Tuesday a.m. Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Dec 7, 2010 10:52 AM CST
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PrintAs we continue to wait for the Cliff Lee situation to resolve itself...
Jeff Wilson writes that the Rangers are continuing to pursue Lee, while keeping other irons in the fire...
T.R. Sullivan says that the hot items for the Rangers are the pursuit of Lee and Zack Greinke...
Gil Lebreton says Jon Daniels is playing the quiet game with the Lee negotiations, and not letting the rumors affect him...
The Rangers are saying they expect Josh Hamilton to be in left field next year, with Julio Borbon in center.
Ron Washington says that Borbon gained a lot of mental toughness last season.
Evan Grant believes that committing to Borbon in center is a problem, in part because it means less playing time for David Murphy.
Richard Durrett looks at the possible components to a Greinke trade.
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haha i could tell thats what was going to happen by the links.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
We're better off without you ventura.
Lots of good, somewhat rational talk of the Great Game with lots of other somesuch.
Stay in that corner and keep stamping your feet.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
by Josey Wales on Dec 7, 2010 12:21 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Go away, please.
Everyone on this board is more liked by literally everyone more than anyone likes you.
by FuturePants on Dec 7, 2010 12:23 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
I like Josey much more than Sharky.
Sharky brings nothing to the table.
Now, if he had some patented catchphrases and some random capitalization, I might reconsider.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
Totally disagree.
At least Sharky is good for a chuckle from time to time.
by LiamP on Dec 7, 2010 12:47 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Josey can be side-splitting when he gets on a roll.
Well, actually that probably has more to do with people’s reaction to his rolls than him.
When FuturePants is there, hilarity can ensue.
FPants is the easiest poster to draw offsides or
to commit an illegal motion penalty.
He’s the Flozell Adams of LSB and another dumb fucking Aggie.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
FP brings the wood.
I respect him for that.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
TWSS
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.’’
by RangersSD on Dec 7, 2010 2:46 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Dang it I wanted good nature conversation after my finals!
Not Josey’s defections all over my fun.
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.’’
How'd you do?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I got out my boom stick on one of them and the other was an infield single.
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.’’
Infield singles?
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.’’
Grats!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Thanks.
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.’’
Kinda..
Off topic. But what is going on with Kahlil Greene?
Retired presumably
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
His internal cpu gave off a BSOD.
Tried to reboot him, failed, and now he’s in dry storage with a few other robots.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
DOS Attack!!!!!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
“Are you anxious right now?”
“YeS.”
“Can you make it to spring training?”
“nO.”
by Closure GT on Dec 7, 2010 12:46 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
yep
Hearing more confirmation that there is nothing to Cliff Lee and the #Nats. 6 minutes ago via Mobile Web Retweeted by 6 people
AdamKilgoreWP
Adam Kilgore
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Dec 7, 2010 10:55 AM CST up reply actions
if you go to mizzou,
that’s a top 5 journalism program, for sure.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
Or more lawyers
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 11:20 AM CST up reply actions
Or more Futures
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Damn you, sir.
See, if I really cared much I would’ve just done it myself…
(The fun thing about lmgtfy is that the animation takes time, so my closing it before if finished typing out the query means I still don’t know.)
Shuddup Ty!
/Ticket
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Solomon Grundy want pants too!
"Scared? We're not scared...We do this every day. Scared is being in a prison yard."- Michael Young
futures are all taking a fucking beating
thanks to made up unemployment rates. I really fucking hate those things.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
what up neffy?
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:25 AM CST up reply actions
what's the good word?
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
oh you mean together?
because TDT has been getting drunk quite often of late
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:44 AM CST up reply actions
The Loon
is a fucking nightmare. Or it’s Heaven. Regardless, I have been hammered the fuck drunk in that place.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 12:17 PM CST up reply actions
Beware
of the “heavy pour.”
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
That's the worst advice anyone has ever given to me.
If anything, I’m not wary of a heavy pour, rather I am actively pursuing it.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 12:22 PM CST up reply actions
Oh great, well now I feel left out.
Jerks.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I know, right?
Damn these Present Pants…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
At least you got Present Pants
I’m stuck in past pants…
Heavy is the head that eats the crayons...
LSB-Come for the baseball, stay for the Dirkatron raping!
No crackers Gromit!
We’ve forgotten the crackers!
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:59 AM CST up reply actions
fuck that.
you’re invited also.
I think we’re planning a LSB Jaguars Day
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
I seem to remember a quote from you?
Something along the lines of “In hindsight, going to the strip club at 3 pm was a bad idea.”
yeah, i have definitely said that.
the point still remains, we need to do an LSB day at Jaguars
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:59 AM CST up reply actions
Oh hells to the yes.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
You can't go, you're married
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
trust me on this,
the coolest guys to go to the strip club with are married dudes.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 12:05 PM CST up reply actions
tagdonttweet and I
were thinking about fanposting a LSB saturday afternoon at Jaguars…. didnt know if AJM would get pissed about that or not.
by I am Neftali Feliz on Dec 7, 2010 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
After JeffWooWoo
How could he.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I know somebody in Houston.
He won’t be there this Saturday though.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
lol not this week.. sometime in january/february.
maybe we can all go blow our tax returns on strippers and vodka.
by I am Neftali Feliz on Dec 7, 2010 1:34 PM CST up reply actions
That just means Aquawife would think I was going to play golf or something ...
Yes, baby, they have night golf!
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Keeper League Retreat, FTW
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Many many moons ago
I lived somewhere that had a lighted par three course that stayed open all night on weekends. I used to golf all night on occasion
by BEW on Dec 7, 2010 3:01 PM CST up reply actions
I'M ONE FINAL AWAY FROM GRADUATION GUYS!
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.’’
Don't Fail
Van Wilder
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 2:32 PM CST up reply actions
Duly noted.
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.’’
Holy shit, this.
…of the 15.1 million persons unemployed in November, 41.9 percent had been jobless for 27 weeks or more. Oh and that 15.1 million number doesn’t include 1.3 million discouraged workers either.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Many of those unemployed people
are not actually looking for employment. some are in semi-retirement, some are homemakers, some are students.
some of that data is very inflated.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
that's my point.
those fucktards inflating the numbers fuck with the market in ways they don’t even comprehend.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
I'd say there can easily be 15.1 million people on
unemployment. both my sisters lost their jobs, and a friend of mine lost his job and joined the military to be able to support his family. is this referring to a specific area?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I was going to say,
generally, these numbers are low if anything.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Anecdotal evidence about three people absolutely proves they can be 15.1 million unemployed.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
If one person knows three unemployed people,
and there are 300 million people in the US, then there could be 900 million unemployed.
Considering there are roughly 310,000,000 people in US.....
Census Bureau says
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.’’
hehz
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.’’
By definition....
A person not actively looking for employment are not considered to be unemployed. They do not inflate the statistics. Therefore students not seeking employment, homemakers not seeking employer do not count in the unemployment numbers. You can check out BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Local Area Unemployment Statistic methodology or the Community Population Survey to find out more about the unemployment statistics.
Yeah, discouraged workers
But BLS calls it something different.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Gold.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
Meanie
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
They do need more.
Can’t fill up their stadium. I heard something on the ticket that they only have 22,000 living alumni. Don’t know if thats true. But either way they are pathetic.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:25 AM CST up reply actions
Grant had a tweet about conflicting reports.
Basically saying “team officials” saying the Nats are not offering 7 years, no way.
I almost offered up my whole dick to try and one up you guys but I decided against it.
"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
Ah, there's the annual "but there won't be enough playing time for Murphy!" article...
I was waiting breathlessly.
Evan says that Josh is better in CF then Borbon
LMAO
by Judy'sLewinsky on Dec 7, 2010 10:55 AM CST up reply actions
Much better at running into walls
By far.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 11:35 AM CST up reply actions
Well
I hate to say this, but Adam is very wrong.
there’s exactly one sentence in Grant’s article about Murphy not getting to play. mostly its about Hamilton’s defense (which is NOT better in CF than Borbon, damnit) and is NOT better than his defense in left either, because when compared to the Adam Dunn’s of the world, Hamilton stands out as far as range goes. And he’ll get better with more experience in LF.
Borbon might outrun his mistakes in reads, but he’s tons faster than Hamilton, so as he gets better with reads he’ll get even better defensively.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
But Borbon has a weak arm, and Hamilton makes diving catches
therefore Hamilton is clearly the better defender….
Josey Wales is stupid
x
Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
#A’s, #RedSox, others on Willingham. Price said to be “absurd.” A’s also on DLee. Could offer more $$$ than #Padres, #Diamondbacks #MLB
"continuing to pursue Lee, while keeping other irons in the fire..."
NO THAT’S NOT TRUE THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE
by Closure GT on Dec 7, 2010 10:56 AM CST reply actions 3 recs
I have the death sentence on 12 systems
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
MUHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!
-Chewbaca
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Never tell me the odds!
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:38 PM CST up reply actions
And I thought Bengie Nolina smelled bad...on the outside!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Or Molina
flarn
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
(body falls)
Apology accepted, Rich Harden.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:42 PM CST up reply actions
with all this Borbon starting in CF
I can’t wait for someone to come and crap all over this thread…
If Lee has told Ranger teammates that 7 years would get it done, then what the hell is the problem?!?!?!? Will he be this good in years 6 and 7? Maybe not. But THEY’RE PAYING HIM FOR HOW GOOD HE’LL BE FOR THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS!!! If they win a World Series, just 1, in the next 3 or 4 years, I’m not gonna give two shits about they albatross Lee contract in 2018. I just won’t. Lose 100 games because that deal has hamstrung the team? Who gives a shit..we have a World Series!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Yesterday's morning thread was quite active, Officer Bob. When there's nearly 800 comments, not everybody is going to agree.
I did notice this nugget about CF in the DMN…."Washington said he hoped Borbon would spend time this winter working on his “decision-making.”
EGrant flat out says, “Hamilton is a better defender than Borbon.”
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Wait.
Hamilton, one of the best pure baseball players I have ever seen play, is better than Borbon?
Well, fuck me.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:03 AM CST up reply actions
Crazy like a fox it is
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
Hamilton is like a unicorn
Rare blend of characteristics. Speed/power/average/defense, etc. Rarest of the rare. Much like a unicorn. He is going to be the best player on the field in any baseball game he plays outside of the cornfield in Iowa.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Did you just say you want to cornhole Hamilton?
You mallard with a head cold.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
i dont even get any credit here
tear
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 11:51 AM CST up reply actions
me and KoK came up with this "Hamilton is a unicorn" idea on twitter
when he tweeted me something about a uniform blog and I thought it said “unicorn blog.” Which would be fucking cool..
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
heh
thanks! lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 12:02 PM CST up reply actions
I just lost a bet.
TO MYSELF.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
EGrant flat out says, "Hamilton is a better defender than Borbon."
So what? I love Grant, but he’s not a scout. He’s not even a saber type analyst.
I put that about where I put Jamey Newberg’s prospect rankings: not on my radar at all.
To be fair,
I think Grant’s opinion here reflects what the Rangers think. I think they feel that Hamilton’s defense in total (not just range) is similar to Borbon’s.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:35 AM CST up reply actions
In Game 2 v Tampa, they stuck Judy in LF.
That tells you everything about what the Rangers think.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
It tells you he doesn't have a strong enough arm to keep guys like Crawford and Upton from going 1st to 3rd
In a playoff series you put your best players out there.
During the regular season his arm is not going to keep you from making the playoffs. Neither is his bat especially when its stapled to the bottom of the lineup.
Borbon is a fine, almost perfect fit for the rangers in the regular season. Young, cheap, great defense, and no offensive expectations. Ride him for the marathon regular season and then if you need to put a stud like hamilton out there in a 5 game series in the playoffs so be it.
Agree with all of this
And since we know the team wants to use Borbon in CF everyday next year, that tells us everything the Rangers think about Borbon
by Desert Ranger on Dec 7, 2010 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
"Great defense" ?
Bullshit.
Wash saying Judy needs to “spend time working on his decision-making” also tells everybody what he thinks of his intelligence between the lines.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Having a below average arm
does not mean you are not great defensively.
Tracking down a ball on the run that most CF’ers have to lay out for, or pull up on, is a step in the right direction towards great defense
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:48 AM CST up reply actions
Work on his decision making
For all we know he could mean being more assertive and calling for the ball more.
Julio is a young player so hes going to have some brain fart moments but he is still able to track down balls in the alleys, roam CF, and make a ton of plays that other CFers don’t make. That to me is great defense. A few bonehead plays over the course of a 162 game season doesn’t mean hes shit.
I see very few Tiny E decision-making problems. He may lose focus
but he’s very smart between the lines.
The silver-lining with Judy might be maturity but I’ve never seen a dumber major league player in my life.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Ive seen plenty of Elvis' brainfarts
They generally occur when he makes a great play to get to a ball but instead of holding onto the ball and eating it he tries to be a hero and airmails the 1B or something.
kid's got a degree
I wouldn’t worry about him long term – he might not have the ‘instincts’ for the game that others who have played longer or without any other distractions, like classes. But I see no reason why he can’t develop that part of his game with veteraniness like Warsh and Petit around
kid's got a degree?
WTF? How many retards are walking around with degrees? The answer is a shit-ton. A degree has no relevance on whether he’s smart or not.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
Degree & college are on your LSB backchannel RSS feed, aren't they?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I need to install an anti-college chatbot.
Maybe I can modify the Sharky3000.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
all bs aside
Did anyone else do a double-take at Warsh calling on a player to get smarter
I love the man, but on The Hot Stove show last night, he said the Rangers were focussed on winning the NL West in 2011 – that ought to be a challenge!
Lol
Solid gold, our man Warsh.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:06 PM CST up reply actions
yeah... I don't know what that said.
I guess to me it screamed, “Murphy is still not healthy” because if you are going to play Hamilton in CF, then you play Murphy in LF.
I guess that the team felt that not messing with Hamilton in CF during the playoffs was the way to go. More of a “gut” and comfort thing than a scouting thing. Borbon’s range is much much better than Hamilton’s. and I adore Hamilton. The difference is so large that I, from home, watching on TV, can tell the difference. And I’m no scout.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
x
You’re probably right about that – I’d guess that the Rangers think kind of what we do – less range, more arm.
Oh shit. You've done it now.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Theres also a very real chance that EGrant doesn't know scouting
I’m not saying I do either.
But if you are going to go on stats then you basically have to think Borbon is better in CF then Hamilton.
What do voluntary mean?
The dude abides.....
See above
Grant is on crack with his statement .
Proof by assertion is not proof. Its Assertion. and proof by authority isn’t proof either. now, if Grant was a scout, I might listen to his authoritative statement. but a) he’s not. and b) its contradicted by empirical evidence.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
To your Lee comments,
AbsoFuckingLutLee.
You offer Lee 7 years if that means he stays in Texas. As much as I love the job that JD and Co. have done here, if we don’t offer him 7 and he goes to New York for 6 (or 7), I will loathe him forever.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:01 AM CST up reply actions
she would never say that
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
+2x4 strapped to ass sideways
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
haha.
lovely image, that is
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
she said it while rolling her eyes
in a sarcastic manner
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Why?
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
Too old....just don't want to commit that much money to that old of a player.
So on and so forth. I’d think hard about 6 years. 7 is just too much.
I think if you're willing to go 6,
and admit it, you would offer Lee 6 years, you just pony up and go 7.
Lee is a game-changer. If we’re serious about having a “window” of success, you give a player like Cliff Lee what he asks for. Otherwise, you’re just another average team.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
Then would you go 8?
9?
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
sure why not
with a clause that the contract drastically reduces and he’s our next pitching coach
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
Like LSJ just posted below,
it’s 6 guaranteed, with a vesting 7th.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
twss
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
She wouldn't say that unless she was talking to another girl.
And I thought the rules was she had to say it to the opposite sex.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
I'm like Bruce Willis in Die Hard
I don’t follow the fucking rules.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:18 AM CST up reply actions
It seems that if these negotiations go on long enough,
most of LSB will slowly come on board with an 8 or 9 year plan. Good grief.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
Ten years,
including TV PBP duties on days he’s not pitching and a partial GM role in year 8, with full-time GM duties by year 10.
But he has to smile once per outing.
His smile makes it all worth it.
/GoET
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:39 AM CST up reply actions
And he has to get that elbow thingy surgically removed
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Negotiable.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
Let's throw in a full-trade clause
Where he can dispose of under-contract Rangers when he’s tired of them
im actually with you
i would rather see them trade for greinke and extend him than lee for 7 guaranteed
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 11:52 AM CST up reply actions
7 years
would redefine the meaning of Cliffmas.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Dec 7, 2010 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
On the 7th year of Cliffmas my true love gave to me
Likely a really expensive player a couple years past his prime.
Don't be silLEE
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 11:37 AM CST up reply actions
Cliff Lee turns 33 next August.
And would be 40 at the end of a 7 year contract.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
Rumor is he told them 6 would get it done..
Seems like the yanks and Rangers are playing chicken with each other, and at some point an offer is going to be made by either club to get things moving. Or most likely his agent is still not accepting offers and wanting the circus to continue calling it a fact finding mission cause really, they’ve got to know by now what its going to take.
I think that the Rangers have been trying to get him to say
“yes, if the money is the same, I’ll go with the Rangers over the Yankees.”
then, all the Rangers have to do is match the Yankees offer.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
and Lee may not be this good in 5 or 6 years
but I bet he’s still pretty damn good…
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
What if you don't have a World Series?
You can’t let the memory of a magical 2010 post-season cloud the realities of the Lee situation. Is paying Lee $23M per over 6/7 years a good idea? Seven years is a long time to be held hostage by a monster deal. The Rangers have new ownership, but they aren’t the Yankees. They can’t eat an albatross and still have flexibility.
by jparks77 on Dec 7, 2010 11:11 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
If it keeps this club in contention for a World Series
then “flexibility” can eat a bag of dicks. I want a championship. One. I would rather have 1 World Series win and some awful years than 10 years of 90 win seasons and flaming out in the ALCS.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
ok
then you can have a thousand “ALDS winner” banners and I’ll take a World Series parade.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
That's really not how it works.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:45 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah, none of us will likely live long enough to see a thousand ALDS series wins.
by Closure GT on Dec 7, 2010 11:46 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
This is a very valid point.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Monte Carlo!
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
They tried it once
but Hammer went broke and Young fell off the face of the earth. Physics wins again!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
In reality its how a lot of fans think
Including myself. What the fuck is the point of playing the game? So you can analyze stats to the 10 millionth degree. I get SABR analysis has its place. But at the end of the day win the fucking game and win the fucking world series. I’ll deal with bad contracts while I’m looking at my banner.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:20 AM CST up reply actions
I don't do SABR analysis
And you are assuming Lee brings you a banner. You have to look at everything in the equation, and salary and flexibility are important variables. Don’t forget, the Rangers built a team for sustainability. Throwing 7 years and ~$23M per at one pitcher could affect that.
So you'd rather cash in prospects and watch ZG leave for free agency in two years?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Yes
I would rather do that than watch Lee receive 7 years. Of course, it’s not that black and white. What if Greinke signed a deal?
he won't
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:31 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah, how can you say Greinke won't stay....
When it’s already known that he doesn’t like the large market attention. This seems like his kind of place. Hell, he signed an extension with Kansas City….
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
What does Perez really project at?
Is there anyone in the Rangers farm system that could become as good as Lewis or Wilson in 4 years, let alone Cliff Lee?
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 11:32 AM CST up reply actions
Sure
Perez has a high ceiling; could end up as a #2 on a first-division team. The organization isnt going to stop acquiring talent. That talent can mature and/or be used to acquire major league ready talent. The Rangers are going to keep the cycle going, regardless of what Cliff Lee decides.
Right, but that talent that is acquired isn't going to arrive in the majors for some time.
I’ve said before, people don’t realize how loaded the Rangers ownership actually is. Between the major players, there’s probably $10 to 12 billion in personal wealth they have.
That’s not to say they will use all of their money, but to think they couldn’t support a $120-$130 million payroll in two years is crazy to me.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
Lots of in-house talent to sign
The team salary could balloon to those amounts without additional FA signings.
Not a strong market
and the available funds were diverted to the parent club. 2011 is a much better year, and the Rangers will have money to spend. They could be big players in J2 ’11.
Big fish big?
Or just bigger than before?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:52 AM CST up reply actions
That post-season should have given them a ton of bank.
They got 8 sell-outs at prices 2.5 times the normal cost per ticket.
That’s the equivalent to 16-20 sell-outs (20 × 50K = 1 million people) during the regular season.
Then there’s the new tv deal.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Postseason money doesn't just go to the team
There have been reports that teams barely break even on postseason games its the subsequent seasons ticket sales that are the true prize of going to the playoffs
I know post-season $$$ doesn't just go to the team
but I’ve read just the opposite and that teams rake it in from several revenue streams in post-season.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Im sure they do make some money
But I doubt its the windfall you make it out to be. Unless you have some concrete numbers that show we made millions upon millions of dollars then you know nothing about how the playoffs helped us out fioniancially
You're assuming the owners will be content to lose money forever because they have money.
They didn’t get rich by that line of thinking.
They’re money allows them to do things for the team that others may not be able to do, but their revenue stream will still dictate expenditures.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Holland
I predict big things from that kid. He’s got a big arm and has pretty decent control His problems have mostly been mental. (well, emotional really) He’s the kind of guy that Pitching coaches salivate about because they know that experience will turn him into a monster. and he’s been getting that experience.
My crystal ball says he wins 15 games with an ERA in the 3’s next year.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
i hope you are right....we needs big things for dutch oven
i predict 13 wins ERA in the low 4’s
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
I pray you're right
But I’ll put 10k on the over on ERA and under on Wins.
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
Not that I disagree
but this seems like a post that might wind up in someone’s signature in hindsight.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:56 PM CST up reply actions
ZG signing a deal changes everything and at age 27 might
be worth investing in over the next 7 years.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
I feel the opposite about the two scenarios.
If you’re building with young players after the Lee era you don’t need as much financial flexibility, but financial flexibility can’t buy you all those top prospects back after the Greinke era.
If you’re willing to spend money on the FA market to improve the team’s chances of contending now—-which, given the moves made last year, I think you have to be—-then you’re almost definitely going to be “overpaying” regardless of who you get, but who else is out there to spend that money on that improves those chances more than Lee?
The Rangers should pursue Lee
But it reaches a point where grossly overpaying becomes a bad decision. The Rangers obviously agree or they would have offered Lee an ARod deal.
I'm just worried that they've already committed enough to a next-few-years plan that letting him get away---
and to the Yankees—-might be an even worse decision than burdening the team with a terrible contract in years 5 and 6. (If it was anyone but the Yankees or someone else in the West, on the other hand…)
The Rangers built this city
before Lee arrived, and they will continue with the plan when/if he is wearing pinstripes. JD and his posse will keep the talent coming in.
It's very annoying that the Rangers best near-future years
could easily end up being the next two or three years, before the Yankees are too old, and so would end up going against a resurgent Yankees club rolling out Lee and Sabathia and all their other hundred-million-dollar guys.
Why couldn’t this have all happened five years ago?
Well, we don't have anybody other than
Moreland aged 24-28 that looks like they can contribute significantly in The Show.
Not talking pitchers but every day players.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
It needs to happen otherwise our
Window may shut after 2011 or 2012.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
im not sold on moreland
at all.
but then again you think he is going to hit 30 HR
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 11:55 AM CST up reply actions
No, I don't think he's gonna hit 30 HRs
but I do think he could become Pete O’Brien.
18-22 HRs with an .800 OPS.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
you said you thought he would hit 30 in the postseason
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 12:03 PM CST up reply actions
I believe I said 25 in the post-season
and that prediction is subject to change until the season begins.
18-22 HRs is the O’Brien Range and I’ll stick with that until further notice / Opening Day.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Realizing that Pete O'Brien
never hit 25 bombs in The Show and that’s who Moreland reminds me of…OB started playing every day when he was 25 years old, struggled for a year and then hit his stride.
When OB was 26-30 years old he’d generally hit 18-23 HRs with an .800 OPS every year.
That’s where I see Moreland.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Every year?
Pete’s OPS was over .800 twice. but discouting his rookie year, he spent 4 of his 5 years in texas between .796 and .854 before tailing to .760 (in a VERY down year for offense in 1988).
Then went to Cleveland and then Seattle where he played like utter shit for 4.5 years before retiring.
I think Moreland is a) going to hit better than O’Brien did, and b) not play in as harsh a hitting environment than O’Brien did.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Pete O'Brien OPS between
ages 26-30 was between .760 and .854…you can do the average…and we’ll see about Moreland after age 30.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
He gets traded
for Julio Franco???
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 12:50 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah
except Kinsler, and Borbon, and Murphy, and Moreland, and Davis, and Ramirez, and Teagarden, and Francoeur (though he’s probably gone), and since you picked 28 instead of 29, you miss Cruz and Hamilton.
How about we list Rangers position players under 30:
C: Ramirez and Teagarden (Kevin Richardson too, but he really doesn’t count)
1B: Davis and Moreland (though Moreland spent much more time in RF in the minors).
2B: Kinsler and Blanco.
3B: Cantu (assuming we keep him)
SS: Elvis
LF: Hamilton and Murphy
CF: Borbon, Gentry and Boggs (not sure if we still have Gentry and Boggs)
RF: Cruz and Franceour
ok, this is basically the whole roster:
Easier to list guys 30 or older: Treanor, Molina, Torrealba, Young, and Guerrero.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Kinsler is borderline (turns 29 in June), Tiny E turns 23
and there’s nobody else that can be counted on other than Moreland (who is iffy) in the critical 24-28 age group.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Muprhy is the same baseball age as Kinsler
and the only reason to make 24-28 critical is to exclude Cruz and Hamilton.
this is NOT an old roster. Catcher and third base are the only “old” positions on it.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
It's not an old roster but it sure
as hell isn’t young.
With no new additions, I can’t see us being a serious contender after 2012.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
we will make additions in the coming years
thats why this argument is pointless
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
Who?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Posted too soon
who do you want right now that fits your criteria?
Guys age 24-28 don’t hit FA unless they are superstuds who got to the majors at 21 or 22 years old and they generally come with a absurd pricetag.
Who from the current squad are you willing to trade to get these 24-28 year olds.
The guys you are trading for have to be either in the majors already or in AAA ready for the majors to be expected to make significant contributions by 2012 so who do you target and how do we acquire them.
You obviously have these grand ideas that no other baseball mind has to how do we pull off these ingenious plans of yours?
And theres no “force trade” button so any deal has to be conceivable for both sides not like your Rowand + 2 prospects and 14 million for nothing you “just threw out there” yesterday
The really good 24-28 year olds
are players you grow organically or via trade.
That’s the real big problem with Salty, Teagarden, Boggs, Judy Bedshitter and Davis not taking steps forward as major league players.
It doesn’t matter who I want. The problem is that we don’t have enough of those players meaning our window is going to shut sooner than expected.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
As ive pointed out Borbon is a fine CFer for us
“This Thing” won 90 games last year with him in CF so we are more than capable of winning with him. Once we get to the postseason then we roll with our best players and if Borbon isn’t one of those so be it…..we are in the playoffs. Hes still young so he has plenty of potential for improvement. His offense after being moved to the 9 hole was more than adequate. Is there room for improvement….absofuckinglutely.
Given our current status of guys under team control we won’t need anyone to play a everyday role for at least two years so your anxiousness to find someone right now is unwarranted. We could easily draft someone next summer who makes the majors in 18 months like Smoak.
Or we could use our farm system to acquire young players.
So until you can come up with a actual proposal for a certain player then your whole “we need to get players who are 24-28” needs to stop
Judy Bedshitter
had 4 months where his OPS was below .580 last year and his manager just called him out in the media for being a dumbass.
When I need somebody to lead the the Latino Post-Season Cha Cha Gang, wear silly goggles or untuck his shirt and put his hat on backwards…Judy Bedshitter is my first choice.
Until further notice I have him slotted in the CAN’T PLAY section of the roster, just like this team did when the post-season began.
My thoughts about needing more players who are 24-28 will stop when we get those players.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
We won 90 last season games with Julio as our CFer
If you can use this logic with VMart in Boston then I get to use it with Julio here.
And like ive challenged you to do I would like you to come up with names of these players 24-28 years old we should target.
Thinking 90 wins is gonna get it done
again is fairly naive.
Whether or not I name prospects is separate from the fact that we currently don’t have enough of those players.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Excuse me?
Angels won AL West in 2004 with 92 wins.
Angels won in 2005 with 95 wins.
A’s won in 2006 with 93 wins.
Angels won in 2007 with 94 wins.
Angels won in 2008 with 100 wins.
Angels won in 2009 with 97 wins.
What the hell are you talking about?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Look at the 2nd place team
No 2nd place team has had more than 89 wins since the As in 2004.
I guess I should have worded it differently. 90 wins would have won the division every year since 2004
That's not wording it any differently, Steve.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
and how many wins did the second place team in the west have?
well, I’ll tell you:
2009: 87
2008: 79
2007: 88
2006: 89
2005: 88
2004: 91
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
So is BigSteve saying that 90 wins
would be better than every other second place team since 2004?
I guess I’m lost….I’m talking about being good enought to win the AL West and 90 wins usually isn’t gonna be good enough.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Im saying
If the Angels had only had 90 wins in either 2005, 2007, 2008, or 2009 or the A’s in 2006, they still would have been AL West champions.
Whether you win the division by 1 game with 90 wins or 20 games with 100 wins it doesn’t matter.
90 got us to the playoffs this year and 90 would have gotten each of the past 5 division champions to the postseason
90 wins would have given us 2nd place
every year from 2003-2009.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Well
Considering we still controll all but 1 of these guys (having traded Salty). plus we have Olt and hey, Davis Stoneburner and Max Ramirez and Vinny DiFAzio and Chris McGuinness and Clark Murphy and Jared Hoying and Jacob Skole and you know… prospects.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
i dont know.....its not like the FO is going to stop acquiring talent
you make it seem like we’re never going to sign another player or make another trade ever again
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
The way to acquire those players
would be via trade.
That means giving up a Nelson Cruz or maybe CJ Wilson at the deadline if we’re out of the race. I don’t like either one of those scenarios.
JD’s in a tough spot but he made this bed.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
i'll disagree w/ you and leave it at that
JD’s in a good spot because he acquired good talent and now we are good……he’ll continue to do what he has done but w/ great owners now.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
huh?
i’ll disagree w/ you and leave it at that
Bizarro Josey!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
2012!!!?!?
We’ve already made changes for 2011.
we’ll probably have to tweak things more before 2012. Maybe replace Cruz, or Kinsler, or Moreland, or a replacement at 3rd. who knows what the future holds.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
The World is ending in 2012
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 3:22 PM CST up reply actions
Thanks for ruining that movie for me.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 3:24 PM CST up reply actions
The Rangers will be up 3-0
in the World Series.
Tech will be undefeated and clearly the class of college football 6 or 7 and 0.
Jesus shows up and ends this mutha.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 3:26 PM CST up reply actions
Boggs signed with Milwaukee
I predict big things for him in the NL. Hope he does well.
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
Ryan Rowland Smith is 28.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
I'm talking every day players, not pitchers.
We options with young pitcing. Not necessarily solutions (won’t know until they get here) but options.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Whoops,
I thought we passed his birthday. 6 more weeks…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Built This City on Rock & Roll!
Yeah, sing that all day in your head…haha.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
They were better with Marty Balin.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
I saw Jefferson Starship in Dallas
(at the Dallas Convention Center with .38 Special in ’81)…very blah.
Didn’t help that Grace Slick (40+ at the time) was wearing some kind of slinky camisole.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
I said, Jason Parks ain't got no SOOOULLLL
Joey Matches is rock and roll.
Parks may dig on the Starship song,
But Matches will diss him all night long.
Nope
Joey is a rap/R&B guy…it just doesn’t work for me.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Oh, I don't like that kind of music
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Love Bad Brains!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I saw them once in concert
Can’t remember if it was in Denver or Dallas. Great moshing ensued.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
O man
The idea more people have heard of Living Colour than Bad Brains saddens me.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Dec 7, 2010 12:42 PM CST up reply actions
I'm just used to it.
That’s the story for a ton of the music I like.
One of my favorite lines from Non-Prophets:
“I go to Fugazi shows requesting Minor Threat songs.”
I still remember being frightened by this.
by hightowersmith on Dec 7, 2010 12:44 PM CST up reply actions
It was so...hard.
One of the most aggressive pieces of music I’d heard by then, probably 13 or 14.
Just very other at the time.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Dec 7, 2010 12:53 PM CST up reply actions
I am enjoying it
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Sounds like an argument against doing both.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
I'm not assuming that Lee brings a banner
I’m assuming NO Lee will result in no banner. I know that sounds like a caveman sentence, but there’s a difference (at least in my head).
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
NO TV and NO beer make Homer something something.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
go crazy?
don’t mind if i do!
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
Go crazy?
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I love this team
This is also, arguably, one of the worst franchises in the history of professional sports. However, they are on the brink of being a World Series contender for a couple of years if they can keep things together. Losing Lee shrinks that window from maybe 3 or 4 years to 1 or 2 years, if that. I hate to sound like Josey, but it’s time to push the chips to the center of the table and go all in on This Thing™. I’m not saying they should trade Profar, Beltre, Shep and Perez for Jason Kendall or anything. But if it means going a little longer on Lee’s deal to ensure that he’s here for the next 3 or 4 seasons while that window is wide open, they NEED to do it. 3 or 4 great Lee years followed by 3 or 4 possibly mediocre Lee years > no Lee years at all. And there’s nothing that says that in 7 years he won’t be good anymore.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
by Bob Loblaw on Dec 7, 2010 11:24 AM CST up reply actions 7 recs
I agree with Bob Loblaw
And I support this message.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
Fortunately for all of us
The Rangers FO is sensible and won’t just give Cliff Lee a blank check like you all are suggesting.
This fawning over Cliff Lee is epic. There is a limit where his contract will cripple this franchise for a very, very long time.
To look at his contract blindly because it will give the Rangers a marginally better chance in the next two years is exactly the kind of poor business decision I hope the Rangers brass isn’t in the habit of making.
by Heebs on Dec 7, 2010 11:30 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
We're already well into sacrificing the future for the present,
including with the Lee trade itself.
This feels the point where wussying out now leaves you stuck in an annoying no-man’s land.
Ryin A eloquently called it "stuck with dick."
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Trading prospects from a loaded farm system
And signing guys to ridiculous contract extensions are two different things.
Even with the “sacrificing the future for the present” the Rangers did over the past year, they still have one of the stronger farm systems in baseball. It was shrewd baseball management. And don’t forget a lot of that had to do with bankruptcy issues.
This isn’t the same thing.
And if we win 2 World Series titles in that time
Is it worth it?
I agree with Bob’s earlier statement, just because we sign him doesn’t mean we win a World Series, but I think not resigning him guarantees NOT winning one.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
And what if the Rangers don't?
And believe me, they likely won’t. The Rangers even if they sign Cliff Lee won’t be the best team in the AL on paper. They still won’t be likely to win a World Series as you all seem to suggest.
Are you prepared to watch Cliff Lee’s contract affect the Rangers ability to sign any other free agents and possibly sign guys like Andrus/Perez/Feliz to extensions when the time comes? At a time where Cliff Lee has faded from ace like status and the Rangers have declined to mediocrity and they need to sign cornerstone guys to remain competitive. This is what you are asking for if you sign Cliff Lee for 7-8-9 years.
How do you know this?
How do you know that if the Rangers go 7/150 that they can’t sign Andrus, Hamilton, Feliz, etc.?
Are you Chuck Greenberg’s, Ray Davis’s, or Bob Simpson’s accountant? Just cause payroll goes up now, doesn’t mean it will have to affect us in the future. You don’t know.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
What do you think is more likely?
Your theory that Rangers will have oodles of money to continue giving big contracts to potential cornerstone players like Andrus/Perez/Feliz?
Or my theory that the Rangers will be stretched too thin committing huge dollars to Cliff Lee and possibly huge/big dollars on Josh Hamilton (likely), CJ Wilson (possible), Colby Lewis (less likely) and Nelson Cruz (possible)?
Those huge dollars are going to really, really hurt in those final couple of years. Faced with a decision to sign a guy and marginally improve this clubs chances of winning a World Series but financially strap the club 5-7 years down the road and saving the money to spend on those guys down the road, I go with the latter.
I think new ownership will try to do both
Without Cliff Lee we probably don’t win in Tampa. It very likely goes 7 without him in the ALCS – and who knows then.
So subtract Cliff Lee but keep everyone else and we’re a first round bounce.
We lost the WS not because of our pitching, but we got there because of our pitching. I would love to have a true #1, TORP in Cliff Lee. Resign key offensive cogs, and replace starters if they choose to take the large contracts with guys like Perez, Scheppers, Ross, and smart FA signings of our own (ie Lewis). Plus I think the org has a plan for transitioning someone like Feliz to the rotation in the next couple of years.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:51 AM CST up reply actions
Thats just my opinion
You by no means have to agree. But I think we forget how small we are in terms of overall Rangers fans (including fringe and bandwagon).
Signing Lee would be a huge PR lift, huge numbers for walk ups, etc. Not signing him would be a PR nightmare – especially if the Rangers miss the playoffs in 2011.
If that happens, 2012 is going to be the most epic backlash among fans.
You and I – we’re at the ballpark regardless.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
I get what you're saying but I'm not a good example.
I haven’t been to a Rangers home game in 9 years. I live in Minnesota. Wish I were there for this year. Breaks my heart.
do you think the rangers are suddenly the yankees?
just because owners have money, that does not mean they spend money in the club
equally just because owners have a high net worth that does not mean the money is avaliable to be spent for the sports team they own.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
I think they'll spend money
You can’t say they won’t, I can’t prove they will.
Just my opinion. I don’t think it will be Yankees-esqe, but I think it will be smarter than the last time our owners tried to be smarter.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:59 AM CST up reply actions
Spending habits
I think it is wise to consider the non-Yankees/Red Sox spending habits when formulating these hypothesis. If you do, you’ll see that what you are suggesting is extremely unlikely.
Everyone here needs to be reasonable. If the Rangers sign Cliff Lee 6+ years it is going to really hurt at the back end of the deal. Each extra year will very likely dramatically affect the club in those final years.
Then they need to stop wasting time and move on..
Because I have to guess that the 4 yrs rumor was a joke, no way will someone of his caliber except 4yrs. And I know the Rangers aren’t still smoking weed in San Fran to low ball him with that which is almost bordering on insulting…
In a perfect world CL signs a 5 yrs contract(ita weary of anything more) which could very well happen but I’m betting a 6 yr will have to come into play somehow.
If they have no intention of doing so, move the heck on sign a DH and trade for SP cause you’re not getting anyone on his level in FA. Which is why we’re in this delimma right now, the Royals want the moon and CL is going to be pricey. Sigh its safe to say I dont envy JD right now.
Not the Yankees but they should be like the Angels & Phillies.
The Great Chuckie G has mentioned both of those teams when asked about payroll in the past.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
i could live w/ us spending like those 2 teams
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
I don't mind walking away from CLee as long as
we end up getting something and “something” doesn’t mean Carl Fucking Pavano.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
What about Mark Prior?
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
And Kerry Wood!
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:38 AM CST up reply actions
You keep saying that phrase
“cripple this franchise”
and I’m wondering if this isn’t the fault of Hicks and A-Rod’s contract.
When we signed A-Rod, we thought we were going to contend, and when we didn’t, and it turned out that Hicks had levereged the team against other investments, things got ugly.
Lee’s contract isn’t of this magnitude. And we’ve all seen franchises that looked like they were never going to do anything become powerhouses. Pittsburg Steelers in the 70’s. SF 49ers of the 80’s. The Twins. Heck, even the Yankees have had down spells.
The point is that if we can leverage this set of young talent into a couple more division crowns and a world series championship maybe we can turn the DFW area into a baseball hub, and start drawing 3 million a year instead of just 2 million. Plus get those luxury boxes filled. The Ballpark is a revenue machine, if there are enough fans. And DFW loves winners. So, winning now will mean money in the future. Enough to cover Lee’s contract and more.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
I agree with you up to a point
The front office has better information than I do. They know that too much money spent for too long of a time will hurt the franchise. But they also know that Cliff Lee will most likely help this franchise. He is the best pitcher available to the Rangers, currently on the Rangers roster, and the debate becmes how much money, how many years.
There becomes a point, when it becomes too much money at too many years. My personal line is $20 million per year for six years. But I don’t have the information the management has. If they are competitive in making offers, I can’t ask for much more. If somebody overpays, assuming it is not the Rangers, then I am not unhappy. But if they sign Cliff Lee, I just wanted to know where’s the party!
If this team were where it was in 2008
then HELL NO to all of this. But you only have so many shots at a title.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
rec
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 11:28 AM CST up reply actions
I agree with this
But I also think that if you sign Lee, you MUST go and get Greinke as well. I think you either stick with the plan of building from within and don’t overpay an aging pitcher, or you go balls to the wall and put out a team that SHOULD make it to the World Series again. A rotation fronted by Lee and Greinke would be pretty incredible the next couple of years. And it’s weird to me, with as few Greinke’s as this franchise has ever had, how some people are saying no way to trading Beltre and/or Profar when there’s a better than 50% chance that neither one of them is ever close to an All Star…..
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
I love this point
how some people are saying no way to trading Beltre and/or Profar when there’s a better than 50% chance that neither one of them is ever close to an All Star…..
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 12:13 PM CST up reply actions
You need to look no further than a certain trade that went down this week
to understand the trepidation many feel about letting go of well thought-of prospects.
by Past A Diving Michael Young on Dec 7, 2010 2:14 PM CST up reply actions
You think that signing Cliff Lee guarantees a championship?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:46 AM CST up reply actions
nothing guarantees a championship,
but doesn’t it help put us in a better position to win one than without him?
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:47 AM CST up reply actions
Yes.
But at what cost?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:47 AM CST up reply actions
apparently 7 years
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
Can we agree that there is a cost that is too much?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:50 AM CST up reply actions
Nah.
in six or seven years I could be married and maybe starting a family and not have as much time to be a diehard fan anyway, so screw six and seven years from now.
by Closure GT on Dec 7, 2010 11:53 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I really feel like this is the rationale for a lot of people.
Or something similar enough anyways.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
I think it is simpler than that
they think we have no shot without Cliff Lee, which is wrong, and they think that we are virtually guaranteed of winning one with Cliff Lee, which is wrong
Either way they are being stupid
You have to look at the value of the contract and just decide where and when it gets ridiculous…
Josey Wales is stupid
It does however
lets say a few of the prospects pan out and the rangers keep drafting/scouting well. Fast forward to 2016. We have been perennial contenders but never won it all. We need to add a big bat to put us over the top at the trading deadline. Alas, we dont have the flexibility because we have a 39 y/o pitcher making 23 million who is our 3rd or 4th starter.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:51 AM CST up reply actions
a lot of moving parts there
This team do what it do ~ Ron Washington
I didn't see a reason to go out there 'n ack-a-fool ~ Ron Washington on the Ben and Skin show
You can look at teams for examples of this happening.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
The things you're talking about help you do that and do it consistently.
If the options are “win 1 WS title or don’t” everyone would obviously choose to win except maybe LSJ.
But if the options are “put yourself in position to win multiple titles or burn the farm for a better chance to win just 1” then the answer should be the former. You can’t guarantee yourself one at any point, so you do what you can to make the team better over the long term.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Yep
I firmly believe that the playoffs are largely a crapshoot, and if we are really good for 5+ years, we have a better chance of winning a WS than by going all in for 2 years
Josey Wales is stupid
Because they are.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
One gigantic fuckin problem
Cliff Lee doesnt guarantee a WS, despite the fact that numerous people here seem to think it does
Josey Wales is stupid
hey totally OT question
do you know anyone w/ the texas student govt Lucchese Boots?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
If you take that too far,
you turn into the Caps fan I argued with a couple of years ago who told me the Stars got fleeced in the Iginla/Nieuwendyk trade…
We Won a Cup!
And that was the worst thing we could do /Tom Hicks
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:29 AM CST up reply actions
PERFECT FUCKING EXAMPLE!!!!!
Iginla is a total freaking bad ass. But he wasn’t there back in the day and Nieuwy was. The Stars were on the brink of being a GREAT team, so they went all in. Do you think they’d rather trade those banners for Iginla now? FUCK NO! They won it all, baby!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
that should say
“..he wasn’t ready to be there back in the day and Nieuwy was…”
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Just win, baby!
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:30 AM CST up reply actions
To a lesser degree
It happened with the Rangers too in 98. What would this place have been like when we trade Tatis and Darren Oliver for Stottlemyre and Clayton.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:31 AM CST up reply actions
All I took away from that is that you want to eat a bag of dicks to keep this team in contention.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I'd do it, too
“Dine on these penises with me.”
—Tyrone Biggums
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
The Giants aren't the Yankees either but they swallowed a big ass
7 year contract with Zito (and a few other bad deals) yet still won a World Series. They also have a very, very bright future.
To get that stud starter at the most important time in our history we’re either going to have to roll the dice on Lee and keep our prospects….OR…deal prospects for somebody like Greinke who might leave in two years.
Wouldn’t it be easier to ride out Lee’s contract than cash in prospects and watch ZG go to free agency after two years?
I wouldn’t go 7 years but I would go 6/138.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
I agree with JW.
plus we’ve already had the benefit of seeing Lee perform on our team, which is something the Giants didnt have with Zito.
$23 over 6 was what I predicted he would resign with us for,
so damn straight it’s a good idea!
Personally, I don’t think we should guarantee a 7th.
Took the words out my mouth..
Was about to post with all the rumors and statements, I’m starting to think our best chance at keeping Cliff Lee unless the Yanks go crazy is 23mil/6yrs regardless of what they do. They will surely beat it but I dont see it being by so much that he doesn’t come back to TX if you factor in taxes and cost of living.
rec
Seven years is a long time to be held hostage by a monster deal.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 11:52 AM CST up reply actions
I'm in the trade David Murphy camp. For the right deal, of course.
Has to have decent value, right? Seems like there are a lot of teams running bad OF’ers out there?
I thought that early on in the process
But I also thought they might like Harrison, given his history with the Braves.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
He's untouchable, for me
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
With Josh & Cruz going down 30 games a year...I think Murphy is more
valuable to us than he would be as a trade-chip.
He’s a really good fit in Texas.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
supergay
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
To all those who feared iorange had disappeared yesterday
Here is proof of existence. Go about your lives.
I donno
I’m up and down about the iorangeness
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
this fucking guy has always creeped me out.
i don’t know what it is, but fuck this guy
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:08 AM CST up reply actions
he's quite simply one of the best actors of our generation
call me out on it, go ahead – any movie he’s been in seems like a HORRIBLE flick, but they’re always quite watch-able
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
check it
Get Smart, the Rundown, Southland Tales, Walking Tall, The Scorpion King, The Mummy Returns…he carried those movies
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
Get Smart is awful,
Walking Tall is meh, The Scorpion King blows more ass than The Mummy Returns (and The Mummy for that matter).
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:20 AM CST up reply actions
Matt Millen
is miffed by this. There is no best player on the 09 Lions.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:23 AM CST up reply actions
Megatron is a bad dude.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Is that Jahvid Best?
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Calvin Johnson.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Calvin Johnson
Best is a rookie this year out of Cal
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
I just didn't know who Megatron was
I’m not familiar with all nicknames
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
i wasn't trying to be an ass our anything,
just letting you know that this was Best’s first year on the lions
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
I gotcha
my reply was more a comment on how it’s impossible to keep track of all of JW’s goofy nicnknames for everyon
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Megatron is not a JW Original.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
yeah, you are not that clever
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:42 AM CST up reply actions
Sadly
It’s a Roy Williams Joint.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
Ah.
I had kinda wondered about it for a while, since I don’t remember ever hearing it when he was at GT.
ok what about the tooth fairy
for the record never saw it….but still.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
Our generation's Citizen Kane
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
such a great show.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
if this is not sarcasm,
i don’t know what to say
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:15 AM CST up reply actions
another shitty movie
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:21 AM CST up reply actions
all right how?
because he beats some ass and some shit blows up?
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
sir
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
let us not speak of "dazzling his ass"
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
He's a clubhouse favorite.
A real glue guy. Nah, but all cliches aside, I agree here. David’s great as a fourth OF
every team needs one,
and we have one of, if not the, best in the league, me thinks
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
Not as it relates to Murphy
LSJ points out Murphy’s inability to play CF as an issue. The Rangers already have 2 major league caliber CF. Murphy doesn’t need to have the ability to play CF because if an injury happens he won’t be playing here anyways. Murphy would play a corner and one of Hamilton/Borbon would start in center.
Hamilton really shouldn't be playing there though
And Borbon is very left-handed.
Murphy really isn’t an “ideal” 4th OF on this team. An ideal 4th OF would be somebody like Cody Ross.
don't mention that name here ever again
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 11:14 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
You are missing the point
This club doesn’t have a better option at CF. Cody Ross doesn’t fix that problem. Either Hamilton or Borbon will be in center and both of them are good defensively in that position. If Murphy is pressed into regular action, it will be as a COF.
His left-handedness is very good point. Cody Ross would be a better fit. He is basically a mirror-David Murphy. If the Rangers can reasonably attain a player like that, I’ll change my stance.
Until that happens, David Murphy is the best option this team has.
i agree with this statement
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
I think David Murphy will have a lot more value to this club if he stays
He probably won’t bring back much in return given his lack of full-time experience and age.
He’s an excellent 4th outfielder, probably one of the best in the league. He can replace any one of the Rangers injury prone outfielders in a pinch.
I’m fully on the keep Murphy bandwagon.
Hmm I dont know...
Could help in a Grienke trade and perhaps we hold unto one of our top prospects. But with our fragile supastars aka Kinsler, Cruz and Hamilton, not sure that is a good idea.
Murph came up huge for us this yr, what if Borbon doesn’t pan out and has to hit the bench again, we’re gonna need his bat. Especially since we don’t even have our DH figured out.
If you are committed to Borbon
(who I still think is a downgrade over Murphy when you factor Offense and Defense) you may as well see if you can get value for Murphy, and look for a platoon RH OF to instead of a platoon LH OF.
Looking at starters around the league, there is no doubt that Murphy has the ability to be an everyday player in this league, and better to get trade value for him than to have him sit on the bench.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
by DJCahill on Dec 7, 2010 11:26 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Imagine that? A CF that can hit RH....whodathunkit?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
To DH Lee? I hope they do that.
Ken_Rosenthal #A’s, #RedSox, others on Willingham. Price said to be “absurd.” A’s also on DLee. Could offer more $$$ than #Padres, #Diamondbacks #MLB
Well, to break it down, sure,
but not to break it in half. At least in the case of an apple.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
This is true.
Disregard what I said.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
Under-rated.
"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
I'm a sick fuck
because I thought first, “Lindsey Lohan?”
get it? under-ate?
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
I donno
I like playing “halfsies” using my food with other people; although granted, that’d be a tough game to play with an apple – might only get to two or three breaks
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 11:15 AM CST up reply actions
You pad it up with nonsense all the time.
Go get high and relax, pothead.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Dec 7, 2010 11:33 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Pot doesn't have anything to do with this
Fucking threads are turning into chatrooms because all of us think everybody needs to know what’s on our mind
fucking stay on target man, I’m tired of trying to load a page with 1000 fucking comments and half of them are about which things that make you go hmmmmmmm
by oc on Dec 7, 2010 11:43 AM CST up reply actions
If everyone else is going to talk about fucking football and the fucking Mavs
I’m going to talk about my apple.
I want to hear about the apple
Heavy is the head that eats the crayons...
LSB-Come for the baseball, stay for the Dirkatron raping!
by bdk03a on Dec 7, 2010 11:48 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I finished it anyways
But I got juice all over my fingers, which was annoying because I’ve been typing.
Wound up cleaning my keyboard, although that should probably be done every so often anyway.
I have also found apple eating to be a nuisance while at the computer
I’m glad I asked about the apple. I don’t feel so alone in the world anymore.
Heavy is the head that eats the crayons...
LSB-Come for the baseball, stay for the Dirkatron raping!
*snicker*
Wound up cleaning my keyboard, although that should probably be done every so often anyway.
Especially if you clean your kitchen.
Don't fucking read it if you don't like it.
People will post whatever the fuck they want whether you like it or not.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Dec 7, 2010 12:00 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
YOU'RE SO ENLIGHTENING
really.. you guys should go frolic through a meadow, eat apples under trees and recount your favorite novels
really.. you guys should go frolic through a meadow, eat apples under trees and recount your favorite novelsfucking looking for baseball information in a morning thread and I get the get-along game trying to act tough
by oc on Dec 7, 2010 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
Have you and Sufjan Stevens ever been in the same room together?
I thought so.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Dec 7, 2010 12:05 PM CST up reply actions
But this is true: everybody needs to know what’s on [everybody's] mind[s]
Can’t have a functioning HIVEMIND without it.
Get a tampon
Works better than a pad.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:34 AM CST up reply actions
i'm guessing that is what the fuck she said
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:34 AM CST up reply actions
i think you need to eat better apples
heh
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 11:59 AM CST up reply actions
"Honey Crisp" apples are the best apples on the planet...a little expensive and seasonal...but they're fucking the Zeus of Apples.
"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 used to be on the Gala-train...but I'm telling you PADMY...they're unstoppable.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
+1
i had never heard of em till iwent to DC (or at least not had any good ones)
so good.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
Vlad The Impaler has a career OPS of 1007 at Oakland's ballpark.
16/46 in 197 plate appearances.
Hmmmmm.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Vlad the Impaler was Dracula.
No shit.
And your nicknames suck with lacking originality.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
He steals 100% of his shit from the Ticket anyways.
by FuturePants on Dec 7, 2010 11:18 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
without the Ticketisms his posts would rival Mike E's for brevity.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
I'm more picturing his posts with the Capitalized Phrases replaced with more generic desciptions.
It might be even more annoying, really:
I said I wouldn’t count on Cruz to hit lefties at the highest level of baseball next year because he had never hit lefties before at the major league level.
“The trend of people quoting my posts and going out of their way to try to prove me wrong continues.” Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Actually,
Vlad the Impaler is MY nickname for him. I’ve been calling him that since he was a rookie in Montreal.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
He was also less productive than Jack Cust in 2009
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
Uh, no thanks
According to Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times, the representatives for Paul Konerko are requesting a $15 million annual salary.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
agreed
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:16 AM CST up reply actions
Buster Olney heard this
Bmac thinking of going to A’s.
"what I have learned in 11 years in the sports business is that the dumbest guys in the room are always the media guys." - mark cuban
Seems like an idea fit
Oakland’s a fly ball park, and they’re used to having pitchers who can’t stay healthy.
They must be going crazy on the bay
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Dec 7, 2010 11:20 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I am insane now, Chuck.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
See you at the Crossroads BMac
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:36 AM CST up reply actions
I'm 100% behind Borbon starting in CF
I think he had a bit of a sophomore slump, but he’ll bounce back in a big way (not huge, mind you…but big)
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet,
but the Mariners got Peguero for $2.9M.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
We heartily cussed about this yesterday
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Excellent.
Was it in the beastly overnight thread?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:20 AM CST up reply actions
I don't remember
KH/JL broke the news.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I missed out on that, so
shit fuck dammit asscan poop dick ass balls.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
Don't hold it all in.
tell us how you REALLY feel.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
So what's with the A's spending money all the sudden?
Was it just a rumor that the MLB told them and the Marlins to start spending?
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
Just offer Cliff 10 years...
and then plant drugs on him after year 5 or 6..
by cmkelly29 on Dec 7, 2010 11:20 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
The Perfect Plan!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
sounds like the title to some stupid ass movie
(not to take away from the point of this brilliant plan though)
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:22 AM CST up reply actions
ding ding ding
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
That does sound like a perfect plan...
Two brothers hatch a plan to improve their dreary and very different sex lives by becoming independent filmmakers.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
Starring Tim Allen
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Dec 7, 2010 11:23 AM CST up reply actions
Does it Star the Rock?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
Good enough to overcome the spareness of Bill Paxton?
The stars of Apollo 13 and Tombstone pulled it off, which says a lot for those guys.
"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing."
I didn't remember Bill Paxton being in the movie until you mentioned it, so I guess so, yeah.
BTW: Best Bill Paxton movie? “Frailty”. (I don’t consider either of the above a “Bill Paxton Movie” per se)
You take that back!
Nobody talks to Private Hudson like that and lives!
Ripley: How long after we’re declared overdue can we expect a rescue?
Hicks: [pause] Seventeen days.
Hudson: Seventeen days? Hey man, I don’t wanna rain on your parade, but we’re not gonna last seventeen hours! Those things are gonna come in here just like they did before. And they’re gonna come in here…
Ripley: Hudson!
Hudson: …and they’re gonna come in here AND THEY’RE GONNA GET US!
Ripley: Hudson! This little girl survived longer than that with no weapons and no training.
[to Newt]
Ripley: Right?
[Newt apes a salute]
Hudson: Why don’t you put her in charge?
Yeah, well at least I'm housebroken.
Paxton as Hudson
cannot be overrated.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
If the play him every day, bad idea
If they give him 300 PA or so per season, he will be productive.
Probably not worth the $$$ he got, but not many free agents this winter will be worth the $$$ they get.
"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing."
hey tagdonttweet
did you tell everyone how we got cut off and refused alcohol service saturday night at the liqour store?
by I am Neftali Feliz on Dec 7, 2010 11:31 AM CST reply actions
haha no.
the funny part about being cut off to buy alcohol from a liquor store though, is that it was only 7 o clock in the evening and we were already bombed out of our minds.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:32 AM CST up reply actions
Who was driving?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
we walked
(we were at my apartment in Uptown)
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:34 AM CST up reply actions
TagDon'tDrive
Heavy is the head that eats the crayons...
LSB-Come for the baseball, stay for the Dirkatron raping!
by bdk03a on Dec 7, 2010 11:34 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
TagDon'tDriveDrunk
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:43 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
which apartments?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 11:39 AM CST up reply actions
State Thomas Ravello
"He recently scored as high as an 8.5 on the Ryin A Scale of Douchebaggery." -Ryan A on the douchebag that is Kevin Millar
by TagDon'tTweet on Dec 7, 2010 11:43 AM CST up reply actions
fantastic area
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 11:53 AM CST up reply actions
love it there in Uptown.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:55 AM CST up reply actions
I used to live right over there
in the Manchester.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:55 AM CST up reply actions
love those, too
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
Heh, what a mess
jamie mccourt wins case and gets half #dodgers. 2 lawyers tell me ruling is right. A mess now, tho
Heyman
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
JMcCourt getting half the team is (I think) good news for Dodger fans because
they will have to sell the team to new owners.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Said our Resident Dodger Fan
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 11:38 AM CST up reply actions
She gets Ethier, Kemp, Billingsley, and Kershaw
He gets Loney and Broxton.
Damn...
Bitches, man.
Heavy is the head that eats the crayons...
LSB-Come for the baseball, stay for the Dirkatron raping!
They do what they do
Heavy is the head that eats the crayons...
LSB-Come for the baseball, stay for the Dirkatron raping!
hilarious line there, bdk!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Ain't nothin' but tricks n' hoes
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:02 PM CST up reply actions
He gets the pitching staff
and she gets to get banged by the position players.
I mean…
uh
nvm.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Man I'm dying to make a
shirt for the brewery that has “I got 99 problems but a beer ain’t one” on it.
by Whiskey in my Whiskey on Dec 7, 2010 1:26 PM CST up reply actions
I'd have her killed.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
So this is where you assholes have been hanging out?
I hate it when I miss a new thread.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Dolphins.
Fish are in school.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:49 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Guess dolphinpuncher must've knocked 'em all cold
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:49 PM CST up reply actions
In a more serious forum than LSB
A guy’s name is Andy Pada…I can’t even read a post of his without doing Andy Panda schtick in my head…sigh.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
more serious than LSB?
The fuck is that supposed to mean?
"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 Dec 7, 2010 11:52 AM CST up reply actions
Market/work related
And they do not throw empty beer cans at my head.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Haha, you know it!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
haha!
that guy is a son of a bitch.
who is still sorry about that.
"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 Dec 7, 2010 12:04 PM CST up reply actions
That happens to me a lot
I also have random George Carlin bits play in my head sometimes when people say things that trigger them… it’s kinda fun, really.
Funny George Carlin bit talking about his grandfather (15 seconds long but hysterical).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYJAuzht0IU
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
We can't.
Last time you ate all the hippos.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:56 AM CST up reply actions
Hainesworth suspended w/o pay the rest of the season
Ha.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
What a jackwad.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Dec 7, 2010 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
...after telling the owner that he would never speak to Shanahan again.
Smart guy, eh?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Hell. fucking. YES.
I loathe the Redskins, but even I was getting sick of what that buttnugget was putting them through.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:03 PM CST up reply actions
x
danconnollysun
#Orioles and #Rays swap of Jason Bartlett for Nolan Reimold is heating up. One source expects it to happen today,
Bad trade for the Orioles
Bartlett’s on his way down.
someone pointed out on twitter than orlando cabrera had a WAR almost twice as high as bartlett last year
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Dec 7, 2010 12:06 PM CST up reply actions
I'm thinking the Orioles might win 80 games in 2011.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
and still finish 18 games out?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
Also said the Rangers would finish third
salt
Cliff Lee: "Seventy or 80 percent of [Hamilton] is better than everyone else. Everyone knows his history. He’s a complete player who plays every aspect well. He’s the best player I’ve ever played with. That’s the best compliment I can give him.’’
OT: So the girlfriend drug me to my first death metal concert last night
Went and saw Dimmu Borgir at the House of Blues.
Highlight of the night was the lead singer saying, “We’re going to sing a song in Norwegian now, is that alright with everyone?”
Which I guess translated to “grAWARARWRARARARARARA!!!!!!” with a Norse accent or something.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
OT: OT
Is it “drug” or “dragged?”
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:11 PM CST up reply actions
Saw that one comin'
but points, nonetheless good sir.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:14 PM CST up reply actions
Animate objects (i.e., you) are dragged,
inanimate objects are drug.
"He recently scored as high as an 8.5 on the Ryin A Scale of Douchebaggery." -Ryan A on the douchebag that is Kevin Millar
by TagDon'tTweet on Dec 7, 2010 12:14 PM CST up reply actions
then what do you drudge?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:19 PM CST up reply actions
so...
SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman
Cliff Lee has at least one 7 year offer for $20-25 mil (not the nats). #yankees have been intending to stay at 6 yrs tops. We’ll see.
"what I have learned in 11 years in the sports business is that the dumbest guys in the room are always the media guys." - mark cuban
x
Sprow_ESPN Chris Sprow
Based on talk here in Orlando of 7-year market for Lee, @DSzymborski ran a 7-year projection. It’ll surprise you: http://es.pn/fyDeJA
I'm not an insider
so meh to this. It’s ESPN so I’m sure it’s stupid anyway
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Szymborski thinks it's a good bet for a National league team, such as the Nationals...
to give Cliff Lee 7 years. He only ran projections based on him being the in the NL, though.
That’s a bit unfair – I can be stupid all by myself (my Silva-Bradley trade analysis is haunting my dreams).
Could you tweak your projection for the AL?
Hint: Rangers?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Can’t give the cow away quite yet, but Lee projects even better in Texas – it’s the stronger league, but Texas has a better defense than the Nats or Yankees and a low-HR pitcher is likely to be hurt less than average at Arlington.
Ah, thanks!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
you're good people, Dan
ESPN connections aside
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
How can you call that performance good? Or worth the contract?
Paying $20+ million for 113 ERA+ and 129 IP ???
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Heh.
I had the exact opposite reaction. “If even in a seventh year he’ll be servicable enough to have an above-average ERA and over 100IPs, that would be much better than I would’ve been afraid of.”
Assuming conservative revenue growth of 5% a year with 2010 at $4.5 million, one would expect a win on the free agent market to be worth $6.3 million by that last year. With a replacement-level of 4.94 ERA, a 3.67 ERA in 129 IP is worth a hair under 2 wins. All told, at 5% growth, ZiPS projects Lee to be worth 7-years, $126 million.
First off, I think we all assume a 7 year contract to be more than that.
Second of all, how can you assume a 5% inflation rate yet not adjust for the risk taken on by the team to signing a long-term deal like that? I see no accounting in that for the possibility that Cliff Lee gets hurt and either doesn’t come back or is ineffective after he does.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
That projection does have him only qualifying for the ERA title 4 more times.
Pitchers don’t really have an age curve – it’s kind of a gentle plateau with sudden sinkholes. A projection that didn’t account for risk skewness would have him pitch a lot more and decline even less.
And now I've read the word "skewness" for the second time in my life.
Fuck that word. Thanks for the analysis though.
Interesting.
I’m not sure it’s the most accurate way to do it, but I suppose you’re at least attempting to account for it.
For what it’s worth, the FIP’s range from 2.84 to 3.34, assuming HBP and IBB are negligible, which strikes me as optimistic while the IP strikes me as a bit pessimistic over the first few years (the guy has 4 straight 210+ IP seasons).
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
eff
not an insider. just a poor college kid here. what’s the projection look like?
This team do what it do ~ Ron Washington
I didn't see a reason to go out there 'n ack-a-fool ~ Ron Washington on the Ben and Skin show
has anyone run a projection from an AL perspective?
i’m too lazy/too busy studying for my 3 exams in the next 2 days to look it up
This team do what it do ~ Ron Washington
I didn't see a reason to go out there 'n ack-a-fool ~ Ron Washington on the Ben and Skin show
Low innings totals on the back end.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Dec 7, 2010 12:28 PM CST up reply actions
we'd let you
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 12:22 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
yeah
I’m pretty sure it’s all cosmos and cotton balls now there anyways
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:24 PM CST up reply actions
no kidding
if someone was willing to go 6 years @ 23M per, you’re looking at 138M. might as well add a year for 2M then
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
yeah, thats the issue
What is the total contract
Ive been adamant against a 7 year contract…but i might do 7 years 140M…
Josey Wales is stupid
The Expos?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 12:44 PM CST up reply actions
too soon!
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
I believe its..
trop tôt
Bastard French.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 3:23 PM CST up reply actions
I have this sick feeling it's the Angels.
They’ve done nothing this offseason up to this point. Gotta wonder if they where waiting to crash the Lee bidding…
if he went to the Angels I'd hate him, I don't give a shit how much money he'd make.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
can't be
I mean theoretically it can, but why spend more money on pitching (and starting pitching, at that) when you have gaping offensive and bullpen holes?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:25 PM CST up reply actions
OT: Greater American Treasure
Who’s the better Actor: Bill Paxton or the Rock?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 12:19 PM CST reply actions
The Rock, clearly
Fuck Bill Paxton. I hate that dude
Not true.
As I mentioned above, Frailty is an underrated movie… I don’t want to give the guy an Oscar or anything… but are we really considering him worse than The Rock?
Paxton was in Tombstone
so he automatically wins.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:40 PM CST up reply actions
is he the one on "Big Love"? The wife and I love that show
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Indeed
Underrated actor, underrated director.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:43 PM CST up reply actions
You seem to have forgotten about the cinematic masterpiece that is Twister.
It’s ok, I’ll let it go.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
dude that's unfair
what about Weird Science?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:26 PM CST up reply actions
Chet was a great, great character.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
He's a lawyer!
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.’’
Personally
after witnessing him as Coconut Pete in Club Dread, it’s SUCH a tough call…but he’s never really carried a movie before; and the Rock has
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:27 PM CST up reply actions
if we get him for nothing, sure
the guy is way too injury prone. maybe the DH spot would do him good
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
spot start in CF?
or is he a corner fielder now?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:28 PM CST up reply actions
Random idea
Would the collective be interested in doing a community contract projection for future Rangers FA? This would work similar to AJM’s annual community projections for Rangers players slash lines.
I think it would be an interesting foray into the Rangers future budget plans.
Rec this comment if you are interested.
by Heebs on Dec 7, 2010 12:41 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
i'd like to see it
and learn from it, but I currently have no knowledge of doing such things, let alone sabermetrics or anything that seems to be worth much here. if yall post it though, i’ll read and learn.
This team do what it do ~ Ron Washington
I didn't see a reason to go out there 'n ack-a-fool ~ Ron Washington on the Ben and Skin show
Is Billy Butler not available?
The guy has been on OBP machine the past 2 years and would fit in nicely here in the 7th or 8th spot.
What about a package for him and Grienke? Hunter, Holland, Scheppers, Profar, and Moreland.
Or is Moreland viewed as a cheaper Billy Butler starter kit?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 12:43 PM CST reply actions
ha
so we deplete the farm and lose our possible number 4 starter for Greinke and Butler? For a TORP and a number 7 hitter. No thank you. Would rather keep moreland, holland, and perez if possible
This team do what it do ~ Ron Washington
I didn't see a reason to go out there 'n ack-a-fool ~ Ron Washington on the Ben and Skin show
I was just throwing it out there, not advocating it.
The Royals seem to want to tear down and rebuild and move Grienke. Where is Billy Butler in this? I’d think they could get a prospect or two.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 12:49 PM CST up reply actions
they'd want way too much for butler
for Greinke they are still asking the moon, but butler may be overvalued even more, then you package that into one deal? recipe for disaster my friend.
now i’m not calling you out on it or anything like that. hell, i would love to do it, but we just don’t have the troops in the farm to handle a deal like that, let alone at the show
This team do what it do ~ Ron Washington
I didn't see a reason to go out there 'n ack-a-fool ~ Ron Washington on the Ben and Skin show
Butler is a 7 hitter?
On what team?
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
On the Rangers he'd be a 6 likely
Andrus/Borbon
Young
Hamilton
Cruz
Kinsler
Butler
Moreland
Torrealba
Andrus/Borbon
i'd flip butler and kins honestly
This team do what it do ~ Ron Washington
I didn't see a reason to go out there 'n ack-a-fool ~ Ron Washington on the Ben and Skin show
How are Butler and Moreland on this team together?
1. Andrus
2. MY
3. Hamilton
4. DH option
5. Cruz
6. Kinsler
7. Butler
8. Torrealba
9. Borbon
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
Even if you have to trade Moreland for him?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 1:06 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think the Royals would want Moreland
They have Moustakas and Hosmer as the future of their corner infield. Moreland doesn’t project to be a plus OF. Why would they want him?
And then Kinsler and Young.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Thats what Wash do.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 2:21 PM CST up reply actions
I can't help but wonder if
MY pursuing hits has a role in it.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Face had an .891 OPS in 2009.
Kinsler was hurt to start the season and then Cruz started pullying his hammys every other month.
Face went bonkers in May, June (OPS above .900?).
Kinsler was hurt in August, Josh was hurt in September.
I think Old School Brutha was plugging leaks the best he could, liked the production the team had with Young in the 2 hole and let it ride.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Yes, but he wasn't as good this past year
as he was the year before. If he is in the decline phase, you’re going to have to get him out of the 2-spot pretty soon…but I’m not sure the Rangers/Wash/PR will allow it.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
So you think OS Brutha left Face in the 2 hole only
to let him compile hits last year?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
I think that Kinsler has proven enough
to warrant a move there.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Career years are generally pretty good.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
/Mike E
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.’’
Butler is fantastic...a lot better than a #7 hitter.
He hit .318 last year with a .388 OPS… Yes please.
well he'd matthew had put from the 7th or 8th spot
so I ran with it.
This team do what it do ~ Ron Washington
I didn't see a reason to go out there 'n ack-a-fool ~ Ron Washington on the Ben and Skin show
I still think he would be
In my scenario you trade Moreland, plus I’m assuming we sign a DH.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 1:04 PM CST up reply actions
Butler is not a #7 hitter.
He’s quite good.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
OT
Is Amber Heard the hottest lesbian ever?
For those who don’t remember, she was the Seth Rogan’s girlfriend in Pineapple Express and the hot zombie chick in Zombieland.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
I would say this subject is ALWAYS on-topic
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Dec 7, 2010 12:51 PM CST up reply actions
And the hot girl in "Never Back Down"
And the hot girl in that movie where Justin Timberlake kidnaps this kid.
I love her so much. Damn you, lesbians!!
Enjoyed that movie
but I only remember Amanda Seyfried.
She basically played out the fantasy of any 14-year-old heterosexual boy, even if they are left only to reminisce about it years later.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Dec 7, 2010 12:56 PM CST up reply actions
HTS did, if that was your intended meaning there...
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Duh, I know
I was just playing on the 14yo boy fantasy angle.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Yeah
What the dino was joking about though was that hightower said hed be able to reminisce about it years later….one problem there, they fuckin killed him
Josey Wales is stupid
If you're in to that. LSB is an equal-opportunity website.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 12:55 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I don't recall a hot zombie chick in that movie.
Then again, I find zombies completely unattractive so meh (maybe that’s just me though).
She was the girl at the beginning of the movie who turned into a zombie.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 12:57 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 12:58 PM CST up reply actions
You should not look at her as a blonde right now.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 1:01 PM CST up reply actions
low self-esteem because face skin is falling off
FTW!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
but if their fase skin is falling off
you can buy low on ’em!
/Married Guy
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I'd need a more complete list of hot lesbians to determine that.
I’ve never really liked her that much myself, though I tried because she is pretty hot.
Too much of a generic sort of hot, I think.
I'd need a more complete list of hot lesbians to determine that.
I’ve never really liked her that much myself, though I tried because she is pretty hot.
Too much of a generic sort of hot, I think.
I've always like Lindsay Bluth, myself
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
your sister is hawt
so was Marta 1. Not so much on Marta 2.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
incredible face
body = meh
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
c'mon FO, this offseason is really boring
make something happen
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I think the Rangers are in Dire Straits.
They’ve got Money for Nothing right now.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 1:00 PM CST up reply actions
OT: This freaking WikiLeaks guy is like a Bond villian
if he gets killed or captured, he’s got some superfile that’s gonna blow the lid off of everything, supposedly. Link
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
The person accusing him of rape is directly linked to a CIA operative.
Shady shit.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 1:02 PM CST up reply actions
I hope so, fuck him.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Fuck the New York Times too!
/1971 Letter to the Editor
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
I think the fact that the girl didn't might be the problem.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I've been waiting for Operation Treadstone to kick in
this is a messed up deal all the way around.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
That's what they want you to think
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
That is correct.
We do want you to think that.
Heavy is the head that eats the crayons...
LSB-Come for the baseball, stay for the Dirkatron raping!
WHAT?!?!?!?!?
Someone get Pam Landy on the phone!!!!! NOW!!!! This is NSA Level 3 folks….
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Read any of the books?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
no
the wife got me one for Christmas a couple of years ago, but apparently the story is so different than the movie plots I never bothered. I should, though. But I probably won’t.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I read the first,
it’s pretty in depth and pretty different from the movies.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Meh. Pretty much pure pulp.
The movies borrow heavily from the first book (at least the first and third movie, I don’t remember if the stuff in the second was in there at all), with many of the changes being for the better (though I thought the movie made the backstory lamer with the OMG LITTLE KIDS! or whatever stuff).
The second and third books are bleh.
Did we even read the same book?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
maybe one of you
read the version where the English had been translated to Portuguese on Bablefish and then translated back to English…probably some kind of collector’s item
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Um. Dunno where I got "borrow heavily" from. That should be borrow lightly.
The premise of the first movie comes from the first book. The whole “go back to the source in NY” thing in the third vaguely resembles the end of the first book.
Yeah.
It’s been a while, but I thought his character in the book was a CIA/FBI/something operative who went undercover as assassin as a way to draw out a world-famous assassin. So he killed some people and his operation did a good job of attributing other noteworthy deaths to his new identity.
Right?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
It's been a while here too,
but that sounds right, and then he gets amnesia (well, that’s the start of the book) and has to piece things together starting from “apparently I’m a famous assassin.”
I haven’t seen the first movie in years either, but in it didn’t he get amnesia, piece things together, and then find out that he actually was an assassin but he had had a change of heart after seeing some cute kids of one of his targets or something? Lame. But just about everything else worked better the way they did it in the movies, especially the sequels.
I don't know that he had a change of heart about being an assassin so much
as he didn’t want to off the guy in front of some kids. That’s how I took it anyway.
kind of
he got amnesia and was trying to piece together his old life from the few clues he had…the movie leaves it up to some interpretation as to what caused him to not wanna be an assassin anymore. I think it was a combination of feeling like Conklin used him AND that he was falling in love with Marie. The amnesia happened when he was sent to off Wombosi on his boat…but when he put the gun to Wombosi’s head, he saw that Wombosi was holding a little kid on his lap and he had a very tiny bit of conscious slip in that hadn’t yet been totally destroyed by the CIA behavioral scientists programming the Ops for Treadstone..when he was trying to get off the boat, Wombosi shot him twice in the back.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
as he pieced his life back together
he realized that the government basically chewed him up and spit him out without any concern to how their reprogramming actually affected the human beings themselves. Because he had that small shred of humanity left, he was able to get out. A key line…in the first one as Clive Owen (who was sent to kill Bourne) was dying, he said, “look at this. Look at what they make you give.” That line is echoed in the 3rd on where Bourne is on the rooftop of the CIA BehavOps building being chased down by CIA guys…one of the guys has Bourne dead to rights with the sights on his head and Bourne says the same line…the CIA Op kinda hesitates for a second…almost as if he also had a tiny shred of humanity left in him as well. This allowed Bourne to go free.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Ok, yeah, in the book and movie both the post-amnesia decision to stop being an assassin sounds pretty similar.
I just don’t like the “he had been programmed to be a heartless killer and the programming slipped up” angle of the movie compared to the “he had lost everything and was angry and desperate enough to go into deep cover as an assassin” background of the book.
Although after I read more of his books,
the bit where the protagonist actually had to deal with the responsibility of being the guy who killed all those folks on his own, instead of just being “programmed” to do it, seemed less like an interesting look at what someone like that has to be able to do and more just a reflection of a somewhat sociopathic author.
All of Ludlum's books are awesome.
It’s when the new guy started trading on the Bourne name that the series went downhill.
by Past A Diving Michael Young on Dec 7, 2010 2:29 PM CST up reply actions
according to the video
he allowed a bunch of people to download the file that is password encrypted. Upon death/capture, someone close to him (lawyer?) is gonna tell the password and everyone will be able to read the file. The password is probably “Iluvkitty1”
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
He hasn't released troop movements, FBI or CIA documents.
This is correspondence that should be sent in the open. Our State Department should not be asking ambassadors to spy for them. It’s not their job, nor is it sound diplomacy. I don’t care how old the practice may be.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 1:05 PM CST up reply actions
they are not spying
giving assessment reports is part of thier job and should not be out in the public domain.
Why on earth should correspondence be sent in the open???
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
You'll forgive me if I don't take your advice on what constitutes "sound diplomacy."
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I see this going in an unwelcome direction.
by Past A Diving Michael Young on Dec 7, 2010 3:09 PM CST up reply actions
like the direction he took with that woman?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:31 PM CST up reply actions
The public has a right to know what's going on in our government.
Freedom of the press, holmes.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 8:01 PM CST up reply actions
A free press has the freedom to tell the people about government workings.
They are 100% related.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Dec 7, 2010 9:51 PM CST up reply actions
I'm just interested in how long it takes people to figure out that it's hard to keep a lot of secrets with (practically) instantaneous global communication networks.
Which will happen first: people learning that posting potentially job-costing info on Facebook is a bad idea, or governments/politicians learning they can’t keep as much secret these days as in the past?
I can tell you what won't happen
the fact that high government officials don’t even know as much as CIA, NSA, etc. – and the fact that most of their info has never leaked and probably won’t
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
Rangers leaving the fan?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 1:06 PM CST reply actions
Fuck everyone
A station with a worse signal?!?!?!?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
this sucks balls
this means I won’t be able to listen to some of the games on the AM radio when the OKC affiliate is playing worthless Redhawks games.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
iPhone?
You could get MLB At Bat, or whatever the audio only part is. It’s only about $15, I think.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
It's hard to keep my phone hooked up like that in the car
since I’m always getting in and out of the car and I’m always having to use my phone
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
What's gonna happen when the Mavs are in the playoffs until mid June?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Forget that...
The regular seasons overlap!
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 1:21 PM CST up reply actions
Apperantly 820 is a sister station
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 1:29 PM CST up reply actions
True that, my bad.
820 is a blow-torch.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
Who cares about the Mavs.
Basketball sucks.
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.’’
by RangersSD on Dec 7, 2010 2:39 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
That guy is a beating
"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
Do you guys not have iPhones or someway
to download the MLB app?
$10.99 you can listen to every game – any team on your mobile device.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 1:09 PM CST up reply actions
a gun rack?
what am I supposed to do with a gun rack?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I don't even own "A" gun
let alone “many” guns that would necessitate in needing an entire rack.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Liar!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I don't own *that many guns
3 personally owned ones (1 is just a plinker that sits in the safe).
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I took a shine to it when someone posted it a few months ago
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Only 3 that I personally own
the rest I lug around are owned by The City. I sold my rifle a few weeks ago when a department-owned one came available and I would rather carry theirs than mine.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
this made it much funnier for the fact that you had to defend
that you carry guns
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Iknowright?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I think guns are good
/cocainegreggo
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Somebody is going to accuse you of
stealing all your shtick from The Ticket, Officer Bob.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
I just remember some drops from way back in the day. I don't usually have time to listen online.
now is Bob Jr.‘s nap time, so I’m in quiet mode..
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
No, we like him.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Dec 7, 2010 2:58 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Badaboosh
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.’’
What do you carry, anyway?
Not that it matters, that just made me curious.
by LSJ on Dec 7, 2010 1:26 PM CST up reply actions
sig p226 in .40
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Sometimes I think I shoulda gone with a 229
but that extra inch at the end does improve accuracy just a bit. Anyone? Anything to add to that sentence, LSB? Something seems missing…
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I was wondering how long that was gonna take
twss
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I have a baretta
px4 storm 9mm. The only thing I wasn’t a huge fan of on the sig is a lack of a safety, but I guess the de-cocking lever will do.
"This is my safety (wiggles trigger finger)"
-Delta Op in “Blackhawk Down”
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Nice.
My Dad used to have a .40 s&w that he always said he was gonna give to me when I was older. That was during his gun nut phase like 5 years ago, though, I think he sold it during the divorce. I never even got to shoot the thing.
Did get to shoot his .45 ACP once though. That was fun.
by LSJ on Dec 7, 2010 1:37 PM CST up reply actions
I would like to own a high-end 1911 someday
but I’m not sure if I’d carry one at work…8 rounds per mag isn’t a lot.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
What is it that you do?
policia?
"Holland didn’t make that kid question his swing, he made him question his career path"
For true, he is.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
si
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
any reason
you opted for the .40 and not the 9mm? do you guys have to buy your own ammo?
"Holland didn’t make that kid question his swing, he made him question his career path"
Well it may carry 3-4 less rounds
but it packs a lot more punch. I would do the same if I was a cop.
and Bob - you probably carry 2 extra clips?
If so….how often are you going to use 42 rounds of ammo at one time?
43, actually
(12 rounder in the gun, 1 in the chaber and two 15-rd mags on my belt). Most police gunfights are 3 total rounds (between all parties involved) at a distance of 8 feet. If I need 43 rounds, things aren’t going well for someone (hint: it’s not gonna be me..I’m going home at the end of my shift).
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Wow
that is a pretty interesting piece of info. Only 3 rounds? My 43 round point was to Trident – If 43 rounds need to be used, it doesnt matter what weapon you have at that point.
if 43 rounds are being exchanged
I sure hope 42 of those are from my rifle behind some cover/concealment!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
not all officers
but supposedly they’re planning that in the future
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
That is pretty cool
what comes to mind when thinking about that is that deal back in the 80’s in LA where two bank robbers had automatic rifles. None of the like 30 officers on the scene had anything besides a pistol or shotguy, which is useless at the range they were at. They had to wait like 30 minutes for the SWAT team to get there to really do anything.
Feb. 28, 1997 (the day before my birthday..lol)
The North Hollywood Shootout. Yes, that’s the primary reason a lot of departments are trying to get long guns to patrol officers (although at my department, the tactical guys are also day-to-day patrolmen, so there’s almost always a few swat guys on all the time).
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Holy shit
I watched that docu the other night, wicked shit.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
the patrolmen went to a gun store across the street and got some long guns to prevent a total clustermassacre
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
And the shaggy huge guy ate a bullet by a fence
Is that the same incident?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
yeah
that was Larry Phillips. Emil Matasuraneau (sp?) was the one who jacked the beige pickup and ended up offing himself when responding swat guys shot him in the leg from under the truck.
Hope this wasn’t bad karma…off to work!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I only ask because
I read something yesterday that said a 9mm with the right ammo has penetration power similar to many .40s
I don’t know too much about it myself, so I was looking to get a professional opinion
"Holland didn’t make that kid question his swing, he made him question his career path"
I'm by no means a professional
but from my experience just at the range – it seems a .40 has quite a bit more punch than any 9mm, the bullets are simply larger.
I don't know about ballistic stuff
9 is frowned upon at my department. My current assignment prohibits me from carrying 9 (I think). Gotta be 40, 357sig or 45 (GAP or ACP).
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Really?
I had no idea that departments wouldn’t permit something as common as a 9. Are you in more danger, on a regular basis, than a standard patrol officer?
"Holland didn’t make that kid question his swing, he made him question his career path"
I'm on the tactial team
They’l let patrol officers carry 9s, bu they “frown upon” it. A Lieutenant broke his hand pretty bad a while back…wen he was fresh back to work, his doc suggested he carry a 9 for a few months until he got the strength back in the hand. The brass guffawed at that.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Your job
does not sound boring
"Holland didn’t make that kid question his swing, he made him question his career path"
it actually is quite mundane 99.9% of the time
it’s that .01% that’s fun as hell. The other time I’m basically a traveling secretary.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
a bit more punch to it
all our duty ammo is paid for. Yearly qualification ammo is also paid for. If you wanna shoot on your own time, you buy it. The tactical team guys shoot once a month, which is dept. bought, as well. If you’re not a team member, you get exactly 70 rounds ot department-bought ammo a year (50 to carry and 20 to qaul with). Heh.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I should've said that I'm a shepherd
/Fletch
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I have one coming as part of my inheritance from my grandfather.
She’s a beaut.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
and a secret backup pistol that you'll never find (hopefully)
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Nadel better still be doing the games
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
He will.
He was on the broadcast when the team was on 820, 1080, 105.3 now 103.3
Did the Cowboys change when they went from the Ticket to the Fan or from 820 or 1080 or wherever they were when they went to the Ticket?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 1:11 PM CST up reply actions
when are we suppose to hear about who takes over for Josh?
"what I have learned in 11 years in the sports business is that the dumbest guys in the room are always the media guys." - mark cuban
it sucks for feed pirates
because 103.3’s online feed will just default to standard ESPN programming when the games are on.
by rockin_rangers on Dec 7, 2010 1:12 PM CST up reply actions
yar...
‘Tis no man… ’Tis a remorseless eatin’ machine.
by jam0152 on Dec 7, 2010 1:13 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't understand what that was in reference to here
but rec for a hilarious Simpson’s ref.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
That's pretty much my game.
9 parts Simpsons references, 1 Part intelligent addition to conversations
You should dress up your cat
like your dog, wearing Rangers gear, and then post THAT as your avatar.
No online feeds carry the games
They always go to other programming…except when they screw up in ST, which they frequently do.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Heyman just reported
that the Rangers talked to a free agent, and the free agent wanted money…
"Calmer than you are dude"
I’m only slightly smarter than a sea sponge
by brettgardner on Sep 10, 2010 12:03 PM PDT
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Dec 7, 2010 1:14 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
Old Hoss tweeting that things now are different than they were in the imaginary 1800s
and pointing out some of those differences in a slightly comical way.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I hear that a free agent's agent other than cliff lee's agent
spoke to a team other than the yankees and rangers.
Hmm?
Sources have told Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com that Paul Konerko has a multi-year offer on the table from a team other than the White Sox.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Hmm indeed.
I’m not crazy about going multi-years on him, but I’d be willing to swallow two because he’s probably the best DH option left on the market.
Wouldn’t really want him at three, though.
by LSJ on Dec 7, 2010 1:19 PM CST up reply actions
I'd be willing to do that, I think.
I’d rather overpay in moolah than overpay in length. Don’t really want him locked into 1B/DH when he’s 37.
by LSJ on Dec 7, 2010 1:24 PM CST up reply actions
You'd be willing to swallw two, eh?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
he doesn't want to dazzle his ass...
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Then take a shower
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
Another award!
Rangers traveling secretary Chris Lyngos was named MLB’s Traveling Secretary of the Year last night.
lol?
The Golden Suitcase
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I'm assuming the traveling secretary handles all the hotel/plane/bus to the park stuff?
that sounds like a major pain in the nards…
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
That is part of their job
They also essentially the personal attendant for the entire club. They are responsible for getting everyone, everywhere. No small task considering the sheer number of players/coaches and language barriers and the occasional passport/visa issues.
In addition to all that, they have to deal with the players wives that travel and come to the games, etc.
I used to talk to the Twins traveling secretary occasionally on game days. That job is insane.
Yeah
Dealing with Players wives must be a very hard job.
Personally, just seeing pictures of Matt Treanors wife can give me a woody… :)
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
I saw her in the scantily-clad flesh when the AVP tour came to Austin a few years ago.
Seeing beach volleyball in person is definitely worth the price of admission. Too bad the AVP tour is out of funding.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
Was Costanza
His assisstant?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 1:37 PM CST up reply actions
So what the hell is this story then?
Cliff Lee Could Get 7-Year Deal From Nationals
Cliff Lee may get a seven-year deal with the Washington Nationals, fresh off their signing of Jayson Werth for $126 million, according to the New York Daily News.
The Daily News quoted an inside source, who said that Lee, the 2008 AL Cy Young winner, could be pried away from the Texas Rangers and go to Washington.
yeah
total BS.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I was just about to post the same thing...
that’s insane….if true, good luck with all that….
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Dec 7, 2010 1:40 PM CST up reply actions
Looks like the Democrats took over the Nats
/obligatory political crack
by LSJ on Dec 7, 2010 1:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Right now? No....
but they have some really nice talent coming up really soon…..
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Dec 7, 2010 1:45 PM CST up reply actions
you think JD called in a favor to his Nats buddies
to piss off the Yankees?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:34 PM CST up reply actions
No, really?
According to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com, the Yankees have grown frustrated at the slow pace of negotiations regarding lefty Cliff Lee.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
fixed
According to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com, the Yankees have grown frustratedat the slow pace of negotiations regarding lefty Cliff Lee.because CLIFF LEE! has thus far refused to bow down to kiss their rings and sign a 10 year deal for the league minimum. I mean, he should be thankful the Yankees want him, right? What a fucking loser. Hillbilly.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
by Bob Loblaw on Dec 7, 2010 1:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
fixedfix
According to Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com, THE YANKEES! have grown frustrated because Cliff Lee has thus far refused to bow down to kiss their rings and sign a 10 year deal for the league minimum. I mean, he should be thankful THE YANKEES! want him, right? What a fucking loser. Hillbilly.
by Closure GT on Dec 7, 2010 1:42 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Cashmans in Tampa right now with the Jeter presser
Now would be a great time to steal Lee from under their noses. I would love to see the look of Cashmans face as he looks at his phone on live tv
We're the Yankees....it should not take more than one trip to Arkansas to convince Lee to sign with us...
/Mystique and Aura
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Dec 7, 2010 1:42 PM CST up reply actions
when Cashman got off the plane in Arkansas
he was probably swatting at the mosquitos with a snarky look on his face and when he saw CLIFF LEE!, he said, “Ok…we’re here to rescue you from this backwater cesspool. Getcha fuckin’ bags packed…you can thank us later.”
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
and then spat in Mrs. Lee's general direction
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:35 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think so
They’re probably pissed that the Rangers haven’t made an offer so they can beat it.
I offered Cliff my firstborn child if he re-signs with the Rangers.
Does that count?
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
Yes.
Let CLIFF LEE! train him and we’ll get him back later in the draft.
"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 thing really does seem to be starting to drag, though.
We’ve been hearing it’s supposed to heat up every day for like 3-4 days now, and nothing new has really happened, just a ton of the typical speculations.
After all this wooing though, you have to think we’re nearing the point where one of us, maybe both is gonna give Cliff our best offer and say “think it over, you know where to find us”… right? Maybe that’s what Cliffy’s waiting for…
by LSJ on Dec 7, 2010 1:46 PM CST up reply actions
Probably means the agent is doing his work
In the past few weeks this forum has gone from discussing the merits of adding a 5th year to the contract to saying give Cliff Lee a blank check.
Nothing has been accomplished because the price keeps going up. Give credit to the agents, especially Jayson Werth’s.
I won't argue that.
I was just making a point. This subthread is discussing the time element and a lot has changed over the last few weeks.
OT - Inception came out today on DVD/Blue Ray
I fucking love that movie
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
booooring.
"what I have learned in 11 years in the sports business is that the dumbest guys in the room are always the media guys." - mark cuban
Amen
I agreed to go and see it for our wedding anniversary and I spent the entire movie counting down the minutes until it would finally end.
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
They're exactly the same premise.
Either, at the end, you choose to believe that the main character has just saved someone (or a planet) from an evil corporation, which has been trying to kill him all over the globe while using impossibly cool gear to do so, or you believe that it’s a dream.
Inception's a bit more screwy than that:
they basically sabotaged that dude’s one good relationship in order to posthumously reconcile him with his dad solely so that he’d break up his dad’s company because (according to the president of a rival company, so who knows if you can trust him) otherwise it would be a dangerous monopoly.
But regardless, stories involving dreams/memories and where reality starts and the dream stops go way back. Even the story Total Recall was based on is over 40 years old. The whole people-entering-a-dream concept isn’t original, either.
Like with The Matrix vs Dark City, the concept of Inception was nothing that groundbreaking, but it was used very well as a vehicle for some ridiculously well-executed effects and setpieces. Well enough that I can give them bot ha pass for the parts that weren’t adequately explained, like some of the dream level/waking up/totem logic that Inception handwaved past, or the physics-defying “human battery” concept of the Matrix.
Get to ze choppa!
"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
COME WIT ME IF YOU WANTZ TO LIVEZ
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.’’
gotta see it again
fell asleep the first time
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:36 PM CST up reply actions
Hypothetically
Angels sign Beltre and Crawford, and
We sign Lee
Who is favored to win the West? I’m thinking Angels
Mariners
will be the dark horse.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 2:13 PM CST up reply actions
I'm thinking they add 8-10 WAR
A full season of Haren adds another win
Then you have Morales… that’s a very good baseball team
#6 ORG!!!!!
headlined by their prospect pitcher: Ryan Rowland-Smith.
who’s only 27.
ok, now that that is over with…
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Rich Harden is 29.
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.’’
If the Angels rotation stays healthy, I think they would have a slight edge over the Rangers.
The Mariners and A’s have too far to go offensively.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
if the Rangers' offense stays healthy
they’d slaughter the poor Angels’ pitching
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:37 PM CST up reply actions
This just in
Sounds like teams are upping offers for Zack Greinke. #Royals
They must have heard our David Murphy/Mitch Moreland talk.
this is funny
what teams? the only rumored teams that are really talking to KC is texas and toronto. toronto is on Greinke’s no-trade list, so who knows.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Rumor has it Greinke told KC he wouldn't invoke his no-trade on anyone at this point
Now whether KC would have wanted Marcum in the deal is a different question.
true
but doesn’t this make very little sense for Toronto to trade Marcum and Halladay in consecutive years in an effort to rebuild their youth, then turn around and trade that same youth to get Greinke for just a couple years. It seems like this is just a way to force Texas’ hand at giving up what KC wants, and with what KC wants, there is no way I do the deal at this point.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
but Greinke can be flipped again at the deadline
not saying they’ll get more but Seattle did this
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:37 PM CST up reply actions
Could you make that a bit bigger?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
really?
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
I can't read it still
heh
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.’’
How many season tickets will the Nationals actually sell due to signing Werth?
Was there someone out there sitting on the fence, then they saw the Werth signing and decided to get tickets? If I was a Nats “fan,” I would sit 2011 out and wait for Strasburg to come back. Getting to see Strasburg pitch ~15 times might make season tickets worth it.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
Josey
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
Can't imagine a scenario where the Mets would make that trade
Nothing fits for them.
It is scary imagining Hamilton and Beltran in the same outfield. Both in terms of talent and in terms of injury proneness
GOOD NEWS EVERYONE
I’M ONE FINAL AWAY FROM GRADUATION!
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.’’
Thats a great story...
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 2:35 PM CST up reply actions
who gives a shit?
/benmor
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
We know TAG don't.
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.’’
damn right.
seriously thugh, congrats, and sorry i missed your call yesterday. I’ve been swamped at the office and drinking heavily
"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 Dec 7, 2010 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
Heh thanks
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.’’
awesome! congratulations!
Getting my bachelor’s degree was the best five-and-a-half years of my life.
by rockin_rangers on Dec 7, 2010 2:46 PM CST up reply actions
Mine was 3.5 years.
Stupid decision graduating early.
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.’’
Tweet of the day
PeteAbe Pete Abraham
MLB should expand and have an actual Mystery Team. They can have a question mark on their caps and play in Area 51
I thought there was a team that was Area 51?
Las Vegas 51’s
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.’’
The sun rose today.
That’s all I’ve got.
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.’’
Evan's guess:
Here’s the bet: The Rangers will let Lee walk, opting not to play a salary in the $20-23 million range. They will instead bite down hard on Kansas City’s Zack Greinke. He will end up in Texas for a package of Martin Perez, Engel Belre, Luis Sardinas and one more minor league prospect yet to be determined.
The Yankees will end up with Lee. The Rangers will use the money saved to add a better hitting option such as Carl Crawford or Paul Konerko.
Ref: http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/12/the-seven-year-itch-will-someb.html
Carl Crawford or Konerko
there is a big difference in years, money, and positions with these two. there is no way I wanna dish out what Crawford wants after what he just saw what Werth received from the Nats.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
He's a better defender and faster.
Not that will dictate what he gets, but it may.
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.’’
I'll bite on Konerko, but does he play 1B or DH?
I vote DH due to my unhealthy love for Mitchy. Seems he is saying no to the Orioles and the White Sox are still trying, but he says he wants a “winning team”.
Look at his advanced metrics at 1B
That says he should be a DH…
If the White Sox resign Konerko they might actually have the 2 worst defensive 1B in baseball
Josey Wales is stupid
It's probably irrational and based solely on the playoff run high,
but I don’t want to let Lee walk and then pay Crawford $Texas.
what if you get Greinke for less than expected, too?
I’d do that…quickly; and I LOVE Lee
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Dec 7, 2010 4:40 PM CST up reply actions
You are a big jerk.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Huhz?
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.’’
Lee Corso meltdown on the Ticket
They just replayed it.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
O.
Corso is a moron.
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.’’
It inspired a meme that still exists 5 year later on college gameday
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
by Rodney on Dec 7, 2010 3:19 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I love that.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Click this link for much hilarity
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
The one that said "Lee Corso has a Baby-Arm"
made me laugh..I know it’s Ticket shtick…but what does it mean?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Yeah, I know what it literally means...I guess I need some backstory..how did it come about?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Back on the old Rant, they came up with the ultimate "scenario"
Baby Arm or Lobster Claw. That spun off of a convo about Bree Walker having this affliction.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
lol, okay....now it's much funnier.
The Rant was some good stuff way back when.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
That's not nice.
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.’’
You are.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
That's not nice.
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.’’
I figured it was LSJ.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
by crazy86er on Dec 7, 2010 3:46 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Rosenthal annoys me...and it has nothing to do with the bow tie.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Must be a Frat boy
/rimshot.
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.’’
Weak.
Duct-taping a 40 to your hand? Pussy. Slug it down while it’s still cold and go get another one.
"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
frozen beer trick?
do tell…
or don’t if it’s not conducive to the conversation at hand. Wouldn’t want to offend anyone.
by rockin_rangers on Dec 7, 2010 3:26 PM CST up reply actions
It involves supercooling
Basically the beer bottle will remain in liquid form below freezing temperatures until you disturb it enough to cause crystals to form.
You can do this with most solute/solvent systems.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
sounds like a good way to waste a beer
by rockin_rangers on Dec 7, 2010 3:35 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
That's why you use crappy beer like Rolling Rock.
=)
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
nice nips
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Why did I share my Netflix password with my girlfriend
Some Bing Crosby vehicle is headed to my house – Holiday Inn….
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
by matthewbschultz83 on Dec 7, 2010 3:40 PM CST reply actions
Cause you did
/Mike E
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.’’
Not too bad of a movie.
Original source for the song “White Christmas.”
BIG TIME CONTRACTS TO BIG NAME FREE AGENT PITCHERS ARE THE DEVIL'S WORK!!!!
HISTORY HAS PROVEN THIS!!!!!
2010 was awesome.
we need a winter meeting thread
this thread is out of control, sirs
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I'll rig one 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
linkme!
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
I thought that said lick me
I’ve been reading too much this week.
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.’’
Final exam reviews, tired eyes.
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.’’
shitfire, it's broken or something I'll link it when it's done loading, or w/e the heck it's doing...it's acting wonky.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Here you go...
http://www.lonestarball.com/2010/12/7/1862306/mlb-winter-meetings-thread
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Whoever linked the QWOP game. I hate you.
I cannot stop playing.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
From Heyman
#brewers resigned they cant sign prince longerm. fielded calls from #chisox, #dodgers, #rangers, others. gauging the market
92 wins or bust!
"If Nolan Ryan hadn't been born, Larry McMurtry would have made him up." - Kevin Sherrington
1087!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Nobody cares about the Rangers.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Do you need attention, Rodney?
I count twice in this thread.
Your woobie is here, du.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Dec 7, 2010 4:59 PM CST up reply actions
HUh?
Did I double post 1087? I was merely making a joke about how huge this thread is.
And does my woobie snuggle with me? I think I should like that, very much, in fact.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I'm ascared of the Rays
ed_price Ed Price
If #Rangers don’t sign Lee and can’t get Greinke, next choice said to be Matt Garza. One source says #Rays motivated to move him.
16 minutes ago
R.I.P. Elizabeth Edwards, damn I thought she'd last longer...
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
REPOST: OH SHIT BROS!
Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal
#Rangers listening to trade offers for Michael Young. Story coming on FOXSports.com. #Yankees #MLB
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Just saw this as well
I would love to get rid of face, but we’d probably have to eat a good chunk of the contract
btw
per Cots
no-trade protection 2007-09, limited no-trade protection from 2010 to May, 2011 (submits list of 8 clubs to which he’d accept trade), before receiving 10-and-5 rights in May, 2011
pay half of his remaining $48M and you might be able to trade him.
MY for Zito just popped into my head
Then I went to Cots and looked at what Zito has left on his deal. Holy crap.
07:$10M, 08:$14.5M, 09:$18.5M, 10:$18.5M, 11:$18.5M, 12:$19M, 13:$20M, 14:$18M club option ($7M buyout)
That is awful.
Trade Michael Young
Then sign Lee/Beltre. Trade for Greinke.
That is the ultimate dream scenario for me.
ooooooooooooOOOOOO
Beat it face we’ve been face fucked enough thank you. I’ve had it with all that flopping around like a beached whale with bad reflexes over there at third.
This shit ain't over til Bengie Molina sings.
What about MY for Aaron Rowand?
Rowand is owed $12 for each of the two next seasons. Chip in a little cash and flip the two. Gives us a righty back up outfielder.
Good question
If he wants to go back home then most likely its West Coast teams
If he wants to stay in Texas its probably teams with established 3B already in place so they would most likely not be interested in the first place
Josey's ears perked up.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I figured something else did
badbaoosh
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.’’
What about MY for Beckett
BoSox need a 3B. Beckett had some troubles last year and has a big contract left.
4 years/$68M (2011-14)
signed extension with Boston 4/5/10
$5M signing bonus
11:$15.75M, 12:$15.75M, 13:$15.75M, 14:$15.75M
Would you?
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA fuck yes.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Hilarious
Per Scott Lucas
Breaking: Rangers belatedly trying to honor Michael Young’s two-year-old trade demand.
I would give all of your left nuts for this to happen
So long as the other team paid for all of his contract….
Sorry, but sacrifices have to be made
Josey Wales is stupid
Random thought
Vernon Wells has a clause in his contract that will allow him to opt out of his contract after 2011. He’s owed $21M per year 2012-2014.
Give me the slash line that Wells would have to put up in 2011 to opt out of that contract
400/500/1000
But seriously it aint happening.
He’d be 33 backing out of three guaranteed years and 63 million dollars. Even with the dumbass contracts being given out now I doubt he’d surpass that on the market next year
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