Monday morning Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 27, 2009 9:44 AM CDT
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Print3.5 games back of first, with the hated Detroit Tigers coming to town for a three game set.
Anthony Andro says the sun ball that fell for an error, leading to the Rangers' first run, brought the bats to life yesterday. Up to that point, it had been a rather disgusting offensive performance (once again), and I am not terribly convinced that this is the start of the offense getting back on track...
Also, Frankie Francisco is eligible to come off the d.l., but it sounds like they are going to maybe wait a day or two and see how he throws in a bullpen session before activating him.
Our man Z looks at the possible additions the Rangers could make, while taking a shot at the "you have to make a move now because there's no guarantee we'll be in contention next year" crowd.
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you and me both, pal
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jul 27, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Please Rangers
Don’t let Det come in and violate you again without a struggle.
Never argue with a fool. Onlookers might not be able to tell you apart.
Ron Washington chews sunflower seeds
Jim Leyland chews rapeseeds
heh
"Guys are visual creatures, that’s how we’ve been wired, for millennia…only fat and or ugly chicks use that word you just typed." - Rodney
by inactive lsb user on Jul 27, 2009 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
lol
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
so...
hicks has some money now?
I had the flu way before having the flu was cool
How does the re-financing change the situation for the Rangers at all?
Doesn’t seem it would…
Never argue with a fool. Onlookers might not be able to tell you apart.
no
his neckline just doesn’t seem as tight
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jul 27, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm in line behind Z.
Now is not the time to trade top level prospects. Next year, maybe.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
I think its a great time
to trade mid level prospects. We don’t have space for them all, and we probably should be taking a hard look at folks who have to be added to the 40 in the next year or 2, so we don’t give them away for nothing like we did with Duran Duran.
"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
for sure
Vallejo is a good name to dangle out there
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jul 27, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm fine with dealing mid level guys too
in the right deals, obviously
by Brett Perryman on Jul 27, 2009 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
i like the fact
that we have hunter, padzilla, and feldman throwing against detroit.
i dislike that verlander leads the AL in strikeouts.
I had the flu way before having the flu was cool
We get Detroit
The Angels get Cleveland.
If our inability to beat the stupid Tigers continues, there’s a decent chance trade discussion will be moot by the end of this series.
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
This is the same Cleveland team
That destroyed the M’s pitching over the weekend. The M’s have better pitching than the Angels. Anything less than 15 runs a night by Cleveland against the Angels is a disappointment
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
Z...death star?
you’ve set bloggers back 20 years?
"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)
i like asking lots of questions?
"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)
I like baseball?
When I see a solar eclipse I think "oh no, is the moon eating the sun?"
by Pocket Ninja on Jul 27, 2009 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
x
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
No, google image search fails me.
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
I think the Death Star is a GREAT example..
After all, there’s plenty of time to add those finishing touches, like shields over the exhaust vents. They aren’t critical holes.
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's like the
third time I’ve used it this season, too.
by Brett Perryman on Jul 27, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions
slightly OT
My 11 yo son last night said “Albert Pujols is the best player in baseball. So he must be on steroids.” I told him that Pujols had passed all of his drug tests but I wasn’t real confident with my rebuttal.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
He's not on roid's, he said so himself.
Besides…he wouldn’t want to piss off Jesus, cause without Jesus he wouldn’t be a millionaire.
When I see a solar eclipse I think "oh no, is the moon eating the sun?"
by Pocket Ninja on Jul 27, 2009 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Tony Pena Jr. - Pitcher
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/royals/story/1347413.html
I guess this is the last ditch effort with all flameouts with big arms these days
"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)
Hey, Adam Loewen was supposed to become a position player again
So I guess it goes both ways
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
The rain is my fault...
I have an appraiser coming out this week, and I was planning to touch up a couple of outside things.
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
Mine too.
I had my car washed and waxed this weekend.
Sorry.
"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
heh.
I needed to, but avoided it – this is the first time that strategy worked
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jul 27, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Halladay said no, end of discussion
Haliday has said per T.R. Sullivan:
“Halladay has pretty much made it clear to people that he will not approve of a trade to Texas…”
So, it is pretty pointless to continue that discussion.
awesome
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jul 27, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Evan Grant says Halladay would not veto a trade here
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 27, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Just cant justify
Trading away that many prospects for a guy. I don’t want to be on the reverse end of a Texiera-like deal.
which is a direct contradiction to TR Sullivan's Sources
You would think Sullivan is closer to the source?
Apparently, The Commish has cleared the trade per Heyman, but it’s interesting the Rangers have been bailed out of two pay periods, how could they afford Halliday anyway?
Speaking of...
I don’t know what’s gotten into Evan, but it really feels like he’s gotten very reactionary ever since moving to D Magazine. His hard-line stance on getting Halladay because he’s an ace? His discussion with Jamey, MJH, and Joey really made me feel like he’s incredibly defensive these days.
Maybe it’s just me, but I miss the more magnanimous Evan Grant we had when he worked for the Morning News.
I'd rather read a reactionary EG
if that’s the way he really feels.
Most of his former brethren at the DMN take very vanilla, corporate, I’m-afraid-to-offend, meausured, boring takes.
"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?"
I know what you're saying, but I mean...
his explanations really didn’t have much merit. He says it’s worth trading for Halladay because he’s an ace. That really isn’t justification. Does he think that Feliz/Smoak won’t contribute enough to the team for us to make concerted, multi-year playoff runs?
I’m guessing he does, but I’d rather hear him say that and explain why than just re-stating his position when questioned.
I dunno... I think a pitcher of Halladay's caliber doesn't come along very often and this is the first time in so many years that the Rangers are able to 'afford' one and can finally address the need that they've been lacking for so long
by oc on Jul 27, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Right now is an ace the need we've been lacking?
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.
No
And there is an ace available every July. Or so it seems.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
a guy of halladay's caliber is rarely available
people who are purported to be aces are available but not actual aces
"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)
I understand that we'd be better off this year and next
I’m just not totally convinced that we’ll have all our prospects ready (other starting pitchers, bullpen, and this excuse for an offense we’re watching right now) in the time we have Halladay under control. I also can’t believe we’re guaranteed to sign him to an extension. If I knew we had three or four years of Halladay instead of a year and a half, I’d reconsider.
We'd have Derek Holland entering his prime, Scott Feldman, Tommy Hunter, Eric Hurley, and maybe just maybe Doc Halladay.
And if not, you have Main, Perez, Beavan on the doorstep
:)
by oc on Jul 27, 2009 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions
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