DMN Rangers newsletter up

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 17, 2008 11:25 AM CDT Comment 27 comments

Evan Grant has a new Rangers newsletter up...

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People seem to have really strong feelings about the newsletter this week.

Don't you know it's gonna be alright?

by t ball on Sep 17, 2008 1:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

LOL...

…one thing did stick out to me.

Let’s just toss out ERA, a category in which Feldman ranked fifth of seven, as a concession that Rangers Ballpark absurdly inflates that.

Hasn’t RBiA been pretty neutral offensively for a few years?

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Sep 17, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It was just a couple weeks ago

…that someone posted a link where someone – maybe BP or something – found out that RBIA is run neutral for like the last 3 seasons. Yes, I am WAY too lazy to find the link.

by FuturePants on Sep 17, 2008 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I got tired of the reflexive “RBIA is a massive hitter’s park” type remarks. I sent an email to JMBarten at Beyond the Boxscore and he retracted his remark. RBIA has been fairly neutral the last 3 seasons. I’m not ready to proclaim it a neutral park, but I wish writers would stop automatically referring to it as a hitter’s haven.

Don't you know it's gonna be alright?

by t ball on Sep 17, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Any chance you could get Evan Grant...

…to acknowledge that. I know it’s his job to cover this team, and by extension their home field, so maybe he should know as much about the playing conditions as some internet spares like us.

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Sep 17, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not just Evan

but Adam, MJH, and basically anyone else that talks about the Rangers. And, to be fair, I only checked ESPN and Baseball Reference. There are other sites that have park factors and they all calculate them in different ways apparently. There may be other sites that still show RBIA as a hitter’s park. If so, I’d love for someone to post those numbers.

My beef is that I really doubt anyone is looking at any site’s park factors. They’re just assuming nothing has changed.

Don't you know it's gonna be alright?

by t ball on Sep 17, 2008 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

But the Gold Club turns the jet stream into the equivalent of a Cat 1 hurricane!

Baseball Time in Arlington

by Joey Matschulat on Sep 18, 2008 1:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That would explain

the continuing surge of references to the RBIA as a hitter’s park.

Don't you know it's gonna be alright?

by t ball on Sep 18, 2008 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So what are the links?

What site did you extrapolate that data from? I’d like to have that handy because I’m tired of those comments as well.

by FuturePants on Sep 18, 2008 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Screw it

I’m making a fanpost, be up soon.

Don't you know it's gonna be alright?

by t ball on Sep 18, 2008 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Funny that he didn't mention Hurley as a possible fourth or fifth starter.

I really feel he is getting overlooked because he is injured.

The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ

by NYTXFAN on Sep 17, 2008 3:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

He didn't mention Nippert either

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Sep 17, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn! Washington Mutual Begins Efforts to Sell Itself

CRAP, I just opened an account there!!!

"...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 Sep 17, 2008 3:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

sell itself

are they open to threesomes/cost extra?

Don't you know it's gonna be alright?

by t ball on Sep 17, 2008 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Uh...

by oc on Sep 17, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did Ben survive the hurricane?

by Chase Irwin on Sep 17, 2008 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a cig...

not a blunt.

oc is less than impressed!

by Rodney on Sep 17, 2008 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OC used an awesome gif once

Of some chump smoking a cigarette with a “fuck this” tag line, or other.

I searched and searched and couldn’t find it though =/

Did Ben survive the hurricane?

by Chase Irwin on Sep 17, 2008 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

by oc on Sep 17, 2008 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Their stock in down 94%

in the last 12 months. You got the cash…that girl’ll do anything!

by Rodney on Sep 17, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know, I was thinking

if only we put this country’s fine financial institutions in charge of SS rather than the government. What could go wrong?

"Oh well, McCain is pretty communist anyway,... we can be 70% communist with McCain,"-Sharky

by DJCahill on Sep 17, 2008 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I now what went wrong

With the federal pension benefit guarantee program. A few friends retired from United are living on about a third of their planned retirement income, and further cuts are possible.

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

by Ed Coffin on Sep 17, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Kind of United's fault.

By the time it gets to the PBGC, its because the companies screwed the pooch on their pension. Normally in a good year, they converted “overfunded Pension Programs” to bonuses for the execs.

"Oh well, McCain is pretty communist anyway,... we can be 70% communist with McCain,"-Sharky

by DJCahill on Sep 17, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another...

440 points off the market today. My Citi stock has lost about 30% in the last 3 days alone.

I fucking hate this economy.

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

by slc ranger on Sep 17, 2008 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

um

why are you long on citi?

by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Sep 17, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Worked there...

for the last 5 1/2 years.

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

by slc ranger on Sep 17, 2008 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh

makes sense then.
financial stocks have been absolutely brutalized the last 10 months or so.
but you know what they say…for one to rise one first must fall

by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Sep 17, 2008 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs