Five Questions: Texas Rangers

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 18, 2008 8:47 AM CDT in News

THT's Five Questions on the Texas Rangers is up...

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Hamilton

Bill James' projections a far more optimistic than others this year, FWIW, prediction an OPS just shy of 1.000.

I hope that the Rangers are either surprisingly very good -- within a game or three of the lead by June -- or very bad, out of it by Memorial Day. Halfway will make it too tempting to be buyers when they might be better off waiting until next year.

A working class hero is something to be.

by t ball on Mar 18, 2008 9:30 AM CDT reply actions

+1

We need to see the rebuilding all the way through. Hopefully potential contention wouldn't jeopardize that.

"The back of our rotation ... One guy that couldn't break a mirror with his fastball and another that could break a mirror just by looking at it." - Tricer

by inactive lsb user on Mar 18, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions

+ 1

Kataphilia = an intense fascination for those of inferior skill sometimes brought on by ingesting massive amounts of sunflower seeds.

by LAMuscleFag on Mar 18, 2008 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions

Concur

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

by slc ranger on Mar 18, 2008 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions

If MY is the face of the franchise,

Hamilton is the franchise commodity. He above every other player is the one who can put Ranger jerseys on kids from coast to coast and push attendance back toward the 3 million mark.

Maybe it's better to think of Hamilton as the face of the franchise and Young as the heart of the franchise.

Vitamin B12. You can get it in cereal or by an injection in the buttocks. Only one of the two ways ensures mutant muscle growth.

by rooster on Mar 18, 2008 11:46 AM CDT reply actions

Here, Here!

As I raise my imaginary frosty mug of ice cold brew

by camartin44 on Mar 18, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions

++1

by mcbheath on Mar 18, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Hmm...

Lets wait for Hamilton to actually play a real game as a Ranger before we declare him anything...

by JBImaknee on Mar 18, 2008 6:06 PM CDT up reply actions

excellent article Adam

I think you are on the cusp of your prime blogging/writing/analyzing years.

Hambone, Hambone where you been? I been around these bases, and I'm going again.

by tricer on Mar 18, 2008 12:55 PM CDT reply actions

And then...

...big decline.

JK, AJM.

Adam J. Morris: everyone's favorite 100-year-old train conductor.

by ghtd36 on Mar 18, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions

by Chris Hanes on Mar 18, 2008 8:18 PM CDT reply actions

If the Rangers are rebuilding...

I say they flip AJM at the deadline. He's been around for a while, and I bet the Rangers could get some good young blogging prospects in return for him.

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

by slc ranger on Mar 18, 2008 10:33 PM CDT reply actions