Happy birthday, Ian Kinsler

by Adam J. Morris on Jun 22, 2009 2:30 PM CDT Comment 33 comments

Texas Rangers Ian Kinsler, left, waves and is met at the dugout by teammate Elvis Andrus, center, and manager Ron Washington after Kinsler's triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Kinsler hit for the cycle. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

6 months ago: Texas Rangers Ian Kinsler, left, waves and is met at the dugout by teammate Elvis Andrus, center, and manager Ron Washington after Kinsler's triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Kinsler hit for the cycle. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Happy birthday to Ian Kinsler, who turns 27 today.

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Go Ian!

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¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!

"Anyone who hangs themself during autoerotic asphyxiation is free game." - Curmudgeon

Colloquially, a person engaging in the activity is sometimes called a gasper.

by Chase Irwin on Jun 22, 2009 2:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Enjoy your last day in 1st Place!!

I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.

by RA Dickey on Jun 22, 2009 2:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

wow.....

haha.

Ian Kinsler..... yea, he's good at baseball.

by bspate on Jun 22, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Congrats, Ian, you've entered your prime

now that you’re in it, if you could starting hitting like an MVP candidate starting today that would be top-notch. Thanks.

by Sherman McCoy on Jun 22, 2009 2:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

One day older than me

1982 was a very good year

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Jun 22, 2009 3:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

11/29/1982

that’s me.

by cmkelly29 on Jun 22, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

12/29/1982

is me ha

by Michael Cave on Jun 22, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

heh

by cmkelly29 on Jun 22, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

4/30/1973

If anyone cares.

by tlt29 on Jun 22, 2009 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

1/19/1973

For me. Robert E. Lee’s birthday.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Jun 22, 2009 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

10/12/48

God put me here to keep you young fellas from cussin’ so much…

Ephesians 3:20-21...and I can only imagine

by TedFord on Jun 22, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What The Fuck?

I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon

by AirJordan on Jun 22, 2009 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

You heard me, Air! Try to indicate at least a modicum of intelligence by communicating w/o an f-bomb.

Ephesians 3:20-21...and I can only imagine

by TedFord on Jun 23, 2009 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't get you.

I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon

by AirJordan on Jun 23, 2009 1:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who gives a shit...

They’re just words.

You’re an adult.

Get over it.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Jun 23, 2009 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

Get on base or die, Salty.

"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339

Hello Win Column

by lonestarJon on Jun 23, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

1981

here, bday on thursday, happy bday ian

by icouldusesomebaseball on Jun 22, 2009 3:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Happy Birthday

Now stop trying to crank everything 420 feet!!

by GhostofGaryHogeboom on Jun 22, 2009 3:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Woohoo!!

Join me in singing…….

Ian Kinsler..... yea, he's good at baseball.

by bspate on Jun 22, 2009 3:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

anybody got his e-mail address?

let’s do some massive happy birthday e-mailing

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 22, 2009 3:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

27 Already? Shit

Stock dropping rapidly.

by SaltyGoesYard on Jun 22, 2009 3:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

no doubt

Sell high…..

Adam Lambert is indeed a rock god,so suck it.

by red shoe ranger on Jun 22, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well 27 is supposed to be a players peak year

So i expect an immediate streak of awesomeness.

He does have a 1.255 ops the past week, getting going a little early.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Jun 22, 2009 4:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

1.255

and still a decent amount of complaining

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Jun 22, 2009 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What else would we do?

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Jun 22, 2009 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

complaining

is about the approach. He is still trying to jerk everything down the left field line.

I would be thrilled to see him hit a couple in the right center gap sometime this year.

by kumizi on Jun 22, 2009 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's actually a hollow 1.255 if there is such a thing

a lot of all or nothing

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Jun 22, 2009 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeez.

28 PA (23 AB), and he’s got 3 singles, 2 doubles, 3 home runs, 4 walks, 3 stolen bases, and a sacrifice fly (6 runs scored, 4 batted in) against 3 strikeouts, and that’s a hollow 1.255?

Tough crowd.

Your 2009 Texas Rangers: Can't take a fucking to save their lives.

by Snark on Jun 22, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Home Runs make everything hollow

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.

"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Jun 22, 2009 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

or so ty cobb wants us to think

Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan was on the same pitching staff with Danny Darwin during the 1986 through 1988 seasons. Both were described by Milo Hamilton as "tall, tough Texans." It was a source of debate amongst Astros players and fans over who would win in a fight, Ryan or Darwin. Though Astros pitcher Bob Knepper attempted to set up a fight between the two during spring training in 1988, manager Hal Lanier stopped it before it could commence. Many experts, including Astros shortstop Rafael Ramirez, felt that Darwin would win because he "looked like someone no man would want to mess with."

by gossamer on Jun 22, 2009 8:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs