, 2008 12:06 PM CST reply actions

Well......

.....the fact that Nolan is also involved with business operations makes me think that maybe he can compile the research needed to organize a group of investors to buy this team away from Tommy Boy.

by LBrooks on Feb 6, 2008 12:22 PM CST reply actions

That

is the most optimistic thing I've ever seen you post. Hopefully this is exactly what happens.

by hubcityraider on Feb 6, 2008 12:44 PM CST up reply actions

you're such an idiot

why do you reply so much to your own posts. Why not just think about it before hand and put all your misguided thoughts into the post instead of posting crap followed by even more crap comments? Oh wait that would take common sense or some level of intelligence that you obviously lack.

"Let's raise ticket prices and lower payroll, yea let's screw the fans and pad my pockets." - secret thoughts of Tom Hicks

by cgolden on Feb 6, 2008 1:10 PM CST up reply actions

So..

Nolan Ryan, as high ranking employee, would have access to the Rangers business information, and using that data, he could buy the team?

I dunno. Sounds kinda...illegal?

Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Feb 6, 2008 1:38 PM CST up reply actions

Signifigance?

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by txranger7 on Feb 6, 2008 12:26 PM CST reply actions

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by JBImaknee on Feb 6, 2008 12:39 PM CST reply actions

Ryan Sucks

and should go drown himself in Advils.

by Agreen07 on Feb 6, 2008 12:52 PM CST reply actions

Basically

stay out of Daniels way and continue your advil commercials.

by Agreen07 on Feb 6, 2008 1:04 PM CST up reply actions

you're such a jackass

not to mention a complete waste of time and energy

"Let's raise ticket prices and lower payroll, yea let's screw the fans and pad my pockets." - secret thoughts of Tom Hicks

by cgolden on Feb 6, 2008 12:55 PM CST reply actions

Lets change this diary

Who here wants to possibly pursue K-Rod next year?

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by NYTXFAN on Feb 6, 2008 1:27 PM CST reply actions

Interesting

it is just hard to tell what kind of holes we will have. I feel like having a premiere closer is a luxury more so than a necessity.

by Agreen07 on Feb 6, 2008 1:44 PM CST up reply actions

Nah

I don't believe in spending big on closers, especially when you have other holes to plug.

I want one of Ben Sheets or CC Sabathia (or possibly AJ Burnett if those guys are unavailable), plus one of Adam Dunn or Pat Burell.

The 40 (still) trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on Feb 6, 2008 2:55 PM CST up reply actions

Concur...

pass on Burrell though.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Feb 6, 2008 5:11 PM CST up reply actions

Por que?

Stats. He seems to have settled into a nice groove of .250/.400/.500 type seasons. He's very similar to Dunn, only less power and less K's.

He'd give us some nice right-handed power to plug in between Hobbs and Blalock, and he can actually play a little defense in LF or at 1b, two positions of need for us. (Or, well at least he's not a nexus of suck in the field like Dunn.)

If you don't like Burrell, who do you like out of next year's possible FA's?

Most of the good guys on that list have options that are going to be picked up (Thome, Man-Ram, Crawford), or are long shots to even consider signing here (Chipper).

The 40 (still) trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on Feb 6, 2008 8:09 PM CST up reply actions

Ooops

Meant to mention my number one reason for wanting Burrell when a 40-hr machine like Dunn is available:

I think Dunn will age horribly. Really horribly.

I wouldn't be angry if we went out and got us some Dunn next off season, but my enthusiasm would be subdued if we had to go beyond 4 years to sign him, which we almost certainly would.

The 40 (still) trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on Feb 6, 2008 8:18 PM CST up reply actions

The only...

OF/DH/1B that interests me is Dunn, unless of course Crawford doesn't have his option picked up (which would be crazy for TB).

I wouldn't be upset if the Rangers went after Burrell. His numbers are pretty good but he is 3 years older than Dunn and I believe his #'s will start to decline after next year. He would be second on my list behind Dunn.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Feb 6, 2008 8:34 PM CST up reply actions

Dunn vs. Burrell

Adam Dunn has hit 40 homers for three straight years. He may strike out a ton, but anybody who can hit 40 bombs for THREE STRAIGHT YEARS - I don't care how horrid his defense is - guys like him are what the DH was invented for.

Burrell isn't shabby either, but as slc points out, he's older, and has only hit over 35 homers once, and that was waaaayy back in 2002. The last 3 years he's hit 32, 29, and 30 homers.

The main difference between Burrell and Dunn is Pat's career AVG. (.258) is 10 points higher than Dunns (.248). But Dunn actually has a higher career OBP (.381 to Burrell's .367), and he also has a .519 career SLG% to Burrell's .482.

Bottom line, Dunn is younger and has a lot more power, and that makes him the better player, even though Burrell hits for a slighty higher AVG, and strikes out a little less. From what I've heard, Burrell isn't that much better than Dunn on defense, and irregardless, if we do sign one of those two, they're gonna be the DH, not the first baseman or LF. So Dunn is the guy I want - and with our ballpark, he'd probably LOVE to come and take aim at the RF porch. How sweet would that be to watch?

I could use some baseball.

by LSJ on Feb 6, 2008 8:51 PM CST up reply actions

Well, if we sign Dunn

then I hope you're right.

But I must respectfully maintain that his body scares the crap out of me, that he sucks to an unbelievable degree in the field, and that TTO guys rarely age well.

(Though Burrell is pretty TTO himself.)

The 40 (still) trumps all!!!

by thedirkatron on Feb 6, 2008 10:54 PM CST up reply actions

not when we have the shutdown closer BGL

"Let's raise ticket prices and lower payroll, yea let's screw the fans and pad my pockets." - secret thoughts of Tom Hicks

by cgolden on Feb 6, 2008 2:58 PM CST up reply actions

I'm not 100% sold

on Wilson being the closer for any year other than 2008...but I'd agree that this team will have much greater needs going into 2009 than the bullpen.

I think CJ deserves every chance to close this year until he either proves he's not the guy, or they decide they want to give him a shot at the rotation.

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by t ball on Feb 6, 2008 3:06 PM CST up reply actions

+1

He deserves every shot this year to succeed. If he doesn't then I really would love to see a signing of K-Rod. Sure he will command a hefty salary but the big playas like NY and Boston already have closers. At least we wouldn't have to worry about them.

There should be nothing stopping us from acquiring one of those pitchers Dirk mentioned and at least one of Dunn/Burell. Hell, Id love to see us be very active next year. Seeing how there will be a better F.A. class we could possibly fill more holes through trades.

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by NYTXFAN on Feb 6, 2008 4:35 PM CST up reply actions

Meant to say trades should be less expensive

because of the surplus of F.A.

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by NYTXFAN on Feb 6, 2008 4:35 PM CST up reply actions

K-Rod is overrated

He's walk prone, and when you get runners on base behind him, particularly fast runners, he gets wild.

No, we don't need a superstar closer. Just somebody that can consistently get 3 outs in the 9th inning without giving up any runs. And I think CJ Wilson and Joaquin Benoit can both do that just as good as the almighty "K-Rod" - and for less money, too.

"The most important things in life are the things that are the least important" -Yogi Berra

by LSJ on Feb 6, 2008 7:20 PM CST up reply actions

With that said...

The guy I want next offseason: ADAM DUNN.

If Tom Hicks will just get me Adam Dunn, I will never say another thing about him being a cheapskate.

"The most important things in life are the things that are the least important" -Yogi Berra

by LSJ on Feb 6, 2008 7:22 PM CST up reply actions

+ 1

yep dunn's the one.

by KinslersCorner on Feb 6, 2008 9:31 PM CST up reply actions

Nolan was just on Galloway

pretty generic stuff, need to get to know the personnel both in the front office and on the field, in the minors, etc.

said the org. has shifted from a hitter's paradise to trying to develop young pitching, and agrees with that strategy (duh).

the one interesting tidbit - when asked if partial ownership is in the works, he said not at this time, but once everything gets settled they will certainly begin talks... it sounded like it's close to a sure thing.

Galloway seems to think the eventual owners of the Texas Rangers will be Nolan Ryan and George W. Bush.

by disposablehero on Feb 6, 2008 4:46 PM CST reply actions