But I’ve commented on the fact that such a discussion will remain true until either Danks, Volquez and Young suck or the Rangers become a playoff team and we can forget about them. For the first scenario see Travis Hafner.

but, if I read it here first, I will be more than happy to provide attribution.

the day before he actually got to 600, and it was packed.

there are too many factors going into attendance (like the teams horrible record…....) to say sosa didnt contribute on that front. i think common sense would tell you that all the media attention sosa got, hit name value and his 600th HR contributed positively to attendance.

Sosa had a .780 ops, and had really good numbers with RISP, that while purely a factor of luck, allowed his run production to be better than the ops shows. He blocked botts for half a year.

It wasnt the move of the century, but I dont see what harm it did.

2006 was a year in which the team was in a “playoff chase” until well after the trade deadline and traded for pieces (such as Carlos Lee) to gear up for the stretch run.

2007 was a year in which the team got off to an awful start and was totally buried by the time school let out for the summer.

The DFW market has a reputation of ditching the Rangers as soon as they fall out of contention for Cowboys preseason action.

Yet somehow, attendance didn’t drop.

So with a crappy team on the field, would I pay to potentially see a piece of baseball history as it happens? Or would I pay to see if the green dot will win the race?

Think about it.

Broussard was seen as a league-average guy who could keep first base warm until Davis was ready. He had a track record of average offense and average defense, compared to Botts, who was a butcher at any defensive position he tried throughout the minors and wasn’t hitting his weight in the admittedly small sample size in the majors. Broussard falling

Letting Davis loose at 1B would make sense because even if it took his bat time to adjust to MLB pitching, at least he could play defense at the position capably. Letting Botts loose at 1B wouldn’t make sense because he can’t play the position that well and his bat wasn’t making up for it.

Instead of Sheets? How about the lefty who won the CY last year who hit 98mph? i mean if your gonna dream and go gaga for a top badass pitcher in FA why go after the guy who isnt a lefty and is always hurt?

as for other than Liriano or Greinke… Im not of the opinion that throwing 3 or 4 prospects in a package to get an elite young arm is in this clubs best interest this season. Maybe next season but, im on the “more patient than every1 else” scale, it seems. i would consider it next year, but this year is at least a season too early in my book. Both those guys have too many warts in my book. Liriano was only packaged in the deal Min. got b/c SF thought his arm was gonna blow off like a Loony Tunes pitcher in those old cartoons and thats exactly what happened and Greinke, even if hadnt spent a season half crazy, his service time is a concern considering the package required. So i guess my answer on the Greinke/Liriano bit is ask me next season b/c i wouldnt do anything but sell vets this year and see where we stand this offseason.

i only occasionally make sense, to say i used to make sense is a falsehood. heh. :) its not like in the past i always made sense. you get your once a week misguided rant from me historically. better to get it out of the way early in the week.

but seriously, our local footy club is very bad but we do have a youth system now and thats brand new and it is free and you can in fact send your 8 year old into their system and he someday has a chance to be a professional soccer star without the family having to spend thousands of dollars a year in select leagues. thats a big step for footy in this country and in dallas!!!! but your right, watching that half assed league does make you senile.