Evan Grant on the rain and the scheduling situation
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 12, 2009 12:24 PM CDT
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PrintEvan Grant has a lengthy post up at Inside Corner, explaining the problems with the rain, the forecast for this weekend, and the implications for the pennant race.
I assumed earlier this morning that if the Rangers and M's couldn't get all three games in this weekend, Seattle would come back after the regular season is over and play one or two or however many, if it impacts the pennant race.
That, however, is wrong, according to Grant. Grant says if the Rangers and M's can't get all three games in this weekend, Texas will have to play the makeup games in Seattle in the last weekend of the season.
Awesome. Just awesome. Ownership is a disaster right now, we're not going to be able to add anyone of significance this offseason because the team is a ward of the state, making it that much harder to build on this season's success and add to the young and deep collection of talent on hand, and now the team's dwindling chances of making the playoffs are looking at taking another hit because of the weather.
What did Ranger fans ever do to piss off the Baseball Gods?
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Fuck my life.
What did Ranger fans ever do to piss off the Baseball Gods?
No kidding.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
they just cant win no matter what they do
TV: There are national TV "windows" today and Sunday. Had the Rangers tried to play a doubleheader today, they would have had to schedule the first game at 6 p.m. or later or join the broadcast already in-progress so as not to interfere with FOX’s national broadcast window. On Sunday, they’d have to schedule the doubleheader in such a manner that the second game was not likely to start after 4 p.m. because ESPN has an evening broadcast window. Of course, the Rangers could just not televise one of the two games. The fallout: They’d probably lose significant dollars for not fulfilling their contracted number for telecasts with Fox Sports Net. You think this team can afford to lose dollars right now? Even without a terrible forecast, the more attractive option was to start earlier on Sunday in order to fit both games into the broadcast window. Even if Sunday’s second game runs long, it won’t be pre-empted. Once the game starts, you don’t have to worry about losing the broadcast.
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.
yeah the whole idea
of the “national broadcast window” is a huge steaming pile of crap. When it gets to the point where it interferes with games being played, that’s just wrong and needs to be changed immediately.
i understand the point of it, to protect fox and espn's national broadcasts
but honestly, there needs to be some kind of “out” here too…for situations like this that occur once in a blue moon
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah it really sucks
that the team is playing in meaningful September games, and playing pretty well, but still the news that is coming out all seems to be legitimately bad news. It always seems like the light of the end of the tunnel is a freight train headed our way with this team.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
Can I blame Bud Selig?
Seriously, that guy can fuck a stump.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
this idea should be one of d-shep's shirts
“blame bud” above this:
lol
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
on second thought
someone needs to bring a big version of this to a game as a sign
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Bud can FOAD.....
La naiba cu Monkey Rally !!!!!
by Captain Fubar on Sep 12, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Alex, that would be "Who is the biggest asshole in all of professional sports"
La naiba cu Monkey Rally !!!!!
by Captain Fubar on Sep 12, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions
The guy standing to his right should be the commissioner...
George Will..infinitely smarter than Selig, huge baseball fan and not an owner
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Sep 12, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
when he moves our makeup games
to Anaheim for some inane reason, then you can blame him.
The ownership situation is a mess
but that motherfucker losing the team this year and forever is the best news of this entire year.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Yes
I’m dancing in joy that we can’t sign FAs this offseason, that we might have to bench one of our pitchers to avoid paying him, that we can’t sign draft picks, etc. Best fucking news of this entire year.
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
FA's
Which FA’s should the Rangers pursue?
by Excel Hearts Choi on Sep 12, 2009 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Any of them
If there is some truth to the RG, Reeves, and TR claims, then that means we wouldn’t even be able to resign someone like Omar Vizquel because he’d be too expensive.
On the other hand, that might mean no more Everyday Eddie…
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
Losing the revenue from 3 home games would hurt
About 4% of the home schedule, and a weekend series, so maybe over 5% of the season’s gate, concession, and parking revenue.
That’s significant collateral damage for a team that apparently needs every penny.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
on top of losing (potentially) TV money
see above
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
We've played Sunday night games in the past
that have been televised (when the ESPN game was in competition) so I don’t get this.
The only reason it didn’t happen in August is because we were playing the Bosox.
"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 Sep 12, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
They give us a window because of the Texas heat
That probably closed now.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 12, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions
*That's*
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 12, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck Bud and MLB
It’s like they don’t want us to win.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Well not over
the BOSTON FUCKING RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 12, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Yet another reason to hate those assholes.....
La naiba cu Monkey Rally !!!!!
by Captain Fubar on Sep 12, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
reminds me of
when Katrina hit Houston and Bud decided to reschedule Houston’s “home” games against Chicago in Milwaukee…
i immediately move we change the rangers home games to be played at frisco!
heh
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd settle for Minute Maid.
I mean it’s not like the Astros are using it for anything meaningful…
True,I'd settle for KC as well.
by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 12, 2009 1:08 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
How about this scenario?
The Rangers only play one game of this series so they have to make up 2 games. One is in a DH on Oct.3 in Seattle. The other on Oct. 5 in Arlington if necessary. If the Rangers were to end up in a tie for the WC or division they could play the play-in game on Oct. 6 in Arlington or as a 3 team DH on Oct. 5.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
3 DH in 3 days is just BS
If we do make the playoffs the rotation will be so dead we will be one and done.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
MLB can't have the silly little Rangers make the playoffs over Boston
We will get dicked…..count on it.
by death of the cool on Sep 12, 2009 12:50 PM CDT reply actions
Sad but true
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
If this theory has any legs, people should be paying VERY close attention to balls and strikes these last few weeks
Someone should keep track of all missed calls and note how they affected the outcome of the game. If any disturbing trends should reveal themselves…well…
by oc on Sep 12, 2009 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
While this blows, Bud Selig (douche nozzle), The MLB, The Boston Red Sox.... are all enitites lacking the
ability to make it rain.
Scott Feldman – "The greatest Hawaiian-born Jewish baseball player to ever set foot on the mound."
i think they have the ability to make it rain
the red sox and mlb got a hold of that rain machine that the government used to create the katrina hurricane
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Oh, I didn't think of that...I'd better get some more tape for my foil hat...
Time to head back underground…
Scott Feldman – "The greatest Hawaiian-born Jewish baseball player to ever set foot on the mound."
by Pocket Ninja on Sep 12, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
i covered my whole house in foil
you know, just in case
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
did you cover your windows in plastic and duct tape...ya know like the government said
in case Red Sox Nation tries to gas Rangers fans? Do you think Selig has like this underground lair where he plots this stuff? Flips switches on his rain machine? Takes money from the Rangers so they can’t sign their first round draft picks? Steals your newspaper?
Scott Feldman – "The greatest Hawaiian-born Jewish baseball player to ever set foot on the mound."
by Pocket Ninja on Sep 12, 2009 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Well Rev from HH
Seems to think MLB is trying to help the Rangers out in a football market.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Daddy hurt Rev's head when he was a little boy.
Probably with a hammer….or maybe it’s just a side effect of gallons of soy lattes.
Scott Feldman – "The greatest Hawaiian-born Jewish baseball player to ever set foot on the mound."
by Pocket Ninja on Sep 12, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
rev halofan
now theres a guy id like to punch in the face…for no specific reason, just because it would be fun.
on second though, i want to smash his face into a car windshield, and then take his mother, Dorothy Halofan, out for a nice seafood dinner and never call her again!
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I would like to put his head in a Dutch Oven
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
he reminds me of that guy
off that one World of Warcraft South Park episode, where all that one old guy did was sit in front of his computer and play WOW until they beat him. Maybe once the Rangers beat the Angels in the playoffs, he really will look like that guy. heh
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
I've heard Pepto-Bismol on a windshield on a hot day works good....
La naiba cu Monkey Rally !!!!!
by Captain Fubar on Sep 12, 2009 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
i firmly believe selig belongs to the legion of doom
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
No they can't make it rain....
But they can sure use it to their advantage.
Do you seriously believe that in this same scenerio….they would take 3 home games away from the redsox?
by death of the cool on Sep 12, 2009 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Hell no they wouldn't
Red Sox Nation would be up in arms
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
"Bud Selig, The MLB, The Boston Red Sox...all entities lacking the ability to make it rain"
Pacman Jones can teach them how, and apparently he doesn’t have anything else going on at the moment.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
by tricer on Sep 12, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah...while I was typing that I was thinking of Pacman.
Scott Feldman – "The greatest Hawaiian-born Jewish baseball player to ever set foot on the mound."
by Pocket Ninja on Sep 12, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Now here is a question....
Would we be the home team in those 3 makeup games in Seattle? Would we be the team batting in the bottom of the inning?
I could see us needing 1 win to get to the playoffs….and Seattle winning an extra inning walkoff.
I am pretty sure that my head would explode.
by death of the cool on Sep 12, 2009 12:55 PM CDT reply actions
Yes
We would be the home team but it won’t feel like it because the M’s fans will be there.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
i think if that happened
we should tar and feather bud selif.
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I blame the architect of RBiA
for not designing a domed stadium. :)
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
blame Canada
Scott Feldman – "The greatest Hawaiian-born Jewish baseball player to ever set foot on the mound."
by Pocket Ninja on Sep 12, 2009 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions
What would Brian Boitano do?
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
by Michael Cave on Sep 12, 2009 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Suck Doogie Housers dick?
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Tom Shieffer actually
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
i thought that when it came to blaming bush
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions
The Great Game will be better off when Bud Selig and his goons stop running The Show.
Tom Grieve for Commissioner 12!
by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 12, 2009 1:06 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Another option to get one makeup game in
is to have the M’s stay in town and play an early afternoon game on Monday. It is an off day for them.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
So it would kinda be like a DH
with two different teams
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
yeah
Didn’t a team a few years ago play an early afternoon game in one city then a night game in another city?
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
Mets and MFNYY
played a subway DH last year.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
We play Oakland as well..
Has there ever been a team who has played 2 teams in 1 day?
by TooLegitToQuit on Sep 12, 2009 1:09 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
The only way that would be possible is to do a day/night DH
Which I think would be better than giving Seattle and extra home game
"I can hit 100 whenever I want." ---Neftali Feliz
They should have done a day/night DH today with the first game starting at 12 noon
with the nightcap tonight.
That way, there probably would have been enough windows of time to get in one game and then play a regular DH tomorrow if the second end of today’s DH was rained out.
As it is, they have left themselves no flexibility and have put all their eggs in tomorrow’s basket.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Umm...its been raining since midnight.....
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Then the daytime game couldn't be shown
due to national tv rights
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.
per EG
Had the Rangers tried to play a doubleheader today, they would have had to schedule the first game at 6 p.m. or later or join the broadcast already in-progress so as not to interfere with FOX’s national broadcast window. On Sunday, they’d have to schedule the doubleheader in such a manner that the second game was not likely to start after 4 p.m. because ESPN has an evening broadcast window.
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep
Nolan clearly fucked this up.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 12, 2009 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yep
He is in charge of everything out at the Temple.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
I say we make a deal
with the Mariners. We promise to lob a couple of pitches to Ichiro so he can get his precious hits and they forfeit the games.
Cleveland
It was only the second three-team doubleheader in the majors since 1900 and first since Sept. 13, 1951, when the St. Louis Cardinals played host to the New York Giants and Boston Braves at Sportsman’s Park.
The Indians had complained about having to play the doubleheader — their third in six days — when the AL announced that a Sept. 10 rainout with Chicago would have to be made up
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
reply to TLTq
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
what if Millwood layed another turd in his next start and the team decided to skip him
and hold him out until of these potential “play-in” games, so his next start would be worth $12M to him personally, and continued playoff hopes for the team?
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
I like this.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Why not just tell him
he has one more chance, and if he blows it, he’ll get dl’d? That way, we don’t have to endure the turd.
That's why they call them business sox
I missed the reasoning for why the games would have to be made up in Seattle instead of Texas.
What’s the obstacle keeping them from playing in Arlington if they have to make up all 3 later?
no overlapping off days
and there’s still a series in Seattle to be played.
I think the dates of the playoff series are already established
I guess MLB (or more likely the TV folks) doesn’t want to reschedule a playoff series that is supposed to start a day or two after the season ends.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
and you don't have to worry
about Jim Knox. He’s at the Iowa/Iowa St football game today!
I've given up on catching the Angels.
They’re too good and we’re too far back.
Our path is thru the Wild Card and we will be rooting for the Angels to sweep the Bosox this week.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
73
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
boomer1, are you back? Training wheels off and no longer in the 8 hole?
Or are you the little defenseless girl with a curl who was getting curbed to such a frightening degree that 5-6 other posters had to beg that I stop?
Did I mention that the specific topic making you cry was Sam Bradford’s injury?
Now that’s funny,
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
When did he ever cry about Sam Bradford?
Link, please.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
Never
It’s all he has.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
im not gonna lie
if mccoy got hurt i might cry
and if tebow got hurt, a fan of the gators might cry
i mean, wouldnt BYU fans cry if sapp got hurt?
or georgia players cry last year if stafford got hurt? tech fans if harrell got hurt?
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Josey was on the floor crying last year
When Tech was shitting their pants on a huge stage last year in Norman.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
i dont think
“shittying their pants” was strong enough
heh
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
It's also funny
How he thinks the Sooners define how I live from day to day.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Wouldn't have mattered if Harrell got hurt...
Leach could’ve walked outside that stadium and pull a kid off the intramural field and he’d put up numbers like Harrell did last year in that Imagination Land offense…
See: Kingsbury, Symons, Cumbie and Hodges before him…
Taylor Potts will do the same thing this year… It’s the magic of Leach’s offense… You have to be a complete and utter disaster to fail as a quarterback in that system.
Well, he did pick a student out of the student body last year
to be his kicker. The kid won a free years rent by kicking a 30 yd field goal at half time and Leach asked to speak to him. Kid was kicking extra points for Tech two games later.
Give me team chemistry and emotion over stats any day. Do you think 34,000 Ranger fans were screaming their asses off over Pudge and his .275 OBP?
that is pretty awesome
talk about living the dream
im telling you if i went to tech, i would def be kicking FG all summer and trying to be their kicker
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions
No kidding.
Now that I think about it, it may have been two years ago. But it was pretty sweet none the less.
Give me team chemistry and emotion over stats any day. Do you think 34,000 Ranger fans were screaming their asses off over Pudge and his .275 OBP?
was last year
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions
they arent "too good"
if you havent noticed the rangers have killed them in h2h games…and there are still most def. enough games to play vs them where we can catch up if we play as well vs them as we have this year
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
losing is not the same as lost :)
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
Ying and Yang
Feliz/Andrus is the Ying; Ownership/weather/Bud is the Yang.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
having just studied this for my humanities test
you have it the exact opposite way lol. Yang is supposed to be light and good items. Yin is the dark stuff, but a good comparison nonetheless
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
Have faith, gentlemen.
Our Rangers are best with their backs against the wall, they have been all year. This is just another reason for them to be mad at the world. They’ll find a way into the playoffs. I believe in this team.
by TheCrow471 on Sep 12, 2009 2:01 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Red Sox DH Sunday
They are starting the first game at 11am and the second at 4pm. Is this so they can clear the stadium and have two separate draws?
I believe so
They have to start the second at 4 in order to avoid the national television blackout window and if it was a traditional DH they would just have one start time of about noon or 1 (assuming 3 hours per game). Having 2 separate start times tells me its like a day night DH only with two day games
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.
Hey, a few days ago we were begging to play all our games as DHers.
Our wish is coming true and everyone is mad about it! Be careful what we wish for.
Give me team chemistry and emotion over stats any day. Do you think 34,000 Ranger fans were screaming their asses off over Pudge and his .275 OBP?
Yeah really.
One time when I was a kid I wished my parents would just “disappear”..when I woke up the next morning they were gone. I was pretty excited, I jumped up and down on their bed and ate crackers…it was the greatest time ever. Well…until the robbers showed up trying to steal my parents stuff. I gave them a run for their money though…setting traps and such through out the house. Things got a bit harry but my curmudgeon neighbor saved the day. In the end though it turned out my parents didn’t disappear at all, they were just terrible parents that left me at home when they went on vacation.
We all miss you John Candy.
Man, rainy days being stuck in the house make me loco.
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by Pocket Ninja on Sep 12, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Now is the John Candy reference a different topic,
or are you confusing Home Alone and Uncle Buck, both with Macaulay Culkin in them?
Give me team chemistry and emotion over stats any day. Do you think 34,000 Ranger fans were screaming their asses off over Pudge and his .275 OBP?
Uhm John Candy
was the band leader in the box van…..duh
Scott Feldman – "The greatest Hawaiian-born Jewish baseball player to ever set foot on the mound."
by Pocket Ninja on Sep 12, 2009 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
and if we have to play in seattle
We have feldman who is the shit on the road
Nobody punished like Earl and No one was nastier than Ryan
That is the one positive
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Holy shit...
I’m good at Pac-Man and all, but that’s insane.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
OT: Did anyone else see Jordan's HOF speech
I thought it was really really bad.
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
It felt like he had nothing prepared...
And just went up there having decided to wing it…
And pretty much tell the world to piss off.
It’s like it was him against the world. I understand that is probably what made him so great, but it must be a lonely lonely world he lives in. He honestly does believe it’s him against the world. Crazy.
Give me team chemistry and emotion over stats any day. Do you think 34,000 Ranger fans were screaming their asses off over Pudge and his .275 OBP?
The whole Byron Russell thing...
Had me scratching my head trying to figure out where the fuck he was going with it…
I guess it’s a cool little anecdote, but with John Stockton being inducted that same night, it just felt really uncomfortable… Probably not the time or place…
what did he say?
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions
When he was retired...
He met Byron Russell for the first time and Russell was talkin about how he could guard him and wished he’d catch him somewhere in a pair of shorts…
Then he came outta retirement and got that chance (1996 Finals) and kinda took a little jab at Stockton… “Oh, you remember that huh John?” and JS kinda smirked and didn’t really acknowledge it…
It was just uncomfortable watching it… Kinda felt disrespectful to me on a night when Stockton is being inducted as well..
what a low blow
but then again, its not like jordan was known for being a real classy guy in the first place…….
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Basically
Robinson, Stockton, Sloan, and even Vivian Stringer way way way outclassed Jordan.
If you were to tell me before the yr that Rickey Henderson would deliver a more poignant, classy and humble speech than MJ i would have said you were crazy. However that is most definitely the case
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
by Michael Cave on Sep 12, 2009 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree.
Granted Rickey and MJ are different in how good they were at their sport. Rickey was good at one or two aspects of baseball. MJ was a great total basketball player. They both had the same kind of mentality and mindset when playing the game (selfish etc.). But with Rickey’s speech, I gained a ton more respect for him. With MJ’s speech, ugh, I did a total face palm plant.
Give me team chemistry and emotion over stats any day. Do you think 34,000 Ranger fans were screaming their asses off over Pudge and his .275 OBP?
But he could come out of retirement at 50....
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Yeah and hopefully get schooled by everyone
I lost a lot of respect for him
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
by Michael Cave on Sep 12, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
why? what did that dude ever do to you to lose your respect?
by blueballlefty on Sep 12, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Guess you arent paying attention to the thread
I thought his speech last night was petty and classless.
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
by Michael Cave on Sep 12, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
so isn't there some kind of sharing the teams do with
the gate and such? and if so wouldn’t they just let us keep the home portion of the gates and whatever else in Seattle? surely there is no way they can just STEAL two or three gates from us? and not like it really fucking matters considering what ever money we do make we won’t spend on improving the team, GEEZ US this team is so fucking depressing even when we are winning,
anyone have a link for texas-wyoming game?
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.
arg id settle for a longhorns radio link :(
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
XM 232
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
try this one.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
...funny lol
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
not @ home or i would be watching for sure :(
but found it i think…
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Wyoming's unis are some of the worst I've ever seen....
worse than Oregon.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
fail.
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.
by knockoutking on Sep 12, 2009 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
so far texas doesnt look good
and the officiating has kinda stunk.
its looking similar to the first part of the florida v troy game today. florida wasnt looking real sharp then came back like gangbusters. texas looks unprepared right now, and wyoming is pumped up
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
The officiating has been a trainwreck.
The Wyoming “first down, no wait, third down, psych!” thing was ridiculous.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
that was horrible
heck the call that created that mess was stupid too.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
UT 3 Wyoming 3
11 minutes left in the second quarter.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
I need another big screen and cable box...
I’m sitting here with the screen split, OSU/UH on one side and ND/UM on the other, flipping back and forth to UT/WYO and UCLA/UTk at breaks… LMAO…
And tonight with USC/OSU and the Rangers (maybe?)… What a Saturday.
Also
LAAA & White Sox are on Fox plus I’m watching TCU as well.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Yep...
Lots and lots of sports on and only one TV in the living room…
This has to be the best time of the sports calender year, doesn’t it? College football under way, the really NFL kicking off tomorrow, MLB coming down the stretch run… And meaningful Rangers games and scoreboard watching making it that much more enjoyable…
LFL Wardrobe Malfunction
more fans than TBIA
link
idiocracy indeed
they probably drink Brawndo
This is why female sports suck
When Jason Witten loses his helmet or something, he doesn’t care. He’ll still run through 300 pound men to get the job done. What does that girl do? She decides to pull up her underwear and then proceeds to get sacked. Pitiful.
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
w00t.
found it!
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.
made a college football thread
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.
Well...
That sucks.
Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock
EG with a wether update
The most recent hour-by-hour update for Arlington, from the Weather Channel, indicates continued rain all night and into tomorrow. The chance of precipitation in Arlington does not drop below 70 percent until the calendar officially turns to Sunday. It has rained through the night and all day in Arlington varying from light showers to heavy rain
I think tonight’s games gets rained out. I also don’t have much hope for tomorrow’s games.
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