Tuesday a.m. things
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 10:21 AM CST
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Jeff Wilson takes a look at Justin Smoak in camp, with another over the top quote from Mel Didier:
Special adviser Mel Didier, who has been in baseball more than 50 years, said Smoak is a more complete switch-hitter than Mickey Mantle and Mark Teixeira were at this stage.
Wilson also reiterates that Ron Washington's intention is still to hit Michael Young second and that Joaquin Arias' arm looked "weak" yesterday.
T.R. Sullivan looks at Neftali Feliz and Derek Holland and their camp experience and has an odd warning from Washington on needing a breaking ball in the majors:
"Effortless free gas doesn't get Major League hitters out," Washington said. "You hang a breaking ball in the Minors and they pop it up. You do that up here and they lose it. It doesn't come back."
I guess he's referencing what everyone says about Feliz and his fastball?
Baseball America has their top 100 prospct list up. Seven Rangers make it, with Engel Beltre apparently coming in at 101.
10. Neftali Feliz
23. Justin Smoak
31. Derek Holland
37. Elvis Andrus
73. Taylor Teagarden
84. Max Ramirez
86. Martin Perez
Not to sound like a homer, but I think that BA looks pretty bad by not including Michael Main, considering some of the arms (Brad Holt, for example) who did make the list on the back end. Main made most other high profile lists, and while his big bullet point is his instructional league performance, he had an excellent season when he was healthy. Aaron Fitt is the person at BA who spoke with the most scouts on Main and he had him high enough on his Rangers top ten to make the list.
The other interesting note here is that the editors jumped Ramirez over several guys (Perez, Main, Beltre, Borbon) from the Rangers list to put him at 84 here. Clearly the powers that be at BA are higher on him than Fitt.
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So Fitt gets something right,
and it still turns out wrong…poor guy. lol
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Feb 24, 2009 10:25 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Mantle?
Special adviser Mel Didier, who has been in baseball more than 50 years, said Smoak is a more complete switch-hitter than Mickey Mantle and Mark Teixeira were at this stage.
I haven’t read the article, and I don’t really know what Mel Didier’s biography is. But for him to really compare Smoak to Mantle “at this stage,” he would have had to be really knowledgeable about baseball in, say, 1951. I don’t think there are that many people still around who saw Mantle’s first spring training and really knew how to scout it, other than him being some fast kid who hit from both sides.
by JBImaknee on Feb 24, 2009 10:30 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Didier is really old. I don’t think he was at Mantle’s rookie camp, though, yeah.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 10:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Didier began scouting in 1954. He’s eleventy-six years old.
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by Lucas on Feb 24, 2009 10:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
scary to think how good Smoak could be, but this amount of high praise does worry me about him potentially not living up to expectations.
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by Maximilian on Feb 24, 2009 10:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just a quick check of baseball reference shows you how nuts comparing a switch hitter to an early-career Mickey Mantle is.
Mickey Mantle at 20: .311 / .394 / .530 —-162 OPS+
Justin Smoak at 20: In college, drinking cheap beer and toughening up his knuckles by punching frat boys in the face.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 24, 2009 10:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep...
…I think it borders on the irresponsible to be comparing Smoak to Mantle. I fear this whole Smoak thing is being set up for a massive disappointment if he’s not an All-Star by 2011.
We couldn't have known it at the time but we definitely killed the wrong Belushi brother.
by Chad Crudup on Feb 24, 2009 10:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Good comparison
In 1951, the days of newpapers often taking a second day to get all the box scores current, and with only a few having TV, and few if any sports talk items on radio, Mantle was everyday news. Back then, local writers wondered if he’d destroy the Babe’s records, not would or would not, but when.
Smoak is a great prospect. But he doesn’t get the national, every market attention that Mantle received. Not that it makes a comparison, but even if Didier is close to right, it’s one helluva overstatement.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
by Ed Coffin on Feb 24, 2009 11:09 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I actually saw Mantle play a few times live - DC Stadium - Yankee Stadium
That’s more then most could say…I saw Maris as well. The fans in Right Field were riding him because he wouldn’t sign something or give them something, they got pretty nasty, he just ignored them…They were playing the Twins with Tony Oliva and Rod Carew.
by SanDiegoKev on Feb 24, 2009 12:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You know you're old when.....
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.
by bigsteve on Feb 24, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
… they call you SanDiegoKev because you’re the one who named San Diego.
You lost Bradley and you seem like a bunch of arrogant sons of bitches, your pitching always sucks!!
by shroomer on Feb 24, 2009 12:42 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
So SanDiegoKev is German?
What about SD reminded you of a whale’s vagina, Kev?
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 12:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
...the fuck?
You watch too many movies Sax.
by oc on Feb 24, 2009 6:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
well now that you mention it or ron burgundy mentions it
the harbor does look like, nahhhh the bay, yes…ok, I see it now…
by SanDiegoKev on Feb 24, 2009 9:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
actually,
there are lots of places in town named Cabrillo, Cabrillo this, and Cabrillo that, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo found San Diego as it were. they do an annual landing reenactment around Point Loma some place.
by SanDiegoKev on Feb 24, 2009 6:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
I wasn’t old enough to scout for info, that’s for sure.
by SanDiegoKev on Feb 24, 2009 6:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, yeah
since abner doubleday…
by SanDiegoKev on Feb 24, 2009 7:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That would have to be 67 or 68 then
Mantle’s last 2 years and Carew’s first two, IIRC. The speed difference between the two must have been amazing by that point.
by bking on Feb 24, 2009 4:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I goofed
It was during May of 1965 and only Oliva was playing by then.
by SanDiegoKev on Feb 24, 2009 7:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
#21?
What’s their beef with Porcello?
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
by TheJeezus on Feb 24, 2009 10:40 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
wild guess
The K rate.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Feb 24, 2009 10:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess so
I just thought the reasons for that had been established, and his biggest comp (Halladay) didn’t have a great K rate.
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
by TheJeezus on Feb 24, 2009 11:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, #21 is nothing to cry about…
Not many top 20 guys I’d replace with Porcello in terms of “sure thing”ness. Apparently Detroit’s strategy is for him to start missing bats this year, but let him show it in the numbers…
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Feb 24, 2009 11:18 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Also
One thing about BA’s top 100s is that they almost always favor position players. Whether or not that’s appropriate, I think that it’s better to look at where pitchers rank in comparison with other pitchers, if you want to have a good feel for what they think of them. I did a quick count, and I think that there are only 38 pitchers on this list. Sometimes it’s like low 30’s.
Anyway, I think that Porcello is #7 among pitchers. Even a huge fan of his would probably rank him 3-5, so it’s probably not a huge slight. I’m more baffled by how you rank Brett Anderson ahead of Madison Bumgarner.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 11:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
off the top of my head
and playing devils advocate
-more likely to reach ceiling
-closer to majors
-less injury concerns (maybe?)
that said if you gave me my pick between the two i dont think there would be that much of an arguement for anderson>bumgardner
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Feb 24, 2009 11:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
all three of those are pretty much wrapped up in the fact that Anderson pitched in AAA and Bumgarner only pitched in Low A, and I’m sure that that’s why they ranked them like that. But by that same logic, why not rank Lars Anderson five spots ahead of Jason Heyward? And there is a big difference in talent level with those two lefties, as you know.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 12:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Anderson
pitched in AAA?
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
by TheJeezus on Feb 24, 2009 12:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
playoffs.
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Feb 24, 2009 12:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Has anyone found a link
to MiLB playoff stats? They don’t seem to be included in the aggregate season totals…anywhere.
by Goyogringo on Feb 24, 2009 2:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
MLB.com audio
I’ve screwed around on MLB.com for a good thirty minutes and I can’t figure out if the Rangers game tomorrow will be broadcast on MLB.com audio. A little help?
by WyoRanger on Feb 24, 2009 10:46 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I was told it would be broadcast here:
I haven’t verified it myself.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Feb 24, 2009 11:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Thursday was the first game on local radio.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 11:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oops, I'm a day off.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Feb 24, 2009 11:14 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Do they plan to have radio coverage for the ST games?
by Strangers on Feb 24, 2009 11:13 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
They do
Last year they did (for free) but I just can’t find a schedule of which games will be broadcast.
by WyoRanger on Feb 24, 2009 11:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I dont see any sched either.
Rocky Mountain Ranger
by Strangers on Feb 24, 2009 11:19 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
did you see this?
http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/#20090225
Have any Ranger pitchers gone on the D L today? No? O K I'll check back in 10 minutes.
by BigGuns on Feb 24, 2009 1:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks a bunch
I’m pretty sure I checked that earlier in the day but all it listed was the last WS game. I’m thinking they updated it. Thanks again – I probably wouldn’t have thought of checking until tomorrow.
by WyoRanger on Feb 24, 2009 2:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
you're welcome :)
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by BigGuns on Feb 24, 2009 2:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Spring Training GameDay
Over the last couple of seasons, MLB GameDay in Spring Training games was available, but it was updated very sporadically (no activity for 5 to 10 minutes – then all of a sudden an entire half inning was posted).
There wasn’t a direct link to it on MLB.com, but we savvy LSB’ers found a way to sneak in the back door with a url that had to be updated on a daily basis. You had to change the date, and the 3 letter abbreviations of the 2 teams playing.
Anywho, I’m speculating that tomorrow’s GameDay will be found here.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_02_25_kcamlb_texmlb_1
If so, somebody needs to create our first 2009 Game Day thread of the season.
In the past, GameDay wasn’t available until about 30-45 minutes before the start of each game (whenever the starting lineups had been posted to MLB.com).
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by txranger7 on Feb 24, 2009 1:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Andrew Brackman on but no Main...sure.
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Feb 24, 2009 10:48 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
It doesn’t help that Callis is a lifelong Brackman fan or that Manuel does the Yankees.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 10:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So, Didier... He's the just senile, right?
Mickey Mantle was in the big leagues to stay at 19 and hit .311/.394/.530 with a 162 OPS+ at 20 in his first full season.
That’s just a ridiculously ridiculous statement.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 24, 2009 10:53 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Justin Smoak will hit .400/.795/.1103 in his first full season.
Or, at least, that’s what I gain from Didier’s statement.
My 2009 New Years Resolution: Quit feeding the trolls.
by ghtd36 on Feb 24, 2009 10:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL, I'd be reasonably happy with those numbers.
A .795 OBP would be nice, so long as he didn’t clog up the bases!
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 24, 2009 10:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
heh
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Feb 24, 2009 11:32 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think you're a shade pessimistic on Smoak
If he doesn’t OPS at least 2.000, I’ll call it a disappointing rookie season.
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by WestTxAg06 on Feb 24, 2009 11:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Didier's last exclamation
was that Brandon McCarthy was a top rotation guy, so I hope he does a little better on his projection this time around.
Doctor please. Some more of these.
by tricer on Feb 24, 2009 10:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Teixeira is a perfectly reasonable projection and/or comp.
Mantle was a ridiculously great player.
Career OPS+ of 172, and three seasons of 200+.
And considering what Mantle did at such a young age (he was already crushing in the majors and coming in 3rd in the AL MVP voting by 20), comparing Smoak to Mantle at the same stage in their career is just ignorant.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 24, 2009 11:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well
Maybe Mantle was so great that he overcame some technical shortcomings, be it swing, stance, etc.? I don’t know, but I read the statement to mean that as a Tom Emanski video model, Smoak is more advanced than anybody he’s seen.
But maybe I’m being too generous.
by brettgardner on Feb 24, 2009 11:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That's the way I read it..
Not as a comp of how they have performed to date, just how they look.
by bking on Feb 24, 2009 4:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
most people see/saw mccarthy as a top of the rotation guy
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Feb 24, 2009 11:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
so far
it looks like most people were wrong.
Doctor please. Some more of these.
by tricer on Feb 24, 2009 11:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
injuries
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Feb 24, 2009 11:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, yeah, 162 OPS+, blah, blah. But was he complete?
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 11:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Besides, I'm certain he was dippin'. Probably added 40 to his OPS+.
:)
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by rooster on Feb 24, 2009 1:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If Smoak is even a third
of the caliber player Mantle was I’ll be surprised/happy. Mantle was a freakishly good player from the get-go; and everyone in baseball knew it. If not for some of his freakish injuries and his boozing, he may well have been one of the best players who ever lived.
Its not like people around here need anymore Justin Smoak Kool-aid to drink. Its just getting ridiculous.
by JBImaknee on Feb 24, 2009 12:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Career OPS+ of 172 in almost 10K PA...
…plus excellent speed and defense at a premium position. I’d say he was one of the best who ever lived in spite of his lifestyle.
We couldn't have known it at the time but we definitely killed the wrong Belushi brother.
by Chad Crudup on Feb 24, 2009 1:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely
The perfect ballplayer, IMO. Mays had him on defense, otherwise give me #7.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
by scoop16 on Feb 24, 2009 1:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Plus what a fun teammate...
…I’m sure his drunkenness was a beating at times but I’ll bet partying with the Mick on a three-city roadswing was seriously good times.
We couldn't have known it at the time but we definitely killed the wrong Belushi brother.
by Chad Crudup on Feb 24, 2009 1:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He pulled very well too, I've heard.
I’d take The Micks turn downs :)
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Feb 24, 2009 1:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps they're trying the old "Let's build up our prospect with overhyped caca like the Yankees and Red Sox do to fleece a trade" trick?
I miss 1989. I miss 1996. Please make me miss another season in 2008.
by Chaim Witz on Feb 24, 2009 1:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Smoak/Mantle comparison
I thought maybe Didier meant the drinking.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Feb 24, 2009 6:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Todays lineup:
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Feb 24, 2009 10:55 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Wash filled both sides out
So much for freaking out about Young hitting cleanup…
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Feb 24, 2009 10:56 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't bet big
on Jackie Moore’s team.
Get off my lawn.
by DJCahill on Feb 24, 2009 11:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i wonder how many times mantle hit 9th ever
let alone on the B team of an intrasquad game
"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."
by ab03 on Feb 24, 2009 12:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm surprised...
To see Smoak 12 spots ahead of Alonso, makes me happy. He’s also ahead of Eric Hossmer (#24), Matt LaPorta (#27). Only 1B ahead of him, Lars Anderson (#17) and Logan Morrison (#18).
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by RangerFloppy on Feb 24, 2009 10:58 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
So
“Effortless free gas”—was it is “Effortless, free gas”, or a horrible combination of effortless and effort-free?
by brettgardner on Feb 24, 2009 10:58 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I had the same question
I wonder if Washington even knows that Feliz didn’t even throw the curveball until about 16-18 months ago. To me it’s come a long way in that time. It took Volquez about six years to develop a somewhat reliable breaking ball, and for all I know he’d thrown one before then.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 11:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well we've had
Stengelese, and Yogi-isms. Maybe one day they’ll call these Wash-outs.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
by Ed Coffin on Feb 24, 2009 11:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
When Wash wins 20 in the Show
He can have Wash-outs. Until he wins 20 in the Show, he’s just a moron.
by brettgardner on Feb 24, 2009 11:16 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
The thing about both
Stengelese and Yogi-isms is that there was always some insight wrapped in the clumsy verbeage. The point they were trying to get across rang true. I guess you could say that here, but it just seems like a dumb statement to me, even without the funny ‘effortless free’ part. First of all, the conotation is that there is something wrong with an effortless fastball. Fine, easy fastballs aren’t enough, but give me easy ones over ones that require deliveries full of effort and strain. Second has anyone ever, ever, ever suggested that Feliz doesn’t need a breaking ball to be a successful major league starter?
Maybe you could say the same sort of thing about Stengel’s stuff but the ones I’ve heard were clever, not a point that would ne novel only to a six year old.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 11:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Geez
Its just a random throw-away comment.. every manager in baseball has doubtlessly said a variation there of and will again in the future..
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Feb 24, 2009 11:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Every manager tells newspapers
“Easy fastballs don’t get major league hitters out. If you hang a curveball in the major leagues it gets taken deep”?
I don’t listen to many managers speak day to day, but do they also say “you have to round first, second and third to score” and “if you drop an easily fielded ball or throw it away you will usually be charged with an error”?
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 11:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
needing secondary pitches and not being able to get away with the same mistakes in the majors strike me as cliches I've heard a thousand times, yes.
You act like he was seriously trying to insult Feliz or something. I highly doubt his intention was to imply that easy fastballs mean nothing and Feliz will never throw any good, reliable secondary pitches.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Feb 24, 2009 12:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's not even that
I just wish I could scrounge up a little more faith in the guy and I never seem to read or hear things that help with that.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 1:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I know what you mean, he just won't give us much evidence
The manner in which he jerked CJ back up on the mound after the ball flip incident was impressive. Other than that, I got nothing.
Doctor please. Some more of these.
by tricer on Feb 24, 2009 6:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
How about what he did with Joaquin Benoit his first year
Making the trips himself to the mound instead of the pitching coach, got more out of Benoit than anyone had before.
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
by tyd3311 on Feb 24, 2009 7:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is Wash to blame for that?
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
by tyd3311 on Feb 24, 2009 7:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
haha nice try Ed ..
the last person I think of when you say the names of Stengel and Berra …is Washington.
Happy Fat Tuesday Everybody, damn I wish I was in the Big Easy today (speaking of Wash).
Have any Ranger pitchers gone on the D L today? O K I'll check back in 10 minutes.
by BigGuns on Feb 24, 2009 11:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
elvis’ blurb
1: Players named Elvis to ever play in the majors (Elvis Pena, 2000-2001)
also, am i the only one who would rather have brett wallace over alonso?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Feb 24, 2009 11:33 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
nope
Wallace is a beast. I wouldn’t have minded if the Rangers took him at 11. Hope he sticks at 3rd.
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 24, 2009 12:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What?
you wouldn’t have minded taking Wallace at 11 over Smoak? Something is wrong with you apparently – you need to drink more of the Smoak kool-aid…
by JBImaknee on Feb 24, 2009 12:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
heh
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 24, 2009 12:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wallace
I’ll be shocked if he stays at 3B — and therefore I’ll be shocked if he sticks around STL in the future because of Pujols.
He was a beast in college though. I wish ASU still had him….
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Feb 24, 2009 12:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Today's Lineup
Ian Kinsler, 2B
Michael Young, 3B
Josh Hamilton, CF
Hank Blalock, DH
Nelson Cruz, RF
David Murphy, LF
Chris Davis, 1B
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
by tyd3311 on Feb 24, 2009 11:42 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
You left off elvis.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Feb 24, 2009 11:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And you have...
Jeff Wilson of the Star saying that Ranger fans should get used to seeing this lineup against rightes. Seems odd to me but it is early.
by sftxfan on Feb 24, 2009 11:57 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Ben Badler and Aaron Fitt talking Rangers prospects
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 24, 2009 11:58 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Ugh
Couldn’t they get anyone but Badler to join Fitt for that?
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 11:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Badler did the A's system i believe
but they start out talking about the Rangers, then the A’s…
it’s not that bad.
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"
by Longhorn on Feb 24, 2009 12:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Badler is crazy. I don’t really mean that in a bad way, but his opinions are pretty off the wall compared with most on a lot of players.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Parks Q&A
Hit him up w/ some good questions, he’ll answer anything.
Doctor please. Some more of these.
by tricer on Feb 24, 2009 12:00 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I wonder what he thinks of the Jason Kidd trade
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Feb 24, 2009 12:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yahoo article
There’s an interesting article in Yahoo sports on Visquel as a mentor or Andrus.
Foolish consistency is the hobgobblin of little minds - Emerson
by RangerEddie on Feb 24, 2009 12:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
it's linked on fanshots
Doctor please. Some more of these.
by tricer on Feb 24, 2009 12:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yep.
I encourage at least one more person to +rec it.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Feb 24, 2009 12:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
How come I can't do that?
The front page has been Lemon-free for far too long, imo.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 24, 2009 1:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What's your projection for Marcus in AA, tron?
What will this board do when he’s .290/.380/.400 in July?
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Feb 24, 2009 1:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
sounds on the high side
for him, according to The Newberg.
Get off my lawn.
by DJCahill on Feb 24, 2009 1:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He shall be named
Maximus Lemonjello!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Feb 24, 2009 1:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Fanshots need to be removed or changed so they're viewable from everywhere on the ste like fanposts are.
I look at fanshots like once a week, tops.
I just forget they are there.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 24, 2009 1:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Rich's Q&A with John Manuel:
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Feb 24, 2009 12:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
x
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Feb 24, 2009 12:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
This is a humbling note
The others, by the way:
4. Juan Gonzalez
33. Dean Palmer
43. Donald Harris
45. Brian Bohanon
74. Den Peltier
82. Kevin Belcher
94. Scott Coolbaugh
Hopefully prospect lists are getting better
by BuckyB on Feb 24, 2009 12:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yah, if we only get a measly two MVP awards out of this group I'll tie a puppy to a kite and let it float away out over the ocean!!!
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 24, 2009 1:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Meh...
Keep the puppy. Tie a kitten to the kite.
Cats have no purpose on this damn earth anyway.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Feb 24, 2009 1:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Boo
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
...at the time, I wasn’t being truthful with myself. How could I be truthful with Katie Couric or CBS?
by Brian Thomas on Feb 24, 2009 4:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree: Boo
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Feb 24, 2009 4:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd like cats more
if just saying the word didn’t make me sneeze.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Feb 24, 2009 6:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm more interested in how the players actually do. . .
. . . than how valuable the writers think they are.
;)
by philkid3 on Feb 24, 2009 4:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
That should be your sig
Or engraved into the masthead of every baseball blog. It came up briefly in discussions here and elsewhere about improvements to the jumbotron, the OOT scoreboard etc, and I was whining that what the hell the thing that I want to see is the game on the field, not electronics. Even got an email from Chuck Morgan, agreeing with that.
Y’know, every writer has to present content to try to attract readers. And every analyst has to take care to validate the numbers and then draw informed conclusions. Not all do.
Anyway, great comment.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
by Ed Coffin on Feb 24, 2009 9:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Not me. I don't even consider players "major league quality" until Gerry Fraley tells me it is so.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 25, 2009 10:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Sheeeeeeeeet
If Smoak gets less than 2 MVPs, I’ll be pissed
by BuckyB on Feb 25, 2009 12:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Peltier and Belcher...
…those are perhaps the earliest prospects that really disappointed me. It was around the time they were nearing the majors that I was becoming aware of Ranger farmhands. I really thought Peltier was going to rake in the bigs.
In reality… not so much.
We couldn't have known it at the time but we definitely killed the wrong Belushi brother.
by Chad Crudup on Feb 24, 2009 1:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Benson to start Wednesday:
Right-hander Kris Benson, signed over the weekend, will start the Rangers spring opener Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals.
Benson is more stretched out than original starter Matt Harrison, and should be able to give the Rangers two innings. Harrison will still pitch Wednesday, most likely after Benson finishes.
— Jeff Wilson
"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.
by Kinslerhomer on Feb 24, 2009 1:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Blah. Who cares about stretched out. If Harrison can only go two innings,
let him go the first two innings.
JD: Adamant about 78 wins in 2009. Go Rangers!
by rooster on Feb 24, 2009 1:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Concur
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Feb 24, 2009 1:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Re-read that.
He is saying that Harrison cannot go two innings.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Feb 24, 2009 2:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh. They're saying Benson can go two innings. Harrison can't.
Oh well. I still don’t see the trouble with swapping out pitchers inning by inning in Spring Training.
JD: Adamant about 78 wins in 2009. Go Rangers!
by rooster on Feb 24, 2009 2:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Not in the article is the fact that Justin Smoak is also a more advanced theoretical physicist than Einstein was at this age, and a better sculptor than a 22 year old Rodin.
by biff pocoroba on Feb 24, 2009 2:31 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Question about MLB.tv.....
If you buy just the regular $80 MLB.tv subscription, does it include the Gameday Audio package as well, or do you still have to pay an extra $15 for that??
I swear the audio was included in the TV package price a couple of years ago.
Adam J. Morris - "Murphy isn't that good. He is overrated by Rangers fans."
....How dare you, sir!! Take it back!!
by bspate on Feb 24, 2009 2:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
when I paid for mlb.tv,
The last two seasons, I had Gameday Audio.
by RachelB on Feb 24, 2009 5:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Short Beau Jones article
Local boy does good sort of piece – LINK
You lost Bradley and you seem like a bunch of arrogant sons of bitches, your pitching always sucks!!
by shroomer on Feb 24, 2009 3:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Porcello - Baseball America
When Texas had 2 first round picks two years ago, I remember the LSB draft chatter surrounding Porcello. Almost 100% seemed to be against the Rangers paying so much for a “high risk” pick with contract demands.
Everyone knows what happened, we picked Main/Beaven, who were contract friendly.
I noticed that Baseball America wrote an extremely positive take on Porcello. Ranking him Top 50 or so overall and Detroit’s #1. It’s glowing praise, that includes the comment that he may reach the majors this season?!?
If anyone is interested, I’d like to know if you’d pick Porcello now? Obviously he’s only pitched one year in the minors. And the injury risk always remains, plus, he’ll be paid about $7 million over the next few years. It’s still the same bet essentially. Just curious, since more data is available now. Anyone switch the good contracts for Main and Beaven for the Porcello deal?
by 3Bagger on Feb 24, 2009 4:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I don't know about all that
100% stuff, especially after it became apparent that he could sign and then when he did sign. The big point of contention for most was the major league contract, and that is something that you can really argue either way whether or not Porcello pans out. It’s a big risk. But there were certainly two sided debates.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 4:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
B A Rankings
Will Lingo ranked Derek Holland at 21. And Porcello at 23. Several others have something close to that. So, it’s very cool how the Rangers grabbed “Porcello-talent” without all the contractual strain.
That said, comparing the prose written about Porcello to the prose written about Beaven is pretty clear.
by 3Bagger on Feb 24, 2009 4:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The BA chat comments on Porcello hardly rose above faint praise.
But yeah, that 2007 first round had huge pitching talent.
We passed on some Guys…at least we’re not raising this question about Bumgarner.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Feb 24, 2009 5:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Bumgarner
Yeah. Bumgarner went 2 pitchers ahead of Beavan. He had 164 K’s in 141 innings last year.
Porcello’s numbers are not even close to that.
by 3Bagger on Feb 24, 2009 5:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Two picks
That’s how many Lincecum went before Texas the year before too. Oh well, at least they aren’t bereft themselves.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 5:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Luck?
Plays a role in life and baseball.
By the way, just to be clear. Beavan was #17. Bumgarner was #10. But, two pitchers were selected between the two picks. It would be interesting to know if Texas would have picked Beavan at #10 anyway.
by 3Bagger on Feb 24, 2009 6:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It was so not 100% against the drafting of Porcello.
I’d say that most of us were vastly in favor of drafting Porcello.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 24, 2009 8:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Porcello
I don’t know the exact data, I was for Porcello, I stated it. I remember a very vocal majority against me.
The truth is, Holland sorta erases the problem in some respects. And he signed for $200k.
by 3Bagger on Feb 25, 2009 10:19 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, you are remembering something that never, ever happened.
The great thing about LSB is that you can go back and look and see if something you think happened actually happened.
Here’s the live-blog of the 2007 draft.
Pretty much everyone wanted Porcello.
You weren’t some rogue free thinker with the novel idea that drafting a super talented player who was slipping due to signability… we were all in on that shit.
Most of us understood why we didn’t end up taking him (cash money, natch) but there was no vocal majority against Porcello. It was the exact opposite.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 25, 2009 10:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Looking Back
I just looked at that draft part, probably for the first time, and you actually said: “Sweet. Main was linked to us a lot at #17, so I like this.”
You can find my comments under: The Big Dombrowski. (I wish I knew how to link it for you, sorry man). There were some other conversation links too, days after the draft.
I’m not saying I was the ONLY one, I’m not trying to be a braggart, I was just surprised how quickly people move on. It is a dead horse, so, I guess some people don’t like that style of “what-if” but IF Porcello works out, I’ll be a bit extra disappointed.
Thanks for keeping me on my toes.
by 3Bagger on Feb 25, 2009 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And I did like the Main pick.
However, I (and many, many others in that thread) had made it abundantly clear that the guy we really wanted at both 17 and again at 24 was Porcello.
If a lot of us seemed to move on pretty quickly, I think it’s because we understood the rational reasons for not taking Porcello there. He would’ve been very expensive, he had some risk to him, and he would’ve required a major league contract.
Seeing a guy you wanted your team to snag succeed elsewhere always sucks (as much as I like Lil’ Kasey Kiker, I still get an uncomrfortable feeling in my prospect pants everytime I hear the name “Kyle Drabek”), but at least I can understand the logic behind taking Beavan and Main over Porcello. It’s not like it was another Drew Meyer over Scott Kazmir type deal.
Also, I try not to get too worked up about draft picks in baseball. Obviously I love the draft and I read everything I can leading up to it and develop preferences for certain guys, but at the end of the day I realize that I don’t shit about these guys. It’s not like the NFL or NBA drafts where I’ve seen the guys play over and over again and have a first hand opinion of them. No matter how many scouting reports I read, when we end up picking a guy I just sort of have to trust that our scouts are making the right decision since they’ve actually seen these guys play and I… haven’t. And it’s a lot easier to trust this new regime when it comes to drafting. They’ve proven to be really, really good.
And… phew! Sorry about that freaking essay I just wrote.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 25, 2009 4:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Drafts
Good stuff.
Which brings me back to my happiest thought: Holland in the 25th for $200k!
Take that Mr. Porcello people.
P S – I saw Drabek play in the final TX State Championship game. During his first AB he smacked a ball over the CF wall at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock. He looked like a real player.
by 3Bagger on Feb 25, 2009 5:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm still against that pick in hindsight
I didn’t think he was worth the money and the Major League contract at that time and I still don’t think he’s shown that he is that can’t miss prospect. I understand this was his first year of pro ball and he more than held his own against high A hitters, but it wasn’t like he was doing it in the Cal League. The FSL was the most pitcher friendly high A league last year. It will be interesting to see what he does next year since Detroit is going to be having him on the fast track.
And being Detroit’s number 1 prospect means pretty much nothing.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Feb 25, 2009 12:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Detroit's #1 Prospect
I agree with that.
by 3Bagger on Feb 25, 2009 10:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Being a consensus top 30 overall prospect with TORG potential certainly does, though.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I hate Michael Young.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555, throwing one of his patented sandy-vagina'd hissy fits.
by thedirkatron on Feb 25, 2009 10:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The only thing that has changed is that he's got one year without a flamout behind him..
I know that sounds dumb, but my concern with giving him the contract was the high incidence of pitcher attrition before they even get NEAR the bigs. If he is poised for a callup this year, then yeah, I’d like a do-over.
by bking on Feb 24, 2009 4:32 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
I guess I look at all pitching that way. Hurley and Diamond seem to be a great example of how fast things change. That said, some players are special. The Josh Beckett comparison’s Porcello gets are still there. That said, Porcello’s line in Lakeland included 72 K’s in 125 innings. That’s just one stat, but a much worse ratio than Main.
by 3Bagger on Feb 24, 2009 4:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think that anyone
who doesn’t want a do-over by now is being a little stubborn. There is definitely still a pretty high attrition possibility but the upside seems overwhelmingly worth the investment, even more than back then.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 4:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I would take Porcello in a heartbeat for 7 million
As long as I could leave his ML contract behind. Thats the big thing.
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.
by bigsteve on Feb 24, 2009 10:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU BRAVE!
THANK YOU RED SOX!
THANK YOU INDIANS!
THANK YOU ORIOLES, GIANTS, MARLINS, REDS, WHITE SOX, NATIONALS AND ASTROS!
by philkid3 on Feb 24, 2009 6:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Took me a minute
to get the last part
by Brett Perryman on Feb 24, 2009 6:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is it worth it?
To explain this joke to me?
by BuckyB on Feb 25, 2009 12:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The first three
traded us good prospects. The last list passed on Smoak.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 25, 2009 12:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Why aren't we better?
If we have all of these amazing players in the minors, and a bunch of terrible guys in the Masjors, why aren’t we moving the top prospects to the Majors and puting many of the older guys back where they belong, triple-A?
by thesportsguy on Feb 25, 2009 7:31 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Are these the kind of borderline
retarded posters we are going to get from Yahoo?
Get off my lawn.
by DJCahill on Feb 25, 2009 8:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
You need to change your sig...
…to “get off my blog”
We couldn't have known it at the time but we definitely killed the wrong Belushi brother.
by Chad Crudup on Feb 25, 2009 8:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I lol'ed so loud at that.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Feb 25, 2009 11:15 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Think of it like college football
No matter how good you thought the University of Florida was last year, they still couldn’t beat the shittiest NFL team.
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
...at the time, I wasn’t being truthful with myself. How could I be truthful with Katie Couric or CBS?
by Brian Thomas on Feb 25, 2009 8:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think The U in 2001 could have.
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
by tyd3311 on Feb 25, 2009 8:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
no freaking way
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Feb 25, 2009 9:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Probably not
But they wouldn’t be embarrassed
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
by tyd3311 on Feb 25, 2009 10:09 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
umkay
got me there I guess….
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Feb 25, 2009 11:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Did you really
not notice the number of young players that debuted last season?
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Feb 25, 2009 8:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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