Friday night linkaliciousness

Did he ever come on here and tussle with anyone?

they’re about to discuss the “all time ranger team”

at mickey from san diego

you can not tell me the rangers got that much batting power that they can not use andrew jones’on this team’this team needs to do something to become winners and get out and do something to change that losing mentality’ that comes with this team.

um, jones hit .158 and .222 the last 2 years

if the Angels dawdle and piss off Lackey. A workhorse with a fiery mound presence. He may not have many years left of ace stuff, but I’d love to have him hit the FA market in a year we’ve got Vinny and Milly likely coming off the books and a year we’ve slated to contend.

Everytime I take more than a couple hours of depositions, does anyone else get exhausted? I did 7 hours today, and to me that basically kills me. It seems to be really hard work to to concentrate on every word people say, ponder what’s being said and whether it’s responsive, for that long. Before anyone questions my hardiness, I used to work 6-10s in the oil field and while I was physically tired, it almost seems that being mentally tired is as worse or more. It’s Friday, and I usually hang out for a while with friends but I absolutely can’t tonight. Could be age.

I’m not trying to put down folks that do lots of physical labor. But to put a LSB spin on this, I’m thinking it’s difficult to wear down your mind and body like MLB players do. Football and basketball is a lot of reaction. Baseball, even just watching it, can be a lot of thinking. Doing the physical and mental thing 162 games a year has to wear you down.

Wilmer Font. I don’t want to go all gushy on you like a 13-year-old girl on that guy from "Twilight," but, oh, he’s dreamy. You already knew about the speed, and in the two pitches I eavesdropped on the gun, he hit 95 and 96. Better still, he’s not just bringing random-vector heat. He controlled his fastball, consistently hitting low and to the outside of left-handed hitters. The one pitch he left up was converted into an ordinary fly out. He also mixed in some surprisingly potent changes.

to test the FA market. barring injury or a bad year, he is going to be the cream of the crop for FA starters next year and it seems unlikely that the economy would be so bad as to depress his value. maybe the yankees won’t be looking to sign him but the sox will have penny, smoltz, and wakefield potentially coming off the books. and i could see a bunch of medium market teams willing to spend a little if they see signs of the economy turning around and want to make a big splash to lure back fans.

he is a good pitcher, i think he could get a $100 million deal. i just dont want it to be from us, or from the angels for that matter.

“$6 million for Cat to go away” line in the Neyer piece. It’s also $6 million if he stays and gives you a 750ish OPS as a platoon PH with zero defensive skills.

I’ve never understood the whole “Because I made a stupid decision a couple of years ago, I think I’ll make a dumb decision today” line of thinking that shows up in so much sportswriting.