Sunday a.m. Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 16, 2009 10:43 AM CDT
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And just like that, we are in position this afternoon to end this series with the lead in the Wild Card race.
And just as an aside, let me assure you, the caption on the AP photo has not been altered by me. Better than "Perez," I guess.
Jeff (the writer) Miller's game story is a celebration of the Ranger youth movement coming to fruition, with rookies Neftali Feliz, Derek Holland, Julio Borbon, and Elvis Andrus -- none of whom had ever played in the majors before this season, and only Andrus on the Opening Day roster -- carrying This Thing to victory yesterday, in what I think can reasonably be said to have been the biggest game of the season thusfar, one day after one of the most devastating losses of the season.
Jeff Wilson says that this is what the Rangers are hoping to see for the next six years, this group of guys winning games for Texas.
Ian Kinsler returned from the disabled list Friday, meaning Omar Vizquel went back to the bench, but Vizquel showed his value with his performance while filling in.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia went on the d.l. yesterday, with Kevin Richardson coming up to replace him. Jon Daniels says Max Ramirez needs to play a few games in Oklahoma -- he's been out with an injury -- before he'll be considered for a callup. In the same piece, there are notes on Ian Kinsler hitting 6th and Frankie Francisco's hold on the closer role.
Anthony Andro has a write-up on the new video technology that is coming online, that is going to give a lot more data on balls in play, fielders positions, and the like...it is basically going to be pitch f/x for balls in play, and should allow a lot more precision in data available.
And incredibly, with the football preseason getting into swing, a D/FW columnist was able to tear himself away from Valley Ranch long enough to write about the Rangers. Randy Galloway writes about the "motley mix" of pitchers the Rangers accumulated being whipped into shape by Mike Maddux and Nolan Ryan, leading this team to contention. It has become entertaining to watch Galloway write about this team's success, while bending over backwards to avoid mentioning anyone in the front office other than the team prez.
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WTF? Thats Elvis.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 16, 2009 10:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
More importantly
Where is Wash’s left hand?
by brettgardner on Aug 16, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hmmm...
…after the team beat the Boston Rangers 7-2
MLB Network = Awesomeness
by SMITTY on Aug 16, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Who the fuck tags these AP photos? A drunk chimp? Neftali Felix plays for the Boston Rangers?? Wow he shares the same first name as Neftali Perez…that’s pretty neat. I know there’s talk about selling the team but to Boston?
"You build 1000 bridges and suck 1 dick, you are not a bridge builder, you are a cocksucker." SaltyGoesYard
by Section 339 on Aug 16, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
While I giggled. . .
. . . I think I have a problem in principle with Josey references on the front page.
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 10:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Since fanshots are so hidden away
I shall take this chance to point towards my two fanshots this morning.
Feliz 16ks music vid and .gif
Weird calendar wallpaper I wanted to try out
And yes, the youth movement is quite fun. Complete it with Davis please.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Aug 16, 2009 10:48 AM CDT reply actions 5 recs
The DWBH version might be the best video I've ever seen in my life.
I’m sad I can only rec once. (Well, twice in two threads, but yeah.)
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can you upload those to YouTube?
If so, I can embed them in a front page post tomorrow (there’s a lot more traffic during the week than on the weekend, so I’d rather front page them then).
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 16, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Youtube pulls all mlb videos almost imediately
and would probably strip the audio for copyright.
Do you know what other sites you can embed?
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Aug 16, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure
I think it is just YouTube. I’ll check.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 16, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You made the front page of insidecorner
Great!
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet. thanks AJM.
Although in looking around in Vimeo it does have an embed feature, it works in the fanshots at least.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Aug 16, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Galloway is a fool and a tool
He throws out enough ridiculous crap that some of it is bound to come true, then trumpets himself as some kind of genius, while forgetting the 99.9% he blew on(see Herschel Walker trade, drafting of Sam Bowie over Jordan).
"I’m not in the meetings and not part of the discussions; it’s not my responsibility. . My responsibility is to go out and win tonight. My focus is to win tonight. The club has to look at more than just this year." -Michael Young
by randyd on Aug 16, 2009 10:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Funny
how similar his and Josey’s takes are in regards to the Rangers. I’d be convinced Josey was Galloway’s online persona, but Josey actually retorts with stats (cherry-picked stats, but stats) while Galloway throws out his tired and worn out “Watch the damn game” response whenever contradicted.
What's the rumpus?
by Hypo-Luxa on Aug 16, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Repost from last night:
Salts McGee has a preliminary diagnosis of TOS, he already saw the Dr. that diagnosed Matty & Hack…he is scheduled for more tests next week, per the post-game show on KRLD.
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 10:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Are you sure?
The stories this morning indicate that he has some symptoms of it, but there’s not enough info to be sure.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 16, 2009 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
preliminary diagnosis of TOS
would indicate he has some signs of it, right?
I am just repeating what Mike O said last night, no hyperbole.
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I may be totally off-base here
But do the Rangers corner the market on TOS injuries? Has any other team in baseball had even one case of this in the last few years?
by LiamP on Aug 16, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just emailed Will Carroll about that
It came up during Newberg Night, and there was some discussion then about how bizarre it is that the Rangers have been stricken with an epidemic.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 16, 2009 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
is it new?
I don’t know the history of the procedure…but if it’s new, then it makes sense that it’s being diagnosed more now and was overlooked in the past.
"The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic" - Charles Darwin, you know who he is...
by 8legs2fangs on Aug 16, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just pondering that while away from the pc
Dunno, maybe Sasser, et al were said to have the “yips”…wonder if it could have been TOS? Weakness and lack of accuracy on throws, could be correlary. Also, could any particular exercise/workout motion cause this? I mean, as a team, are the doing too many inverted dips or something silly like that?
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bonderman is the only one I can think of
They need to figure something out about what the cause of it is and why the Rangers keep having their players go through this. Salty would make the 3rd Ranger in 3? years despite the rest of the league having one or two over the past 15+ years.
Although another possibility that I’m wondering about is maybe other teams are doing the misdiagnosis. Maybe its more common throughout the league, but other teams are getting it wrong so it looks like the Rangers are the only ones suffering from it on an almost yearly basis.
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
by Gdawg on Aug 16, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have very, very limited understanding of it
But it seems like surgery is a pretty radical option. There’s not some kind of therapy for this whatsoever?
by Black Francis on Aug 16, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm no expert on this or anything
But it seems like surgery is probably the safest route in fully treating it. The Wikipedia page (I know, how scientifically accurate of me) has some non surgical routes to take to try and deal with TOS, but it seems like surgery is the most sure route to take to fix the problem. Another couple of things to consider too when choosing which path. Things can get a lot worse than just some numbness in the arm if left untreated with it. And since none of the other treatments have much of a timetable with them, maybe the Rangers are just choosing surgery now so that they know the pitcher will be ready to go for next season rather than wait until later in the offseason or ST to determine that the player needs surgery.
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
by Gdawg on Aug 16, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If it were me, I'd exhaust the non-surgical options ...
but I’m in a profession where careers are thirty or forty years, with peak earnings near the end.
If I were a pro athlete, I’d be much more inclined to step on the accelerator.
by other_shoe on Aug 16, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And again
I worry that the consulting physician/consulting surgeon the Rangers use may consider TOS treatment and surgery a catchall for neural disturbances involving the throwing physiology. The old “when your favorite tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” bit.
"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 Aug 16, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If that was the case (which is of course possible)
Isn’t it somewhat likely we see these players have some after effects of the misdiagnosis? We have yet to see with Harrison and Salty, but Blalock seems fine now.
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
by Gdawg on Aug 16, 2009 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep and I'm just suggesting a possibility
It wouldn’t be the first time a corrective surgery is applied that works for an actual variety of discrete phyiological problems. In Salty’s case I’d hope that exploration for a pinched nerve or disk impingement might also be considered.
"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 Aug 16, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I always forget about him
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
by Gdawg on Aug 16, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Evidently TOS is fairly common
In the regular world but most people’s daily activities aren’t affected by it, so it’s undiagnosed for many. My Vietnam-era father-in-law (also a doc) said that TOS was a common exclusion for draftees because carrying a pack exacerbated the numbness.
by 3hacks on Aug 16, 2009 11:31 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
The Rangers are way above league average in TOS%
It’s totally unsustainable
by Telegraph on Aug 16, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Andro's piece
That makes me happy. I figured someone was working on something like that, but had no idea it was so far along. Hopefully fans will be privvy to the data. Some of you probably think that I’m anti-stats, but this is not true at all. I just hate incomplete data. A system like that would be awesome.
by Black Francis on Aug 16, 2009 10:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I keep trying to figure out what 'Jeff (the writer) Miller' means
by oc on Aug 16, 2009 10:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There is a pitcher for some team named "Jeff Miller"
SBN’s new auto-tag system, that tags player names in posts automatically, is great, but it meant that all of the posts that had his stories were being tagged to the pitcher’s player page.
It is my way of doing a workaround so to avoid that.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 16, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
as opposed to the musician, I guess
by Black Francis on Aug 16, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
eh I was thinking of Steve Miller
by Black Francis on Aug 16, 2009 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The gangster of love?
"[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 Aug 16, 2009 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So lately I've taken to saying thank you to anyone I see in a Braves hat when I'm on stage.
Not that any of them know why I’m thanking them, but it gives me secret joy.
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 11:15 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Evil, you are.
:)
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OMG, I'm watching the highlights.
I didn’t realize Andrus straight up stole on a pitch out with no issues!
LOL Varitek!
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 11:17 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
yea, it was awesome
borbon and Andrus were just annihilating the Sox with speed.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Aug 16, 2009 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey Dan, how does Borbon's ass taste?
Haha!
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 11:17 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So...the question on everyones mind
Was the pitch that hit Kinsler in the head intentional? Probably not…but that didn’t keep me from screaming at the TV….and saying things like…I wonder which bitch is gonna catch a Feliz fastball in the ear hole.
"You build 1000 bridges and suck 1 dick, you are not a bridge builder, you are a cocksucker." SaltyGoesYard
by Section 339 on Aug 16, 2009 11:18 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Yep...
I wanted Varitek to get a 100 mph fatsball right in his rump. I don’t believe in throwing at heads, even if that’s where Ian was hit.
I don’t think it was intentional either, but after the pitch high and tight in the 7th and then getting hit in the head, I wouldn’t have been happy either.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Aug 16, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kinsler was hit in the bottom of the 8th
The last Bosox batter in the top of the 8th, David Ortiz, had a 98 mph FB whistle thru the batter’s box near his thigh.
The batter just before Kinsler in the bottom of the 8th, Hambone, effectively decided the game with a 2-run single.
Suspicious mixture of timing and circumstance.
by shroomer on Aug 16, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And that pitch to Ortiz looks so sweet in Drew's vid.
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neftali
I like the corrected pronunciation better.
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 11:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha
how can you expect people to pronounce his first name right when most don’t know what is last name is?
by trgordon723 on Aug 16, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
Of the 29 batters that he has faced in two weeks as a Ranger, two have reached and 16 have fanned.
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh, I didn't realize the game would be on TBS.
I have to go get a costume today. If I’d known I could watch the game, I would have left early to be back in time.
:(
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 11:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Are you Mickey?
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I'm starting training at the Haunted Mansion tomorrow.
I just finished three months working in Fantasyland.
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice
Are you just going to move down there?
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well if you do email me.
My mother in law rents out a few houses real close to there or I can find you an agent to help you buy a house.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sweet, I might just do that. Thanks.
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a problem
LSB’ers stick together.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neftali Felix is a real thing.
It’s what Angels and Athletics fans cry about in their sleep.
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 11:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I see what you did there
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice article today by RGalloway
Throwing a little love at the Rangers and their pitching.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 11:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
"You build 1000 bridges and suck 1 dick, you are not a bridge builder, you are a cocksucker." SaltyGoesYard
by Section 339 on Aug 16, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No shit
Grandpa urine is a loser.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
What bothered you about RGs article?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing because I quit reading it a long time ago.
When he is wrong he never admits it and he can never see progress as it is happening. It has to hit him square in his drunk as face before he sees it. This thing has been in progress for a few years now but if you just listen to RG you would have thought it just got here today.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you asked RG (and a lot other people)
they’d tell you it began on February 6, 2008.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gammons just said the Rangers can't catch the Angels
but are in This Thing for the Wild Card referencing the heavy intra-division schedule in September of Seattle/Oakland games.
Peter Gammons and This Thing.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You didn't coin the phrase
You just beat it into the ground.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 16, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never claimed that I coined the phrase
(that goes to MRhyner) but you sure hear it a lot these days.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey, Gammons and Granpa Urine
What a motley crue
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't "thing" taking place for an entirely different noun when you use it and in that Gammons sentence?
Also: do you capitalize it?
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
Ryan going out and getting all these great young pitchers proves your point.
Think how great the team will be once Nolan cleans house in the front office this offseason and gets a real g.m. in place.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 16, 2009 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but, but Adam
Doesn’t he have the poser now…..lol
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Almost all these pitchers were in the organization
last year save a few arms in the bully.
Nolan said his m.o. is to sit back and observe the first year, make suggestions and then implement change when he sees a problem.
Man of his word and after seeing his team give up 967 runs, he implemented change.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What change?
Hiring Maddux?
Are you now saying that making Andrus the shortstop was his decision, after you bitched about it and claimed that it was Ryan letting Daniels cut his own throat all spring?
Quit being stupid.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 16, 2009 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He made the trade for Andrus.
You know that.
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
And drafted Holland. And claimed O’Day on waivers.
Like I said, I’m looking forward to what happens with This Thing next season, once Ryan implements more change by canning the incompetent front office so he doesn’t have to do everything himself.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 16, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know who made the decision to bring up Andrus
and play him in The Show.
The GM doesn’t email me.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't you heap the blame on Daniels back when you were 100% positive Andrus wasn't ready for The Show?
So you knew then but don’t now?
by philkid3 on Aug 16, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When Josey says "The Show"
I puke in my mouth a lot.
"You build 1000 bridges and suck 1 dick, you are not a bridge builder, you are a cocksucker." SaltyGoesYard
by Section 339 on Aug 16, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just keep thinking of the ps3 game
and think., man chris davis kicks ass in my season of the show i dont know what he’s talking about
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Aug 16, 2009 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you really know nothing that goes on
From here on out you can’t blame anything on anyone in the front office unless you get an email for Hicks, JD or Nolan.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huh?
Almost all these pitchers were in the organization
Man of his word and after seeing his team give up 967 runs, he implemented change.
Ok, then. You must acknowledge that JD and company brought in guys like Feliz, Holland, and Hunter. Can you tell me what “changes” Nolan implemented to turn them into good pitchers? After all, your logic implies that these guys were terrible pitchers before, and Nolan “changed” that.
Face reality: JD’s team brought in this talent. Nolan didn’t “change” anything.
by cstorm15 on Aug 16, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey you are just stupid
JD did nothing did he?
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gotta say the revelation that
it wasn’t Washington who made the decison regarding line-ups was quite interesting.
That means JD signed off on The Sosa hitting 4th-5th v. RH’s 315 times in 2007.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He gets no credit for the Tex trades does he?
If you are going to blame him for the Danks trade you have to give him credit for the Tex trade. Oh never mind keep sidestepping all the good stuff since it doesn’t fit into everything you stand for.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's stop this right there
You just twisted two facts in order to fit your theory, and before you go repeating this a thousand times, let’s just stop it right here.
Just because Rangers management wanted Borbon to hit leadoff over Kinsler, that does not mean Rangers management sets every lineup. You can’t take one management directive and in 2009 and say that Rangers management all 162 lineups in 2007. That’s asinine.
by cstorm15 on Aug 16, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, I need coffee
Josey, you get the point. Just admit you’re an idiot, and the healing can begin.
by cstorm15 on Aug 16, 2009 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think JD tells Washington what line-up
to write each night.
If there’s something he doesn’t like, he tells him to change it.
JD apparently had no problem with how The Sosa was used in 2007.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh huh
JD apparently had no problem with how The Sosa was used in 2007.
And you’re basing this on Rangers management’s decision to leadoff Borbon while he’s with the major league team in 2009.
Only you could find these situations similar.
by cstorm15 on Aug 16, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on guys...
let’s not turn this thread into 400 replies to JW’s idiocracy.
We all know who built this team. Who gives a shit what the villiage idiot thinks. Just ignore him.
The Rangers just followed up their toughest loss of the season with their best win of the year. Guys like Holland, Feliz, Andrus, and Borbon all played a huge part in that too. There are much better things to do than debate with a dumbass.
Gametime in 1 hour. 1/2 game out of the WC. Come on Rangers.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Aug 16, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
These are good times, slc
A half game outta da Wild Card on August 16!!!!
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And let it be known when Hank F
hits a rough spot, I still face the music.
It’s an 0 for 9 – he’ll be ok and could probably use a day off on Monday.
24-15 since all the positive changes were made and a big reason we’re only a half game out of the WC.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The rough spot has been
since the AS break
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on Aug 16, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
What music are you facing? That a prediction you made is wrong?
Get over yourself.
by brettgardner on Aug 16, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
24-15
since the positive changes were made, bg.
Move forward and let the healing begin.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 16, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's nothing to heal
Because I don’t give a shit about your silly predictions.
That they were proven wrong is just a cherry on top of the goodliness of winning baseball.
But in reality, you could die today in the most grisly manner and I just couldn’t be bothered to care. I’d imagine everybody feels that exact way about everyone here, so I’d be cautious about overestimating the relevance of my opinion if I were you.
Of course, you’ve revealed that you intentionally go for a bit, so it makes me care even less.
by brettgardner on Aug 16, 2009 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Weren't you the one predicting
that we would give up more runs from the pitching this year then last? I could have sworn you predicted us to lose close to 100 games this year.
The pitching has been exceptional for most of the games since the all star break, and that is why we are playing good ball, the offense has been putrid without most of our best hitters in the lineup and performing. And the walkless wonder is one of the main reasons this offense has been struggling.
What do voluntary mean?
by JKolar on Aug 16, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I enjoyed that moment. That's when we traded/drafted/signed
Elvis Andrus
Nelson Cruz
Neftali Feliz
Derek Holland
Tommy Hunter
Marlon Byrd
Josh Hamilton
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
by Gdawg on Aug 16, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mr. Outlaw
In your honor, I made a comment on Galloway’s column at the S-T site. I hope you enjoy it.
by Wonko.The.Sane on Aug 16, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sahx in 2008:
90 runs in 10 contests
2009:
28 runs in 8 contests, and counting
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 11:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What a great game...
I was laughing my ass off and Andrus and Borbon running all over Varitek. Combine that with Holland and Feliz pitching and I was in baseball heaven.
Seeing the young guys play this well is scary. I was expecting this around this time next year. I’m so damn excited about this team. The kids like Holland, Feliz, Andrus, Hunter and Borbon. The vets like MY, Kinsler, Hamilton, Cruz, Millwood, Fx2, and BGL. Then the help on the way in CD, Smoak, Perez, and MaxRam. This has to be it right? This has to be the group that puts the Rangers deep into the playoffs, and dare I say the World Series?
The best thing is that nearly all those guys are under control for the next 4, 5, or 6 years. JD has built something special. It’s going to be fun to watch baseball in Arlington for a long time.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Aug 16, 2009 11:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm pretty god damn excited myself
Every September for the last 2-3 years I get excited to see the young players. This year that excitement started in April and has kept getting better and better. This is the stuff we’ve all been waiting for and it arrived a year early. Four F’n rookies playing critical roles in a critical August game? No words can describe this shit.
Who cares who is responsible for this success (JD). It doesn’t matter if it was the team prez or JD (JD) – the guys on the field are who are behind This Thing (put together by JD). Let the healing begin. Crack one open, (toast to JD) and enjoy some afternoon baseball.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Aug 16, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Regardless
of how the season turns out, we have got to enjoy some of the most memorable games in the team’s history.
What a fun season.
by Houston27 on Aug 16, 2009 12:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If this was mentioned somewhere else, sorry.
So I was at the game last night and after Ian got hit in the bottom of the 8th, during Neftali’s warmup pitches in the 9th the ump came out to the mound and was talking to Feliz (I’m sure telling him to not hit anyone or he would be gone, which is bullshit anyway). Well as the ump was talking to Feliz both Andrus and Face come to the mound and stood right behind Feliz as if to say, if he it’s someone we have his back. It was an awesome moment and made me want to punch the douche Red Sox fan sitting 3 rows behind me. Last night was probably the most fun I have ever had at the Ballpark, it was AMAZING in that building last night.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Aug 16, 2009 12:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Neat detail, and something
I’m not sure the cameras caught.
"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.
by Rodney on Aug 16, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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