Believe Part 2
by chuckgreenberg on Nov 1, 2010 2:36 AM CDT
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PrintThis season has transcended expectations and transformed the psyche and hearts of legions of Rangers fans across Texas and throughout our country and beyond. At the core of the remarkable journey we have shared together is a ballclub and a community who collectively have consigned the conventional wisdom of the past to the dust bins of history, busting myths and charting a new course previously thought to be unattainable.
Can't pitch successfully in Rangers Ballpark. Wrong.
Can't compete successfully late in the season because the heat will break you down. Wrong.
Fans will lose interest when training camp opens. Wrong.
Fans won't come to Rangers Ballpark after the All Star break because its too hot. Wrong.
Rangers can't win a playoff series. Wrong.
Rangers can't win a playoff game at home. Wrong.
Rangers can't beat the Yankees in the playoffs. Wrong.
Rangers can't get to the World Series. Wrong.
Rangers can't captivate the hearts and emotions of fans new and old deep into the fall. Wrong.
And on and on and on....
I can't even begin to count the memorable moments we have shared this year thanks to a very special group of players with hearts and smiles as big as Texas, who always pull together, stand up for one another, and who have changed the sports landscape here in the Metroplex forever.
But here is a simple reality. Monday will be the last game played in Rangers Ballpark this year. We all owe it to ourselves, our players and each other, to celebrate with passion, enthusiasm and indefatigable belief from lineup cards to the final out, loud and proud.
The defining team of my young life was the 1979, "We are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates. I have often remarked how much this Rangers club reminds me of that team, with a confident but friendly swagger and an abundance of character and personality.
Now these two teams have something else in common. Both fell behind 3-1 in the World Series. Kent Tekulve, the great closer from the '79 Pirates, texted me after tonight's game to pass along this story. Before Game 5, Willie Stargell told his teammates:
"We are playing in front of the whole world. We may not win this thing, but before we go, let's show the world how the Pirates really play baseball".
The Pirates, playing against a team whose colors were black and orange, won Game 5. Then they returned to Baltimore and won Game 6. Then they won Game 7.
I know our players will show everyone how the Rangers play baseball tomorrow. As fans, let's do the same. We have one final opportunity this season to show the world what we have accomplished together and the passion we all hold for our players and our shared dreams.
The World Series is going back to San Francisco. And then there will be one final piece of conventional wisdom to prove wrong....
Believe.
Chuck
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Love it.
I’m pumped for tomorrow night.
"What IS your fascination with my forbidden closet of mystery?"
Think about their bootyholes...
when Cliff Lee sends this series back to SF.
by ghostofErikThompson on Nov 1, 2010 3:11 AM CDT reply actions
I love this team
Let’s show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown
The snozberries taste like snozberries!!
by Chrom on Nov 1, 2010 4:22 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Oh Dirkatron, stop trying to imitate the best sports owner in the DFW area.
Cliff F. Lee in the last game in Arlington for the season. Pack your bags guys, we’re heading back to SF.
I believe
but for now, I am really just focusing on game 5 and making this a series again.
I believe Lee will turn it around and pitch like we expect him to pitch; like the ace of a surprisingly good pitching staff. I believe this offense will hit again, even though that will have to be against the best pitcher in the N.L. the past two seasons. I believe our fans will stand up (literally and figuratively) and show everyone watching that Texas can be a baseball town. I believe this team isn’t interested in an opposing team celebrating on their home turf and forever having to see that in videos on ESPN and CNN and FOX and Yahoo!…
I BELIEVE IN THE 2010 TEXAS RANGERS.
IT’S TIME!
"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." - Dave Barry
Cmon Rangers!
let’s do this!
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Maybe I'm in the minority but I was pretty happy just to be here
But after this I guess I gotta believe. So I do. Whoever’s in my seat get out – the bus is leaving.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
Same here.
Chuck has now fired me back up.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
This has been the greatest season in rangers history
If you had told me in spring training that this team would go from bankruptcy to the world series I never would have believed you.
If they can do that, anything can happen. This is the season of belief and triumph.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
by rentz on Nov 1, 2010 8:06 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Not just bankruptcy to the World Series
But bankruptcy to the World Series with Cliff Lee!
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
SHUT UP I HATE YOU
The 40 trumps all!
"WHY IS LIAM POPPINS STICKING. IT'S AN ABSURDLY BAD NICKNAME"
-LiamP(oppins)
by thedirkatron on Nov 1, 2010 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Dirk I received your package
we're from Texas
CJ says "Relax"
by eclou on Nov 1, 2010 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh Em Gee!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I fucking love you, Chuck Greenberg.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
by Flynnyrd on Nov 1, 2010 8:41 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
You are amazing, Chuck.
It’s simple. With our starters, if we hit we win. When the bats are on, no one can keep up with us. They come alive tonight and we don’t look back. This is ours and it begins TONIGHT!
Chuck...
Can the Dallas Cowboys borrow Ron Washington when the season is over? I mean, a couple of weeks to celebrate would be fine, but they need him at Valley Ranch.
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They could use them some Jon Daniels too...
and Nolan Ryan…and Chuckie Greenberg…and Mike Maddux…and Jackie Moore.
Can I sit with you tonight?
Love you.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I wanna sit between you two.
I can play like I’m skiing.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
Chuck, I threw in the towel last night, but this morning you've got me back on the horse
WE’RE GOING TO WIN THIS THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE RANGERS ARE FULL OF UNBELIEVEABLE SUCK GIVE UP NOW IT DOES NOT MATTER GOOD BYE.
"It has been said that baseball is to the United States what revolutions are to Latin America, a safety valve for letting off steam. I think baseball is more serious than any Latin American revolution. But, then, I am a serious fan." -- George F. Will
Awesome, Chuck.
I’ll be there tonight. Again. And if anyone tells me to sit down, that bootyhole gone discover to find my steel toe boot in they bootyhole.
GO RANGERS.
I woke up this morning pretty bummed.
As soon as I came to, I remembered what had happened last night. It was like a kick to the gut. Then I remembered that I have tickets for the game tonight. A sense of dread came over me. “I don’t want to watch the Giants celebrate on our field. I don’t think I could bare it. Maybe I just won’t go.”
Then I remembered that my Dad, the man who introduced me to Rangers baseball; the man who is responsible for turning me into a lifelong diehard, has flown in from Tokyo just to go to THIS game with me. I certainly can’t bail on that.
And after reading this, I certainly can’t bail on the Rangers. To be honest, I feel a little ashamed for the way I felt this morning. This is the best Ranger team anyone has ever seen. Hell, it’s November 1st and they’re still playing baseball in Arlington. INCREDIBLE!!!!
With the way this season has gone, being down 3-1 in the World Series is only fitting. This is the way it has to happen.
Thanks for this, Chuck. You’ve re-inspired me. It’s Time!
The 1979 Pirates
Game 5 Bill Madlock and Tim Foli had big hits. Blyleven won the game.
Game 6 Omar Moreno was big. Kent Tekulve hurled 3 innings of shutout baseball.
Game 7 Willie Stargell had a big game.
Players need to step up Chuck! Not us!
Sellouts
I will say i was a bit disappointed in the sellouts we had in the crowd last night. Saturday, i was surrounded by the season ticket holders who had those seats. Everyone was into the game from pregame to post game. Sunday, I was surrounded by people who had bought the tickets from the season ticket holders, and I was surrounded by people who were there for the spectacle. Very disappointing. I will be there again tonight. And hope to see Saturday’s crowd (and result).
We can do this. The players, the front office, and the fans We can do this. I know they hear us. Let’s be the 10th man tonight.
All the dickbags in the first level need to be standing THE ENTIRE FIRST INNING MAKING NOIZZZZEE
YOU HAVE THE MOST T.V. EXPOSURE and all you do is sit there on your ass and clinch your fingers tightly??getthaFUCKouttaheeerre
YOU NEED TO SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ENTIRE STADIUM AND BE STANDING THE MOST!!!
y’all need to trade seats with the third deck. those sonsabitches know how to work it
by oc on Nov 1, 2010 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, Jamey posted
that fans around him were trying to get folks to sit down and stop cheering. Hopefully folks tell those people to blow it out their earholes if they ask that tonight.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
The fans around me knew nothing about the Rangers
I was sitting front row section 12 (the seat next to the ball girl third base side) and most of the people around me were corpoarate. I had like 15 athletic directors from around the state surrounding me and they didn’t give two shits…they were there to say they went to the World Series. They never told me to sit or stop cheering but you could tell it pissed them off
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
“What comes out of you when you are squeezed is what is inside of you”…..Wayne Dyer
“Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranted”…..Wayne Dyer
“Today, you have 100% of your life left.” …..Tom Landry
“Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.”…..Knute Rockne
Hell yes!
This guy really gets you jacked up!
Tonight – Cliff Lee pitches like Cliff Lee
Wednesday – The Rangers figure out Matt Cain and score just enough
Thursday – Colbyashi puts on the finishing touches for the champion Texas Rangers!
(I hope)
“EES TIME!” – Frank Francisco
We needed these words Mr. Greenberg
We need to remember that this isn’t all done. There’s a piece on my personal blog about how it is inevitable that Mark Cuban and Jim Crane would own this team, but I still had my hopes. In the final inning in the courtroom, you hit the Grand Slam. It’s time now for the players to return the favor.
We will be proud of our Rangers. We will wave our towels at the ballpark (and heck, even at home). We will stand true to our men on the field today while honoring the ones that have put us here in the past and looking toward the health of the future of the franchise. This team is one that everybody outside of Texas shunned. We were the black sheep of baseball, the team that could, but shouldn’t. One of my favorite lines from my favorite baseball movie (Major League) goes… “Let’s give them all a big ’ole shitburger to eat.” I think the Rangers have done just that to ESPN sheep as well as to all the sportswriters in the nation. History doesn’t throw a pitch or swing a bit. That applies here as well, and it’s one of the quotes that I use now in my everyday talk. We can do this, and we will do this.
And I’ve decided instead of Rick Perry or Bill White, I’m just writing in Chuck Greenberg. If he can do this with the Rangers, he just might save the whole state…
Thanks for the pep talk
I definitely believe and that’s hard here in SF. I have to keep telling everyone that history doesn’t matter at this point because if history had its say the Rangers wouldn’t be here.
Go Rangers!
Thank you, Chuck.
Thank you for buying the Texas Rangers against all odds. Thank you for taking the time to hear what Rangers fans have to say and for showing us that you care what we think. Thank you for letting us know that you will not be bringing a pea shooter to the Cliff Lee free agency shooting match. Thank you for giving us hope that the future of the Rangers organization is going to be very different than the past. Thank you for taking the time to write your inspiring posts to us hooligans on lonestarball. Thank you, Chuck. Thank you for being you.
GO RANGERS!
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
/PearlHarbor
"He recently scored as high as an 8.5 on the Ryin A Scale of Douchebaggery." -Ryan A on the douchebag that is Kevin Millar
by TagDon'tTweet on Nov 1, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Whoa
I haven’t even posted my Green Fields of the Mind yet. Hell, I just might not do it ever this offseason.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
This. :(
I am not looking forward to having to actually turn my sports focus fully onto what is happening with the Cowboys.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Easiest rec ever
"Are you willing to do what it takes to win?" - Dave Valle
by Past A Diving Michael Young on Nov 1, 2010 12:47 PM CDT reply actions
I believe I hate Michael Young more than herpes.
I hate everything about him.
That is all.
No it’s not…
I hate him more now.
laksnclaskcnalkscascaaaaaa>..
The 40 trumps all!
"WHY IS LIAM POPPINS STICKING. IT'S AN ABSURDLY BAD NICKNAME"
-LiamP(oppins)
nO.
"He recently scored as high as an 8.5 on the Ryin A Scale of Douchebaggery." -Ryan A on the douchebag that is Kevin Millar
by TagDon'tTweet on Nov 1, 2010 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Can I just say again...
how great it is now to have an owner who interacts with the fans as much as you Chuck. It’s very much appreciated.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Chuck, I know you probably said yes
as a favor to Nolan.
But every time George W. Bush is around the ballpark, the Rangers lose. Being new to the area, I’m not sure if anyone has pointed that out to you yet. But can you talk to Mr. Ryan, and ask him if he might gingerly broach the idea to Mr. Bush that, though we appreciate his support, could he kindly watch the game from home from now on?
by GhostOfPatPutnam on Nov 1, 2010 1:01 PM CDT reply actions
Sort of agreed but tempered
GOPP (GOP? weird) needs to not lose the forest through the trees. Let’s all keep on point which is the Rangers can still win the freaking World Series.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
Everytime except for when Bush is there and the Rangers win
If there was a negative rep button, I’d press it. Hard.
I'm a pretty big supporter of Bush
but it does seem that every post season game he has attended has led to a loss for the Rangers.
we're from Texas
CJ says "Relax"
Saturday doesn't ring a bell?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Bush was at several games that we won this year.
Was he not at ALCS game 6? That was kind of a big one. How many games have we lost that you have been at? I have lost hundreds and won hundreds.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Nothing worth having
comes easily. Let’s fucking do this!
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I would of loved to of had an easy WS victory. :(
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
This thread is SO full of WIN!!!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
ALL RIGHT!
I am on my way to the ballpark to make some NOISE!
Let’s do this!
Go Rangers!
I believe the Rangers had a great season...........................................
We love you Chuck.
"you can drop the antlers on 'em...or you can drop the claw on 'em."
Best Ranger Season Ever.
No matter what happens tonight, I’ll remember 2010 for the rest of my life.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
No kidding
So many Magical Moments.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Miracles can and do happen
I have no doubt Cliff Lee will win tonight because he is solid. I can visualize CJ winning on Wednesday. If that happens, some would say it’s a 50/50 shot on Thursday. I would say the young Giants will be nervous. The Rangers have nothing to lose, and in that situation should actually be favored.
I needed this!!!
I said this the last time you Chuck posted a “Believe” message….I have a little more believe left!!!
No matter what this year has been amazing and one I will never forget!!!
When you use those words, `mystique’ and `aura,’ those are dancers in a night club. Those are not things we concern ourselves on the ball field." – Curt Schilling on if the Yankees mystique and aura would affect the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Nov 1, 2010 4:00 PM CDT reply actions
Thanks Chuck for everything
You’ve already made Texas real proud.
We look forward to a great team and great Rangers community for many years to come. 39 years ago, when I was 7 years old, the Rangers were born in my hometown. And that’ll make a kid a fan for life. 39 years from now, there will be middle-aged adults, that are kids today, spread out all across America that will be diehard Ranger fans on account of the things that you do with this ballclub. It’ll be fun! Good luck and Godspeed!
(And don’t sweat the thing re Yankees fans. You didn’t say anything that everybody doesn’t already know to be the truth. You’re the one brave enough to say it out loud. Bravo.)
by GhostOfPatPutnam on Nov 1, 2010 6:57 PM CDT reply actions
Please do not re-sign
Vlad Guerrero.
Thank you.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
by DJCahill on Nov 1, 2010 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 8 recs
Hell yeah, he's even got the old school hat.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
From Bengie Molina's post season blog:
I’ll say this, too – there’s nothing like playing here in this park with these amazing fans. The place was so loud it felt sometimes like it was vibrating. No matter how beat up and tired you might feel after 170-something games, you feel like it’s the first game of the season when you look up into the stands and see all the red and blue and the twirling towels and hear the roar. I hope the fans understand how much energy they give us.
I know we helped push them. Sometimes, stiil not enough when the pitcher is mixing pitches/speeds so well. I’ll try to recap my thoughts/feelings later, but chew on this: There were folks (reportedly) trying to start the wave Sunday night… I just hope we’ve grownup as a baseball fan base, and next year, continue to cheer the right way.
by Ranger miker on Nov 2, 2010 1:00 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I yelled some things last night in Section 313 where these tools
were trying to get the wave going in the 9th inning. I was pissed and let them know
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
THe wave has no place in the world series
just stupid
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
x
The wave has no place in the world series
just stupid
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
I'm pro-wave as a general rule cause of how much kids enjoy it, but eve I agree the World Series should be a wave-free zone
Also, I keep thinking about Michael Young and it makes me so mad.
Mother fucker…
The 40 trumps all!
"WHY IS LIAM POPPINS STICKING. IT'S AN ABSURDLY BAD NICKNAME"
-LiamP(oppins)
ONLY I MAY CHANGE PICTURES THAT'S MY THING CHANGE IT BACK NOW OR I WILL FUCKING FIND YOU USING A MAP OR MAYBE THE INTERNET WHICH HAS A SEARCH FUNCTION I HEAR
The 40 trumps all!
"WHY IS LIAM POPPINS STICKING. IT'S AN ABSURDLY BAD NICKNAME"
-LiamP(oppins)
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