Josh Rupe clears waivers, becoming a starter

by Adam J. Morris on Apr 28, 2009 2:10 PM CDT Comment 72 comments

Josh Rupe has reportedly cleared waivers, and the Rangers going to send him to extended spring training so he can stretch out his arm before heading into the rotation at AAA Oklahoma.

I can only assume, based on the last reliever-turned-starter, that if Rupe succeeds in the rotation, he will be promptly stuck back in the bullpen.

This will be an interesting few months for Rupe...he'll be a minor league free agent after the season if the Rangers don't add him to the 40 man before the end of October, and I'm not sure what he'd have to show in Oklahoma for the team to decide to do that.

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Does Rupe really

warrant a front page story?

by Telegraph on Apr 28, 2009 2:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes

by Adam J. Morris on Apr 28, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

damn it

you were supposed to reply with “let’s trash this bitch” to preserve the symmetry

by Telegraph on Apr 28, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Some people just aren't team players

by oc on Apr 28, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Adam...

is contemplating a move to all-90’s-sketch-comedy material, all-the-time.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Apr 28, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey there, Benji Blue Jeans!

by Adam J. Morris on Apr 28, 2009 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Viva Variety...

I don’t dig that much, but Reno 911 is great.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Apr 28, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought Rupe's upfront treatment today was

another attempt by Adam to do the John Elway head-bob and do what he can to draw the masses or other individuals offsides.

Kinda like he did when he was promoting the Arkansas Blowhard’s trip around the world back in January.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Apr 28, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who is the Arkansas Blowhard?

And when did I promote anything that individual did?

by Adam J. Morris on Apr 28, 2009 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been wondering who this Arkansas Blowhard is as well

since I just moved back to DFW after living in Arkansas for 20yrs… hope it isn’t me…

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by WhipSmart on Apr 28, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

*

http://www.lonestarball.com/2008/12/26/702513/ot-a-blog-you-might-want-t

So you were serious about this?

My reaction to it was much the same as BGardner’s.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Apr 28, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh

I thought you were suggesting I’d been talking about Hillary Clinton traveling as Sec’y of State or something.

by Adam J. Morris on Apr 28, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had no idea you were that interested in what he had to say

and thought it was an attempt to draw me offsides.

If you’re that interested in what he has to say and feel like it was worthy of being promoted in here for the masses, so be it.

I’d rather watch Roseanne Barr leg out a triple in nothing but a thong than read what the Arkansas Blowhard has to say.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Apr 28, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

awesome

you thought adam wrote that post just to get you mad

truly awesome.

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Apr 28, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Never underestimate the ego of the great Josey Wales

If it ain’t about him, he’ll make sure it is.

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Apr 28, 2009 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not at all, ab03

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Apr 28, 2009 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought Rupe’s upfront treatment today was

another attempt by Adam to do the John Elway head-bob and do what he can to draw the masses or other individuals offsides.

Kinda like he did when he was promoting the Arkansas Blowhard’s trip around the world back in January.

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Apr 28, 2009 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gdawg, I didn't view it as a ploy

to get me mad.

I thought he may have been tweaking me in a less than subtle way and just trying to be funny because it was January and nothing else was going on in the Ranger off-season.

He was apparently serious about it and thought it provided some people in here with something else to read, so no big deal.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Apr 28, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So to summarize

You thought Adam posted a link to a blog just to get under your skin a bit because he knows how much you hate a guy on another forum.

Yeah, nothing egotistical about that.

In other news, they were doing construction this morning right on the street right outside where I live. Must be the city being bored and trying tweak me in a less than subtle way.

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Apr 28, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yet

he has more cogent and salient points than you.

4/10/09 - Josh Hamilton's last walk.
"You know a pitching prospect isn't any good if John Daniels doesn't trade him away but keeps him insteaad." - http://crops.mlblogs.com/
"You probably can throw Neftali Feliz on that group of overblown Rangers pitching prospect failures." - http://crops.mlblogs.com/

by DJCahill on Apr 28, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hillary isn't a blow hard...

that’s why Bill had to go to Monica.

by Redcaps on Apr 28, 2009 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was Jerry Jones, too.

Then I clicked on the link below and found out it is apparently someone from NMLR that Josey apparently doesn’t like. I think Josey is something like Steve Buscemi’s character is Billy Madison.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Apr 28, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

To be fair

Hodson is kind of a blowhard. I’m sure he had a wonderful time on his adventure. I just don’t care to know about it.

by bioaggie on Apr 28, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I did read one of the first offerings (but none since)

and there was a picture of himself. He looked like Linus did when he wrapped his blanket around himself and was impersonating a shepherd.

He was at some wedding in Nicaragua, Guadalajara or somesuch and standing next to a bride as though he’d accomplished something with a really odd look on his face.

I also had no idea he’s as tall as Muggsy Bogues which explains a lot.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Apr 28, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

To be fair again

You can be just as much of a blowhard at times. You just don’t take up quite as much bandwidth.

by bioaggie on Apr 28, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Josey calls someone a blowhard...

pot yells, “stupid black kettle!”

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Apr 28, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

My bad

I had no idea Adam felt that website would interest anybody.

Continue the plan of the day.

I have no reason to believe Rupe will ever be a competent starter at any level.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Apr 28, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wait

Your “plan of the day” is to bash Josh Rupe?

Ok for real this time: I no longer believe Josey Wales is a real person. Who is doing this? AJM? Who?

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by FuturePants on Apr 28, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rupe's niche is as a middle reliever

but he was used waaaaaay too much last year and wasn’t effective after July 1.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Apr 28, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Josey has been around a long time

that and the sheer volume of his posts would make this one of the most involved and successful bits in the history of message boards.

I think he is the real deal, it would just take too much time and effort for someone to pull this off for this amount of time.

If you take the worst pitching staff in baseball, then add Kris Benson and Jason Jennings, what do you have???

surprise!!! You have the worst pitching staff in baseball, that's what.

by tricer on Apr 28, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The crowning piece

Is that he thinks anyone on any online resource would post something to “draw him offsides”. The absolute crown jewel of narcissism.

"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 Apr 28, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Everyone

needs some way to feel important I guess.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Apr 28, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How about those Mariners, Ed?

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Apr 28, 2009 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pythag record

just above .500, ever so slightly better than the .500 Rangers.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Apr 28, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your name is not Ed

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

by Josey Wales on Apr 28, 2009 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh

but I’m right.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Apr 28, 2009 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did Jerry Jones

travel round the world in January?

by DJCahill on Apr 28, 2009 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

“I wanna dip my balls in it!”

by maxzoran on Apr 28, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I assume you're being sarcastic.

Of course it does.

The 40 Trumps All!!!

You want the mustache on or off? ... ... ... Too bad.

by thedirkatron on Apr 28, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Being sarcastic? I would never do that

by Telegraph on Apr 28, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This Rupe love is

killing me. Front page, a fan post and a fan shot.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Apr 28, 2009 2:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't assume anything

At the rate that pitchers go on the DL, he could get another shot at the big leagues this year if it looks like he can contribute either as a starter or out of the bullpen.

by twinkilling on Apr 28, 2009 2:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

hahaha

by JackDublin on Apr 28, 2009 2:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

here's hoping that being rejected by every team in ML baseball

has the same effect on Rupe that it did on Cruz.

I doubt it, but if the dude could just throw strikes it would help his cause considerably.

If you take the worst pitching staff in baseball, then add Kris Benson and Jason Jennings, what do you have???

surprise!!! You have the worst pitching staff in baseball, that's what.

by tricer on Apr 28, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

agreed

these are two players with lots of natural ability. i would love to see it have a similar effect. Rupe has also expressed his desire to return to the rotation in the past, so maybe the move will motivate him. Of course the downside is that our 40 will already feature some difficult decisions this winter. He could add to them.

What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.

by clark on Apr 28, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

can't this post just become a place to put all of Rupe's

old pictures of facial hair styles?

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(Husband) "Hmm... well, porn, I guess."

by mtex on Apr 28, 2009 2:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

x

(Wife) "So what do you want to watch on the T.V.? UFC or porn?"
(Husband) "Hmm... well, porn, I guess."

by mtex on Apr 28, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

lock up the children!

Rocky Mountain Ranger

by Strangers on Apr 28, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sometimes I think we're rooting for some of the dumbest humans alive

by oc on Apr 28, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Joe Dirt

with a ball cap

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by WhipSmart on Apr 28, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Looks like an Amish teen on Rumspringa

by BEW on Apr 28, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That Rupe cleared waivers

is almost as shocking as Cat still being unemployed.

by DJCahill on Apr 28, 2009 2:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

lol

u know ESPN did this on purpose, somehow…

sunday night

I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...

by Longhorn on Apr 28, 2009 2:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

awkward

any chance he is even decent as a starter?

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Apr 28, 2009 2:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

the success rate of failed relievers converted to successful starters

has to be pretty small.

If you take the worst pitching staff in baseball, then add Kris Benson and Jason Jennings, what do you have???

surprise!!! You have the worst pitching staff in baseball, that's what.

by tricer on Apr 28, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fausto?

Or is that too early to tell?

by oc on Apr 28, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

by tyd3311 on Apr 28, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

again

too early to tell

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Apr 28, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

duh

by tyd3311 on Apr 28, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

When he's ready to come back up

will they break him in by working him out of the bullpen?

"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks

by hightowersmith on Apr 28, 2009 2:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

nice

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Apr 28, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Somewhat surprised

He’s got good stuff just bad location

by texasraider on Apr 28, 2009 2:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Totally OT

But Will Carroll just tweeted: “any Dallas area Ranger fan tweeps sitting on an extra ticket for the upcoming series? My friend @jennifersterger is in town.”

I responded with: “don’t have one, but I can certainly get one. She is hot, after all!”

Because if there is one truth: hot girls deserve free stuff. Am I wrong?

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by FuturePants on Apr 28, 2009 3:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs