Monday morning Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 11, 2010 9:36 AM CST
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PrintAfter the flurry of activity this weekend, largely a quiet morning out there today.
Richard Durrett has a Q&A up with Tommy Hunter.
T.R. Sullivan has some thoughts and questions up this morning.
And that's about it.
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Cowboy playoff win and Vlad signing....
My sports boner was throbbing all weekend.
by death of the cool on Jan 11, 2010 9:41 AM CST reply actions
This is the team we're going to war
with next year and I think the status quo is still in place.
Vlad is a very unique hitter but he’s not patient or disciplined. Maybe he finds it this year but the combo platter of a 35 year old seeing his health break down, his slugging %/ OBP sliding in consecutive years along with never being a disciplined hitter is a very lethal combo.
The OBP problem still exists and any hopes for improvement (The Black Hole sits there like a boil on the ass of This Thing) are going to need to be internal.
Make no mistake, JD was allowed to be a real GM this off-season and these were all his moves.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Nick Johnson
was traded for a song
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:00 AM CST up reply actions
Let me guess.
The OBP problem still exists and any hopes for improvement (The Black Hole sits there like a boil on the ass of This Thing) are going to need to be internal.
As long as Chris Davis is the starting 1b on opening day, you will deem the offseason to be a failure. Is that correct?
The War is over and your side lost, cstorm. The healing began when last season ended.
I’m rooting for Chris Davis and hoping that 2009 was just a lost year.
Ranger fans should not be fooled by what they saw from the second version of Davis last year because that player wasn’t very good either.
There doesn’t seem to be any kind of contingency plan in place if Davis shits the bed fantastic once again and he was one of our biggest problems in 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:06 AM CST up reply actions
What would you recommend
as a contingency plan?
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:07 AM CST up reply actions
Really ? Smoak needs to conquer AAA
before we anoint him ready for The Show…if 2010 is supposed to be “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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:11 AM CST up reply actions
Please stop...
you really don’t want to hear about his ideas do you?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I think that we do
need to add a bench guy who can play some 1B. It has been suggested that Greene can play some 1B but I’d like to not have to call up Smoak if Davis gets hurt/sucks.
Not sure if anyone is out there
by nathanbaum09 on Jan 11, 2010 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
If you're rooting for Davis
why did you call him a piece of shit yesterday? It seems you always say you like Davis and are rooting for him, yet you call him things like that.
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
Chris Davis
was a piece of shit in 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:21 AM CST up reply actions
this comment was flagged for being a troll
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Jan 11, 2010 10:24 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Why?
because he had a poor season that makes him a piece of shit? Usually, the people I think are pieces of shit are the people I don’t like or root for. A guy like Brett Myers falls into this category. Internet trolls too.
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
Chris Davis
seems like a really good guy from the outside looking in.
He’s very personable with fans and he was great at spring training.
He was still one of the biggest reasons our offense sucked in 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:30 AM CST up reply actions
I'd pay a lot of money
To see Chris Davis punch you in the mouth.
by Drew062682 on Jan 11, 2010 10:32 AM CST up reply actions 14 recs
i don't like to rec posts rooted in violence, but, well...
Rec.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
On September 20
Chris Davis was hitting .214 with a .682 OPS.
You wanna argue he had a good 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:37 AM CST up reply actions
No sir, just thought the comment was funny given the year longed ass whipping of a back story.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:39 AM CST up reply actions
No, I think he had a HORRIBLE year.
But I just think it would be awesome if you met him in person….and told him that the adjustments that he made after he was sent down to AAA did nothing. Then he told you that he performed better when he came back up, and you told him he was wrong…then he HIT YOU RIGHT IN THE MOUTH. I just think that would awesome. As long as you just cowered down and didn’t say anything about it because I don’t really want him to get in trouble.
The "adjustments"
made by Davis consisted of him swinging early in counts so he wouldn’t get two strikes on him.
He got, what 7-8 infield hits and very few walks.
Davis, after the call-up was better but he still wasn’t very good.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:46 AM CST up reply actions
WARNING: DON'T REPLY TO THE INFIELD HITS ARGUMENT!
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:47 AM CST up reply actions
Except
he’d probably swing and miss.
"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 Jan 11, 2010 10:45 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
We could make it a charity event
Josey Wales gets knocked to fuck out for Cancer!
So why do you think he's a piece of shit?
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
The reason our offense sucked.
can’t argue that his struggles hurt the team. Oh, and Hank Blalock. and the three guys we employed at the catchers position. And Andruw Jones. And Josh Hamilton. happens. At least we got something out of Cruz and Young and Kinsler.
Dazzle my ass
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
by Keynes on Jan 11, 2010 10:27 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Ah, I knew I screwed it up somewhere
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Haha, I get it now!
"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.
+1
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 10:45 AM CST up reply actions
It's his contingency plan
So that he can copy/paste those comments once Davis starts playing well and he can say that he was rooting for him all along.
Note
For simply declaring victory to work, you have to leave. Otherwise, you simply come off as a jerk in need of new material.
by Neftali's arm on Jan 11, 2010 10:42 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Simple answer.
No.
Any improvement is going to need be internal requiring some players to do things they didn’t do last 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:08 AM CST up reply actions
Your opinion
What alternative actions within this team’s budget would have made you satisfied. Please cite at least two specific examples.
The biggest problem on the team
last year was it’s offense.
The biggest problem with the offense was the ghastly .320 OBP. If you’re going to make the playoffs, you need to plan on having an OBP of around .340 or you need to have a very special pitching staff. There have been teams who have made the playoffs (and actually won the World Series, see 2005 White Sox) with a spare OBP but generally, a .340ish OBP is the minimum standard.
The biggest individual problem with the offense and the OBP was the production we received from 1B in 2009. Our 1B OPS in 2009 was .684 and the AL average at 1B was .830.
What’s the contingency plan if Chris Davis shits the bed fantastic next 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:19 AM CST up reply actions
I can't decide
between real wood floors or laminate wood???
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:21 AM CST up reply actions
real...Lumber Liquidators is where it's at.
12 month interest free!
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
Real wood...
is obviously the better option. Just depends on whether or not you can afford it.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
they have bamboo that is just as durable, and it looks just like wood.
also has some cool textures/colors.
I watch a lot of HGTV (tradeoff to get the tube during bball season) and my wife has been shopping for floors for a year now…very painful.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 12:08 PM CST up reply actions
Bamboo does look interesting
durable and enviro friendly, supposedly too, right?
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
very.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 12:10 PM CST up reply actions
I'm getting bamboo in my residence if I can ever afford it.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 12:23 PM CST up reply actions
they're almost extinct, fuck 'em.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
Bamboo grows back very quickly
one reason it’s enviro friendly.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
my neighbor has some, it gets into my yard and is an unbelievable beating.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
Does Sandoval eat bamboo in the dugout?
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 12:30 PM CST up reply actions
I think it's more likely
he eats panda bears.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Jan 11, 2010 12:34 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Bamboo = the shit!
I have a bamboo floor and I love it. Its soft (and it can be scratched) but it looks great and feels nice under my feet.
Real wood.
Then again it’s like boobs, who cares if they are real or fake just how good they look!
The worst part about laminate
is the clicking sound it makes when you walk on it with any sort of hard sole. I just put in Engineered real wood from Lumber Liquidators and it is great. Quiet, shows little to no ware (have a golden retriever puppy) and was relatively easy to lay myself (just dont get the urethane glue from LL, get the water based from HD)
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
Agreed, OBP is a problem
What specific actions would you take given the team’s budget to improve on the Rangers OBP weakness?
You didn't answer the question
Dipshit. You simply gave more analysis of last year that you’ve already hashed out 5000000 times.
If Chris Davis succeeds
will you apologize to everyone here and rename yourself as “Incompetent Jackass”?
by MikeEl on Jan 11, 2010 11:01 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Josey
is like Randy Quaid in Major League 2. He will talk down about the team all year and if they win, he’ll be out front screaming, I told you in Spring Training we’d win!!!
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:10 AM CST up reply actions
Here's a question
If this team succeeds, particularly with Vlad Guerrero or Rich Harden have strong years, will you apologize to each and every member of this board for being a mistaken jackass?
Simple question
Do you honestly care what Josey thinks about the rangers?
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Actually yes
I don’t generally agree with Josey but I do think that a byproduct of Josey’s typically dissenting opinions can be interesting discussion (when wading through all the insults and circular logic).
You're lying.
You don’t care, no one does. They just like arguing with him. How could you seriously care what he thinks about the rangers? It’s like caring what I think about them no one gives a fuck what I think about them.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
critical thinkers maybe
a critic is objective, not someone who takes one side and never acknowledges facts or points against them
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
what has Josey ever said that was interesting
and a byproduct of the discussions with him are useless
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
"Make no mistake, JD was allowed to be a real GM this off-season and these were all his moves."
Fair enough. So everything that was done this off-season gets attributed to JD correct? Lets say Vlad posts a .900 OPS this yr, the credit HAS to be given to JD right? Lets say Vlad gets injured and falls on his face then JD has to get the blame right?
No need for any discussion, a simple yes or no will suffice.
"More than likely JW never played sports above the youth level. It amazes me that he seems to have no concept on the common reactions of an adult athlete or their normal interactions between each other." - laxonto
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:10 AM CST up reply actions
All the moves made this off-season
are consistent with the moves made from October 2005 to February 6, 2008.
JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:13 AM CST up reply actions
Thanks
So JD gets COMPLETE credit for the Tex trade then?
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:16 AM CST up reply actions
Quick Josey, dig...
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
JD gets complete credit for what happened
here from 2006-2008.
Nolan held his hand last year and implemented massive change (the results speak for themselves).
2010 is JD’s baby all the way.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:20 AM CST up reply actions
boredom?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:24 AM CST up reply actions
uh...that was a reply to AJM...
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:25 AM CST up reply actions
What exactly is the "massive change"
Nolan implemented? Signing absolutely no one, scrounging up some NRI’s, and having some miracle years from Hunter and Feldman?
Requiring pitchers to throw long toss and jog was mildly interesting, but not worthy of the worship you send Nolan’s way.
by ncrangerfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
Why do people keep arguing with him about this?
Everything good is Nolan.
Everything not good is Daniels.
He’s made that clear.
Why do people want to keep asking him the same question about this?
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 11, 2010 10:21 AM CST up reply actions
Adam
Would you argue against JD being the sole architect to This Thing from 2006-2008?
Would you argue that Nolan didn’t have a major influence on the results we saw this past 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
Josey
do you like soft tacos or hard tacos?
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:24 AM CST up reply actions
Who'd win in a fight between a taco and a grilled cheese sandwich?
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
What type of taco?
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:26 AM CST up reply actions
...
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
Where the
hell did that damned taco get the chair? That is impressive
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:30 AM CST up reply actions
That video is bogus
a hard taco like that would break into pieces after the first punch from grilled cheese.
Not if it was good and greasy and soggy
But, yah, if it was crispy and fresh it has no chance
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
grilled cheese punches like a bitch
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
I voted the Giant Douche.
Sorry, Turd Sandwich.
by FuturePants on Jan 11, 2010 10:26 AM CST up reply actions
soft corn....extra cilantro
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:28 AM CST up reply actions
this is the correct answer
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
I don't know but
Denise from the Taco Bell commercial is hot.
This comment officially certifies me as a dirty old man.
She's definitely hot
But I’m probably around the same age as her.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 12:40 PM CST up reply actions
It's really weird
There’s no reason for her to begin beaming so much, but I’m sure glad she does.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 1:00 PM CST up reply actions
It does beg the question
Where the hell is there a Taco Bell with not one but two fully teethed, non-neck tattooed, attractive young white women working on one shift?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Also.
Why are their virtually no minorities in there at all? I think their might be one in the kitchen…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 11, 2010 1:16 PM CST up reply actions
Taco Bell is the whitest "mexican" food place there is.
It’s such a disgrace, and disgusting.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Yep
We’re lucky to live in an area with an abundance of taquerias that cost the same. Taste isn’t even a contest.
"Ho visto il tuo agire, non solo rendono per me. Basta un sacco di fluff".
You mean they don't wrap burritos in extra tortillas coated in melted cheese-like product in Mexico?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
We've been duped!
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 1:31 PM CST up reply actions
And last year the lines were blurred
but make no mistake, 2010 is JD’s baby all the way.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:24 AM CST up reply actions
Even if this theory
had some legitimacy to it, how in the hell does this suddenly go back to being JD’s team after Nolan graciously reached down from heaven and put it on the right path?
If Nolan see’s JD as a dunce, why in the hell would he hand him back the keys as you suggest? Surely the baseball genius that is Nolan Ryan would never be so careless after rescuing This Thing.
So, if your latest theory is correct (that Nolan is giving an incompetent JD control again), than Nolan is just as foolish as you claim Daniels to be.
by ncrangerfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
Hey
i just wanted him to put his neck out for 2010. I will give him credit here. For once he has taken a definitive stance on 2010. EVERYTHING that happens in 2010 is JD. I like that because I think the team will be improved. I really believe the Rangers have a 91-95 win team. For example, the question he is asking you now. That is the type of question that would be foolish to answer.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:24 AM CST up reply actions
it's pretty easy to solve this yourself
instead we’ll have another thread full of the same old Josey crap.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Not if we talk about Tommy Tuberville.
You like that hire, Gardner? I like Tuberville; I think it’ll be a long transition for Tech though, maybe a la Rich Rodriguez trying to make over Michigan.
by FuturePants on Jan 11, 2010 10:31 AM CST up reply actions
I love it.
I think it might take awhile before Tubervilleball comes into play on D, but he made it very clear that Tech was not getting rid of the spread—just adding some more physical backs.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
I'm expecting at least 10 wins
next year from Tech (but I was expecting that whether or not they were being coached by Leach or Tuberville).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:34 AM CST up reply actions
10 wins?
I’m not expecting that. I’m expecting 7-8. Transition year without a stud QB doesn’t sound like a winning formula.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:36 AM CST up reply actions
Sheffield can't be a stud in that system?
He’s running the Kliff Kingsbury / Sonny Cumbie bit to perfection.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
x
Sonny Cumbie literally couldn’t bend his knees when he moved. He was the biggest statue at QB I’ve ever seen.
I’m high on Sheffield—and believe me, I’d love to be wrong—but I’m not sure he can put the whole team on his shoulders.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:43 AM CST up reply actions
Easy non-conference
schedule should spell 4 wins.
Texas, Oklahoma, Okie State have been hit hard by graduation.
We get Texas at home on a Saturday night and I wasn’t impressed with Gilbert Grape.
The toughest road games are at A&M and Oklahoma.
We bring back all our skill players other than Britton (who wasn’t very good last year) and this recruiting class is one of their best ever.
The defense will be improved and Sheffield was really good (against the toughest opponents in the most adverse conditions).
I’m passionate but very realistic with Tech.
10 wins, minimum.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
Ask Colt McCoy and Mack Brown
about the atmosphere in Lubbock on November 1, 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:49 AM CST up reply actions
From what I understand
That atmosphere is pretty crazy whether it’s Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday afternoon, or Saturday night.
by Drew062682 on Jan 11, 2010 10:50 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
At home, at night, Tech is very, very good.
by FuturePants on Jan 11, 2010 10:49 AM CST up reply actions
Tech pretty much only plays night games at home
For whatever reason.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:52 AM CST up reply actions
Tech knocked out
Oklahoma (when they were ranked #2 and gunning for the national championship) in 2007, Texas in 2008 and the Ags several times.
It’s a very hostile atmosphere and the team gets really jacked up.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:52 AM CST up reply actions
Ahem.
Bradford, the nation’s leading passer, came out with an apparent concussion with the Sooners up 7-3 after their second possession of the game.
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?
I don't remember Bradford ever
playing defense for Oklahoma.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Gilbert will be very dangerous.
He started stepping into his throws in the 2nd quarter, throwing spiral ropes to Shipley, while Williams was busy dropping touchdowns, et al.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 10:48 AM CST up reply actions
I saw one very good throw to Shipley
when Bama was blitzing and the rest of the game was crap.
15 for 40 with 3 INTs and a fumble? I’m supposed to be impressed by that when he’s surrounded by one of the best offensive teams in the country?
Yes, he did throw another TD to Shipley (on another Bama blitz) but there was nothing to the pass. He may become very good but he’s nowhere close right now.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:51 AM CST up reply actions
The kid had zero help. They hung him out to dry.
False starts, a bevy of running plays, and dropped passes?
Welcome to the NC, frosh.
He clearly freaked out at the beginning and forgot all his mechanics. He was visibly throwing off his back foot and airmailing. I thought, however, that he turned it around completely and began stepping into his throws in the 2nd quarter and putting some accurate zip on his passes. Shipley was his only help. Granted, he could have read the blitz a little bit better, but who the hell expects the star senior to get whacked on the 2nd series?
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 10:54 AM CST up reply actions
Gilbert will be good.
I was impressed once he calmed down. I am relieved Shipley isn’t going to be around for his 7th year of college ball, though. Shipley was such a stud; such a shame his coach didn’t think he was more deserving of a Heisman than Colt.
by FuturePants on Jan 11, 2010 10:51 AM CST up reply actions
I thought Shipley was great
in 2009 and possibly the MVP of the team.
He’d get my Heisman vote before Colt would.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:53 AM CST up reply actions
does Tech have some OC or Assistant who was a Leach understudy?
Or are they going to bring in a guru of the spread?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:36 AM CST up reply actions
He's going to bring in a guru.
Sounded at the press conference yesterday like TT (get it!? like Texas Tech—every goofy column has hit on that already) would be canning both OC and DC, and probably a lot of others.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:37 AM CST up reply actions
They may keep Lincoln Riley in that role
(but he’s very young). He was the WR coach at Tech and was at Leach’s side the last 7 years. He was calling the plays at the Alamo Bowl.
Holgorsen (who used to be at Tech) & Kingsbury may be brought in from Houston…don’t know but Tuberville said he’s keeping the offense in tact.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
Think Holgorsen
would leave UH to be the OC at Tech? I think Holgorsen’s next move is into a HC role
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:43 AM CST up reply actions
Hard to say
but I would think Tech is going to be a fairly high profile team in 2010.
I think that’s why Tuberville was so aggressive in campaigning for this job from the get-go. He sees immediate success in a high profile conference.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:48 AM CST up reply actions
And yet...
you still allow him to do this and make a mockery of your site at times.
You really are the last guy who should be complaining about him AJM. Unlike us, you could actually do something about it. I understand why you don’t, but you shouldn’t be wondering about anything involving Josey when you’ve seen it happen time and time again.
You’ve given the dog an extra long leash and he’s going to continue to use every inch of it.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I think AJM's aiming to disrupt the Josepy process
by discouraging his target audience from reacting to him.
Which is really the only way to control him, short of cutting the internet off at his house
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
No...
the way to control him is to put the old dog to sleep already.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Jan 11, 2010 10:59 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Sure, maybe an IP ban would work
But do you really think we wouldn’t see Josey Wales 2 by the end of that business day?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
this is hardly a reason not to
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
He never did at Newberg's site when he was banned
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
I'm the one staying on topic today
It’s a lot of the Usual Suspects who are bringing in the debris.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Whatever...
I’ve seen AJM argue with Josey. I think he enjoys his presence. One thing is for sure, if Josey ever leaves, it won’t be because AJM made it happen.
All JD Until...
Vlad proves healthy and returns to being Vlad, and Harden proves to be a TORP… Then this offseason will have been Nolan holding JD’s hand to help him across the street.
I know I’m feeding you with my response, but your bit really is old and worn out. Its gotten to the point that its not even a little entertaing any more. Its just predictable and laughable.
by Topgun22 on Jan 11, 2010 10:26 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Not at all, Topgun.
This is JD’s baby all the way.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
I just want your word that if the Rangers win the division or improve on 87 wins, you'll praise Jon Daniels.
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?
Let's see how the team does 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:54 AM CST up reply actions
So, will you or will you not praise Jon Daniels if the Rangers win the division and/or improve on 87 wins?
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?
Dammit why are you trying to get a straight answer out of him?
It’s like trying to squeeze water out of a ball bearing.
Lets pose this is a question
If the Rangers make the playoffs (WC or win the division) and/or win more than 87 games will you give all the credit to the GM, Jon Daniels since you said 2010 is all him?
Please respond with a yes or no.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:56 AM CST up reply actions
Let the 2010 season play out before
worrying about any praise JD receives from me.
If he’s worth a damn, he’ll get praise from me.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
Listen bud
You are insulting yourself. These things go hand in hand…
If you say…
1. 2010 is JD’s baby, all the way…
And…
2. 2009’s success and improvement were all Nolan, he is due all credit.
Then you must also say…
3. If 2010 is a very succesful year with a division title and a playoff trip, JD gets the credit full on, and thus did a good job… Thus, he is worth a damn….
Im not saying that I agree or not with you, I am saying that if you make an argument, you need to be willing to stand up like a man and stand behind it… I dont care if you hate JD, if you think 2010 is his baby, and 2010 is a big success, then you must say, right now, that you will give him that credit as he, according to you, would be due… Also, if he fails, you can say it was all his fault. Thats how this argument you make works.
Sack up Josey, put your money where your mouth is.
TCU Frogs- #3
"THAT WAS MY SPECIAL MONDAY MORNING TAPE, SPECIAL, FOR YOU!
It's fucking Monday afternoon, you should get out of bed earlier."
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 11, 2010 12:43 PM CST up reply actions
2010 is JD's baby all the way. How many times do I need to say it
and what more could the LSB Lewinksys aka the Little Boy Donuts Cavalry, want?
Let’s say the Rangers win 87 games again (I think they’ll be 2-3 games on either side of this number) but let’s also say we have another Davis/Hank F imbroglio and that JD pisses his pants once again at the trade deadline.
Yeah, I’m gonna criticize JD for being afraid to make obvious moves.
So let the season play out before we worry about how much credit JD receives.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Of course, the question arises
Why did Nolan hand over the reigns entirely one year after implementing massive change?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
I believe that Nolan allowed JD to weave
his particular brand of magic because it’s not a given that Nolan is going to be involved with the team in 2010.
Ryan also probably thought he shouldn’t have to wipe JD’s ass and hold his hand at the Winter Meetings any longer. He needed to find out if he’s really up to doing the job or if he needs to find another GM.
I still haven’t forgotten that cryptic column written by RG this past December that didn’t seem to bode well for 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Wow.
Just… wow.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
I am in a position of guessing why Nolan
took off the handcuffs and gave JD his nut sack back but this off-season is very consistent with the off-seasons we saw before the 2006-2008 seasons.
JD generally acquires players / pitchers to do things for us they either didn’t do last year or in their careers.
He’s been very consistent with this when he was allowed to call the shots and it’s exactly why I say that 2010 is his baby all the way.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Dude
You’ve basically written an entire soap opera season based on your perceived relationship between Nolan Ryan and Jon Daniels.
You’re this close to writing slash-fic.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
x
Nolan Ryan got out of the whirlpool. His 62 year old body glistening under the flickering, flourescent lights. I, Josey Wails, gathered a warm towel to dry off his sinewy body.
Ewwww, fuck it. I can’t do this.
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
Girls at school today
are wearing the pregnant baby bellies for the childcare class. Kind of funny and shocking at the same time…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:36 PM CST up reply actions
Isnt nolan gonna be the lead owner of the team in 2010?
but he’s gonna be less involved?
sure bud
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
You see?
You cant do it? Even the most un-conscious objectors can admit that if they are wrong, that they will admit it…
You have no ability to say that if JD’s moves prove to have done the team good and they succeed that you will acknowledge that…. If you continually say that we need to wait for the season to play out, all that means is you have no real reason, you are just saying things.
Why don’t you try and be reasonable, and say the obvious…
If 2010 sucks, its all JD’s fault, blame him…
If 2010 is a success, its JD who made it happen, praise him…
You cant do one and NOT do the other, but you are only willing to say one, and aren’t willing to acknowledge that these two go together….
TCU Frogs- #3
"THAT WAS MY SPECIAL MONDAY MORNING TAPE, SPECIAL, FOR YOU!
It's fucking Monday afternoon, you should get out of bed earlier."
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 11, 2010 2:04 PM CST up reply actions
I have no problems admitting
when I’m wrong. I whiffed on the Rangers winning 73 games in 2009 (so did almost every unbiased source).
This team could win very well win 89 games in 2010 yet JD could have a crappy year as a GM.
This team could win 82 games and JD may have had a good year as a GM.
You have to let the season play out before evaluating your GM.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
lol
Yes, you can admit when you’re wrong but don’t actually take any responsibility for it. You admit to being wrong about how well they would do last year, but never fail to mention that other people screwed up too.
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
How?
A GM’s season (like anyone else’s in the front office and coaching staff) is judged on wins. That’s it. well, wins and expectation. The expectation however, has already been set. In this case its pretty simple:
1) Division title or wild card, World Series win: Best possible.
2) Division title or wild card, Win Pennant: Monkey off back, excellent season.
3) Division title or wildcard: Great, outstanding season.
4) Contention: good season (at least maintained from last year)
5) anything else: bad season.
I hate to be crass, but this is a team that NEEDs to be in contention this year. one year deals to Vlad and Harden mean that this has to work out because they might not be back. Of course, the young core needs to continue to develop and there is huge upward pressure on the pitching side, but with a new owner, and the general atmosphere in the metroplex, (including the Cowboy playoff win), the Rangers need to make a statement.
Not really
since Jeter and Kelly are supposedly getting married.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
x
I think it’s odd because I don’t give a shit about Derek Jeter, and any player’s marriage isn’t really Rangers news…much less a non-Ranger’s rumored personal life.
Get over it.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
It's just a picture.
There is no need to pay attention to it if you don’t want to.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
He just said it was an odd choice
And he’s right. You’ve picked the wrong fight here.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:28 AM CST up reply actions
I'm curious as to whether
he makes her where he cheerleader’s outfit from Friday Night Lights…
The offseason is gonna blow from here on out...
blow = boring
Still got the Cowboys…but once they’re done I go into a sports coma.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 9:53 AM CST reply actions
Fortunately
Cowboys talk will keep us occupied into February. Oh yah, and the Longhorns are #1 in basketball.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of college basketball fans
At least not pre-March.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:08 AM CST up reply actions
I was a huge Georgetown hoops fan during the Mourning / Mutombo era...
…like I had jersey’s and shit…
I have no idea why I turned on basketball like I have.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:10 AM CST up reply actions
I only have the desire to watch basketball when it's the playoffs, or march madness.
I guess that makes me a bad fan, but oh well. Least I don’t hate it like the NFL.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
I don't have any problem with March Madness-only fans of CBB
It just annoys me when people who watch zero games during the year pretend they have so much knowledge when filling out brackets.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:13 AM CST up reply actions
lol I have zero knowledge when going into it.
I just usually always make Texas go all the way because I bet with my heart, and not my brain.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
I thought
you weren’t a Horns fan. You tried to make that very clear during the NC FB game…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:16 AM CST up reply actions
That was the cowboys game?
I’m a Horns fan, and I think the frequent cussing, and angry sentences when they did something bad should have gave it away?
Unless you’re joking? lol I don’t know. My joking meter has been off lately.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
When I posted that the Horns
had wasted an opportunity when they were only up 6-0 after the 2 turnovers, you said you would rather be up 6 than down 6. When I said enjoy the game Horns fan you kept saying you weren’t a Horns fan and I was posting false things.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:20 AM CST up reply actions
Oh that was you?
No i said “never once did I say anything about being a horns fan during this argument” I was just saying that I would have felt the same rather it was Alabama who was in that situation, or Texas.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Your exact reply
after calling you a Horns fan…
lol you attacked me first. claimed false things when I made my point, and started cussing.
I don’t care about football much at all. I’ve made that clear to everyone on this site.
Just clam down buddy, it’s okay.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
Everytime
I called you a Horns fan, you said I was claiming false things. It’s okay, your bad karma of denying you were a Horns fan played a small role in the loss. You have to deal with that all off-season…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:31 AM CST up reply actions
Please
This is the most retarded argument in a place where that’s saying something.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:31 AM CST up reply actions
I'd give you a penny for your thoughts
but that would be overpaying…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
Dude you have some weird thing with him
I’m laughing in tears right now, what in the hell? I feel like I’m in an episode of the twlight zone you’re like fox news on a merry go round.
I said you were claiming false things because you said
well
if you don’t care, don’t stay stupid things like it’s okay to only get 6 out of two possessions starting at your opponent’s 30 horns fan
bolded part, homie.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Well
if you honestly think it’s okay to get 6 points out of 2 possessions starting at your opponents 30, I can’t help you.
You have a soccer picture as your icon. If you are a soccer fan and you got 2 PK’s in the first 10 minutes of a game, would you be excited about scoring only 1 goal?
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
.......
okay now I feel like I’m in part of some bit? Because no one can honestly be as stupid as you. I was saying you were saying false things because I didn’t say it was okay. All I said was I’d rather be the team up by 6.
Also I had no idea that Jamey Wright turning into the hulk waiting for homeplate carnage to occur was soccer…
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
You are the genius
I posted to start that getting field goals in those situations will come back to get you beat. Your got your short horn panties in a wad and said you would take the 6 points. When I said the 14 points were better, you said 6 was better than 0. Your point was so obvious that a 2nd grader could have made it. Now look back at the game. Instead of 6-0, it is 14-0. Bama has to throw the ball now, which they did with little success. Instead, they run rough shod over the UT defense just pouding away at the run game. Next think you know, its 24-6. It could have been 24-14 at that point if the game goes exactly to form after the first 2 drives. Now when Gilbert settles in and UT starts finding their groove, it is 24-21 and than 28-24 Texas. You get that stop late and you have the ball up 4 instead of down 3. Even than, the Gilbert fumble leading to a TD makes it 31-28 and you still have the ball down 3 late instead of 10. So, my original point of that entire conversation was getting 6 instead of 14 would come back to get you beat, and not only am I correct, I was prophetic…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
I'll end my side of this "argument"
with the same thing I said the first time in the other thread.
Clearly I’m the super sensitive one in this debacle.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
This may rank as one of the worst
series of posts I’ve ever seen on here. But one of the funniest. I am laughing my ass off about the content of what you two are argueing about. Hilarity.
[ Will Post For Food ]
You'll get nothing more than a guffaw out of me
and like it!
"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.
A study was done
showing that fans who watch no basketball all year tend to do at least as well on their brackets as those that do. I have no link to the article, I just remember reading it. This kind of annoyed me.
I’m not trying to prove you wrong, I’m just bringing up a point.
Oh
Well I don’t care about their success when doing it—it makes perfect sense since they would generally pick the favorites—I just don’t like the phony knowledge part. It wouldn’t bother me except that sometimes they’ll contradict a point they have no idea about.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
Ask Joe.
Lunardi, “bracketologist”.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:00 AM CST up reply actions
I hated those teams from
Georgetown.
Watching Villanova beat them in ’85 was a wonderful sports highlight and seeing John Thompson fail in the ’88 Olympics and after Ewing was not surprising.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Jan 11, 2010 10:26 AM CST up reply actions
Maybe that's why I liked them so much...weird...spooky almost..
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:29 AM CST up reply actions
Eric "Sleepy" Floyd
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:30 AM CST up reply actions
The 1 and done rule has kind of killed college basketball
for me at least. The level of play just seems so far down.
"You'll meet them again on their long journey to the middle." -Lester Bangs
Negative
That would be the 3 point line.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:30 AM CST up reply actions
Way too close.
It’s a pretty consistent 3-point contest most games. And the good post players leave after a year.
I guess I don’t understand why basketball doesn’t protect itself as well as football.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:35 AM CST up reply actions
The only reason they don't
is threat of a lawsuit. 18 years olds can hang in the NBA as long as they can be protected from the overly physical parts of the game. The NFL is still so physical that almost everyone outside of Mo Clarrett understands they can jump into the league as an 18 year old and do anything worth a crap. Plus, in the NBA you still have guaranteed contracts. If an 18 year old goes into the NBA, no matter how bad he sucks, you get paid for 3 years. NFL guys have no guarantee in their contracts. It’s too risky for an 18 or 19 year old to jump into the NFL, get cut right away and now you have nowhere to play…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:39 AM CST up reply actions
Threat of a lawsuit?
What are you referring to?
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
The
right to work lawsuit. You can’t legally tell a kid he can’t play in the NBA because of his age. As long as they are of working age, it’s a fine line to walk. Clarett tried to sue the NFL for their 21 year old rule when he wanted to come out as a 20 year old sophomore.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
where is Clarett these days?
Is he a civilian or inmate?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
hmm
http://mauriceclarett.wordpress.com/
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 10:54 AM CST up reply actions
So .. civilian or inmate?
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:01 AM CST up reply actions
He is still an inmate per his wiki page.
I didn’t know he went to prison for so long.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
Maybe the boosters hooked him up with a decent set-up in there ..
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:38 AM CST up reply actions
he'll be a car salesman upon release.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 11:39 AM CST up reply actions
x
It didn’t have to do with age, it had to do with the time elapsed—in other words, it was antitrust rather than discrimination.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:47 AM CST up reply actions
Well
There is an age limit that football guys won’t challenge legally because they understand the huge risk to their careers of doing so. The NBA had to pull teeth to get the 19 year old eligibility rule in place. It does have to do with age. That is why Brandon Jennings played in Italy for a year until he turned 19. He said if I can’t play in the NBA until I’m 19, I might as well get paid somewhere when I’m 18…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 11:02 AM CST up reply actions
As I understand it
(and I may be wrong) the NFL doesn’t have an age limit, instead they require at least three years to have passed since your high school graduation.
I seem to remember that de-frenching the whole deal, but I’m talking out my corn-port here.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
No
It has to do with experience. It has nothing at all to do with age from the player’s standpoint. Clarrett did not sue because of age discrimination; he sued because he claimed the eligibility rules were an unreasonable restraint on competition. He lost on appeal.
The NBA could easily make the same 3 year rule in the next CBA (or amend the current one) if it chose to.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
From the NBA Players Association
(i) The player (A) is or will be at least 19 years of age during the calendar year in which the Draft is held
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
You're missing the point.
The point is that there’s no lawsuit on the horizon stopping basketball from protecting itself in the same way the NBA does.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
I disagree
because 18 year old kids can play in the NBA. It’s been proven. With guaranteed contracts in the millions, you aren’t going to keep kids in school for 3 years for very long before someone gets a lawyer and files a lawsuit.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
Wrong.
I mean, I’m not a lawyer so you certainly don’t have to trust my opinion, but go read the Clarett opinion from the Second Circuit.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 11:21 AM CST up reply actions
I'm still waiting for a Dwight Howard, Kobe, Amare, or LeBron to come around
Now that everyone has to go at least a year
That would be a good basketball team
That would be fun to watch in college. Too bad they aren’t eligible due to the whole agent thing.
John Wall?
Kevin Durant?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 11, 2010 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
Might be too early I guess
Everything I read about him says he’s the next big thing though.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 11, 2010 10:43 AM CST up reply actions
And my main issue with Wall is his makeup
The fact that he is from North Carolina yet UNC didn’t offer him a scholarship is a bit disconcerting
I thought
That was because his coach had some thing against UNC and advised him to steer clear.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:58 AM CST up reply actions
I'm not sure if this is credible info
Some guy in a forum posted it, but it seems to make sense.
Carolina and Duke jumped in late because of Walls relationship with advisor Brian Clifton. It seems that Wall is finally starting to make his own decisions. Neither K or Roy will deal with a players advisor, they deal with the players, parents, and H.S. Coach. I know that Roy didn’t recruit him at the start because Clifton and Roy have had problems in the past. Clifton got in the way of Roy’s recruitment of Eric Wallace and Roy told him that he doesn’t deal with people like him, and he would only discuss Eric’s recruitment with Eric and his parents. And Clifton was quoted saying,“I would not support him if his decision was to go to UNC”.
Well I'd say of those you mentioned earlier
the only one who really did it was LeBron. The others had alot more help than Durant did.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 11, 2010 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
Ummmm
11 rpg? 12.5 in big 12 play.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:45 AM CST up reply actions
That's pretty good, it's not prolific, though
His game was overrated at Texas and his first year or so in the league. You can’t overstate his potential, though.
I can't agree with you.
He was an absolutely dominant college player.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:48 AM CST up reply actions
They
Were really good that year, and lost to a really good LSU team in the tourney.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:52 AM CST up reply actions
Disagree about that completely
but it’s not really worth arguing
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 11, 2010 10:56 AM CST up reply actions
Completely disagree.
Durant put that team on his back nightly.
Augustin was his main help, IIRC.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
4th in nation
and first in the big 12….as a freshman who spent a good deal of his time on the perimeter.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:51 AM CST up reply actions
Meh, he was a man among boys
He wasn’t a great rebounder. I think his rebounding skills were no different from his freshman year to his rookie campaign. Go check out his game log his rookie year. You won’t find a lot of numbers beyond the points scored column.
+1
Durant was wayyy overhyped. He needs to put on some weight and learn to play defense and pass the ball if he ever wants to be truly great.
I disagree
He is a top 10-15 NBA player already….as a 21 y/o. His efficiency is astounding.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:53 AM CST up reply actions
Yup.
Kobe, LeBron, and Dirk are clearly the best players right now, and Durant’s already placed himself among the rest of the top 15 guys like Duncan, Wade, etc.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 10:55 AM CST up reply actions
Perhaps....
But my point is that his team will never win anything as long as he plays defense the way he does now and remains the teams best player.
Disagree.
Durant will win a title before he is 30.
He is a complete player with an unstoppable will power.
Defense is the last piece to add to his game, but I won’t be surprised if he can defend like the Matrix in a few years.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
Which part, sprite?
He may not be Matrix-level defensively.
But why can’t he block shots and get up in a grill? He has plenty of quickness, length, and athleticism, no?
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
I don't think he'll win a title before he's 30
I think if he commits himself he can be a good defender in this league, but I think it will hurt his offensive production a bit.
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
Will it be his fault if he doesn't win the title?
Or will it be due to his supporting cast?
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:18 AM CST up reply actions
I don't know
I haven’t seen him perform in the playoffs, but I just think winning a title is a very hard thing to do.
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
Both
If you give any great player a great supporting cast he can win a title and if you give him nothing then it doesn’t matter….having said that, he’s got talent around him, but I don’t think ti will matter. He’s not enough of a complete player to lead his team to that level.
Meh
Most people consider Kobe a great defender, but in reality he’s just a solid one-on-one guy most of the game who plays good team defense, but when a guy’s hot, he can lock-down like crazy. As a result, his O doesn’t suffer much.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
Different builds
I think Durant’s game will definitely suffer if he tries to become a lock down defender.
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
I think you're out of your mind.
But I can respect your opinion. But I do think you’re crazy. Are you a huge UT fan? That’s the only way I could see you making this argument.
Defense
is not something that comes around late. We have been waiting for Dirk to become a great defender for years now. At much as he has worked on it, he is still below average.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 11:11 AM CST up reply actions
Hmm?
LeBron has improved 10x since coming into the league.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
Yes, but LeBron has much better tools to work with
Than KD does. KD needs to add some weight or he’ll never be able to stop anyone.
He's never going to be Duncan.
But he has Marion-like long arms that are just custom-made for good defense.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
Do you think he has Marion-like quickness though?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone get up off the floor as quickly as Marion in his prime.
Durant is that type of athlete.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:16 AM CST up reply actions
I disagree. He doesn't have near the quickness of a Shawn Marion
Not lateral quickness or the off the ground quickness. He’s much closer to Dirk than he is Marion in that regard.
I've seen him dunk explosively in traffic.
But I don’t have the highlight packages handy.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:20 AM CST up reply actions
Pfft, find it yourself. You've yet to see him play in person, so I'm not sure how accurate your commentary is on the matter.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:26 AM CST up reply actions
Why do you have to see someone play in person to know their greatness?
I never saw Jordan play in person but I’m pretty well aware of his greatness. I’ve seen Kobe but not LeBron…so does that mean I should have an edge towards Kobe??? B/c I would take LeBron any day.
I watched Durant play several times
when he was at Texas.
You get a good idea of someone’s ability sitting court side and watching him toy with D-1 athletes.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:15 AM CST up reply actions
You get a good idea of his college ability yes.
And I’m not even arguing his ability, he’s clearly freakishly talented….but I don’t think he has the tools or the desire to be a good, let alone dominant defensive player. That’s just my opinion.
Okay.
Well I don’t think you have followed Kevin Durant’s story very closely, then.
That’s just my opinion.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
Answer me this
Are you a big UT fan? B/c it sounds to me like my opinion is a little more objective than yours. The guy has been in the league for what, 3 years now and hasn’t taken his team to the playoffs yet. Now don’t get me wrong, he doesn’t have a ton of talent to work with, but neither did LeBron his first couple of years.
LeBron didn't make the playoffs until his 3rd year.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
If that's true, fair enough
But he also had a GODAWFUL supporting cast. But then again he was in the East….and the West has been a beast. Time will tell, but I just don’t see him turning into a championship caliber player.
yes, i am a UT fan.
But what has that to do with anything?
I’m a fan of a lot of other bullshit, too.
Anyone who dominates like he does at age 21 has a great chance to significantly improve their game. Kevin Durant has incredible make-up: I recommend that you read up on how he grew up and what he used to sacrifice in order to practice basketball competitively and properly, without resorting to street ball.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
What does it have to do with anything?
It has everything to do with anything. You’re telling me that personal bias doesn’t affect ones opinion? It’s pretty obvious what a hard-on you have for the guy so you overlook his many faults.
I don't like UT
And I pretty much echo Chase’s sentiments.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
And time will tell who's right.
I’m not saying you’re an idiot and don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m just saying that I disagree with you and I think you’re wrong.
Well so do that with Chase
Don’t dismiss him because he’s a UT fan.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 11:30 AM CST up reply actions
Done with you, 062682.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:28 AM CST up reply actions
Please scroll down to
defensive win shares and then look at no. 8 on the list.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2010_leaders.html
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
Is that one of his many "flaws", cave?
8. Kevin Durant-OKC 2.1
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:30 AM CST up reply actions
Ummmm?
I have been espousing him as a top 10-15 MBA player. Im on your side buddy. Take a second and reread my comments. That was a reply to Drew062682 refuting his reputation as a less than stellar defender
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
NBA* haha
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 11:34 AM CST up reply actions
Statistics can be misleading....
That’s the first thing that you learn when you look into statistics. Anyone watching Kevin Durant knows that he’s not a top 50 defended in the NBA….let alone 8th.
Ha. I was making a joke.
I was mocking 062682, for claiming that Durant has “many faults.”
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
Mock me all you want
But I’m assuming (without doing much research) that he’s the only guy who will finish in the top 10 in scoring this year and his team won’t make the playoffs.
Most likely wrong
OKC is currently the 8 seed.
Monta Ellis is the only guy in the top 10 in scoring who likely won’t make the playoffs.
"You'll meet them again on their long journey to the middle." -Lester Bangs
Ah, okay
haha….Maybe I should reread the thread? haha
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 11:59 AM CST up reply actions
I haven't had a chance to read all the comments over the weekend
Have we heard any updated speculation on whether the Rangers have any room left in the budget?
I didn't read anything
But I didn’t see any quotes contradicting earlier interest in another starter.
I wouldn’t bet against Garland ending up a Ranger.
"[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 Jan 11, 2010 10:31 AM CST up reply actions
I can see Tommy Hunter...
starting to gain steam around here as a PR guy. I think if he has one more solid season he will start to become an almost John Daly type figure with the Rangers. I think he is going to start endearing himself to a lot of fans around here. He’s accessible, chubby, seems affable, and was throwing down gin and tonics like a champ at Newberg Night. He’s got that “good ol’ boy” swagger that we haven’t really had since Rusty.
"Support the Dutch Oven"
John Daly?
You think he’s gonna be a drunk with a bunch of ex-wives?
I would love to see Hunter at offseason functions pounding skuds, muching on wings in a Hooters tent with his shirt off.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 11:23 AM CST up reply actions
x
Tommy Hunter and Ian Kinsler donating $10k to the school that had all their stuff stolen or destroyed over Christmas.
Well if you think about it proportionally
Hunter is giving up about 2.5% of his salary while Kinsler is giving up only a third. Come on Kinsler, pay up!
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
The article
says that they’re presenting the check. The funds are not coming from the players themselves.
The gift from the Rangers comes in part from the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation. Academy Sports + Outdoors, the sporting-goods chain, is also donating baseball equipment.
It does say that individual players are donating equipment.
Psh fuck Kinsler
Put some croutons on his head, and toss his ass around.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Well speaking for myself
He comes off as an arrogant snobby prick who thinks he can do no wrong. Also he complained more about the fans than he did about actually baseball stuff. He just doesn’t seem like the kind of guy I’d get along.
So it’s more of just a personal thing for me.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
He was really nice to me and my son at Newberg Night.
And he’s always been very friendly every time I’ve met him. He’s one of my all-time favorites.
Wow,
I that those other comments were just sarcasm.
haha, yeah
mine was a joke. Ian F Kinsler’s my boy.
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
he's gonna have to really play nice with fans and be an AS this season to get a lot of fans back on his side completely.
they way he turned on fans and called them out last season…
its like your ex GF that fucked some1 else. you may take her back, b/c she’s hot or whatever reason, but that doesnt mean you’ll turn your back on her or ever trust her again.
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
I was wondering how a morning thread
with so little to talk about had gotten so long.
Then I clicked on it and realized it was just a bunch of people failing yet again to have a logical discussion with it.
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"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Jan 11, 2010 11:30 AM CST up reply actions
+1
What a beating this thread is.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Jan 11, 2010 11:29 AM CST up reply actions
Isn't it great...
Ass Antlers on both baseball and college football.
I know I have learned a lot from it.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Hey there is a little
college football, baseball, college basketball and the NBA. Start calling this the Wal-Mart blog, your one stop for all things sport
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Jan 11, 2010 10:58 AM CST up reply actions
Gagree....
Some people just can’t help themselves. Gotta argue. They are convinced THEY will be the one to finally win the fight.
So...
I read the articles AJM posted, and there was almost less than nothing contained in them. I click back over and notice “176 comments.” I’m thinking, how in the world are there 176 comments about that? So I click on it, thinking maybe somebody has an interesting link about how Tommy Hunter’s changeup could actually become a decent out pitch, and that’s when I realized my mistake.
That’s all right, though, threads like this (I assume, I scrolled down and saw that the Josey thread went on forever, so I skipped the rest) make it easier for me to be productive instead spending time on here.
meta-signature
by rlb02a on Jan 11, 2010 11:05 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
I was just about to type a similar comment...
I don’t think there would ever be a thread with more than 200 comments if Josey wasn’t around. Why can’t everyone just ignore him?
Football=Fling... Baseball=Relationship
Love him or hate him,
if we didn’t have a borderline retard to act as the devil’s advocate, this thread would have had 8 boring as hell comments.
by ncrangerfan on Jan 11, 2010 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
It would have had a lot more comments
from people who didn’t just ignore the thread.
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
OT: Hicks Jr
I don’t know if this has been posted anywhere yet, but holy cow did Tom Hicks kid just piss some people off:
Link
Highlight:
Tom Hicks Jnr has been forced to resign from the board of Liverpool after an amazing email attack on a supporter. Stephen Horner wrote to Hicks Jnr to express his concerns over the lack of transfer funds for boss Rafael Benitez. First, Horner was branded an “idiot”. Then a second response from Hicks jnr said: “Blow me, ****face. Go to hell. I’m sick of you.”
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
I'd hate to think what he would say if he was on here
I mean, we’ve wished cancer on his whole family on multiple occasions, and if you google ‘Fuck Tom Hicks’ we must be 10 of the top 12 or so hits.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Hicks Jr.
There’s a fanpost about it- I also posted it in the soccer open thread last night.
"To have the judgment and wisdom and personal touch of Nolan Ryan, and the tremendous group that JD has assembled, I think the Rangers on the baseball side are the envy of every franchise in baseball in terms of talent."
-- Chuck Greenberg
Color me surprised
Rangersorrobbers and the Observer come in above LSB.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
if you put it in quotations
“Fuck Tom Hicks” we’re there.
I hope this doesn't skew the Google referall stats
Next time AJM runs them
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
If you google
“fuck josey wales” with the quotations lonestarball is the top hit, and it’s my fanshot.
I’m in love with google again.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
We're way behind with "Fuck off Hicks" though
There’s a whole Facebook page devoted to it.
Fuck Off Hicks & Gillet | Facebook
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, …
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21830546928
i can see myself joing that group
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
We come in at #6 with "Royals sign Juan Cruz - Lone Star Ball"
with additional hits rights right below.
Those shaggy bevo folks
they take it a step up from how we do it. Sheesh.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Yup sounds like they take their soccer pretty seriously
Fuck Tom Hicks in the ear until he dies, then set him on fire and shit on his charred corpse once it goes out.
lol
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 11:31 AM CST up reply actions
It's the kicking, obviously
that attracts him, he imagines the ball is a baby.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Also keep in mind this was more than a year ago
and preceded by this
Firemans4Horn wrote:
How is Liverpool being owned by Tom Hicks a great thing? He is a greedy, broke prick that is single-handedly destroying 3 sports franchises in record fashion. I bet every single person in that video would like nothing more than to watch Tom Hicks DIAF.
Other fun quotes
But fuck Tom Hicks. I hope he dies a fiery, painful death and burns in hell alongside Bud Selig. Go Rangers!
dfwstangs.net
How horrible
@JeffFletcherAOL With Huff, Giants almost have a lineup: 2B Sanchez, SS Renteria, 3B Sandoval, 1B Huff, LF DeRosa, CF Rowand, RF Schierholtz, C Posey.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
That's a lineup that wouldn't have looked too bad
in 2005. Sandoval aside.
OT: Mavs
Eduardo Najera officially a Dallas Maverick again.
Link
I really liked Humphries but as the writer states, there was really a log jam there and he never saw the court. I do like what Najera brings to the team. He is just one of those hustle, intensity guys who you like watching play. Doesnt seem to really make the team much better but it might give them a little boost.
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
The mexican jumping bean!
WOOOOW
/Bob Ortegal
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
by sprite on Jan 11, 2010 11:39 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Who was that short dude who all the fans loved?
Is he still on the team? I thought we lost him this season.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Yes him
I need to watch some games this season, so I won’t be totally clueless come playoff time.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
I was always a big fan.
He seems to be a guy who likes to be noticed as the scrapper and someone who, if you ask him, just does his job.
Hey Eddie, go guard so and so… And he goes out there and busts his chops.
Hey Eddie, we need to hit the boards… 5 Offensive rebounds later he’s back on the bench.
Hey Eddie, take out their shooting forward, he’s killing us… Boom, down he goes.
He does get injured alot though. Not sure if his foot is 100%
[ Will Post For Food ]
He has some sweet hair also.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 11:42 AM CST up reply actions
Cuban and the NJ Nets FO
must be buddies or investment partners somewhere. It seems like we are always dealing with them!!
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
The ratio of
baseball posts to basketball, soccer, and josey posts is way way too out of whack this morning.
Go here for a Seattle perspective of the division. They basically have it as essentially a 3 way toss-up right now.
http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/1/9/1241651/the-al-west-updated#comments
I, of course, think that they have overrated some Seattle players and underrated some Rangers, but I’d say that of course. None the less, it captures the feel of this division pretty well. Anaheim’s roster is low ceiling, low risk; Seattle’s is top heavy with a lot of filler; and ours is high risk with potentially very high reward.
Go Rice Owls!
Good stuff there
Makes me think it’s about time for us start in on some projections. Offseason’s probably done except for maybe a backup catcher. I’ll go first – 89 wins.
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
89 wins
means JD didn’t do anything this off-season but “look busy.”
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Unless it wins the division.
That’d be nice.
"Ho visto il tuo agire, non solo rendono per me. Basta un sacco di fluff".
I'm not counting on 89 wins
to get this team anything but “atta boys.”
We’re not in the AL Central.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
You know what blog
could you use a sports genius like you? The Tech blog you joined recently. You should go dazzle their ass…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:23 PM CST up reply actions
You still haven't
swallowed that shit sandwich you received courtesy of the WAC Champion have 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
BCS Bowl
Tech makes one, talk all you want. You know the rules we agreed upon Josey…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:29 PM CST up reply actions
We didn't agree on anything other than
the fact that you should thank your walking upright god that TCU didn’t play Florida this 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
No
We agreed you wouldn’t talk trash anymore until Tech made a BCS game. Don’t try and back out of the agreement now…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:38 PM CST up reply actions
So you're bragging about
“participation” in a BCS Bowl instead of winning one?
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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Josey
that’s 2 strikes. One more and you are in time out…Please do not reference Tech anymore until they make a BCS game…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:42 PM CST up reply actions
Go piss up a rope, Mr. Hand.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Well
aren’t we a little pissy today…Did you miss jello time this morning at the seniors home?
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:49 PM CST up reply actions
I'll brag...
about not just winning one, but winning two.
Pwned Ass Antlers.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Without the JD/NR stuff (yada,yada,yada)-
Hypothetically, we make the postseason. You feel better about having an ace(Harden) as opposed to blah(Millwood)?
"Ho visto il tuo agire, non solo rendono per me. Basta un sacco di fluff".
Well, all his crazy-ass hypothetical eggs have been put into the basket of the JD-centric Rangers not making the playoffs this year
So, assuming a hypothetical based on the playoffs won’t work, because if they make the playoffs (outside of some strange circumstance where every team in the West but us loses 100 games) he’s already lost the war.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Let the healing begin
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:35 PM CST up reply actions
scoop
Anything more than 125 IPs we receive from Harden I consider to be frosting and I gotta see if he’s going to be an “ace” when pitching half of his games at TBiA.
I find this a very difficult team to project right now because of all the uncertainty.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
What is
everyone’s favorite cake frosting?
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:37 PM CST up reply actions
Rhetorical or serious
‘Cause if it’s serious, vanilla buttercream all the way dude.
That crap in a can just don’t compare.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Serious
it’s more interesting than reading the repeat crap Josey has posted for the last 6 months…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:39 PM CST up reply actions
In that case
Vanilla butter cream all the way, dude.
That crap in a can just don’t compare.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Dammit,
I’m trying to completely eliminate sugars(outside of alcohol), and that sounds good.
"Ho visto il tuo agire, non solo rendono per me. Basta un sacco di fluff".
Ya' gotta have some fun, with any budget
Good man.
"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.
That shit kills
I know, alcohol does too, but I like it.
"Ho visto il tuo agire, non solo rendono per me. Basta un sacco di fluff".
The risk/reward has gotta be worth it.
With this budget, the alternative woulda been keeping Millwood. Which really is status quo. I share your fears about injuries and ballpark factor, but another year of Milly ain’t getting you nowhere anyhows.
"Ho visto il tuo agire, non solo rendono per me. Basta un sacco di fluff".
Per the Millwood/Harden thing....that's a we'll see.
The problem with This Thing last year was the offense, more specifically the OBP.
This off-season we needed to acquire a patient and disciplined hitter that could command the strike zone. Ideally this hitter would relatively inexpensive and could also play some 1B to give us a fall back in case Davis shat the bed once more.
The major problem of this team last year hasn’t been fixed.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
I would ask
who is that person, but I know I won’t get a legit answer so….
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
That's the real question,
because it is a legitimate concern/gripe. The whole line-up is gonna have to make incremental adjustments, not just CD improving.
And we surely couldn’t turn over the whole line-up, or even half of it.
"Ho visto il tuo agire, non solo rendono per me. Basta un sacco di fluff".
I would have gone after Troy Glaus
or Nick Johnson instead of Vlad.
If Glaus insisted on playing 1B as a condition I let him play 1B and make Chris Davis prove he can handle hitting in The Show.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Glaus
was had for cheap. Johnson went for 7.5 mil to the Yankees and like has been stated 100 times on here, probably preferred playing their over anywhere else…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:58 PM CST up reply actions
Fair enough,
but your Harden concerns(injury) must apply to Johnson as well. I dunno bout Glaus, just doesn’t do it for me. Rather take a flyer on the Impaler.
I do get the OBP concern, and a healthy Johnson woulda been nice. Kind of a more stable MBradley.
"Ho visto il tuo agire, non solo rendono per me. Basta un sacco di fluff".
scoop
A team usually needs a .340ish obp to make it into post-season and we’re not anywhere close to that.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
I know...
So, what was our team OBP with and without Davis?
Can one of you savvy mofos get that done for me and my friend Josey?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 2:07 PM CST up reply actions
just take out Davis' numbers..
maybe I’ll do it.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 2:20 PM CST up reply actions
It's going to be very
close to .320 either way.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
True,
it’s gonna take little increments from everyone. No more free swinging Byrd w/ 500 PAs. Even though AJones actually drew a fair amount of walks, his hitting was so atrocious to counterbalance that.(300 more PAs)
Kinsler and Hamilton have room for improvement. We’ll see what Hurdle can get thru to these guys.
Just b/c someone would be a good fit(NJohnson), doesn’t mean there isn’t 29 other teams vying for people’s services. Gotta work with what you got sometimes.
"Ho visto il tuo agire, non solo rendono per me. Basta un sacco di fluff".
Our DH's last year
went 38/97 with an .810ish OPS.
Do you think Vlad is better than that in 2010?
Our 1B last year went 28/84 with a .684 OPS.
Do you think Davis is better than that 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"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Our DH’s hit .242/.312/.491 with an OPS of .802 in 660 PA’s
one third of those Plate appearances (actually 229) were by Andruw Jones, who hit .216/.332/.479 15HR, 31 RBI
one third of those Plate appearances (actually 211) were by Hank Blalock, who hit .226/.280/.523 13 HR, 29 RBI
The rest of them were split between Cruz, Davis, Murphy, Pudge, Borbon, Hamilton, Salty!, and MY and hit .282,.318,.471with 10 HR and 37 RBI
This makes some sense. actually very few reserves, mostly position players as DH’s.
The point is that Vlad doesn’t need to replace 660 PA’s of 38/97 .242/.312/.491 All he has to replace is the 440 PA’s of 28/60 .221/.307/.501 that was Andruw Hank Jones-Blalock.
That’s not out of the possibility for him. Hopefully he’ll post numbers closer to his career average of .321/.386/.568 or even last years .295/.334/.460, The second one is debatedly better than Andruw Blalock at DH was. but at least its as good.
Offensive improvement
breaking down by position, we had:
Pos OPS
C .665 (expect improvement)
1B .684 (expect incredible improvement)
2B .802 (could be better but is pretty good anyway)
3B .869 (expect a fall off, .800 is more likely)
SS .701 (expect some improvment, As long as Elvis’ new ability to purchase alcohol doesn’t mean he starts drinking during games)
LF .806 (expect a bit of improvement. probably see more Cruz there next year)
CF .771 (might see improvement, depends on Borbon, shape will change though, as the .323 OBP goes up and the .448 SLG goes down and the 14 steals goes to about 40)
RF .803 (expect a bounceback for Hamilton playing right field all year, so an improvement here too)
DH .802 (not sure what to expect. I’m guessing we’ll get about the same overall this year, Vlad will be ok, get hurt, we’ll bring up Smoak, who will struggle a bit, be called a bust, and Josey will clamor for them to trade for Blalock at the deadline).
PH .372 (expect some improvement here, this is pretty excreble, and since many of those at bats are high leverage, ouch!) Once again here, the main culprates are gone, with Jones, Blalock, German, Vizquel, and Byrd, getting 24 of 48 PA’s and going .043/.083/.086 (1 hit, 1 double, 1 walk and 6 k’s) our returning guys (Borbon, Davis, Murphy, Hamilton, Boggs, Tea, Cruz, and Andrus) hit .211/.375/.211 Which is bad, but not pitcher bad.
sorry...i'm going in....
so….why don’t you blame the other player’s around Davis? like the ones who similarly “shit the bed?”
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 1:51 PM CST up reply actions
Nobody else on the team rocked a .202 batting average / .256 obp
with 114 Ks in their first 277 plate appearances.
There were other problems with the team’s offense for sure but Chris Davis was the throbbing boil on the ass of This Thing.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Looking at OBP there are others on the team who "shit the bed"
which is your biggest gripe about last year…
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 1:56 PM CST up reply actions
The War is over, Ryin.
I’m worried about 2010 and Chris Davis is still here.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
See how he does that
He pretends he won by cutting off the argument having made no valid point…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:58 PM CST up reply actions
I know, I love it.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 2:01 PM CST up reply actions
Awesome....do me a fave.....
Look at everyone in the lineup’s obp 08 vs. 09….Davis isn’t the only reason we were “OBP Bed Shitters” last season.
And you have to ask for my permission if you want to use “OBP Bed Shitters” bc I know you liked that one.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
If he'd have rocked a 277 OBP like a real man...
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Davis needs to get his forearms tatted up.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 2:02 PM CST up reply actions
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 1:54 PM CST up reply actions
I'm bored man, sorry.
Just jogged and I have nothing else to do.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 1:56 PM CST up reply actions
Idiot.
We did not need to acquire a patient and disciplined hitter (I assume you were talking about somone like Thome or Nick Johnson).
What we needed was for ALL of our players to improve on commanding the strike zone.
Setting the bar at 200 PA’s, the following players appeared for the rangers in both 2008 and 2009:
Name, BB% 2008, BB% 2009, difference
Chris Davis, 6.3, 5.7, -0.6
Ian Kinsler, 7.7, 9.2, 1.5
Michael Young, 7.8, 7.9, 0.1
Josh Hamilton, 9.1, 6.6, -2.5
David Murphy, 6.8, 9.9, 3.1
Marlon Byrd, 10.0, 5.3, -4.7
Salty, 13.5, 7.1, -6.4
Well, Byrd’s fell off the map, but he’s gone anyway, Kinsler and Murphy’s walk rates improved, Young’s stayed the same, and Hamilton and Davis and especially Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s rates declined (salty’s the worst. and with Salty, his K rate stayed the same. Even for those which did improve, they need to improve again. The league average walk rate is 8.7%, 3 Rangers who will be here next year were above that (Murphy, Kinsler, and Cruz.)
your final sentence is the one which is the real problem. Because that major problem of the 2009 team HAS been fixed. it was fixed by the replacement of Rudy J with Clint Hurdle. Especially when you want to help young guys like Elvis Andrus, Julio Borbon, Chris Davis, and Salty and Tea become more selective, better hitters.
This needs to be posted 100 times a day
"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.
Rodney
did you have any post game comments after your epic drunken rant at me last summer?
You really should send ajm something nice for deleting your post because it was pure meltdown gold.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
I wake up every morning worrying that, after 10pm, I posted something ridiculous/incoherrent.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 2:04 PM CST up reply actions
I'm dissapointed AJM put up that fan instead of just a picture of Minka.
Like this one…
[ Will Post For Food ]
Poor Minka
struggles with HD and Blu Ray. My wife and I watch Friday Night Lights and are constanly noticing either the huge zits on her face from the HD or the huge patches of make up used to cover them.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 11, 2010 12:19 PM CST up reply actions
This site has become such a beating
it’s not even Josey that’s the problem, it’s all the people replying to his nonsense that makes it impossible to read any kind of actual opinions because of the clutter.
Sad.
this is exactly the response I expected
by texasraider on Jan 11, 2010 12:19 PM CST up reply actions
No reason to torture yourself
Happy trails, and thanks for all the contributions.
by brettgardner on Jan 11, 2010 12:21 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
dont follow the legacy of my sig
I can't help it. I’m an asshole.
-brettgardner on Jul 7, 2009 10:55 PM EDT
Let me try a different one....
NO!!! DON’T GO!! LSB WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU!!! How’s that?
at this point
there are a number of options including the one that really should be sufficient (ignoring it). bitching about it is annoying
x
Evan_P_Grant Tom Hicks Jr. announces resignation from #Liverpool after email flap. http://bit.ly/7n9EIs
You z'd through this thread too fast.
We already talked about that. As well as posted some sweet posts from other who think Hicks Jr. should “die in a fire” I believe is what was said.
Also there was something about deficating on his burnt corpse.
[ Will Post For Food ]
In all fairness
I believe the part about deficating on his burnt corpse was in reference to Sr not Jr.
Or maybe "defecating"?
You know, if we’re going around correcting people’s spelling.
http://www.lonestarball.com/2010/1/7/1238794/rangers-sign-matt-brown#28406104
It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.
Damn, you've been waiting 4 days for that eh?
Touche’
Being a horrible speller, I usually ignore them. I’m more the grammar police. The improper usage of “your” and “you’re” astound me to no end. As do their, there, and they’re. Those are the easier ones to decipher.
[ Will Post For Food ]
yep.
"Every Indian feels that where the ball is, there he should be, and though they do not altogether abandon an instinctive disposition, the glory of Lacrosse to them is in the exciting chases after the ball. The Indian village game was not intellectual enough for the whites, and needed systematizing; but never let this improvement be carried to such extreme as to spoil its extemporaneous peculiarities of fielding, and the general free character, which distinguishes it above all other field games."
"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris
by inactive lsb user on Jan 11, 2010 2:18 PM CST up reply actions
so Mark McGwire finally admits he used steroids today..what a shocker!!
I did not ask you if you have herpes I said is that a hairpiece?!?
'bout time...
he had to since he was going to get beat up after every Cards game if he didn’t.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Jan 11, 2010 2:10 PM CST up reply actions
sorry my roid rage got the best of me :)
I did not ask you if you have herpes I said is that a hairpiece?!?
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