Monday morning Rangers stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 9:45 AM CDT
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Yankees/Phillies in the World Series. Could be worse. Should be an interesting matchup...Yankees are significant favorites, but anything can happen in seven games in baseball.
Richard Durrett talks about the Rangers' long relief options, and thinks that Dustin Nippert and Doug Mathis -- the primary long relievers in 2009 -- will fill that role again in 2010.
T.R. Sullivan has a new mailbag column up, and fields a question on C.J. Wilson in the rotation next year, although he doesn't really give a definitive answer. He also talks about some reasons for Rudy Jaramillo's departure, and the possibility of Fernando Tatis coming back.
And BBTiA looks at the pitch f/x data for Tanner Scheppers.
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Good thing the MLBPA doesn't actually vote on it
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 26, 2009 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fernando Tatis
What do I do to keep this from happening?
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by willamos2 on Oct 26, 2009 9:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. I hope they can do better than that.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
by rooster on Oct 26, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the best external choice is Tatis
I’d just as soon go with Max Ramirez.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
by tricer on Oct 26, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keep in mind
Tatis was nothing more than a brain fart from a fan.
by twinkilling on Oct 26, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'm with you there
Tatis. what is he going to bring to the table that we don’t already have?
Also, I don’t get that we need a RH bat. We have Kinsler, Young, Cruz, Andrus, and TT as RH. 2 hitters are switch if you place Smoak in there with Salty. Then we have Murphy, Hamilton, Davis and Borbon as LH hitters. 5 RH, 2 switch and 4 LH and we’ll need to sign a utility infielder and a bigger bat. I don’t see why that bigger bat can’t be LH. Our best hitters except for Hamilton are all RH. The phillies on the other hand have all LH hitters in the middle of their lineup and Jimmy Rollins leading off, yet it doesn’t bother them. The side a player hits from should not matter as long as we get a good hitter.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tatis
In 2008: .297/.369/.484
In 2009: .282/.339/.438
This is playing in a tough park for hitters. OPS+ over 100 in both years.
He’s not my first choice, but for a guy to be a part-time 1B/COF/DH who gets 250-300 PAs, he’s not a bad option.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
since he is type B
would we lose our 2nd round pick? I wouldn’t care too much about the 2nd rounder, but I really think we need a better bat than Tatis.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don't lose anything for signing a type B
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 26, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I was getting confused
because if your 1st round pick was protected and you signed a Type A, you would then lose a 2nd Rounder.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
RH batters
If Kinsler continues to leadoff that only leaves Cruz as a middle of the order RH bat. And with his inability so far to hit major league LHP it makes it very easy on an opposing manager to either bring in a lefty late or manipulate their rotation to get lefties against us when we play them
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
by bigsteve on Oct 26, 2009 12:41 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
maybe he'll actually pay us to play here?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Oct 26, 2009 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of the realistic WS possibilities
NY and Phillies is pretty good. I’d have preferred an LA-NY World Series; just because I find Manny entertaining. But I can’t stomach either Boston or Anaheim. Since it wasn’t realistic to hope for the Twins or Rockies to get in; NY-Phils, NY-Dodgers, or NY-Cards were the only matchups I liked.
I’m going rouge and saying the Phillies win it in 6. They beat Burnett in Game 2; win two of three at home, and then the Yanks fall apart under the pressure of having to win another Game 6 to stay alive, just like 2003.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 26, 2009 9:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nah
Can’t stand watching East Coast matchups in the WS. I do merely slightly dislike Philly as opposed to hating NY, but given the poor reception I get on Fox and the matchups, I may not watch much of this WS.
by rodinuk on Oct 26, 2009 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the World Series.
Gotta watch.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 26, 2009 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Oct 26, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When is the date that arb has to be offered?
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 26, 2009 9:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Isn't it around the middle of Nov.?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 26, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
looks like Dec. 1
How long after the WS are teams able to negotiate contracts with FAs?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate that the Yankees are in the WS
I hate to see ARod and Teixeira in the WS as Yankees. Not only is their payroll unmatchable by anyone else, their participation in the WS sends the message to all FA’s that you can get both the big money AND the WS by going to the Yankees. I’m sick and tired of the Yankees having their pick of the FA litter every year.
by twinkilling on Oct 26, 2009 10:02 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Why would that change anytime soon?
I’m sick and tired of the Yankees having their pick of the FA litter every year.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Oct 26, 2009 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Money AND the WS?
The only fighting chance the other teams have is if they can offer a playing experience superior to the Yankees. If the Yankees are going to be a fixture in the WS, that takes that idea off the table.
by twinkilling on Oct 26, 2009 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They aren't a fixture in the World Series
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You'd swear they are if you read the media.
Or, rather, that they should be. CNN today reads, “Finally back on the biggest stage!” UGH.
by FuturePants on Oct 26, 2009 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought the same thing
Heard on the radio they were in WS after 6 years. I was thinking “cry me a river.”
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
by WyoRanger on Oct 26, 2009 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LMAO...
Rosenthal’s first question to Jeter… “How’s it feel to have this franchise back in the World Series after 6 long years?”
Ugggggh…
by N41D on Oct 26, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shit like that...
is why I wanted the Halos to actually beat the Yanks. Yes it would suck ass to see the Halos go to another WS, but I can’t stand all the Yankee bs.
The longer the Yanks go without winning a WS the better imo.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 26, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh
The last time they won was in 2000. If the Yankees win one World Series every 9-10 years, I can live with that.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
where are the “Break up the Phillies!” arguments? They’ve been there two years in a row! They spent money in trading for Cliff Lee – that isn’t fair!
In the 11 decades of the World Series, the Yankees have won 26. That is over 2 per decade. They’ve been to 40. Average of almost 4 per decade. At MOST, they can win 2 this decade and be to 4. In reference to baseball history, the Yankees are doing exactly what the Yankees do.
If anything, the Red Sox winning twice is more of a historical travesty. Complain about them.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 26, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
?
I don’t get this historical argument. I don’t care if the Yankees won 26 World Series in a row; I’m not going to be ok with them continuing to go 4 times per decade.
That’s like saying if Notre Dame wins 10 games this season they actually deserve their auto BCS berth, and we should all accept it, simply because ND historically has been good.
by FuturePants on Oct 26, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My argument
is that there is nothing new about the Yankees dominating baseball. There is no commandment that all teams should have an equal chance of winning. Parity has never been part of baseball. Ever. This isn’t the NFL.
Now, we can all hate the Yankees for that reason (and should; and the Red Sox as well, for now joining "the dark side"). I certainly enjoy seeing them lose. I was at game 6 of the Marlins Yankes WS in 2003 and was the biggest Josh Beckett fan in the house. Much to the chagrin of the fans around me. My Yankees hating cred is strong.
That said, the "sky is falling" mentality of people who think that the Yankees winning is bad for baseball doesn’t make sense to me. They’ve always been this way. They’ve always bought the best players and won more than other teams. Baseball has and will survive in spite of them. And I still believe that they are actually good for baseball. If the Yankees and the Red Sox (and the Angels, who spend enough money themselves) are the bad guys, that means we are fans of one of the good guys. It makes the game more magical: instead of two teams we don’t care about in the WS this year (like last year), there is a good guy and a bad guy.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 26, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you want to pay to see a movie where the bad guy wins?
Most people don’t, but that is the product that baseball has become. The argument that the Yankees are good for baseball because their uber-wealth makes them a eviler, more hate-able bad guy doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. The NFL has salary caps and they seem to have no weak-bad-guy, or lack-of-bad-guy problems.
You’re right though, MLB is not the NFL, the NFL is a lot more popular.
by jcAustin on Oct 26, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
whatever
If you like parity where a random team wins each year, go watch football. And parity is not the reason that the NFL is more popular. (I could make a pretty good argument that gambling is, but that is drifting off topic).
Besides, people always complain if the WS is boring – is that good for getting fans? I guarantee you that the ratings for this year’s series will be higher than last year’s.
And once again, you’ve introduced the fallacy that the Yankees win all the time. They haven’t won since 2000. Heck, the White Sox have won since then. Obviously it does no good if the Yankees are “unbeatable” every year because they “buy” the world series, but it has never been that way and unlikely ever will be. Really, all they have ever bought is a ticket to the playoffs every year, and even that doesn’t always work out. In your analogy, the Yankees are the movie where the bad guy might win, but the good guys may pull through. You don’t know, so you’re captivated. The NFL is the movie which has dramatic special effects but no one even cares at the end who wins.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 26, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your NFL comments
are just ridiculous. You must not even watch the sport.
by bdavison94 on Oct 26, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh I'm just being extreme
since he’s the one who brought the NFL into it. All the “Yankees are ruining baseball” arguments are so silly and so old that I have to start pulling out nonsensical arguments in return.
To be clear though, the “no one cares who wins in the end” is about the Superbowl, where every year we have to hear that the game isn’t all that interesting (even if I think it is)
And I’ll stick to the gambling dramatically boosting the NFL’s popularity argument.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 27, 2009 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One could say that parity exists in BASEBALL
Diamondbacks?
Marlins?
White Sox?
Angels?
Phillies?
Red Sox?
by oc on Oct 26, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and really
when did I say that the Yankees deserve to be in the World Series? Where did that come from???
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 26, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My argument is that the NYY have built their franchise through
a lot of hard work, shred investment of time and resources, a willingness to try new revenue streams and some luck.
I won’t fault any company for making themselves bigger and stronger than their competitors and using that to build an advantage in the marketplace. My question is how ocme other teams have not been exploiting the same types of differnet revenue streams the NYY have all these years.
The NYY where at the forefront in print, radio, tv, cable and now internet media. They were some of the early pioneers in all of those fields ans have reaped the rewards for doing so. The onus is on other teams now to build a better revenue generating model. If not now, plan for 10 or 20 years from now.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 26, 2009 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Story of two farmers
Farmer A has 1000 acres and farmer B only has100 acres. Farmer A’s harvests often exceed the harvests of farmer B.
Conclusion: Farmer A produces larger harvests due to a lot of hard work, shrewd investment of time and resources, a willingness to try new revenue streams and some luck.
by twinkilling on Oct 26, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the problems is the 2 farmers families both started with 50 acres
3 generations ago. Farmer A kept pushing the envelope, got a little lucky by finding a good spot to build a mill on his creek and turned his profits on his technology investment of a millt into buying more land, getting a tractor instead of mules and hiring more help. Farmer B kept growing slowly and was afraid to take the risk that farmer A took. Over the years Farmer A keeps outgrowing Farmer B.
3 generations later, farmer A’s family wants to buy out Farmer B’s land. Farmer B cries “we work just as hard as you… you have no right to use your better economic status against us…”
Welcome to long term strategic planning Farmer B. Since you didn’t keep up with Farmer A initially, you have no chance now with dealing with any for of fully or partial exponential growth system.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 26, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Surely, you aren't comparing New York to KC, Pittsburgh or even Dallas?
To say that they all started out equally is a very inaccurate assessment of the situation. Kansas City never was equal to NYC in opportunity, nor will it ever be. For 20 teams in MLB, signing Carl Pavano would have been a disaster that it would have taken a decade to recover from. For the Yankees, it was nothing more than a flea bite. In other words, the Yankees have the ability to sweep their mistakes under the carpet and move on to finding (and affording) a replacement forthwith. In short, it’s a helluva lot easier tofield a winner in NY than it is anywhere else.
by twinkilling on Oct 26, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The point
is that in the mid-’70s, when Steinbrenner bought the Yankees, they really had no huge competitive advantage other than being in NYC. Through the mid ’60s, they were a bad team.
Steinbrenner invested his money and time into the Yankees, he integrated it into a vertical corporate structure: stadium, team, television station, etc. He recognized the nature of the free agent terrain very early on, allowing him to take advantage of it to build his first set of championship clubs.
The Yankees dominate baseball not because of being in New York (how many WS have the Mets won?). They dominated because their owner was smarter and cared more about his team than other teams’ owners (some teams have smart owners, who are distracted, and other have owners who care, but aren’t smart – Steinbrenner is (was) both). And because God is (sadly) a Yankees fan.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 26, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"other than being in NYC"
You do realize that’s one hell of an advantage all by itself. And contrary to your Steinbrenner theory, the Yankees had a huge brand identity long before George ever bought the team.
by twinkilling on Oct 26, 2009 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean New York is big?
Huh, didn’t realize that.
The Cubs have a huge brand as well. For some strange reason every cable company in the country carries WGN and Cubs games. Chicago ain’t Mayberry either.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Oct 26, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chicago ain't Kansas City either.
I’m not saying it doesn’t take some effort to excell, but having more resorces to work with sure makes it a helluva lot easier. Just how successful do you think the YES network would be in Kansas City?
by twinkilling on Oct 27, 2009 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why not
NYY is not the longest standing MLB franchise, far from it.
How did the NYY empire get so large? You want to site the size of NYC, but there has always been at least 2 teams there except for a 4 year span after the Giants and Dodgers moved to the West Coast, and for an extended period of time 3.
They were not initially the most historic, nor had the most $$. They didn’t make it to the WS till their 20th season. Why did they get so big?
In 1950, teams spent 17.6% on salaries… Where did the rest go? Most in the owners pocket. Some teams reinvested into themselves. In the 70’s when Steinbrinner bought the NYY, that number was closer to 25%. Still a huge sum went to the owners pockets. Steinbriner reinvested into the infrastructure of his club and their media outlets.
30 years later, he gets to reap the benefits. It is not the NYY fault they are passing teams bye, its the other franchises willingness to keep their profits instead of reinvesting into themselves. Their lack of long term planning is biting them in the ass now.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 26, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One funny thing
is that as the yankees payroll has exploded to the upside compared to the rest of baseball they’ve been much less successful (winning the WS).
According to the data I saw 2003 is when they really jumped way out in front of the pack.
by bdavison94 on Oct 26, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the truth of the matter is
with their payroll, it is hard for other teams to make the playoffs. the Yankees have missed the playoffs, what, 1 time in 15 or so years and that was last year and they went and got Tex, CC and AJ. It’s not a guarantee that they win the WS, but it is almost a guarantee that they make the playoffs.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't disagree
Just found that data point interesting.
In looking at the average team payroll from ’88 to ’01 the median payroll team had a payroll of about 55-65% of the top payroll team.
In ‘02 it dropped below 50% for the first time in that data set. As low as 33% in ’05. Other than ’07 it’s been in the mid to high 30’s since.
I eyeballed this so don’t take it as the gospel.
by bdavison94 on Oct 26, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So the question is, is it bad
they can dominate the market, even when they earned that right through there own hard work?
That would be like complaining about Man U or Real Madrid’s dominance of their respective divisions.
Is the system flawed or did the rest of the owners do a poor job in policing their own revenue streams?
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 26, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so what about the fact that their current team
has more players brought up through their system than their opponent Philly?
The problem is that it isn’t just the money that sets them apart. As much or more is a pretty decent system of scouting in LA, some hits in the draft, some luck, and some willingness to eat other teams mistakes.
They have much more margin for error, but they themselves proved that it takes more than $$ to buy a championship.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 26, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is true
but as far as the phillies go, their best players, ie Howard, Utley, Rollins, Hamels and they got Victorino via the rule V, is why they are there. They supplemented alot. Contrary to that, the Yankees best players aside from Mariano are Arod, Tex, CC, and AJ.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorry *point fail
the first 4 phillies mentioned were homegrown.
i’m in the middle of a project. I should try to post when my mind is elsewhere.
carry on
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Arod came from
Soriano and Arias, both home grown…
Jeter and Posada are both home grown as well. NYY seem to have the right idea. Sign the front line SP or a premier bat and fill the other positions through trade or home grown
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 26, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes....
sign the premier front line pitcher almost every year. It’s a good model if you can afford it.
by bdavison94 on Oct 26, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the 1950's the Yankees were the wealthiest team in MLB by a longshot.
They even had their own farm team in the AL. It was located in Kansas City. In fact, the reason MLB went to a draft process in the 60’s was to prevent the Yankees from using their financial resources to sign all the top available talent.
by twinkilling on Oct 26, 2009 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
Farmer A went from his original 100 acres to 1,000 acres through shrewd investment.
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
by WyoRanger on Oct 26, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a terrible analogy
unless the harvests themselves are somehow going to compete on the field. Your analogy only applies to the money made, not the games themselves.
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Assuming they win this year
I’d say it’s a pretty crappy ROI for the dollars spent between 2000 and 2009.
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by WestTxAg06 on Oct 26, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check the cash register.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Oct 26, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This just in
the Yankees have a lot of money.
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by Parman on Oct 26, 2009 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes. What fun is a game where the guy with the most money wins?
There are those that say the setup in baseball (no salary cap) makes it all the sweeter when Goliath (the Yankees) falls, but for me, as a Ranger fan, this built in disadvantage is so dispiriting. Only consistent luck and VASTLY superior smarts in a front office can give a team in the MLB half a chance against the mega-funded. Are the Rangers really going to beat a team in 2010 or 2011 that could sign John Lackey this off-season as their number 4 starter? Are the Rangers really going to win the division against a team with twice their payroll, or win a WS against 3 opponents that will all have twice or 3 times their payroll? Probably not.
by jcAustin on Oct 26, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it'll be fun to watch them lose though
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by Walter Sobchak on Oct 26, 2009 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why? Just because she's a woman?
@SI_JonHeyman jed hoyer will be introduced as #padres gm today. #dodgers people annoyed kim ng didnt get job.
Jed Hoyer is pretty damn well respected front office guy.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 26, 2009 10:02 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Better to be beat by a guy like Jed Hoyer than Wayne Krivsky and some of the other buffoons that have beaten her in recent years
"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Oct 26, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
@mlbtraderumors Meetings with the Cardinals, Orioles, and Red Sox are on the agenda for Aroldis Chapman this week.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 26, 2009 10:05 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Huh
I remember once upon a time, the Orioles catching flak because they said they wouldn’t sign Cuban defectors.-
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder how they'd feel about
giving back the 143 wins they got from Mike Cuellar?
by twinkilling on Oct 26, 2009 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He wasn't a Cuban defector
He also didn’t sign with the Orioles — he signed with the Reds.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yea, I know that
But he is a Cuban and he did log 143 wins for the O’s.
by twinkilling on Oct 26, 2009 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So where does TR
think Bmac ends up if he has Harrison in the rotation next year?
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by RangerMad on Oct 26, 2009 10:05 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He wrote that right before his nap.
He was sleepy and forgot. BTW, I just love the way he says the team is looking for pitching. I get that FO will take a favorable deal (trade), but are they really looking to sign(FA) a pitcher? Seems like there is an ass load of options internally. What does the team do with McCarthy, Harrison, Hurley, etc if another pitcher (Sheets) is signed? Seems to me, it would be a roster crunch. I assume Sheets would want a MLB deal, right?
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by Parman on Oct 26, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we need to sign a couple bullpen arms
I wouldn’t mind getting a starter via trade. Harrison should probably get a shot in the bullpen as another lefty guy. I don’t see him as a better option than say, Felliz, Holland, Feldman, Hunter, Millwood, McCarthy or Nippert. Harrison just doesn’t miss alot of bats. Perhaps he can get more out of his stuff in short bullpen outings.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
bullpen arms?
only if the price is very good. The Rangers have lots of back end rotation, long men, and bullpen types right now. Relievers are a crap shoot and unless a very good arm is available at a good price I’d just as soon see them use guys already here.
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you can get a very good price this offseason
especially if the market starts to play out like it did last year. Waiting could be prudent and you could get a good deal. I may stay away from Type A relievers because I wouldn’t want to lose the 1st rounder over a crap shoot.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A prudent thought
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Game 1 pitching duel is going to be great...
CC vs. Lee…you think Indians fans will be screaming at their TVs while watching that or are they satisfied with what they received for both?
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Oct 26, 2009 10:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Philly
I hope they win it.
Have to admire the job done by the GM there, especially adding Cliff Lee at a reasonable cost. Also, adding Ibanez instead of bringing back Burrell – I thought that move was very questionable (actually I thought it was downright stupid), but it worked out very well for them.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
by tricer on Oct 26, 2009 10:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OT : So I went and saw...
Paranormal Activity to see why it was getting so much attention, and I was pretty impressed. I’m not one to get scarred at movies, and I wouldn’t say this one really scarred me either. However there were a few moments where I would get those little tingly feelings of suspense. Good stuff.
It had the feeling of Blair Witch to me. The whole hand held camera filming thing along with the idea of ghosts/demons and haunting. I actually liked it more than the BWP though. The characters weren’t as annoying in this movie imo. Most importantly, it wasn’t some cheesy horror movie. I’ll admit, it did take me a few minutes longer to go to sleep that night. Pretty good movie.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 26, 2009 10:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I enjoyed it..
Wasn’t really scary, but I was absolutely more alert to creaks and the house settling while I was trying to go to sleep the night I saw it…
I walked outta the theater and overheard a girl with tears in her eyes ask her boyfriend, “Wait, that wasn’t a real story?” … Ugh. LOL. I looked at the poor guy, shook my head and chuckled…
by N41D on Oct 26, 2009 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
Good to hear you weren’t wounded at the movie theater.
by LiamP on Oct 26, 2009 12:08 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, my spelling/typing sucks...
scared, sorry.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 26, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
see Where the Wild Things Are yet?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Oct 26, 2009 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
didn't like it at all
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Oct 26, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not enough...
dude penis in it for you?
by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 26, 2009 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep...
But what do I know. A lot of people have liked it. Just too slow with very little story behind it imo.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 26, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I liked it a lot
but then again I had a bottle of wine in my hand.
And Tony Soprano’s voice is enough to keep my interest in a movie
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Oct 26, 2009 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well the book is only 10 or so pages
what do you expect.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of my off-duty jobs is security at a movie theater
and I heard some chick walking out of “Inglorious Basterds” remarking to her Affliction-shirt wearing douchebag boyfriend about how interesting it was to see how Hitler really died.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Oct 26, 2009 11:09 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh man.
The thing I liked most about that movie is the whole time, you are SURE they are not actually going to succeed and kill Hitler. When they do, it’s just so supremely satisfying to see that asshole get shot about 58 million times.
by FuturePants on Oct 26, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I should say my post is a spoiler, but you are already spoiled from Loblaw's comment above.
by FuturePants on Oct 26, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoops
Sorry to ruin it. I guess that was kind of like that flashback scene from The Simpsons where Homer is walking past the huge line waiting to see “Return of The Jedi” and says, “yeah right….Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father. Suuuuuure!”
Also, the boat sinks at the end of “Titanic.”
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Oct 26, 2009 11:49 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
And at the end of Major League Ricky forgets about the curveball and gives him the heater.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 26, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha ha ha ha
Also, mega kudos on noting the d-baginess of a dude based on his wearing of an affliction t-shirt.
Affliction t’s are the new tribal armband.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 26, 2009 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh... Ed Hardy...
A few of my good friends are a couple of German dudes over here on work visas, and they fucking love Ed Hardy. No matter how much I try to steer them away, the Euros just love them some Ed fucking Hardy. Apparently that shit is crazy popular over there and they’re so excited that they can actually afford it here cause it’s apparently so much cheaper here than there for some reason.
They showed up at my house a while back to head out for the night wearing the most obnoxious, aggresively frat-boyish Ed Hardy apparel. I fucking made them go home and change.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 26, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
pretty damn good movie
except I hated seeing Stiglitz or whatever his name was dying
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Oct 26, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know...
I was sitting here thinking about the 2009 Texas Rangers and what they need to do to improve the team next season.
I had 2 thoughts:
- CJ Wilson to the rotation
- Bring back Fernando Tatis
I then came down from my acid-trip.
by cmkelly29 on Oct 26, 2009 11:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Could be worse
could be BMac in the rotation.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
by DJCahill on Oct 26, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's not worse.
Still, I hope it’s neither BMac nor Harrison but Feliz instead.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
by rooster on Oct 26, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To start next season?
I wouldn’t put Feliz in the rotation to start the year.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
why not?
you can limit his innings by giving someone like Nippert or Bmac a spot start every now and then. I’d just be too worried about the team keeping Feliz in the bullpen if they start him there. Wash would definitely be an advocate of that.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see anything wrong
with starting Feliz either in the minors or in the major league bullpen to start the season. I also would not panic if they kept him in the bullpen the entire season. We tend to overreact here to things that aren’t necessarily indicators of a player’s long term future. It’s entirely reasonable to think that in 2010 Feliz might be more valuable as a reliever even though long term he should be starting.
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Feliz, though, isn't a max effort guy
and if he can get through a lineup a couple times, then I think Feliz is much more valuable as a starter. It’s the difference in 160 innings to 70 innings. That is more valuable in my estimation. I think Scheppers may factor in the bullpen in ’10 much like Feliz did this year. Strop has electric stuff as well, and may not be a bad fit in the bullpen.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why not start Feliz in the rotation in the minors?
You can better limit his innings there, and use him like the BoSox did with Buchholz this year, as a guy you bring up to fill a hole in the rotation.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the BoSox situation was a little different
Buccholz had not been really successful over the previous year in the big leagues and at the beginning of the season the Red Sox had what was thought to be better options in their glut of pitching. I don’t think we have 5 better options than Feliz, and I think Feliz would learn alot more by starting in the Majors than in AAA.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not different.
Feliz’s small sample awesomeness was great, but it’s not a guarantee he’ll just continue that next spring. Buccholz’s lack of success the previous year is pretty much irrelevant, that would still be a good plan for Feliz.
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boston
had 6 starters before even considering Buccholz. Matsuzaka, Lester, Beckett, Wakefield, Penny, and they signed Smoltz for a couple months into the season and Masterson was making spot starts and working out of the pen. Buccholz turned out to be better than the previous year and a couple of those starters in hindsight. Feliz though can be better than any of our starters.
My point is, every player and situation is different. The Rangers are being aggressive with alot of their players and challenging them. I would like to see them start Feliz in the rotation at the beginning of the season. If they don’t, I won’t be upset unless they are starting a Benson clone. Then I will be seriously pissed.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was speaking
more in philosophical terms, and I agree Boston had better depth at that time. Still, we really have no idea how such a young starter is going to do and you simply cannot say Feliz is definitely a better option than the others. Young starters are disappointing much more often than they are awesome. Buccholz is a prime example, and so is Holland. It’s rare that a young pitcher is even an average ML starter their first year in the rotation.
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree
young pitchers can be volatile, and we can still expect some of that from Holland etc. I don’t know, maybe I’m being illogical, but I think Feliz has alot more deception than Holland and would probably be more successful not even to mention his stuff.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still, they need to limit his innings
And he didn’t seem real strong in Sept this year. So why not stick him in the BP to get a better idea of how his stuff holds up as the innings pile up, let him get more experience against ML hitters, and limit his innings at the same time?
Seems like a perfect scenario to me.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Oct 26, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As are most bloggers.
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, of course a guy is more valuable for 160 innings, than 70
but young starters struggle, even when as talented as Feliz. Feliz might very well put up an ERA north of 6, you never know. I think it’s VERY likely that Feliz would have very bad stretches as a starter, just like Holland did this year. In the bullpen, if he’s having an off night, you just get someone else in there. I didn’t say I thought the team should go that way, just that I can see reasons why they might, and that it wouldn’t make me press the panic button on his long term role.
More time in the major league bullpen would not hurt Feliz’s development, but I’d prefer they start him off in the OKC rotation and bring him up later on.
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
when would you have Feliz called up?
I wouldn’t want to wait too long, and I think a player’s developmental curve can take awhile and he can go through struggles, but why would that be a bad thing. He can learn to make the necessary adjustments early in the season. If called up later, those adjustments are going to come later possibly when the season is on the line. I don’t know what the right thing to do. In the 20- something years I’ve been a Ranger fan, I’ve yet to see a prospect with as much stuff as Feliz and with what seems to be as little effort.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Personally
I’d have him up by Memorial Day at the latest, maybe sooner, and then let him take his licks and live with some rough starts. He looks special and I think that the good starts would balance the rough ones and he’d end up quite a bit more valuable than someone like Harrison, McCarthy. Controversial opinion, I know, heh.
By Memorial Day I’d want a rotation of Millwood, Feldman, Hunter, Holland and Feliz unless they trade for someone better than those 5. And you’ve got Nippert, McCarthy, Harrison, Mathis, Moscoso available as long men or spot starters. Hurley goes to OKC. The team has some decent depth right now.
I’d leave Wilson in the bullpen. I don’t trust him to hone his stuff down to 3 or 4 consistent pitches and stay in the game long enough for a starter.
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i can live with that
CJ definitely stays in the ‘pen. If it aint broke, don’t fix it. Even without considering his pitchers, he is not very economical as a reliever, and there is no way if he throws the same amount of pitchers per inning that he does as a reliever in his starts that he would last 5 innings.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay
I didn’t think it was necessary, but since I just had to delete someone comment because of this, let me say…
Do not post pictures that include nudity.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 11:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What if it's self-nudity and we're like really insanely fucking ruggedly handsome?
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 26, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Harder to type
with one hand.
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When I make that face around the ladies, if it's quiet and you listen really closely, you can literally hear the sound of moisture hitting panties.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 26, 2009 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sheep wear panties?
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by t ball on Oct 26, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Okay, then!
You’ve been a little off lately, dude…
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Oct 26, 2009 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he posted that pic...
of you because it’s pretty clear you’re not wearing any pants there.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 26, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In your current avatar...
is that a mustache or just shadowing?
by cmkelly29 on Oct 26, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's facial hair.
Don’t know if you’d call that puberty-tastic thing I was rocking there a true mustache, though.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 26, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The look on your face says you're talking about your moisture.
Nice aim?
by 3hacks on Oct 26, 2009 1:26 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
sorry
i can post a link?
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Oct 26, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you can email me...
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 26, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What if it's Flo?
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Oct 26, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In text, then...
What was the image?
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Oct 26, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The neck of a champaign bottle was replaced by a male part.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
by rooster on Oct 26, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sorta
the “champagne bottle” (in a locker room celebration setting) was “pouring champagne” on a very excited a-rod’s face.
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Oct 26, 2009 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tanner Scheppers = Nasty McFilthy
I approve this nickname
by BuckyB on Oct 26, 2009 12:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OT
McGuire is STL’s new hitting coach
Odd that he wasn’t at the press conference for it, but whatever…
by BuckyB on Oct 26, 2009 12:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He's probably out picking up a big bag of PEDs to take with him
by MikeEl on Oct 26, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It Worked for Rudy.
so, whatever works!
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
by DJCahill on Oct 26, 2009 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ooooo, touche
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think its strange he's coming back into the limelight. He's been so quiet since retiring.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
by rooster on Oct 26, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
statute of limitations?
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 26, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
trying to repair his good name
so he can get into the Hall of fame
by MikeEl on Oct 26, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that said
if they let him in, I want them to let Palmeiro in too.
by MikeEl on Oct 26, 2009 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
biggest prick...
…to wear a ranger uniform?
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Oct 26, 2009 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You win today.....
Congrats!!
Wash is an idiot!!
by bspate on Oct 26, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess none of you guys have seen Jeff from LOL take on this.. Pretty funny
McGwire: See, what you want to be doing is hitting dingers.
McGwire: When you go up there, first pitch, you’re looking dead red so you can hit a dinger.
McGwire: Sometimes you’re gonna miss. That’s okay. Stick to your guns. There’s no more efficient way of scoring than hitting a dinger. That’s what we want to be doing.
McGwire: The pitcher might pick up on your strategy. Don’t worry about it. He’s more afraid of you than you are of him.
McGwire: If he throws you something offspeed, like a curveball, don’t be fooled. Just hit it for a dinger.
McGwire: Walks are good too. If the pitcher tries to get you to chase something out of the zone, don’t swing at it.
McGwire: You only want to swing at strikes. Take balls. Hit strikes for dingers.
McGwire: Now let’s break up and practice. Group A, get in there. I want to see you guys hitting dingers. Group B, practice your dinger swings.
McGwire: Who’s first in Group A? Skip? Get in there, Skip.
McGwire: Let’s see some dingers!
Schumaker:
Schumaker: Coach, I don’t
McGwire: What’re you doing over there?
McGwire: You’re standing on the wrong side of the plate. Bat righty.
McGwire: You hit dingers batting righty.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 26, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i saw this, this morning
that Jeff is a funny guy.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had forgotten about this connection.
As part of Matt Holliday’s transformation from all-star to National League MVP candidate for the Colorado Rockies, he received a little assist from Big Mac, former home run masher Mark McGwire. And it was all legal.
In August 2006, former Oakland and St. Louis great Mark McGwire visited Coors Field as a guest of former teammates Mike Gallego and Jamie Quirk. He renewed acquaintances with Holliday and broke down the slugger’s swing on videotape. McGwire suggested adding a leg kick. Holliday now has a career-high 35 homers.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
by rooster on Oct 26, 2009 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Simpsons
Mark McGwire: Do you want to know the terrifying truth? Or do you want to see me sock a few dingers!
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
by Smoak Some on Oct 26, 2009 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't mind CJ in the rotation
if it meant Kiker’s in the pen doing what he did…only if Feliz is not a thought for the rotation at the start of the year and is in the pen.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Oct 26, 2009 1:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The only reason CJ wants to be a starter.....
is so he can spend the other four days dreaming of being a race car driver.
Wash is an idiot!!
by bspate on Oct 26, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The thought of what our back end of the bullpen could look like by the end of the year gives me a case of the tight baseball pants.
Two Frank. Ceej. Feliz*. McFilthy. Kiker. Etc…
Um, yes.
Please.
- Assuming Neffy doesn’t go back to the rotation, which would obviously be my first choice.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Beware 2011: The Fortypocalypse is Nigh...
by thedirkatron on Oct 26, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck the fucking Yankees
Scott Feldman – "The greatest Hawaiian-born Jewish baseball player to ever set foot on the mound."
by Section 339 on Oct 26, 2009 4:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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