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Around SBN: Devils Beat Rangers, Head To Stanley Cup Finals

Today's lineup up

Today's lineup is up.  Cruz in the cleanup spot, no Andruw.

 

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Woo, Ho-Ram

automatic Cruz HR.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Mar 28, 2009 12:49 PM CDT reply actions  

3 for 3 in HR game calls this spring, woo.

unfortunately my lone BMac pitching prediction was… a little off.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Mar 28, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yay!

Andruw looked plain dreadful yesterday. absolutely helpless against sliders away.

by SteveP on Mar 28, 2009 12:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Anyone watching the phillies game on MLBN?

Howard squaring one up + huge winds = very very long homerun out of the park.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Mar 28, 2009 1:04 PM CDT reply actions  

errors

anyone wish to predict the numbers of errors today? I say Blalock commits one. Also, glad to see Davis get a day off.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 28, 2009 1:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Evan will be live blogging here:

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 28, 2009 2:04 PM CDT reply actions  

AJ situation

Given just how bad he has been, does anybody think that if he makes the roster, he will be hitting cleanup regularly?

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 2:08 PM CDT reply actions  

The Nats have put Wily Mo Pena on waivers

If we want a platoon DH to play against lefties, I’d rather grab him than go with Andruw Jones.

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 28, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

let's stick to realistic scenarios

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

there is always

the RWash factor to consider.

"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris

by DJCahill on Mar 28, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Maddux doesn't want to skip 5th starter

http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/

Money quote

Extra rest in April shows up in August and September," Maddux said.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 28, 2009 2:16 PM CDT reply actions  

I thought this was the money quote:
"If you have a great deal of separation between your No. 1 and No. 5, that’s one thing.

Sigh.

by Snark on Mar 28, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

Guess that depends

on where you want to put your money

by bstair on Mar 28, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

I thought this was the money quote:
Manager Ron Washington said he wants to keep Matt Harrison and Scott Feldman in the fourth and fifth spots, and pitching coach Mike Maddux has Brandon McCarthy following Padilla on the spring schedule. That doesn’t mean anything according to Maddux, and that could all change if Kris Benson makes the rotation.

McCarthy to the pen is what I would do.

"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 octoberty on Mar 28, 2009 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

well there you are..

I was like where the hell was the Cal Ripken of LSB last night and then Rachel said you were at your brothers bar. Was it fun?

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

Oh yeah

It was a campus bar, so I felt a bit like a cougar. But evidently I still have it in me to get a coed to buy me a drink. Ha ha.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

Niiiiice

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Getting team jerseys?

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 28, 2009 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

so how much of your deliteful company ..

did the young gentleman get for that drink?

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

A "hi"

and an introduction to my brother, who was carefully watching over me all night. ha ha.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

heh that's plenty...

I’m guessing he didn’t look like Chris Davis lol

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Rupe-a-loop
Josh Rupe’s move to the left side of the rubber Friday night produced his easiest inning of the spring. “I saw three groundballs,” Maddux said. “I think it’s a step in the right direction.”

"...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 28, 2009 3:01 PM CDT reply actions  

literally

"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 octoberty on Mar 28, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nellliiieee!!! DEEPPP!

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions  

NELLIE BALL!!!!!!!!!!!

"...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 28, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions  

In a three-way tie for the

league lead in HRs…considering the time he missed, nice.

"...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 28, 2009 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

i unofficially grant him the lead

For his WBC homerun.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Mar 28, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Dumbass Hank.

"...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 28, 2009 3:12 PM CDT reply actions  

.

Clicky!

"...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 28, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

Come on Scooter!

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 3:15 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm making "No Ivan Rodriguez" Brownies

Better known as No Pudge Brownies :)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:19 PM CDT reply actions  

mmmm sound delicious..

you putting some nuts in there?

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

No

I don’t like nuts in my brownies. I’m kind of a purist that way.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

By the way

They’re a super easy no-fat mix. I found them in the health food section at the grocery store. You just add fat free vanilla yogurt to the mix and bake. Fantastic.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

I was going to say ..

is there such a thing as a no pudge brownie? They sound awesome and reasonably healthy.

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

oh wow thanks...the brownie of "my dreams" has been found

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I might check those out too

"...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 28, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Share?

I need a begging doggy gif :-)

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Mar 28, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Here you go Ed

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 28, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Das mee

I kud have brownie plez?

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Mar 28, 2009 3:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

I would absolutely share with you Ed

And everyone else on here today :-)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Please call Tree of Life (our Texas distributor) customer service at 1-800-800-2175.

…and make ’em yourself…

:)

"...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 28, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

I could always make some with Rachel

and bring them for Opening Day tailgate :-)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

Beer, brats...and brownies?

Yummy?

"...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 28, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

105.3 FM

"...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 28, 2009 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

ot: golf

did i hear that right, john daly had an 18 on one hole?

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Mar 28, 2009 3:41 PM CDT reply actions  

2-2, after 2.

Which reminds me, I am having a b-day soon…

"...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 28, 2009 3:42 PM CDT reply actions  

Heh

"...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 28, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

BTW

I’ll just bring your Hamilton DVD with me next week. I’m sure you assumed that by now. I just thought it was silly to mail it when I can just bring it.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

I had hoped that.

Thank you so much!!!

"...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 28, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

The forecast for Arlington on Opening Day

is 76 degrees and sunny :-)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions  

it better be televised here in houston

as of right now, it’s not showing on DirecTV here…

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Mar 28, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nice.

Sure beats today.

"...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 28, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's cold and dreary here today

Spitting snow every so often too

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

50 here w/gusts 25-30mph, cloudy/dreary.

"...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 28, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

what's the dewpoint?

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

Who am I, Troy Dungan?

30 degrees.

"...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 28, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well you told everything else

Thought you might know the dewpoint.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

lol

Shutup you.

"...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 28, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Evan Grant is not a typist.

eom

"...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 28, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions  

maybe he's bird watching with his lady friend

and blogging at the same time…

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Mar 28, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Whyyyyy does Busby insist on using the phrase

“[insert name of batter] gets fisted and fights one off.”

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Just to encourage your dirty mind?

"...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 28, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think so

Although I don’t need much encouragement

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

Image fail

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

LOL

We are rubbing off on you…

"...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 28, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

Woah

He look’s like joan river’s son in that picture.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

he does look like he's crying..

as that after he got his ass kicked that one time with that underhand punch?

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

I have no idea

google didn’t enlighten me :-)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

C'mon Hammy

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:03 PM CDT reply actions  

Bank Triple!

"...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 28, 2009 4:04 PM CDT reply actions  

Hank with a triple

WTF?

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:04 PM CDT reply actions  

Hank "Wheels" Blalock..

thank god he didn’t hurt anything.

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:05 PM CDT reply actions  

I keep hearing someone knocking on my wall.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 4:06 PM CDT reply actions  

that's me...

you got any eggs for some brownies?

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Lol

Like you’d eat brownies.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

I would do the NO PUDGE ones...

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

the pudge is the best part.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

tease! :)

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

meant to Micah

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ha ha

Why, yes I am. Sometimes…. :-)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's that damn DMagazine chat engine.

Bug me too.

"...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 28, 2009 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Bugs me too.

"...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 28, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

Shit,

that’s what it is. Thought I had some jacked up virus on here again.

Just keep your mask on and umpire the game! - Tom Grieve, 5/25/08

by EssBee on Mar 28, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's the same thing at BBTiA.

That’s why I don’t participate in their chats. I hate that app, and that creepy noise.

"...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 28, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

I just turned to sound down.

It fixed everything

Just keep your mask on and umpire the game! - Tom Grieve, 5/25/08

by EssBee on Mar 28, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

I can't

I’m listening to the game on the computer, too.

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 28, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think there's a volume button

on the D Magazine chat console

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

D'OH!

You right.

"...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 28, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

Look at the big brain

on Micah!

Just keep your mask on and umpire the game! - Tom Grieve, 5/25/08

by EssBee on Mar 28, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nice

I never really noticed the sound until you all started complaining about it. That’s what happens when you have kids. You learn to tune out all annoying sounds.

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 28, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well yeah,

but I always keep my work email pulled up, and would rather know when I get a new email…

"...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 28, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

Down in the bottom

next to “cover it live,” there’s a button

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

Shit, leadoff 2b.

"...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 28, 2009 4:10 PM CDT reply actions  

Blalock

catch the fucking ball

Just keep your mask on and umpire the game! - Tom Grieve, 5/25/08

by EssBee on Mar 28, 2009 4:17 PM CDT reply actions  

From EG, interesting:
When I asked why the club committed to Salty so quickly into spring instead of letting the battle play out, I was told that not all battles are fought on the field in spring training. Moral: The Rangers felt he had worked through his injury well enough to re-capture the top spot.

"...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 28, 2009 4:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Welp, that worked out for me.

NOT!

"...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 28, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

Feldman's not getting any help

this inning. Passed ball and an E3.

Just keep your mask on and umpire the game! - Tom Grieve, 5/25/08

by EssBee on Mar 28, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

He almost got out of the inning

Which would have been unexpected. Its rare you give up two doubles and don’t give up a run.

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 28, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

Freakin' Hank...

But MY picks him up.

"...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 28, 2009 4:17 PM CDT reply actions  

I'll be so glad when the season starts

so we won’t have to listen to Busby calling the games.

Just keep your mask on and umpire the game! - Tom Grieve, 5/25/08

by EssBee on Mar 28, 2009 4:19 PM CDT reply actions  

+1

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

Oracio Ramirez

Almost looked like an AS against the Rangers today.

"...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 28, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions  

Watching the Cubs/Rockies

A player just got NAILED in the wrist by a pitch.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions  

Who?

"...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 28, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Reed Johnson

He was on the ground for some time

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ahh, thanks.

"...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 28, 2009 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

Salty - Triple Machine

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 28, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions  

5:1 K:BB

I’ll take it. On the other hand, what happened to his GB%?

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions  

Salty with a triple...

Sounded like it could have been an in the parker.

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by Brandon Worley on Mar 28, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions  

that's what I heard she said...

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Who the hell are you

and why are you the first one to jump all over these jokes?

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Oh shit.

Duck!

"...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 28, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

it's LAMF

and what about the first one? huh?

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

fuck no..go fuck yourself

or did you just finish doing that? you bitter c*nt

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

ow

my morals

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Why did you put an asterisk

in cent? I why would you call someone a denomination of money, unless their name was Penny.

Just keep your mask on and umpire the game! - Tom Grieve, 5/25/08

by EssBee on Mar 28, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

Aw come on now

you’re still my favorite fake fag.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

fake fag? what are you talking about?

You have no idea apparently.

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

why is he fake?

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

and what the hell is that supposed to mean?

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

That does not strike me as flamboyant

Seriously, what’s your problem oc? You pick a new person to antagonize in every GDT. Maybe you should find a new hobby.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

he's a piece of shit that's whats up

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

:) it's pretty apparent..

the guy is in an altercation with someone each and every day…misery table of one your table is ready!

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

You people are fucking idiots. I'm not in an 'altercation with someone each and every day'.

I’m in altercations with the same three fuckos – lonestar, Rodney and you. Because all three of you are loudmouth doodoo-brains.

by oc on Mar 28, 2009 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

So maybe it just seems like everyday

because you just called out three of my closest friends on here.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

there is more than that Micah...

he insults people all the time .trust me

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Oh, I know

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well, this may actually come as a shock to you, but I actually do respect and appreciate every one of you who think less of me.

Regardless of what I think, a lot of people here, people like you, appreciate them for other reasons. And I can’t knock that. They contribute to the betterment of this site… sometimes.

I just feel that Rodney, BigGuns, and lonestarJon could stand to be a little more reserved with their chatspeak. But that’s just me.

And I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks that.

by oc on Mar 28, 2009 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm not attacking anyone here. I'm just giving examples of ultra flamboyance.

And by the way, ultra flamboyance doesn’t necessarily relate to sexuality. I’m talking about saying outrageous stuff just so people know you’re ‘outrageous’.

by oc on Mar 28, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

tball was koking

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

and joking

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

i bet if you asked him

he wouldn’t think BG is flamboyant

like I’d bet money

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

That's a nice way to spin the question.

What you really should ask him is if he thought that particular comment was deliberately said to appear ‘outrageous’.

by oc on Mar 28, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

ok

i’d do that.

so are you annoyed at anna benson pictures (and the comments that follow)?

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yes, because they're useless.

People post the pictures because they know they will get attention. Just like I use to qualify my fanposts with phrases about shits, sandwiches and pot. It will generate a reaction out of people.

This type of posting behavior is juvenile.

by oc on Mar 28, 2009 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

How you interpret it

is your perogative, none of this changes the fact that he’s quite an outrageous poster.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

only when he gets mad at people

otherwise, he’s pretty nice to everyone. says hi, fairly cordial, shares baseball opinions, doesn’t mention the part about being gay (not that it matters to me but it apparently matters to you).

what more do you want?

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

firebat is a jerk..

he’s one of the meanest guys on here.. I’ve seen tons of nasty knock down drag out fights with him starting things..I don’t do shit like that.

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

Guilty as charged

doesn’t make you any less a waste of bandwidth.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

you're a waste as a person..

which is a MUCH greater offense :)

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

There is no interpretation involved

I guess not much bothers me. And after seeing some of the posts/comments on this site, I’m surprised anyone is so easily offended.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

Says the woman

who got upset about the political leanings of Iowa.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

there is nothing flamboyant about that

so much so that i’d have to question whether you know what flamboyant means.

talking about the fact that you are gay in passing (not focusing on it) is something that upsets you?

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

he's a redneck AB ..always has been

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Another example of why I'm glad I don't live in TX anymore

Iowa is actually a lot more open minded.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

Now you've

gone too far :)

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 28, 2009 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

she's COOL scoop trust me...

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Really?

Which part of Iowa do you live in? Cause most of the state is one of the most backwards states in the Union.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

I live just outside Des Moines

It’s one of the bluest places I’ve ever lived.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

Bluest?

As in blue collar? Or blue skies?

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 28, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Democrat.

"...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 28, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Seriously?

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sorry

In the Bay Area we assume everyone else is a redneck. :-)

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 28, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

That's cause of unions

and ethanol farmers, but morally and socially, those people tend to be pretty conservative. I worked for Planned parenthood in 2008 elections and the National Dems, that place was a solid dem vote, but the people tend to be far right on social issues.

I’d contend that the Blue River Dems in Texas is pretty much more liberal in every way than Des Moines.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

I've lived here for 24 years of my life

and I’ll disagree

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

You have to remember

what people say are often not how they vote. I have tracked the place for 3 election cycles, and while that’s not a great sample size, I’d say that the numbers back me up pretty well.

Especially when compared to places like Austin.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Rural western Iowa

Is pretty obstreperous about race. And related stuff. But you can’t judge a populace by one of its’ segments.

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Mar 28, 2009 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

Tell me about it

I had a lot of slammed doors in the Sioux City area. Canvassing that place sucked.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Fine

Clearly you all know so much more about my home state than I do.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm from South Dakota

by the way of Louisiana, I have worked campaigns in both states plus 2 more. But that doesn’t make me a political expert in any of them. All I know is what the numbers tell me, and after 3 election cycles, I think I can draw a pretty good idea.

Your defensiveness here is inane.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

cuts both ways

unless you are 50, you are basing your knowledge of Texas on a small sample size.

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

x
Main Entry:
ob·strep·er·ous
Pronunciation:
\əb-ˈstre-p(ə-)rəs, äb-\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Latin obstreperus, from obstrepere to clamor against, from ob- against + strepere to make a noise
Date:
circa 1600
1 : marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous
2 : stubbornly resistant to control : unruly

"...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 28, 2009 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

And also

I resent the fact that you think that OC or anyone else critiques him because he’s gay, a lot of us dislike him because he’s just an annoying poster. The title of fake fag was just something left over from past threads.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

There are a lot of posters on here who annoy me

but I tend to ignore them rather than antagonize them.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well congratulations

why is it your business if some of us choose not to?

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

If I got into it with people on here..

who annoyed me I’d be in several fights a day… with guys like you and OC.

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm trying to get better at that.

But if someone charges me first as I have been in this subthread, then it’s on.

by oc on Mar 28, 2009 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

you "started" this

by saying he was annoying because he was ultra flamboyant.

it’s hard for someone not to get rankled by that

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

exactly..

I get told all the time “in person” that I don’t look at all gay… and asked a few times if I’m a famous Mixed Martial Artist…

OC could not be any more wrong but that’s par for the course to fuel his prejudice.

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

You see, this is what I'm talking about. Comments like this.
I get told all the time "in person" that I don’t look at all gay… and asked a few times if I’m a famous Mixed Martial Artist…

What is this dialogue meant to mean? Did you type this to buy respect? This is cluttering my thread. This is information I don’t really have to know, but you want me to know. You want us, the LSB public, to know and potentially care about.

Then you call me ignorant and prejudiced.

I mean, gee you’re batting 1.000.

by oc on Mar 28, 2009 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

What I want to know is

how you ended up taking all the shit. I was much more acerbic than you.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

Not quite.

This is the comment that got the ball rolling.

She counters my mild opinion by inferring that my only business is to start fights with people.

That is not true.

by oc on Mar 28, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

how curious..

that it is always YOU that is involved in such pathetic altercations.

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah

None of that stereotyping or over-generalization there. :-)

by mgb5 on Mar 28, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Um...it's not stereotyping

when you’ve witnessed it firsthand.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

Seriously?

You’ve witnessed the behavior of all Iowans and the behavior of all Texans? And each conforms to a set pattern? Otherwise, it is stereotyping.

by mgb5 on Mar 28, 2009 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

i agree

i mean, you are comparing des moines to what part of texas exactly? not austin

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

TX is huge

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

sorry not flambouant in the slightest here..

you are wrong again, maybe some day I’ll show you in person wimpy boy.

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

if i want to i will yeh :)

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'd have to agree with that

I live in the SF Bay Area and you are not even close to what I’d call flaming.

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 28, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

he doesn't know..the ignorant bitch

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

I find

that people who are ultra-flamboyant about it over an anonymous medium like the internet are often a character, rather a reflection of their personality.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeh you're quite the psychiatrist..

you are wrong..so you must be a flaming asshole then because that’s exactly what you throw off on here.

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

BOB SAGET!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

no you assume wrong again...

i’ll be happy to sign on to that SN to prove you wrong …again :)

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

why don't you go ...

coddle your backbone for a bit my little wimpy drug addict.

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

your BONG that is

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

hey, hey now...

don’t bring poor MJ into this. she’s a nice lady.

by JBP on Mar 28, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

LOL she's fine in moderation..

OC smokes non-stop and look at him still miserable!

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions  

doubt it!

unhappy people bitch ALL THE TIME….that’s you!

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's the Internet!

one person can fake their way in one alternate universe just as easily as the next person.

:)

by oc on Mar 28, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

so you're just acting as a BITCH?

I nominate you for an Academy Award!

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Speaking of...

Is there a prize for the first pic of Mrs. Salty?

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 28, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm curious

what the May-December romance looks like.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 28, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nah, don't.

525dp might swing by, and be upset.

"...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 28, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Agreed

I actually have access to pictures of Mrs. Salty and the little Saltys, but I respect their privacy.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Fair enough

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 28, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

i say don't as well

but we can’t really discuss salty at all if we are worried about his dad’s feelings.

I’m still not convinced he’s really his dad. Most parents I know aren’t so rah rah about their son to the point of delusion.

Boggs’ dad was a nice contrast. that’s how dads should act.

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

Aha

525dp went over my head, now I get it.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 28, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think John handles it very well

People on here aren’t nearly as hard on Brandon as they are on Jarrod.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

It would be difficult,

to interact on the net, and discuss your pro athlete son. I don’t think I would, if I were him.

BTW, did you get your helmet?

"...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 28, 2009 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

No...haven't heard anything about it either

I’m sure it won’t happen. But it was sure nice of him to offer :-)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

really?

I thought he handled it pretty much as bad as you can handle it. I get that he is biased but he would literally jump on every single negative comment made about Jarrod. At times, it seemed like Jarrod handled the situation much better than his dad, specifically when Salty got sent down (like he absolutely should have) to start the season last year.

And I felt like he gave his son a bad name since Jarrod actually ended up saying all the right things while his dad seemed to opine for a trade.

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

i'd like to think my dad would be better about me

and I’d be better about my son.

And, if he thinks about it at all, I’m sure Salty Sr. regrets saying some of the things he said. I’m pretty sure he directly criticized the way the Rangers handled Salty. I don’t want my dad to that, and I’d like to think he’d understand why not to do it.

And if someone says in a game day thread, “Salty needs to go back to AAA to get better on defense,” don’t blow your shit. Give a nuanced answer that makes it seem like you’re his dad who was his coach and not his friend Douggie who is part of his entourage.

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

"I'd like to think my dad would be better about me"

isn’t that pretty much the standard line for kids everywhere? I mean, I’m sure we wish he’d react differently, but don’t we know quite a few parents who are like that? Especially parents with children in organized sports.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

i guess so

i mean, i guess its nice that he cares what his son does as opposed to being completely apathetic.

but, the original point was that I’m not going to watch what I say based on whether or not his dad gets mad since his dad seemed pretty sensitive.

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

An understandable take

I have to wonder what Salty or even the FO thinks about players’ families interacting with yahoos on LSB.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

as much as i liked CJ and others on here

the potential for trouble seems to be too great.

just as a poster and a reader, I’d like for someone to be able to openly discuss Salty’s defensive deficiencies without being scared about whether his dad will get mad. That goes for any player.

Besides, its not like we all hated him for no reason. I want him to lock down the catching position for the next 10 years if he cans and hoping that the rangers trade away teagarden for buccholz.

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Did you see Bucholz's

last outing? 6 innings scoreless, I’m thinking our chances of getting him are waning by the outing.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 28, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think

that after nothing got done in the winter, that avenue was all but dead.

They’ll find some place for Buchholz, but they’re bound to run out of rotation spots sooner or later. That’s when a deal will be made.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions  

woooo J-Rod!!!

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 4:25 PM CDT reply actions  

Huh

Announcers: Kinsler lines one to the gap.

..but its caught. Doesn’t that mean it wasn’t really in the gap?

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 28, 2009 4:27 PM CDT reply actions  

Yeah I heard that part, too

I just thought it was an odd way to call the play. When I think of a gap, I think of the part of the outfield where the outfielders aren’t, regardless of where they are.

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 28, 2009 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Fuck Brett Gardner!

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 28, 2009 4:28 PM CDT reply actions  

I thought Nadel just said

Gardener “eating out” Melky Cabrera instead of “beating out”. That conjured up some images.

Just keep your mask on and umpire the game! - Tom Grieve, 5/25/08

by EssBee on Mar 28, 2009 4:29 PM CDT reply actions  

6Ks for Feldman

Not too shabby

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:34 PM CDT reply actions  

Yep

Nice 1-2-3 now, too. He seems to be pitching better than the score suggests.

by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 28, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Guess who's up in the BP?

"...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 28, 2009 4:36 PM CDT reply actions  

I hate thanksgiving.

I’m always forced to eat a bite of turkey. It smells like wet dog.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thanksgiving is awesome

I don’t like turkey either. But I’m man enough to say no to it.

by Mike E on Mar 28, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hey

I don’t want to crush my old fart of an uncles dream. He spends all day cooking the turkey with his shaking hand the least I can do is act like I like it.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

GDTs are FUN!

eom

"...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 28, 2009 4:41 PM CDT reply actions  

That's one!

"...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 28, 2009 4:44 PM CDT reply actions  

I have no freaking clue.

"...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
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by Rodney on Mar 28, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

At least one was a two run HR

whoever called that Cruz missle before the game was spot on

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

Mr. DShep there.

"...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 28, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions  

so

is Feliz pitching tomorrow?

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Mar 28, 2009 4:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Damn...was that on Jennings or Hammy?

"...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 28, 2009 4:53 PM CDT reply actions  

Hammy

Boggs woul dhave caught it. :)

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 28, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thanks.

"...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
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by Rodney on Mar 28, 2009 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm confused.

Are we commenting on the rangers or roasting richard simmons?

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 4:56 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm out

this GDT has lost its appeal to me

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I want to be the next Annie Savoy.

by The Best Micah on Mar 28, 2009 4:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Ciao

"...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 28, 2009 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

Gobble Gobble

needs to stop walking people, nothing worse than a LOOGY that walks people.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 4:56 PM CDT reply actions  

Guess who?

"...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 28, 2009 4:58 PM CDT reply actions  

Tiger Woods just lost a golf ball

in the rough. not in the trees, not in the water…in the rough.

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Mar 28, 2009 5:00 PM CDT reply actions  

Forecaddie failure?

I don’t have TV on, that’s remarkable.

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Mar 28, 2009 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

Does anyone else

prefer Steve Busby over Dave Barnett?

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 28, 2009 5:04 PM CDT reply actions  

I can't stand Steve Busby.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions  

Mike Maddux likes him

From EG:

Interesting snippet from the morning’s activities: Rarely do you see a radio announcer, wearing a golf shirt and Topsiders on the mound giving pitchers a tutorial, but it happened this morning. Pitching coach Mike Maddux asked fill-in radio man Steve Busby to talk about pickoff moves – Busby had an excellent reputation for picking off runners – with the staff. Busby, a right-hander talked about how much time he spent working on making his move to first resemble his pitching motion. At the last minute, he’d kind of hook the ball and whip it to first. … He also discussed a pickoff move to third base that he worked on with George Brett and how the two communicated, flashed signs and got answers. Busby gave me a brief rundown afterward and I was interested. Hope the pitchers were, too.

"...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 28, 2009 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

woooooo OMAR!!!!

Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.

by BigGuns on Mar 28, 2009 5:07 PM CDT reply actions  

what'd he do?

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

rbi double to score murph

If you want some slack, bring your own rope.

by rangerfaninva on Mar 28, 2009 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

Knocked in Murphy, tie game.

5-5

"...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 28, 2009 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

"Gun show coming through"

one of the best parts of last night’s broadcast.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Vizquel

He can still play. A good trade target by someone.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 28, 2009 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

Let's not go nuts

if we can’t find a taker for Vazquez last year, I doubt we get much for Vizquel.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

vazquez was terrible

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Mar 28, 2009 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

terrible?

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

by iorange555 on Mar 28, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

He was also younger

and an everyday player. I think pt for pt, Vazquez would have more value as a player.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

Gues who's in at SS?

"...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 28, 2009 5:11 PM CDT reply actions  

The Grit Level

just went through the roof.

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

from EG"s chat
Evan Grant:
The roster conundrum has been raised, but the Rangers feel fairly comfortable that if they add five or so players to the 40-man roster, they’ll be able to create room for them. They are currently at 39 and will drop down to 37 when they put Joaquin Benoit and Eric Hurley on the 60-day DL. That gives them room for three. The two others are likely to be pitchers and those pitchers would be swapped out for pitchers being taken off the roster (Josh Rupe or Dustin Nippert if they don’t make the club). It can be done. And that’s ultimately why I think Vizquel makes the team over Arias. Vizquel is here to serve as a mentor. Arias can play daily at Oklahoma City and if Andrus does fail, then Arias would be ready to play every day.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 28, 2009 5:13 PM CDT reply actions  

Rupe>Metcalf

and I don’t like Rupe. no reason to keep metcalf as he has looked bad this spring. I say put Nippert on the 60day and there you go….

by Goyogringo on Mar 28, 2009 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

3B

Who is the 3B if MY goes on the DL?

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 28, 2009 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

Hank, or Metcalf

Or Vizquel in a pinch

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Mar 28, 2009 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ooops .... Duran

Mind went blank. Thx AJM

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Mar 28, 2009 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

Except...

…if Rupe doesn’t make the 25 man roster, there’s no reason to keep him on the 40 man roster, since he’s out of options.

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 28, 2009 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

What's with Feldman's declining GB%

he used to be a 60% GB guy, which is phenomenol. If the 3/4 arm slot is really making his balls move more, shouldn’y we see that rise?

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2009 5:16 PM CDT reply actions  

I didn't hear anything on velo.

"...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 28, 2009 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

Melhuse

Why is he in the game? Shouldn’t Max be getting his playing time?

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 28, 2009 5:21 PM CDT reply actions  

Max already sent to AAA camp.

"...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 28, 2009 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

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