Friday morning things
by Brett Perryman on Jun 26, 2009 10:16 AM CDT
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Pretty big win last night to win a road series. It was the first time Texas has scored more than six runs this month, though they didn't do that until the 12th inning.
Jeff Wilson's game story centers around Chris Davis' huge game and the fact that Omar Vizquel of all people gave him the hitting advice that got him going.
Randy Galloway talks to Nolan Ryan about what the club can do to start hitting and lashes out in defense of Rudy Jaramillo at a new set of "geeks" - the small ball crowd.
Josh Hamilton's timetable to return to action keeps inching earlier, now possibly within the next week.
And Richard Durrett has some thoughts on last night's win, including a few thoughts about Vizquel and his playing time as he has gone for the all-time Venezuelan hit record.
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First Place Mother Effin' Texas Rangers!!!
"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 26, 2009 10:19 AM CDT reply actions 11 recs
now we can start Friday!
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
by RachelB on Jun 26, 2009 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Omar Vizquel
is quickly becoming a guy who I inexplicably like more than his actual numbers indicate I should. He’s like my new Mickey Tettleton.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Jun 26, 2009 10:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Agree
And you remember what happened when Tettleton was on the team…
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
by WestTxAg06 on Jun 26, 2009 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He wore unbuttoned jerseys and looked hard?
by FuturePants on Jun 26, 2009 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
He raised cattle.
"[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 Jun 26, 2009 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Were they the size of schnauzers?
by Anonymous New Guy on Jun 26, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
"welcome to the big leagues, kid"
"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 26, 2009 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He spit alot
I miss 1989. I miss 1996. Please make me miss another season in 2008.
by Chaim Witz on Jun 26, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the "other" Mick
was pretty much my favorite Ranger back then
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 26, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Rudy robbed a bank
or punted babies, Galloway would still suck his ass and defend him to the last breath!
Vizquel, he can still play! Next year, why not???
Definiton of insanity-doing the same thing and expecting different results
"Introducing your 2009 Texas Rangers-Built for Insanity!"
by randyd on Jun 26, 2009 10:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Dozer may be on his way out
Evan thinks they might activate Eyre for tonight and DFA Dozer. Not that anyone would claim him.
by texasraider on Jun 26, 2009 10:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and send Mathis down?
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jun 26, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mendoza?
Why would they DFA him if they don’t need the roster spot yet. Eyre isn’t on the 60 day DL so he is already on the 40 man. If they are DFAing someone I imagine its for either Nippert or Feliz
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 26, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eyre is on the 60 day DL.
I don’t understand the infatuation with Eyre. Is he any better than Mathis? Maybe they will option Eyre instead of Mathis.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jun 26, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK something is up
Eyre was apparantly transferred from the 15 day to the 60 day earlier this month. But on texasrangers.com Nippert isn’t listed on the 40 man roster which he would be if he was on the 60 day DL.
Did Nippert get ran through waivers or DFAd?
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 26, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
Which is why its strange looking on their website seeing Eyre, Benoit, and Hurley all with asterisks by their name denoting that they are on the 60 day DL but no Nippert
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 26, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but this page says he is on the 60
it was updated 6/15. I think hte website is in error.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jun 26, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
40-man
Someone on the 60-day does not count towards the 40-man roster. Someone will have to be DFAd to allow Eyre back.
by JShoe on Jun 26, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like they are goimg to DFA Mendoza.
Didn’t someone around here claim that he was a good pitcher?
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jun 26, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I fully understand that
I must have missed where they moved Eyre from the 15 day DL to the 60 day DL earlier this month.
My question though is what happened to Nippert? All the other guys on the 60 day DL are showing up on the rangers website on their roster with asterisks by their name showing they are on the 60 day DL. Nippert is nowhere to be found
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 26, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay Davis
I hope you make me look like an idiot
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Jun 26, 2009 10:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
me three
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 26, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
Josh Lewin’s twitter last night said:
just another nite at the ballpark.. the highlight was the walking/smiling taco in the d’backs booth with mark grace.oh, and the davis HR too
Encouraging, but I just hope he isn’t pushing himself. I want the guy to be healthy and feel good rather than push himself just because the offense can’t score 3 runs/game.
by FuturePants on Jun 26, 2009 10:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
UGH
Dangit; relevant Tweet was:
hambone’s BP was outstanding. and performed while ‘say it isn’t so’ blared on the PA here in PHX (by.. yes..‘the outfield’) he looks great
by FuturePants on Jun 26, 2009 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That Taco banter with Josh and Tom was pretty funny though
Tom said something like “You know, it would take a lot of the joy of eating a taco if it were talking to you”. For some reason I found that really funny.
by Black Francis on Jun 26, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nolan Ryan arrived some 18 months ago on the Arlington baseball scene, observed rather quietly for a season, wasn’t pleased with what he saw, and then he pounced.
I swear to whatever is holy that Josey Dognuts and Grandpa Urine are the exact same person!!!
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
by thad728 on Jun 26, 2009 10:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Galloway
would fit in well in Mike Judge’s Idiocracy world of the future. If someone has a nuanced view of something that you don’t understand or care to take the time to consider, just call him names.
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jun 26, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Plus them sabremeticulists tawk like queers!
by Keynes on Jun 26, 2009 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Idiocracy
The movie itself wasn’t exactly good, but its something more people should see, because its probably not too far off from where our society is headed
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jun 26, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so true
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 26, 2009 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brawdo!
It has electrolytes! It’s what plants crave!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Jun 26, 2009 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kinda like people in here who refer to Galloway as
“Grandpa Urine” ?
"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 26, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a hypocrite
What about people who call JD Johnny Donuts?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jun 26, 2009 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't that what Nolan did?
"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 26, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's see...
Nolan arrived on that glorious February day and told everybody that his managment style is to sit back and observe, evaluate, make suggestions and then implement change.
That’s what happened.
"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 26, 2009 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He introdued a change to Nolan Ryan beef.
That’s what happened.
by FuturePants on Jun 26, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No mention of the LSB love last night!
by cmkelly29 on Jun 26, 2009 10:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I missed it
on the telecast or something?
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jun 26, 2009 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
FSN Arizona gave us a shoutout during the 12th inning
As a group of fans who loved their team and were no doubt watching at the late hour.
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
by WestTxAg06 on Jun 26, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah nice
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jun 26, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the
Arizona telecast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S22xlu87db8
"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 26, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow, thats pretty awesome
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jun 26, 2009 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
wooh
i wonder if josh or tag will say anything tonight
my sig is better than yours
by hinduplaya on Jun 26, 2009 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So it is OK
for Rudy to stand at the batting cage during batting practice and watch CD knock ball after ball over the OF fence only to have Omar suggest to CD that maybe he needs to concentrate on hitting the ball up the middle and then CD goes out and has his best game of the year if not his career?
Why was Mark Conner fired? I am sure he was also preaching throw strikes and trust your defense. Mike Maddux is preaching the same thing Conner did. It is just coming from a deferent messenger. Sure sounds like Rudy’’s message isn’t getting through to the players.
And Randy, that article sure did sound like a shot across the bow of demigod Rudy Jaramillo.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jun 26, 2009 10:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Vizquel for hitting coach?
He seems like the perfect kind of player to thrive in that job after he retires.
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
by WestTxAg06 on Jun 26, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i see him
in a dave anderson type of role, third base coach and fielding guy. Either way he will end up being a good manager.
by Michael Cave on Jun 26, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I see him retiring to the French Riviera
…to paint and photograph and all that stuff.
by Black Francis on Jun 26, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so we should all hate Rudy now?
such bullshit
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 26, 2009 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think Rudy is The Problem.
This thing will become so much better when he have a 1B who has a respectable obp.
"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 26, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously it's the player
not the coach. Unless Rudy really did tinker with his swing this offseason.
But my point has always been that Davis needs to stay up, and it would be nice if he started rewarding my patience, and proving you wrong, with some consistently good at bats like he’s had the past 3 days.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 26, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure if CD knew what was at stake, he would come through for you
by NorCalRangersFan on Jun 26, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you saying he DOESN'T read LoneStarBall.com???
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 26, 2009 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a step in the right direction for Crush but it was also against
John Garland and some spare named “Kesmerling” or somesuch.
Until further notice, I’m still extremely skeptical about Davis the rest of this season.
"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 26, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're extremely skeptical about everything that is not Nolan Ryans nuts
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
by thad728 on Jun 26, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
rec.
LOL Sorry the Sooners will score more that 14. - boomer1
by venturafearsnolan on Jun 26, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought he made beef.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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by Maximilian on Jun 26, 2009 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Give young guys time to grow.
If he’s not at 1B, Davis needs to be at DH.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unless hes hitting, he has absolutely no value at DH
At least at 1B, he has value as a plus defender.
by NorCalRangersFan on Jun 26, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's already one of the worst hitting 1B in baseball
why make him the worst hitting DH?
"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 26, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hank Blalock has been mediocre this season
but Crush still can’t carry his jock.
"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 26, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hank has been mediocre for a while
that is when hes not hurt.
You want to talk about McCarthy being the glassman? take a look at hank
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jun 26, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hank is healthy this year and also
a much better hitter than Crush.
Ichabod McCarthy is thinking about a throwing program.
"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 26, 2009 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hank wont stay healthy for long
he’ll find some way to get hurt.
Hank the glass man Blalock.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jun 26, 2009 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You do realize
that if Davis gets his average up to where Hank’s is currently at that Davis will actually have better percentage stats than Hank.
Right now both are not good options. Hank hits the ball a long way, when he makes contact.
Right now, neither player is a good hitter, or even a mediocre hitter. Both are a major detriment to their offenses right now.
What do voluntary mean?
by JKolar on Jun 26, 2009 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JKolar
Crush has something close to 100 points (I’m guessing) to make up to catch Blalock.
Blalock’s OPS (far more important number than batting average) is 2 points below the gold standard of .800 so he’s not “a major detriment to the offense right now” although he has been slumping while being jerked around between playing and sitting on the bench in June.
"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 26, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Crush has something close to 100 points (I’m guessing) to make up to catch Blalock"
in OPS.
"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 26, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OPS = over-rated.
OBP is more valuable than SLG.
Adding OBP to SLG and you can have the scenario where a .750 OPS is > .800 OPS based upon the underlying metrics.
Blalock is on the wrong end of the .800 OPS spectrum, and therefore, is not equal to an average .800 OPS guy.
Therefore, simply claiming that Blalock is right around the gold standard of .800 is overstating his offensive contributions at the moment. If he were closer to his career average for OBP and SLG with a poor season pushing him to a .750 OPS guy, he’d be more valuable than he is now.
by Trickman on Jun 26, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't Crush have an OBP of around .250-.260?
"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 26, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, .266
Blalock’s is a stellar .291. Against lefties, Blalock’s OBP is .214. Nice part time player who will be gone after this season and not part of the team’s future. Definitely a smart decision to stick with Davis over a platoon guy who will be gone soon.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be clear...
I’m not saying Davis is a better batter, just that Blalock is not an invaluable .800 OPSer and should be valued more like a player with a .700 OPS.
As such, Blalock is not a legitimately good option for the middle of a lineup.
by Trickman on Jun 26, 2009 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
Until Hank comes out of this, he should be hitting lower in the order.
Wash needs to hit Blalock in the line-up according to his ability now and not last year.
"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 26, 2009 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If they did that
…just about everybody would be fighting for a spot at the bottom third of the order, and I guess they’d just concede spots 1-6. Not much different that what’s been going on anyway.
by Black Francis on Jun 26, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice. I was going to post something to that effect.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because CD needs development time.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So did Nelson Cruz
the minors seemed to help him out.
"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 26, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The value is in giving him time to develop.
It’s tough to balance development time with a stay-in-first priority. Can’t leave one behind while totally pursuing the other in the Rangers’ case.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not saying give up on him
I’m just saying you don’t give him at bats at DH.
by NorCalRangersFan on Jun 26, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rudy
The approach he took to the plate came courtesy of Vizquel, who confirmed a tip from hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo
Based on how I read that, Rudy had told him this before but it seems it didn’t take until Vizquel “confirmed” it
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jun 26, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think there is some stuff going on between Rudy and CD.
Rudy DID make changes to CDs approach by asking him to wait longer to start his swing. He has publicly said that CDs swing mechanics are fine and his troubles are entirely mental and require time to adjust to this approach.
Now, there is evidence that CD is resisting Rudy’s suggestions.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember when
i was kid and was playing little lg. My dad told me to hold my hands a certain way but i wouldnt do it. Then my brother who played ball too also told me to hold my hands that way. I immediately did it and started getting better. Was the suggestion better because it came from my brother? No, still the same. I was resistant of the messenger not the message.
by Michael Cave on Jun 26, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you're reading way too much into that.
Damn people, settle down. Rudy isn’t suddenly an idiot, and Davis doesn’t have some “problem” with him. We had a bunch of slumping hitters. Even when these hitters are going well, they are an aggressive bunch and would be regardless of who the hitting coach is.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe so.
I’m trying to figure out if there is any merit to the idea bouncing in my head about whether it’s possible that CD just can’t do what Rudy would like him to do.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm a teacher
so I have lots of experience with students needing to hear the same thing a different way. Some adjust immediately, some get into a bad habit and it takes forever to fix it, even if their attitude is healthy. I’m always trying new ways of saying things to reach them, hoping it will work. That’s what I feel like Rudy has probably been doing. He does not seem like the kind of guy who will try to make every hitter do the same thing.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
opposite
He does not seem like the kind of guy who will try to make every hitter do the same thing.
I have the opposite impression of him.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jun 26, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't
and frankly I do not see why you do. He does encourage a certain approach, but I also encourage ALL of my piano students to strive for pretty much the same technique. Because it’s the correct one. He can’t teach every hitter a completely different hitting style, that would be ridiculous.
The problem is much more complex than just Jaramillo. You’d have to consider FIRST the players themselves, than the organizational philosophy on drafting, signing, and developing certain kinds of hitters. If Rudy was turning guys who walked all the time into swing for the fence types, I’d be complaining. But he’s not. He’s taking aggressive hitters and teaching them to their strengths.
Criticizing Rudy for not turning Chris Davis into a patient hitter is stupid. Davis is NEVER going to be patient and his problems with contact were widely predicted by many writers before this season. It’s not Rudy, as much as we’d love to have someone to hang.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read Nolan's quote as the hint that they may target different types of hitters
in future drafts and player acquisitions.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think they target
the best player available. In the 5th round a couple years back, that was Chris Davis. Last year in the 1st round, it was Smoak. What that might mean is them changing how they evaluate the best player available, and rating plate discipline higher than in the past. That would, in some cases, change the name at the top of the board with their pick comes around or who they target in trade talks. Hopefully it’s changing what they emphasize in the minors a little, too.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't agree with you.
Technique is not the same as style. I think his 5 step swing technique is fine. It is his aggressive approach at the plate that I don’t think is appropriate for each player.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jun 26, 2009 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To repeat myself
I think Jaramillo’s style works well with aggressive hitters, but does not make selective hitters into overly aggressive ones. The problems in the lineup are not all stemming from the hitting coach. Changing hitting coaches would do almost nothing to improve their hitting, and since they all swear by him the damage done by the change would probably make them less receptive to a new hitting coach anyway.
Jaramillo is not the problem, he’s just a convenient scapegoat. OF COURSE his style is not appropriate for every player. You would have to admit the same thing about every other hitting coach.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scapegoating
Well, I can understand it to an extent. You have a guy who by all accounts is the best hitting coach in the entire world, bar none. You have a team that while it may not have super-awesome talent at every single position, should be above average offensively in most peoples’ opinion. And they have not been above average. They’ve flat sucked and have for quite a long time now. And even a fool like me sitting home watching the games on TV can tell you why they suck. I mean I don’t want to suggest I know everything, but I’ve been saying there’s a problem with the hitting since April.
In light of that it really is difficult to defend Jaramillo. He’s not just some hitting coach. He’s God, right? THE hitting coach? Well, where are the results then?
I don’t know what goes on behind the scenes. The pragmatist in me knows it’s not all his fault. Some of it is the make up of the roster. Some of it is a giant team-wide mental clusterfuck that causes them to swing at horrible pitches and get themselves out.
I kind of think it’s not Chris Davis who’s screwed up the team. It’s not Daniels. Washington. Jaramillo. Who I’d like to scapegoat instead is Hank Fucking Blalock. This guy is a veteran, and yet even when he’s "going well’ he swings out of his shoes so often it makes me cringe. At least once a night almost he’ll be so far out ahead of a curve or change that he’ll damn near fall down because he’s swinging so hard. It’s not a matter of making adjustments. If you piece together little bits here and there about the last three or four years, this guy doesn’t do adjustments which is why he is the way he is with his huge upper cut Babe Ruth swing. Well he isn’t Babe Ruth. GTFO, Blalock. You suck. Level your swing out and you could be good you fucking dumbass…is that so hard to understand? Anyway, how many of the less experience players watch his shit night after night and are influenced by it? D F A. Now.
Okay, so that doesn’t make much sense. I mean it does and it doesn’t. Along with everything else. All of us here are frustrated. I’m frustrated. You’re frustrated. Adam’s frustrated. And you know the team is frustrated along with their overlords in the dugout and front office.
Now I think I’ve seen some better at bats the last two or three nights. Maybe it’s finally hit home, and it won’t be long before we see results. A few guys become successful, and perhaps it will be contagious. The Rangers lineup will be feared once again.
by Black Francis on Jun 26, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lot of good stuff in that post
I don’t think Jaramillo is the best hitting coach, I’m just reacting (as I tend to do) to the tendency here lately to pin blame on him. I hate simple answers to complicated questions, and in baseball, as in life, things are rarely so simple.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Milton?
Im sorry…Rudy does not tell people to swing at pitches…good lord people who think that are being ignorant
it is solely on the hitter to recognize a pitch and to decide whether it is a good or bad pitch, more importantly, a hitting coach really cant teach that kind of trait…some guys are just inherently better at it
just like a coach cant teach someone to hit 20 more homers all of the sudden, he cant teach someone to walk 50 more times in a season if they dont have the eyes for it
by Horns130 on Jun 26, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If their vision is good enough
…to be in the major leagues, then they should be able to recognize a good pitch to hit from a bad pitch to hit, at least most of the time. The problem here is their mental wires are crossed, and I think the hitting coach DOES play a role in how they approach their at-bats.
Now obviously some players are always going to be better at it than others, but if a player is in the major leagues legitimately (they’ve hit their way up the ladder), then to at least some extent they CAN make the pitcher work. If he can see well enough to hit, then believe me he can do this too.
by Black Francis on Jun 26, 2009 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think you're right about individual approaches and Rudy.
The only thing I have seen Rudy try to implement across the board is this approach of starting the swing when the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand. It’s a method he teaches to simplify the hitter’s timing mechanism. I didn’t know about it until he discussed it in one of his interviews this year.
It would be weird if CD were the one guy for which that type of thing doesn’t work, but maybe that just happens to be the case. His timing is clearly off compared to last year and, probably, his minor league performance. He has never seemed to have problems catching up with fastballs until this year. The trouble, of course, is that this theory is not something that can be tested with statistics. So, how am I to know whether this might be the case, since I am not directly involved and really can only comment on statistical performance. I can only go by comments made by CD and Rudy.
Rudy says it’s a mental thing that CD has to play through at the major league level.
CD recently didn’t take Rudy’s advice on his batting practice approach.
Can’t rule out a rift from that. Can’t say that a rift exists, either.
I’m putting it on the table as something to keep in mind as more interviews are done when CD begins to hit better.
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by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so so tired of galloway.
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by ivysafety39 on Jun 26, 2009 10:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Woohoo! Nolan has a plan! All the Rangers' hitting troubles are solved!
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nolan
Now if only he could come up with an economic plan to help the economy
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by rentz on Jun 26, 2009 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it too late for him to save MIchael Jackson?
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
some would say to early.
i’m not some.
"Anyone that isn't pro-choice never met you" ~Brian Thomas on Seth...
by ivysafety39 on Jun 26, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would obviously be centered around beef
by Keynes on Jun 26, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The bitterness towards Nolan Ryan in here is nothing short of hilarious.
Face it and then embrace it – Little Boy Donuts is never, ever going to get the credit you think he deserves.
"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 26, 2009 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Nolan will ALWAYS get too much credit
Something Good = Nolan
Something Bad = Johnboy donuts
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by rentz on Jun 26, 2009 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please re-read Mr. Lombardo's post
My only disappointment is the knowledge that a very select few of our fans cannot yet see what is happening in Arlington, and the path this leadership group has put the organization on. Most may think it would be easy for me, through what has happened, to now be every bit as negative some others who follow the team. Yet, if you truly see what is developing around this club, those feeling could never come forth. While I do not mean to come off as arrogant, I hope that you will trust me, my experiences in the game, and my "expertise" when I say that the tireless and dedicated work of men like Jon Daniels, Thad Levine, Scott Servais, Ron Hopkins and all of those involved in Baseball Operations is amongst the most committed, professional, and knowledgeable in the game. As such, there is no doubt that, through all of their vigorous efforts and JD’s leadership, you are beginning to and will continue enjoying a championship caliber team and organization for many years to come. It would be an absolute shame for every passionate fan of the Rangers to not realize this and miss the opportunity of a lifetime – to live every moment of the burgeoning success of a model franchise in every sense of the word, from the players to the staff to the front-office, as it is unfolding before you.
by Anonymous New Guy on Jun 26, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anonymous New Guy
I saw “JD’s leadership” from October 2005 – February ’08 and he almost killed the franchise.
Fans turned their back on the team (attendance down 600,000!!!!) and nobody, between players, pitchers and fans had respect for the face of the Ranger FO. More importantly, the product on the field was coated in shades of mediocrity and incompetence.
I respect Lombardo but disagree with him vociferously because all I need to do is look at the track record of Little Boy Donuts from October ’05 to February ’08.
"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 26, 2009 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you sure do make clint eastwood look like a dick
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jun 26, 2009 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You sound like you're disagreeing with Nolan.
Nolan arrived on that glorious February day and told everybody that his managment style is to sit back and observe, evaluate, make suggestions and then implement change.
When Nolan started to “implement change”, he kept the GM, the manager, and has repeatedly pointed to the farm system as the road forward. His “change” was almost entirely a strong-arm move to implement a pitcher’s conditioning program that was largely desired but for which a spokesperson didn’t have the “street cred” to forcefully implement at all levels of the organization.
Since Nolan didn’t change the GM, why would you doubt Nolan’s assessment that the leadership of the GM is an asset to the organization?
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nolan probably saw some of the merit in what Donuts was trying to
do and liked some of what he saw but whatever plan he had shouldn’t have included short-cuts, bad trades or bad signings (especially when you have a small market payroll and lose a pitcher like Galarraga in the process).
I don’t think anybody should outright dismiss the fact that Tom Hicks had severe money problems (attendance is up yet somebody like Lombardo gets run) and that he didn’t want to pay for three managers and two GMs this season.
I said it the other day. Nolan as an executive is like Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan – he makes everybody (including Donuts) better at what they’re doing.
"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 26, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Umm Galarraga sucks
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 26, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could have used him last year, bigsteve. In case you didn't notice, we gave up 967 runs.
Could have used CYoung and John Danks as well.
Come to think of it, AG (instead of Broussard or CShelton) would have made this thing very salty last year (and right now) plus it would have given Crush more time to percolate in AAA.
Thank the baseball gods Nolan doesn’t let shit like that go down any more
"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 26, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"we"
maybe you should add a cut fastball.
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by ivysafety39 on Jun 26, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would it have helped us make the playoffs?
All Galarraga would have done is take this from a mediocre team who gave up alot of runs to a mediocre team that gave up a few less runs.
I don’t think anyone on here is not in aggreance that giving AG away was bad. In fact it was the only bad part of that trade IMO.
But even with AG and Galarraga here last year this team is still not a playoff team and it may have kept them from making some of the steps they have made this 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 26, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey Donuts - Galarraga
You mean the guy that has an ERA+ of 80 right now. His peripherals (going by the words of others, im not as educated on sabermetrics as i should be) pointed to this type of year.
So you are saying that one of the reasons Daniels is still around is because Hicks didnt want to have to pay him his severance so to speak? Wow, just wow. You really do have no idea the inner workings of an organization or a baseball team.
by Michael Cave on Jun 26, 2009 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This team has a small market payroll, is very profitable
and attendance is up yet they’re letting staff go.
I’ve also heard you don’t want to be in the business of having to sell anything to that organization right now either because money is very, very tight.
I don’t know exactly why Donuts was kept but his track record prior to Nolan’s arrival was pockmarked with incompetence.
Galaragga’s record this year is irrelevant. He would have helped us last year.
"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 26, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have you seen their books?
How do you know they are “very profitable”
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 26, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tom Hicks was on The Ticket in 2005 and
said the team was “very, very profitable.”
Since that time revenues have gone higher than the payroll.
"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 26, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How do you know that?
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 26, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard him say just that when he was on
The Ticket.
"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 26, 2009 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fact...
that you get so much of your baseball information from The Ticket says a lot about this tired bit you keep trotting out.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Jun 26, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't get "so much of my baseball info
from The Ticket," little brother who just woke up.
I referenced The Ticket because that’s where I heard Tom Hicks.
"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 26, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So in 2005 it was profitable
In case you didn’t know its 2009 now. So how do you know it has been profitable the last 3-4 years?
In 2005 the Rangers were coming off back to back years with a payroll of about 55 million. Since then their payroll has gone up to 68 million the last 4 years. Attendance is down. So less people coming to games plus a higher payroll means more money in the owners pocket?
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 26, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Revenues are up big steve.
"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 26, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please provide me with where you are getting your info?
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 26, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Forbes
"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 26, 2009 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK
Well here is the forbes page I am looking that shows the 2005 numbers and it shows revenue of 153 million.
And then this page shows the 2006 numbers and the revenue is 155 million.
So revenues increased by 2 million from 2005 to 2006 while payroll increased 13 million yet this is still a “profitable” team?
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 26, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get outta here with your faggy "facts" ya queer!
Nolan doesn’t have time for “facts”.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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by Maximilian on Jun 26, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey Donuts
“Galaragga’s record this year is irrelevant.” – So basically you pick in choose which stats you would like to use? Oh yeah, Chris Davis’ stats this year are irrelevant he helped us last year.
by Michael Cave on Jun 26, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would Galarraga have helped this pitching staff last year?
"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 26, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey Donuts
yes he would have. Would he have helped the staff this year as a bad pitcher? No
by Michael Cave on Jun 26, 2009 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We didn't have the same...
defense last year that we have this year, so likely Gallaraga wouldn’t have helped us last year.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Jun 26, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go back to bed, benmor.
"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 26, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
tell me, Josey Donuts… if Gallaraga’s peripherals indicated last year that he was lucky and probably benefiting from his defense, why would he have helped us last year?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Jun 26, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Goot pt
And also galarraga is doing what he is doing this year with the best D in baseball
by Michael Cave on Jun 26, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Yes he would have.'
That’s all I read.
Point made, it was yet another in a long line of Donut fuck ups that this organization hasn’t made since that glorious day in February when Nolan Ryan was hired.
"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 26, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except Galaragga was DFA'd/traded in March of 08.
One month after that glorious day in February.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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by Maximilian on Jun 26, 2009 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ooh, ooh, I know the approved answer for this one
Ryan was just in “observe” mode at that time. It couldn’t possibly be that he — in agreement with the rest of the front office after discussion — thought that they sure hoped he’d slip through waivers but he wouldn’t be missed terribly if he didn’t.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just the same as he would be hurting them this 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 26, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, his fluky 2008
would have been nice.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it's so flippin' profitable,
the why is Hicks unable to make his loan debt and wants to sell as much as half to slightly more than half?
by Redcaps on Jun 26, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't kill what is already dead. He inherited a franchise whose previous GM
had run it dead into the ground, whose mgr had a Napoleon complex and wanted to control everything and everybody, and an owner who would not face the reality of re-building because he might not make any money off a re-building team.
I am not a defender of any of them, but they have done a good job of re-building the farm system and putting some of the young guys in place, with more to come. Ryan has, IMO, added to the development side and accountabilty with his credentials and credibility. To put them at odds is stupid and short-sighted-I think they are on the same side, are they not?
Definiton of insanity-doing the same thing and expecting different results
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by randyd on Jun 26, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't understand all the Nolan Ryan hate in here.
He kept Little Boy Donuts. He didn’t fire him, he kept him although he had just cause to run his incompetent ass out the door.
Donuts doesn’t wield the same power he had in the past (thank god!!!!!!) so he’s not going to get the credit another GM would typically receive.
That’s what Donut Lovers are going to need to face and eventually embrace.
"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 26, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its not hate on Nolan
Its people are fed up with your tired schtick. Anything good happens and its all Nolans doing. Anything bad it was obviously JDs call. There is no wiggle room with you.
The biggest concern with Nolan was that he would come in and try and immediately put his hands in areas that he had no business being involved in. He would come in and not be in tune with the rebuilding that this organization had started prior to him coming aboard. He has done none of that. Thank god.
But for you to give absolutely zero credit to the GM of this franchise frankly makes me sick. The guy has undoubtedly had some major mistakes. But he has also unquestionably had some major successes. Even his biggest supporters (like myself) will admit to the mistakes he has made. But for you to not acknowledge any of the suiccesses he has had pisses me and im sure alot of people off.
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 26, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Then why continue to debate a troll?
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by Rodney on Jun 26, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Gonna cry today, Rodney?
"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 26, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you 12?
11, maybe?
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey can't be actually 12.
He was posting at Newberg’s board back in the Days of Buck.
He really only became trite when the Rangers failed to sign Delgado. That was the beginning of all of the cheap Hicks arguments and conspiracy theories about how the Rangers put out phony offers to make it look like they are trying to sign FAs.
He would’ve been like 6 then. But, he has been acting 12-ish, I would say.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the Sori is a potential 40/40 guy and we traded him for jack shit
was his first me against the world rampage. i remember b/c i was the only guy who was on his side and agreed.
every1 defended the move, and josey hasnt respected a POV in ranger fandom since.
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jun 26, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sori
also has a gawd aweful contract, his tools probably will not age well and is now an OF only
oh yea, and at that point in time, JD was pretty universially praised for making a good trade
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.
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Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on Jun 26, 2009 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
For Fuck's Sake This!!!!
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jun 26, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
bigsteve
Donuts nearly killed the franchise (attendance down 600,000!!!)..
That, along with gaining credibility with the fans were the main reasons Nolan Ryan was hired.
"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 26, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
GM
Last time I checked it wasn’t the GMs job to worry about attendance. That was the presidents job.
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 26, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nolan has attendance rebounding
and while it’s not the GM’s job, it’s clear how the fans were responding to the product he was building and the direction the organization was moving.
"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 26, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
All under the orders of the owner correct?
Hicks was the one telling him he wanted to win now when he first got hired. He got off to a rocky start with the AG trade trying to do what the owner wanted to do. Once he convinced the owner they needed to fully commit to rebuilding where has this organization gone? Nowhere but up.
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 26, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Donuts never convinced Hicks of a damn thing.
“The 5 Step Plan” is complete bullshit.
"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 26, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ahh
So the complete overhaul and rebuilding we did the summer of 2007 didn’t happen?
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 26, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duh...
he’s just going to say that of course you’ll get good prospects if you trade a future hall of famer. That’s what he always says.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Jun 26, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right
So had we kept Tex, which would have kept AG blocked by the way, and resigned him, which would make our payroll higher, this team would be better off without Salty, Andrus, Harrison, Feliz, and Max Ramirez
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 26, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Donuts should have known that he was not
going to be able to sign Tex long-term and had a better exit strategy than the one he executed.
Wouldn’t it have been far more prudent to deal Tex for prospects and keep AG so you don’t have to play Ben Broussard, Chris Shelton or Crush a year before he should be here?
Do you really wanna defend the dumbass trade of CYoung & AG for a big bag of shit?
"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 26, 2009 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He should have had a better strategy than get 3 ML players and a top 10 prospect in all of baseball?
We dealt AG before the 2006 season. Tex had 3 years left before becoming a FA. I doubt even then he could have gotten as good a package as he got for Tex.
I don’t know where you get the idea I am defending the AG trade
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 26, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Defending the SD trade
makes about as much sense as you denying that the Texeira trade was a brilliant success listed by many national writers as one of the very best trades in the last two decades going back the the CLE-MON Colon deal.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah just
like the cards got for McGwire, huh? Just like the Braves for Tex when they traded him again.
by Michael Cave on Jun 26, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Started earlier in 2006 with the firing of Buck and hiring of
a slew of scouts, some of them very seasoned.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So why make Torii Hunter a 5 year /$ 75 million offer
if there really was “A Five Step Plan” ?
"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 26, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why can't acquiring
a CF be part of the plan? Why wouldn’t the plan include finding core players in key positions at which the system has little depth?
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They didn't sign Hunter.
How is not signing a player that you didn’t want them to sign a detriment?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Jun 26, 2009 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We needed a CF
Hunter would have filled that hole and jacked up payroll so guys like you would be happy. Instead we were able to pull off a trade for josh Hamilton luckily.
At the time of the Hunter offer we only had Borbon in our system as a CF prospect and he had been drafted only a couple months prior
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 26, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and had major questions
about hits ability to be a quality ML OF
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.
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Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on Jun 26, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Winning has the attendance rebounding
with the roster that Daniels assembled.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
remember
apparently only attendance and payroll have anything to do with profitability. Nothing else…
by Michael Cave on Jun 26, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so its NOLANS fault that the attendance
is rebounding
why?
what has he done differently? didnt tix prices go up?
if its nolans fault its going up, then isnt it also RWs fault that the rangers are winning?
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.
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Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on Jun 26, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it's more reasonable to look at JDs tenure as
pre-2007 and post-2007. That was a swing year in what he was trying to accomplish in building the organization’s talent level.
Prior to 2007, he got rid of Buck — could be just as much for Buck’s power grabs and recommendation of trading for Eaton as anything — and he installed a less power-hungry, domineering manager.
Early in 2007, they picked up a lot of talent in the draft - after beefing up the scouting department in anticipation of getting a haul in the draft -, then a lot of talent in the Latin FA market, then the Teixeira, Gagne, Lofton trades.
That year alone reset the entire course of the organization and played very well to the strengths of the scouting and development team that had been assembled slowly the couple of years prior to 2007.
I think it makes more sense to talk about JD in two eras marked by Oct 2005-Dec 2006 and Jan 2007-present than Oct 2005 – Feb 2008 and Feb 2008-present.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry rooster,
Donuts’ tenure began in October 2005 and he was given the keys to car until they were taken away on that glorious February afternoon in 2008.
"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 26, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And from that point on
Ryan has liked what he’s seen from his GM and they get along swimmingly. It’s a good team and I’m very glad both men are in place.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't know that what Nolan thought of the Broussard & Jennings (couldn't have gone over well)
signings but they’re working well together right now.
I do think the LSD contingent that worships Little Boy Donuts needs to come to grips with who is going to get the most credit for turning this thing around and it’s not going to be your boy.
"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 26, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait...
isn’t Jennings pitching pretty well?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Jun 26, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How did he do last year...you know when Donuts greenlighted $ 4.5 million to him?
"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 26, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But like in your Galarraga argument
Hes doing good this 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 26, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
boom goes the dynamite.
arguement loophole. josey believes not keeping galarraga was bad because he had a fluky good year even though now he’s back to sucking, but getting jennings was bad because it took him a year to rebound…
honestly i don’t know why anyone here argues with this nutjob toolbox. he’ll never, ever concede a point. if you bring up a logical divergence in his reasoning he ignores you and it and continues on unabated…
seriously, the entire board might benefit from a well executed black balling by AJM.
"Anyone that isn't pro-choice never met you" ~Brian Thomas on Seth...
by ivysafety39 on Jun 26, 2009 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know...
I work for the phone company, and I have a lot of experience with semantics, so don’t try to lure me into your maze of circular logic.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Jun 26, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nolan probably thought what most did
That type of player is on every ML roster, as reasonable risks to bounce back and provide some short term help while you await better options internally or externally. Especially in a season when no one expects you to contend. Who cares if Broussard sucks in early 2008? Painful to watch but as a short term hole plugger on a rebuilding team why would anyone put too much stock into it?
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
The people who bitch about Broussard need to rethink things. He was brought in as a one year stopgap who had never performed as bad as he did here. Once it was apparent he was not gonna turn things around he was released and once Chris Davis was deemed ready he was brought up.
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 26, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Certainly
the LSB contingent who worships Little Boy Donuts is not going to put too much stock into the Broussard trade because it doesn’t make him look like he knows what the hell he is doing.
"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 26, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did Broussard block any young player from playing time?
Did we give up a hall of fame arm for him?
Did we keep him around once a young player was ready and better than him?
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 26, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why does it make him look bad?
Who did he give up for Broussard? A nobody. Who did Broussard block? Nobody. How long was he here? Until Davis was ready to come up and get a try. Did he ruin the team’s chances of winning? No, not at all. Did he prevent the team from getting someone else because of the money? Nope. They weren’t going to go out and spend on anything else anyway.
Broussard sucked while he was here, but this is a minor move that didn’t get in the way of the team’s rebuilding plan in any way.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And no one here worships Daniels.
It only seems that way in comparison to your demagoguery. Everyone here loves the Ryan-Daniels team, you just can’t admit that Daniels is an important contributor on that team. Sorry your world sucks in that way. I really don’t understand why, if Ryan likes Daniels and the job he’s doing, why wouldn’t that sway you in any small way?
But go on being Galloway’s ball washer if that floats your skirt up.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
tball
Nolan Ryan was brought here because the franchise was dying under the leadership of Donuts.
The thing has turned around, we’re not where we want to be but now we’re at least moving in the right direction.
What you and all the other Lewinskys in here need to do is come to grips with the fact that Nolan Ryan is going to be given the lion’s share of credit for the turnaround.
Justifiably so.
"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 26, 2009 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is annoying
Thowing derogatory names for people out, and using euphemisms that are tired if not abandoned, does not make a case nor emphasize any of the often good thoughts you present.
I come over here to read baseball insight, and get slobbering babble wars of verbal contradiction all too much. I wonder what you would write, and how you would respond without the anonymity of screen name, no email listing, and the puffed up appellation you hope is presented by choosing a screen name of a totally disordered fictional character.
I really don’t care what you think of a young general manager who has done more for this team in the past decade than anyone else (if for no other reason the owner spends in accord with his strategy). But loud and clear, what you think about JD is not relevant to other topics and issues – it’s like vomiting, it just comes out whether you want it to or not.
Have one of those “better than expected days”
"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 Jun 26, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Ed
JD wasn’t worth a damn until Nolan Ryan got here.
Tom Hicks didn’t bring Nolan Ryan here on a whim.
He brought him here because the franchise was dying both on the field and at the gate.
With Nolan firmly in control of the franchise (all things other than the checkbook), JD has become better at his job as well. Not great, but better (I liked the O’Day pick up and gladly give him credit) yet this thing still needs help from their GM if they wanna win it.
(For all the Lewinskys in the room, there it is, credit for precious little JD).
You also need to come to grips with the fact that I don’t put you on some kind of moral pedestal and that your lectures on behavior would be better served on somebody who reveres you…and given your hypocrisy and tendency to look the other way when somebody else does it, that person sure as hell isn’t me.
I wish you and your family a very blessed Fourth of July!!
"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 26, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nolan likes Daniels
and the job he’s doing. You need to come to grips with that. According to you then, Nolan is just a “Lewinsky”.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the good wishes
Unsolicited but nice. How about getting over any ‘moral pedestal’ issues and give some attention to the intended point – that raking JD over some imaginary coals doesn’t have to be a component of all input? Especially input about player performance, or in game situational play? You are absolutely capable of making good analytical commentary. It doesn’t have to be couched in the ongoing saga of disregard for Daniels.
Again, thanks – too hot for golf, family is really spread out geopgraphically right now, good time to refocus on the Rangers and the AL West.
"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 Jun 26, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This kind of reminds me...
of those people that screamed bloody murder about a policy when Clinton enacted it, but applauded it when Bush continued it.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Jun 26, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And figuratively
most of the LSB Nation is Monica Lewinsky while JD is their Clinton.
I get it.
"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 26, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What are you?
The cigar?
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
then it was nolans fault when gallaragga was DFAed
because that happened later in 08
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.
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Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on Jun 26, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what I miss?
“Zywicka” (sp?) and the old “Z” avatar. Sniffle.
by FuturePants on Jun 26, 2009 10:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Randy's Retarded Revealy Revealed this 'Riday
“But that’s not what we are seeing. This is not like a 10-game slump or something. This comes down to a hitter’s mentality, a mentality we’ve got to change. We need a new plan, for sure.”
Hold it right there.
Immediately, the small-ball geeks and the short-memory fools will think that’s a warning shot across the top of Rudy Jaramillo’s noggin.
We need to change the basic strategy laid out by our coach. But that ain’t our coaches fault!
Then, however, the pitching suddenly improved, and the defense behind those pitchers has been better for the most part.
Once again, the pitching is a lot better, and the defense is kinda sorta ok I guess meme that is Holocaust-Denial level of wrong shows up.
No mention of the historically bad level our hitting has been for the past 5 weeks. No mention that only one player has been above league average over the five weeks. No mention that the player is David Murphy, and that fact makes me want to go down the river, not across the road. And no mention that such a monumentally, extended run of fail, that has the team president saying ‘We need to change our approach’, means that at the very least, Rudy’s sainthood should be questioned.
Plus, Rodney and AJM were right, and I was wrong. Galloway will stand on the bow of the Titanic and defend Rudy.
by Keynes on Jun 26, 2009 10:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pipe down
you sabremeticulists queer!
by NorCalRangersFan on Jun 26, 2009 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Waddoo I look like, some OBPGYN?
Huhh huhh, vag doctors.
Huhh huhh.
Huhh.
by Keynes on Jun 26, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are a lot of reasons to hate Galloway
but I don’t get all the Rudy hate here lately. Is he just becoming the scapegoat for the hitting slump? The pitching problems last year were NOT completely the fault of Connor either. Dammit, people, stop trying to make complicated things so simple.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rudy hate
I don’t hate him. I just think he is overrated and deserves some of the blame for the offenses recent problems. His "see ball, hit ball’ philosophy works for some but not all. I also think his aggressive approach makes for a sporadic offense that is likely to fail (again) in the postseason. Also #2. It is not the approach RW really wants. Rudy is in the last year of his contract and it will be interesting to see if the Rangers bring him back next year.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jun 26, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Overrated? Yes, by many.
But in the last couple of weeks he has simply become the convenient scapegoat for many here. ANY hitting coach is going to have a philosophy that works “for some but not all” as you say. And I think many here mischaracterize his approach as aggressive. I think his approach works best with aggressive hitters, but I don’t think it turns guys into aggressive hitters. The Rangers have not had many selective hitters on their roster in recent years, many more swingers than waiters. That might change a bit if Smoak and Moreland were to both be on the roster.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
aggressive
The players admit that they are aggressive. RW admits they are agressive (He has been Rudy-ized) The stats show they are aggressive. Iindividually (for most) and collectively. And I don’t think Rudy does anything to temper a players aggressiveness. Look at Salty’s obp last year vs now. Hank’s 03 and 04 vs since then. Marlon’s 07 -08 vs his 09. How do you explain a #2 obp ranking last year when Rudy missed considerable time to knee surgery?
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
by RangerMad on Jun 26, 2009 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
#2 ranking
Bradley and a bunch of players having outlier years. I agree with everything you said in the first four sentences. It is an aggressive bunch of players. If the Rangers want to completely change their hitting philosophy, than they can get rid of Rudy and change everything from top to bottom. But they apparently like what he does, and he’s doing what they hired him to do very well.
And it is way too convenient to try and say the team was awesome at hitting last year when he was out for some time. Those players didn’t suddenly become different hitters, that’s just bullshit. The pitchers this year didn’t suddenly become better when Maddux walked in the door either. Without the defense(and fewer injuries so far than the last two seasons had) they’d still suck, they’re not really pitching differently.
Many here just want to blame Rudy and pretend that would fix things. It won’t. Chris Davis is still going to strike out a ton. So are Salty and Teagarden. Young is still going to swing a lot, etc. These are not patient hitters. Rudy was the hitting coach for Blalock’s first couple seasons. I’m a lot more inclined to blame Blalock than his coach.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not hating Rudy
But it is annoying that he’s the one entity in Dallas sports who doesn’t criticism, and is still even praised by the startlegram mouth-flatulators. I mean, if the Cowboys went through a 5 game stretch scoring an average of 9 points per game, Galloway Floyd Engel would be calling for Jason Garrett to be fired and using cutesy-ass nicknames for him. And here we are in the middle (hopefully, the end, really)of a comparable stretch in Rangers terms, and we literally get an article saying ‘Yeah, the offense sucks, but don’t you dare think of issuing any blame to Saint Jaramillo.’
by Keynes on Jun 26, 2009 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats the thing here
You could blame this on the media somewhat. Look at the national media. They picture Texas as a offensive power team with no pitching. This is a place where hitter come to hit and earn their contracts. So reasonably its going to be the hitting coach that is going to receive all the praise here. Not one media person is going to criticize him because they are probably basing stuff on the past and the majority of the fans for the Rangers are going to follow along and praise him as well. A lot of Ranger fans are casual followers who follow certain media members. Why do you think Galloway has such a following?
That's not hail you see in Frisco....that just Justin Smoak's Home Runs coming back into orbit....
by Smoak Some on Jun 26, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"the fact that Omar Vizquel of all people"
WTF is that adam? of all people? yeah, who could imagine the future HOF guy with 20 seasons in the game could of all people give advice to a struggling player in his 1st full season.
of all people?
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
by Jayslick on Jun 26, 2009 10:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Umm, check that byline again, you raging ball of soccerphile.
Z posted today’s roundup.
lol
"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 26, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't really mean it that way
Seems like far from the first time a Vizquel wisdom nugget has helped a teammate already this season.
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jun 26, 2009 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My guess is
he has a good future in coaching or managing if thats what he wants to do.
"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 26, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm hoping for a coup
with him becoming leader of Venezuela. Chavez sucks at SS and everything else.
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by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vizquel could liberate the oil refineries!
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Jun 26, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seems to be good
at getting reelected.
"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 26, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True, sadly.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Omar makes the HOF it will not be for his hitting prowess.
by NorCalRangersFan on Jun 26, 2009 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, ask Louis Apparicio.
"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 26, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
or his cosuin Luis Aparicio...
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
by bking on Jun 26, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Spelling Nazi fail....
*cousin
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
by bking on Jun 26, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taht'll teach ya.
"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 26, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does this bother anyone else?
CD quote:
"I was getting ready for another fastball because I was late on the first two, but he threw a changeup and I was able to throw my hands at it and hit it well."
Sounds like he got lucky. He was expecting a fastball and would have been late on it, except it turned out to be a changeup, so he hits it out of the park. Or did he actually recognize the changeup and then swung?
by NorCalRangersFan on Jun 26, 2009 10:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I took it to mean the latter
Plus there’s that aw-shucks, I just got lucky demeanor guys do sometimes after a big hit. Remember Josh’s Grand Slam last year against the Rays, where he said his eyes were closed?
by Keynes on Jun 26, 2009 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can see that
He does have that aw shucks personality
by NorCalRangersFan on Jun 26, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lot of people get fooled by changeups
Especially with two strikes. You have to look fastball and then adjust. Sounds like a good example of him doing that.
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 26, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
did you see how effortless it was?
he literally threw all hands and no body
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 26, 2009 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember way back when.......
CD played for Spokane. He went on a 10-12 tear that included 9 extra base hits. One of them was a double to the RC wall that he hit with one hand. True Story.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
tell it again.
"Anyone that isn't pro-choice never met you" ~Brian Thomas on Seth...
by ivysafety39 on Jun 26, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
if he would have guessed changeup
then it would have been lucky.
by SteveP on Jun 26, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD on with Norm @ 11:10
Main focus to be “Funds Available?”
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Jun 26, 2009 10:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Out of curiosity
Who annoys you more when they’re talking about baseball: Galloway or JJT?? Honestly, as much as I dislike Gallloway, I’d go JJT because imo he has no idea what he’s talking about if it isnt about baseball. At least at one time, Galloway did write decent articles about baseball.
my sig is better than yours
by hinduplaya on Jun 26, 2009 11:09 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
JJT definitely
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
by WestTxAg06 on Jun 26, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chris Davis
two games in a row of good hitting, with a break in between. Not sure if we start him again tonight – who’s on the mound for the Padres? I’d like to see him soak it up a little, take another day off, then come back crushing on Saturday.
It feels great never having left the wagon
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 26, 2009 11:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
someone or something called Walter Silva is pitching
Appears to be a journeyman righty who like to give up walks and runs.
by Clownballoon on Jun 26, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it odd that I read over that three times to make sure you didn't say lefty?
by Keynes on Jun 26, 2009 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha
I was just about to reply, “oh, he’ll shut us down totally then” and then I too reread and saw “righty”.
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08
by lisa w on Jun 26, 2009 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think we're just conditioned to expect it
after the past couple weeks
by Clownballoon on Jun 26, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the rangers are awesome
the best team in the AL west of the mississippi!
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 26, 2009 11:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
JD w/ norm
1 – Feliz? Best potential for badazzery from the bullpen from available options. Ultimately may be a starter, but he can actually help now if he starts relieving.
2 – Holland? Should stay a starter unless he under-performs.
3- Hicks situation effecting decisions? Still have a budget just like always, but the financial situation is causing them to look internally [Neftali Martinez] and beat the sticks [Orlando Hernandez] rather than go directly to market.
4 – Not counting on trade market for help.
5 – Trade deadline – buyer or seller? non-answer – mentioned moving chairs around on the Titanic.
6 – pitching help? Bullpen help internally, roto help not really needed as of now.
7 – June trade market isn’t very popular for various reasons.
yawner of an interview
by shroomer on Jun 26, 2009 11:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Feliz
Does JD genuinely sound like Neftali’s future may just be relief?
"[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 Jun 26, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be disheartening.
He’s barely 21.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Jun 26, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Much more so than I expected
I expected him to really be playing up that Feliz will ultimately be a starter. But he was way more unassertive-sounding about it than I expected. Basically, he aint’ helping this year as a starter, but he can help in the pen NOW. So, once he gets his bullpen rhythm down in OKC he’ll come and hurl pelllets for the big club.
Starting will be revisited down the road, he has big pieces of a starter’s make-up, so starting is still in play – per JD.
by shroomer on Jun 26, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is a little weird how wishy-washy he acts about it
My guess is that, unlike with Derek Holland, it’s at least a consideration (and always has been). So since he is going to be pitching in relief this season half, and since it’s not completely out of the question that he does it long term, you get the sort of response that Daniels has been giving.
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jun 26, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
second half*
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jun 26, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It sounded to me like....
JD thinks he can come in and be a dominate late inning RP for us in the 2nd half….
Then from there he could still be a starter next year
by death of the cool on Jun 26, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would anyone be upset though....
If we kept Feliz in the pen for longer than this year and became a dominate closer (like M. Rivera), or are we all just expecting him to be a starter from here on out?
Hell, if his strength in the long run is ultimately in the pen as a closer type, then I’m all for it
That's not hail you see in Frisco....that just Justin Smoak's Home Runs coming back into orbit....
by Smoak Some on Jun 26, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think anyone would be chuffed about Neftali giving us an HOF quality run as a closer
but I’d be upset if he isn’t given every opportunity to be a starter.
by Keynes on Jun 26, 2009 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with you on that
But honestly it just seems as though many of us just expect him to be a starter in the long run. I’m sure he’ll take the Holland approach when he gets up here (working out of the pen but still following the workout that the starters preform) and when spring training comes around, he’ll be given the chance to become a starter on this team. Besides, I rather him work out of the pen here in the majors for a bit then just coming up as a starter to the majors and getting pounded, like some young starters go through
That's not hail you see in Frisco....that just Justin Smoak's Home Runs coming back into orbit....
by Smoak Some on Jun 26, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neftali Martinez?
How many names does this guy go by
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 26, 2009 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's two more for you
Neftali Gustafson
Neftali Nguyen
by tlt29 on Jun 26, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I'm just going to call him
Happy Feliz
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 26, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
neftali smith.
"Anyone that isn't pro-choice never met you" ~Brian Thomas on Seth...
by ivysafety39 on Jun 26, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someday at RBIA ...
there will be a cheering section for Feliz called Nefty’s Hefties – made up solely of fat chicks.
When Feliz enters the game Chuck Morgan will play Fat Bottomed Girls over the PA.
by shroomer on Jun 26, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yuck, will they be shown on camera?
And, will it be in the all-you-can-eat section?
"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 26, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i'd imagine that they
would be in every camera angle
by kevinkinsler on Jun 26, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Knoxy is going to learn a harsh lesson...
…you never want to finish second in a hogging contest.
by ryan_xpress on Jun 26, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh I can't wait
For the club to bring up Nefertiti Rojas.
"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 Jun 26, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why did people rec up lombardo's instruction post?
There is nothing to discuss and while some free advertising on the side was fine I’m not sure why it needs to be on the rec list for 1 week and a half or whatever.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Jun 26, 2009 12:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That's not as silly as...
…when people rec’d up the Angels fan saying “Nick Adenhart died, you guys haven’t been total assholes so congratulations,” post.
by FuturePants on Jun 26, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or anything posted by miles
by Anonymous New Guy on Jun 26, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Miles's last post didn't make the list, woo.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Jun 26, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great success.
"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 26, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cahill and hurlerhurley came up just short
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jun 26, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sigh,
I tried.
"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 26, 2009 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hah
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jun 26, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
'Cause we are attention whores and when someone on the "inside" talks to us
it makes feel a little better about ourselves. (See – CJ). So now that person is a little bit of a bind and needs some free advertising, we feel obligated to bump to the top and help.
Much like MVP voting, no one has a good guide to what should be rec’d anyway.
Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."
by LBBRangerFan on Jun 26, 2009 1:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
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 26, 2009 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't wait till Hamilton is back,
I think his presence will help the guys
"We play to win the game" - Herm Edwards
by nicholas.rodriguez on Jun 26, 2009 2:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Duran DFA'd
http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/index.php/2009/06/26/rangers-friday-afternoon-transactions/
That’s excessive… This fucking 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 Jun 26, 2009 5:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This fucking bullpen
is 3rd in baseball in WPA. I think Duran will clear waivers, but according to Jamey they might be just releasing him, not sure I understand that transaction process.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Jun 26, 2009 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a bullpen move that led to the release
That’s what I mean there…
And this bullpen gave up those late runs to send last night’s into extras. Yah he probably didn’t have too much more rope, but Duran’s off the roster today because of that homer off FX2.
"[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 Jun 26, 2009 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, and ugh.
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!
by Chase Irwin on Jun 26, 2009 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really
after they got churned through yesterday.
I just don’t see what real role Duran has on this club. Better UI on the team now, and maybe next year, better prospects in AAA and AA.
"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 26, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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