By all accounts, from sources throughout the baseball industry, all I'm hearing is that the club has no money to do anything. I've been told the Rangers have let plenty of free agents know they would have some interest, but without any idea on the future of ownership, that's as far as the conversation goes.
Last week, owner Tom Hicks again stated that it is "business as usual" in the Rangers' front offices. If that's the case, it certainly seems that "business as usual" means not being able to do any business. As far as constructing the roster using any parts from the outside, the Rangers seem essentially paralyzed.
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Perhaps you’ve noticed the lack of rumors on this site regarding who the Rangers will be signing this winter. There’s a reason for that:
He’s not Joel Sherman?
Anyways, hopefully this ownership situation will be resolved quickly. If true, this is getting ridiculous.
"Clearly, I've been wrong. VY is awesome." - AJM
by Longhorn on Nov 26, 2009 1:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Realistically
what time frame are we looking at?
by groundingout on Nov 26, 2009 3:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Cameron
I heard Cameron on MLB Home Plate the other day and he said his preference would be to stay in the NL. So there is no surprise that he is being linked to the teams mentioned in the article.
by Excel Hearts Choi on Nov 26, 2009 1:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
This is just fluff information; we've known the facts for awhile now
by oc on Nov 26, 2009 1:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Nov 26, 2009 2:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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The waiting game sucks
Let’s play Hungry Hungry Hippos
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 5, 2008 11:31 PM EDT
Jeff Wilson says the Rangers are playing the waiting game. I am reminded of what Homer Simpson said about that in the Mr. Plow episode: “Now, we play the waiting game.” Long pause. “The waiting game sucks. Let’s play Hungry Hungry Hippos.”
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 10, 2008 10:37 AM EST
Jeff Wilson runs though possible Ranger targets in the S-T, but says that the Rangers are playing the waiting game.
Whenever I hear that, I think of the Mr. Plow episode of the Simpsons, where the family watches the first Mr. Plow TV commercial air, and then Homer says, “Now, we play the waiting game…” And after a lengthy pause, he says, “The waiting game sucks. Let’s play Hungry Hungry Hippos.”
I agree. Hungry Hungry Hippos is better than the waiting game.
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 3, 2007 12:01 PM EST
by brettgardner on Nov 26, 2009 2:18 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
This is exactly what hanging out with Adam is like in real life.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Nov 26, 2009 9:36 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
He always wants to play Hungry Hungry Hippos?
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 Nov 27, 2009 1:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I hinted at this in the Rupe fanshot
I don’t think they even have money to ink minor league free agents.
Pathetic. Tom Hicks is such a pap smear of a man.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Nov 26, 2009 1:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Tom Hicks can detect cervical cancer?
You have to at least give him credit for that skill.
by tlt29 on Nov 26, 2009 2:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
you're right
he’s not even that valuable.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Nov 26, 2009 3:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
How did they even hire a hitting coach?
by tyd3311 on Nov 26, 2009 2:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I had a friend sell plasma for money in college
We probably all did. But the difference is he was a military brat and had all these vaccinations that gave him really high titer, so he got more money than most people. They bled him until one of the veins in his arm exploded. Literally.
He probably could have hired a minor league hitting coach with that money. Hicks’ blood probably isn’t worth shit. Plus it’s probably spoken for by some international bank somewhere.
by Black Francis on Nov 26, 2009 9:09 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Heh.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Nov 27, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11/trades-of-the-decade-arod-for-soriano.html
"Clearly, I've been wrong. VY is awesome." - AJM
by Longhorn on Nov 26, 2009 2:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=2564
"Clearly, I've been wrong. VY is awesome." - AJM
by Longhorn on Nov 26, 2009 2:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What a shitty Valentine's Day weekend that was...
That trade was probably the first time my ex girlfriend realized I cared more about the Rangers than I did about her.
It’s okay, though, before you label me a bad guy, she cared more about the dude she was cheating on me with than she did about me. So, it evened out in the end.
by ghostofErikThompson on Nov 26, 2009 2:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I remember that weekend
was so depressed the wife had to cheer me up. Only thing that made me smile was seeing an interview with Galloway on ESPN where he trashed Hicks, pretty much said what most of us were thinking.
"Losers assemble in little groups and bitch about the coaches and the system and other players in other little groups. Winners assemble as a team."
- Bill Parcells
by Taylor on Nov 26, 2009 2:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I remember that day so vividly.
It was also the first day I ever saw gas go over 5 dollars at one place. Not kidding. Litterally every station in Bellingham, WA, was constantly raising their prices over the course of the day, and I watched one go up over five.
My friend’s g/f ditched him, and I didn’t even have one to ditch me, so we sat around his dorm and watched ESPN. He was a Yankees fan, btw. That day sucked.
by philkid3 on Nov 26, 2009 11:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If me and Buster were hanging off a cliff and you could only save one of us...
by Inkara1 on Nov 26, 2009 11:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes they deserve it...
by asking stupid questions, man.
by ghostofErikThompson on Nov 26, 2009 11:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What could have been
How would you feel about next year w/ Manny at DH and Lester as your #1?
by Sherman McCoy on Nov 26, 2009 3:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
can we still have Danks, too?
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Nov 26, 2009 4:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
don't think so
We tried to complete the Manny/Lester deal. Both sides agreed to it, MLBPA didn’t. So it’s different.
by Sherman McCoy on Nov 26, 2009 5:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Debbie Downer
I’ll look forward to your Christmas post
by BuckyB on Nov 26, 2009 4:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I can't help but laugh...
at the tag line to my left, “White Sox Beef Up Their Bench, Add Andruw Jones…”
I’ll say!
So we’re broke and owned by Hicks. We’re still not the Royals.
by 3Bagger on Nov 26, 2009 7:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Sigh.
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 8:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Tom Hicks, BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRN HIM!
Ron Washington...giving hope everywhere to the kids who eat lead paint chips of being a big league manager when they grow up since 2007.
by rangers85 on Nov 26, 2009 8:44 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Sigh...
not really a surprise at all.
However, after hearing that the payroll next year would be similar to what it was this year, I had hoped the Rangers would have 6 or 7 mil to play with if they let Byrd walk.
Please resolve this ownership mess asap. Please.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Nov 26, 2009 10:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of Byrd, look on the bright side
This way we can’t waste that money on him, at least.
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 10:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah...
I’m certainly in the camp of people that doesn’t want to see Byrd back in Arlington for the kind of money he’s going to get.
It just sucks that this team isn’t going to be able to even bring in a marginal FA bat or make a deal for a guy with an affordable salary because there’s basically no money for anyone.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Nov 26, 2009 11:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
And I’m fairly convinced this team is going nowhere fast in 2010 unless they add a decent bat who can provide some stability in the middle of the order and get on base at a good clip. It’s pretty disappointing to already be thinking “wait till 2011” to myself.
But hey, Feliz could use a year to break into the roto and Perez will be looming by then, so not getting the bat we need to make me feel like we can truly contend in 2010 isn’t the end of the world.
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 11:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ownership
This is going to take forever to resolve and I have to wonder if the team is going to be looking to dump salary before long. There really isn’t much to dump, but there are a few guys they could give away that would definitely keep them from making any kind of run next year.
Really, I guess, without adding some kind of offensive help, it would take one of those rare years in which everything goes right for a team for the Rangers to beat the dreaded and much hated Angels. It’s looking more and more certain that 2010 is going to be just another write-off year. The sad thing is they really didn’t need a whole lot to get better.
Well over six million people in the metro area, not to mention the media market, and this is what it comes to. Fucking ridiculous.
by Black Francis on Nov 26, 2009 11:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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