Thanksgiving Day stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 26, 2009 10:44 AM CST
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On this Thanksgiving, all Rangers fans can be thankful for a variety of things, I think.
Elvis Andrus has been named to the Topps All-Rookie team. I'm thankful that Elvis Andrus is a Ranger.
Murray Chass calls Tom Hicks the second worst owner in baseball behind Vince Naimoli (who, of course, is no longer an owner), and says that Dennis Gilbert appears to be the favorite because he's tight with Jerry Reinsdorf, and everyone knows that Reinsdorf and Bud Selig are tight, with Reinsdorf being one of the prime movers behind making Selig commissioner. And of course, he was behind the vetoing of Eddie Gaylord buying the team.
Chass says it is basically down to Gilbert and Chuck Greenberg, because Hicks won't be approved and Jim Crane alienated Drayton McLane in a previous dealing to the point that McLane will sink Crane's bid.
Evan Grant comments on the Chass story, as well, and says he's also hearing that Hicks has basically no chance of coming out of this with the team.
Richard Durrett thinks the ChiSox made a good move in signing Andruw Jones. I'm a little surprised Jones got a major league deal...after his past few seasons, I figured he was an NRI guy.
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I still think Reinsdorf
is the worst villain in Texas Rangers history
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Nov 26, 2009 11:00 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
A Hick-less Rangers Baseball Club
What great news. Now only if Greenberg pulls away with the team, I’ll be satisfied 100%.
Happy Thanksgiving, guys.
"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 Mangum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Nov 26, 2009 11:01 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Who has more money, Gilbert or Greenberg?
…and who is more likely to spend it?
by rclarkjd10 on Nov 26, 2009 11:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
For me it's a question of who will leave the current carefully constructed front office alignment in place
And Gilbert was the one who’s rumored to be buddy-buddy with Kevin Towers, and might want to bring him in if he takes over.
I failed my LSB ethics test.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
by lonestarJon on Nov 26, 2009 11:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is what I'm wondering
I’m not that familiar with these guys, who should Ranger fans want as the new owner?
by groundingout on Nov 26, 2009 11:49 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just based on
What we’ve heard so far I’d say Greenberg, myself.
I failed my LSB ethics test.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
by lonestarJon on Nov 26, 2009 11:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Any way we can pass the message along to MLB?
The petition is overused, but what other options do we have?
by rclarkjd10 on Nov 26, 2009 11:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe we can get bigsteve to launch a predator drone strike on Bud Selig's current location
I failed my LSB ethics test.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
by lonestarJon on Nov 26, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
But with bigsteve math™...
would he miss and end up hitting a Milwaukee brewery?
by ghostofErikThompson on Nov 26, 2009 12:09 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Acceptable
Collateral.
Damage.
"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 Nov 26, 2009 3:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
My accuracy is impeccable
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 Nov 27, 2009 12:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
no murray
firing melvin and signing arod comes under one the many good things Hicks did…not the ‘worst’…
"Clearly, I've been wrong. VY is awesome." - AJM
by Longhorn on Nov 26, 2009 11:15 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
stick a fork in Tom Turkey and be done with it!
Let’s get on with “this thing”.
Good help doesn't come cheap.
- Gil LeBreton
by BigGuns on Nov 26, 2009 11:27 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm glad
The Hicks bid appears doomed. That’s a relief.
by Conjunction on Nov 26, 2009 12:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
When is the new owner determined?
All the bids have been sent in, correct?
by oc on Nov 26, 2009 12:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that's confusing me too
Weren’t the bids stated last friday? What’s the holdup?
by Conjunction on Nov 26, 2009 3:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
verifaction
Time to actually big trough the financials and see if anything they said in their bids are true. It isn’t just about the $$, but also can they support the team longterm
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 Nov 26, 2009 4:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's not an ebay auction.
M&A takes time.
by bdavison94 on Nov 26, 2009 6:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Happy Thanksgiving
For those Austinites here, if you got up and did the Turkey Trot with me this morning, congrats on that also!
TCU AD/PR Student: I Need A Job
by PM Productions on Nov 26, 2009 12:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Joe Buck
just did a weird thing with his head there. He must not be standing on a box today. Troy looks much taller.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Nov 26, 2009 12:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
it really scared the sheit out of me
to hear that Hicks might retain ownership. I’m thankful that it’s coming out that he has virtually no chance…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Nov 26, 2009 1:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
yeh no kidding...
Wouldn’t that be just like Hicks to swoop in at the last second during the holiday season and continue his assault on all our Ranger dreams…
Good help doesn't come cheap.
- Gil LeBreton
by BigGuns on Nov 26, 2009 1:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm thankful
That I get to watch Texas Rangers baseball every year from April to October, win or lose. And yeah, Elvis Andrus, too.
by Slick-ish24 on Nov 26, 2009 1:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I gotta think Jeffrey Loria is probably a worse owner than Hicks
by MikeEl on Nov 26, 2009 4:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
I’m surprised manic Marlins fans haven’t drawn and quartered him yet.
by Conjunction on Nov 26, 2009 7:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He's...
the black angel of death.
by ghostofErikThompson on Nov 26, 2009 7:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I really don't want gilbert near this team
just bescuase of the reisendorf thing.
by cashman on Nov 26, 2009 8:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Because of this?
Dennis Gilbert: Dennis Gilbert here.
Jerry Reinsdorf: Denny, Denny, Denny. How are ya big man?
Dennis Gilbert: Hello?
Jerry Reinsdorf: It’s Reinsdorf, ya old fuck.
Dennis Gilbert: Uh, hey Jerry, how are you?
Jerry Reinsdorf: I’m better than your wife after a night with her golf instructor. Listen, the White Sox need some of your players.
Dennis Gilbert: Excuse me?
Jerry Reinsdorf: Ya heard me. We need one your lefties again.
Dennis Gilbert: Well, have Kenny talk to Jon Daniels. I don’t run the player personal decisions.
Jerry Reinsdorf: Ya also don’t run the decisions on who got to own the Texas Rangers. Remember? Some asshole from Pittsburgh would be sipping mojitos with Nolan Ryan right about now in that owner’s box if it weren’t for me.
Dennis Gilbert: Listen Jerry, I appreciate all of your help with getting me the team, but I have to protect my investment. You can’t just have my players!
Jerry Reinsdorf: No Denny, listen, we’ve been friends for a long time, and what ya have to do is send my guys Derek Holland and a Neftali Feliz to be named later. Do ya know what I had to do to Selig to get ya that team? You’ve never seen something so wrinkled!
Dennis Gilbert: ::sigh:: Fine.
Jerry Reinsdorf: Excellent. Now you’re getting it! Listen Denny, you’re a real mensch. You’ll do fine as an owner. You’re really fitting in! Let me get Kenny Williams on the phone for ya.
Dennis Gilbert: ::sigh:: Thanks Jerry. Anything else?
Jerry Reinsdorf: Nah, that’s all I needed from ya for now. Give my best to Cinthia and the kids. I have a feeling this is going to work out just fine…
Dennis Gilbert: Bye…
click
Dennis Gilbert: …asshole.
by ghostofErikThompson on Nov 26, 2009 8:45 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
If he ever did that, I would fucking kill him.
"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 Mangum; Neutral Milk Hotel
by jdh90 on Nov 26, 2009 10:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Rangers ownership.......
We certainly do not want Dennis Gilbert as the owner of the Rangers…we will turn out to be a farm team for the ChiSox!! ChiSox owner Jerry Reinsdorf is bosom buddies with our out of sync Commish, Mr. Selig, so we are in trouble and Reinsdorf is a mentor to Gilbert! We need the Greenberg group as it will almost certainly include Nolan Ryan as a part owner and as President of the club……that is our salvation. Tom Hicks has brought the club down to the bottom finanicially due to his terrible management style and ego. Let’s everyone lobby for the Greenberg group so that we can move forward for 2010 and a future shot at a World Champsionshi!!!
by RV48 on Nov 27, 2009 8:14 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Nov 27, 2009 12:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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