The Tanner Scheppers Challenge
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 5, 2009 11:15 AM CST
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Tanner Scheppers has had Rangers fans fired up since it was first announced the Rangers grabbed him in the supplemental round this year. He's also someone who, it seems, is expected to move quickly through the system.
So we're going to have the Tanner Scheppers Challenge...in the comments section, give the date when you believe Tanner Scheppers will make his major league debut. The person who is closest will win a prize. I don't know what prize, but it will probably be something like the Rangers playing cards they handed out at TBIA a couple of years ago.
And to be clear, by date, I want to know month, day and year.
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September 1, 2010
As a reliever. Mainly because I think they’ll keep Martin Perez down the whole year, so Scheppers becomes this year’s candidate for Feliz treatment.
Really, I don’t think it will be until 2011, but I think the odds for a specific day are greatest with this pick.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Nov 5, 2009 11:19 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
May 23, 2011
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
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by Gdawg on Nov 5, 2009 11:22 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
July 19 2010
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
by sprite on Nov 5, 2009 11:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Kent Tekulve
Greatness.
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by tricer on Nov 5, 2009 11:25 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
lol he makes BMac lok like fat albert...
Good help doesn't come cheap.
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by BigGuns on Nov 5, 2009 11:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Great pic(AJM's)
what’s up with the arm slot? I mean he’s fucking Kent Tekulve. Get low bizzah.
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by Parman on Nov 5, 2009 12:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Coolest glasses ever.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 5, 2009 1:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
August 30, 2010
book it – Miss Cleo told me so.
Good help doesn't come cheap.
- Gil LeBreton
by BigGuns on Nov 5, 2009 11:27 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
April 1, 2011
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Nov 5, 2009 11:28 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
August 3, 2010
"[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 Nov 5, 2009 11:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Sept 1, 2009
….oh wait, that’s already passed.
by jcAustin on Nov 5, 2009 11:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
June 28, 2010
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
by thad728 on Nov 5, 2009 11:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to pick a date, as well
May 18, 2010
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 5, 2009 11:35 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
wow...I hope you are right
my better is better than your better.
by rangerjake on Nov 5, 2009 11:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is this the earliest one on the board?
This is bold.
by FuturePants on Nov 5, 2009 12:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
July 21st, 2010
my better is better than your better.
by rangerjake on Nov 5, 2009 11:39 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
That's a Monday
are you sure they’re playing?
That's why they call them business sox
by egriffey on Nov 5, 2009 11:40 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
July 16 2010
That's why they call them business sox
by egriffey on Nov 5, 2009 11:39 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
August 16, 2010
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Nov 5, 2009 11:40 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
My bad date was already taken.....
July 15, 2010…that way he is a call-up post ASB.
by GregoryM on Nov 5, 2009 11:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
August 1, 2010
"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 Nov 5, 2009 11:41 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
for another team after the trade deadline?
or can they not trade him yet since they drafted him last year?
my better is better than your better.
by rangerjake on Nov 5, 2009 11:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
To your sig
Did he really admit that about Elvis?
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by Parman on Nov 5, 2009 12:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
fyi
When I preview a post, I still can’t hit the upper post button from the preview page without getting really REALLY weird things happening. Although, I have discovered that I can hit the lower post button from the preview page with success. IE8 FWIW
by shroomer on Nov 5, 2009 11:44 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'll follow shroomer's lead...
..and say April 12, 2011.
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by ghtd36 on Nov 5, 2009 11:47 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Let me tell you how it will be,
There’s one for you, nineteen for Schep.
‘Cause he’s the taxman,
Yeah, he’s the taxman.
by shroomer on Nov 5, 2009 11:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
When the Schep comes
they run and hide their heads,
they might as well be dead,
when the Schep comes,
when the Schep comes.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Nov 5, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He's a real Scheppers man
Living in a Scheppers land
Making all his Scheppers plans for nobody…
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by WhipSmart on Nov 5, 2009 1:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We all live in a Tanner Shepperine
Tanner Shepperine
Tanner Shepperine
We all live in a Tanner Shepperine
Tanner Shepperine
Tanner Shepperine
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by Ryin A on Nov 5, 2009 1:33 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
June 16, 2010
"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 5, 2009 11:49 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
For the pic
You should have said that they were throwing at the GM for not signing Scheppers.
"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 5, 2009 11:52 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
August 24, 2010
Versus the Twins. Ks Delmon Young.
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 5, 2009 11:54 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
September 2nd, 2010
Sorry GhettoBear, had to pull a price is right on ya ha
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by Michael Cave on Nov 5, 2009 11:56 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Btw, you shouldve just posted a pic of Matt Purke.
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July 28, 2010
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Nov 5, 2009 12:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
that is quite the prediction
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Nov 5, 2009 12:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
May 17, 2010
Which is a Monday
That’s the day we finally open the season series with the Angels. Would be a great way to say “F U” to the Angels
Prediction: K’s Torii Hunter to close an inning
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by Smoak Some on Nov 5, 2009 12:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I will play
June 15th, 2010
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 Nov 5, 2009 12:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
June 15, 2010
So there.
Ephesians 3:20-21...and I can only imagine
by TedFord on Nov 5, 2009 12:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Scratch that....make it June 11, 2010.
Ephesians 3:20-21...and I can only imagine
by TedFord on Nov 5, 2009 12:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
September 1, 2011
Let’s all calm down a little bit…
by chrisjanik on Nov 5, 2009 12:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Holy Fuck
There is now he stays down that long unless he blows up again.
"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 5, 2009 12:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Smoak could make it that long
Scheppers could too
by UNTJosh on Nov 5, 2009 12:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
by that long I dont mean 2011
i meant a couple years
by UNTJosh on Nov 5, 2009 12:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
June 11, 2010
And Ted can have the playing cards.
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by Ed Coffin on Nov 5, 2009 12:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
July 27, 2010
Directly related move, Warner Madrigal is optioned to AAA to work on his location.
"if daniels was fired today, he would almost be sure to get another shot somewhere else as a GM
i dont know if you can say the same thing abotu RW" - knockoutking
by hillcrest on Nov 5, 2009 12:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
November 6, 2009
In my mind the season hasn’t ended.
by Agreen07 on Nov 5, 2009 12:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dec. 21st, 2012
No really its gonna be soon…. June 18th, 2010
by phina on Nov 5, 2009 12:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I'm not going to see if this was already taken because I'm lazy so deal with it
July 28, 2011
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Nov 5, 2009 12:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Never
His shoulder implodes in Frisco and requires surgery, tries multiple times to come back but can’t.
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by Section 339 on Nov 5, 2009 12:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
kharma dude.....
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Nov 5, 2009 1:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
September 5th, 2012
6 th inning.
My heart says earlier, but my head reads it as follows:
in 2010, he goes to Hickory, then in June he’s promoted to AA, and finishes the season there.
In 2011, he starts the year in AAA, then feels tightness in his elbow, has TJ surgery by may 4th.
in 2012, he finally comes back from his surgery in July at AAA, and gets a september call up that year.
Then in 2013 he starts the year again in AAA, is called up in July, and has his major league career for the next 5-7 years as a number 4 man in the Rangers Rotation behind Feliz, Holland, and Martin Perez.
Imagine that. a rotation with Neftali Feliz, Derrick Holland, Martin Perez, Tanner Scheppers, and then any one of a dozen guys from Tommy Hunter to Omar Poveda to Kasey Kiker to Blake Beavan, Richard Bleier, Matt Harrison, Eric Hurley, Michael Main, Robbie Ross, and the list just goes on and on….. Anyone who complains about us needing to acquire more “veteran” starters should look at the depth we have.
by iblum on Nov 5, 2009 12:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dude
He’s going to start in AA next year.
"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 5, 2009 12:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And way TJ?
It’s his shoulder that is the problem and that would go out before his elbow.
"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 5, 2009 12:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
why*
"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 5, 2009 12:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't now
I asked myself that after I wrote 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 5, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I need some clarification
When you say ML debut, you mean his first appearance not his call-up, right?
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by Parman on Nov 5, 2009 1:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Breaks camp with the Rangers in 2011
Makes debut second game of 2011.
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by Parman on Nov 5, 2009 1:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
May 5, 2010
He replaces Feliz in the bullpen.
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by RangerMad on Nov 5, 2009 1:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Why would Feliz only stay in the pen for a month?
That wouldn’t help with his innings very much.
"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 5, 2009 1:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
June 2, 2010
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Nov 5, 2009 1:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
August 5, 2010
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
by rooster on Nov 5, 2009 1:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
August 27, 2010
strikes out Michael Cuddyer looking
Don't bring opinions to a fact check debate.
by sunlegend54 on Nov 5, 2009 1:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
September 9th 2010
Called up on the 7th after OKCs season ends and makes debut a couple days later
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by bigsteve on Nov 5, 2009 1:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
June 25, 2010 at home vs Houston
He will come in in the 5th inning and give up one walk before striking out the next 7 batters.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
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by WhipSmart on Nov 5, 2009 1:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Mike Cave took mine (my bday)
So I’m going with June 20, 2010
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by Ryin A on Nov 5, 2009 1:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
If that is your bday dude
ill retract and go with 9/3/10. Gotta be a good teammate ha
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by Michael Cave on Nov 5, 2009 1:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
July 20, 2011
You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.
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13 Days After Opening Day, 2011
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7/8/11
Nobody is perfect, i am nobody, therefore, i am perfect
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August 28th 2010
Wife’s b-day, plus — if we’re in the hunt, we could see another injury DL + early bullpen callup to have two post-season roster eligibles in Scheppers + injured person.
Sorta like what happened with Andruw Jones this year.
by Trickman on Nov 5, 2009 1:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
7/2/2010
one scoreless inning in relief, with a walk and a K
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Nov 5, 2009 1:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
june 29, 2011
my b day, hey its worth a shot. I can’t see this to floundering enough to bring him up next year so 2011 seems about right.
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by NYTXFAN on Nov 5, 2009 2:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
July 2nd, 2010 vs White Sox
Makes spot start when BMac fractures his jaw eating cotton candy
Must kill Moe. Weeeeeeeee
by Baseball North on Nov 5, 2009 2:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
that is ridiculous.. he could never break his jaw eating cotton candy
He’d break his wrist lifting the cotton candy long before he ever got it to his mouth.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
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by WhipSmart on Nov 5, 2009 2:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
you're absolutely right
my mistake on making such a huge assumption on his ability to reach/lift/walk/move/etc
Must kill Moe. Weeeeeeeee
by Baseball North on Nov 5, 2009 2:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
July 22, 2010
First game at home against the Angels.
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by Aquaman56 on Nov 5, 2009 2:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
June 21st 2010
Geez I hope they play that day
I still believe!
by Ranger121032 on Nov 5, 2009 2:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
They don't
unless they end up making up a postponement, they are scheduled off that day, as they are most Mondays.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
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by WhipSmart on Nov 5, 2009 2:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
July 17th, 2010
Just to clarify, I think he’ll be added to the roster on July 15th, but not make his first appearance until the 17th.
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September 3, 2010
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
by willamos2 on Nov 5, 2009 2:54 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I predict Tanner Scheppers will debut
on opening day.
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by tricer on Nov 5, 2009 3:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
2010, that is
Never pitches a minor league inning.
Not likely, but hey – I’ll sure look smart if it happens, right?
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by tricer on Nov 5, 2009 3:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
May 3rd 2011
on my birthday :D
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Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
by hinduplaya on Nov 5, 2009 5:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
July 2, 2010
He takes Feliz’s spot in the pen and I’ll begin to get furious with the people who suggest that the Rangers are better suited to leave him in the pen long term.
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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 5, 2009 6:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
August 3rd, 2010
He’s called up for a stretch run on August 2nd after the Rangers don’t find a reasonable bargain for a RP at the deadline again, and makes his debut in the next night in Seattle.
"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 5, 2009 7:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Starts the 4th game of 2111
That will be his first ML appearance.
by Mark from OC on Nov 5, 2009 9:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wow so a century from now
we’ll see Scheppers. Can’t wait!
"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 5, 2009 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Are we sure his shoulder will hold up that long?
"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 5, 2009 9:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, you got me, 4th game of 2011
And yes, he finds the drug er foutain of youth that lets him pitch the 4th game of 2111, too
by Mark from OC on Nov 6, 2009 8:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I'll say it...
Opening day, 2010.
by Bats and Balls on Nov 5, 2009 10:18 PM CST via mobile reply actions 0 recs
May 20th, 2010...
Tanner Scheppers has a good spring training, but Texas keeps some veteran reliever with a recent history of injuries who says, “I can’t remember the last time I felt so good throwing,” not wanting to put Scheppers on the 40-man roster too quickly for fear that he’s not quite ready. I’m not sure if that journeyman will get injured or struggle or if it will be another pitcher heading to the DL, but either way, Scheppers will break into the majors doing mop up work on May 20th, 2010 for Texas in the midst of a Rangers’ blowout over Baltimore. Texas will want its more experienced relievers ready for the series against the Cubs starting the next day.
Frankie Francisco. C.J. Wilson. Neftali Feliz. Darren O'Day. Pedro Strop.
American League Teams simply know them as "The Basterds."
by YourNameHere on Nov 6, 2009 12:11 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Late 2010 is too crowded and 2011 is too far off to follow this =p
So Ill Go april 28th 2010 and see what happens.
the preceding post was a great success.
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August 7th, 2010
MLB Network = Awesomeness
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Prediction
July 20, 2010…cause it’s my bday
by Skech on Nov 6, 2009 1:11 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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