John Danks and Friends vs Twins Open Thread
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 6:42 PM CDT
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Not sure how many are gonna watch this...or be around LSB...or be doing both at the same time. But I figured why not.
Former farmhand John Danks is going against Nick Blackburn in the Twins/White Sox 1-game playoff. It's being broadcast on TBS and just started.
I, for one, am cheering for John and against Ozzie. I am also cheering against Morneau getting any RBI, so Hammy can win that battle outright...it may not mean much, but it means something.
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You and hurlerhurley
Have fun tonight
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Sep 30, 2008 6:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm rooting for the Twinkies
but for Morneau not getting any RBI either. The Ozzie rant after the CWS lose will be EPIC.
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by lisa w on Sep 30, 2008 6:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That's a good point
I’m moreso rooting for Danks…and against Ozzie
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I too would like to see the Sox in October.
The more teams I hate that are in the Playoffs, the more I will watch.
by oc on Sep 30, 2008 6:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Not me
I tune out.
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Sep 30, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope you realize that the Rays are going to the World Series.
by oc on Sep 30, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no problem with them
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Sep 30, 2008 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just don't want to see
The Red Sox, Angels or White Sox in the WS in the AL.
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Sep 30, 2008 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well....
Danks is dealing so far after 2 innings
In reference to how good the Steelers have been in their history: "No one is even close to them."- Steal Home
by hinduplaya on Sep 30, 2008 7:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
3rd took a little longer
But he still looks pretty sharp
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Danks vs. Twins
is he doing it himself, Bugs Bunny style?
In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.
by t ball on Sep 30, 2008 7:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
fixed it for ya
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
heh
"Asphalt me, ben. Asphalt me good and hard." - brettgardner
by Chase Irwin on Sep 30, 2008 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Mauer tries to bunt for a hit
I blame Ron Washington.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 30, 2008 8:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and he blames Art Howe and/or Matt Walbeck
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Greatness
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 30, 2008 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blackburn is looking good as well
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Sep 30, 2008 8:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He has a ton of movement on his pitches
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know this is beathing a dead horse on this site but...
I hope John Daniels is watching this tonight. I cant get over it still even today, it makes me sick to see John Sanks deal like he is, and McCarthy being a professional medical experiment.
So...why is John Hart still being paid?
by Texasportsfan on Sep 30, 2008 8:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
John Danks Trade
Adam and so many want to move on from this subject, but wow, we really got hosed on this deal. I can’t imagine McCarthy ever looking this good. I still like JD though.
by 3Bagger on Sep 30, 2008 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boom Goes the Dynamite
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 8:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
booouuurns
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 30, 2008 8:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I am torn
I want to see Danks do well but I don’t want Ozzie or Swisherdouche in the playoffs.
"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama
by DaheelzCM on Sep 30, 2008 8:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
just say no to the whitesox
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 30, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, what a game for Danks
and in a high pressure situation on short rest…
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 8:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Twins
what a weak lineup.
Jenks will blow it anyways.
"Popularity is fleeting. Principles are forever."
"Maybe congress should take more vacations, whenever these people leave town, things just seem to get better..." - Jay Leno
by Longhorn on Sep 30, 2008 8:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That would seem to appease most here
Danks does awesome….Sox lose….Ozzie’s head explodes
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't think so
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
by boomer1 on Sep 30, 2008 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Calling it
if Danks goes on and has a great postseason and gets into the WS, Hicks will fire JD…
"Popularity is fleeting. Principles are forever."
"Maybe congress should take more vacations, whenever these people leave town, things just seem to get better..." - Jay Leno
by Longhorn on Sep 30, 2008 8:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Spin
If we don’t make the disastrous Danks trade we don’t get the cosmic certainty that rebuilding is necessary and thus are still stuck with a treading-water front office ideology that lacks sufficient commitment to improving the farm system. JD’s a genius. He knew Hicks needed just one more little nudge after the Chris Young trade to make him commit to a long-term successful plan to improve the franchise. So he traded Danks. JD is like Spock-smart. Yep.
by shroomer on Sep 30, 2008 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
spin
if so, then jd is way too smart for this organization and should be fired to liberate him from the morons that surround him. hicks would actually be doing jd a favor be firing him.
by sam in so cal on Sep 30, 2008 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude
It helps to read that.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Sep 30, 2008 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly
It’s like how John F. Kennedy was able to sneak around the isolationists and get us into WW2 by allowing the Germans bomb Pearl Harbor. He knew they were coming in their sneaky little U-Boats, but he knew that unless a real disaster struck we as a country would never pull out of Vietnam and enter a war in Europe.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Oct 1, 2008 3:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a play...and what a way to end it
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Brian Anderson!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPlmsvqMdc0
"Popularity is fleeting. Principles are forever."
"Maybe congress should take more vacations, whenever these people leave town, things just seem to get better..." - Jay Leno
by Longhorn on Sep 30, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yuck
I might puke.
Go Rays.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Football is like having a fling once a week. Baseball is a relationship." - oc
by baseballismyboyfriend on Sep 30, 2008 8:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
JD probably puked a little bit too
And I second your Go Rays
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Silver Lining?
The pinstriped AL team in the postseason is not New York
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Sep 30, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
All the team in the playoffs, AL and NL, are NOT New York.
YAY!
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Oct 1, 2008 3:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You may have heard Rhyner and the Snake...
talking this afternoon about how they’d feel if Danks threw a two-hitter…well, I guess we’ll find out.
II Cor. 4:17-18
by TedFord on Sep 30, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rhyner's dead
"Here comes the version of Benoit that lets the other team put it out of reach. I hate that version."
-Athos
by SaltyDawg on Sep 30, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only bright spot of this game
is Morneau’s line.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Football is like having a fling once a week. Baseball is a relationship." - oc
by baseballismyboyfriend on Sep 30, 2008 9:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
John Danks post season wins = 1
Rangers organization as a whole = 1
But shhhh, nobody complain about the golden child and his inability to identify big league pitching.
by clark on Sep 30, 2008 9:19 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I apologize in advance for going Galloway on your asses
something about watching a Texas boy who was drafted by the Rangers and traded for a tampon dominate in the post season just gets me worked up.
by clark on Sep 30, 2008 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
It wasn't a post season game.
"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama
by DaheelzCM on Sep 30, 2008 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
let me rephrase then
John Danks wins after his team has played 162 games and in do or die situations = 1
Rangers org = 1
Happy?
by clark on Sep 30, 2008 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guarantee you
that we will see a “fire JD” article by Galloway within the week
In reference to how good the Steelers have been in their history: "No one is even close to them."- Steal Home
by hinduplaya on Sep 30, 2008 9:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
rightfully so...
grandpa urine is a d-bag, but i can make more cases for a jd-less rangers organization that i can make for keeping him
you can’t say that there aren’t enough reasons to fill a column. what do you need – three things and some filler?
by sam in so cal on Sep 30, 2008 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Young, John Danks, Edison Volquez, Armando Galarraga
I know EVERY club can look back and put together good teams, but can you imagine having this pitching rotation?
I hate being a Ranger fan. I wish I could stop, but I can’t
So...why is John Hart still being paid?
by Texasportsfan on Sep 30, 2008 9:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Danks is the only one that really hurts
Volquez was used for good, not evil, and I don’t buy into Galarraga’s success. Chris Young hurt because he was from Dallas, but it has become terribly obvious that JD abhors pitchers from Texas. Ironically, it will probably be a pitcher from TX (Ryan) that removes him from the org some day.
Life is funny like that.
by clark on Sep 30, 2008 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have decided that I will "let go" of the Danks-McCarthy deal when the pitcher we traded for pitches one HALF-season of baseball without getting hurt.
I don’t even care if he sucks, just that he shows up every fifth day.
by oc on Sep 30, 2008 10:00 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
woo, rbis
its not that big of a deal, but after being fooled out of it on both monday and tuesday im glad hes finally got the title.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Oct 1, 2008 1:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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