Tuesday morning things
by Brett Perryman on Jul 14, 2009 10:53 AM CDT
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PrintGood showing by Nelson Cruz last night, a second straight finalist from the Texas outfield. Anthony Andro talks about his experience last night and how far he's come since last year. T.R. Sullivan takes his own look at the night and has some video of Cruz if you missed the contest.
Jeff Wilson looks at the three Rangers all-stars and where they've come from to make the team.
And Mike Hindman is up to the teens in his midseason prospect rankings.
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Next year's Ranger entry in the Home Run Derby....
Chris Davis
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
BOMBARDMENT! BOMBARDMENT!
"You know, I’m playing entirely too much." - Andruw Jones
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
Davis would be fun
though it’d be kind of embarrassing when he set the record for most swings and misses during a home run derby
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Jul 14, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
But swings and misses aren't outs
And with Davis’ propensity to swing and miss or hit a homer, he’d have an embarrassing number of whiffs but then hit something like 200 home runs and win the thing.
"andruw jones hits 3 HRS at LA of Anaheim last nite after hitting zero at LA of LA as Dodger in all of '08. thats nuts." SI_JonHeyman
Lol, true.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
swings and misses aren't outs?
Really? Didn’t know that. Well, Davis would probably set all sorts of records then.
Go Rice Owls!
Wait a minute...
Swings and misses aren’t outs?
This means MLB ‘08 the Show and it’s predecessors have been cheating me outs in the HR derby for years now!
"You know, I’m playing entirely too much." - Andruw Jones
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
I could be wrong, but I thought the only outs were balls hit that did not clear the fence
Of course, this is a gray area because you never see swings and misses in the Derby. You see them take pitches, but never whiff.
"andruw jones hits 3 HRS at LA of Anaheim last nite after hitting zero at LA of LA as Dodger in all of '08. thats nuts." SI_JonHeyman
Could be
There were some questionable check swings yesterday.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Well
There was also a not a home run scored as a home run for Pujoles.
by FuturePants on Jul 14, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep
That one was pretty obvious, but it was in St. Louis and the whole things an exhibition so what the hell.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Eh
It’s not that I care or want to be a hardass on the home run derby rules, but I’m not surprised if there were some check swings not appealed to the first base umpire, then ruled outs. It’s supposed to just be fun, so whatever.
I say supposed to, because in hour 3 I was bored and my ears were almost bleeding from Berman’s stupid voice.
by FuturePants on Jul 14, 2009 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I couldn't believe how long the first round took
That was a terrible HR derby last night
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
yup
if Nellie wasnt in it i know i wouldnt have cared. its turning into the slam dunk contest and almost to the point of getting rid of it all together.
honestly, a bunt contest would be more interesting
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
a little OT, but...
Has anyone played The Show 2 on Wii? I’m looking for a good baseball game and have no idea where to start. I finally had to retire my oldschool Xbox and Triple Play 2005.
"Success is a journey, not a destination"
- A fortune cookie
I just bought MLB Powerpros used
and despite its cheesy Mii-like graphics, it is fun gameplay. It’s an older game though. All the reviews on new games were fishy
Go Rice Owls!
OT tip for anyone who uses Opera (yo Rodney!)
I found out how to install ab03’s troll script in Opera.
My GDT experience should be about a zillion times better now that I won’t have to read TexasDawg’s keyboard barf during the games.
"You know, I’m playing entirely too much." - Andruw Jones
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
Cool, thanks.
:)
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
That home run derby was actually kind of fun
I was impressed by Cruz – he held his own around a bunch of real sluggers. Even in a completely nonsensical exhibition, it was cool. And he wanted to win, badly. And I like that.
Seems like a good place as any for me to say it. I really really wish Albert Pujols had come up as a Ranger…
Go Rice Owls!
I watched just for Nellie.
I loved seeing him do well, he deserves it.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
I enjoyed Cruz' performance
but for the love of all that is sacred why does that broadcast have to be 3 hours? I could not believe that it took 20 minutes or so for it to even start. The HR Derby should be 2 hours, max. Get the hell up there and swing the bat. And a maximum of two announcers, please, neither of them named Berman.
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length
I know – I actually DVR’d it because I was doing other stuff, and really only wanted to watch Cruz and Pujols (who is a baseball god) and fast forward through all the nonsense. I added an extra hour to the recording because I knew it woudl go long. It still cut off the very end of it.
Go Rice Owls!
DVR
Yeah, not sure I could have watched the whole thing without a lot of fast forwarding.
by GregoryM on Jul 14, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyone know what time the first pitch should be thrown tonight?
All I see at Yahoo, Fox and MLB is 8:00 or 8:05 ET but that’s probably not accurate. I don’t feel like sitting around watching the “pagentry” and all that crap. Seems like that stuff takes about 1/2 an hour?
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
MJH
Love that he used the term “bitch pitches” in his analysis of Beltre.
Rivalries aside, RIP Nick Adenhart 04/09/2009.
"if daniels was fired today, he would almost be sure to get another shot somewhere else as a GM
i dont know if you can say the same thing abotu RW" - knockoutking
I appreciated that too
Some good stuff in that ranking, those down on Beltre need to read the analysis of him. He’s still got plenty of time and all the tools.
Love the Moreland analysis. I’ll take Brad Hawpe out of him.
"andruw jones hits 3 HRS at LA of Anaheim last nite after hitting zero at LA of LA as Dodger in all of '08. thats nuts." SI_JonHeyman
I've always thought of Overbay
but in the OF I’d take a Hawpe line from Moreland, no doubt.
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Re: Beltre
That just seems like the usual MJH hyperbole to me. Sure, he’s got plenty of time, but save for the window dressing lines like “can’t take your eyes off him” and “oozing charisma” it still seems as though I might as well be reading a Greg Golson scouting report. Age is about the only thing Beltre has that really keeps me optimistic about him.
"You know, I’m playing entirely too much." - Andruw Jones
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
I think the Rangers have to be disappointed
in Beltre this year. No matter what MJH and other scouts think.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
Longoria has infected finger and is out tonight.
Michael Young, the Face of the Franchise, is the starting 3B in tonight’s AS Game.
I freaking love 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?"
Starters or not
Everyone’s playing 2 or 3 innings only.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
I imagine Face will go 5-6 innings tonight.
"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?"
Not everyone....
there’s not a backup for the AL 2B now the douchy Pedroia is out.
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
Zobrist
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 14, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
And Figgins.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun?
by thedirkatron on Jul 14, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I hadn't seem the note about Figgins yet...
But with those two guys I guess the sanctity of the game is saved. Otherwise they might have held a fan raffle to play an inning or two.
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
There are only two 3B on the team
when you consider that Inge is there as the back-up catcher.
The fact that Figgins can play so many positions (and is a worthy selection) probably factors highly in him being selected.
I wonder if Madden will move Figgins around between OF & 3B meaning Young gets at least 6, possibly more innings.
"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?"
V-Mart is the back-up catcher.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 14, 2009 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Can I pick up a 1/2 gallon of milk and some Slim Jims there?
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
I thought Figgins was picked so he could do his Ozzie Smith's flips.
by GregoryM on Jul 14, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
link?
"We're One Nation Under a Groove"
- Ayjayem
by inactive lsb user on Jul 14, 2009 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Since it started counting
folks seem to be going more innings.
"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
How the hell
did he infect his ring finger? Not real gold?
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Probably trying to pry it off his finger on the underside of the hotel bar....
These youngsters just don’t know the tricks…
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
that was exciting last night
to see Cruz crush those homers. Good to see you back Z… I’ve missed you.
btw… where’s Adam? just wondering (court, i guess)
by whittlemantastic on Jul 14, 2009 12:59 PM CDT reply actions
Since Jamey laid into him
He hasn’t been heard from.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
Finnerty
is 6 feet under thanks to The Newberg.
"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
Just don't mess
with The Newberg if you know what’s good for you.
"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
The Newberg definitely had him whacked
Finnerty went from being on every LSB thread at all times of the day and night to completely vanishing from the interwebs.
"andruw jones hits 3 HRS at LA of Anaheim last nite after hitting zero at LA of LA as Dodger in all of '08. thats nuts." SI_JonHeyman
Yep
Jamey ripped Fin’s head from his body and punted it like a football
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
Newberg wishes
he knew as much about the Rangers farm.
"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
ALL-Star Game tonight
we will have a game thread tonight?
by whittlemantastic on Jul 14, 2009 4:39 PM CDT reply actions
Bud Selig:
He’s not overly concerned about the Texas Rangers’ financial situation. The team’s parent, Hicks Sports Group, borrowed money from MLB. “We’ve done some things to be helpful down there but that’s not the first time in our history we’ve done that and I trust probably not the last.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioEOZQVBJqfKmk-NrotLro2jp95wD99EFBGO0
by GregoryM on Jul 14, 2009 4:46 PM CDT reply actions
The straight dope
I particularly liked this quote:
He denied allegations by some agents that teams conspired against free agents last winter. “Given the world we live in and what’s happened in the last 18 months, I think this is one sport where I can’t even fathom that anybody could think that.”
Seriously? I’m not saying there was a conspiracy, but you can’t even fathom that anybody could think that might have been the case?
His initials are indeed appropriate.
I think this is one sport where I can’t even fathom that anybody could think that
holy shit, i mean, they have been found guilty of this in court of law in prior years, but he cant fathom it?
he was an owner when they league conspired, no?
he was an owners when they were found guilty, no?
but he can’t fathom it?
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
So,
Teams didn’t want to deal with Scott Boras, and his greedy overpaid clients, and he cries about being conspired against?
WHO THE FUCK CARES!!
Most players are way overpaid, and now they are reaping the rewards of their greed.
"Thats all we got? One goddamned hit?" - Harry Doyle
"You cant say god damn on the radio."- Colorman
"Ehhh, who cares...nobody's listening!"- Harry Doyle
Overpaid players?
Odd that you would mention this.
http://deadspin.com/5314381/aps-dumb-baseball-poll-and-the-durable-myth-of-the-overpaid-ballplayer
This discusses how MLB players receive the lowest % of total revenue among the major sports or compared to the population in general.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
im talking about the mid 80's case when the owners were found guilty of collusion
there is a precedence, he was an owner at the time, and it was probably before any1 gave 2 shits about boras.
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Not to put too fine a point on it....
But they weren’t found guilty. An arbitrator ruled in favor of the union. You can’t really be found guilty in a civil dispute.
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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
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