New Rangers discussion open thread
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 10, 2009 12:43 PM CST
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PrintOkay, I've said all I can say about the moves that have been made, my brain is a little fried, and the morning thread is almost to 400 comments already.
So I'm going to open this up as a new "open thread" to discuss the Rangers, the offseason, the recent moves, and anything else along those lines, other than Hank Blalock and the number of infield hits Chris Davis thread. If anyone wants to discuss those items, they need to make a FanPost about it.
UPDATE -- Also, Evan Grant offers 10 thoughts on the Winter Meetings.
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"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 3:42 PM CST up reply actions
I wish I was going to the Toy Drive tonight at the Ballpark
I wonder if Millwood would show up.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
x
the wife and I are going in about an hour
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
autographs
my wife is a part time collector and she just handed me a baseball with Jason Botts sig on it.
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
toys for tots
was pretty cold last night at the BPiA for the Toys for Tots. Looks like they had a pretty good turnout and gathered up a lot of toys. The Marines were there, of course, and there was holiday music and free hot dogs and hot chocolate. The bad part was having to stand in line for ever to get to the players for the autographs. Kinsler was in the first group as was Rusty Greer and Mark MacLemore and the new hitting coach along with Eric Nadel also Jeff Russell. The third group was Chris Davis, Tommy Hunter, Derek Holland, Scott Feldman, Brandon McCarthy and Craig Gentry. In the second group I forget who was in that group other than Murphy The last group was mostly Legend players with the exception of Eric Hurley. In one of the groups LSB’s favorite radio announcer Dave Barnett. The wife and I did not stay for this group as we were cold and our backs and feet hurt. It is a good cause and the players should be thanked for turning out and helping the Toys for Tots campaign.
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
100% agreed
Thanks for the recap, hope you had fun.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
x
thanks we had fun but it was cold. The wife has been to a number of them but it was my first time. Last night after being cold and my back hurting and feet hurting, I was reconsidering whether I would go again. But now after sleep and aspirins, I will probably go again. There must have been a hundred or so little bicycles and that was very cool to see.
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
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Unless 24-year-old LHP Ben Snyder, the second player acquired from Baltimore in the Kevin Millwood trade, is absolutely awful in spring training, expect him to be on the Opening Day roster.
it's in grant's article that AJM linked
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 10, 2009 1:01 PM CST up reply actions
Well, that's more or less obvious, considering the terms of the Rule 5 draft and all
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
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Lots of rule 5’s get turned back over before making it to April 1: Even for the “#3” pick.
It may not be the boldest prediction EG ever made, but it’s still a prediction. If they’re still looking at Darren Oliver (also in the article), then they’re still hedging bets on the leftys in the pen.
by Oracle Galvez on Dec 10, 2009 2:22 PM CST up reply actions
so what can we expect out of this guy?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 3:43 PM CST up reply actions
I like Evan Grant's summary
Regarding the risk, I think he’s spot on. The Rangers added a lot of variability, but variability is bidirectional. With Lowell, Ray, and Harden (and Snyder), they add their considerable upside potential. But the key is, their organizational depth is so great, especially with pitching, that the downside risk hasn’t increased much, if any.
Say you get to roll some dice four times. Each roll can be any number from 1 to 6, a uniform distribution. The average they’ll add up to is 14 (3.5 × 4).
Now, say you get to roll a special die, where half the time you get a 6, the other half you get a 1. Well, the average outcome doesn’t change, it is still going to be 14 for four rolls. This die is Rich Harden (or a die with two 6’s, and four 1s, which is Mike Lowell).
But now you factor in the Rangers depth. Basically, this says that if the Harden die gives you a 1 (which means he’s injured), you get to roll one of your normal dice again. That greatly helps the team. The downside risk of the 6,6,6,1,1,1 die is mitigated.
Go Rice Owls!
You've played too much Dungeons and Dragons
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.
The probability that Wyo was kidding
Also high.
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:15 PM CST up reply actions
I do and I can see why Conjunction thought that. A lot of D&D optimizer forums use stats like you do in your post (i.e. 3.5 is the average value of a 6 sided die)
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on Dec 10, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions
There are D&D optimizer forums?
Sweet Christ, it’s a good thing the Internet wasn’t around when I was a teenager. I would have wasted all my time on sites like that, instead of getting my fill of Internet porn.
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
+3 vorpal glaive-guisarme
Yeah, I played a lot of D&D as a teenager.
If we nerds got nothing else out of D&D, at least we’re all experts on medieval weaponry, the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, and Drow elf fetish porn.
OK, that last one may just be me. But come on, who didn’t have at least one fantasy about being dominated by Lolth, Demon Queen of Spiders? :)
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
I played D&D once
We just tried to crack each other up for 4 hours and barely made it outta the village only to be wiped out by picking a fight with some ogre or something.
man
I see these guys acting out the D&D stuff in real life at a park over by my parents’ house every Sunday. my mom says they creep her out…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 3:46 PM CST up reply actions
Like the guys in Role Models?
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
exactly
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 4:24 PM CST up reply actions
Saving throw! Saving throw!
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
/1
Epic fail.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Dec 10, 2009 3:45 PM CST up reply actions
I still don't understand why...
…the concept of a die is easier to understand than just giving the probabilities. I know stat profs like to do it, but what’s so intuitive about a senary (base-6) system and outside of craps and monopoly, who throws dice anymore? I’d argue that we’re much more familiar with percentages from an early age than probabilities of die casting.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 10, 2009 2:14 PM CST up reply actions
Fair enough
I agree probabilities are easier to understand in general, but when it comes to combining multiple probabilities with my little special case (the downside of Harden’s distribution gets replaced by, say, Feliz’s distribution), it is somewhat less intuitive how to combine continuous non-uniform (albeit more realistic) probabilities. For this case, discretizing is useful, and dice are a great way to discretize.
Go Rice Owls!
A lot of people work better with examples than with straight out numbers
What do voluntary mean?
we threw dice in a drinking game at my place last week
pretty fun times
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 3:47 PM CST up reply actions
shit if I can remember...
I was already sick to start out drinking that night. don’t remember much…except that it was fun:
you are seated at a table, each person rolls dice, and if you hit double 3’s you are the one to keep drinking whenever somebody else rolls a 3. until somebody else rolls double 3’s, then it changes. doubles of anything and you get to deal out that amount of sips to anybody, mixing it up or all at once. I rolled doubles nearly every time I touched the die, and never double 3’s.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 4:14 PM CST up reply actions
Didn't you tell me a while back that you were in your thirties?
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:17 PM CST up reply actions
closer and closer every day...
but not quite yet
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 5:37 PM CST up reply actions
Senary
Fess up.
You’ve been looking for an opening all month to work that into a conversation.
Probably spent a lot of time cogitating on it…
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:19 PM CST up reply actions
@FrankiePiliere Proud day…one of my guys I evaluated, Winston Marquez was picked by Texas in the AAA phase. For an unheralded pick he’s a very nice talent
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Winston Marquez video
"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 Dec 10, 2009 1:01 PM CST up reply actions
dude looks decent
30 k’s in 19 MWL IP last season – hmmm – power lefty arm? It’ll be interesting to track him.
Do you make money for fact-finding
I don’t understand how you can do this 24 hours a day… impressive
yeh he must be on the payroll or something....or should be
So who's todays mistress? They're coming out of the Woodswork!
its amazing
when he gets going he’s like a Ranger’s internet info bloodhound
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
"rangers internet info bloodhound"
should be KH’s signature
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I love the Lowell-Ramirez trade. You know why?
The Red Sox fans HATE it. http://myespn.go.com/s/conversations/show/story/4730311 MWAhHAhaHAhAHAH!
Think about it from their perspective
it’d almost have been like the Rangers trading Millwood + $12 million (not $3) for Chris Ray.
Go Rice Owls!
not even Ray, but a prospect in AAA that was injured last year
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Isn't the single biggest question/mystery between now and opening day,
which one of CJ or Feliz will be the 5th starter? Let’s assume Harden, Feldman, Hunter and Holland. Let’s assume McCarthy is moved. Some of these moves scream CJ (the Snyder and Rapada pickups and our own Rule 5 protections) and some scream Feliz (Ray). I’ll admit that I don’t have a read one way or the other. Perhaps it’s all eye wash and McCarthy is the 5th starter, CJ stays in the pen all year and Feliz is the first one up when Harden or McCarthy gets hurt (thus keeping a ceiling on Feliz’s early innings).
Thoughts? Opinions?
Jack Daddy
also -
with Hurley and Harrison poised to comeback from injury, with Scheppers and Perez close, with CJ and Feliz, and finally, with BMac healthy for a change, don’t you have to look hard at monetizing that asset? Bring in a middle relief/late inning option?
Jack Daddy
He is closer than you think he is
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
he's about to be 23
years old and pitch a season professionally, as well as displayed the 2nd best “stuff” in AFL, after wonder kid. Add to that his shoulder only has so many pitches in it – he better be close.
Jack Daddy
He's pitched professionally before
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
Drew needs to do one of his pictures
With a car sideview mirror showing Scheppers, Perez, Ross…
And writing on the mirror that says, “Pitchers in this mirror are closer than they appear.”
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 10, 2009 1:38 PM CST up reply actions
Do it!
"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
my weakness
in knowledge of ML rosters is middle/set up guys. When I see a team, I recognize and know their guys, but sitting here today I’d have a hard time coming up with who’s out there. Given that, who would be some trade candidates (righty power arm, late inning lefty) that would be a salary match for BMac and that he could fetch. Just curious to see what that trade would look like.
Jack Daddy
and we can pair it up with that Meatloaf song..
Objects in the rear-view mirror…
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
I'd argue that Scheppers is closer than Kiker and Smoak
but I’m not a pro
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 3:49 PM CST up reply actions
Smoak is probalby the most ready high end prospect we have
if you don’t count Feliz that is.
What do voluntary mean?
I'll buy those #s
but i consider 35% close. However I think its closer to 50%. Very likely as 9/1 callup if we’re eliminated and potentially if we’re in it and he’s pitching well.
Jack Daddy
I'll take a stab.
Harrison – 100%
Scheppers – 75%
Hurley – 35%
Perez – 15%
"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
wow on Scheppers at 75% ...just wow.. i like it though :)
So who's todays mistress? They're coming out of the Woodswork!
Scheppers
If Scheppers is looking like he can duplicate Feliz’ ‘09 stint in the bigs as a late season bullpen gem then you gotta think they might go that route, which even helps keep his IP totals low. But if he isn’t just dominating I doubt he sees the bigs. All or nothing with him.
Between Hurley’s healthy and rustiness I think he’d be doing good to get called up to start in a mid-season double-header or something if the staff is overworked.
Remember – the 40-man trumps all – and I’m have no idea what next off-season’s rule 5 eligibles look like. Could be a squeeze there.
Next season is the 40-pocolypse
Engel Beltre, Boscan, Lionel and Miggy de los Santos, Font, Gueris Grullon, Gutierrez, Kiker, Lemon, and Moreland
Most likely Smoak will be added this season and if Scheppers does too…..wow we could be looking at a serious squeeze
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.
Somebody get Dirkatron here to analyze
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
If it's an either-or between Dirk and Josey, surely Adam will make the right decision
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
threads or threats?
I honestly think Adam needs Josey to survive these days…Josey’s like a remora on Adam’s shark. or is it the other way around?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 3:52 PM CST up reply actions
I'll give my best analysis
Beltre: probably the hardest to predict. Tools coming out of the wazoo but can he translate it to the baseball field. Where do the rangers send him this year. Was the late season cameo in Frisco just for roster depth or will that be where he goes. At his age if he puts up a mediocre season in Frisco I think you have to protect him as long as the tools are still present
Boscan: dropping on the list due to lack of strikeout pitch yet still seems to get guys out. Will start the season in Bakersfield and if he does well enough to get bumped to Frisco will plant his name firmly in the “tough decision” category
LDLS: Held his own last year in Hickory. Depending on where he goes to start the year will depend on how difficult a decision he is. if he goes to bakersfield and is still great defensively, with our catching situation, you would think we would have to protect. If hes held back in Hickory and only makes it to Bakersfield he probably wont.
MDLS: Make it stateside first but if he does he could rocket up the system and become an issue. A good issue to have. Very unlikely he would be protected.
Font: Can’t see us leaving him unprotected. That lost year really hurts though. It will be hard if he doesn’t make it to Frisco to give a 40 spot to a guy who has no time above A ball. But it will also be hard to leave him exposed and potentially watch Feliz part 2 get taken right from under our noses.
Grullon: Likely left exposed. Hes more a 2011 rule 5 watch guy
Gutierrez: Cant see him being exposed unless he beats up another person. Could make the ML pen this season which would make this a moot point.
Kiker: Same as Gutierrez except he has no history of beating women only beaning opposing hitters
Lemon: Profiles as ideal UTIL guy. Looks like we may need him as early as next year.
Moreland: if he keeps hitting theres no way to expose him IMO.
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.
Beltre
I just don’t see him panning out. The Rangers won’t be able to carry someone on their roster next winter just because of his tools. If Beltre doesn’t spend half a year at Frsico, then he doesn’t get protected.
|Space for Rent|
and he doesn't spend half the year successfully
his plate discipline is awful and it would be unlikely that a team would take him and be able to keep him on their roster the entire year
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
The thing is ,while Beltre is really hard to determine. . .
. . . I do think one more half year is just about enough to make a comfortable decision.
I’m scared to death of him flipping the switch elsewhere, though, and seeing us miss out on a star centerfielder.
I'm pretty sure Font has 2 years left.
Hes a 2011 rule 5 eligible I believe. First year in system is 2007, and since he was signed prior to his 19th birthday he has 5 years not 4.
Though I will admit I could be off on something here.
What do voluntary mean?
Not according to Lucas
Thats where I got this list from.
Quick google search shows he signed August 06 so he would be 2011 rule 5 eligible
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.
Font
You shut your whore mouth about him.
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:21 PM CST up reply actions
yeah, that list could get hairy
maybe come August it’ll be time for a big deadline deal to thin that herd out
Yeah
I only listed guys who were damn near locks, prospects we’ve heard alot about, or guys who seem on the verge of a huge breakout year.
Who knows if any other guys work themselves onto the radar
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 didn't realize Font and Boscan had to be added next season
usually these have a way of working themselves out for the most part, but Boscan, Font, Scheppers, Smoak, Gutierrez, Kiker, Lemon and Moreland at least would have to be added. That does seem difficult at this point.
Personally, I highly doubt Beltre would be taken unless he has a huge year, and that is unlikely with his plate discipline or lack thereof.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
It will probably thin itself out by then
in performance, trades, etc.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Yep...
as it stands now I could easily see these names off the 40 after 2010…
Harden (FA)
Mathis (performance or trade)
McCarthy (performance or trade)
Mendoza
Rapada or Snyder
Arias
Inglett
Gentry or Golson
That’s 8 guys right there just off the top of my head. Not sure who else could be a FA after 2010 (I’m sure I’m forgetting somebody) or any other players that could be dealt. The 40 will be crowded, but I could see room for nearly all the guys Large Steve listed above if needed.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
perhaps this is reason # 1A we just traded Max
on the cheap
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 3:52 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think it will be that bad
Some of those guys will be in-season replacements of crappier players. Those that aren’t can likely find a role to play in the 2011 team replacing any FAs/non-tenders/DFAs. I think between Beltre, The De Los Santos , Grullon, and Boscan, you’re not likely to get all of them develop enough this season to allow a team to risk taking them.
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
Monetizing who?
BMac? Hes gonna make 1-1.5 million in arbitration. If you want to turn him into a prospect you would be selling low. If you trade him for a major leaguer you aren’t saving much money and the return will likely be uninspiring
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.
How much of the savings will we have left if the Lowell trade goes through?
Almost nothing until the ownership situation is resolved, right?
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
That would be so upsetting
if we can offer 6.5 million to vlad/nick johnson but go with lowell/oliver instead.
that would really put a squeeze on the bullpen
Maybe the money would go towards a catcher
|Space for Rent|
If they do that...
after taking Snyder in the rule 5 and getting Rapada I have to think they are seriously considering putting BGL in the rotation.
I don’t like that move either. That money could be better used elsewhere imo. Like on a catcher or another bat.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I hate Darren Oliver
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 Dec 10, 2009 1:18 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
really?
I find it hard to have a strong opinion on him at all. I’ve always thought of him as the definition of a replacement level player.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on Dec 10, 2009 1:21 PM CST up reply actions
look at how much the Rangers paid him ten years ago
and remember that he’s the definition of a replacement level player
Go Rice Owls!
The past is the past
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on Dec 10, 2009 1:23 PM CST up reply actions
if we pay Darren Oliver another dime i'll be livid.
by rclarkjd10 on Dec 10, 2009 1:24 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Me too.
He is one of my least favorite all time Rangers, when performance and salary are weighting factors.
Me too.
He’s just kinda…there.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 10, 2009 1:34 PM CST up reply actions
saying that
i don’t have a problem with him
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I definitely do NOT hate him
Once of the nicest baseball guys out there. Met him several years back and he was great!!
"More than likely JW never played sports above the youth level. It amazes me that he seems to have no concept on the common reactions of an adult athlete or their normal interactions between each other." - laxonto
by Michael Cave on Dec 10, 2009 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
This is true
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Any self-respecting Rangers fan would have punched him in the mouth
:)
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:11 PM CST up reply actions
I love Darren Oliver
He was always a class act. And he owns the single best start in Rangers postseason history.
"we’re a bunch of knee-jerking yahoos who like new and shiny things." -- FirebatM3 July 10, 2009
He was a big part
of the 1996 season… but he and Dean Palmer were the 2 most frustrating players of that era IMO.
Quick quiz:
What team did we send him to and what was our return (and what did that return turn into)?
Ultimately, I think Darren Oliver paid the Rangers great dividends .
Oliver
IIRC, he was part of the Todd Stottlemyre/Fernando Tatis trade with the Cardinals.
Stottlemyre left as a free agent, and the Rangers drafted Colby Lewis and Kevin Mench with the comp picks.
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
I'd forgotten he came back
And was then traded again for the crazy-ass dinosaur denier himself, Carl Everett, who we then traded for Frankie Squared and Rupe.
So yeah, let’s bring Oliver back again- seems like every time he’s here, the GM winds up trading him for something pretty useful. Plus he’d join the 3-Time Ranger club!
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
Random: If Harrison and Hurley come out firing..
and at some point (later in the season) make the rotation, we would have 4 SP’s w/ H last names. The 4-H club?
Ho ho ho! Ha ha! He he.. fail :(
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
This may be the best candidate should we make the playoffs.
The rest of the world will see it as a sure sign of the coming of the real thing.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Dec 10, 2009 3:49 PM CST up reply actions
arent you missing one?
harrison
hurley
holland
hunter
harden
Trade
So what if the Rangers decide to do the some thing MY as they did with millwood and then sign a bat? I wouldn’t be opposed it would all depend on the player they signed with the savings…
Young won't be traded
You need stars to get fans to turnout. No one will want to buy the Rangers if they piss off their fanbase by trading its face.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on Dec 10, 2009 1:28 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think the casual fan will see it that way
but I could be wrong.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on Dec 10, 2009 1:32 PM CST up reply actions
Were you around last January when Young wanted to be traded?
It was a huge PR hit.
by TooLegitToQuit on Dec 10, 2009 1:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
not good....
I know what the reaction was… I am just for the most everyone agrees young is on the down side of his career so if you could even just get someone equal to him it would be an upgrade just because of age…
Who exactly is that player, though?
"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
idk
idk if you necessarily have to fill his same position with your impact player it could be an outfielder or anything…. uggla would be interesting… of course they wouldnt take youngs money but if you could somehow do a three way with someone… it may cost us a few prospects but we would improve for now and in the future…
But that means we would have a hole at third
An offensive one, if you will. The key is to maximize the ability of the lineup. Increase their chances to score runs. Traditionally, 3rd base is where you have a solid hitter, like Face. So you can’t just trade him away for a DH/OF platoon guy. It leaves a hole for the club and the Rangers are in no shape to fill that role for a while.
"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
the contract is untradeable
for 99% of the teams. It’s just not going to happen.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Dec 10, 2009 1:54 PM CST up reply actions
Problem is.
Is that the Club is in the phase where they got to stop looking to flip big league talent for high ceiling prospect guys. It’s also not wise to flip a big league talent for another. Michael is the best option at 3rd for the Rangers right now, and there is no immediate replacement in sight. So, for futures sake and the current state of the club, it’s best if he stays.
"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
Adrian Beltre
If we were able to give up Young without eating the contract, I’d rather have Beltre.
Young will be in his 33 year. Beltre will be in his 31 year.
+Young’s 2009 offense was buoyed by his .354 BABIP which is .015 above his career average. Beltre had a down year offensively from his normal, though his BABIP was also above his normal by .009.
+Young has been ~3.1 WAR on average for the past 5 years. Beltre has been ~3.3 WAR on average for the past 5 years (this doesn’t include Beltre’s career year in 2004).
+Young has been horrid for on defense for the most part of his career, while Beltre has been very good in his career.
+Young will be paid $16 M/year. Beltre will likely be lucky to get $10 M/year.
Basically, I’d much rather have Beltre….
R
While Beltre is the only player available that I would be willing to obtain
in place of MY, it’s just not feasible.
"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
Oh, don't get me wrong.
I don’t think we have a chance in hell of trading MY and his contract for nothing.
I’m just saying that, IF we could, I’d immediately use the savings to sign Beltre.
One of JD’s big screwups IMO was the Young extension.
R
Correct
if you trade your face you’ll look like this
by Anonymous New Guy on Dec 10, 2009 2:17 PM CST up reply actions
Would Boston be a place that MY could go...?
They need a 3rd baseman apprently since they are thinking of Beltre. Could we get a couple of young somethings ie Melo’s, sign Beltre and move on.
that would be interesting?
but I am sure bostons opinion of him is the same as ours…. on the downside…. overpaid….
Honestly, Face's contract aside.
He had a really productive year offensively last year from 3rd, and other than Beltre, there isn’t a good replacement that you can rely on.
"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
@Rotoworld_BB M. Lowell -3B-BOS: Lowell-to-Rangers trade 75 percent done http://tinyurl.com/krbn5j
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
just 75%? Maybe the Red Sox are keeping the hip?
So who's todays mistress? They're coming out of the Woodswork!
by BigGuns on Dec 10, 2009 1:35 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
ha
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
$12M (I pray)
I’m going to be a little disappointed if we spend $3M on Lowell.
I’d much rather sign cheaper players and keep the budget room for future trades.
That being said, maybe JD is only doing the trade to flip him, in which case, right on
No kidding.
It took me 6 days to get a 14,000 dollar check to clear the other day. Damn banks.
Give me team chemistry and emotion over stats any day. Do you think 34,000 Ranger fans were screaming their asses off over Pudge and his .275 OBP?
@KenDavidoff
Cashman: “You can turn left, you can turn right, you can look up and down, and you’ve got a DH sitting right there begging for a job.”
I honestly think the Rangers would be better served passing on Mike Lowell and his shattered hip for the time being.
by LiamP on Dec 10, 2009 1:54 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
That may very well be part of the hold up
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
JD sent Thad out into the lobby with an offer of $2 million and a gift certificate to Pappadeux and is waiting for him to report back
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
At first I read that as a $2 million dollar gift certificate to Pappadeaux's
That’s a whole lotta crab cakes…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 10, 2009 2:17 PM CST up reply actions
Speaking of Kruk
I watched the end of “The Fan” the other day, and Robert De Niro slashed Kruk’s throat.
by brettgardner on Dec 10, 2009 3:42 PM CST up reply actions
Kruk
That’s still probably not as bad as the time he was the third siren sister on Aqua Teen Hunger Force…
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
Given the Budget Restrictions
I think the GM and his crew should be lauded for their efforts. Of course sometimes trades don’t work out, but I give them a A+ for trying to improve this team in the short-run, and being more competitive for the up-coming season.
I heartily agree.
We had budget constraints, but were able to pull off some big trades. I mean, finally, this team has, in Rich Harden, a true ace in its SP lineup. Among him, Scooter, Hunter and Holland, this is a team that will bring upon the apocalypse.
She say she are the manager.
by rockin_rangers on Dec 10, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
and
he didn’t have to trade any prospects… unless you still consider Max a prospect. I bet he torments us from Boston for years to come, though.
I hope not. Part of me is hoping this deal falls through.
"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
Boardgame
#mlb #cubs Cubs officials say they are close to trading OF Milton Bradley, and all indications are that he’ll be going to Tampa Bay.
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
@mlb #tigers Former slugger Phil Nevin has agreed to become AA manager for the Detroit Tigers
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
that
@BNightengale
"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 Dec 10, 2009 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
Who is that?!
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."
Hypothetical
If Jim Thome is willing to sign here for 5 million, do you scrap the Lowell deal and go for him?
I say yes.
irrelevant
if youve got a high obp, who cares how the outs are made. the problem last year was that the k’s didnt come with walks
pinch hitting will do that for ya
im not really wanting to get thome anyways. id rather have glaus
Wait. What reports.
Someone said the deal is close to being 75% done. Rosenthal, I think.
"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
Honestly, then we shouldn't bother IMO.
"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
Johnson, I can see, but Vlad too?
"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
i'd be VERY happy with either
woud prefer vlad though
maybe its based on performance that
will never be put up again, but wasting $6MM on a failed Vlad is something that wouldn’t keep me up at night. Talk about high rish HIGH REWARD. Just taking away th 50 ABs that he would get AGAINST us has to be worth 1-2 Ws, right?
Jack Daddy
I don't know
Once Showalter left and the Rangers started playing the shift against Vlad (like everyone else in baseball had been doing for years) he became human… albeit an extrordinary human, not super human.
I'll take extraordinarily human after watching...
Andruw Jones and Hank Blalock failing flailing up there this past season.
So who's todays mistress? They're coming out of the Woodswork!
Vlad vs. Thome
.309/.373/.515 OPS+ 130
.256/.380/.516 OPS+ 130
It’s very close, like extremely close, but I’d take my chances with Thome over Vlad.
"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
Well, it's not like JD and Co.
are going to say “What do the boys and girls at LSB think?” “Oh, his swing pisses them off? Well in that case, we won’t bother, can make that bunch upset — besides Josey, of course”.
"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
easily.
"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
I doubt he gets that much more
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
If we had Thome AND Guerrero..
our lineup would feature the 2 guys who scare the crap out of me the most when I see them at-bat against our pitching.
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
The only problem is how do you use two DHs?
What do voluntary mean?
lol exactly..
i’m not saying I would want that. i’m just saying both of those hitters used to scare me.
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
true, those two guys have pwned us for way too many years
I mean their numbers are just flat sick against us
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
Easiest solution:
Pay them their weight in meals to go to the NL.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Dec 10, 2009 3:55 PM CST up reply actions
How does that help us against LHP
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 love Thome
so, yes
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun writes today that the Los Angeles Angels have made an offer for Halladay that includes shortstop Erick Aybar, left-hander Joe Saunders and outfield prospect Peter Bourjos.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
Yeah we saw that yesterday.
It’s still lulzy to me that the Halos think they can offer that poor of talent.
"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
Ah, I just saw it scroll by on ESPN, hadn't heard it before.
Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Dec 10, 2009 2:02 PM CST up reply actions
you forgot to add
“and a tin can filled with the dreams of small children”
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
Hmmmm It seems that if Bradley goes to TB for Burrell
the Cubs will immediately flip Burrell. Anyone interested?
"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
for Lowell?
sure, why not!
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 4:04 PM CST up reply actions
I am not and will never be
remotely interested in Burrell.
Yes
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:27 PM CST up reply actions
Also, according to those close to him, Lowell was not thrilled that it has come to this — “he signed a three-year deal to play in Boston,” one person involved said, but does not appear to want to stand in the way of any trade.
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
If it's any consolation to Lowell
his paychecks will still say “Boston Red Sox Payroll Dept.” on them.
yep
And they don’t have those godawful Boston accents.
Then again, Lowell is Cuban, and their women are probably just as hot as those here in Texas. Plus since their economy sucks, you know they’re easy.
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
that last remark
was meant as a joke, just in case there’s any Cubans posting here. Your sandwiches and cigars are both delicious, FWIW.
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
Cuban women
actually pretty hideous, IMHO.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
True
but I’m talking more about Hot-Ugly Ratio.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
Maybe it's personal preference
I think Hispanic women are the best looking.
by brettgardner on Dec 10, 2009 2:52 PM CST up reply actions
The best good-looking women are Hispanic women
but the hideous ones are equally hideous everywhere
The world is perfectly egalitarian when it comes to shortcomings.
Meh.
I think very few women are actually “hideous”.
by brettgardner on Dec 10, 2009 3:32 PM CST up reply actions
One of the few
better be Rosie O’Donnel (SP?)
"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
I find everything about her to be unnatractive
She has a such a raunchy personality.
"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
She's not hideous...
she’s… strange looking. I’d probably still hit it though.
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
You really think she's hideous?
She’s not someone I’m terribly attracted to, but hideous?
by brettgardner on Dec 10, 2009 3:35 PM CST up reply actions
Gina Davis
with no makeup on:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/11/12/article-0-07300C14000005DC-486_468x300.jpg
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 4:07 PM CST up reply actions
butterface
The body is an 8.
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:28 PM CST up reply actions
Really?
I think there is a large portion of not good looking women out there. I don’t think it correlates to race, though.
You must not make it to Walmart much
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:29 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Shoehorn
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Hmm, I guess you have a point
so, how about “rugged”, or “craggy” – like Nepal?
Long Island City area
where the Williamsburg Bridge touches Long Island, there’s this neighborhood there crammed packed with hot Puerto Rican girls in tight jeans. Yowza.
Bout 5 minutes from where I live now...
Tight jean PR ladies have been replaced by tight jeans wearing dudes.
"[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 Dec 10, 2009 4:20 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, that was back in the late 80s early 90s
I lived near the Navy Yard in Brooklyn and some PR spillover would occasionally drift down the LIE to us.
And they will slit your throat
when they get pissed…
I’ll counter with the Greek section of Astoria…yowzers!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Are they?
I just assumed they’d be hot. Never met one.
"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
I fear Cuban women...
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"The purpose of life is to have a fucking good time." - Albert Ellis
dangit american airlines
"I hope a bartender appears, with a shot and a beer everytime ya holler, cause yeah man, that's lucky"-Pat Green
One of you send your private jet up there to Indy, stat
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
Lulz
I’m off tomorrow, so it’s alright. Still sucks though.
"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
Hmm
If Bradley trade is close, it’s not to Rays
WHO IS IT TO DAMNIT!?
"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
source
http://twitter.com/TBrownYahoo/status/6543395666
"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
If JD acquires Harden, Lowell, AND Bradley (plus Ray), whoa!
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
I think the deal would be if Lowell doesn't come here or we flip him for Bradley.
Though JD could have something up his sleeve.
"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
Id rather have Bradley than
Lowell.
"More than likely JW never played sports above the youth level. It amazes me that he seems to have no concept on the common reactions of an adult athlete or their normal interactions between each other." - laxonto
by Michael Cave on Dec 10, 2009 3:12 PM CST up reply actions
So would I.
"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
JD always has something up his sleeve
It’s been two years since he pulled the Hamilton trade out of nowhere. Considering the financial limitations and the need to get creative, it wouldn’t surprise me to see something epic go down this winter.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
I think the Lowell deal
was just leverage against the Cubs for Bradley, to convince them they might be losing Texas’ interest.
If we
Gave up Max for a game, I’m calling that retarded.
by brettgardner on Dec 10, 2009 3:58 PM CST up reply actions
Umm
We haven’t given up Max yet. JD is bound by nothing, he is “pondering” the move… seems like a pretty good use of leverage if that’s his plan
I mean not actually following through with it
More like showing the Cubs we’re prepared to look elsewhere unless they really take a huge chunk of Milton’s salary. How is that dumb?
That would be pretty cool
Still not completely sold on bringing MB back though
Texas Rangers, sometimes they are the windshield, sometimes they are the bug — Evan Grant
by SonnyKoufaxLSU on Dec 10, 2009 3:48 PM CST up reply actions
Perhaps JD is remembering the days when the Marlins used us as leverage to acquire HanRam
Poor Lowell, if that ends up being the case. That would make two scenarios in which the Rangers and Red Sox were involved and he was leverage.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
So one of the ownership groups said that they won't play if Bradley was here
That means that if JD could get Bradley, he would essentially make the ownership decision for the team, hmm?
I don't think they said that.
They said that they had no interest in re-obtaining Bradley. There’s a difference.
"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
Harden passed his physical per Jamey
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 Dec 10, 2009 3:27 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Woooo.
Though you just killed the excitement of seeing the “1” on my yahoo mail.
"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
Newberg is on my Hotmail account and I have MSN Messenger
So the popup on the bottom right says “you have received a new email message from Jamey Newberg.” Every time I get that in times like winter meetings and trade deadline I get nervous and excited all at the same time, wondering what Jamey is about to bring me.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
When will we see an open letter to Rich Harden?
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
Not that anyone gives a rat's ass what I think
I’ve been real busy and haven’t had time to weigh in, or read other’s thoughts.
The Millwood-Ray-Harden series of moves was just fantastic manuevering by JD. He deserves mucho props for getting that done.
Max Ramirez for Lowell, on the other hand, is a bad move. I bet Max is more productive next season, and the 6 seasons following. Max can freaking hit, no doubt in my mind. Sucks to give him away for an old spare. I’m hoping that Lowell can contribute something, but I don’t know what one could reasonably expect that contribution to be.
Ranger fans say "NO! NO!" to Go Go.
Keep Reinsdorf's chub from ruining my club.
Yep, Hicks gave Daniels lemons
and he made some damn fine lemonade. Some here (and at DMN blog even more so) expected top shelf champagne regardless of the situation and will never be satisfied.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
I donno man
I’m drinking some Dom right about now…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 4:10 PM CST up reply actions
I love the moves on an individual basis and givent he constraints he was under
I still don’t think he improved the team however. If he did I don’t think its enough to make the playoffs.
Man I wish we had an owner with a few million to spend.
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.
LOL
You love the moves.
But he hasn’t improved the team.
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:33 PM CST up reply actions
I vote for this being a brilliant post since I agree w/ u on all counts
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:32 PM CST up reply actions
If the Phillies don't have to give up Drabek for Halladay, then I'm going to be pissed.
"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
woo
jonmorosi
Harden’s deal with the #Rangers is official. Medical info checked out.
Go UNT Mean Green!
someone posted this on dmn about EG
Posted by greggo @ 12:59 PM Thu, Dec 10, 2009
evan, you look like you have downs syndrome. mix in a salad and some cardio.
its funny. but wrong..
Not that funny.
Guy’s just trying to provide a service. He’s not even controversial.
by brettgardner on Dec 10, 2009 3:53 PM CST up reply actions
Yes
But your recognition has put you on the right path.
by brettgardner on Dec 10, 2009 3:57 PM CST up reply actions
Not bad, just simple
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 Dec 10, 2009 5:34 PM CST up reply actions
that's pretty sad
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 10, 2009 4:11 PM CST up reply actions
Im surprised greggo didnt ask evan if he liked his gig
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
OT - Sports Nation on ESPN
What the FUCK is this garbage?
Is this ESPN’s failed attempt at a “Talk Soup” type show?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"The purpose of life is to have a fucking good time." - Albert Ellis
I dunno. It actually has its amusing part.
At least to see the percentages on what people think. And the top 3 videos, plays, goofs bit is pretty good. Like a best of youtube thing
I still believe!
if you watch it on mute
just for the highlights it’s not terrible
Anything involved in getting Colin Cowherd more air time on TV/radio...
should burn in hell with that 2-bit flaming douchebag. Fuck him.
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
by cmkelly29 on Dec 10, 2009 5:09 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Haha, I know
The only reason I can HALF stand him on the radio during The Ticket commercials is bc I don’t have to look at his face
Josey still hasn't washed them after the dream he had about being a fire-hydrant..
oh.. BEN Sheets…
oh.. BEN Sheets…my bad.
"you stupid motherfucker?!?!!?" - Josey Wales
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