Jon Daniels chat
by Brett Perryman on Oct 8, 2009 10:17 AM CDT
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Got a question for you guys
Would you trade Teagarden and Hunter for Matt Gamel?
I am trying to establish what his value really is….
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
No
Gamel is a DH and he’s not that great of a hitter.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 8, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Is this chat in the same place you submit the questions?
linkwise.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Yes, it is.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
So JD's late?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Guess Nolan didn't wake him up in time.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Uh, oh.
At least we know it’s not Kevin Towers stealing his lunch money again.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Or the chat software is messed up again
ESPN’s chat’s suck
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 8, 2009 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Per Dicky D.
Jon is caught in a meeting, but should be here shortly. In the mean time, feel free to ask questions early. Jon will answer as many as he can.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Finalizing a trade for Halladay I bet.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
K-Law thinks it sucks too
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 8, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Than you suck
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 8, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Keith Law would tell you you suck but he doesn't mingle w/ the hoi polloi
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Oct 8, 2009 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions
I agree with Law, this does suck, guess I'll wait for the recap.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
The first question out of the box
looks to be of the typical ass-kiss variety. Ranger fans have been so dumbed down by management/ownership.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Bunch of sheep we are.
I see no question, or are you “calling it?”
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
I think
he was reading the comment section.
by GregoryM on Oct 8, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
What the heck?
I don’t see any comments in the section.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
x
bigreese44 (Today at 11:44 AM)
Great job this year. You have made some very long strides and next year might be the year. And this is coming from someone who wouldn’t cheer for yall the last 6 or so season
by GregoryM on Oct 8, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Stink.
I’m on the chat and see Dickie D’s comments, but the comment section at the bottom is empty.
Pooh.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
I see a the reese comment
and a question from Robert of NMLR.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Little Boy Donuts
is on the way!!
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
x
Richard Durrett
Jon is caught in a meeting, but should be here shortly. In the mean time, feel free to ask questions early. Jon will answer as many as he can.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 8, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
I think he's washing Nolan's car
it will be a few minutes
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Oct 8, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
Someone should ask him
which LSB poster is best suited to represent him on the LoneStarBall organizational depth chart.
Go Rice Owls!
Newberg
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
looks like it auto-reloads
but i’m still hitting refresh to make sure, don’t know how fast the auto-load works.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
He is alive!!!!
Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."
by LBBRangerFan on Oct 8, 2009 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Is the software that slow
or is JD a hunt & typist?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Great questions so far...
Except for the Longoria’ing of Smoak one, they’ve all been solid.
"[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
Ugh
I’m listening to Norm right now, and he’s harping on about how the Rangers had the 5th most errors in baseball this season, saying that he puts more stock in the improved pitching than the defense.
Norm’s a sensational broadcaster, but I simply don’t understand why guys who make a business of talking sports on a deeply analytical level don’t do some rudimentary research to keep up with the times.
I like steak.
I'm listening to the rant also. Norm has his
head up his ass.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Sensational?
Please. Norm has been mailing it in on quite a few sports for the last 5-10 years.
"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
The internet has helped expose Norm for what he is.
You can pound him with facts and he’ll get flustered.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Norm still loves the ponies though....
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Yeah,
I don’t think he has the same passion for baseball, which is probably natural. I know as I get older I follow less sports closely.
"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
Norm is one of those Old School broadcasters
who wants you to believe he has come down with stone tablets from the mountain-top you will never be able to scale and the fact of the matter is, he’s almost totally full of shit.
I love how Gordon Keith breaks his balls whenever he can.
Listened to him for years and still do but there’s a reason he’s on from 10-12.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Agreed
but his NFL picks are worth listening to.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
tricer
Before last weekend, Norm was 12-33 on NCAA picks (over the past two weekends).
He also had a double-play on Dallas which went against a lot of big, very basic trends.
I will listen to him because there are kernels of info but nobody should take his picks very seriously.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
BThomas gets in a nice question.
LBD getting a step-ladder to get on the fence and give very political answer.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
B. Thomas with an excellent question
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
LBD didn't answer the question
and “Steve from NY” follows up with a dumbass question.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
then gets
yet another dumbass question back to back.
"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
I think he gave the only response he could
without tipping his hand to the possible trade market, or throwing ron under a bus.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
No
He’ didn’t address all the dissing Nellie take for his defense .
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 8, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
What did you expect him to say???
Yeah – Our manager is an idiot for saying he can’t play defense?
Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."
by LBBRangerFan on Oct 8, 2009 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
what I hoped he would say
Nelson Cruz had a magnificent year and we are counting on him to anchor an OF corner and the middle part of our lineup next year.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
I get the eerie
feeling that Cruz will not be a ranger next yr. This does not make me happy
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
by Michael Cave on Oct 8, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Yep
And if he’s not, I hope he comes back to hant them.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 8, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Really depends what they get for him, Cave.
If it’s another bag of shit, yeah, I’ll be mad but Cruz should have quite a bit of value.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
True
I guess the only thing they could hope for is to trade for a younger, unproven player. I mean you arent going to find a 1 for 1 type of deal where you get someone as productive as Cruz right away. Seems like it must be a deal for more of an unknown quantity. Not what this team needs right now IMO.
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
by Michael Cave on Oct 8, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Depends on where they trade him
There are teams like KC who are clueless about defense and will likely be put off by visual assessments of Nelly’s D. If they choose to shop him to a numbers-conscious team, though, we should see a pretty nice return.
I like steak.
The writing is pretty clearly on the wall
I think it’s dumb.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
considering how pathetic the offense was especially
if they had 2 other solid corner outfielders it wouldnt be so dumb to try and package him for a solid sp
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Maybe Cruz isn't well liked in the clubhouse
by oc on Oct 8, 2009 12:41 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Players have a high toleration
for peers who actually produce.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
JD wasn't exactly Theo Epstein
coming down the stretch either.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
name one move
just one that you think he should have made that would have put us in the playoffs
Trade for VMartinez at the trade deadline
OR
Sign Bobby Abreu last off-season.
Those moves are the reason we’re sitting home in October.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
On VMart
What would have been our equivalent? Perez, Font, and another young high end arm for a year and a half of VMart.
I am not sure thats a good trade for us to make, considering I don’t think it would have made us the favorite for either the division or the wild card. We really needed at least 2 bats to make a difference, probably more with the injuries that we ended up seeing.
What do voluntary mean?
You don't need to give up Perez, Holland or Feliz
to get VMart.
This is supposedly such a deep system that we should have been able to give them prospects 5-8.
It’s the difference in the race. Theo made the move and JD pissed himself.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
What makes you think Cleveland takes that deal?
Just because you say we should be able to offer it doesn’t mean it would have pleased the other team. This isn’t a video game where you can force the computer to take whatever you offer.
And weren’t you saying just the other day that Nolan was so awesome because he kept JD from trading all the young talent we have?
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.
I bet you do
have to give up at least one player viewed as a top 5 system talent. The lowest of those really was Perez. Masterson, Hagadone, and Price wasn’t a horrible package. It was their preseason #2 and #3 plus one more. I agree with you that we wouldn’t have had to give up one of our top players. But I would bet that most would probably think that was starting to be a similar package.
What do voluntary mean?
Exactamundo
Well put.
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
I want to ask a direct question about the hitters poor approach and Rudy
But i know I wont get a direct answer
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Ive thrown several questions in already
some more direct and hard hitting than others
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I asked a pretty direct question
but it didn’t get answered. Though he mentioned elsewhere that the team needs to walk more.
Go Rice Owls!
My gosh
Ranger fans ask some of the dumbest questions…maybe that’s what Dicky D wants which shocks me given how detailed BT’s question was.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
I like this question:
If Marlon’s veteran presence and clubhouse leadership is so amazing, why did the team have such a tough finish? I’m not trying to devalue what he has done for the club but it seems like he is irrationally praised for so many intangibles
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
Yep
Taylor for Austin. Good question.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Oct 8, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
leadership should come from the manager
That way you don’t have to keep spare or overpriced players around to provide it.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
I disagree
a bit. I think leadership is tiered. The mgr has to be a certain type of leader while there has to be a player or two who a leader on another level. The question is, can you monetize that leadership? Is it worth anything in terms of a dollars?
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
by Michael Cave on Oct 8, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
A good addition would be..
if its so important why didnt he get locked up when he was cheaper?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Hope he picks my borbon question
I want to know why he was considered plus defensively out of the draft and now he isnt
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Uh, oh
a Chris Davis question. Sensitive ground for a lot of parties including Daniels.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Just sayin, JD better not forget Davis was at .219 average / .264 obp in late September with
a boatload of infield squibbers he beat out.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
I love how you have deemed some hits to be not good enough.
Adam – I am again invoking your promise to delete this crap.
Please post this in the designated FanPost
by Adam J. Morris on Oct 8, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You really should
just make an “Argue with Josey” thread.
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
can steve stop asking questions!?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Heh Steve is Esteban German
Who wants an infield job.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Oct 8, 2009 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Kinsler doesn't get thrown under the bus
but is nudged towards it.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
That was a good answer
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 8, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
yup
that answer was pretty pointed, and justifiably.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
I should have included Michael Main
in that question about assignments for next year. Damnit.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
Fuck
Drew Pomeranz.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Oct 8, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Instead of 4-5 questions on Marlon Byrd
how about a question about Brandon Boggs?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Anybody else hit a 'z' on the ESPN chat page?
And realize what you just did?
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Oct 8, 2009 12:12 PM CDT reply actions
I want questions on the major league team
and not on players who won’t be here (if at all) until 2014.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
then fucking ask the questions you want asked
are you scared to actually interact with the man?
"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 8, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm in there multiple times with very professional
but not easy questions to answer.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Just curious
what do you consider a professional question.
What do voluntary mean?
LOL
real professional alright.
Josey Wales (Metroplex)
Can you still make a mean bunch of donuts if something unforseen happen with the new ownership?
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
Great question by Big Ed Coffin
but I would have probed on why Wash clearly dislikes him.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
If you're not more specific
you get a bullshit answer like that.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Do a follow up Q
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Oct 8, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Donuts?
That wasn’t the follow up
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Oct 8, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
That was not me asking about donuts.
Very unfortunate and true chickenshit coward who did it.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
I am surprised they chose it
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I think it was Evan Grant
That’s why it got posted.
Jeeez, the players JD picked up in the Tex trade have barely made any kind of meaningful contributions to the Rangers in The Show, but the pro-JD crowd is still running around shouting "I told ya so."
I just asked him why Wash doesn't like Boggs.
That was not me re the donuts but I guess it was funny and JD handled it well.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Yeah i was hoping
it wasnt you because it was a little funny but classless. You are right though, he did handle it well ha
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
by Michael Cave on Oct 8, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
He seemed to obviously catch the reference
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Please.
"[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 8, 2009 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I havent seen anything to indicate wash doesnt like boggs
I seem to recall praise for him last season.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
He sat his ass on the bench for two weeks in June
when this team couldn’t score runs or get on base and then put him in a game v Haren and decided he couldn’t play.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
So your big hard hitting question
is why dind’t the 5th OF with a bum shoulder get more time?
What do voluntary mean?
Yeah, you better come out of the gate
shooting, SSS or no SSS if you are a young player. Guys who perform at a below replacement level like Boggs has done in his 350 PAs are generally not given the benefit of the doubt.
When Managers are making up the lineup card for that nights game, they are generally more interested in winning that nights game rather than bringing along youngsters. The thought that some have that you somehow owe young players a couple of years of everyday play when they perform at a below replacement level is just not realistic.
Sometimes you have to send players down, like Cruz, and the Angels Howie Kendrick. If the players can’t contribute in their callups before you run out of options, you probably brought the player up too early for his first callup.
"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
I don't think
Ron knows what “replacement level” means.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
I'm truly shocked they chose that question
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
None of my questions were chosen.
Not sure if they were taken in order, or chosen.
I wanted to know why borbon was considered a plus defender after the draft and touted as the future centerfielder and now we are hearing in the press that he is not good enough defensively to be a major league center fielder
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I asked about Boggs.
I also asked how they truly evaluated the Chris Davis that came back from OKC (taking into consideration the number of infield hits and what his average/obp were in late September).
I also asked how this off-season is going to be any different than this past trade deadline in regards to trades. The needs are still the same now that they were on Opening Day and at this past trade deadline (when the team did nothing).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
no they werent
the perceived need on opening day was pitching. the perceived need at the trading deadline wasnt the same as the actual need, since everyone figured that kinsler and hamilton were going through short slumps and would break out of them. now, everyone knows that we’re a couple of bats short, but thats definitely not what the needs were at the beginning of the season and the trade deadline
We lost Milton Bradley and his .436 obp
We thought there was going to be an adverse effect on the offense.
By the trade deadline, it was the most glaring need on the team.
JD never replaced him.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Your right
DH was one of the major problems on the team this year. The lack of a league average or better DH really hamstrung our team.
What do voluntary mean?
No,
the problem was that an average AL team has a 1B with an OPS of .820 or so.
Our 1B had an OPS of something close to .685.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Oddly enough
for all the bitching about DHs by some, our DHs were above league average as a whole.
Ranger DHs .242/.312/.491
League DH .255 /.337/.443
On a WOBA basis, the Rangers had the 6th best DHs in the league.
Where the Rangers shit the bed was at 1B (14th out of 14), C (10th out of 14). Positions worse than DH were CF (8/14), RF (7/14), and SS (7/14th).
DH wasn’t really close to a top problem, despite all the wailing and gnashing of teeth.
"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
Damn
I tried sending in a Josey question, but it didn’t get through. Cheers to whomever it was that got one in.
Hilarious.
That is a
chickenshit tactic.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Very funny
though
"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
Yep
I certainly hope the new Ownership gives him a chance, and I hope he has some money to play with this offseason to give the team a better shot at next year.
"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
Cahill
JD hasn’t proven he knows what the hell to do with money when it’s been provided in the past.
He’d spend money just because it was there instead of doing it smartly.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
spend more time
on questions about donuts. That is obviously your wheelhouse.
"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
IF I had said that was really me
or claimed it to be mine (after it received a funny reaction), I’d be surrounded by little Lewinskys throwing down their gloves wanting to go.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
What is funny
is that JD ran with it. I love that guy.
My sentiments exactly…
"[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 8, 2009 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
So
I jump into the JD chat thread thinking that it’s got 150 comments summarizing/discussing the questions and answers. Instead, it’s just another thread full of Josey Gaga wiggling his vestigial Blalock around at anybody who wants to take a bite at it. sigh
Really?
I didn’t see any confrontations, just running commentary on the questions being asked of JD plus I had to play some defense because a Fake Josey was allowed to ask a question.
The CDavis subject was brushed but only because JD was asked a question.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Same
Only thanks to my troll script, all I see is a bunch of “Molahepoleha! Molahepoleha! Olee Olay oh-ho! Ileoanda! Ileoandabalichialhondo!’s” and people responding to them.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
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