Josey, Hank, and Davis
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 22, 2009 10:13 AM CDT
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Okay, I'm tired of every morning post, game day thread, post game thread, and anything else being hijacked by arguments with Josey about Hank Blalock and Chris Davis.
So no more of that in any threads. All that needs to be confined to this FanPost. And if folks want to rec it up, it will be able to stay in the rec'd FanPosts for a while and thus stay on the main page.
This requires two levels of cooperation. First, it requires Josey to stop posting about Chris Davis and Hank Blalock in every main page post.
But second, it requires everyone else to stop Josey-baiting. It seems like half the arguments about Davis and Blalock start with someone besides him posting something along the lines of, "Josey really must have hated seeing Chris Davis hit that triple last night" or "Yeah, but think how much better the Rangers would be if they'd just played Hank F. all year."
Any Josey posts about Hank or Davis anywhere other than here, and any Hank/Davis Josey-baiting posts anywhere other than here, will be deleted.
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Thank You Sir
You are a fine gentleman.
by brandallini on Sep 22, 2009 10:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
AJM
is a smart man, good call on this
And mankind is naught but a single nation - Qu'ran 2:213
by devsr on Sep 22, 2009 10:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fair enough.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 22, 2009 10:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Very good idea, adam.
It’s very clear now who won The Great Hank Blalock War of June 2009 and my scoreboard pointing will be confined to this little area of greatness.
"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 22, 2009 10:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That's strange.
Furman didn’t point to the scoreboard Saturday against Missouri. Why would you do the same?
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 22, 2009 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Why do you want to point out how you're an idiot and you lost every debate?
You are an odd duck, Jay Donuts.
by FuturePants on Sep 22, 2009 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't get too smug
There’s still that matter of your humiliating defeat in the Great Elvis Andrus War.
And I think I saw 73 wins waving in the rear view mirror…
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 22, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Minor skirmishes, RC
I had to acknowledge I was wrong about Tiny E sometime ago.
Per 73 wins, given what I knew going into the season about the team, I would have guessed 73 wins again and quite a bit of that forecast was tied up in Tiny E and also not realizing how much Nolan Ryan would influence this pitching staff.
The Great Hank Blalock War of June 2009 was the big one.
It was an issue within the season identified early as a big problem (kept running Davis out there despite the fact that he was drowning) and I never wavered.
"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 22, 2009 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And as a result of you never wavering, you lost.
Kudos, champ.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 22, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I lost?
The scoreboard disagrees…
See 11-15, 28-19, 11-12.
The added cherry on top and salt in the wound was the historical offensive ineptitude (1 run in 5 games?!?!) coming to an immediate halt.
"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 22, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And again:
Chris Davis’ post-ASB OPS is almost 200 points higher than Hank Blalock’s. That is an argument you have yet to refute. As a result, you lose.
Pow pow. And I’m out.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 22, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hank F Blalock's OPS in September is
150 points higher than Chris Davis.
Are you boys going to break out the party hats when Davis (currently .693) gets his OPS above .700 for the 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"
by Josey Wales on Sep 22, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
HA!
Man, I can’t believe I fell for it. Dude, you totally had me going. I thought this whole bit thing was real. Wow, man, that’s commitment.
But you gave yourself away when you claimed that Hank’s Sept. OPS is higher than CD’s. Because nobody — I mean, nobody — would be dumb enough to mention that, considering Hank’s played in all of six games in September.
Dude, bravo. Just an absolute masterpiece of a performance. You really had me going. Kudos.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 22, 2009 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you are going to compare small sample sizes you need to
do it both ways.
As tough a season as Blalock has had, his OPS is still 60 points higher than Davis.
“When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, hurrah”
"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 22, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sadly, the jig is up, Josey.
The curtain has been pulled back. I understand now that it’s all been a ruse, and as much as I’d like to, I can never go back.
But again, just an incredible job on the bit. I am astonished and in awe of your theatrical prowess.
It’s kind of like when you find out that Santa’s not real, you know? Part of you wishes you could go back, but you can’t un-see, can’t un-read, and can’t un-learn.
Goodbye, Josey Wales’ character. You truly were a master of theater.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 22, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
Minor skirmishes?
Andrus exceeding expectations is a big reason this team was still in the playoff hunt in September.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 22, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would kind of think
that the team prediction is a more important one than the F war. But, If you are right about the F war, then you are actually probably worse off with regard to your prediction. If the Rangers would have been that much better off by playing F, just think how bad your predictive skills would look had they played him the entire year.
by CS3 on Sep 22, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brain. On. Overload.
Overload. Overload. Bzzrt. Qlllrln. Fzzzll.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 22, 2009 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't there some Bush guy who.....
Never Wavered?
by tklawless on Sep 22, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
From someone who posts little, but
reads alot. Thank you Adam. I will begin to sit back in on the GDT’s.
"Elvis Andrus just sneers at sliders..." - Josh Lewin
by pro82 on Sep 22, 2009 10:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I might actively participate in the GDTs
1 out of 5 games.
Actively participate defined as having more than 10 posts.
"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 22, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this is going to be a very lonely fanpost
it’ll be hard for Josey to bait anyone into anything when nobody reads it after the first day or so.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
by willamos2 on Sep 22, 2009 10:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I disagree
I will probably have to open a new one before the end of the week, because the comments on this one will get so big.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 22, 2009 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree. This thread is going to be flooded with comments.
I don’t understand why people continue to argue with Josey. Just ignore him.
"Stats are like a woman in a fine little bikini. You can see a lot, but you can't see everything." -Dirk A. Tron
by coolaid on Sep 22, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it will die off though eventually
and we will have one less idiot to get worked up about.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
by willamos2 on Sep 22, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hank
Fucking Blalock will be gone from Texas in 13 games and the big conversation going forward will be what should we expect from Davis in 2010.
"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 22, 2009 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see anything about the season Chris Davis had
that makes me truly enthused about him coming back in 2010.
"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 22, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately.......
I agree.
I feel the same about Hamilton as well.
Wash is an idiot!!
by bspate on Sep 23, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Might I suggest
Dig up Hitler and stuff his corpse at first base.
by iblum on Sep 22, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hitler doesn't have much of a glove, I'd go with Michael Jackson's rotting corspe before Hitler
I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.
by RA Dickey on Sep 22, 2009 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Softer hands and a better ball handler?
Jeeez, the players JD picked up in the Tex trade have barely made any kind of meaningful contributions to the Rangers in The Show, but the pro-JD crowd is still running around shouting "I told ya so."
by red3biggs on Sep 25, 2009 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Good defense/run prevention.
Which is what we won’t get from Stank.
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers. - Homer Simpson
by SarasotaRanger on Sep 22, 2009 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt there will be a ton of comments
It’s all been said before. Problem was the discussion being interjected into every post and people (including me) couldn’t help ourselves. With this post we just know not to click on it unless we’re looking for a dumb debate.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 22, 2009 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Davis catches fire in the last two weeks
and let’s say for example gets his OPS above Hank F’s (who the fuck are you kidding?) this particular thread will be swarming with people looking for their bowl of blood – don’t count on it – if Davis has an OPS below .700 on September 22, it’s not going to happen.
LSB loved talking about this issue in mid August (when Hank F was struggling) and also when Davis came up had a decent week after coming up.
Then the Sack of Shit went 8 for 46 and the offense scored 1 run in 5 games (with Hank buried) at the most important time of year and the season was pissed away.
Hank F coming back to the line-up after being buried and making an immediate difference was the final dagger.
This was the dominant issue of the season (identified in early June by me) that JD bungled at every turn and in the end it killed the team’s chance for post-season.
The way that the Great Hank Blalock War of June 2009 eventually played out has people in a tizzy and now they don’t wanna talk about it / have me banned.
"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 22, 2009 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
See what I mean?
Classic Josey. If only it were real to me anymore.
Brilliant stuff, man. Keep that ruse alive for the others. It’s a good one.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 22, 2009 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is the third time I've mentioned this yet you never respond
“The offense scored 1 run in 5 games . . . .”
You realize that wasn’t CD’s fault, right? Are you aware there are 8 other hitters on the team. That’s about 160 plate appearances where no one was getting shit done.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 22, 2009 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do you call Davis a sack of shit?
F had his struggles this year too when Davis got sent down and you don’t call him a sack of shit when he played similarly. I understand what you are trying to do, I just don’t understand your complete hatred for Davis. You dislike him more than anyone here dislikes Blalock. I get that you dislike Daniels for doing his best to ruin this team (/sarcasm), but why hate one of the players who just goes out there and does his best, whether that’s up to your standards or not?
by CS3 on Sep 23, 2009 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My feelings towards Davis are a direct reflection of his own performance
on the field.
He seems like a good guy. Very accommodating to kids and old women at spring training and would also wave at drunk guys randomly calling his name out. He plays hard, always hustles and is a good defender.
Given what he did in 2008 at his age, I thought he was one of the bright spots of the team and would have a much better year than Tiny E. I thought Davis had earned 1B on Opening Day this year based on how well he had played the year previous.
My problems with Davis started in early June when he was obviously drowning (hit .189 / with .238 obp in May) yet the organization thought it would be smart to put Hank F (.854 OPS for first two months) in a heavy platoon. That was the first time that it became very clear Chris Davis was being propped up and given the position because JD (who I profoundly dislike personally & professionally) had drafted him.
Hank F didn’t handle it well and neither did The Room but we know what happened in July.
JD mandating that Hank F be buried after September 2 while Davis shit the bed again (8 for 46) and then going back to Hank F once they fell out of contention only enhanced my disgust with how management bungled the most important issue they faced this season.
So it’s not personal with Davis at all but it definitely is with Little Boy Donuts.
"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 23, 2009 8:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do you hate Jon Daniels personally?
Do you know the guy?
by JDT217 on Sep 23, 2009 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's really simple. JD isn't very good at his job
and I think he’s a fraud.
I think he’s been propped up in here and other places. He’s bulletprood in the DMN.
The big defense for him in the early years is that “it was his learning curve.”
Think that shit would fly in Boston, Chicago, LA or NYC?
Tom Hicks brought Nolan Ryan here because the Rangers were doing something worse than pissing off their fans….they were causing mass apathy. How the hell do you lose 600,000 fans in three years!??!
So yeah, it’s personal and professional with JD.
"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 23, 2009 8:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Newsflash
we arent Boston, Chicago, LA or NYC.
Personal? Wow man i mean i dislike some ballplayers’ performance and some GMs as well but to say it is personal. You really are a petty, pathetic man. I feel bad for you.
08/03/2009 A day that will live in infamy for the rest of the AL West.
by Michael Cave on Sep 23, 2009 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chicago
I’d say it would fly in Chicago.
Kenny Williams was pretty much a joke in his first couple years as a GM (anyone remember Moneyball?) but then went on to win a World Series in his 5th year on the job.
Jim Hendry’s had a long run with the Cubs despite only once getting past the first round of the playoffs.
Also, Omar Minaya’s had a longer leash with the Mets than I’d expected he would receive, especially after the Tony Bernazard fiasco and the blow-up at that reporter this summer.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 23, 2009 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Minaya traded away all their prospects
and it has gotten them nowhere closer than they were. The Mets are where ballplayers go and are never heard from again.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Sep 23, 2009 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cave
JD is probably a good person when he’s not running a major league baseball team.
I think he is a professional fraud. Given that the Rangers tuck him away and keep him out of the public eye, I don’t think I’m alone as a fan who feels this way.
There’s a reason we see and hear Nolan Ryan as much as we do.
"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 23, 2009 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
is that why JD does those QnA 's
to hide from the public eye.
please, the young guys on this team making a difference are here because of JD
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Sep 23, 2009 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's his personal hatred blinding him again..
The fact that JD is out there interacting via Q&As, interviews, etc doesn’t count. The fact that he doesn’t sit out in the sun “like a man” is all that matters.
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 Sep 23, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, no, no
The only reason JD is doing those Q&As and interviews is so he can pull the wool over the fans’ eyes and try to explain away all of his stupid decisions. Also, because he keeps talking to the media they just keep covering his ass for him.
It’s like you’ve never read a Josey comment.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 23, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD had no problem
sitting in a box close to the dugout when the team was in Seattle earlier this year.
I don’t know this to be fact but I suspect there is a very good reason we see Jim Sundberg sitting next to Nolan at home games and not Little Boy Donuts
"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 23, 2009 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's the very good reason...
that you’re suspecting?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 23, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Most fans have a very negative view of Jon Daniels.
I have a lot of different friends with varying degrees of Ranger knowledge and nobody has a positive thing to say about JD.
"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 23, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suspect that could be possible.
Also, if you read T.R. Sullivan’s mailbags, you’d see that Ranger fans aren’t the brightest bulbs on the tree, not because there’s something special about Ranger fans but just because people in general are stupid.
But, then again, most Ranger fans probably couldn’t pick Jon Daniels out of a lineup. I mean, are you suggesting that Jon Daniels would be in physical danger if he sat near the dugout at home?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 23, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're right about there being a lot of stupid
people out there. I’d also agree most Ranger fans don’t know who JD is.
The people I know, white 40 something guys who love sports know who he is and don’t like him. He’s the stupid sonofabitch that traded CYoung, AGonzales, Soriano and John Danks for the load of shit in somebody else’s front yard.
"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 23, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watch JD at home games.
He is always on the cell phone; I assume he has a lot of work to do. He also gets feeds of minor league games to his suite.
That’s the reason he’s not sitting down by Nolan, wasting time. He’s working, dumbass.
by FuturePants on Sep 23, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
Him and other members of the front office are constantly on the phone
and on their laptops while in the suite.
But im sure its really all a clever ruse to hide from fans.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 23, 2009 6:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What "minor league feeds"
was he getting this past weekend?
"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 23, 2009 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do you think...
it’s important for Daniels’ job performance for him to be in the box next to Nolan at home games?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 23, 2009 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its more important to keep up appearances
than to actually work.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 23, 2009 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, your contention...
is that he doesn’t sit by the dugout because fans don’t like him. So he doesn’t sit down there because he thinks he’s in danger? Or for some other reason?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 23, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I doubt it’s any fear for his life.
JD’s from Queens, and rode the train an hour each way to and from school. Compared to that, angry Ranger fans are about as scary as a dandelion.
He’s also not afraid to show his face in public. I’m thinking he’s in the suite because he’s working. That’s the simplest explanation, but why use Ockham’s Razor when you can invent a conspiracy behind everything?
And it’s funny- most of my friends are white late-30’s/early 40’s guys who love sports, and they think JD’s OK. He’s the guy who traded for Neftali and Elvis, found half of a solid bullpen on the scrap heap, and drafted Holland, Borbon, and Hunter.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 23, 2009 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it's marketing...
The Rangers would rather their fans see Nolan Ryan as the Executive Face o’ the Franchise rather than JD.
"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 23, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nolan is going to be there regardless
Your contention was that Jim Sundberg was sitting next to him instead of JD because the fans don’t like JD.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But you just acknowledged...
that fans aren’t likely to recognize Daniels.
And which fans are we talking about? The fans that sit within a couple of sections on the first base side of the field?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 23, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You just now getting up
Little Brother?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Sep 23, 2009 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fans on television
"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 23, 2009 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fans on television?
Do the cameras spend a lot more time than I’m aware of focusing on Nolan Ryan, or do you just spend a lot of Tivo time rewinding to those parts? ‘cause I wasn’t aware that it was a big focus of the broadcasts.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 23, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They will show Nolan a few times a
game when he’s in the box by the dugout.
"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 23, 2009 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the organization...
did not want to show Jon Daniels in the box by the dugout, and Jon Daniels wanted to be in the box by the dugout, wouldn’t it be fairly easy for the camera to cut Daniels out of the frame? Why do you assume this grand (and somewhat nonsensical) conspiracy is in place?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 23, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's nothing "grand"
about it.
It’s really simple – we see Nolan Ryan on television quite a bit at home games and we never see JD.
"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 23, 2009 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No one is arguing that he is not seen on TV very often
The argument is your theory on why it is true. Your contention was that it is because he is not liked by the “fans on tv”. I think the fans on TV see Nolan and “the ananymous guy sitting next to him”. And usually when they show Nolan on the screen, it is because the announcers are talking about Nolan at the time, so there is even less attention paid to the guy sitting next to him.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it simple?
We agree on the premise: we see Nolan Ryan on television quite a bit at home games and we never see JD. What we don’t agree on is the reason.
I would think that the simplest explanation is probably the most likely to be true, i.e., Ranger fans know who Nolan Ryan is. It’s like asking why I never get shown on TV but hot chicks do.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 23, 2009 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD is a vampire
If he were to go outside and sit with Nolan, he would brust into flame. How do I know this is true? Because he is not sitting outside with Nolan.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 7:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD is a compulsive nose picker
He cannot control it so he doesn’t want to be seen on camera. How do I know this is true? Because he is not sitting outside with Nolan.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD has terrible body odor
Nolan can’t stand the smell and wont let JD sit next to him. How do I know this is true? Because he is not sitting outside with Nolan.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD is a Hatfield
The people who hold the season tickets to the seats behind Nolan are McCoys. Every time JD sits there, they throw popcorn at him all through the game. Nolan wont make them stop because they are long-time season ticket holders and he doesn’t want to offend them. So JD moved to the suite. How do I know this is true? Because he is not sitting outside with Nolan.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD is an alien fugitive (the outer-space kind)
His pursuers currently suspect he may be hiding out on Earth. JD is hiding in the suite where is he shielded from their spaceship’s sensors. If he goes outside where he is exposed, they will beam him away and take him back to their home world. How do I know this is true? Because he is not sitting outside with Nolan.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
how often do fans ever see their GMs
on TV during broadcasts?
hmmm…very very little, if at all for most teams.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Sep 24, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Theo gets lots of face time
when the Red Sox are on tv.
"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 24, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not from the games I've seen
this year on NESN. You see their manager most of the time if they cut away.
basically, no GM gets alot of face time. They’ll be shown from time to time just like JD is, usually in a suite, not in a seat by the dugout.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Sep 24, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disagree
I’ve seen Theo several times this year.
I’ve seen JD once – at Seattle, without a cell phone when several minor league games were being played and having a grand old time with Bill Haselman.
"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 24, 2009 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There - wasn't that easy?
A logical (albeit still speculative) reason versus some stupid theory that fans hate JD so that’s why he doesn’t sit in the stands at home games. I agree – it’s possibly marketing to have Nolan in the stands.
Here’s another possible reason that will certainly appeal to you – Nolan probably knows a good amount about pitching mechanics so maybe he just likes to be near the field to watch.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 23, 2009 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of JD (and since we're here)...
Do you boys think he did a good job handling the Blalock / Davis situation this year/
To me it was the dominant issue of the season (emerged in early June) and was bungled in every possible way (to the detriment of both players and the team) by JD.
"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 23, 2009 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he did best he could
Since they both suuuhhhcked. However, one was cheap, young and possibly a part of the future. The other was older, often injured and probably not a part of the future. CD’s 2008 provided enough evidence to give him the starting the job. No one thought CD would do this badly going into the season.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 23, 2009 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jon Daniels
He’s not above criticism. The way he handled the Blalock situation was horrible. Never should have offered an extension.
by Grammar Police on Sep 23, 2009 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed that Davis earned the position
to start the season but two months in, his ass should have been shipped back to OKC.
"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 23, 2009 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only place it was the "dominant issue of the season" was on this site
It was just one of many issues during the season for the FO, and probably not the most important. And if you had not gotten everyone on this site riled up at every opportunity, then it wouldn’t have been the “dominant issue” here either.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
1 month?
so your problem is that Daniels sent him down a month later than you would have? OMFG, get a life.
Plus, after CD returned to the Rangers, he hit .308/.338/.496 with 6 homers in 36 games from August 25th on. From August 25th on, Blalock hit .209/.292/.362 with 2 homers in 18 games.
what a moron that JD was.
by iblum on Oct 5, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but we lost games
and Blalock would have won those games
/see, I’m baiting Josey-style
by BuckyB on Oct 5, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm, JD doesn't sit in his suite on the road....
shouldn’t be any problem to carry that suite from town to town, should it?
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 Sep 23, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
“Given that the Rangers tuck him away and keep him out of the public eye, I don’t think I’m alone as a fan who feels this way.”
I fail to see the connection. And, of course, your premise is false.
“There’s a reason we see and hear Nolan Ryan as much as we do.”
Your reasoning seems to be that we see Nolan Ryan as much as we do because Jon Daniels “is a professional fraud.” A better alternative explanation could be that we see Nolan Ryan as much as we do because he’s a legend.
by JDT217 on Sep 23, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just so I'm clear...
Josey Wales:
Jon Daniels isn’t very good at his job.
I personally hate Jon Daniels.
Is that about right?
by JDT217 on Sep 23, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Again with contradicting yourself.
My feelings towards Davis are a direct reflection of his own performance on the field.
So why don’t you hate Blalock? Or Andruw Jones?
by FuturePants on Sep 23, 2009 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Call it The Josey Rules
"He's got one of those arms that could throw a marshmallow through a battleship."
- Anonymous Baseball Scout on Neftali Feliz
by theflip44 on Sep 22, 2009 10:44 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Can we get
the Sharky posts and arguments added to this thread too?
It’ll make it much easier to ignore both of them.
You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.
by Escher on Sep 22, 2009 11:10 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather have Teix...
than Andrus, Feliz, Salty, Harrison, and Jones.
Those guys haven’t done shit in The Show!
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 22, 2009 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice try Scheurholz
but we’re not buying it.
by iblum on Sep 22, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No...
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 22, 2009 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sharky
He just makes his own FanPosts anyway.
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 22, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe
there should just be an ongoing Troll thread? That way anyone that wants to respond to JW, Sharky, miles, LBrooks, stealhome, et al. can just all go to one place to get their thrills. The rest of us can concentrate on the important messages and threads.
You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.
by Escher on Sep 22, 2009 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This messsge is sponsored by Jay from Grapevine
by Too Legit To quit on Sep 22, 2009 11:28 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Nice
As someone who has tried to avoid the Josey baiting, but has had a few interesting discussions regarding Davis hijacked by this nonsense, I’m happy about this.
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Sep 22, 2009 11:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Praise you AJM!!!
I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.
by RA Dickey on Sep 22, 2009 11:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
AJM should reword the last sentence
Any Josey posts about Hank or Davis anywhere other than here, and any Hank/Davis Josey-baiting posts anywhere other than here, THEIR ACCOUNTS will be deleted.
Get rid of the troll once and for all.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Sep 22, 2009 12:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Adam.
This incident reminds me a lot of the “Hamsterdam” sanctuary for drug activity in The Wire.
Why you got to go and fuck with the program? – Fruit
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Sep 22, 2009 1:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I keep coming back to check on this thread
It’s like a canker sore: you know it’s gonna hurt, but you keep poking it with your tongue just to check.
Or when you find the carton of milk that expired a month ago in the back of the fridge – you know it’s turned to chunks, but you can’t help yourself; you take a sniff anyway.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 22, 2009 1:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
One question, out of curiosity
If one poster, irrespective of his point of view, disturbs or offends or agitates a sufficient number of people to detour his usual presence to a side thread, why is he still here at all?
"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 Sep 22, 2009 2:13 PM CDT reply actions 12 recs
Because you banned him from Newburg so he came here.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 22, 2009 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A true American blog?
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”
by mgb5 on Sep 22, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also put him back on line on NMLR
He very reasonably agreed to a couple of Jamey’s suggestions.
"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 Sep 22, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Jamey castrated Josey
the way he claims Nolan castrated JD.
Very interesting….
Jeeez, the players JD picked up in the Tex trade have barely made any kind of meaningful contributions to the Rangers in The Show, but the pro-JD crowd is still running around shouting "I told ya so."
by red3biggs on Sep 25, 2009 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't have any problems with Jamey (although I disagree profoundly with him about JD & Tom Hicks). His reports are gold and very important to Ranger fans. He said that I never broke any rule or crossed any bright line
but he didn’t like the reaction of several people in the room else towards me. People see me minding my own business yet wanna make a name for themselves by throwing down their gloves.
“red3biggs” is just guilty of it as Ken, Hodson aka, “the white Muggsy Bogues”, soze and little Dougie. They’re the biggest problem within the current version of the NMLR board and why the participation is lacking. You have a few good posters and 10-12 others that get in a circle jerk and run off anybody who dares to think differently.
"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 25, 2009 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think its your constant inability to see another POV at all and only seeing how things are JD’s or Wash’s fault and never Nolan.
You assume we have a powerless GM (when the truth is probably Tom took power away from himself) and yet still blame him for the ‘screw ups’ on handeling Hank/Davis, allowing Benson to start in the rotation while having Feldman in the bullpen, and just being Galloway’s parrot when it comes to your next catch phrase.
Jeeez, the players JD picked up in the Tex trade have barely made any kind of meaningful contributions to the Rangers in The Show, but the pro-JD crowd is still running around shouting "I told ya so."
by red3biggs on Sep 26, 2009 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the idiots who came over
so they could keep arguing with Josey are bigger negatives to the blog than Josey himself.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
by DJCahill on Sep 22, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Who do you think came over to argue with Josey?
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 Sep 23, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
increased traffic
And mankind is naught but a single nation - Qu'ran 2:213
by devsr on Sep 22, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, page views *do* count
And yes, I was fishing for at least a couple of “defenders”. The guy is not the problem. His posts are not the problem. Interaction beyond necessity is, I’d think, a sort of a problem.
"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 Sep 22, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hit the nail on the head
And mankind is naught but a single nation - Qu'ran 2:213
by devsr on Sep 22, 2009 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
If that turned out to be true I would bow down in awe of Adam. …and then my head would explode.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 22, 2009 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would possibly be the greatest bit in internet history
"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 22, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What do you think the J in Adam J. Morris stands for.
by bruce182 on Sep 22, 2009 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jay
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 Sep 23, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
Oh my God … my middle name is right behind that shrub! I’ll finally know what “J” stands for. From this moment forth, I will be known as Homer … [he pushes back the shrub] … Jay Simpson! [wipes away a tear] It’s so beautiful. What a magical gift for my mother to leave me.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Sep 23, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
C'mon, Ed.
The criteria for getting banned need to be more cut and dried than “agitates” or “offends.”
Some pretty noble ideas have fallen into the categories of agitating and offensive.
"[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 Sep 22, 2009 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True
See the replies and reason.
"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 Sep 22, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well the flip side is...
…Josey, when he realizes he has lost an argument, just starts to personally insult people. Talking about how Chris Davis is the reason the Rangers scored 1 run in 5 games may be stupid, but it’s whatever. Cussing at people and calling them names is not anything close to a “noble idea.”
by FuturePants on Sep 23, 2009 8:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Future Pants
Somebody else could do the counting to verify but I’d venture I receive approximately 25-50 personal insults per one that I dish out.
"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 23, 2009 9:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is retarded
A seperate thread for Josey? Really? Maybe if this was the old LSB where you couldn’t “z” through every page but come on really? If you don’t like a conversation just hit “z” until the next one starts. Its not hard to follow. But now…two weeks before the end of the season….you put this up? If you did this in say….July then maybe I could understand but now in my humble opinion its fucking retarded
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 Sep 22, 2009 5:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It makes sense
Because every morning thread devolves into 100 back-and-forth comments. That clogs up space in the thread. I stopped getting involved, but not everybody has, and so I completely understand the desire to siphon it off.
by brettgardner on Sep 22, 2009 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I don't see the sense..
Let’s assume that a future thread exists, and someone starts it up again. OK, what’s the next step from Adam? Ask everyone nicely? Timeban someone? We all know it’s gonna come to that, right? So why this interim step?
I know I’ve been one of the guilty ones sometimes, but I also think I’ve tried pretty hard to not go round and round. Others, not so much.
Sadly though, when someone tries their dead-level best to piss in the pool and revels in ruining everyone’s mood for their own enjoyment, you’re gonna get people who object to the yellow water and keep talking about it. I don’t see a lot of other occurrences of people baiting each other or going around in circles except for this singular situation.
Make a decorum rule, implement and enforce a plan for violations, and just do it. If people can adapt, they can stay, if they’re not mature enough to act right, they’re gone.
Just my $.02
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 Sep 22, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Now you guys are arguing about having a thread for arguing.
by JBP on Sep 22, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Its what we do
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 Sep 23, 2009 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
bking, your statement -
“when someone tries their dead-level best to piss in the pool and revels in ruining everyone’s mood for their own enjoyment…”
This is bullshit. I just don’t back down or get in line with Group Think when I am sincerely believe in an opinion.
I don’t strive to ruin everybody’s mood for my own enjoyment.
"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 23, 2009 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your actions belie that..
There is NO valid reason for continually wading into the same topic areas multiple times a day (and you DO) except to agitate or elicit a negative reaction, even when its in response to someone baiting you . The slightest bit of introspection would reveal that, so I have to believe you’re aware. Sticking strictly to the Davis/Blalock topic, although it is just your latest in a long line of stalking horses, posting virtually the EXACT SAME TEXT over and over serves no valid purpose other than to stir things up. It convinces no one because of your approach. No rational human would think otherwise.
Now, knowing that continually reposting the same text over and over is guaranteed to cause such chaos and little else of value, and knowing that many on here and elsewhere have expressed how it ruins things for them, is there really another viable explanation other than either (a) you do it for your own enjoyment, or (b) you don’t give a shit about others’ enjoyment?
Now, even if it’s the latter, doesn’t that basically mean the same thing – that what you want takes precedence over the collective good?
You cannot expect anyone to believe that coming on here and posting the same things ad nauseum is intended to contribute or actually influence someone positively. It’s just not plausible. A sincerely-held opinion is one thing, but your posts aren’t designed to convince others that you’re trying to win them over. The sledgehammer is NOT a sales tool. If you had a band of converts, it might be different, but in 4+ years of this, I can’t recall any. Even the slightest bit of nuance in your approach might have done so, but that’s been sadly absent for years now.
As you freely admitted, it’s personal with you. And you constantly let your blind hatred overwhelm anything and everything else from a posting perspective.
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 Sep 23, 2009 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions 10 recs
This might be the best analyis of Josey's behavior I have seen
I may need to cut/paste this (or link to it) repeatedly in the future. You will be given full credit, of course.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
exactly
I’ve stayed out of this thread so as to not give Josey his last ever bit of troll food, but I will jump in to say that this is very well said. It seems obvious to me, but the fact it’s taken this long for this thread to happen suggests it’s not.
by alon91 on Sep 24, 2009 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quit looking for attention,nobody cares about you "bigsteve".
by Too Legit To quit on Sep 22, 2009 6:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
It's a shame this is just now being thought of...
so let’s botleneck the arguement and keep JW as far away as possible from the threads that are actually fun to read through.
"BIg whoop, wanna fight about it?"
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
by lost in space on Sep 22, 2009 6:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How will this keep him away?
He’ll just start a new meme, and it will be our responsibility to ignore it all 5000 times he posts it. Yeah, THAT makes sense – make your readers do extra work to enjoy your site.
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 Sep 22, 2009 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know how I combat the problem?
I ignore it.
"Clearly, the season is over. Fire Daniels, fire Washington, fire Maddux, burn down TBIA." - AJM
by aggierangerfan00 on Sep 22, 2009 8:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Happy for ya...
Although I noticed you came into the thread and posted, even though you’re ignoring it.
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 Sep 22, 2009 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
hallelujah
I’ve been a big fan for years Adam, but your response to this issue comes months later than it should have.
Also: the correct action to that obvious troll is to ban him. Even in a democracy some folks lose their right to vote. Repeated LSB felons should not be allowed on here.
by alon91 on Sep 22, 2009 11:36 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Fuck Josey
Nutless bastard. Just sits behind a computer screen and beats off to Dougie Houser.
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
by boomer1 on Sep 22, 2009 11:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well
Good to see Hank’s presence in the lineup stopped the offensive skid again.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 23, 2009 8:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Do you have your party hat, RC?
Chris Davis OPS is up to .692 …will there be enough beer in the world for LSB to drink if Davis once again gets his OPS above .700?
"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 23, 2009 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Davis
Had a hit and a couple of really good defensive plays last night. Your boy had a meaningless walk. Glad to see he’s contributing.
And yeah, I have my party hat. I bought it at the same place you get your knee pads.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 23, 2009 8:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You do realize the average (not good, but average) AL 1B has an .832 OPS, don't you?
Yet your little soccer shorts fill up with panty pudding when Chris Davis (and his .692 OPS) are mentioned.
"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 23, 2009 8:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Really?
The soccer insults again? Weak.
What is it with the constant need to challenge people’s manhood?
Between that and all the shit and dick comments you make, I’m pretty inclined to believe you’re one of those self-loathing gays. Which considering your political affliation, makes perfect sense.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 23, 2009 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Coming from the person who referenced "knee pads" ...
doesn’t mean much.
I have no problem with the gay but I’m very hetero, thank you.
"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 23, 2009 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you have to tell people
you’re “hetero” … you probably aren’t “hetero”
by robert_d_wilfong on Sep 24, 2009 2:00 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's a bit unfair
I think the passion with which people defend CD rises and falls to a level commensurate with the passion with which you support Hank. Also, I think Panty Pudding should be capitalized.
by JDT217 on Sep 23, 2009 8:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Everyone should have the right to blog. If you dont agree with their opinion, so be it. Since when did America become Russia. I can now see why all the smart bloggers blog elsewhere. Josey, keep it up, only the weak will complain.
by Big Tex on Sep 23, 2009 10:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You're right...
you’re so much smarter than most of us so go blog elsewhere.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 23, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In Russia
Blog writes you!
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 23, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a country!
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Sep 23, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get your terms straight please
He isn’t blogging, he’s riding on the coattails of Adam’s blog (as we all are)
Yes, he has a right to his opinion, but Adam controls whether he gets to voice it here or elsewhere.
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 Sep 23, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adam doesn't have a real blog, just a crappy website with a collection of links to other people's work
/jayslick
"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 23, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven't seen jayslick around in a while.
I guess maybe he left.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 23, 2009 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Danny, you don't have to go to college.
This isn’t Russia. Is this Russia? This isn’t Russia.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 23, 2009 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brillant
Here’s a newscast:
SOVIET UNION ended around 15 years ago!
by SanDiegoKev on Sep 23, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually, dumbass
Russia is a freer place then Texas, I have been there, and know something.
by SanDiegoKev on Sep 23, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nope
I’ve been to Russia three times, I can do things there I cannot do it the good ole FREE USA.
by SanDiegoKev on Sep 23, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I assume those "things" did not include:
Peacefully coexisting in the Caucusus
Publicly dissenting from government edict (or, for that matter, assembling a group of people to express such dissent)
Being a lawyer for ethnic minorities
Being a journalist
Working for an NGO in Chechnya
by JDT217 on Sep 23, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
when is the last time
you visited Russia?
by SanDiegoKev on Sep 23, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haven't visited the moon either, Kev.
But I do work for the USDOJ, and I’ve got a bit more perspective on the situation than ostensible sex tourists such as yourself.
by JDT217 on Sep 23, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
What makes me a Troll
knowledge of something?
by SanDiegoKev on Sep 23, 2009 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trying to
Get a reaction by inflammatory (or dumb, in your case) commentary.
by brettgardner on Sep 23, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
look
I’ve been to Russia, and I am getting tired of the Old it’s still the SU comments. There were things I could do in Russia that I would get arrested for in Texas, so what is freedom exactly in this regard?
by SanDiegoKev on Sep 23, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love the freedom
to be able to take a crap in the middle of the street. Stupid tight ass Texas
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 Sep 23, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
actually,
In Russia you can drink a beer on a public street and you won’t get arrested, try that in Fort Worth and see what happens.
by SanDiegoKev on Sep 23, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can do that in Vegas, too.
The best thing about Russia is having the freedom to be able to purchase a sex slave to be your “wife.” Goooood times.
by FuturePants on Sep 23, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn, it sounds like more circle jerks should be held in the streets of Russia!
Let freedom reign!!
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Sep 23, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wow, that's the reason why you say Russia is more free than Texas?
I’d like to say that the protected liberties in the U.S./Texas are just slightly more important than that.
I tend not to list public drinking as the thing I want most protected.
"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 23, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alcoholism
is one of Russia’s biggest problems, but I think the government doesn’t mind because the populace is too drunk to realize they’re lives suck.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Oct 5, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
it probably is. The peole I saw were just wandering down a River Walk on the Amur River, like a Sunday Stroll, didn’t seem like hard-core drinkers, but Alcoholism I am sure is a problem. Another thing is that sometimes it’s so cold, Vodka is needed to keep out the cold, like antifreeze. I accidently checked out of an airport in Siberia, where it was like -15F, I was just supposed to change planes, not get out of the Airport. A Drunk Russian says to me, Welcome to Siberia! in the shed of a baggage claim area. So then, in the 5-10 minutes it took to walk back in to the Airport, my legs and hands just about Froze, and my face too, I could hardly breathe. I just about didn’t make it. So, they do drink because of that as well.
by SanDiegoKev on Oct 5, 2009 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vodka is needed to keep out the cold?
Alcohol would not have made you warmer on your walk, it only gives a false sense of warmth. It actually makes you colder, not warmer.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Oct 5, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
however, it makes them feel warmer in the short term, an illusion, but they aren’t warmer. Maybe, the cold is an excuse to drink.
by SanDiegoKev on Oct 5, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Every country has a vice
US: obesity
Spain: domestic abuse
Russia: alcohol
Vietnam: child prostitutes
don’t mean you gotsta judge
by BuckyB on Oct 5, 2009 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and soon
Mexico: Marijuana.
I think its awesome for OC that Mexico is turning itself into the new Holland.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
by DJCahill on Oct 6, 2009 8:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and
what is your knowledge on this subject? Appears your an idiot too.
by SanDiegoKev on Sep 23, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you're an idiot?
I don’t mind being one, but then I’m not pretending to know anything.
by brettgardner on Sep 23, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now this is a great thread
A thread started to keep people from arguing in regular threads has turned into a place to argue over even more ridiculous nonsense than Josey could ever dream up. Instead of Davis, Blalock, and Daniels, we have political freedoms, Texas vs. Russia…
2nd: Can we please quit with the grammar police like that is some way to prove your argument is better because you correctly spelled a homonym and someone else didn’t…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 23, 2009 1:45 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Heh heh
You said “homo”(nym)
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grammar police
Well, people always could learn how to spell properly…
Grammatik macht frei! :)
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 23, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I understand
that people should spell correctly. I teach English so I am in total agreeance. My point is on here, people in the middle of an argument counteract a point with a correction of grammar like they are saying that proves they are right. Either they think that proves they are right, or they have no other response and that is their fallback. If I make a really good point and misspell a word, that doesn’t mean my point has absolutely no merit.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 23, 2009 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ironic
I teach English so I am in total agreeance
“agreeance” isn’t a word.
And people who make third-grade spelling and grammar mistakes lose instant credibility and detract from the quality and reputation of this site. I think spending 10 extra seconds to proof-read a post isn’t too much to ask for.
by alon91 on Sep 24, 2009 12:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
from dictionary.com
Main Entry: agreeance
Part of Speech: n
Definition: the act of agreeing
Example: Usage of the site constitutes agreeance with these terms.
Usage: considered obsolete and a bastardization of ‘agreement’
While it is now commonly used anymore, it is still a word. Nice try…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 24, 2009 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so
people who claim a word isn’t a word when it is lose all credibility and should cancel their screen name.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 24, 2009 8:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just admit you used the wrong word.
by brettgardner on Sep 24, 2009 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
why would I admit it
when it is the word I wanted to use and it is in the dictionary. I’m sorry I used a word some of you didn’t know, but that is how you learn to expand your vocabulary.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 24, 2009 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's perfectly cromulent
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
by Keynes on Sep 24, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That word is pure slang
Much different than obsolete.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 24, 2009 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've heard the word
But only stupid people say it. Generally one wouldn’t be proud of using a word that a dictionary calls a bastardization.
You used the wrong word. It happens. Get over it.
by brettgardner on Sep 24, 2009 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was never upset,
so there is no need to get over anything. I never claimed pride in my choice of words either. I just simply pointed out to the vocab checker up top that agreeance is considered a word in the English language. Is it one I would use in a professional setting? No. But since this is a Texas Rangers blog, I feel quite comfortable using it.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 24, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please don't ever say "agreeance" again
Unless you want to be read as an inbred, Texas watered, gap toothed, mentally deficient redneck hick – or even worse, a baggy shorts, cap backwards, seeking hip and never finding it, street wannabe, rap loving, 99 tacos for 2 cents loser.
"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 Sep 24, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No big deal, Ed.
It’s Ticket shtick.
I don’t know anybody who thinks that is a real word.
"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 24, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I know
Just the “old phart vent” without invoking lawn or getting off. Meant in good fun.
"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 Sep 24, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey
you would know Ticket shtick. You are like an online Mike Ryhner parrot with your references to “this thing” and “the show”
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 25, 2009 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well
in that case, please don’t end a sentence with a preposition. Your last sentence should read, 10 extra seconds to proof-read a post isn’t too much to ask. The for is not necessary and detracts from the overall quality of your post.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 24, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grammar
It’s a long standing rule that if you call someone an idiot in a comment yet screw up the comment, people are free to ridicule you.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 23, 2009 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep...
I love the “your an idiot” or “your stupid” remarks.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 23, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're speling sucks.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Sep 23, 2009 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Picked a bad screen name?
Used too many question marks???
/Punctuation Police
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 23, 2009 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Laughed.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Sep 23, 2009 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The people who respond to Josey's nonsense are the real problem!!
Wash is an idiot!!
by bspate on Sep 23, 2009 1:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
!!!!!!
!!!
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 23, 2009 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey
We’re just fighting Josey in here so you don’t have to fight him over there.
If we don’t fight Josey, the terrorists win.
Why do you hate America?
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 23, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just like exclamation marks!!!
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 23, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Loud noises!
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 23, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So this is what Josey's been up too.
Now he is wreaking havoc over here, just like he did on another board we all know and love. :-)
I propose a 5-year moratorium on trading any young Ranger pitchers who throw over 90 mph.
by Ajax68 on Sep 23, 2009 3:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Small consolation it is to win a piss-ant battle
…when you lose the damn war. The Rangers are going to be sitting at home during the playoffs in large part due to the total black hole that was first base-REGARDLESS OF WHO PLAYED THERE!!
Please tell me what the point of arguing over who sucked the most? They were both dead-dog terrible, and the team suffered for it.
We all lost in this one.
"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 Sep 23, 2009 8:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How
fucking stupid does JD now feel after seeing Hank F go 2 for 2 tonight with 3 RBI?
Anybody wanna venture a guess?
"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 23, 2009 10:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
73
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 24, 2009 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nobody feels stupid
Everyone is happy that he did well and that the Rangers won.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 24, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
Hank Fucking Blalock is now 3 for 3 with 4 RBI.
Hey, at least that stupid sonofabitch who made that decision comes and talks to you (and acts like your questions are important) once a year.
What should have been – thank you, Little Boy Donuts.
"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 23, 2009 10:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ejaculation!
Intercourse!
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
by blalock84 on Sep 23, 2009 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD
I’m thinking he’s doing just fine. This team’s on the way up, with a lot of young talent that he brought in. And he doesn’t have to “act” like our questions are important- but if you ever showed up at one of those events, you’d know that.
Hank’s had a nice night, but ultimately, he’s going to be elsewhere next year, putting up a .300 OBP for the likes of the Pirates or Royals, while Justin Smoak, who that stupid sonofabitch drafted, makes everyone forget about what a massive disappointment your boy’s been this season.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 23, 2009 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean what should have been if Hank didn't make an out 70 per cent of the time he came to the plate?
Jussayinsall.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
by Keynes on Sep 24, 2009 1:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The "Donuts" shit is starting to bother me
I mowed lawns as a small kid, worked at fast food (A&W) in high school while working as a LL umpire too, during college I was in the oil field and roofed for a while among many other things. Now I’m an attorney. Those previous jobs don’t make me a bad person or a bad attorney so what’s the deal? That JD did honest work at a donut shop? Do you just look down at everyone that wasn’t blessed with some wonderful first job? What’s wrong with working and making an honest living through life? Or even, god forbid, working your way to and through college?
What’s your damn problem with this? If JD had never done any type of menial work, you’d claim he was just some spoiled, Ivy league asshole that doesn’t deserve his job. Since he did menial labor, you imply he’s undeserving of such a sophisticated position.
Pretty fucked up you demean JD just because he worked a regular 9-5 service job for a while.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 24, 2009 2:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Donuts
It’s actually a reference to JD’s first job after graduating Cornell- he worked for the parent company of Dunkin Donuts.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 24, 2009 7:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
However
JD wound up leaving that job- which supposedly paid quite well- to take an $8000 a year job working in the Rockies’ front office.
So your point still kinda applies.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 24, 2009 7:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its just Josey belitteling
someone with a job he wishes he had. Just like I bet most of us would love to have a job like that, if even for a little while.
What do voluntary mean?
by JKolar on Sep 25, 2009 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
I don’t like JD because he’s not very good at his job.
He’s a fraud and there’s a reason Nolan Ryan castrated him.
I have great admiration for the jobs that Theo Epstein and the kid in Tampa (Freedman is that the owner’s name?) have done.
"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 25, 2009 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One would have to consider
Your opinion valid if you are qualified to judge. I don’t think I’m qualified to judge. Maybe you are, but I won’t put up signage saying so.
"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 Sep 25, 2009 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD
He’s not that bad at his job- Nolan Ryan sure as fuck didn’t acquire all the talent that’s gone into this year’s club.
The problem, Josey, is that JD admittedly had a rough couple seasons at the beginning, you made up your mind that he was worthless, and nothing he’s done since will change your mind about that.
Never mind that he was able to swing a trade that other GM’s use as a benchmark for trading away a premier player without Nolan “supervising” him; never mind that the 2007 draft came without Nolan and has already produced Borbon and Hunter; never mind that the emphasis on defense was JD’s idea, and that it’s been that change that’s led to most of the improvement in the Rangers’ pitching this year.
No, in your mind, Nolan came riding in on a white horse, took the keys away from little Jonny Donuts and banished him to his playroom, and led the Rangers to the promised land all on his own.
It’s a real cute theory, and I’m sure it fits your black-and-white worldview just fine, but the truth of the matter is that it’s about 99.9% your imagination, mixed with Texas’ finest horse manure.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 25, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Here is the key phrase -
“…JD admittedly had a rough couple seasons at the beginning”
His third year was also a dumpster fire.
JD was the architect of the 2008 team that gave up 967 runs and led MLB in errors committed. The stupidity we saw the first couple of seasons continued after the 2007 season – see JJennings & Broussard acquisitions.
The stupidity of the organization came to a screeching halt on February 6, 2008 and it was not coincidental.
"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 26, 2009 9:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're right!
Isn’t that the date that JD told Michael Young to take his statue ass over to 3b?
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 26, 2009 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jennings & Broussard
Really small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.
And JD was also the architect of this year’s team.
It’s really nice that you can pinpoint the exact date that this organization turned around, though- much like the date that Hank F’s magical Jesus-presence made the whole team better. It’s extremely coincidental to everyone except you.
It does get me, though, that for all your talk earlier this year that we should all enjoy the ride and stop bitching about things, that you, Mr. 73 Wins, are still so eaten up with the JD hate that you’d rather focus on that instead of appreciating an 88-90 win team that’s on the way up. Yeah, that would mean giving JD credit for acquiring all the talent that’s driving This Thing, but that’s what a rational person would do.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 26, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Little Boy Donuts built this shit...
these are his players that will win 90 games this year and will win the West next year.
The JD haters simply have to accept that fact and enjoy the ride, if they truly are Rangers fans anyway.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 26, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Nolan was around for the 2008 team
So he obviously approved everything.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 26, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
YAY!!
Fuck Yea!
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
by blalock84 on Sep 23, 2009 10:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
who reanimated the corpse of Hank Blalock?
He’s on a pretty good tear since we dropped off the playoff map
we're from Texas
CJ says "Relax"
by eclou on Sep 24, 2009 7:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Brraaaaaiiiiinnnsss!
BRRRAAAAAIIIIINNNSS!
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 24, 2009 7:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 24, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Too bad JD mandated that Hank F be buried after September 2.
You remember that game, don’t you?
The day after the Young injury, Hank F goes to 1B and has a nice night (2 for 4 and team wins) but Washington strangely makes a big deal out of letting everybody know this wasn’t going to happen very often the rest of the season.
At the time, Texas trails Boston by 2.5 and LAAA by 3.5.
With hat in hand, trailing by 7.5 games and the historical stench of scoring 1 run in 5 games engulfing the franchise, the team unearths Blalock citing the need for a “veteran presence” in the line-up.
What happens the very night Blalock starts playing every day?
The team that had scored 1 run in their previous 5 games goes on to score 28 runs in their next 5 games.
Some of your finest work to date, Little Boy Donuts.
"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 24, 2009 8:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny
I thought all decisions had to be made by Nolan. Unless it’s the ones you don’t like.
Seriously, did JD kill your dog and have sex with it while making you watch? It’s the only way to explain this pathological hatred you have for the man.
I’ve never seen anyone get their panties in such a twist over the GM of their team, especially in a season where said team is exceeding pre-season expectations. If he’s really screwing up the team that badly, why doesn’t your man Nolan step in? Is he powerless to stop the fiendish JD and his army of snow monkeys?
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 24, 2009 8:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
RC Cook
Nolan observes, evaluates, suggests and then implements change where needed – see massive changes in pitching & defense this year.
He also greenlights free agent signings and trades that JD submits. Isn’t it amazing how we no longer see dumbass signings or trades since February 6, 2008? JD is much less of a wrecking ball this way.
Per Hank F – Do you really think JD had nothing to do with him being buried?
"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 24, 2009 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You assume nolan had nothing to do with it?
Or that washington thought his team had a better chance with Davis at 1b?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 24, 2009 8:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ron Washington
was extremely happy on the pre-game show last week when he said that Hank F would be in that evening’s line-up and also made it a point to say this past Monday that he’d be playing every night against RH pitching and “maybe every game the rest of the season.”
Did Ryan finally tell JD to knock off the bullshit with Hank F? Don’t know.
I do know that JD looks like an absolute idiot for burying Blalock after September 2.
"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 24, 2009 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so you are saying Nolan had nothing to do with benching blalock?
Is that it? You acknowledge he could have had a hand in getting blalock more playing time but wont acknowledge he could have played a part in getting davis more time?
It couldnt possibly have anything to do with Blalock being a giant bag of suck before his benching could it?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Sep 24, 2009 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, that was Tom Berenger
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 Sep 29, 2009 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
JD
Well, he was able to make the best trade of his career- the Teixeira deal- without having Nolan around.
He’s also been on the job a few years now, so I’d put the lack of “dumbass signings or trades” as much on JD’s learning curve being behind him as anything Nolan’s done.
As for Hank, who gives a fuck besides you? If he hadn’t hit like the crippled love child of Yuniesky Betancourt and Brad Ausmus in the second half, he wouldn’t have been buried. It’s really nice that he’s had a good last few days, but it still doesn’t change that he’s been absolutely terrible since the All-Star Break.
For someone who’s crowed over and over that “The Great Hank Blalock War” is over, you sure do feel the need to keep fighting that battle…
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 24, 2009 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait a minute - JD no longer makes dumbass signings and trades, but Hank's extension being picked up was a dumbass move?
You’re on record stating both. Please explain your logic for reconciling the two statements. I look forward to hearing it.
"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT
by WestTxAg06 on Sep 24, 2009 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pointing out
contradictions will get you nowhere
by CS3 on Sep 24, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey Wales
Jay Donuts Fail – according to him, this is what goes on:
1. Nolan is in charge.
2. All “good” decisions (simply meaning the ones Jay agrees with) in the last two years are made by Nolan.
3. All “bad” decisions (simply being the ones Jay disagrees with) in the last two years are made by JD.
4. Somehow, even though Nolan is in charge, JD is still able to make certain decisions with regard to personnel and lineup and screw things up. I guess Nolan was napping?
5. Washington does nothing and is forced to take the lineup card from JD, but this only happens on nights when Hank is not hitting. JD does not make the lineup every day, just when Josey disagrees with it.
6. JD hates Hank Blalock and wants him to fail. If Hank has a good night, it makes JD nervous, or something about pudding and panties.
7. When the Rangers entire offense slumps, the reason they didn’t score more runs is attributable to only one cause: Chris Davis. The rest of the lineup and their failures to get on base and score runs is meaningless. It’s all Chris Davis.
8. Every single decision JD made before Nolan took over is bad. He is not sure how Elvis, Holland, or Hunter were acquired by this team – it must have been magic or something.
I’m sure there’s more, but I’m just tired of trying to articulate Josey’s sheer idiocy in this thread alone.
by FuturePants on Sep 24, 2009 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions 13 recs
I would like super rec the shit out of this if it were possible.
Alas, a simple rec will have to do.
by venturafearsnolan on Sep 24, 2009 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Chris Davis has a good night...
then he just got lucky… all 3 of those hits would normally be outs
by JShoe on Sep 24, 2009 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah
I totally forgot how according to Jay, multiple hits by Chris Davis aren’t good enough in Jay’s insane mind, so they don’t count.
by FuturePants on Sep 24, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
With the possible exception of #8
This list is a fair descriptive account of Josey’s thought process. And he should have to respond in substance to points 1-7 before being able to post anything else on this site.
by JDT217 on Sep 24, 2009 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Future Pants is the Gossip Queen of LSB
and as a result gets no respect from Josey Wales.
"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 24, 2009 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK, Rickey Henderson
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 25, 2009 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I forgot to include one more thing.
When Josey knows he’s beat, he turns on his asshole mode and personally insults people.
You’re beat, Jay Donuts. Everyone hates you and honestly just wants you to go away.
by FuturePants on Sep 25, 2009 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hank was burried because me made a pass at Nolan's wife
Eventually, his wife told him that it was actually fine with it (and might have even led him on). Nolan relented and has now allowed Wash to put Hank back in the lineup.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 24, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Nolan was behind the defensive changes?
As I recall your position when the changes were made, Jonny Donuts had really stepped in it by asking Mike Young to move, and it didn’t play well in the room.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 24, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quick observation from the GDT
Lots of obsessive Hank love and keyboard name-calling from from we-all-know-who, and a great job by all of not taking the bait.
Anyone still unclear on which side of this equation is the problem?
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 Sep 24, 2009 9:12 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
feel free to borrow the extra "from"
apparently I have extras.
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 Sep 24, 2009 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There were no problems last night on the GDT...
Blalock had a very good evening and it was politely acknowledged.
"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 24, 2009 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't say there were problems..
I merely pointed out that the obsessive Hank love and name-calling memes continued, but were left starving for attention.
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 Sep 24, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To clarify..
The GDT had no problems, but the site still does.
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 Sep 24, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To satisfy you the rest of the season
does everybody need to remain quiet when Blalock or Davis do something good or bad?
"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 24, 2009 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Elvis isn't ready
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 24, 2009 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everybody??
Nah, not everybody.. Re-read my long post above for details, then get a mirror.
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 Sep 24, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
bking
I got to the second line of your long post and was then blindsided with tired head.
Do you really think I’m going to listen to you preach?
LOL!
"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 24, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Congratulations
Now you know how every other member of the board feels.
If you want some slack, bring your own rope.
by rangerfaninva on Sep 24, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Introspection is lost on small minds....
or, more precisely, small people.
I never expected you to listen, but it answered your question fully.
I fully expect that this little “sandbox” exercise will fail, the same way that every past attempt short of banning has failed to make any impact on you, and that you’ll soon revert to pissing in everyone’s pool just to hear your own voice.
Hopefully, the powers that be reach that conclusion before people begin to wander away from here the same way they did at the NMLR.
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 Sep 24, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apologies to everyone for the mixed metaphor..
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 Sep 24, 2009 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
I was going to say something, but I’m already wearing my “Punctuation Police” badge today. I was going to let someone else wear the “Literary Device Police” badge.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 24, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD still sucks
JD still sucks, the worth GM in baseball. Most of you assholes on here cant do anything but ass kiss the Rangers.
by Big Tex on Sep 24, 2009 9:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Did you happen to read this before you hit "post"?
More importantly, did you think before touching the keyboard?
by jasonhh on Sep 24, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair, JD very well may be the worth GM in Baseball.
I’m not sure what that means, but I can’t say it’s not true.
by FuturePants on Sep 24, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Say worst
while holding your tongue and it sounds like “worth.” Duh, dumbatha.
Your 2009 Snow Monkey Ambassador
by Parman on Sep 24, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That was sarcasm by the way.
Your 2009 Snow Monkey Ambassador
by Parman on Sep 24, 2009 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, geez, Big Tex
Pretty much all of us here are fucking Ranger fans. So getting behind the team? That’s kinda what we do, being fans and all.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 24, 2009 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Ben pointed out in another thread
that this is the latest reincarnation of HH.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Sep 24, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love this thread
It’s all about expectations. I’m not expecting any serious baseball discussions. I am just hoping for some amusing back-and-forth.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 24, 2009 10:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
bking
is getting a little too sanctimonious for this thread.
"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 24, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seriously, bking
If you hate this thread so much, why the hell are you in it?
"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 24, 2009 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and I said I hate it where exactly??
I said it’s gonna prove useless.
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 Sep 24, 2009 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah
It’s all good. You’re stuff. His stuff. All very entertaining. Keep up the great work everyone!
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 24, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"You're"?!
I is a moron
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 24, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL, you are struggling a bit with the keyboard today..
My fave is above, where you typed " Hank was burried because me made a pass at Nolan’s wife"
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 Sep 24, 2009 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
D'oh!
I didn’t even notice that one.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 24, 2009 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Strug-a-ling
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 24, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pot, kettle
If it comes across as sanctimony, then so be it.
Since the purpose of this thread is to sandbox all things Josey, which must have your internet ego growing to mammoth proportions B TW, this is where I’m posting my honest feelings on the issue. I know it won’t work, because you quite simply can’t help yourself, but hopefully this will advance us to the inevitable end game.
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 Sep 24, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's "the inevitable end game"?
"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 24, 2009 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The end of Josey.
Something we’re all looking forward to.
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by Chase Irwin on Sep 24, 2009 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The end of me for calling JD
a stupid sonofabitch because he bungled every aspect of the Blalock/Davis situation this season?
How did that decision to bury Blalock on September 2 work out?
Hank F Blalock is only here for 11 more games and then the gig goes back to Chris Davis or quite possibly Justin Smoak.
By that time, my bowl of blood will be finished and it will be a time for healing.
"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 24, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
I was pissed Nolan ordered Blalock burried, too. I’m glad JD finally convinced Nolan to let Blalock play.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 24, 2009 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD
You know, I’m totally sure he woke up on the morning of September 2, and got out his to-do list. I think it looked something like this:
1. Make donuts
2. Log on to Lone Star Ball to see what that ass Josey’s saying about me
3. Drive to Ballpark
4. Hide in suite until Nolan leaves
5. Launch devious plan to bury Hank F
6. Call Osama bin Laden re: upcoming 9-11 party
What a bad, bad man!
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 24, 2009 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
You forgot...
1. Shit the bed.
Then you move everything else down.
by venturafearsnolan on Sep 24, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
if you spelled it "sunuvabitch" it would give you some southern insta-cred.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Sep 24, 2009 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes he did bungle the Blalock and Davis decision.
He shouldn’t have picked up the contracts of one of the worst players in baseball this season for 6.5 million. And he should have had some other choice for 1b other than someone who is just past being a rookie and another of the worst players in baseball this season.
What do voluntary mean?
by JKolar on Sep 25, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This Thing
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 24, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, hopefully it will continue to be a useful "timeout for ragging" room..
In the absence of a real solution.
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 Sep 24, 2009 10:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
reply fail..
reply to NorCal
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 Sep 24, 2009 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's play a game--Name all of the commonly used Josey-ism's.
I’ll start with 2
The Show
Sonofabitch GM
by Too Legit To quit on Sep 24, 2009 6:05 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Bad start
Try “stupid sonofabitch” instead.
"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 24, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This Thing
The Room
Hank F
Shit his pants
Shit the bed
Sucked The Biggest Dick
Camel Toe (LOL)
by Too Legit To quit on Sep 25, 2009 12:48 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just glad JD told Wash to start playing Hank.
That mean old Nolan wouldn’t let him play.
"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 Sep 24, 2009 7:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yep
3-3 since Hank’s been back in the lineup. Glad to see that’s fixing things.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 25, 2009 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But,
we would be 0-9 in those 6 games without him
by CS3 on Sep 25, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
That would be impressive
Hank has prevented us from having three phantom losses.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 25, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Easily worth 3 years, $30 million dollars
EASILY.
by venturafearsnolan on Sep 26, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
awesome!
Hank is a winner. We’ve ALWAYS won when Hank has been around right? …Isn’t that right?? I mean, we haven’t had only 1 winning season this decade right?? We couldn’t have—not with Hank Blacock in the lineup!?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Sep 26, 2009 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
After a 4 for 5
CD’s OPS is over .700 (it’s actually at .711). Party at my house, biotches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Sep 27, 2009 12:00 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Davis has quietly put together a 7-game hitting streak
.435/.464/.654 in that stretch, and up to .281/.324/.469 in September.
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
by lonestarJon on Sep 27, 2009 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Davis very quietly committed a game-changing error in the 8th inning yesterday.
by JDT217 on Sep 28, 2009 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Davis shouldn't have been in the game
to start with muchless be there in the 8th inning.
They’ve propped him up all year long, shoehorned his shitty bat in the line-up when he didn’t deserve it and sure enough, that mean bitch of a Great Game gave him the keys Pandora’s Box at the worst possible time and he didn’t disappoint.
Barnone, the most disappointing player on the team this year has been Chris Davis and it is only poetic justice that he was the drum major to that epic fuck up yesterday.
"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 28, 2009 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Validation of who was most at fault yesterday...
“And if you’re wondering how Chris Davis felt after the game, the answer is awful. It was his error with two outs in the eighth inning that started the spiral. “I missed a routine ground ball and that’s the game,” the classy Davis said."
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/09/answering-your-burning-questions-i-hope.html
"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 28, 2009 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Davis
Hitting .300/.340/.500 for September, with an 806 OPS since coming back from the minors.
So why exactly shouldn’t he have been in the lineup yesterday?
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 28, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Davis,
unfortunately for his supporters, has a past.
Davis has a .544 OPS v LH pitching this season.
Blalock has a .664 OPS v LH pitching this season.
The presence of Blalock (instead of Davis) means much more to the line-up is something we know and then we see how they do v LH pitching and it’s a slam-dunk.
Esteban German should have started over Davis as evidenced by his .941 OPS v LH pitching.
The team has been trying to shoehorn Davis into the line-up any way they can and it bit them on the ass at the most important time of the season.
"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 28, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Training wheels
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 28, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
German
You’re going to use a 17-at-bat sample size as justification for German being able to hit LH pitching?
Yeah, Davis made an error yesterday. But Frankie still had a three-run lead going into the 9th, and couldn’t hold it. That’s not on Davis.
And like I said, Davis has an 806 OPS since coming back up from the minors- that’s hardly a guy who needs to be “shoehorned” into the lineup. Hank F and his 610 OPS since the ASB, on the other hand…
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 28, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We go to the 9th inning
with a 6-0 lead if Davis makes that play.
It was poetic justice that it was Chris Davis who opened Pandora’s Box because management has shoehorned him into the line-up despite his performance all year long and it ended up being the final nail in the coffin.
"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 28, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you are good
at this. Any other reasonable human would have let it go by now, but you, like the Rangers, are determined to play out the string. I appluad your dedication to a tired bit.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 28, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It keeps popping up, ASL
Baseball is a funny game because at every level (from Little League to The Show) the ball will magically find the person who either shouldn’t be out there in the first place (like Davis) or doesn’t want it hit to him.
"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 28, 2009 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know...
even Adam eventually gave up on Gerald Laird.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on Sep 28, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can CDavis
have one full month in The Show this year with an OPS above .710?
That would go a long way towards getting me to believe he has a decent future in The Show. The only reason he is here right now is because the GM drafted him.
"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 28, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, he's not
806 OPS since returning from the minors- and since he’s at 840 for September, I’d say it’s pretty safe to say that he’s going to have a full month with an OPS over .710.
Davis is here because your boy shit himself when given the opportunity to play 1B full-time, while Davis did well in AAA, and has been improving since coming back up.
It has nothing to do with who drafted Davis. And even if it did, why would JD favoring a guy he acquired be any different from what every other GM in the history of pro sports does?
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 28, 2009 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're reaching Josey
I don’t really care about you or your bit, but this thread makes you look like a dog chasing his tail. You have never once mentioned Davis and his lack of defensive ability as the reason he shouldn’t be playing. Now you claim the ball magically found him because he shouldn’t be out there. You are right, he should not have been out there at 3rd base. He should have been playing 1st where he is one of the best defensive first baseman in the game and at least this month, and improving offensive player.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 28, 2009 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Hank "Feeble" Blalock
wasn’t so brittle, he would have been playing his natural position, 3B, instead of taking CD’s position. But Hank, at 28, has proven that he is more injury prone than McCarthy.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 28, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is true...
if JW’s boy Hank F didn’t have a shoulder made of silly putty then this would be a non-issue. He likes to rip on McCarthy and give him cute little names because he can’t stay healthy, so what about Hank?
Blalock not only helped to cripple this teams offense this year, but their defensive flexibility as well.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 28, 2009 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hank's body
is rejecting the notion that he can be an everyday player in The Show.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 28, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
True
And Ichabod McCarthy? Pretty damn good yesterday.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 28, 2009 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather have John Danks...
and AG, CYoung and to have seen what this team would have done with Soriano if they would have had the balls and brains to move him to LF in 2006.
"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 28, 2009 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
As my dad used to say, “you can shit in one hand and want in the other, and see which gets full first.”
Get the fuck over it.
You know which other GM’s have made mistakes?
ALL OF THEM.
John Schuerholz, the guy who built the Braves dynasty? The same dumbass who got fucked over by Jonny Donuts and traded David Cone twice for giant bags of shit.
Gerry Hunsicker, who built those great Astros teams? The same moron who left Bobby Abreu off the expansion draft roster, failed to protect Johan Santana from the Rule 5 draft, and gave away Carlos Guillen and Freddy Garcia for a month of Randy Johnson.
JD made some mistakes. He’s done a lot better since. Stop beating a dead horse.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 28, 2009 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't get sucked into a JD argument
He’s trying to distract you from the fact that Mr Feeble is only days away from contracting his next syndrome.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 28, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I know
I’m sorry, orange…
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 28, 2009 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey!
I resent that!
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 28, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We were talking about Hank Feeble Blalock
How did AG, CYoung and Soriano get into this? Don’t change the subject.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 28, 2009 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How true...
the Rangers still have the training wheels on him at 1B.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 28, 2009 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
point of clarification...
I did not believe that Davis should have been playing 3B in a 5 run game in the 8th… I do not have a problem with him playing yesterday.
by JShoe on Sep 28, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
CD's error was ill timed
but it was not nearly as egregious as Hank’s gaffe at first against the Angels last week. The only difference is that FF did “his job” and got out of it.
If you want some slack, bring your own rope.
by rangerfaninva on Sep 28, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So today my friend was reading though the D2Football Forum...
by RangersSD on Sep 27, 2009 10:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There is the link, still new been reading all season, but just now joined
by RangersSD on Sep 27, 2009 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What purpose does this serve?
Except to encourage some to go over there and bait him?
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 Sep 28, 2009 8:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing I just thought it was funny
that he wrecks havoc some other place.
by RangersSD on Sep 28, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good to see
Josey went to his big bag of cliches and decided on Pandora’s Box for this segment of his tired bit.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 28, 2009 1:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There's still hope
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 28, 2009 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No there isn't.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 28, 2009 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
For all intents and purposes
the season ended on August 25 and nobody in here can say they weren’t told.
"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 28, 2009 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pacifier still firmly in place.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 28, 2009 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you for not saying "intensive purposes"
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 28, 2009 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, wow
Thanks, JW, for warning all of us when the season was going to end.
None of us fucking morons can figure out a thing without your infinite wisdom from on high. You’re like the Charles Manson to our Tex Watkins!
Jesus, get the fuck over yourself. If you really need to jerk off this badly in public, there’s places you can go for that.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Sep 28, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You missed the reference
I should have capitalized it. There is still Hope.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Sep 28, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This thread + Josey = Dog chasing his tail. Just when you think the poor dumb beast is going to see the error of his ways and stop, he starts running himself in circles again trying desperately to catch his own tail…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
Hello Win Column!!!
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Sep 28, 2009 2:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh it's OK
It’s probably the only tail he could chase.
(sorry JW, could not just let this one lie)
"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 Sep 28, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
imho this thread doesn't have enough comments
So I’m adding one.
Who here thinks most of the jocks on the Rangers could beat “Josey Wales” in a battle of wits? Yay or Nay.
I vote yay.
by Black Francis on Sep 28, 2009 4:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Would never happen
He who never makes internet bets also won’t engage in internet initiated jeopardy.
"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 Sep 28, 2009 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I nominate Ed for Moderator over here too.....
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 Sep 29, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Every board I have seen Ed moderate
has gone into the crapper, from my viewpoint.
They may well have been heading there before he took over, but he did not improve things, in my opinion.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
by DJCahill on Sep 29, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Two ever
ESPN and NMLR. Guilty as perceived (if perceived). And honestly, even one can be a time and attention overload. Certainly wouldn’t want to make a hobby of keeping up with multiples. What specifically made either worse than it should be?
Curiosity, no offense taken.
"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 Sep 29, 2009 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just saw
zero improvement from the unmoderated board to you taking over. I don’t necessarily believe you made those boards any worse, but I have seen no evidence that you moderating a board made it better, either. I just know that within months of you taking over, the boards have been so bad that I have left them and had no desire to go back.
Ben does a decent enough job when he is fired up over here. I like the job he did banning TexasDawg. He needs to pull out the banstick with more frequency though.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
by DJCahill on Sep 30, 2009 6:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
With 3 games to go
Chris Davis: 232/280/441
Hank F: 235/277/462
But one guy’s been buried out of spite, while the other is the sole reason This Thing isn’t going to make the playoffs. Yeah. OK.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Oct 2, 2009 6:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Too bad
that Davis made his big push when the team was hopelessly out of the race. Yesterday was very much like a spring training (Lackey went two innings) game.
The Chris Davis who shit the bed from April thru July (.202 average / .256 obp) and then went 11 for 56 with 4 walks (.196 average / .250 obp) from September 2-20 when the team was still in contention is the Chris Davis that mattered to 2009.
Let the healing begin, RC.
"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 Oct 2, 2009 9:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And yet
At the end of the day, he’s still had a season really no worse than your boy Hank F, who has a 590 OPS in the second half, to Davis’ 827.
If Davis shit the bed, Hank shit the bed, the floor, and left a greasy brown streak all the way to the bathroom.
But feel free to keep cherry-picking stats if that’s what makes you feel better.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Oct 2, 2009 9:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you're reduced to evaluating what Davis did over the last 5 weeks
of the season? Think he can keep getting that many infield hits over a full season?
Unfortunately, your boy had 114Ks in his first 277 plate appearances (.202 avarage / .256 obp)and had to have his ass shipped back to OKC.
When given the job (he didn’t earn it) once again at the most important time of year he goes 11 for 56 with four walks (.196 average / .250 obp) which are numbers very similiar to the vomit he put up before getting sent down.
To further punctuate how bad he was this season, Davis then makes the error that opens Pandora’s Box last Sunday. Poetic justice to this season, indeed and a very ironic nail in the coffin.
When are you going to say that 2009 (just like 2006-present day is for Little Boy Donuts) was an important part of the Chris Davis “learning curve”?
"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 Oct 2, 2009 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nolan changed the atmosphere.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 2, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey
I’m not defending Davis’ overall numbers. He had a terrible year. Though it is funny that you accuse me of cherry-picking five weeks, when you used an 18-day period in September to criticize Davis.
My point is: as bad as Davis has been this year, your boy Hank F has been almost as bad, and since the All-Star Break, he’s been absolutely terrible. And yet you continue to prop him up like he’s been the key to the Rangers’ season.
It’s OK, though. I’m sure he’ll send for you a few times next year wherever he winds up. Good ball-lickers are hard to find.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Oct 2, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
in 3 games Blalock will be gone
Josey can’t get over that fact, and will harp on about Blalock next year. Blalock sucks. Davis has shown some signs lately and hopefully it turns around. I think ANY (well almost any) Ranger fan would agree that Davis turning it around is and will be a good thing for the Rangers.
Obviously Josey is a HUGE fan of Blalock, and should root for the team that signs him. It would be a welcome relief from this garbage.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Oct 2, 2009 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I've learned ANYTHING in the last 4-5 years...
It’s that this sort of argument is classic Josey.
His position on Hank/CD is freakin’ extreme that you find yourself passionately “defending the middle” – that both guys sucked. He then expends tremendous effort painting your position as a passionate defense of CD, which isn’t really defensible.
Simply put, he is skilled at framing the debate and ignoring all attempts to reframe it. It’s a trap, and we all need to learn to avoid it.
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 Oct 2, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only part I don't understand
is RCCook has shown himself to be an intelligent poster for years, yet he wastes his time arguing with a guy who basicly has the same old answers. RCCook could probably write both halfs of the exchange, because he knows whats coming.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
by DJCahill on Oct 2, 2009 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cahill
Yeah, it’s like an addiction I can’t shake myself of.
I wish I knew how to quit you, Josey Wales.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Oct 2, 2009 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's just a Bugbear
Next year, it will be some other bugbear.
by SanDiegoKev on Oct 2, 2009 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please don't start using "Poetic Justice" every post
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 2, 2009 10:10 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Why are you out on "poetic justice" ?
The Sack of Shit shouldn’t have been here in the first place yet Little Boy Donuts had to make sure his boy was on the big club.
With the patient on death’s door but with the very faintest of heartbeats (5 games out but about to embark on 4 game series with LAAA), The Sack of Shit makes an error and opens Pandora’s Box causing the patient to flatline.
Poetic justice, indeed and yet another brick laid on the foundation of Little Boy Donuts’ neverending “learning curve.”
"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 Oct 2, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does Not Compute
I thought the front-office dumbassery stopped when Nolan Jesus Ryan took over. Or is that only on the pitching side of things?
I’m still very curious why you think JD “favoring his guys” is some kind of weapon to beat him with, when it’s really not. If he were the only sports executive to do so, sure, but he’s no different from any of his counterparts in that regard.
Andrus, Feliz, Cruz, Hunter, Borbon? All his guys too.
"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."
- Wails
by RCCook on Oct 2, 2009 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JD is such a friggin dumb ass
Why didn’t Nolan step in and force Wash/Jd to step aside and start Blalock full time?
I mean, how much more obvious can it be?
In one hand:
A 23 year old prospect with stellar defense at first base and a 237/284/443 slash who is trending upward
or
A 28 year old, injury prone, soon-to-be free agent, below-average-defensively, recently-converted first baseman with a 235/277/462 slash trending downward
Nolan needs to tell JD right now, that next season, every player needs to play based on the team’s record in games that that player started. As soon as another player has a higher win/loss split, they need to be bumped into the starting lineup
by BuckyB on Oct 3, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You've been rolling out too many Josey'isms lately
You need to slow it down to maybe one / month or so.
So they don’t lose any flavor.
Just lookin’ out for you.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 2, 2009 12:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ryan, meet the Reply Button, Reply Button meet Ryan
reply to JW.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 2, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Taken under advisement
but Josey’isms keep coming to me like ideas to the great Billy Blazejowski (cinematic dumbasses who don’t know him, google and then go watch the movie) and I gotta share with the world.
“Hold the phone, Chuck. What if you feed mayonnaise to the tuna fish before you catch ’em?, This is Bill…”
"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 Oct 2, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dated, yes.
Marginally funny ?? – Wrong.
“This is Bill. Idea to eliminate garbage: edible paper!”
"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 Oct 2, 2009 2:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's obviously a matter of taste...
…but if I see Night Shift on TV on, say, AMC, I’m flipping past it. Just don’t find it that funny.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Oct 2, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anything Ron Howard touches turns to mediocre.
by brettgardner on Oct 2, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Generally, I agree...
…but A Beautiful Mind was pretty good. And I liked Cinderella Man on a very basic “it entertained me” level.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Oct 2, 2009 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
so just wondering
Where do you guys think Blalock ends up playing next year??
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
by hinduplaya on Oct 3, 2009 12:37 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm betting Atlanta or NY (Mets)
Maybe the M’s if they can’t resign whatshisface.
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
by lonestarJon on Oct 3, 2009 12:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he ends up on an AL team...
Platoon DH, somewhere in the 750-1M range.
If I had to guess… hmm… Oakland.
by venturafearsnolan on Oct 3, 2009 2:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Giants would make an ideal landing spot for him
He could platoon with Garko.
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
by lonestarJon on Oct 3, 2009 2:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, replacing the only DH/1B who was worse than him this year
That’s something….
Jeeez, the players JD picked up in the Tex trade have barely made any kind of meaningful contributions to the Rangers in The Show, but the pro-JD crowd is still running around shouting "I told ya so."
by red3biggs on Oct 3, 2009 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe for Christmas, Adam can give us the..........
………“Josey, Nolan, & Jonny Donuts” FanPost, as well.
by Hard8 on Oct 5, 2009 12:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Great War is over and the winner is...
well, nobody. The loser however was the Rangers:
Davis : 419 PA’s 21 HR’s 24 BB’s 150 K’s .238/.284/.442 .726 OPS 88 OPS+
Blalock : 495 PA’s 25 HR’s 26 BB’s 108 K’s .234/.277/.459 .736 OPS 89 OPS+
They were basically the same player offensively with Davis getting the edge defensively.
The Rangers simply must get more offense from their 1B/DH combination next season if they want to win the West.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 5, 2009 10:27 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Yep
The Rangers would be wise to find a DH who is a born masher who can step in at 1B if Davis shits the bed again.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
by DJCahill on Oct 5, 2009 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Ranger record after Davis was recalled (and Hank F buried / relegated to "part-time duty")
was 18-21.
The Ranger record with Hank F in the line-up the 47 games previous to the last 39 games was 28-19.
The Ranger record in June with Davis playing every day (and Hank F in a heavy platoon) was 11-15.
I said moments before the August 25 Yankee game started that Davis coming back to the team was The End. Critical to the demise was the 11 for 56 with four walks (.196 average / .250 obp) Davis had from September 2-20 and the error he made v Tampa was poetic justice.
Like Carmela Soprano, you can never say that you weren’t told.
The Great Hank Blalock War of June 2009 was a bloody affair but make no mistake, if you were a supporter of Chris Davis, you got your ass whipped.
Now 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 Oct 5, 2009 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
73
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 5, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A minor skirmish (like my prediction regarding Tiny E) that I quickly came to realize and admit being wrong.
The 73 win prediction is offset by my prediction that the M’s would be in a tight race with the Rangers (the M’s finished 2 games behind the Rangers).
Blalock / Davis was at an entirely different level with a lot of blood shed on both sides.
Little Boy Donuts tackling this issue with all the aplomb of a monkey fucking a football was the difference between this team being out of the race in mid-September and taking the Red Sox / Angels down to the wire.
brettgardner – “monkey fucking a football” came from Sparky Lyle’s book called The Bronx Zoo so go fuck yourself.
"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 Oct 5, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
How about we try one that’s just a bit higher than a baseball book.
I know, I know—that would require you to step up the reading level to a 5th grade level, but we all have to ask for miracles from time to time.
by brettgardner on Oct 5, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One normally doesn't become "a gifted writer"
without reading several books in a lifetime.
"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 Oct 5, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know
Which is how I know you’re not one.
You read baseball coffee table books and watch movies. Yeah, I bet you’ve got a sparkling publication list.
by brettgardner on Oct 5, 2009 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let me know when you have that first solid take
on the Great Game, bg.
You’re the retard in an advanced placement class that shows up every day yet can’t quite follow the puck.
What you need to do in order to acquire a deeper understanding of the Great Game is easy.
First of all STFU (your knowledge is oh-so-limited and painful to witness).
Then, determine who the more intelligent posters are in LSB (like myself) and then evaluate and absorb the obvious knowledge that oozes from our pores.
"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 Oct 5, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still waiting on that publication list.
by brettgardner on Oct 5, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's never coming.
Just sayin’.
But you should see his coffee table!
What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit?
by ghtd36 on Oct 6, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Make a deal with ya, bg.
You come up with 10 good posts related to the Great Game before New Year’s Day and I’ll let you know what books I’ve read and enjoyed.
I don’t need anything groundbreaking or terribly original because I wouldn’t expect a student in first grade to know how to split an atom but it is the off-season so it’s not going to be the easiest of assignments.
There you go. Substantiate your existence on LSB with 10 good takes related to the Great Game before New Year’s Day anywhere on the board and I’ll grant you your wish.
"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 Oct 6, 2009 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish doesn't count.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 5, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You shit your pants in that post.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Oct 5, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
Have you noticed that almost everything you say is ripped from TV/movies?
Open a fucking book already.
by brettgardner on Oct 5, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I asked you not to use "poetic justice"
for at least a month J-Dubs.
And you agreed.
Also, would you say that Hank F. B padded his stats in September of ’08? How is that any different than what CD did after being recalled?
Keep the answer short Sport.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 5, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I said "taken under advisement" which doesn't
constitute any kind of agreement re “poetic justice.” I’ll use it when I want and Davis opening Pandora’s Box is a good place.
Per Blalock padding his stats in September 08? You could look at that way but it appears to be a continuation of what he was doing earlier in the season.
Chris Davis sucked dick in spring training, April, May, June, July, was okay for a week in August and then sucked the same big green dick again from September 2-20 before padding his stats the last two weeks of the season.
"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 Oct 5, 2009 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, players play against 40 man call ups in September...
…as you well know.
So yeah, Hank padded his stats in September, fooling Ranger management (both JD and NR) to pick up the option, and proceeded to suck the same dick CD did all year.
Hopefully we aren’t fooled by CD’s September and instead he will not suck big dicks next year as Hank did this year.
Time will tell.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 6, 2009 8:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can say Hank F padded his stats
but it was also a continuation of what he had done earlier in the year.
It’s kind of a non-issue that’s not worth arguing.
Chris Davis sucked dick for the entire season save the last two weeks when this team was definitely out of post-season contention.
"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 Oct 6, 2009 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for agreeing.
Didn’t want to argue anyway, just pointing the obvious out.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 6, 2009 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't agree that Hank F
was padding his stats in September 2008. He was hitting like he did earlier in the season but if you wanna claim he was padding the stats, feel free.
Chris Davis definitively padded his stats the last two weeks of this season.
"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 Oct 6, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Regarding Chris Davis and the future...
I don’t know what to think about him just yet.
Before this season, I thought he was going to be one of the finest young power hitters in the game and he was then allowed to suck the biggest donkey dick for longer than any other player I could ever remember.
I don’t know of any player in major league history who put up 114Ks in 277 plate appearances with a .202 average / .256 obp.
You’re going to have idiots rave about what he did after coming back (.338 obp/.834 ops) as evidence that he’s rebounded but that’s dumb.
All you need to know is that on September 20, Chris Davis had a .214 batting average / .264 obp and padded his stats the last two weeks of the season.
Figuring out what Davis is going to do in 2010 is one of the most pressing issues this team faces because his performance in 2009 was one of the worst in major league baseball.
Look around, you simply cannot be a contender in the AL if your 1B requires training wheels.
"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 Oct 5, 2009 1:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I got a couple for ya
158K’s in 396 AB’s…. hit .235 with a .296 OBP and a .750 OPS at 24…
Or 153 K’s in 418 AB’s.. hit .249 with a .321 OBP and a .788 OPS at 24…
Or 150 K’s in 391 AB’s.. hit .238 with a .288 OBP and a .726 OPS at 23…
Out of these 3 guys you have 23 MLB seasons, 1 Allstar game MVP, they lead the league in K’s 3 times…
Who are they?
Bo Jackson 1 ASG and the ASG MVP and led the league in K’s, Pete Incavigila who led the league in K’s twice and Chris Davis. You really should have downloaded the National Pastime Almanac when you had the chance.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
by laxtonto on Oct 5, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Davis was padding his stats WHILE being the cause of us losing over the past 2 weeks
that, my friend, is hard to do… I wasn’t impressed with Davis until just now
by BuckyB on Oct 5, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Selection Bias
You have fallen for one of the classic mistakes. Its called “Selection Bias” That’s when you have a conclusion (Chris Davis sux) and then you pick and choose data to support that conclusion.
For example, you point to September 2 through September as being the most important time of the year, when CD hit .196 with a .603 OPS and cost the rangers a pennant. but how were these games more important than, say, August 25 through September 2, when CD hit .355 with an OPS of .912? or more important than September 21 through September 29 (the day the Rangers were officially eliminated) when he hit .379 with an OPS of 1.006? Of course they weren’t important. why? because they don’t fit your hypothesis.
We all know Chris Davis is a bit streaky. he’ll probably remain so. We also know that he’ll hit. Guys don’t make it to the majors at age 22 on the basis of their offense unless they possess the ability to hit.
So, wanna guess over/under on Chris Davis’ OPS next year? how about if I set the bar nice and high: over/under at .750? you still comfortable taking the under? willing to risk $100 on it? $1000? Your house? or is it really that important to you?
I call you out Josey.
by iblum on Oct 5, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
n00b
don’t put to much time into your responses to Josey. He knows he doesn’t make sense and is only baiting you into wasting your life with these stupid arguments like he does.
by BuckyB on Oct 5, 2009 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but its fun
especially when he’s such an idiot.
by iblum on Oct 5, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haha you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders....
the most famous is: Never get involved in a land war in Asia . Only slightly less well known is this: Never go against Josey when facts are on the line.
If you want some slack, bring your own rope.
by rangerfaninva on Oct 5, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
VERY underrated movie character...
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 Oct 6, 2009 9:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
x
Regarding Chris Davis and the future…..I don’t know what to think about him just yet
You’re kidding right?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 5, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I'm not.
Davis was simply horrific this past season and a big reason we’re home this week but I’m still leaving the door open for him to be better based on what he did (at his age) in 2008.
I’m not fooled by anything he did after getting called back up. For a month, he was basically the same hitter he was when his ass was shipped to OKC. Although he wasn’t drowning to the same extent, he was still making waaaaay too many outs and not taking enough walks.
His numbers were propped up by 9-10 infield hits and I also don’t know how to take the fact that he finished very well when the team was unquestionably out of post-season contention.
"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 Oct 6, 2009 8:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I get all that.
My point is that you’ve made you’re mind up re: The Dick Sucker long ago.
You hate him and it’s brutally obvious.
No need for a retort.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 6, 2009 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dead wrong, Ryin.
Chris Davis was an all-time cocksucker this year but I view success at an early age (which Davis had in 2008) as one of the greatest markers of success a player can have. Either in here or over at NMLR, I said before the season that I was very bullish on Davis and expected him to hit 30-40 bombs.
I was pissed about the Davis situation because we had a very real chance to win THIS YEAR and the presence of Chris Davis on this team was very obviously hurting our chances of winning.
There are no guarantees for next year. We’re probably due for a step back, maybe two steps in 2010. There’s nobody in AAA to help This Thing and we’re losing players, not adding.
The defined weakness of Little Boy Donuts is his ability to assess what his own team needs and getting a major league player to address that need. Throw in the beyond murky ownership situation and it’s easy to see Texas going backwards in 2010.
The 2009 season has come and gone for those teams who aren’t in the post-season so it’s time to look forward and deal with the cards we have. I haven’t dismissed the possibility that Davis rebounds but I’m not near as bullish on him as I was before 2009.
"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 Oct 6, 2009 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I've said before....
….You are very transparent. You’re leaving this issue open so you don’t look bad should CD rebound.
And I like AJM’s new angle, and I"m going to jump on board and follow suit…..
Due to all this incompetence Nolan’s going to can JD this winter, right?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Oct 6, 2009 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's what I said above, Ryin
I have no idea what to expect from Chris Davis in 2010.
His first two years in The Show touched both ends of the spectrum, outstanding at age 22 and one of the worst players in MLB at age 23.
Nolan won’t fire JD this off-season and it’s his biggest mistake since coming aboard on that glorious day in February 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 Oct 6, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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