New front office guy

by mattrpav on Apr 30, 2008 10:44 PM CDT

Rangers hire former President of the Baseball Hall of Fame to head up marketing efforts. Interestingly, he seems to have a lot of political ties.. perhaps he could help with the two guys being held back due to the marriage visa scam?

http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080430&content_id=2618065&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex

Quoting the article to hit word limit:

The Rangers on Wednesday hired former National Baseball Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey for the newly created position of executive vice president of marketing and community development.

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Keeeerist almighty

In 2003, he cancelled a celebration of “Bull Durham’s” 15th anniversary because Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins opposed the war in Iraq. He said

We believe your very public criticism of President Bush at this important – and sensitive – time in our nation’s history helps undermine the U.S. position, which ultimately could put our troops in even more danger.

I’m not trying to start a political debate. But to say that celebrating Bull Durham (a pretty damn good baseball movie) – again, a movie – will put troops in harms way is pretty goddamn stupid.

Thank god he cancelled the Bull Durham BBQ and mantinee or else we might still be in Iraq.

What happened to my old signature?

by WyoRanger on Apr 30, 2008 11:46 PM CDT 0 recs

Matinee

I should have just written manatee. At least I could blame it on spell checker. Still, the guy’s THE definition of a sycophant (spell check says “OK”; nice).

What happened to my old signature?

by WyoRanger on Apr 30, 2008 11:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

There's a spell-checker on LSB?

A Lonestar in California - 2.0

by lonestarJon on May 1, 2008 3:12 AM CDT up 0 recs

browser maybe

Firefox has a spell check.

...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.

by t ball on May 1, 2008 7:02 AM CDT up 0 recs

gee whiz

we hired THAT guy? for marketing? i bet we’ll get a ton of good ads now. there’s more of a chance that this guy makes the rangers sell the dominican terrorists immediately than try to get them here

Rare Gnats Sex

by ab03 on Apr 30, 2008 11:54 PM CDT up 0 recs

Well...

...I don’t know if Hicks would endorse that action per se, but his politics certainly lean that way. He was a big booster of Giuliani’s presidential bid. That worked out well.

by Lucas on May 1, 2008 12:43 AM CDT up 0 recs

how many ppl have called it

the “worst run campaign in history”

Every loss is one step closer to the top of the draft in 2009!

by knockoutking on May 1, 2008 1:21 AM CDT up 0 recs

John Kerry begs to differ

"For the record, I did not and do not like the Volquez trade, even though Hamilton is awesome and our best player and I think he’s going to be one of the best players in baseball." philikid3

by Brian Thomas on May 1, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

Haha +1

A Lonestar in California - 2.0

by lonestarJon on May 1, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up 0 recs

dont forget Donna Brazael

she was gores campaign manager.

talk about blowing a sure thing…

.500 or bust!

Bad Vibes Kill Rallies!

"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008

by Jayslick on May 1, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon

This video (very, very NSFW) sums up my feelings on those two F.A.G.S.

"If we where [sic] gonna trade them Salty, I would want a helluva lot more than just Joba though." -lonestarJon

by thedirkatron on May 1, 2008 1:22 AM CDT up 0 recs

lol awesome movie

lol

Every loss is one step closer to the top of the draft in 2009!

by knockoutking on May 1, 2008 1:25 AM CDT up 0 recs

team america that is

same for bull durham though

Every loss is one step closer to the top of the draft in 2009!

by knockoutking on May 1, 2008 1:25 AM CDT up 0 recs

also funny

IIRC there is a scene where kim-jong il has kevin costner in a cage?

Every loss is one step closer to the top of the draft in 2009!

by knockoutking on May 1, 2008 1:26 AM CDT up 0 recs

So, do you boycott all their movies?

"For the record, I did not and do not like the Volquez trade, even though Hamilton is awesome and our best player and I think he’s going to be one of the best players in baseball." philikid3

by Brian Thomas on May 1, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

To be fair though...

Bull Durham wasn’t even 1989’s best baseball movie.

That title belongs to Major League.

by venturafearsnolan on May 1, 2008 1:51 AM CDT up 0 recs

To be fairer

Bull Durham was released in the summer of 1988.

brettgardner's mom is a stupid bitch.

by DaheelzCM on May 1, 2008 6:15 AM CDT up 0 recs

all the more...

...thats just makes venturafear’s statement all the more accurate….

"Juan Pierre hit zero home runs last year. Mythical fairy creature David Eckstein hit three, for Chrissakes, and he swings a three-inch bat carved out of a candy cane." ~junior, FJM

by ivysafety39 on May 1, 2008 9:00 AM CDT up 0 recs

+1

hahahaha

"I hope it's a special dumb person hell so that I don’t have to meet up with you after I die."

- The D-tron

by Chase Irwin on May 1, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up 0 recs

Not exactly

Field of Dreams was released in 1989 and is better than Major League.

brettgardner's mom is a stupid bitch.

by DaheelzCM on May 2, 2008 9:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

-1...

great movie, but Major League is probably my favorite movie ever.

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

by slc ranger on May 2, 2008 11:50 PM CDT up 0 recs

Field of Dreams

is so trippy.

I love Miley Cyrus.

by miles on May 3, 2008 12:52 AM CDT up 0 recs

The guy was spot on.

Everybody knows a good democracy flourishes with as little vigilant dissent as possible.

I’m pretty sure Thomas Jefferson said that.

It was either him or Toby Keith.

"For the record, I did not and do not like the Volquez trade, even though Hamilton is awesome and our best player and I think he’s going to be one of the best players in baseball." philikid3

by Brian Thomas on May 1, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

.500 or bust!

Bad Vibes Kill Rallies!

"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008

by Jayslick on May 1, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up 0 recs

Anyone know how the pardon's get started?

Can we start a campaign to get our two boys outta of the DR? With Sidney Ponson lined up to be our season savior, we’ll probably need something else to keep us busy until August.

by mattrpav on May 1, 2008 9:01 AM CDT 0 recs

I just hope this guy

gets rid of those stupid ‘you could use some baseball’ ads.

by johndixon on May 1, 2008 11:31 AM CDT 0 recs

I interviewed this guy when he came to speak at our University a couple of years back

and I asked the worst questions ever; so it’s a good thing that I no longer interview people.

by Telegraph on May 1, 2008 7:18 PM CDT 0 recs

bad questions?

“Sir, the poiicies you have set forth seem to have no other goal than to stifle free speech and, quite frankly, look similar to a child who is not getting his way taking his ball and going home. So, sir, I have but one question. If you could be a tree, what tree would you be?”

Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.

by WhipSmart on May 2, 2008 8:16 AM CDT up 0 recs