Ummmm...
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 18, 2009 8:53 PM CDT
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PrintFrom the 2009 Rangers preview by the Sporting News:
2. Did Texas err by forcing Michael Young to third base?
All Young did last season was win a Gold Glove at shortstop. Because Young relocated once before -- he was a second baseman until the 2004 season -- his transition should be smooth. But it could be a rocky road for rookie shortstop Elvis Andrus, who never has played above Class AA and wasn't a polished defender there (32 errors in 109 games in 2008). This pitching staff doesn't need to get four outs per inning. However, the Rangers are intrigued enough by Andrus' bat (.295 average last season) and legs (54 steals) to shuffle their infield.
Words fail me.
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very quality writing
You have to love this line about the pitching prospects.
“There are some young arms on the horizon, but they probably won’t help in 2009 — or maybe ever.”
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Feliz or Holland will help the Rangers sometime in their career.
That's just the sort of wide-sweeping generalization one makes when he doesn't know what he's talking about. . .
. . . and really has nothing useful to contribute but has to write something anyway.
“Albert Pujols could be the MVP, and, on the other hand, he could have a down season.”
“The Cowboys could win the Super Bowl. Or, possibly, someone else could.”
I thought about writng a reply on hthe SN wedsite
but it just isn’t worth it.
Very little research was done on this it seems. No mention about an improved defense. The whole thing just confounds me
And to think
the Sporting News used to be known as ‘The Bible of Baseball’
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
My thought exactly
40 years ago you could sit in an umpire’s room in silence … everyone in there was reading the Sporting News. However, batting average and RBI were the currency of the time. I don’t think I’ve seen an issue since (?) well, it was before they changed format and appearance, must have been in the middle 1980’s. Disclaimer – I have no idea how out of touch they are, but this item as posted takes all the wrong views. Sigh.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
by Ed Coffin on Mar 18, 2009 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Unfortunately
It looks like they still analyze baseball the same way they did 40 years ago.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
I used to read it
in the 80s, sad to see what it’s become.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
I give this article
an official grade of: boo.
Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.
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thank you!
i have been saying all along that michael young is a plus defender and that andrus is up here for his bat not his defense! all of you disagreed, but i got the sporting news to back me up!
Omar Vizquel: your starting shortstop for the 2009 AL all-star team.
Don't forget...
…the next sentence…
He has hit well this spring but hasn’t down much running. In case the Andrus experiment fails, Texas signed 11-time Gold Glove winner Omar Vizquel.
You've got to be shitting me
One of his questions is “What role will Andruw Jones have”.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Heh
Wasn’t it Reevo that was driving the “JD should have begged, not ordered” bandwagon?
Now blogging again (temporarily) at "Hello Win Column".
Man, even when they're trying to say the right thing they're wrong
Check this out. And for grins, see how many errors/gaps you can find in their Texas depth chart.
Even Yahoo sports has better insight than these goons.
Now blogging again (temporarily) at "Hello Win Column".
Man, it's a tough
But I’m gonna say DH was their worst call
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
That's up there
but I think I’d have to go with the proposition that Texas will forgo fielding a defender in left this season.
David Murphy: not quite gritty enough to be recognized by the esteemed professionals at TSN.
Now blogging again (temporarily) at "Hello Win Column".
They've updated their site,
and now have Phil Nevin in left.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
They brought in David Hulse
to DH this year…what’s he entering? His 20th season?
I should probably make an addendum to my thoughts on the first link
The guy’s not really entirely wrong, it’s just that he spends three quarters of his column spouting about Texas’ terrible history as a franchise, and then provides literally zero insight as to who or what the apparently faceless prospects that the farm system is stocked with are, while at the same time giving credit for the rebuilding process to Tom Hicks (although he does mention JD, I’ll give him that much) and acting like Millwood and Padilla will be fronting the rotation going forward.
Aside from that he’s got the correct idea, he’s just done a really, really poor job of presenting it.
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BP has that
same kind of rehashed tripe in their TX write-up. The guy starts off the bit by writing about the fall of the Byzantine empire for half a page. Ugh.
wait, “rehashed tripe” – I think I saw that dish on No Reservations….
wow
Where to start? Lets see if I can name all the mistakes
1. No LF
2. Young playing SS
3. Blalock playing 3B
4. Sosa at DH
5. Cat at 1st
6. Melhuse backing up Salty
7. Our SP depth chart goes from number 7. Kris Benson to number 9. AJ Murray to number 21. Eric Hurley. Apparently, the Rangers rotation is so bad that they don’t deserve an 8th starter on the depth chart and once you get to double digits, we’re just giving up on the next 11 guys.
And I won’t even start on the absent pitchers and the RP they have in our bullpen.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Poor Feldman
He couldn’t crack the top 21 rotation, or get a spot in the bullpen.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
Doesn't the depth chart
Sit under a title ‘2008’?
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
by Ed Coffin on Mar 18, 2009 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions
What about:
Acknowledging Davis and Byrd in our last 4 lineups and then leaving them off the depth chart?
Well considering that is Richard Justice
an OK writer in Houston, I am not surprised. I guess SN could not afford a guy from the Dallas area to write it.
Actually, this might be better than some of the options here in DFW. Think how bad it would be to read a Galloway version of this.
omg
you have to be surprised. A 6 yr old with down syndrome could make a more accurate depth chart of the Rangers.
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I'm just admitting it now.
I clicked it.
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As did Teagarden and Andrus
-- Micah
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I want to be the next Annie Savoy.
by The Best Micah on Mar 19, 2009 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
This is better than the onion
Boston 1st Baseman
Arizona has a DH
Bonds resigned
Honestly, though, none compare to how bad Tx’s is
And AZ's DH is no less than Ryan Roberts, last years AAAA spring training filler.
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TSN?
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
New suits for lewin and grieve this year?
What more do you need to know, Cool Guy? - male cheerleader
It is an untapped demographic, after all.
All they have to do is work in Star Trek catchphrases too, like “Engage!” for every homer, or “Warp Nine!” when a reliever touches 95.
perhaps combined
with the Latino market, the new income stream might just bring us a decent FA in 2010:
“Si, numero uno, mas velocidad!”
Proof positive
The question is settled.
These cheeto-eating blogamemnons are a pathetic substitute for highly paid, professional columnists.
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
At least we're not Anaheim...
They either have real problems or are taking a radical approach.
I expect their pitching staff to all go down with hamstring injuries while pulling triple duty pitching, covering first, and batting in the DH hole.
"We go to Jim Knox..."
"You brought the Pomeranian bowling?"
And Seattle appears to have a touch of the Rangers
Loaded up with 5 catchers and 4 right fielders but not one left fielder
"We go to Jim Knox..."
"You brought the Pomeranian bowling?"
How do they expect to get anyone out
With no one to cover 1B?
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
It is a real life Abbott and Costello
Who’s on first?
"We go to Jim Knox..."
"You brought the Pomeranian bowling?"
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