Rangers Hire Clint Hurdle as Hitting Coach?
by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 5:02 PM CST
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The first word on the Rangers' hitting coach was that no announcement was going to be made today. Then, a source said Clint Hurdle would be hired. Then, a radio station said the same thing. Then, the Rangers' general manager Jon Daniels offered a deniel. Then, Hurdle declined to comment. Then, another source said Hurdle.
So, who do you believe? Go with the sources, who say Hurdle is going to be the Rangers' hitting coach and annoucement will be made before the end of the week.
-- Jeff Wilson
@LoneStarDugout Apparently The Fan was wrong. No Clint Hurdle hiring.
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Manager-in-waiting?
Or reading too much into it?
by fightingengineer on Nov 3, 2009 5:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
that is why I thought it wouldn't be Hurdle.
Another lackluster April and many will be calling for Hurdle to replace Wash.
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by RangerMad on Nov 3, 2009 6:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
NICE!
that would have been my choice
your copy and paste job made me think there was something wrong with your fanpost.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 5:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hah
I wanted to be the first! I fixed it
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 5:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
how does it feel?
was it worth it?
"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 Nov 3, 2009 5:08 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Lol
If done it before :)
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 5:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I've*
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 5:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Jesus man
Take a breath. Relax. Focus and then type.
“K-k-k-k-ken is c-c-c-c-c-coming to k-k-k-k-k-k-kill me.”
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 Nov 3, 2009 5:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"don't call me stupid"
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 5:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
I wasn’t sure anyone would get that one.
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 Nov 3, 2009 10:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
No he wasn't named hitting coach
check your facts Kinslerhomer!
by Agreen07 on Nov 3, 2009 5:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm hoping this hire will force Wash into buying some more stylish spectacles.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 3, 2009 5:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Fuck the Fan
@LoneStarDugout Apparently The Fan was wrong. No Clint Hurdle hiring.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 5:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
That's what happens when some slap dick radio station tries to scoop everyone.
Although, with them being the flagship station and all, you’d think they’d get first dibs….
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 3, 2009 5:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well Galloway
err 103.3 ESPN is reporting it also. Did Hurdle do BBTN on ESPN? Sound to me like hte Rangers and Hurdle are negoiating.
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by RangerMad on Nov 3, 2009 5:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
jamey retracted
i’d take this down. no reason to create frenzy or have inaccurate information
"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 Nov 3, 2009 5:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Nahhh, we're already here
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 Nov 3, 2009 5:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
wtf
ridiculous. now we are going to end up signing Greer, and I’m going to get all grumpy
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 5:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Why can't we have two hitting instructors?
We’ve got two pitching instructors (pitching coach and bullpen coach). Maybe we need a Hitting Coach and a “Batting Cage Coach”
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Nov 3, 2009 5:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Why can't we have 2 managers?
One the players like to play for and one who is money with in-game decisions?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 3, 2009 5:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't that why we had Art Howe?
Howe did that work out?
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Nov 3, 2009 7:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I see what you did there.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
by boomer1 on Nov 3, 2009 8:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
How about
We just fire Wash, hire Hurdle to manage the team, and hire Rusty to be the hitting coach.
Jimmy Johnson for GM.
by txhc on Nov 3, 2009 5:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Fuck That
Mike Young can do all of it.
by Black Francis on Nov 3, 2009 6:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Needs more energy!
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
by lonestarJon on Nov 3, 2009 6:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i think the odds are about
30/30 on that proposition
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 9:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
@NewbergReport Ridiculous: The Fan is off my presets til it’s time to hear Nadel’s voice again; no hitting coach hire yet; flagship station screwed it up
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 5:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Jeff Wilson is now saying Hurdle is indeed the hire.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 3, 2009 6:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
check mate
That's why they call them business sox
by egriffey on Nov 3, 2009 6:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What a well-oiled machine our little organization is
that said, I’m glad we went w/ the experienced hand
by Sherman McCoy on Nov 3, 2009 6:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Cool
Now our replacement for Wash is in-house.
Now part of me is hoping for another horrible April next year.
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
by lonestarJon on Nov 3, 2009 6:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
you mean like the Rockies did
under Clint Hurdle. A team that would go on to make the playoffs despite his horrid 18-26 start or something like that.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 9:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I can't imagine
why anyone would want him as manager.
"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 Nov 4, 2009 5:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
From ESPN Dallas (Richard Durrett)
http://espn.go.com/dallas/columns/rangers/blog/_/post/4620575
The Texas Rangers are denying an ESPN 103.3 FM report that the club is hiring former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle as hitting coach.
John Blake, Rangers Executive VP of Communications, said the club has not made any offer for the hitting coach position and are not expected to do so Tuesday. He said the team is still doing its due diligence on the situation.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Nov 3, 2009 6:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
From Texas Rangers website.
Hurdle to be named hitting coach
Jimmy Johnson for GM.
by txhc on Nov 3, 2009 6:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 3, 2009 6:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
lol, right
If they’re now saying on the Rangers website that he’s the guy though, that’s what I’m going with.
Jimmy Johnson for GM.
by txhc on Nov 3, 2009 6:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
shit
that’s worse than getting rick rolled.
by Black Francis on Nov 3, 2009 6:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I almost didn't click it because that's what I thought it was.
I just read the song title, all I needed to see was the very beginning of the video to know not to go any further.
Jimmy Johnson for GM.
by txhc on Nov 3, 2009 7:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't hate on Guy...
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 3, 2009 7:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just not my thing.
I’m more of a Slayer/Black Flag kind of guy.
Jimmy Johnson for GM.
by txhc on Nov 3, 2009 7:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just to be clear, I was joking :)
Early 90’s music was worse than the 80’s.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 3, 2009 7:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
lol, I was about to say
Jimmy Johnson for GM.
by txhc on Nov 3, 2009 7:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So wait
is Hurdle our hitting coach? He’s my preference of choice, but I’m not really sure it matters. I might get on the ball and find out how teams under his previous instructions have fared in terms of OBP.
"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 3, 2009 7:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Help me out here
The Fan reports Hurdle is hired
Rangers say the report is bunk
A few hours go by…
And then the Rangers hire Hurdle
Is this right?
by oc on Nov 3, 2009 7:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
If you consider T.R. a considerable source, sure...
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 3, 2009 7:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
considerable?...er....reliable.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 3, 2009 7:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Clint Hurdle
9th overall pick by the Royals in 1975. Amassed 1600 PAs in what appears to be a 10 yr injury riddled career. Played mostly all 4 corners. No pop in his bat but he did have a career .341 OBP. He was the Rockies hitting coach from 1997 to 2002 when he took over as manager. He led them to the WS in 2007.
Rockies NL ranks with Hurdle as hitting coach
year…………..avg……………obp…………..slg…………..so(fewest)……..bb
2001…………..1………………1………………..1…………….1…………………….10
2000…………..1………………2………………..4…………….1……………………..10
1999…………..1………………6………………..1…………….1……………………..14
1998…………..1……………..3…………………1…………….1……………………..13
1997…………..1………………1…………………1……………4……………………..6
pre Hurdle
1996…………..1………………1…………………1…………..10……………………8
1995…………..1………………2…………………1…………….7……………………6
1994…………..5………………5…………………3…………..12…………………..6
They certainly did improved their K rankings under Hurdle. But, their high OBP is due to high BA.
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by RangerMad on Nov 3, 2009 8:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
put the right coaches around wash and he might just succeed
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
by NYTXFAN on Nov 3, 2009 8:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn't that just be him riding the success of others?
"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS
"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire
by lonestarJon on Nov 3, 2009 8:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That's what great managers do
No matter the sport or in the business world. They suround themselves with great people.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
by boomer1 on Nov 3, 2009 8:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
One guy shouldn't lead the team Jon.........
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
by NYTXFAN on Nov 3, 2009 11:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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