Tuesday morning Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Sep 29, 2009 9:19 AM CDT
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And that's that.
It has been a very good season overall, one that makes you feel a lot better about the 2010 timeframe, but you also can't help but feel that this was a missed opportunity for the Rangers.
Jim Reeves' game story says the Angels jumped on the Rangers early and just didn't let them up.
Ron Washington says that Nelson Cruz will be back in the lineup today. Michael Young was in the lineup, but wasn't 100%, and it wouldn't surprise me if Young and Josh Hamilton sat the rest of the way, given their conditions.
Marlon Byrd says he wants to come back to the Rangers in 2010.
And Reeves has a column about the Rangers' need to have Josh Hamilton in the lineup on a regular basis, with Reeves saying there are now those questioning Hamilton's willingness to play through pain.
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Flipping back and forth between the Cowboys and the Rangers games last night I couldn’t decide which one was less irritating. But that was during the Cowboys first half. The Rangers lost that contest.
by FuturePants on Sep 29, 2009 9:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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I had to sit thru Dancing With the F’en Stars with the first half of the Cowboys game before the Rangers got started. Lucky you.
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
by horsedooty on Sep 29, 2009 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scene control man!!!!
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
by Ryin A on Sep 29, 2009 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
man!!!!
Yeah, I know, but she has the .45.
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
by horsedooty on Sep 29, 2009 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Live in a one room house?
Doors locked, too? :-)
by mgb5 on Sep 29, 2009 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
1 room house
no but only 1 tv
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
by horsedooty on Sep 29, 2009 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I get why you couldn't watch what you wanted
(we all learned to share in kindergarden, right?) but if given the “opportunity” to watch Dancing With The Stars, I think I could find something else to enjoy better in that time (home root canal?). :-)
by mgb5 on Sep 29, 2009 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Durrett
has a sort of review of the Rangers’ season up. Pretty good read.
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/columns/story?id=4500163
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 29, 2009 9:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
At the end of the day
the team just was fairly mediocre through August and September. A .500 club over that span just was never going to close the gap.
A good year overall for the club, especially pitching and defense, as they are en route to allowing over 200 less runs than last year, which is unbelievably huge! Kind of a meh year for the offense, with injuries, and some really long slumps for hitters, and an unbelievable month long slump for the whole team in June. Rudy should definitely be on the hot seat for some of the performances across the board. Only Young and Cruz really stood out offensively.
"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 9:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
has anyone seen this yet?
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10140332/Vizquel%27s-newest-offseason-adventure:-bullfighting
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
by horsedooty on Sep 29, 2009 9:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yea....this sucks.
If Wash is still managing this team next year (of course he will be) and we don’t make some significant changes (of course we won’t $$$) then this team won’t be any better next year.
sigh.
Wash is an idiot!!
by bspate on Sep 29, 2009 9:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Better this year than last
…with the same manager and no really significant changes (which I take to mean free-agent additions in this context, given the $$$). Certainly no assurance that next year will be better than (or as good as) this year, but not lacking hope entirely either.
by mgb5 on Sep 29, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a terrible outlook on 2010
The team age this season was right around 27.5 with most of the key rotation and lineup constructed of guys younger than that. Hell, we had a 20/21 year old SS the whole season and a couple of 22 year old pitchers combining for 239 innings. This team doesn’t need to make a single significant change to improve next season. Their only real need is a good DH candidate who could fill in at 1B if Davis/Smoak doesn’t pan out. Without that, this team should still at least match this season’s production.
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 29, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not that it would have mattered last night...
but what’s wrong with this picture :
3) Murphy RF
4) Byrd CF
5) Blalock DH
On the Bench : Cruz
Nellie has now been benched 4 or the last 5 games. Games that both Murphy and Blalock have played in. THe one start he had he went 2-4 with a HR. For those of you who think the Wash hatred for Cruz is overreacting, I call bullshit. It’s getting to the point that I hope the Rangers trade their second best offensive player this off-season because I know the fucking manager won’t play him everyday. For this offense to sit Cruz is a joke. Screw you and your gut Wash.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Sep 29, 2009 9:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cruz is
A. In Wash’s doghouse
B. Hiding an injury
C. being benched to get a better read on other players
Those are the only reasons I can think of for Cruz being benched this much and only A seems likely. Even with the injury in August, he should have gotten at least 140 starts this season. I don’t get why he isn’t right there with Young and Kinsler for Wash to pencil in every single game.
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 29, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it makes no sense
given the fact that Wash was bitching about how few RBIs Cruz had about a month ago. You can’t drive in runs if you’re on the bench. More than anything, that’s what is driving me nuts about Wash. Get the best players on the damn field!!!!!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Sep 29, 2009 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I niormally dont agree with RW but his assessment on Cruz is well founded, If you look at the stats he has 34 home runs and 79 RBIs Murphy has 16 home runs and 55 RBIS Cruz is a great power hitter but doesnt hit enough singles and doubles. Also the last month he has been really bad. Look at fielding he has more error than Byrd and Murphy together.
by txmemaw17 on Sep 29, 2009 9:51 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Your stats suck ass
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Sep 29, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm hoping that the "17" on your screen name is your age...
…and that you haven’t reproduced yet. Please report to the nearest sterilization facility and save the world the trouble of taking care of your offspring.
I have no objection to man walking on the moon.
by Chad Crudup on Sep 29, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup
Nellie needs to start converting some of those HRs into singles and doubles. Who does he think he is? Start choking up on the freaking bat.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 29, 2009 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
55 of his 120 hits have been XBH
21 doubles, a triple, and 33 HR. That leaves 65 singles along with 49 walks and 20 stolen bases. While clearly a power hitter, 91 bases acquired other than HR in 457 AB’s isn’t shabby. And I agree that with 2 strikes he could afford to slide back to a contact swing.
"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 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Totally.
SLG% means nothing. What a stupid stat!
by FuturePants on Sep 29, 2009 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
doesnt hit enough singles and doubles.
46% of Nellies hits are for extra bases….. same as Ian Kinsler.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 29, 2009 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if Cruz gets traded this off-season.
Everybody knows Wash doesn’t do anything without explicit urging / approval from the Ranger FO and his benching of him now and earlier comments this month aren’t exactly encouraging.
"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 29, 2009 9:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
"Everybody knows this is nowhere..."
…completely off-topic but I love that song.
I have no objection to man walking on the moon.
by Chad Crudup on Sep 29, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Talking Heads or Neil Young?
"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 29, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Saw it live in December...
Gratifying set: Cortez the Killer, Old Man, and others I’m blanking on.
"[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 29, 2009 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe it was the one and only
Nolan Ryan who said that Ron Washington makes out the line up. Not the Ranger FO.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 29, 2009 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
See Ian Kinsler being moved from lead-off in August, RangerMad.
Ron Washington was told by JD to hit him lower and move Borbon to lead-off.
"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 29, 2009 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to who?
Post a report or article which explicitly says that JD told Ron Washington to move him off leadoff. Otherwise, just STFU.
by FuturePants on Sep 29, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do your own research, gossip queen.
"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 29, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are making the claim, dumbass.
And since I know it’s a) false and b) just stupid, just like you, it would be impossible to do “research” on something that doesn’t exist.
You get dumber by the day, Jay.
by FuturePants on Sep 29, 2009 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Glad to see the problem cleared up with that new thread...
Just sayin’
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 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
well
this is not about Davis and/or Blalock.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 29, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check mate!
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
by ghtd36 on Sep 29, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
yep
And rightly so. They came to a compromise. Any other examples?
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 29, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been thinking Cruz gets traded for a while
and while I’m not as much on the “Wash is just a puppet” meme as you are, I definitely think that his underutilization (and misutilization) of Cruz would not have gone unchecked if someone in the organization had specifically advocated for him. I think what we can safely assume is that someone important (either Wash, Rudy or both) doesn’t like Cruz, and that JD and Nolan aren’t such huge Cruz fans to override their coaches opinions.
Add in that Cruz is coming off a career year and is cheap and under team control for a while, he’s an ideal trading chip. I think if the Rangers can sign Byrd, they’ll do that and try to flip Cruz.
I’m not inherently against that either, if they are getting something really good back for Cruz (part of a TORG deal, high ceiling SP prospect, high ceiling 3b or COF hitter prospect)
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Sep 29, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You may have an inspired guess
Rudy. I could see Cruz laughing him off. Cruz get his breakthrough stance modification elsewhere.
"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 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cruz and Rudy are two interesting offseason cases.
I think Rudy could be gone after this year. Call it cost-cutting. Or maybe he would finally get a manager’s position. I think CD’s and Cruz’s development, especially development of pitch recognition leading to fewer Ks and better contact rates, under the tutelage of Scott Coolbaugh might be enough justification to go with the cheaper coach.
Cruz, though, is one of the prime trade candidates due to his productivity and years under team control. He’s somewhat at a position of depth for the Rangers, moreso if they bring back Byrd.
Both could be gone after this offseason.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Sep 29, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cruz
also struggles mightily v LH pitching and this team needs more players that hit LH pitching well.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Sep 29, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
fixed
this team needs more players that hitLH pitchingwell
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 29, 2009 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And also get on base as well.
If JSmoak can play and do well in The Show next year, we have a chance.
Somewhere we are going to need to replace 37-40 bombs from DH with 100 RBI and I’m not sure where that’s coming from at this point.
"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 29, 2009 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Smoak isn't ready
He has a hard time vs. offspeed stuff and the AAA junkballers helped expose that.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Sep 29, 2009 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't count on too much from
JSmoak. Afterall, he is 56 and never made it out of A ball.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
by RangerMad on Sep 29, 2009 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look at what you said is something really good for Cruz
The TORG deal is going to require a pretty big player added to it from the Rangers side to get done when the Rangers near future need is offense. The high ceiling SP prospect is nice but again isn’t really what the Rangers need. The COF prospect is pointless since Cruz is the player we’d hope a COF prospect would be. And the 3B prospect is nice, but not what the team needs in the near future with Young here.
There really isn’t much out there for the Rangers if they are looking to trade Cruz and improve their team for 2010.
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 29, 2009 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well
by COF and 3b prospects, I’m talking about guys who will be potential contributors ~3 years down the line. Same with a high ceiling SP. And obviously I wouldn’t trade my TORG for Cruz, but heck, if someone is willing to, by all means do it.
Really, I don’t think Cruz can return anything that this team needs “right now.” Really, right now this team needs a high-OBP guy and their young guys to take 2 steps forward for every 1 step back. And they’ll be very competitive if that happens. Cruz and Byrd are somewhat redundant; we all have our preference, obviously. But if the team opts to keep Byrd, for whatever reason, then they should go ahead an “invest” Cruz to get one or two guys who can start filling into this team in the more distant future (2012 and onward).
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Sep 29, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Remember when Cruz was only playing
because he was one of JD’s boys. He was the guy that JD had Wash play just to try and make that horrible Carlos Lee trade look good.
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 29, 2009 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL, forgot about that meme...
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 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ehh
now the whispers about Hamilton’s ability, or willingness, to play with pain have begun.
Really? Who’s been whispering that Reevo? You to you?
A sciatic never shooting pain through his leg and back? That sounds lovely.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
by WyoRanger on Sep 29, 2009 10:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The whisperings of the wind.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Sep 29, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Considering his biggest problem this year is coming back too soon..
Reevo’s comments are more than absurd.
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 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reeves is back!
After being mildly distracted by the glow of Rangers goodness, he deposits attemps big blow on Hamilton, reminding everyone who the real FOTF is and how a FOTF needs to act for the betterment of the young-uns. The Rangers would be in a world of hurt if they didn’t have this type of constructive instruction coming from Reeves.
I don’t think a pinched nerve is anything to take as lightly as Reeves is. One type of motion may be completely possible, while another might put you on your back in pain. It has nothing to do with pain tolerance, just what a person’s body will allow him to do. Besides, is it really necessary that Josh take on the role of being the clubhouse leader? Seems the Rangers already have that in MY and Byrd. There’s no reason to believe that Hamilton has to fill the vocal leader role should Byrd leave. Someone else could do so. Maybe even Andrus or Murphy.
Strange article by Reeves. Did he just want to pick on Hamilton for some particular reason left unstated in the article?
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
by rooster on Sep 29, 2009 10:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Saw Jules Borbon throw from LF last night.
Abreu directly challenged him and scored from 2B on sharply hit ball to LF.
I can see why they’ve been hiding him – he throws like Mickey Rivers with a sore shoulder. He’s supposed to be an every day OFer 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 29, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep.
I rarely agree with you, but his arm is definitely in Cat’s class.
"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 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I rarely agree with you Cahill.
Sending Kinsler to the minor leagues this season would not have been a good plan.
"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 29, 2009 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
he was in the minor league for rehab, the only thing under question was his stay. It wasn’t like I was lobbying for him to be in the minors the rest of the year.
"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 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it really news
that Borbon’s arm is a weakness? I thought this was documented when he was drafted. Acting like this is a revelation is just being dramatic. The scoop has been that he could cover a lot of ground, getting to balls that others might not get to. That may not prove to be true because of faulty routes, but the strength of his arm is what it is.
by mcgee48c on Sep 29, 2009 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Overall
the big news is that Borbon overall, Jumps, reading the ball, arm, everything but closing speed looks pretty shaky. Considering how much some were touting him as a gold glove CF, it tells me the defensive scouting reports we are getting from the farm are pretty shaky.
"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 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What other reports have been shaky?
Also, I would take most minor league reports with a grain of salt. Many times, people are describing what the player will eventually be and not what he is right now.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Sep 29, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the overrating of Borbon
is just the general overrating of most players with speed. Watching Borbon has almost been a flashback to seeing all the electricity in Ramon Nivar.
"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 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
Hi, Keith. Is this the year Edinson Volquez finally wins RoY?
by Brian Thomas on Sep 29, 2009 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Borbon's arm
Funny going back and looking at things we’ve talked about before. AJM seemed to take offense to this discussion back in June of last year.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
by tricer on Sep 29, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, in fairness
When you get to see Hamilton or Cruz throw, almost everything else looks sort of popgun out there. Not a solution to having a weak arm, but both Kinsler and Elvis have pretty good relay capability.
"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 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been pretty underwhelmed
With E’s relays this year.
by JDT217 on Sep 29, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes I loved me some Mick the quick..
but if Borbons arm is worse than his…that’s a problem although that remains to be seen…it looked pretty strong the other night when he threw the ball 20 feet over the third basemans head but of course he was in shallow left.
HH is that a sock in your puppet or are you happy to see me?
by BigGuns on Sep 29, 2009 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
His arm sucks
but I think his speed and plate approach are enough to make him an everyday player…if I’ve learned anything about baseball this season, it’s that you need to score runs to win. Defense and pitching are great, but the bottom line is that you have to be able to score when you need to. I think Borbon leading off GREATLY helps this team offensively…I hope Pettis can get him to alter his positioning enough to to minimize the effect his rag arm will have on the run prevention.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Sep 29, 2009 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They need to spend some money and get some
hitting in here!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Sep 29, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hahahahahahahahahah
seriously, though….as a lifelong fan of The Ranger, who would’ve ever thought we’d be saying THAT?!?!?
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Sep 29, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
MLB Playoffs
I say if the Rangers record is better then trhe AL Central Champs, that the Rangers should get to go in their place. Why can’t the top 4 records in the NL or AL be the 4 teams to go to the playoffs? Atleast the 1st and 2nd place teams don’t all go to the playoffs like the NBA but atleast reward a team over a worst record Central team. They can still hoist AL Central Champs in their stadium, just don’t let them in the playoffs.
by Ryan2907 on Sep 29, 2009 11:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hahaha!
And you can never delete this…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Sep 29, 2009 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's
because schedules are loaded towards divisional play. If you’re not going to give a divisional winner a chance at the playoffs why even have divisions?
by MikeEl on Sep 29, 2009 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you're going to lament the Rangers'
failure to make the playoffs with a good record at least say something like there should be a second wild card team. Otherwise it just sounds like whining and being a sore loser….
by MikeEl on Sep 29, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is what makes the Wildcard suck...
If the schedule is going to be as unbalanced as it is, that makes the Wildcard unfair on its face. Of course, if we played in the AL Central, our record of 21-19 against them wouldn’t have us winning any titles either.
I’m all for adding a 2nd WC; if we’re going to have 1, then 1 more would be better. Onbly problem is it really f’s up the brackets to have 5 teams.
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 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you are on a roll today
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Sep 29, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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