Monday a.m. stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 7, 2008 9:22 AM CDT
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Print46-43, 3 games over .500, 1.5 games back of Oakland for 2nd place in the A.L. West. Not bad for a rebuilding team.
Evan Grant looks back at a grueling 28 day stretch chock full of road games that ended with yesterday's win at Baltimore, and during which they didn't lose any ground to the Angels. I still think that this is not a team that needs to be worried about the playoff hunt, though...even a sweep of Anaheim -- which is quite unlikely -- would leave the Rangers 3.5 games back.
Tim Cowlishaw has a Josh Hamilton column. Gil LeBreton has the rare S-T Rangers column that doesn't seek the firing of the Ranger manager or g.m., instead talking about the Ranger all-stars.
And Anthony Andro has some lengthy quotes from Milton Bradley, who is pretty emotional about being named to the All Star team.
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Duran, rookies; Angels series
Is it me or is he looking a bit better lately? Good to see Max and Davis drawing walks yesterday as well.
In some ways sweeping the Angels would be bad. The last thing I want is for Hicks and/or Daniels to get the idea of tilting at the windmill of contention this year. This team has a lot of young wild cards and injury issues in addition to a hugely questionable pitching staff. Even adding an ace to the rotation might not make them a contender, and the cost might be more than we could bear down the road.
Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.
I should add
that a trade of Arias for Lincecum is about as likely as a sweep of the Angels.
Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.
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I sure would love to enter into discussions with the Giants though. That boy is unbelievable and they need LOTS of things over there in the motherland.
July 7 -Arod and Cynthia are headline National news today
Thank god we have Miles who gets us the SPORTS news a week before it becomes headline news.
THe power of Miles - catch it!!!
i think that Daniels could get Hicks/Ryan to "stay the course"
it’s not like this is a must-win year with a bunch of FAs in tow…Bradley appears to be the only guy who may not be back next year.
If this team can compete the rest of the season while playing 4-5 rookies (or essentially rookies) (Davis, Murphy, Max, Boggs, Salty, Hurley, etc.), you really have to get excited about what this team is capable of doing in 1-2 more years.
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I doubt they swerve of course Tball,
If in the off season something comes along that will benefit our future, then maybe Daniels pulls the trigger. But I doubt he does any major trade at the deadline, besides trading some f.a. to be.
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Milton
those comments from Milton sound like those of a guy who’s finally found a situation where he is happy and comfortable. Id imagine the fact that his first all-star appearance occurred with the Rangers organization is rather significant. Who knows….whether he’s traded or he stays and plays the year out, maybe he looks back in the offseason and thinks that this was a really good situation for him and a place he’d like to stay. I know it always comes down to money, but I think its hard to discount certain intangibles, such as player happiness, especially for guys as emotionally intense as Bradley.
by 6th street on Jul 7, 2008 9:43 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Gil LeBreton's Gore comment...
Next time Rangers fans will know better and vote 25 times, just like Al Gore’s people.
Uh…what? Did we really need to shoehorn in an awkward political joke about something that happened nearly eight years ago? Good lord.
just like al gore's people voted 25 times? just like al gore's people will know better?
maybe it was purposely ambiguous to maintain neutrality.
but yeah, pretty worthless joke
Rare Gnats Sex
That's what I figured as well.
Maybe he thought, “Just like Al Gore’s people would’ve done if there had been a next time.”
Nevertheless, any joke requiring that much analysis is no joke worth telling to the general population.
That's not the first time he's slipped in some off-topic, out-of-his-butt political reference
Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love .
by Brian Thomas on Jul 7, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I have tried
I have tried to continue hating Milton Bradley, but watching him play everyday and articles like that one make it pretty difficult. I have enjoyed watching him interact with his teammates and the fans at the ballpark.
Honestly, my strong dislike for him was dented at end of his season last year, well before we knew he was going to be a Ranger. I had strong reservations about bringing him to Texas (I believe I mentioned them here), but he has proven to be a good guy and the numbers don’t hurt either.
Ephesians 1:3-10
why would you try and hate him?
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
Prior Behavior
It is basically the same way I felt about Carl Everette coming to the Rangers. I try not to be a total ‘Homer’. I tried to continue rooting for ARod when he went to the Yankees. I don’t want to like someone who I couldn’t stand before just because they are a Ranger and I don’t want to hate someone just because they went to another team.
Ephesians 1:3-10
A heads up
Goldstein’s doing a BP chat later today. Get some questions in, people. I’m tired of being the only angers fan represented at those things… let’s stem the inevitable tide of Laporta questions.
Speaking of which
Does anyone know Andrus’ splits since returning from injury? I seem to recall Jamey having it on one of his reports, but I can’t find the numbers offhand.
LeBreton... He bows to no man.
I don’t get this idea of not thinking the Rangers are not playoff worthy this year. A team is a contender when it’s record deems it so, not its personnel. If the Rangers have a fluky good year, given their youth and questionable pitching, so what. It’s still better to figure out how to improve the team’s chances of getting to the playoffs than to sit back and think they’ll be so much better next year or the one after that.
The Rangers clearly need an ace and they need someone to stabilize the bullpen. An ace costs alot more than bullpen arm, but the return on investment is higher. I’d much rather give up a few top prospects for an ace than one top prospect for a bullpen arm.
The conservative move is to hope that McCarthy comes back looking like a #2, that Benoit comes back as the dude he was last year, and that Tommy Hunter bursts onto the scene as a 6th-7th inning guy.
The aggressive move would be to top the Brewer’s offer for CC, but the better move is to look around for front-end guys the Rangers can control for a year or more, like Aaron Harang, Zack Greinke, Roy Halladay. All of those fellas are under team control through 2010. I think it would be justifiable to give up a Teixeira-type package for one of these fellas.
Go Rangers!
Hard not to feel good for Board Game.
And its not like he’s only in the game because the Rangers need a representative. It’s a legit spot, and he deserves it.
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
Concur...
nice to see a player who still see’s being selected a all-star as an honor. Rather than it being their “duty” to go to he game. Although it is his first time going, so many players probably feel that way the first time.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
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