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Trade Talk Part II

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The other thread was filling up fast....

 

Here's hoping JD pulls off something that nobody is reporting..I love the sneaky...

 

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sneaky sneaky

"You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns." - from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain

by dstar442005 on Jul 31, 2008 12:40 PM CDT   0 recs

I think one of 2 things is going to happen

1. JD will stick to his guns and pull off something nobody thought he would.

or

2. Nothing happens and we make a trade in the winter. There shouldn’t be any real sense of urgency here…

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Jul 31, 2008 12:42 PM CDT   0 recs

I'd like us to trade a catcher

Doesn’t matter to me anymore which one, just so long as Salty isn’t on the bench for the rest of the season…

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Jul 31, 2008 12:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Say it a few more times

Maybe we’ll all catch on..

ha

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Jul 31, 2008 12:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sorry

But hey, your post wasn’t any more origional than mine… :)

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Jul 31, 2008 12:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe

but I haven’t copy and pasted the same sentence 20 times today…

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Jul 31, 2008 12:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That sounds about right

Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!

by DerekSTheRed on Jul 31, 2008 12:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't want audio!!!

(I want a trade)

"...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
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley

by Rodney on Jul 31, 2008 12:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

+ 1

There is no status, except for me. Because I am who I am.

MILES

by LAMuscleFag on Jul 31, 2008 1:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, and

“I never listen to BaD radio.”

"...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
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley

by Rodney on Jul 31, 2008 1:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I think there is some urgency

it isn’t obvious you can get a starting pitcher for Laird in the offseason. And I don’t want to trade 2 catchers at the same time. I think it is better to trade Laird now, give Salty two months of playing time and hope he does better, at which point you either trade Salty or Teagarden in the offseason.

by JBImaknee on Jul 31, 2008 12:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't think that it is obvious that you

can get a starting pitcher for Laird today?

I guess we will know in about 2 hours 15 minutes.

Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."

by LBBRangerFan on Jul 31, 2008 12:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

well

if you can’t get a starting pitcher, I don’t see any point in trading Laird at all. But if the argument is about “which” starting pitcher, then you have to go for it. mostly because 95% of the starting pitchers out there can be in our rotation…

by JBImaknee on Jul 31, 2008 12:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

what if

the only SP you can get is Bronson Arroyo or someone similar? Would you trade Laird for that?

Warner Madrigal makes Ezequiel Astacio look downright handsome.

by tricer on Jul 31, 2008 12:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

No

Laird should have more value than that

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by hinduplaya on Jul 31, 2008 1:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

seems a bit obvious :)

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 12:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Is it?

Some people seem to think there is some urgent reason to make a deal…

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Jul 31, 2008 12:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

your two options

pretty obvious. trade now or trade in the winter.

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 12:47 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Or next year....

I mean I know that’s not likely…but it’s still an option. Hell, Max is hurt and Tea is in the olympics. That depth we had is temporarily not there….

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Jul 31, 2008 12:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Also, I said JD sticks to his guns and gets a better deal

Another option is he makes a trade just for the sake of making a trade…

So, yes, there are more than 2 options…I just said I thought one of those 2 would happen.

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Jul 31, 2008 12:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

well

at this point that seems obvious too.

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 12:55 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

true....

+1

JD will not deal just to get rid of him

by clinton33 on Jul 31, 2008 12:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

BP

Seems to be working a little better. Chat at 2!

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 31, 2008 12:44 PM CDT   0 recs

yeah

i sent in 5 questions about an hr ago

Josh Hamilton is better than you.

by Longhorn on Jul 31, 2008 12:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Again, I wouldn't be offended if Texas stands pat.

The people who need a long-term solution at catcher will most likely still be there in the winter. If it doesn’t get done, it’s not the end of the world. In fact, it might even be for the best.

"But the point is, [Jeff] Mathis is a bush-league uber douche." -lonestarJon

by ghtd36 on Jul 31, 2008 12:46 PM CDT   0 recs

In other news...

Omar Kelly of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel tells me former Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter is going to get a tryout this afternoon with the Miami Dolphins.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 12:47 PM CDT   0 recs

BP doing him a favor

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 12:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Please keep

the nfl shit outta this thread…please?

"...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
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley

by Rodney on Jul 31, 2008 12:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

agreed

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 12:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

Although it is pretty sad, when a trade deadline post has nothing new to report but NFL crap… this is turning out to be a stinker of a deadline…

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Jul 31, 2008 12:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

no

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 12:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

why not

people seem to be in agreement about this.

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 12:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Look below...

lonerangers
hinduplaya
TheJman

It’s a slow deadline, it was dallas sports related and rather humorous imo…it isn’t like I wanted to have a discussion about the Cowboys chances this year or anything like that.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 12:56 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

YAY!!

More Brett Favre, please.

The Eagle has landed....

by Lonerangers on Jul 31, 2008 12:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

This isn't brett favre related

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 12:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

uhhhh

yeah, thanks.

The Eagle has landed....

by Lonerangers on Jul 31, 2008 12:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

i don't think they would mind if you didn't post this stuff here

there are other places to post this. it just fills up the thread and people want to read about trade stuff.

and, some people don’t like football. two people asked somewhat nicely but i guess whatever you decide goes, right?

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 12:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I mean

I suppose you couldn’t stop me…so I guess it’s whatever I decide.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 12:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

my bad

just thought it was funny… i will stick to the rangers from now on..

"Water covers 2/3 of the world, T-New's got the rest"

by TheJman on Jul 31, 2008 1:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Ignore them

it’s a free blog, we can talk about whatever we want.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 1:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Wish he still played in Dallas

maybe then they would WIN a play-off game.

The Eagle has landed....

by Lonerangers on Jul 31, 2008 12:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Haha he's gonna be stuck with Parcells all over again

"Well, the Dallas Mavericks got beat by the New Orleans Hornets last night ending their season. Word is that someone on the team is dating Jessica Simpson." - Jay Leno

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by hinduplaya on Jul 31, 2008 12:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

i was in nowhere Pennsylvania

two weeks ago and saw a guy riding a motorcycle with a Quincy Carter Cowboys jersey… thought it was funny… I have one as well, didnt know anyone else had one

"Water covers 2/3 of the world, T-New's got the rest"

by TheJman on Jul 31, 2008 12:55 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Ha

ESPN News guys, “But the Rangers have like seven catchers. Couldn’t they give up one of them?”

by Slaw on Jul 31, 2008 12:51 PM CDT   0 recs

It's not like the Rangers aren't willing.

But the price has got to be right, and I respect the hell out of JD for sticking to his guns.

"But the point is, [Jeff] Mathis is a bush-league uber douche." -lonestarJon

by ghtd36 on Jul 31, 2008 12:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Also...

I love the Baseball Encyclopedia sitting behind Peter Gammons. Psshhh, Peter Gammons is a baseball encylopedia.

by Slaw on Jul 31, 2008 12:55 PM CDT   0 recs

weird non story
Milton Bradley Trade Unlikely
By Tim Dierkes [July 31 at 12:55pm CST]

Word on Chicago radio is that the Cubs have the Rangers’ Milton Bradley on the radar. However, it does not appear that the Rangers are motivated to trade him.

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 12:56 PM CDT   0 recs

Thank you, Tim "Captain Obvious" Dierkes.

In other news, the sky is blue.

"But the point is, [Jeff] Mathis is a bush-league uber douche." -lonestarJon

by ghtd36 on Jul 31, 2008 12:57 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

in other news

Ian Kinsler probably won’t be traded either…

by JBImaknee on Jul 31, 2008 12:57 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

if it even got that far?

“we want Milton Bradley…will you just sell him to use?”

I bet they just put together a couple of prospects below AA

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 12:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Well Sean Gallagher

would have interested me.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 1:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Here's the Salty trade post from 367 days ago

http://www.lonestarball.com/2007/7/30/112032/722

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Stuff-You-Need-Brett-Favre-action-figure-bench?urn=nfl,93739

by BudLight on Jul 31, 2008 12:57 PM CDT   0 recs

Where

is that Jenna Jameson biopic?

The Eagle has landed....

by Lonerangers on Jul 31, 2008 1:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Funnier thread would be the Gagne trade

I remember many of us were screaming at JD for what we got, it’s amazing how wrong we were.

by Taylor on Jul 31, 2008 1:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It was posted in trade thread 1

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Stuff-You-Need-Brett-Favre-action-figure-bench?urn=nfl,93739

by BudLight on Jul 31, 2008 1:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

TR sez JD's talking to Reds and Fish about Laird

and conjectures that Reds might want to discuss 4A.

by Telegraph on Jul 31, 2008 1:00 PM CDT   0 recs

cruz?

whatever to get homer here. either going to lose cruz now or this offseason anyway

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 1:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

yes, cruz.

if that could push them into giving up bailey, sure.

the preceding post is not nearly as negative or insulting as you think it is

by DSheppard on Jul 31, 2008 1:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

****New Blockbuster Mets Trade****

“The Red Sox’s have traded Bartolo Colon to the Mets for Jose Reyes, David Wright, Billy Wanger and Johan Santana. Omar Minaya has said”I loved when we(The expos) got Colon before and we saw the Red Sox didn’t want him so we jump on the opportunity”. The Mets will make Joe Smith there closer, and put Cancel at short, the new Cf will be Ryan Church and Willie Randolph will come back and play 3rd for the Mets.

by cashman on Jul 31, 2008 1:00 PM CDT   0 recs

And you people prefer this over Quincy Carter talk?

ridiculous.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 1:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I didn't really say that

I don’t understand why it is so damn impossible for adults to talk about trades in a trade deadline thread? People don’t have attention spans anymore? Also, people don’t have to continuously talk

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 1:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

What else can be sad that hasn't already been said?

Until we get new developments what else should we discuss?

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 1:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

nothing?

enjoy the silence? read some other website? fill up a separate thread?

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Jul 31, 2008 1:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

all the hot babes..

MILES is boinking at Ohio University.

There is no status, except for me. Because I am who I am.

MILES

by LAMuscleFag on Jul 31, 2008 1:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

windows mojave rules

http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/

the preceding post is not nearly as negative or insulting as you think it is

by DSheppard on Jul 31, 2008 1:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I've always been a PC guy

but Vista sucks (if I’m going to have to use a new OS I might as well try Macs’ OS, right?) and Macs generally don’t get viruses and never suffer from the BSOD…as more of my friends get Macs I’m starting to be convinced that my next computer will be a Mac.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 1:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm a Mac user, and I like it.

But I’m not one of those “OMG Macz are so awesomers!!” people. Macs are nice, and PCs aren’t bad. Macs are better for some things, PCs are better for some things.

Also, I’m slowly becoming anti-iPod.

"But the point is, [Jeff] Mathis is a bush-league uber douche." -lonestarJon

by ghtd36 on Jul 31, 2008 1:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Please discuss more

as I’m contemplating get a Mac. What do you not like about the mac compared to the pc?

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Jul 31, 2008 1:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Keyboard shortcuts

If you’re like me and use them all the time. Other than that, get a Mac , you won’t regret it

by Taylor on Jul 31, 2008 1:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm not going to say anything earth-shattering.

There are some programs that don’t work on a Mac, but those tend to be older programs. Basically, everything nowadays can run on a Mac or PC.

Everything is a little more expensive…mouses, webcams, accessories, etc. But just a little more expensive.

And like Taylor said, the keyboard shortcuts are different, and it takes a while to get used to only having one mouse button.

But they don’t get viruses, which is huge for me. And it is very user friendly.

I dunno. I prefer Macs, but I’m not a diehard defender of the brand.

"But the point is, [Jeff] Mathis is a bush-league uber douche." -lonestarJon

by ghtd36 on Jul 31, 2008 1:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Crossover might run those programs

and I forgot to mention that with Boot Camp you can run both Windows and Mac…still doesn’t resolve the keyboard shortcut issue.

by Taylor on Jul 31, 2008 1:09 PM CDT to parent up