MJH on International Signing Day

i guess he thinks we're not going to sign our top picks either...

usa

by Longhorn on Jul 2, 2009 10:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

so no big LA signing?

we are completely out on Pimentel?

What the hell kind of bullshit is this? Who the fuck told Hicks it was a good idea to buy Liverpool? Effing moron. What kind of businessman couldn’t see this shit coming.

"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 Jul 2, 2009 10:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

A whole lot of them

The whole economy has been running more and more on debt for almost 30 years. Not being able to get hands on financing is causing quite a few companies to go bankrupt.

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by DJCahill on Jul 2, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yesp, and I don't see any signs of it loosening up soon..

Since we’ve such a fantabulous job of “stimulating” the credit markets back to life. I’m dubious whether or not any big deals like the Rangers’ sale can get done in 2009.

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 Jul 2, 2009 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The real problem

is that “business as usual” since the ’80s is all about drowning yourself in debt. If you have a business with strong assets, you are a takeover target. Its been a really stupid business model for a very long time.

I think its a fundamentally good thing that a lot of businesses that are close to 100% leveraged, like the Rangers, are going under.

"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 Jul 2, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree, but I'm afraid that too much meddling and market engineering is at work...

I think that a shakeout, where the type of firms you mention get weeded out, is inevitable and is a necessary thing.

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 Jul 2, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah,

I would have preferred the big Auto companies manned up and went into bankruptcy on their own, but American business is all about going to congress and whining for help while talking about how important the free enterprise system is.

"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 Jul 2, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wanna make a quick side bet?

I bet when GM finally goes to bankruptcy, want to bet that the administration steps in and offers some sort of plan where they will assist as long as GM commits to going green big-time?

I have a hunch that the problem has been “gamed” a bit to produce this result.

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 Jul 2, 2009 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just glad

that the CEO got capped and the shareholders were wiped out. That should be the result of every company that goes to congress begging for help.

"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 Jul 2, 2009 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sounds like a plan...

BTW – love the sig. BoB is a stopdown for me every time it’s on.

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 Jul 2, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also.....

Sorry for being one of the “idiots” in the other thread. Try as I might….

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 Jul 2, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry bout the name calling

I can filter some folks, but on those back and forths that go forever don’t get filtered.

I just don’t understand the point of arguing with someone when you can predict his response ahead of time.

"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 Jul 2, 2009 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

look im no business guru but i saw this coming 18 months before it did

all the rich people around me (people who coulda taken it to heart and saved millions) were so busy trying to squeeze every buck out of life with every loan any1 would give them that they ignored anything i said or more important folks, but hey…

when the pound to dollar went haywire, i knew the shit was wack. no1 spoke of inflation for over a year before the crash. Hell, Hicks bought The Reds at a moment in time when the pound was worth more to the dollar than at any point in 30 years. Thats friggin stupid. Its as bad a business decision as i bet hicks has ever made in his life

mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.

by Jayslick on Jul 2, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah you'd think foreign exchange rates

are one of the first things you’d look into when leveraging a buyout.

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by Chase Irwin on Jul 2, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

didnt he also take the loan out in pounds instead of dollars?

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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by knockoutking on Jul 2, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wait, maybe vice versa

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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"Call up Joaquin Arias? He had a legit spring training and seems to have cooled off a little bit in OKC but still a DH option. " -- kch tx

by knockoutking on Jul 2, 2009 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exchange rates...

If it was a loan, buying at the point would have been a good idea – assuming that the dollar would regain value thus lowering the price of the team. Hicks might have been counting on a correction.

It would have been horribly stupid as a cash purchase.

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by NoNameOnCard on Jul 2, 2009 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Profar

While hes an interesting signing its hard for me to get excited over him being brought in as a SS not a pitcher given that signing bonus especially if he turns out to be the only big signing.

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by rentz on Jul 2, 2009 10:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

If he's not meant for it

All it takes is posting a 500 OPS in the DSL to switch him back to pitching.

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by Conjunction on Jul 2, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

Just get the talent signed…where he shines most can be decided down the road.

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by Rodney on Jul 2, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

good SS prospects

are probably just as valuable as good SP prospects right now. Take a look around the minors, there is a dearth of quality prospects that can play big league SS.

I don’t know anything about Profar, but if he has the tools to be a ML SS, I’m just fine with letting him play there. Huge value if he pans out at that position.

There's more to the picture than meets the eye.

by tricer on Jul 2, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

we don't have a lot of MIF prospects

and it goes with JDs approach, as far as position players goes, of building up the middle. catchers, MIF and Centerfield.

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by ivysafety39 on Jul 2, 2009 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good article on the importance of "up the middle" players

over at THT.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/stacking-the-middle/

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by t ball on Jul 2, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sardinas

If they sign him that would be pretty exciting.

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by rentz on Jul 2, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thats the thing

from what I’ve read he isnt nearly the prospect at SS as he is at SP. Seems I saw that he’d be getting considerably more money if he signed as as a pitcher.

Who knows what will happen though, possibly feeding him what he wants to hear to sign him then if he fails he becomes a pitcher again.

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by rentz on Jul 2, 2009 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why is this a concern?

Dude’s just guessing, and people who are way more knowledgable about the LA market had big names going to the Rangers as recently as yesterday.

by LiamP on Jul 2, 2009 11:00 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Completely agree.

I don’t see how MJH has any special knowledge of the situation.

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"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Jul 2, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

Jorge Arangure’s Twitter updates the last few days have had the Rangers figured in prominently and he ought to do what’s happening on the ground down there better than anyone. MJH has been known to hyperbolize in the past, so until I see something from the Latin gurus I’m not going to panic just yet.

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by WestTxAg06 on Jul 2, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

But then I can't bitch about Tom Hicks!!!!

He’s the worst thing that’s ever happened EVERRRRRR!!!!!

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by hightowersmith on Jul 2, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I trust in BA's reporting a lot more than MJH's speculation

BA has already said we’re likely to get a nice Latin FA haul with at least one big name in Profar, and probably two more in Perdomo and Sardinas. I doubt that so much has changed in the past 48 hours as to completely reverse our situation.

by naropean on Jul 2, 2009 11:05 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How old is the BA report?

Was it written based on info from before the first of June? Hicks’ financial situation and thus the Rangers’ financial situation has changed since then, unfortunately.

by Mark from OC on Jul 2, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

it was published yesterday

by naropean on Jul 2, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OT. WOW

Cuban Aroldis Chapman? He gone. Everyone can officially go nuts. My story says he could get $30-$60m. http://bit.ly/Y3fvy

link

The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...

by Kinslerhomer on Jul 2, 2009 11:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Crazy.

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by Chase Irwin on Jul 2, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

30 - 60

thats a small window…

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by ivysafety39 on Jul 2, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

we better be all over this

he looks so nasty

by trgordon723 on Jul 2, 2009 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are there any more reports on him?

Throws 100+ FBs with ok secondary stuff…sounds like a certain Happy pitcher I know.

I wonder what Feliz would get right now if he were a free agent?

by GhettoBear04 on Jul 2, 2009 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is the story I couldn't find yesterday!

The Cuban Feliz. I had heard he defected but google let me down…no official news had leaked yet.

"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 Jul 2, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Plus he seems to have some maturity issues on the mound

Any kid that throws 102 has an uber-high ceiling and deserves to be chased, but it sounds like he’s far from being a polished pitcher who can immediately be slotted into the ML roto.

Of course, not like that bothers the Red Sox right now. They’ve only got 7 big-league ready starters.

"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
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by WestTxAg06 on Jul 2, 2009 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good for him.

Damn commies.

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

by sprite on Jul 2, 2009 11:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I hit reply I swear

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

by sprite on Jul 2, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm curious

Couldn’t Hicks make some of his shares of the rangers (or his ownership group) publicly traded shares? Didn’t the Indians do something similar earlier this decade?

by jcir454 on Jul 2, 2009 11:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I personally think

every team should do it. There’s a lot of fans out there that would like to own a certain amount of shares of a team.

by Coolbean04 on Jul 2, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

You could probably charge an arm and a leg.

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by Chase Irwin on Jul 2, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not sure about Cleveland, but that's how Pittsburg rolls.

by Redcaps on Jul 2, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Publically trading shares

would mean that you have to disclose all sorts of things taht privately held companies don’t.

Also, it would make eventually selling the club more difficult.

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Jul 2, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Publicly selling the shares also likely wouldn't bring in as much as

selling them to one buyer would.

by Texas_Dawg on Jul 2, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So when will we start hearing about guys actually signing with teams?

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 Jul 2, 2009 12:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/

Rangers Farm Probables

by shroomer on Jul 2, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Jeff Wilson:

A baseball source confirmed that the Rangers spent “at least $2.5 million” to sign a handful of prospects from Latin America on Thursday. It is the club’s policy to not release the names of the players signed until they have passed physicals.

http://www.star-telegram.com/284/story/1467442.html

by Texas_Dawg on Jul 2, 2009 10:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs