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Texas Rangers' Marlon Byrd, left, gets a high-five from teammate Elvis Andrus, right, after scoring against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning during a baseball game on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

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4 months ago: Texas Rangers' Marlon Byrd, left, gets a high-five from teammate Elvis Andrus, right, after scoring against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning during a baseball game on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Whew.

Still in first place, for another day.

Bats still asleep, but today, it didn't matter.

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better?

"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 24, 2009 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We had 4 hits 0.o

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Jun 24, 2009 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

not really

"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 24, 2009 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

4 hits in a game is never good

regardless of how cold your team is.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 24, 2009 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What was it, zero hits after the 3rd or 4th inning tonight?

Still Ralph Wiggum pathetic, it’s just that the pitching was awesome tonight.

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 24, 2009 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who gives a crap?

Just like business, or broads, or life, or Checkers…Just Win, I don’t care how.

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 24, 2009 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, point is, it doesn't really give me any more confidence heading into tomorrow than if we had lost.

Superb effort by Padilla and the bullpen, but we’re not gonna pitch like Cy Young every night. Still gotta learn to score runs again, and we gotta do it before the series with Angels on Monday.

I’m happy we won, but we’re a long way from okay.

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 24, 2009 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And yes

I am a perfectionist fud. :)

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 24, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

we're not going to hit against Cy Young every night, either

but the playoffs, if we reach them, may be more like this…

what a tough run for ANYBODY: Matt Cain, Randy Johnson, Barry Zito doing his best “circa early 2000’s Barry Zito” impression, Max Scherzer, Dan Haren

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

nice quote lol

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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."

by knockoutking on Jun 25, 2009 7:28 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Compared to how they've batted recently...

They worked Haren for almost 120 pitches in 7 innings.

That’s atleast a mini-improvement I think. Last week, he would’ve made it through those same 7 innings on 90 pitches or less cause we were swinging at more crap.

by Trickman on Jun 25, 2009 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Least our pitching is still good

I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'

by iorange555 on Jun 24, 2009 11:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

MY had a nice one pitch AB

in the 8th after Murphy had walked that resulted in a DP.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY

by RangerMad on Jun 24, 2009 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

FOTF = Moron

He looked terrible at the plate tonight.

by hiafex on Jun 25, 2009 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm thinking Murphy is taking speech therapy.

I’m not hearing that lisp.

There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns

by RachelB on Jun 24, 2009 11:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Maybe he really is interested in being a broadcaster when his career as a player is over

I think he’d be a good one without that impediment.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)

by baseballismyboyfriend on Jun 24, 2009 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

why can't he just speak like he does normally?

Josh didn’t lose his twitch…

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

YAY

still in first place

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 24, 2009 11:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hardly the end of the slump unfortunately

No matter how bad you are playing you are still going to win an occasional game.

Oh well, just glad we managed to stick in first and padilla is looking good lately. Its really just been that one bad yankee game for a month now.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Jun 24, 2009 11:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yep, we're far from fixed

This offense still blows.

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 24, 2009 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't ask questions or point fingers.

Just soak it up- the streak is over.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

you're welcome

I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'

by iorange555 on Jun 24, 2009 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

whaaaat???

did you say soak up some whiskey. ok brb

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 24, 2009 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yay for the pitching

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 24, 2009 11:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

and we're still

The Angriest Fans of a First Place Team in MLB

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 24, 2009 11:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Frankie

looks good. Wilson, too.

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

by t ball on Jun 24, 2009 11:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Oops

wasn’t done yet. Add Feliz to that bullpen, that’s a lot of good stuff coming at hitters.

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

by t ball on Jun 24, 2009 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you going to say that about Feliz

after he walks the basesloaded, and Jennings comes in and allows a 3 run double?

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY

by RangerMad on Jun 24, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're an asswhip at times,

you know that?

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 24, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

Yes

That won’t change the fact that Feliz has outstanding stuff.

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

by t ball on Jun 24, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

stuff that is not ready for the MLs

What did Holland say about ML hitters? They know the strikezone.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY

by RangerMad on Jun 24, 2009 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

With the exception of anyone in a Ranger uniform, that is.

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 24, 2009 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're talking about command

I’m talking about stuff. I said nothing about his ability to control his stuff. Of course he’ll have his ups and downs with that. Duh.

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

by t ball on Jun 25, 2009 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I personally don't think

that ML hitters are ready for his stuff…but I guess we’ll see won’t we?

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Healthy CJ = VERY good CJ

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vicente

Is puzzling. I don’t know how he keeps shutting people down while walking as many as he strikes out. Not complaining, though.

Kanye, you want to be the voice of this generation? Get in line! It goes me, Obamagirl, the Freecreditreport.com guys, then It's a tie between you-and Crocs.
-Stephen Colbert

by Conjunction on Jun 24, 2009 11:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

He's an eccentric warrior

who should’ve never been made available to the rest of baseball. That shit is Burnett’s fault, Vinny wasn’t headhunting. Thank Buddha no one grabbed him.

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

by scoop16 on Jun 24, 2009 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd have to look but I imagine not many of his pitches are in the middle of the zone.

Stay at the corners and you’ll get some borderline strike calls, some swings and misses, some ball calls and some ground balls. That explains the walks and the strikeouts and why he can get outs.

by Inkara1 on Jun 24, 2009 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and some HBPs

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about TT catching both VP and Harrison for a while?

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

how bout TT

just catching more than salty for at least till the break. hell let TT catch every damn game till the break. lets see whats up

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 24, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What?

Sometimes i think the posters around here must just fall on their heads every couple hours so they can make these posts…

by Horns130 on Jun 25, 2009 3:27 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

nope

"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 24, 2009 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Earlier today.

"I can wake up out of the bed and play outfield. It's easy." --Milton Bradley

by coolaid on Jun 24, 2009 11:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I remembered that

I thought it was brave because you never know which Padilla is going to show up.

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

by t ball on Jun 24, 2009 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since they sent the message by putting him on Waivers

all we have seen is the good Padilla.

"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers

by DJCahill on Jun 25, 2009 8:39 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Probably not.

He’ll be back to headhunting and melting down at the first sign of bad defense by August, I imagine.

"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers

by DJCahill on Jun 25, 2009 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jeeez, Cahill

do you ever say anything positive about this thing?

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good Stuff

But we wont win 80 games if this hitting keeps up

This is our year.

http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/6/21/920707/lifes-a-piece-of-sh-when-you-look

by PM Productions on Jun 24, 2009 11:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Must be lonely out there ..

¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!

by Chase Irwin on Jun 25, 2009 12:58 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

?

Im not with you…

This is our year.

http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/6/21/920707/lifes-a-piece-of-sh-when-you-look

by PM Productions on Jun 25, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Chris Davis wasn't in the lineup

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 24, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And the team won without having to deal with his ass in the line-up.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Although

Blalock: 0-3, BB
not much better.
Wonder what’s worse for Chris Davis’ development. Not being in the lineup everyday or going 0-fer with a couple of Ks

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 24, 2009 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's worry more about Crush's development when he has an obp

anything close to .280.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aren't we playing for 2010?

The young players’ development should be top priority. But yeah, nobody thought Davis was gonna get off to such a horrendous start. Most people’s worst-case scenario was probably somewhere around .230/.320/.480

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 24, 2009 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You don't give up the ghost when you are in 1st place.

And I got lambasted for my CD guesses, I wish that I was wrong.

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 24, 2009 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So your theory that with Hank in the lineup would fix the offense

really didnt prove too much did it?? Sorry buddy, its ok, it happens to all of us!

Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!

by thad728 on Jun 25, 2009 8:42 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hank's OBP down to .292 now.

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 25, 2009 9:10 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Still,

compared to CDavis it looks pretty good :)

I’m amazed at the number of sub 300 OBPs this month and for the season for this team. A 300 OBP is pretty rotgut.

"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers

by DJCahill on Jun 25, 2009 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Put Blalock in the line-up every day

for a week against all pitching, quick jerking him around and then see what happens.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do that for long enough

and we know what’ll happen. Blalock will go to the DL.

"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers

by DJCahill on Jun 25, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

exactly what I was thinking

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think after Davis had a pretty nice game 2 nights ago

it was smart to get him out of the lineup for a day, let him dwell on the positives

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pretty nice game?

He hit a ground ball with eyes up the middle that bounced 46 times and had a walk.

I’d have to think long and hard but I can’t remember any team sticking with any player (260 ab’s before July 1), muchless a first basemen in the AL, with an OBP hovering around .250 as long as the Rangers have with Crush.

Maybe there is some light-hitting, slick fielding middle infielder or catcher that has been given that many ab’s but I can’t remember one, especially in the AL.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it was improvement

and 1-3 with a walk, forcing the pitchers to throw a total of about 28 pitches during his 4 at bats, is VERY nice. his only out in the final 3 at bats was a line shot the other way.

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Walter

Tap the brakes on the part about it being a “line shot.”

As Corby said yesterday in a rare moment of baseball clarity, calling the Crush performance good was like saying my kid only pooped his diaper a little.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

you don't think that was a good day at the plate, all things considering?

I think it was a great day at the plate, seeing what we’ve been through the past month…

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

0-4 and 0-3.

The kids did good!

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 24, 2009 11:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i realize that they only scored 2 runs

but it’d be a shame if the rangers clubhouse didn’t feel better about themselves after this one. you’re going to feel shitty after losses but if you can’t feel good after wins, then you’re never going to bust out of a slump.

"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 24, 2009 11:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The pitching has nothing to hang their heads about.

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 24, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

i want the hitters to be happy too. even if they have no good reason to be.

"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 24, 2009 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They won.

Much like many Ranger fans, I want them to get shitfaced & celebrate tonight!

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 24, 2009 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

As I sit here getting shitfaced,

this makes me feel better that I’m not alone.

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

by scoop16 on Jun 24, 2009 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Personally,

I’m not shit-faced but I’m 7 beers in and happy that some of my faves helped end the streak.

Plus, I mixed in some good late 60s Dodger talk.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Have you read

Halberstam’s baseball books? "Summer of ‘49’ , “October 1964” , and “The Teammates”

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

by scoop16 on Jun 24, 2009 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Loved Summer o 49 and October 64 but did not read

The Teammates.

I read Halberstam’s The 50s…great writer.

Want an obscure baseball book to read? The Wrong Stuff by Bill Lee.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll check it out.

‘The Fifties’ is the shit. Taught me a whole lot.

Shame how he died, gotta check out “The Coldest Winter”. I’m sure it’ll teach me about the Korean War like “The Fifties” educated my ass.

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

by scoop16 on Jun 24, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also

read The Bronx Zoo by Sparky Lyle and Jim Murray’s autobiography.

Jim Murray may be one the best writers this country ever produced.

One more obscure book (and you gotta look hard)…“When All the Laughter Died in Silence” by Lance Rentzel. The kid was fucked up and full of denial but a nice view of what it was like to be a college star/ nfl player in the early 60s.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jim Murray started a Memorial Day/Indy 500 colum once,

“Gentlemen start your coffins”. He was a curmudgeon, but had good things to say about Al Oliver once. Good in my book.

Wasn’t it ‘Rentzel, Rentzel stick out your pencil’ or was that ever proven?

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

by scoop16 on Jun 25, 2009 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

exactly

"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 24, 2009 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

rec

a beautiful sight to see

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 24, 2009 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well thanks, HH.

I agree, this image has been in mothballs far too long.

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 24, 2009 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

how do you post photos again?

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Copy the URL

And hit the tree button. Then adjust the size by typing width=“300” in between the end of the URL and the little > at the end of the embed code.

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 25, 2009 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

perfection

thanks

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

by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good win for the Rangers

Oh and Shaq was just traded to the Cavs

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Jun 24, 2009 11:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i don't think it will make that much of a difference.

"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 24, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

did you watch them vs orlando?

it would have made a difference in that series.

and they didn’t lose anything.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Jun 24, 2009 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

shaq can't stop dwight howard

and what they really need is some outside shooting. at this point shaq isn’t going to draw the double team and he might get open for a few but really you are going to count on his passing in the post. i dont’ see how a team of him and lebron functions. if this is the cavs only move, then they took a step backwards. they’re going to have to come up with a way to play both lebron and shaq together and when they don’t come up with anything, you’ll see a fractured team and a guarantee that lebron is going to brooklyn (although that might already be the case).

"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 24, 2009 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't they have outside shooting in the regular season?

That just happened to suck in the playoffs?

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Jun 24, 2009 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

well

i guess that’s accurate. but still, they probably needed an athletic scorer and instead they went with shaq.

"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 24, 2009 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eh, I don't buy that.

With Delonte West and Mo Williams, you have your outside shooting and scorers (Gibson off the bench), but undersized at the 2. Lebron at the 3 leaves you with two big men. Shaq being one would help even in a reduced role. Maybe he and Ilgauskas can play tandem C.

J.J. Hickson is 6’9, athletic, and only 20. Give him a year.

¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!

by Chase Irwin on Jun 25, 2009 1:12 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm just glad it wasn't to the Mavs

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Jun 24, 2009 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and actually

i think it makes the cavs worse. i don’t think lebron and shaq can play together and in two years, the cavs will have a big bag of 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 24, 2009 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

still

shaq > ben wallace

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 24, 2009 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's who's minutes shaq is taking in the 4th

"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 24, 2009 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whose?

 I’m not very familiar with the Cavs roster.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 24, 2009 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

x

Why do you say that?

by brettgardner on Jun 24, 2009 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

AL West update

A’s losing 2-6 bot 9.

angels winning 9-2 bot 8

M’s winning 4-3 bot 8

My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos

by cowpoke on Jun 24, 2009 11:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

cowpoke

somehow the voice of reason.

The losing streak just ended but there’s NBA trade talk concerning the Eastern Conference.

Who gives a fuck?

The streak is over, what next, soccer talk?

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What is there to say?

We got 4 freakin hits. Its not like it was neftali feliz who pitched a good start, theres nothing to analyze. Padilla had a good game, hurrah. Good to see but we know him.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Jun 24, 2009 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not interested in the NBA either

But what’s to talk about? We squeaked out a win because of the pitching tonight. The offense still sucks a giant monkey dong.

There’s really not much to say about that.

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 24, 2009 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Josey Donuts

just wants to find a way to make this a blame Jon Daniels, bow at Nolan Ryan’s feet thread.

by Michael Cave on Jun 24, 2009 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really??? Fucking REALLY???

You’ve bitched about the pitching the entire two years you have known this team existed…surely you have to understand the idiocy of your statement, right?

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 24, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

im watching the replay of the USA-Spain game i couldnt watch earlier because i was at work. Just flat beautiful

by Michael Cave on Jun 24, 2009 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

*

I’m glad we’ve usually sucked at soccer…seriously, do we become a better country if more kids in this country play soccer?

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm confused by this statement.

Does Zach Phillips have to choke a bitch to get to Frisco?

by sprite on Jun 24, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dont really know the answer to that question

but if i had a choice between the USA winning the game and the USA losing game i would definitely want them to win. I think wins like this are just a testament to how good the US could be. Call me whatever but i want the USA to be the best at every sport.

by Michael Cave on Jun 24, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know the thing I don't get

Is how some people will watch hockey and not soccer. Hockey is just soccer on ice with sticks.

And they both suck.

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 24, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Faster and more physical.

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

by scoop16 on Jun 24, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's where the "on ice" part comes in.

Soccer puts you to sleep, whereas hockey is impossible to follow becuase it’s moving too fast and you can’t actually see the goddamn puck.

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 24, 2009 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Try it in person one time.

If you don’t like it then- ‘Different strokes for different folks’.

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

by scoop16 on Jun 25, 2009 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's not impossible to follow

if you watch it enough times, you can figure out where the puck is

"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 25, 2009 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's not a good defense.

If the only appeal of a sport is the drunken violence that surrounds it, maybe you should just tell the kid to stick to the bars.

by brettgardner on Jun 25, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't mean it as watching the drunken violence.

Going to see a game live and watching people truly get into a sport sometimes helps people get into a sport and want to learn more about it.

I grew up thinking soccer was boring too, despite being a first generation immigrant here from Europe. Over the last few years, I’ve watched some games on TV with die hard fans (Premiere League/World Cup) and it really changed my perspective on the game.

by Maximilian on Jun 25, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

gagree

i was in austria during the eurocup last summer, and even though i already liked following soccer, the atmosphere really got even more excited about next year’s world cup

by kevinkinsler on Jun 25, 2009 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I fell in love with soccer in June 2002

I was at TGI Friday’s… having a drink at the bar. It was like 1.30a. The place was packed with people, and all the T.V.’s were on the U.S.-South Korea match.

Everybody was so into it. Went bonkers when Mathis scored a goal. Brad Friedel made some awesome saves. The bar let people stick around a little bit after closing time before one of the halves ended. Hardly anyone had left.

It felt cool to watch late night-sports drama even if it was a sport I had never really followed closely.

The next morning I was glued to Univision… watching match after match…

by oc on Jun 25, 2009 3:10 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think most college football...

…is only tolerable if you are actually at the games to be able to take in the whole experience. Depending on your seats, baseball can be the same way. I’ve been to a Barcelona game and a Boca Jrs-River Plate game (Argentina) and both were incredible experiences. I’d love to go to an EPL or World Cup game.

by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Soccer players are pussies.

Done.

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 24, 2009 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is soccer players falling down...

…any more annoying that NBA players complaining about ref’s calls? Or bat flips/chest thumps after saves in baseball? Or sack dances in football?

by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and getting cleated

on the ankle stings like a bitch for a minute, but it gets better… it’s not an injury, but it’s painful

by kevinkinsler on Jun 25, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't watch nba.

Do BB players fall to the ground and roll around crying when they get HBP?

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 25, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

only dwaydeeee

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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."

by knockoutking on Jun 25, 2009 7:33 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not really

It had to be toned down once it gained more popularity in the US.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 25, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

US stadiums vs European stadiums

a totally different tune

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 25, 2009 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was in Napa this weekend..

..and on Sunday we were going to drive back through Sonoma so that we could stop in Muir Woods and drive the Golden Gate bridge. I’m not sure we even made it into Sonoma County the traffic was so bad. Apparently they have races out there…during my vacation. Eff you Nascar, stop following me.

by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah...

…my parents live up in the Lewisville area. The first few years after they put TMS in, we couldn’t leave the house from all the traffic from East of 35E using our main roads to get over to 35W.

by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, that sucks.

The pretty hills, the Bridge, the free wine…I really enjoyed my visits there.

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 25, 2009 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Trip was fantastic.

More expensive than the last time we went, but we like pricier wine now, so I s’pose that’s to be expected. Wineskins are a fun new invention though.

by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great visit, that's for sure.

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 25, 2009 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

NASCAR was fun when it was still kind of a backwater sport

It’s lost it’s appeal now that they’ve tried to mainstream it.

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 25, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always find it ironic...

…when fans of baseball call another sport boring.

by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep.

Does Zach Phillips have to choke a bitch to get to Frisco?

by sprite on Jun 25, 2009 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

To me

The difference is that baseball is methodical and just takes time to unfold, where soccer is fast-paced and yet nothing ever happens.

by brettgardner on Jun 25, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It'd be more fun

if the field was smaller. Cut it in half, double the scoring.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 25, 2009 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They should have space behind the net

like hockey. Centering passes would be more exciting.

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

by scoop16 on Jun 25, 2009 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Using sticks

would help, too.

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

by t ball on Jun 25, 2009 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hahahahaha.

¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!

by Chase Irwin on Jun 25, 2009 1:42 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is called Indoor Soccer

There is (was?) a league for it: MISL

by NorCalRangersFan on Jun 25, 2009 1:13 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hockey players aren't pussies.

Ever see a “yellow card” pulled in an NHL game?

The NHL, particularly live, is wonderful.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Jun 25, 2009 7:23 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'd say he's more the Gary Matthews Jr.

His greatest skill is overestimating himself.

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

by t ball on Jun 25, 2009 8:15 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

hockey in general is wondeful

NHL level or below

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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."

by knockoutking on Jun 25, 2009 7:34 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What I don't like about hockey and soccer

is it just feels too random for a shot to happen to make it through. Like if baseball were made up completely of solo homeruns.. no real buildup, momentum, minutes long tense situations with the bases loaded or whatever. It just seems like they do the same thing and 1 out of 20 or whatever the goalie happens to not get a hand on it.

Obviously thats oversimplifying and exaggerating, just saying..

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Jun 25, 2009 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

the buildup for a huge goal is part of the excitment

when the rangers get that on HUGE hit to take a game, i feel the same way

by kevinkinsler on Jun 25, 2009 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hmm... sounds like you're watching too much MLS/Mexican League soccer and not enough European soccer.

The game is exceptionally faster and more sensational in terms of play development and execution in the European Leagues than it is in the North American Leagues

by oc on Jun 25, 2009 3:16 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know

what about basketball?

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 25, 2009 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

We use our hands in basketball

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don Nelson disagrees.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 25, 2009 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes yes yes

more players = bigger pool = more likely for good players to come out

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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."

by knockoutking on Jun 25, 2009 7:31 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Confederations Cup

How long has that been going on? I don’t think they had it 10 years ago, if I recall correctly.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 24, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh crap

apparently it’s been around as “Confederations Cup” since 1997.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 24, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I got so excited...

…I accidentally included a friend who had taped the game in a mass text. Whoops…

by GhettoBear04 on Jun 24, 2009 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I once played soccer.

I was always jealous of the goalie he just got to stand there. Then if he made one good save he would get all the snacks at the end of the game. Fatass ethan doesn’t need anymore snacks.

I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'

by iorange555 on Jun 24, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

See,

this is why I appreciate your humor.

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

by scoop16 on Jun 24, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've played goalie for a 10 years now

6 dislocated fingers. 2 wrist fractures. 2 gashes in the forehead. But I still love it. You can push or blatantly tackle the other player and not get called for a foul.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 25, 2009 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haha

Probably true. A lot of guys that I played with told me they just did it to relieve some pent-up stress by “smacking 1 or 2 around”.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 25, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Try a speed bag my friend.

It’ll save you from having a fully metallic hand in about another year (at your pace).

by brettgardner on Jun 25, 2009 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions   1 recs

One time

I seriously f-ed up with a pass and the other team’s forward was right in front of the goal waiting for the ball and I came from the side and tackled his kness (the guy had 6 inches on me). He fell on top of me (screaming to the ref). But he didn’t score. Fun times.

-Angry fan of a First Place Team

by chrisR on Jun 25, 2009 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Later

I’m off to the world of youtube and old Pink Floyd videos.

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

" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"

by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 12:11 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sounds like somebody needs an iPod.

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 25, 2009 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

This guy Al in Garland needs to stay off my radio.

He is not bright enough to call every day…he needs to be a 4th caller, and just get time every now and then.

"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jun 25, 2009 12:35 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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