Happy birthday, Randy Velarde
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 24, 2010 2:00 PM CST
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Velarde has a small but meaningful role in the Rangers history...coming into the 2001 season, having signed Alex Rodriguez and expecting to contend for the A.L. West title, the Rangers needed a second baseman. They dealt for Velarde from the Oakland A's, acquiring him in exchange for minor league pitchers Ryan Cullen and Aaron Harang.
Velarde played well for the Rangers, but the team was terrible, and Velarde was dealt near the trade deadline to the New York Yankees for minor league pitchers Randy Flores and Rosman Garcia.
Flores and Garcia did little. Harang, of course, went on to be one of the better starting pitchers of the Aughts.
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No Hart, no Hart, the Rangers have no Hart!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Guess again.
It was a Melvin move, I do believe.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
Flores wasn't bad for the Cardinals during his tenure there.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
correct
Especially during the 2006 postseason. What a coincidence that as soon as Isringhausen got hurt, the entire STL bullpen was money.
"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing."
by Hard8 on Nov 24, 2010 6:36 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
The only last name as brutal as Saltalamacchia
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Frank Catalanotto made a frowny face
"I also have to say that I was pretty obviously wrong about C.J. Wilson. As recently as the All Star Break, I proclaimed the decision to move him the rotation a failure. That was epicfail of a, well, epic nature" - AJM
His too
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
OT: Brandon Boggs signs with Brewers
Per Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
Good luck, Brandon! You were the man for that first month of your MLB career.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
I still like Boggs.
Some guys you just get attached to as prospects. Sadly I still sorta wish we had Smoak (yes I know Cliff was awesome, but Smoak was awesome too)
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Probably old news, but Leach is suing ESPN and the PR firm representing Craig James
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
Fuck Craig James.
Fight to the end, now we ascend, together we will take them down.
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Nov 24, 2010 9:39 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
As he should...
Craig James slandered him, without anything ever being proven.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Ya I still don't get why ESPN thought it was a good idea to let him air his side of the story.
Seemed like conflict of interest and a big liability and I don’t have much of an idea about that sort of stuff.
They are both jerkoffs
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
James
is a dick. It wasn’t Leach’s fault that Craig’s son was a talentless ass-clown
Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules
by AndrusImpersonator on Nov 24, 2010 11:27 PM CST up reply actions
And a whiny pussy.
"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
Adam Harang was not one of the best pitchers of the aughts
he’s not even one of the best ones the rangers gave away or could of had.
Merry Cliffmas
He said BETTER, that is not best.
Better simply states he ws a good starter, who was reliable and serviceable.
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
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