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Rangers sign Gobble

The Rangers have signed recently released former Royal lefty reliever Jimmy Gobble to a minor league deal.

Presumably, Gobble will start the season in AAA, and give the Rangers a fallback option, should Eddie Guardado not be able to get the job done in the pen for the Rangers (or should Guardado or C.J. Wilson get hurt).

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nice choice

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 Mar 21, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

nice post*

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 Mar 21, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yay?

I don't get it, why would life give me lemons?

by iorange555 on Mar 21, 2009 10:42 PM CDT reply actions  

x

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by LSJ on Mar 21, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

one of you guys needs to post

a lovely pic from Gov. Palin’s heartwarming T-day interview – after I eat my migas please…

by Goyogringo on Mar 22, 2009 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

If Gobble makes it up...

then we’re going to have a ton of graphic fun.

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by rangers85 on Mar 22, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions  

Yes we will.

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by LSJ on Mar 22, 2009 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions  

Does JD read LSB?

Or can Clark see the future?

Either way, Clark win’s this week’s prize for most prophetic FanPost –

The money quote? How about

He (Gobble) is the textbook definition of a loogy, and he can be had for next to nothing. With the current instability among our crop of bullpen lefties, he seems like exactly the sort of player to take a chance on.

by spurdynasty on Mar 21, 2009 10:44 PM CDT reply actions  

good signing

According to Dierkes, he is controlable through the 2010 season.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 21, 2009 11:08 PM CDT reply actions  

link

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 21, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Right

and I like the fact that he is under 38…

by Goyogringo on Mar 22, 2009 2:09 AM CDT up reply actions  

+1

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by LSJ on Mar 22, 2009 2:30 AM CDT up reply actions  

FYI

In the spring of 2007, Gobble changed his delivery from a conventional somewhat over-the-top delivery (which he had his entire professional career) to a more sidearm or 3/4 delivery. This enabled him to dominate lefty batters in both 2007 and 2008. Unfortunately the Royals manager in 2008 chose not to use Gobble as a LOOGY and exposed him to too many righty batters. As long as Gobble is used strictly as a LOOGY, he’ll be good in that role.

The immoderate moderator

by Scott McKinney on Mar 22, 2009 1:04 AM CDT reply actions  

ok

a lot of issues here. Clearly something else happened to him in 2008; the wheels fell off and it had nothing to do with him not being “loogy enough”. He was only limited to loogy duty as of 2007 while he pitched more than 1inning/game in prior years, which were not remotely as bad. It seems he has always sucked vs RH pitching irrespective of what happened last year; last year was something plus…

I am always in favor of pitching depth, but Maddux might have some work on his hand here.

by Goyogringo on Mar 22, 2009 2:06 AM CDT up reply actions  

My favorite J. Gobble moment:

link

"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 Mar 22, 2009 8:31 AM CDT reply actions  

Well I'm sure you'll get to see plenty

more of Gobble moments like that in Arlington now.

by Mike E on Mar 22, 2009 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions  

Heh

Believe it or not that GS by Murphy was the only one Gobble allowed to a lefty last year.

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by LSJ on Mar 22, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions  

lol

"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 Mar 22, 2009 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions  

I can't tell her that..

If I make it through Thanksgiving….I’ll tell her but not a second before. It’s not worth losing my head over.

by IGobble4Clark on Mar 22, 2009 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions  

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 Mar 22, 2009 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions  

Woooo!

Another talentless assclown to get thrown out there and drop a 9 era for a few weeks before getting canned.

by SaltyGoesYard on Mar 22, 2009 9:00 AM CDT reply actions  

OMG...

Richie Witt just said he would trade Pujols for Volquez….what a dumbass.

"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 Mar 22, 2009 9:34 AM CDT reply actions  

its getting to the point

where I’m beginning to consider Witt to be as bad as Galloway

my sig is better than yours

by MayurP on Mar 22, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions  

nice

its little moves like this that can sometimes make all the difference

by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Mar 22, 2009 11:20 AM CDT reply actions  

but I somehow doubt

our games this year in October will be attributed to the Gobble signing

by BuckyB on Mar 22, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

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