This Day in LSB History
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 12:00 PM CDT
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On this day 1 year ago, I took a look at the Daniels vs. Fern argument Bob Sturm and his intern put together, in which Sturm argued that if Jon Daniels had simply not made any moves at all since taking over as g.m. of the Rangers, the team would be a lot better off.
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Love me some TC
Love me some BaD
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Oct 26, 2009 12:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Had to LOL.
JD will also be very lucky if this current batch of pitchers in the organization turn out be as good as Danks, CYoung and Eddy V have become.
Just take a guess. Seriously. Just guess.
What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit?
by ghtd36 on Oct 26, 2009 12:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
OOPS!
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 26, 2009 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gee, I wonder how this is going to turn out.
by LiamP on Oct 26, 2009 12:24 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
I bet every sports journalist has
an article or segemetn they wish they never di that always ends up biting them in their ass…
Kinda like the Galloway Hershel Walker article or poor Sturm’s Daniels v. Fern argument…
Everyone makes mistakes, and it is our job as sports fans to remind them of it.
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 12:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The problem with Sturm is
that he still believes in his fern argument without realizing the extreme stupidity of every bit of that argument.
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 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly.
You can prolly throw some others on that pile…
"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 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know that that is the case
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You think he's finally changed his mind
from when he first joined Inside Corner?
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 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the case
At least as far as he’s willing to admit publicly.
by Brett Perryman on Oct 26, 2009 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It could be worse
He could be Mark Whicker.
by Inkara1 on Oct 26, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha classy
I’m sure whatever happened to skinny Barry Bonds was the first thing on her mind
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott
by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Oct 26, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap... how did that get past his editors??
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
ElectricOkra.com
by WhipSmart on Oct 26, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weird thing is he's done that before
Did the same type of column when article when Terry Anderson was released from Lebanon.
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=169823
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 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the concept is pretty bad
but to end it with this…
And ballplayers, who always invent the slang no matter what ESPN would have you believe, came up with an expression for a home run that you might appreciate.
Congratulations, Jaycee. You left the yard.
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 26, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know what you mean
It would be like talking about New England 59, Tennessee 0 and saying, “I haven’t seen a beating like that on TV since Rodney King.”
by Inkara1 on Oct 26, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wonder if that will come up on their show.
"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 12:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably not
That would cut into time reserved for playing songs, opens, and drops they have already played 1000’s of times.
LoneStarBall....You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
by DaheelzCM on Oct 26, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, AJM is now a troll huh?
"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 12:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
?
I just didn’t have much to post today, so went back through the archives looking for something interesting in “This Day in LSB History.”
This was something that generated a lot of discussion at the time (and still), so I thought it was worth linking.
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 26, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cowboys extend Ware says a Jay Glazer tweet
i’m reporting dallas and d ware have agreed on new 6 yr deal worth up to 13 per yr and nearly 40mil guaranteed. well worth it!
by tyd3311 on Oct 26, 2009 1:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Seems like a good deal.
Same amount guaranteed as Haynesworth, but 1 less year and $1million less per year, which some wanted to make the benchmark for the contract.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I glanced at Adam's rebuttal
Looked like a bunch of typical AJM fuzzy math type stuff. “well, if we pretend this and fudge that, it works out the way I want it” And lots of use of words like “basically” when he wants to bridge “not even close”.
Remember, AJM is the guy who prerennially lusts after aging injured players like Manny Ramirez, but criticizes people like Blalock and Young for attitude.
So Sturm was right.
by Sharky on Oct 26, 2009 2:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Next AJM to do a report
On how Obama’s healthcare plan wont add to the national deficit or cost any money…
by Sharky on Oct 26, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do you hate America,
Sharky?
"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 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He hates everything.. America just gets caught up in the nets....
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
by bking on Oct 27, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Interesting paper on healthcare internationally
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1262978&download=yes
"More than likely JW never played sports above the youth level. It amazes me that he seems to have no concept on the common reactions of an adult athlete or their normal interactions between each other." - laxonto
by Michael Cave on Oct 26, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
I spent time around the Dutch health care system and there’s plenty of people upset with that. For all the people who wish we had Euro-style healthcare system, I want to see what their reaction is when newer treatments aren’t covered under a more bare-bones, try to cover everyone system.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need to experiment...
at the state level with different coverage models. Consumer driven healthcare is something that should be expanded. We need to go about re-coupling the consumption of healthcare with the payment of healthcare.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Oct 26, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can agree with this
I think there is a common misconception that switching to “universal” health care will solve all ills. It wont and it doesnt. The author of that paper does a fairly good job of identifying the good and bad of several countries’ healthcare systems.
"More than likely JW never played sports above the youth level. It amazes me that he seems to have no concept on the common reactions of an adult athlete or their normal interactions between each other." - laxonto
by Michael Cave on Oct 26, 2009 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
there’s too much distortion and perverse incentives in the current healthcare market. I’m moving to an HSA next year to put my money where my mouth is.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Oct 26, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Several of my coworkers
are leaning that way. I would have to do more research into HSAs but they actually dont seem too bad at all as I am a very healthy individual.
There is one thing for sure about the current state of the healthcare market, something needs to be done.
"More than likely JW never played sports above the youth level. It amazes me that he seems to have no concept on the common reactions of an adult athlete or their normal interactions between each other." - laxonto
by Michael Cave on Oct 26, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Once your HSA...
is => your deductible, it makes all kinds of sense.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Oct 26, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah that
is how the HSA caught my attention. Im currently studying for my MS in acct and just finished up a tax class that included a little bit of health care deductions and such.
"More than likely JW never played sports above the youth level. It amazes me that he seems to have no concept on the common reactions of an adult athlete or their normal interactions between each other." - laxonto
by Michael Cave on Oct 26, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the same problem with all of politics.
It’s never black and white. The best solution often falls in some shade of gray.
What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit?
by ghtd36 on Oct 26, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh, about that...
I thought I read they were going to decrease the amount you could put into HSA’s as part of this plan? Did that change in one of the seemingly infinite changes/proposals in the past week or two?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
That’s part of the problem with the current proposals, there isn’t enough concrete info out there to find out what’s going to impact your own situation.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Oct 26, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't that because everytime they put out specifics...
..roughly half the country erupts in anger?
(Just an observation, not a commentary)
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But shouldn't that be a clue???
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
by bking on Oct 27, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could get on board with this.
At the national level, I think it’s ridiculous that more research money isn’t used to evaluate procedures that we are doing. It has been shown that when there are established protocols for a disease, there is much less variation in treatment (and, thus, costs for treatment).
That and I don’t understand why medical malpractice caps aren’t on the agenda. It seems like if you added that (modified by state/region) and balanced it with a move away from fee-for-service based physician payment, you could actually reduce health care costs from provider side.
It is interesting that every economist says that health care costs won’t come down until people actually feel how much health care costs (ie, tax on [higher] health-care plans or higher deductibles) but this has been close to a non-starter.
Basically, it sucks that so much of this is getting done with emphasis being placed on providing service for everyone without much effort being placed on controlling costs. I (as a med student) am worried that it will lead to crazy stuff like the SGR and other random ass medicare rules.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Give people...
control over the money to pay for their own healthcare (i.e., HSA’s). Cost control will follow automatically, I would think. Milton Friedman said there are 4 ways to spend money. Current healthcare models are the least efficient of the 4.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Oct 26, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree that would be the quickest way to drop costs.
But I think that’s also the most painful way. Personally, I’d like to see some mixing of the two. Seems like a tax on your health care would be a good way to do it.
The problem with HSA’s is that not everyone has the $5,000/person or whatever it would take to save up into your HSA to get a high-deductible policy. If the average family income in Texas is between $55000 and $60000, then how much can you really expect them to be able to put into an HSA? Especially for a family of 4.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you're a family of 4...
don’t you get an earned income tax credit if you’re only making $55k?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Oct 26, 2009 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know.
But that would mean half of the state would be getting it…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be in line...
with the current tax code. Approx. 50% of the population does not pay income tax.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Oct 26, 2009 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know if that's just summary of the paper or the actual paper
If that’s the paper, it sucks. There’s absolutely no information in there – just broad generalizations.
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 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry for no explanation...
click on d/l, then click on the NY d/l, it will prompt you for a password, just select d/l anonymously. The paper is 48 pages including citations. It will load in PDF form.
"More than likely JW never played sports above the youth level. It amazes me that he seems to have no concept on the common reactions of an adult athlete or their normal interactions between each other." - laxonto
by Michael Cave on Oct 26, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought that might be the case
It was a longer abstract than I’m used to so I wasn’t sure.
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 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah it is one of my
more visited sites. Terrific papers on finance on there as well.
"More than likely JW never played sports above the youth level. It amazes me that he seems to have no concept on the common reactions of an adult athlete or their normal interactions between each other." - laxonto
by Michael Cave on Oct 26, 2009 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But most of the MLB leaders statistical leaders any given season
Are usually from the Rangers farm system.
So it’s obviously true if the Rangers had done nothing over the years, they’d field all stars at every position.
This is obviously unique to the Rangers as if it wasn’t, then hypothetically if every team kept all it’s farm players, you’d have 30 teams of all stars, which obviously isn’t feasible.
by Sharky on Oct 26, 2009 3:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Take it easy, Sharky
Why don’t you sit this next one out, stop talking for a while.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Oct 26, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think sharky is poor
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
by ab03 on Oct 26, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How's your trading going, Sharky?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Oct 26, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: Fantasy Trade
Giving up: Wes Welker, Rashard Mendenhall
Getting: Michael Turner
I already have Calvin Johnson, Roddy White, Vincent Jackson (who’s been money this year), and Anquan Boldin for 3 WR positions. I have Peterson for my RB1 spot, then rotate Mendenhall, Lynch, and Wells (just picked up) through RB2.
Thoughts? Too much? Good deal?
(Yes, I realize nobody cares about my fantasy football team)
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 3:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't do it.
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
by sprite on Oct 26, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
por que?
I know Turner’s not as good as other RB’s yardage-wise, but he does get red zone carries.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with this.
You could probably give up a 3-for-1 and still get value for MJD.
by brettgardner on Oct 26, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't do it.
Not that much difference between Mendenhall and Turner this year in my opinion. But Mendenhall might be in Mike Tomlin’s doghouse after that red zone fumble yesterday.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
by coolaid on Oct 26, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm, ok.
I know he’s not as good as last year, but isn’t he still a top 10 RB this season? It seems silly to hold on to 5 top 15-20 WR’s when I don’t have a second top 15 RB. Who to target?
On Calvin Johson, unfortunately I traded for him earlier in the year. Ray Rice for him, with this same guy I’m trading with now. Le sigh…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it's a PPR league, you can't trade Welker
by tyd3311 on Oct 26, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not.
The only problem with Welker is that Brady seems to alternatively focus a ton on whichever has the better matchup between him and Moss. I initially tried to do this with Boldin, but he hasn’t been as good this year so far.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thumbs down.
Welker’s more valuable than that, in my opinion. If you’re going to trade Welker, include him in a blockbuster and get a big name (MJD, maybe you could even get Gore on the cheap since he’s coming off an injury).
What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit?
by ghtd36 on Oct 26, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do it.
Unless you can find a better deal, it’s a no brainer to me. There’s no reason to do the WR carousel every week and get mad when you don’t start the right guys. Turner is a clear upgrade over Mendenhall now that Parker is back. Mendenhall still started this week but he had another HUGE fumble at a crucial point in the game and was replaced by Moore the next series.
by jthig32 on Oct 26, 2009 7:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what?
I was paying enough attention to what you have.
I say do it. If someone will do that trade, you pretty much have to do it to me. Complete reversal of opinion.
by brettgardner on Oct 26, 2009 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you guys get a chance
go over to Royals Review and read Alternative Baseball Universe: Both Teams Bat in the Ninth Inning, No Matter What
Pretty cool
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 7:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
For some reason when I try to click the link
it won’t let me. Might be my browser.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's the actual URL
http://www.royalsreview.com/2009/10/22/1095820/alternative-baseball-universe-both
Seems pretty damned stupid to me. Just extra pitches for the visiting bullpen to throw, and extra time taken up in a game that people already complain about the pace of. Plus, if the home team is leading bigtime in a blowout game, having them bat again in the bottom of the 9th would kinda blow a hole in that “don’t run up a score” etiquette that exists in baseball.
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN
by lonestarJon on Oct 26, 2009 8:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm
…..bunt back to the pitcher as quickly as possible, ending the inning expeditiously. Like the kneel down play in football
Where’s the fun in that? The winning team clinching the final in their respective player’s glove is somewhat magical.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
After final there should be the word "out".
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup.
Basically this entire idea is one giant anticlimax, and it’s stupid.
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN
by lonestarJon on Oct 26, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey Wales is no longer following me on
Twitter. I’m a sad panda.
Last night he was ranting at Keith Law while he was drunk. It was pretty funny.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 8:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Saw him threaten FuturePants earlier this afternoon, too
It is truly entertaining! I had my doubts when I got the follow request, too.
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by lisa w on Oct 26, 2009 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Excuse me?
I was traveling all day long today.
Left mid-morning and stuck at an airport and then in the air for most of the day.
Has somebody (Rodney, you drunk cowardly sack of shit, you are fooling nobody) grabbed my name and ran with it in other places?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Oct 26, 2009 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh!
Mother effing Yankees!!! And I thought some schlong was the worst thing I’d see on lonestarball today…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 8:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This is why any browesr I use must have an adblock capicity
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN
by lonestarJon on Oct 26, 2009 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN
by lonestarJon on Oct 26, 2009 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
adblock plus auto updates the block lists frequently
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Oct 27, 2009 6:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've become completely oblivious to the ads on this site.
I didn’t even notice that til your post.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 9:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
reply fail
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember being really frustrated with Sturm and others of his mindset last fall
…and this was the main reason.
We’re talking about Andrus, Feliz, Hunter, Borbon, Perez, Smoak, Holland and all of the others, all just a big pile of nothing. They weren’t willing to investigate closely enough to see that things were different, just because Jamey’s (to use the name cited by Cahill) told them there were good players on the farm before and the team didn’t eventually win. I find that mindset to be really obnoxious, particularly from someone who tends to hold himself to a higher standard than the standard controversy seeking radio numbnut.
by Brett Perryman on Oct 26, 2009 9:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You mean like the
typical “We’re the Rangers, we’ll never win no matter what because it is who we are.” attitude? I here it a lot, it’s quite annoying.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's the first level of it
At least that person is pretty freely admitting that they are either too beaten down to take the possibility seriously or just don’t like the Rangers that much. The Sturm/McDowell (circa Fall 2008) approach was to act like they were willing to really dig into the details, that they really wanted to find the truth of the situation, but since their interest in baseball ends with anyone who hasn’t played in the majors:
1. all prospects are basically created equally, so it’s not correct to say that anyone’s prospect or set of prospects is necessarily better than anyone eles’s
2. anyone who does try to evaluate prospects has been wrong before, so revert to #1
I love that they have a team in Norm’s goofy fantasy league. They sound like that guy everyone in the league terrorizes because he has no clue what he’s doing. I like both of them too. which makes it worse.
by Brett Perryman on Oct 26, 2009 9:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was about to point out the fantasy league thing.
I dunno, he had some decent posts over at insidecorner this year. It seemed like either he was starting to get it or realized that the insidecorner audience would need better proof than wins and losses.
You’re right though, it’s frustrating that he’s willing to throw himself into the percentages of Cowboy offensive packages but not willing to learn a lot more about defensive metrics, wOBA, GB/FB, pitchF/X and WAR. I can’t decide if it’s laziness or just that it takes time to realize that unlike sports like football or basketball, baseball really does lend itself to statistical analysis.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 26, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My sig on here for a while was
Bob Sturm hates baseball
It was in jest, but I think if he’s completely honest he’d admit that it is far and away his least favorite sport of the big four, and you might be able to toss soccer in there as well. And whatever, just don’t dismiss people who actually know what they’re talking about when you’re not interested enough to draw a serious conclusion.
by Brett Perryman on Oct 26, 2009 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still think
going on about players who aren’t going to make any impact for 2-3 years at best is Radio Anthrax.
"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 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's fine
but there are other alternatives to hyping prospects besides making yourself look like a jackass. And I would add, Bob had no problem using his various forums to hype Jamie Benn. He just likes hockey and the Stars a lot more than he likes baseball and the Rangers, so Benn gets billed as a stud (and correctly so) and Neftali Feliz and Elvis Andrus get dismissed as nonentities who surely suck because of some lazy logical fallacy.
by Brett Perryman on Oct 26, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i really HATE that
I don’t know how many discussions with people I’ve gotten into where the individual has said this is the same old same old. I try to explain that it is different, bring up stats, back it up with actual scouting reports, especially scouting reports from outside the organization. If I didn’t do that, they would say it was propaganda, and they’ve been saying the same thing for years, so it’s no different. Argh! It’s frustrating.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Frustrating
but it’s rewarding when the talent produces on a Major League level. I did that a lot with a former co-worker. I tried to introduce him to Feliz and Holland, and he said I’ll be excited when they show something.
A few days later, FSN aired the In My Own Words with Nolan. Noland talked about both pitchers for a bit, and it got my co-worker excited.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Benn is pretty good though
If there is a prospect hierarchy right now in Dallas for me…
1. Neftali
2. Benn
3. Scheppers
by UNTJosh on Oct 26, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so you put Scheppers
over Smoak and Perez.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ill go with Perez 3
over Scheppers. That was an oversight. I’m excited about Smoak, but the potential of good pitching is more exciting to me.
by UNTJosh on Oct 26, 2009 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm excited about Smoak
just because any player who can actually be patient at the plate will be a huge novelty in this lineup.
"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 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
not dissing Benn.
He is just a good illustration of my point, because Bob knows he’s good because he talks to people who follow hockey below the NHL level, saw what he did in the Memorial Cup and Jr WCs, and just took the time to actually ask Stars officials what they thought about him. Benn wasn’t even in THN’s top 50 this year. If Bob followed the Stars the way he does the Rangers, he would barely recognize the name. Remember during the 2008 season (might have even been after he was promoted to AA) when someone here asked Bob if he knew who Feliz was? He’d heard the name and knew that some people rated him highly, but that was it. Feliz was a top ten prospect in baseball. If he treated the Stars the way he treats the Rangers, he would have blown off any suggestion that Benn could make an impact in the NHL, ever, much less in 2009-10, rather than paying any attention to Stars folks selling him on how good he is, despite his mediocre ranking from national outlets.
by Brett Perryman on Oct 26, 2009 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Selling Sports Sturm waaaaaay short, BP.
He has Little Boy Donuts nailed.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Oct 26, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
fair enough
though I imagine if Benn were with virtually any other franchise he’d have been ranked much higher by the forces that rank such things. I see what you mean though
by UNTJosh on Oct 27, 2009 6:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is certainly something odd
about the way these recent Stars prospects have been ranked. Eriksson, Neal, Benn, Grossman, these guys were known to be very solid players around here but were ignored nationally. But, yeah, that doesn’t really detract from what I’m saying. Bob leaned on sources to find out how good these guys actually were that he would have ignored if they were Rangers prospects.
by Brett Perryman on Oct 27, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Local media feeds this attitude as well
not just Sturm, but almost every media member has to cater to the cowboys because that’s apparently “good” business. The Rangers are an afterthought in this town, and that stems from the media. There are complaints that fans don’t show up, but part of the reason the casual fan does not come is the overall lack of press the team gets. Granted, the Rangers have never won anything, and it won’t be given to them, but I look forward to the day that the Rangers take home a trophy. and compete year in and year out. Let’s hope that starts now.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because the media really only cares
about how the teams are doing this year. Minor leaguers who may or may not contribute down the line really aren’t current news.
If you want to talk about how the young players contributed during the 2009 season, well, Holland cost this team a helluva lot more wins than the much maligned Kris Benson. Davis cost the team a helluva lot more than Andruw Jones. The fact that we didn’t have a mediocre veteran Catcher meant that our rookie catchers also cost us a bunch.
"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 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is true
Unlike sports like football where drafties make immediate impacts and things can turn around on a dime, Baseball takes patience. You have to let young guys get put against the ropes and hopefully they’ll fight out of it and become better for it. Some do not, but that is what most people don’t get. That it takes time, and everyone wants to be gratified now. They can’t wait.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep,
thats the exact problem. You expect high NFL and NBA draft picks to start right out of the box and contribute. You come to expect MLB draft picks to disappear for 3 years, and then suck their first year or so.
"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 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The transition is never easy for young players
I’m sure you know that. It really is sometimes hard for the media to understand that and that permeates to the average fans, which often makes talking baseball with those fans a chore.
While I don’t disagree with your sentiment, there still has be some sort of understanding that creating a winning ball club from the ground up takes time.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Talk radio
is not in the business of a long time patient view. They typically react to the last game.
"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 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and Talk radio in the Dallas area
considers their market a football market, which isn’t wholly wrong, so they cater to them more.
I was watching a football movie tonight, “The Ernie Davis Story.” and it brought up that in Texas, football is a religion. I thought, no, football is an obsession – a cult.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
well…fuck those short-term minded fans.
I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but I’m in this thing for the long haul.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 26, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm right there with you man.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
amen
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so who's ready for pitchers and catchers to report?
:)
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 26, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was ready
when the last out of the season was made.
"Blister please, with those wings in your spine.
Love to be with a brother of mine.
How he'd love to find your tongue in his teeth,
In a struggle to find secret songs that you keep,
Wrapped in boxes so tight, sounding only at night as you sleep." ~Jeff Magnum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Oct 26, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Related to that...
..when I was first getting back into baseball earlier in the decade, my boss (who was really the driving force behind it and getting me into stats) told me that what’s great about a baseball team that’s built from within is that since it takes so long, you will love the team so much more because of all the time and effort you have put into learning those players. For all of the/my/our complaining about the Yankees, that’s not something they have gotten to experience very often lately (Cano’s not a fan fave, Joba seems to be coming around for them). And I’m not sure how much Yankees fans even follow their prospects since they probably view them as ‘those things you trade at the deadline for good players’.
But most of them don’t get to feel the joy that we felt in seeing Holland called up and his gems this year or the whole Feliz experience. For most of us around here, the next few years are going to be more than just joy for seeing the Rangers finally do well, it will be the pleasure of seeing a long laid plan come to fruition.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 27, 2009 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd take a World Series
even if the whole team consisted of Free Agent mercenaries.
"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 27, 2009 5:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In one way, yeah, you would think that
But you do it that way, and there’s going to be a “well, we did that… now what?” feeling afterwards. Unless you’re Joe Casual Fan who really only cares about the the fact that he gets to brag to his buddies for a year (or at least till the new season starts anyway), I don’t think that would be as fulfilling a title as it could be for a hardcore fan.
To put it another way, you win a world series with a core of hired guns you don’t really care about besides the fact they where wearing your laundry and a year later it’s “shit, we’ve only got one world series win in franchise history.” Win a world series with a core of guys you watched come up, and you really have some time invested in as a fan, and you can remember the feeling of watching those guys carried to a WS forever, even if you don’t see another in your lifetime.
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN
by lonestarJon on Oct 27, 2009 6:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I certainly wouldn't turn that down, but...
it would mean so much more to me to see the kids celebrating together. I feel like, having followed their careers so closely when the games they played in didn’t matter at all, they’re a far bigger part of my sports life than, say, Albert Pujols, if we somehow miraculously signed him to play in Arlington.
I love Pujols, and he is all kinds of a monster at the plate, but I haven’t read Newberg Reports about him ranging to make some ridiculous play on crappy grass in some sweaty AA infield.
I know you aren’t saying that you’d rather have the free agent merc world series OVER a homegrown world series, but wanted to make my point nonetheless.
by jwiscarson on Oct 27, 2009 7:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well yeah,
I’d rather have a homegrown World Series, but I’ll take a world series however we get it.
I see posts on LSB by people who seem to put playing young players ahead of winning. There were those who are basically saying don’t sign any FAs, promote Smoak, Boggs, etc. Personally, I’d consider that giving up on 2010.
"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 27, 2009 7:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's tougher for me.
I mean, we’re entering the realm of the psychic with the crystal ball here, but a young group of kids ostensibly has a larger window of competition than a bunch of free agents. I think we’re okay as long as we don’t promote a new group of rookies to the majors every year — one or two is probably okay.
by jwiscarson on Oct 27, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But every player
has essentially a 6 year window before Free Agency. Some will stay and some will go. While you keep letting more years go by to get the next crop of young players in, another year disappears on the window for, say Ian Kinsler (to use one name as an example). If you give up 2010 for player development, then you are down to 3 years left for Kinsler, 4 years left for Andrus, 2 for Hamilton, 4 for Holland, etc.
So at some point, you have to try to win now, because if you don’t win, its going to be tough to retain players when they can leave for Free Agency.
"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 27, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds good and all.....
but as long as you got the free spending teams like Boston, NY, and Anaheim……and no salary cap, the Rangers will always be a team that had lots of potential but couldn’t do anything with it. They will just sit on their hands and try to develop a good team instead of creating one.
The Rangers are my favorite team….but I know they will never win it all…….sigh.
For most of us around here, the next few years are going to be more than just joy for seeing the Rangers finally do well, it will be the pleasure of seeing a long laid plan come to fruition.
Wash is an idiot!!
by bspate on Oct 27, 2009 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The premise pissed me off
Doing a “study” on player retention and making the disclaimer that salary constraints, player development and most other functions of a GM would be discounted is just retarded and pointless.
by LiamP on Oct 26, 2009 9:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
icouldusesomebaseball is going to be devastated
Clippers rookie Blake Griffin has a broken kneecap and could miss six weeks.
by tyd3311 on Oct 27, 2009 8:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
couple of thoughts from reading this thread
1. lots of people seem to think that it is a lock that the Rangers are going to win some division titles because they have had a couple years of a highly ranked farm system. I don’t think it’s quite that simple, and I’m not certain that you could say that Texas even has much of an advantage within teams in the West.
2. lots of people also seem to think that all young ML pitchers struggle initially, then fully realize their potential. First, not all young pitchers struggle – plenty of examples of guys that have success in their rookie seasons. Second, some of the rookies that do struggle never pan out.
"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 27, 2009 8:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
1
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the Rangers didn’t win anything over the next 5-7 years.
by LiamP on Oct 27, 2009 9:12 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely!!
The current coaches and management will never allow the Rangers to become their full protential. Everyone keeps saying that we will be awesome in 20??, but we are the Rangers and we have people in our franchise that don’t have the balls to go for it.
As long as you sit back and try and trust your “system”, you will be left behind the teams that win.
Wash is an idiot!!
by bspate on Oct 27, 2009 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
This, and your comment above, about how the Rangers will never win anything are pretty funny. Exactly how do you know this? Just because they don’t spend $ on FA’s like the Yanks or BoSox? Look at how many teams have won the WS in the last decade. If you know they will never win it all then why even bother? I mean, you’re obviously a baseball Nostradamus.
The Rangers may not win the WS in the next 5 years. Hell they may not even win the West, or make the playoffs. However there are plenty of reasons for us to be optimistic about this team. Anything can happen. Injuries, players over-achieve, players under-achieve. That’s the beauty of baseball, you don’t know what can/will happen.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 27, 2009 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your last sentence is exactly what I mean....
you don’t know. Everyone keeps saying that we WILL be some great team because of our farm system, but it’s not guaranteed.
I look at the teams that keep winning year after year (not the one hit wonder Rays) and they have most of the same things in common. They sign big free agents, they trade for players at the trade dead line, and sprinkle in home grown talent.
The old school “developing a team” method may have worked before this decade, but times are different now. The teams with the cash and aggressive management/ownership are the ones who will win.
Looking at the people we have in place and the ownership situation right now gives me no hope in thinking that this batch of guys we have right now will lead us to the promise land. I feel like by the time the new owners get a feel of owning a baseball team and we get a competent manger in here, half of our prospects and current big name players will either be a bust or be past their prime and we will have missed the window………..however, I hope I’m dead wrong!!!!
Wash is an idiot!!
by bspate on Oct 27, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh, no.
So long as Moreno is willing to spend money, the Angels will be competitive. Oakland has a terrific system and should be pretty good soon, and GMZ looks like he knows what he’s doing in Seattle.
This division is going to be a lot better than people give it credit for.
by LiamP on Oct 27, 2009 12:01 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Yes it is
But so are the Rangers. The Angels are losing alot of talent this winter. Can they replace it…possibly. But its also likely they won’t. Moreno may be willing to spend money but whos out there for him to spend it on? Holliday? Harden? I don’t see who the Angels could add thats gonna replace what they lose this winter.
I think the As will be right there with us however I don’t see them having the offensive punch to beat us. We both have good pitching coming up and already here but the Rangers have so much more offensive firepower than the As do.
And Seattle doesn’t worry me very much as long as they continue to put every single pitching prospect they have in the bullpen.
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 27, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
We spend a lot of our time focusing on how Tampa-like the Rangers are and very little on how Cleveland-like they may end up being…still, that involved playoffs for both teams.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Oct 27, 2009 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you're grossly overstating point 1
I think most everyone here fully expects the Rangers to contend for a playoff spot over the next few years, but I seriously doubt many are foolish enough to think it’s a lock. I agree completely with your second sentence in point 1, though. All 4 teams look like possible contenders in the next few years in various ways.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Oct 27, 2009 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Bob is just spread too thin.....
with all of his sports interests now. Which is not a good thing if you want to be a DFW sports talk guy. He needs to keep his focus on the 4 big ones we have in the metroplex.
Bob said on Twitter…..
bobanddan RT @offutt24 Bob do u hate the Monday night pre game as much as I do??? – No. I don’t watch NFL Pre game shows. Can’t do it. too numbing
So, I said…..
bspate @bobanddan you don’t watch pre game shows?? That explains your lack of knowledge about other teams and players besides the Cowboys. Ok.
His reponse…..
bobanddan @bspate boom. roasted.
Giggle. Yea, I’m an ass.
Wash is an idiot!!
by bspate on Oct 27, 2009 10:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How much info does a pregame show give you about other players?
Very little. The Cowboys are his main focus since he works here in Dallas.
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 27, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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