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It was 80 percent complete, now it's 50/50
Are we trying to download Mike Lowell from Rapidshare or something?
I failed my LSB ethics test.
"WHAT A SHITLOAD OF FUCK" - LL's "Poochie" on Rich Harden signing with Texas over Seattle
by LSJ on Dec 18, 2009 12:44 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
If it doesn't we'll probably just wait 15 minutes and download Jermaine Dye instead
I failed my LSB ethics test.
"WHAT A SHITLOAD OF FUCK" - LL's "Poochie" on Rich Harden signing with Texas over Seattle
Corrupted download
No luck there. Try the Vlad Guerreo, Gary Sheffield, Troy Glaus or heres a new one Carlos Delgado link
I still believe!
this is just a bad deal all around
i really hope it falls through, and not because i love max to death or hate lowell, i just think we have other options that i consider better that i feel we should explore first. Keep max, even if its just for a different trade later on. no sense in using ammo you dont need to.
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Amen.
This deal is so confusing…
How much more than 3mm would Gomes/Thome or Church/Atkins or some combo out there cost us? 5 million total?
And we’d get to get to keep Max, which might actually matter given how fragile Salty and Teagarden have been looking.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
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by thedirkatron on Dec 18, 2009 4:20 AM CST up reply actions
Yah, saw that right after I posted.
He probably deserves to be in another category from the DH/1b/LF guys cause teams view him as an everyday 3b for some reason.
He’s been pretty bad with the glove throughout his career and his career .252/.324/.411 line away from Coors has to scare you.
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by thedirkatron on Dec 18, 2009 7:50 AM CST up reply actions
Hopefully not in a "He's obviously doin' that Lars guy..." kind of a way.
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by thedirkatron on Dec 19, 2009 3:45 PM CST up reply actions
Agreed
It makes no sense.
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by Dirk Diggler on Dec 18, 2009 7:50 AM CST up reply actions
Ugh
Would people please quit suggesting that the Rangers should just “throw in” the extra $3-4M to get guys better than Lowell? Newsflash: The Rangers have no money!!! It is not an option, get over it.
but
you could keep Max, and spend the 3M Lowell is getting on a Tatis/Garko, and get arguably the same production. Although you would lose out on the Veteranocity© of Lowell.
no kidding
talk about overrated value around here with Tatis. He’s a bench player. I don’t want my DH to be a bench player
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
This is a bench role, right?
A right handed bat to pair with Murphy or whoever else splits DH time, and can hopefully provide a little defensive flexibility. I didn’t think the Rangers were looking to get a full-time DH.
I consider Murphy a 4th OFer
not a DH.
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Veteranocity
I smell a meme coming on…
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
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The more I read this the more it is starting to suck.
- mil for a healthy Lowell is not bad at all. 3 mil for a injured player, plus max, is to much. However, look at the amount other guys are signing for. Lowell healthy isnt a bad option at all.
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no reason to do it as is
At this point I see no reason to do the deal as it has been widely reported with us picking up 3 million and giving up MaxRam. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if the Sox ended up either releasing Lowell or doing a much worse deal for him if this doesnt go through. Ask for another couple million or try to pull Ramirez out of the deal and walk if they don’t agree. Or if the rhumb is that much of an issue just walk and don’t look back.
Andrus, Holland, Feliz, and CD
thats what it would take
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by FormerLSBUser on Dec 18, 2009 9:30 AM CST up reply actions
is Lowell sticking his thumb up his ass or what?
what’s the hold up? Get it done, or move on. Damn
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Hey, if Lowell wants to fake that his thumb is worse than it is...
so be it.
but yes, i don’t get the delay. even accounting for wanting a team specialist to personally check the thumb, it shouldn’t take this long.
Something yesterday said it should be resolved by the weekend.. well, hurry up. I want a DH by next weekend.
the preceding post was a great success.
Who are we playing
next weekend that we need a DH?
In vino, veritas
Very encouraging statement from Greenberg
“If we need to make a move leading up to the Trade Deadline, money will not stop us from doing so,” Greenberg said.
Finally an owner who wants to win.
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I think Hicks wanted to win but either misallocated resources (the early years)
Or didn’t have them (the last few years)
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.
well every owner wants to win, some are just better at it/willing to sacrifice more to get there.
and im excited about greenberg too, but let’s not forget hicks made similar comments about an openness to spend to add the right piece and so forth, but we’ve seen how that’s worked out. im excited about him, but there’s no guarantee he follows through with that promise.
by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Dec 18, 2009 9:23 AM CST up reply actions
that's the way he makes it sound
we all know the saying about actions, and that is what I want to see. Anybody can be a politician and say the right things, but will his actions support this.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I think
a bad owner gets sucked into the black hole of spending and overspends. He pays for a guy, it doesn’t quite work out, so he moneywhips someone else and someone else and someone else and all the sudden your payroll is through the roof and your financial flexibility is gone. That is why it takes a really smart baseball guy to go along with the available money. Look at the early 2000 Rangers. I thought we would score 3,000 runs with A-Rod, Caminiti, Gallaraga etc.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Dec 18, 2009 2:25 PM CST up reply actions
too bad
we can’t make that move now in FA and save some prospects, but I guess I should take what I can get at this point…
which brings up an interesting question…who will be available in a trade in July this year? Probably not Halladay or Lee, and probably not Atlanta’s Vasquez or Red Sox’s Beckett.
Josh Johnson? Maybe. Brandon Webb? I doubt the DBacks will be out of it in that division, and they’ve gutted their farm in recent years in an attempt to win now.
I don’t see a lot of options…
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
The Marlins pitchers seem like the best bet.
One wonders what Lee would fetch considering he’s been traded at below market value twice in the last 6 months now. The Seattle GM probably wouldn’t be averse to trading him within the division…but that’s assuming that the Felix-Lee combo isn’t pummeling the AL West to put the M’s in first.
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by GhettoBear04 on Dec 18, 2009 11:55 AM CST up reply actions
Realistically what are the other options?
Every other option has its warts. There really is no good option right now. Our only hope is that Smoak gets it together and starts raking like we know he will.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
Giving smoak one more year in the minors with
lowell at the Major League level should only make things better in ’11.
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