Thursday a.m. Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 11, 2010 9:21 AM CST
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PrintAnother loss for the Rangers yesterday, and Evan Grant has a game report up at the DMN blog.
Jesse Sanchez has a story about C.J. Wilson's outing yesterday, with Ron Washington saying Wilson did a good job as he vies for a spot in the Opening Day rotation.
Ben Rogers thinks that it is now a two man competition for the 5th starter job, with Wilson battling Matt Harrison to see he gets the job. I still believe that Brandon McCarthy will open the season in the rotation, rather than Wilson or Harrison.
Anthony Andro has a Q&A with Chuck Greenberg, who responds to reports about problems and delays in the sales process by saying that everything is going "smoothly."
Andro also has an update on Eric Hurley's progress, as he works to return from rotator cuff surgery, and Jarrod Saltalamacchia's status.
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Sale issues
This all just sounds like posturing, hemming and hawing to me. The sale will get done. It might not get done by opening day, but it will get done.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
As long as the sale is done by the draft
where Chuck can approve mucho bonuses grande con queso, then I’m happy.
yep
this is very important, and then following that is the trade deadline
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Mmm, queso
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
great
now I want nachos at 9:40 in the morning
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I know, right?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I work nights so I have no guilt eating nachos that early d :
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
Actually, I think the most significant thing about these potential delays
is that it might inhibit the team’s ability to add payroll with a trade acquisition if it goes on long enough. Even if the sale goes through on opening day I don’t imagine the coffers would be immediately open. Best case scenario is for the sale to close by about opening day, and for the team to get off to a hot start to help attendance and cash flow.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
OT - Something to feel good about.
Baseball Musings last year projected the Rangers to score 767 runs the year after they scored 901 runs (Rangers scored 784 runs) so I give them some credit.
This year they project the Rangers to score 867 runs. I like that and it makes me feel better about this year.
http://baseballmusings.com/?p=47977
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Saw that yesterday, got a lukewarm fuzzy
Like the win total projections, this just says that if each player meets his most probable mark, the offense is much better than last year. 2009 was an outlier for the offense in many ways, and was probably pretty nearly a best case scenario for run prevention with the talent on hand.
The offense should almost certainly be better this year, not sure about the run prevention.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I still think this
is one of the least projectable teams that I recall. Due to injury, youth, or other factors, there is a good 1/3 of the team I have no feel for how they will do.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
I think it all comes down to the production they get out of 1B.
You can live with poor offense in the AL at SS & C if everybody else is at or above average.
867 runs scored and 780 runs allowed projects to 85-77.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Hamilton plays a huge part in that too
A rebound season from him will go a long way in helping this offense rebound
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Vlad
My confidence is waining on Vlad. He has absolutely no plate patience. I don’t think he’ll be helping himself at all this year…
Vlad
He do what he do and you live with it.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
And how is that different from his entire career?
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
That is not different when comparing that to his career
However, IIRC hitters who lack professional hitting skills such as pitch selection, pitch recognition, etc. tend to not age very well.
Vlad has been good enough that I can reasonably expect him to continue performing, however I have an elevated level of concern.
I'm the opposite
I think Vladdy’s gonna be healthy and perform well. He swings at everything – this board better get used to it.
that approach has produced some of the most maddening home runs i can remember being hit off Ranger pitchers
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
especially when he'd swing at pitches far outside the strike zone
and yet still hit it out against the Rangers.
by RyanBlueThunder on Mar 11, 2010 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
If he's healthy, I don't care if he swings at everything.
So much of what he does depends on bat speed, so as long as he can turn on everything, I don’t care if he rarely takes a pitch.
And we haven't heard anything negative about Vlad's bat speed so far
Of course, that may be because writers are terrified of Vlad, and with good reason
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
It is also still early
The season will take a bit of a toll on him. Hopefully he gets plenty of rest to keep him going. And by rest I mean not playing him in the OF #listentowhatIsayRonWashington
Right
You have to assume he’s all the way back from the torn pectoral… I think the biggest enemy of his bat speed is age (and with that, an increased risk of injury and decline) at this point.
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 10:01 AM CST up reply actions
I'm with you, FP
If he’s returned to his bat speed of pre-2009, Vlad can swing at intentional walks for all I care.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
In fact, I'd like to see the Angels try an IBB and Vlad rope a double off of it
That might cause Scioscia to bawl like a baby in the dugout.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
I really want to see Scioscia cry.
What is with the television station’s fascination with going to ULTRA CLOSEUPS of that doucher’s doucheface? I can’t stand his “I can’t believe you called that guy out/called it a strike” face. Worse than Tom Coughlin.
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 10:02 AM CST up reply actions
That would be the greatest gif in LSB history
I picture a slow start: quivering lip, slight reddening of the cheeks, eyes slowly fill with water until the puddles overflow their fatty containers which then turns into a full on, head to the sky questioning why, open mouthed, snot dripping wail.
But that’s just me…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 11, 2010 10:54 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Because he is currently
one of the best managers in baseball?
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
Because he manages the Angels
and we hate them.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Hey, if The Sciosc is worried about Vladdy
The buffet is worried about The Sciosc.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Why in god's name
would you expect him to change his approach at this point in his career? Especially on this team full of free swingers.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
What are you and were you expecting from him?
Replacement level? Average? All-Star-caliber? Somewhere between one of those?
Expectations
I won’t speak on that general of terms.
My expectations going in were that his numbers would improve on what he put up last year. I figured this year he would be healthier and be able to improve on last year’s “down year”.
I’m starting to feel like those expectations might be a little lofty and perhaps even putting up last year’s number isn’t as likely as I thought it was.
Last year saw a significant drop-off in performance, from .886 OPS to .794 OPS, seeing a signficant reduction in OBP and SLG. I was hoping he’d get back into the mid-.800’s again, hopefully with at least a .350 OBP which he’d basically done his ENTIRE career up until last season. Now I’m not so confident.
Hm.
I feel like that was a little more general than what you didn’t answer, but okay. I don’t think him improving is a stretch at all.
Improvement
What are the reasons you can see improvement?
He’s an aging hitter with bad knees who has had significant declines in performance the last two years. People who have bad plate discipline tend to not age well. Vlad is not showing any adjustments from his previous approach and fits the bill as an aging, oft-injured declining player. This year’s spring training approach, thus-far, isn’t showing me anything that suggests he’s going to improve. Thus, my concern.
Improving over last year's totals?
Well, here are two big reasons: 1) projections (admittedly, Vlad is unique) and 2) how well he played after he got healthy last year.
Of course he doesn’t have a skill set that ages well. It’s not like I’m seeing him as any more than like a .370 wOBA/2 WAR player at best. I’ll take more like .350-60 with around 500 plate appearances and a 1-1.5 WAR.
That’s still an improvement over last year, though.
Our LF's in 2009
went 28/89 with an .806 OPS last year.
I’m not worried about that happening this year between Hamilton & Murphy.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Meh...
…that’s fine that they do ok compared to other LF, but you need your best hitters to hit like elite hitters. Or someone to step up and take their place, I s’pose.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 11, 2010 10:55 AM CST up reply actions
Hamilton, Vladdy
Salty, CD, Big Dick Harden, Cruz, McCarthy, Lewis, Holland, …
I just don’t have a good feel for how any of them do. I could see any of the names I listed having career years, and I can see any of them falling flat on their face. Between the injury prone on this team and the youth on this team, it just doesn’t seem all that projectable.
I’d be unsurprised to see first or last place from this team
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
or anywhere in between
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Hamilton will be fine, if healthy. So will Cruz.
Vlad scares me because he was a franchise icon to the Angels (maybe their 2nd most important player ever), they’re a big market team, they replaced him with a player (Matsui) who is older and has been hurt a lot recently. Nobody knows Vlad better than the Halos and they not only let him walk, but they let him walk to a team they’re competing with in the division.
Salty just flat-out sucks as a hitter and needs to be platooned.
CD is useless until he starts taking walks.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
platooned with an even suckier hitter?
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Re-signing Vlad
would have cost more than signing Matsui, so it’s not a straight comparison. If you’ve got a guy like Vladdy on your team you can’t just offer him a token contract. Or, you could, but then he’d just decline and leave anyway.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
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Point being
that nobody knew Vlad better than the Angels and they gladly let him walk to Texas.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
How do you know they "gladly" let him walk?
Could be that they wanted him but Texas offered a bigger role and more money?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 11, 2010 10:25 AM CST up reply actions
Given how early they signed Matsui
I think ‘let him walk’ is a decent description.
That said, the Yankees knew Matsui better than anyone, and the let him walk to one of their main competitors for the AL. What does that say about Matsui?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
OMG, they're all walking
What is this, Stonebriar Mall?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I agree they let him walk
I just don’t agree with the reason why. No question that Vlad is on the steep backside of his career. However, it is apparent by the way he ended last year that he can still hit. With Abreu and Hunter, the lineup would be way too old. Also, using JW’s “logic,” Figgins must be done too.
He is too old and would have cost too much moola. EOM
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I am guessing the Yankees knew they had enough
34+ years old players on the team with ARod & Jeter which is why they let Matsui & Damon go.
You’re playing with fire if you have too many players that old on your team that you depend on for production.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
maybe disenchanted w his legendary porn collection
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Mar 11, 2010 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
sometimes it's just time for an organization and a player to move on
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
sometimes, people just fall out of love
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
sometimes, iorange55 makes dumb fanshots
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Mar 11, 2010 10:45 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
sometimes, rally tacos taste good
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Actually, that happens more than just "sometimes"
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
No, point being
that to keep him the Angels would have had to offer more, or leave him hanging long enough in the offseason for his price to come down and piss him off. Better just to move on in a situation like that. I’m sure they figured he was no longer worth an 8 figure salary.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
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Maybe they let him walk
because their newer star player kept calling him an imposter
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
I agree completly with that. The only thing that keeps me tilted to the positive side
is the fact that we have decent backup plans for pretty much every name on that list. The only exception where we don’t have a nice neat plan if failure strikes is catcher. 1B could be one, but I think Smoak is a quality back up plan.
Somehow I feel the pitching can find a way, even if Harden, Holland, Lewis, B-Mac don’t work out. And the odds of all of them sucking is pretty low right? The only other place where an injury would cause a significant drop off would be to Elvis or Ian. If we lost either of those two for longer then a month, we would be hosed with who ever they bring in to help.
All in all I’m with you on the first or last scenarios, but my lean is closer to second.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Hamilton or Cruz would be Murphy and Moreland.
A step down for sure, but not huge. There’s also Gentry.
For Vlad you also have Smoak who can DH. Smoak would also be the Young back up, with CD over to thrid and Smoak at first.
Again, only decent backup plans for worst case scenarios. We have a pretty deep pitching farm that could net us a replacement OF if needed as well.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
You *are* optimistic.
I can see the argument that the Rangers have some promising prospects who could, in best-case scenarios, keep them in contention if a big-league fixture gets hurt (or sucks) for an extended amount of time ~ but I actually think that positional depth is a big issue this season. In any event, the uncertainty surrounding all of the backups you list doesn’t really seem to increase the team’s projectability…
I am usually an optimist, I'll concede wholeheartedly. But think about it.
We have a100% quality 4th outfielder. We have a sexy ass bat down in AAA just waiting to come up and either DH or 1B it for us. And to AJM, I think Moreland would be a pretty big step down for Cruz, but I think he’ll be close for Hamilton. 100% Hamilton is >>>>>>>>> 100% Moreland, but I think we can all agree that Hamilton being 100% would be a huge surprise. So I think overall Moreland’s numbers could compare to an in and out Hamilton.
I wasn’t making a case for projecting the Rangers to be easier to project. Quite the opposite, I was agreeing with Cahill about having no idea what to expect from this team or where to put them. They could be 68 game winners or 98 game winners. My point was that I lean more towards the higher end a bit because of the better quality depth that the Rangers have.
Finally, I think you’re right about the position players being our biggest weakness right now. But I am reasonably realistic that we have the pitching and farm depth to help out if we need a position player. Teams always seem to be wanting pitching at the trade deadline, not hitters. We would be in a nice position come July if we did need a bat or position player.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
68? I find that hard to believe
You’d have to have injuries to Harden, Hamilton, Young, Kinsler, Cruz, McCarthy (given), Frank^2, Salty, Vlad, and at least one more guy who wasn’t hurt last year. You’d have to have an implosion by Davis, and ineffectiveness by Feldman, Holland, Elvis, and Borbon. And it would all have to happen early enough for the team to believe that its out of it, fire Wash, and go into the trade deadline as sellers, and sell off Hamilton, Young, Harden, Feldman, Vlad, Cruz, etc….. (though Young is probably still untradeable.)
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
I find 68 about as easy to hit as 98 though.
I’m just saying, that would be the far extreme of spectrums. I give 68 and 98 about a 1 percent chance of happening, but it could with the volatility of this team.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
I think that...
…Moreland represents a pretty huge step down from Hamilton or Cruz.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 11, 2010 7:25 PM CST up reply actions
AJM
Which formula are you using? I came up with a win % of .526.
Runs scored x 1.83 / Runs scored x 1.83 + Runs allowed x 1.83.
Did I mess it up?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
I think you are supposed to used squared, not 1.83
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 11, 2010 11:32 AM CST up reply actions
I was shocked the record was that low (given that they'd be scoring 80 more runs and giving up only 40 more than last year)
but baseballreference.com has the formula using 1.83.
If it’s squared so be it but I’d venture the more accurate win total would be what I’ve been saying all along…somewhere between 85-89 wins.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 11:39 AM CST up reply actions
It is to the 1.83 power
Not times 1.83.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 11, 2010 11:58 AM CST up reply actions
Man,
I love it when the saber geeks get to talking about some arcane formula. It reminds me why I love to watch bball without all the geeky stats
I hear you...because OBP is still the most important stat to me but Pythag Theorem is pretty good
when trying to figure out number of wins.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 12:41 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think much about stats when actually watching the games,
At least not any more than “we need to get a run here; fortunately, we’ve got some good hitters coming up,” but without stats there’d be a whole lot less to talk about between games/seasons…
And honestly, a lot of formulas for “traditional” stats are pretty arcane themselves. People are just familiar with them and used to them. For instance, think about the types of plate appearances that are left out of batting average and on base percentage because whoever came up with them decided the stats would be better that way.
by Closure GT on Mar 11, 2010 1:36 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Was it KLaw or Goldstein who said
that if you use 6th grade level math, you’re smart, but using 9th grade level math is dumb and geeky?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Pretty sure that was Law.
Even sounds like him. I’ve said before, but somehow Keith Law is able to be a douche without me hating him. Dave Cameron does the same thing and I want to punch him in the face. KLaw does it and I Like his status.
Same here.
I don’t think there’s anyone who watches the game while thinking about how it affects any more than mundane counting stats. I don’t think sabermetrics affect actually watching the game in any way whatsoever.
Also, everything else you said.
It will not all come down to one position.
The division may come down to that, but not the W/L totals by any large degree. I seriously doubt Smoak/Davis can amount for more than about a five win differential, at most. More likely a game or two (somewhere between replacement-level and average).
Good stuff Josey, thanks for posting that
That is encouraging.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
I actually mentioned this back when Kinsler talked about the line up on the radio.
Washington pretty much nails the lineup. The LAT agrees with him on slots one, five eight and nine, and uses the same players in 2-3-4 and 6-7, just shifted.
I was impressed that Wash’s proposed line-up made sense from a couple different angles. I would probably like Kins a spot lower so he could steal bases in front of the weaker hitters, but that’s it.
McCarthy
If he doesn’t make the rotation it’s bullpen, correct?
Not that it makes much sense to send him to AAA, but he’s out of options, right?
Go Strangers.
He has an option
He technically has to be run through waivers because of his service time, but from what we’ve been told him getting claimed really shouldn’t be a concern.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
I don't know that
the consensus is that it wouldn’t be a concern. If he looks like a nice option to another team, particularly a rival of Texas’ who wouldn’t mind inconveniencing them roster-wise, I can’t imagine why they wouldn’t go ahead and block it. Of course the worse he is, the less useful he’ll seem for the money, and the more likely that no one messes with them trying to get him down.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 11, 2010 11:26 AM CST up reply actions
Yep
I can’t imagine that Seattle or Oakland wouldn’t see McCarthy as a nice free talent grab.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 11, 2010 11:32 AM CST up reply actions
Anyone with room on the 25 man roster would find a place for him.
I continue to be baffled by the fact that people seem to think he won’t get claimed.
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
I don't know if it is the bullpen
I don’t know if they have room for him out there, unless they cut Nippert loose. Evan Grant (I think) suggested that McCarthy could be the long man and Nippert move to a middle relief role, but I don’t think they’d do that.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 11, 2010 9:37 AM CST up reply actions
I was just now wondering who would get the bullpen spot if CJ wins the 5th spot.
Snyder? Rapala? Harrison?
Prolly Snyder
Unless they work out a trade.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
True
Anyone read/heard anything about his stuff thus far?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Oliver isn't good enough for you?
; )
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
might also depend on how Feliz pitches the
rest of ST. If his secondary pitches don’t come around they may opt to send him to AAA and put BMac in the pen.
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
Some Keith Law snippets from yesterday's game
On Feliz:
…He threw a few of the best curveballs I’ve ever seen from him, and while it was inconsistent, it’s reassuring to see that he has the ability to snap off a breaking ball like the best ones he showed on Wednesday, with tight rotation and very late downward break. Feliz deserved a better fate in this game;…
On Ogando:
The Texas Rangers waited five years for right-hander Alexi Ogando to receive a valid work visa that would allow him to resume his minor-league career — and now I can see why. Right-handers who throw 93-96 with a chance for two above-average secondary pitches are worth that kind of wait… …given his age and stuff he could move quickly through the system if his command matches his years rather than his experience.
Moreland:
…He showed good plate coverage on Wednesday and made a key adjustment from his first at bat against a left-handed pitcher to his second one. He may just be a valuable trade piece for Texas this summer when they’re fighting for the division title.
More at his blog
KLaw doesn't hate everybody
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I'm shocked
Shocked I tell you!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Moreland
It’s good to hear such positive reports from so many on him. It helps his trade value.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
it would also help his trade value
if he stopped wearing lead filled shoes. :)
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
SHHHH... We're trying to sweep that under the rug so the other teams don't know about it.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
It's nice..
To have too many quality pitchers trying to make the rotation. It’s seems like a good problem to have. The same goes for having to find playing time for a bunch of good young players. It’s a good day to be a Rangers fan.
Return of the stache?
This article suggests that Vazquez could get traded/released by the end of ST.
He’d be fine as a utility option again.
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
I sure hope Max is on our bench.
Another 1 for 2 in late innings yesterday.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Yah, he can at least take a walk and play SS
More than you can say for our other UTL options.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
It wouldn't be the worst option
Ramonstache or Lugo, who would be the better pickup?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Greatness!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I kinda want Ramon back...
Just so I can have a mulligan on the usage of this:
I found that literally the day after the 2008 season ended, and was totally bummed I never had the chance to use it.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
lolwut at that article
The Texas Rangers, Vazquez’s previous team, are looking for a second baseman.
Kinsler throws his helmet down, puts, complains that there’s not enough fans in the stands, and then plays 150 games just to spite this article.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
The Pittsburgh Pirates: the only thing worse than our team is our media coverage
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Well, no one obsesses over the Pirates
And obviously ‘puts’ in my main post should read ‘pouts’, but that’s not germane to the conversation and the goddang Germans got nothing to do with it
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
I was kind of having fun with my visual of Kinsler throwing the tantrum while playing minature golf, actually
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Damn, sucks that i ruined that
DShep needs to gif that one up
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
WTF? Dejan Kovacevic is better than that
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Vazquez
no thanks.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Why not?
You’d rather have Arias out there?
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
I can't wait until Arias is a thing of the past
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
No, but I think they can do better
He’s not likely to hit well enough to overcome his terrible defense. Why would you want a below average bat and a bad glove for a utility guy?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Chemistry. Vet'ran. 'Stache.
In that order.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Order of
things that don’t add up to enough to overcome his poor play?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
h, you asked we WE would want him
I thought you were asking why Wash would want him
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Another thing
He also makes our bench awfully left-handed.
So yah, the more I think about this the less I like it.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Well, he'd be an upgrade over anything they have internally
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
If you're going to go with some uninspiring defense
just use Matt Brown and/or German.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I could get on board with gutting out 10-15 German starts at short I guess
Just make sure he doesn’t start at SS on days where Feldman or Hunter are pitching.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Who has done more to earn that fifth spot than Harrison?
He’s rehabbed like a sumbitch, gotten in great shape, putting up mid-90’s stuff
Obviously, Feliz and CJ have been erratic and B-Mac’s been unimpressive (and he’s sitting there with an option…) Does Harry have options remaining too? I just think he’s shown the most so far this year
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I'm with you, I don't particularly understand Adam's take on the competitors
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Harrison has options and doesn't need to go through waivers
If you are talking about who has earned it, then it is clearly BMac
If you are talking about seniority, then it is clearly BMac
The only case you could make for Harrison is that he just might be the better pitcher, which is still a good case. But all that “great shape, sumbitch” stuff doesn’t favor BMac at all. And he hasn’t been unimpressive.
i'm confused...
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
How much weight...
…should what one shows in spring training really have?
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 11, 2010 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
Thinking of the heat this bullpen could generate
If Beltre and or Ogando turn out to be the real deal, and Schep stays in one piece, we could have 4 legitimate high 90’s arms to toss out there.
Somewhere John Hart just came in his evil, despicable, murderworthy pants.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
The thought of that 'pen is sickeningly awesome
Especially when you consider that it could also include DOD sidearming them to death.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Add in...
…Frankie with upper 90s and CJ with upper 90s lefty…. I’m so happy I could just run out and punch a man in the face.
Darren Oliver. Sigh.
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 10:06 AM CST up reply actions
Are you kidding? Throwing Oliver out there for 3 batters would totally mess the oppo up.
There’s no way they could wait on his 79 mph cheeze after facing 95+ the whole game from Harden and then Feliz. Oliver would wreck.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
I have an irrational Darren Oliver hatred.
Like, I hate the fucker. Group him in with Dean Palmer, Benji Gil, Richard Hidalgo…
He may sway me a little this year.
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 11:11 AM CST up reply actions
how the hell do you hate Dean Palmer?
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I am waiting for this answer as well...
Hildalgo and Gil, sure. But Dean? Did he hit your kid, or worse, your dog?
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Roger Pavlik and Matt Whiteside were my guys
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Andruw Jones
still makes my blood pressure spike
It's my list. You don't like it, make your own list.
I even say it’s an irrational hatred!
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 11:19 AM CST up reply actions
fair enough
just baffled. Deano might be in my top five childhood favorites…
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
No idea if the stats support this....
….but I always got the impression (eyetest) that his stats were really hollow. When he was needed to score a RISP, he would K or GIDP or something. He essentially frustated the hell out of me.
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 11:28 AM CST up reply actions
DIdn't really worry about that stuff when I was 10
he was like, our best player, as far as I was concerned
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Same here.
I liked Palmer but I obsessed over Ryan. Ryan I’m able to separate his overratedness (at least he’s still legendary) from my love of him. Palmer I’m not.
Dean Palmer had a lot of gack in him
and sure seemed to pile on the stats when it didn’t matter…kind of like a Steve Buechele on roids.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 11:28 AM CST up reply actions
Yes, exactly my impression of him.
When you look at the stats, they seem good, but in close situations, or something (god forbid someone says clutch), he sucked.
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 11:29 AM CST up reply actions
Pencil me in on the "F Dean Palmer" list...
Game 2, 1996 playoffs.. Dean’s shitty throw cost us the game.
You guys are ruining my childhood memories.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Find a happy place.
"We pitched, we caught the ball, we ran the bases, we had good days where we out-fundamentalized the other team." - Ronald Washington
by Pocket Ninja on Mar 11, 2010 12:13 PM CST up reply actions
I fell for Dean Palmer
when he was called “B. Hickock” on Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball for SNES. He was the one person I checked box scores for living out here in California. I saw him hit a home run at Dodger Stadium (the day after Bobby Witt hit one). And now FuturePants has taken it all away.
His defamation is apparently what it’s taken to get me to stop lurking and post for the first time. Thanks a lot.
by jimmyarctic on Mar 11, 2010 12:20 PM CST up reply actions
Nice FP.
Crushing the heart and souls of so many. You do not understand the power of your words…
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Thanks for the DOD reference
How I love that sidearming fool. Plus, the first time he came into a game and introduced himself to the infielders is one of my all time favorite moments from last year
Yes, when we look back at this Rangers dynasty a few years down the road, we should remember that joyous moment
Our sidearming middle reliever, so integral to the team’s success for many years, shows up in the middle of extra innings to the ballpark, gets summoned to the mound, introduces himself to the infielders, and proceeds to give up the game-winning hit while wearing someone else’s jersey.
You can’t make that up.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Disney Movie?
Can we get Jeff Bridges to play Darrin O’Day (or do we need an Irish Man. Ian Holms? ) Gotta get Wesley Snipes to play Ron Washington
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
As long as we get Ryan Bingham to compose the song on this too, I'm good with Bridges
He could definitely pull off the DOD stubbly beard.
Snipes as Warsh.
Eddie Guardado as JD.
Colin Farrell as Chris Davis.
Jamie Foxx as Neftali Feliz.
Bingham could also play the role of CJ Wilson.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Can't remember where I saw it...
….but there was a video interview with Salty about that, and he said he walks up, introduces himself, and says, “Ok man, what do you throw?” They all laugh and Salty says, “But seriously. What do you throw?”
Not to mention Ceej/Harry/Ray, as well
But those guys are way less interesting
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Harry's going to be dominating out of the back end of the rotation,Steve Avery style
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
not to mention Strop and Gutierrez
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
And people tell KG that the Venezuelan Lightning will probably get a look at some point in '10
Holy crap, let’s package some of our excess fireballers for Albert Pujols or something.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
oooo Pujols, do I smell a TR mailbag question coming on?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
maybe you just smell TR
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Rest home smell?
Eeewww.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
by LSJ on Mar 11, 2010 10:13 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I might devise one of those, in the spirit of the FJM fans baiting Joe Morgan during his chats
So, TR, the Rangers have lots of extra pitching, but need hitting. LaRussa and Dave Duncan love good pitchers. What if we packaged Davis with Ray, Gutierrez, and Strop for Pujols? Maybe they could throw in Shelby Miller to sweeten the pot on their end. That would work wouldn’t it?
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
by WestTxAg06 on Mar 11, 2010 10:15 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't see anything wrong with that trade
St. Louis should jump on that
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
We need to hold out wor Wainwright too
Maybe if we threw in Arias, because he’s a guy that would be good in the NL
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
for what? cheeseburgers?
Think we could hold out and get Whataburger or just settle for some quaterpounders with cheese?
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
It's like the trade offer from the guy who doesn't know how to play fantasy baseball
You reject his crappy trade offer so he adds like three more mediocre players to the deal on the premise that “more players = better deal.”
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
And this would also end the 40-pocalypse.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
If it really is between Harrison and CJ, then I gotta think Harrison wins
Unless there’s a really really strong push from one of the higher ups to make CJ a starter (but it still makes no sense to me).
Ok
Mark my words
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I always like taking things literally
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Go fuck yourself.
: )
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
by AceJC on Mar 11, 2010 11:08 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
this is literally funny
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
It sure seemed like it was Nolan making that push for CJ
but I just don’t see it working out with his history and the results from this spring (albeit an extremely SSS)
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
OT Merlin Olsen dead
http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/87340747.html
I went to the Rams / Lions season ending game in ’72 and waited outside the Coliseum for several Rams to give me an autograph.
Several Rams cooperated but Merlin Olsen waved me off.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
that cancer sure showed him
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Karma
it’s what’s for dinner.
"We pitched, we caught the ball, we ran the bases, we had good days where we out-fundamentalized the other team." - Ronald Washington
by Pocket Ninja on Mar 11, 2010 12:14 PM CST up reply actions
Karma is pretty good with
a little dash of tabasco and some A1
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 11, 2010 1:43 PM CST up reply actions
FWIW - per Jason Cole's new stuff ...
Former UTA SS Tim Steggall [Rangers pitching prospect] sez that Michael Main routinely beats him in hard-fungo fielding drills in minor league camp. Sounds like Main’s healthy again – and still very athletic.
Also, Neil Ramirez sez he lived, breathed and ate baseball in Surprise for nearly all of the off-season. Worked out like a madman and roomed with Derek Holland, which taught him how big-leaguers go about their business. Sez he’s interested in rooming with Dirkatron in NC when he gets assigned to Hickory in order to further his horsehide/sex-crime education.
Ramirez rooming with dirkatron
two guys with very little control, bad situation.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
by t ball on Mar 11, 2010 10:44 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Cahill is right.
You just can’t put any sort of number on this team. Way too many questions.
ST thus far has left me feeling a bit pessimistic. Knee-jerk?
with the initially negative reports of Harden
the dings players have already gotten, and the poor offensive showing thus far, you’ve got reason to be concerned. Looooong way to go, though.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I may be an optimist
but I really like some of the revelations so far. I think there is a pretty good chance we field a legit, five deep rotation coming out of the gate. So far, all of Harden, Feldman, Lewis, Hunter and Harrison have looked good. In the bullpen, we’ve seen the Grooms of Doom, along with Ray , Oliver and Scheppers, look strong in their debuts, so we could actually have a really great pitching staff this year.
On the offensive side, we all know there are question marks. But everyone seems healthy and focused. If anything, because of the pitchers, I’ve seen my expectations tick up a bit during these first few weeks.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
I'm liking this team's attitude
Not just the “We’re going to win this season” attitude, but guys like Kinsler and Hamilton really seem to get what their problems were last season and what they need to do to fix them. If they can work out the kinks now during ST, watch out for them this season.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Leitch Article
This is part of a running series on Deadspin where Leitch writes a short column about each MLB team.
This article is mostly fluff, focusing mostly on Mike Maddux and his affect on the pitching staff. It has this little nest egg in it too.
Whatever it is: Mike Maddux, no longer Roger Clinton, has it figured out. It makes Texas a more dangerous team, and considerably more fun to watch. /blockquote>
No substance, but entertaining.
I particularly liked his speculation as to what pitching coaches say to the player:
Feelin’ good out there? Yep. Can you get this guy? Yep. All right. Don’t walk him. Throw strikes. Got it.
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 10:59 AM CST up reply actions
I dunno, I found this insightful:
Maybe the job of pitching coach is such a fungible, mercurial one that someone who shows up and treats it like an actual job, with charts and graphs and tendencies and scary Excel documents, really can make a difference.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Yeah, that's a point I like
It’s akin to the saber revolution in front offices. You had the Wayne Krivskys of the world dealing in how they feel about a player based on his “look” or whatever, so when you actually inject some facts and research into the process you can take a giant leap forward in a hurry.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Someone just got on someone's shit list
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels, who has turned the franchise around before his 33rd birthday
Probably a little too much cred, Leitch, but a nice thing to say
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Leitch is a washed up hack who couldn't write his way out of a children's book.
/Josey
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
The favorite son of LSB
really needs a good 2010.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 11:30 AM CST up reply actions
So do I Josey, so do I.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
I particularly enjoyed this line:
I enjoyed the lazy trope that the Rangers’ pitching improvements last season were due to team president (and Ron Paul supporter) Nolan Ryan, as if Scott Feldman said, “Well, that scary guy who shows up in cowboy boots every couple of weeks used to throw 300 innings a year, so I guess I’ll try for 189. Time to stop being such a puss.” Maddux — and of course the dramatically improved defense — was the maestro of the Rangers’ pitching resurgence.
Pretty good summation of my feelings.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Of course, he misses the point that Maddux would not be here but for Nolan
So while Nolan didn’t train the pitchers himself, he still deserves plenty of credit for oversight of the turnaround.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Gagree.
But the notion that the pitchers performed better because Nolan willed it so is, as Leitch puts it, a “lazy trope.”
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Yeah, much like many other theories propagated by the columnist species
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
You know
I think there’s something to the fact that there’s someone putting on high expectations that could, potentially, lead to performance increases- but there’s no real way to measure that, so we kinda need to scoff at it.
It is a lazy trope, that much I agree with- but that doesn’t mean that there can’t be a kernel of truth in it somewhere
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
That I would agree with
It’s impossible to quantify, for sure, and the most serious LSB saberheads will scoff at the notion, but setting higher expectations from above helps. I don’t care whether it’s baseball, high school, your job, or raising your kids, if the people in charge have higher expectations and push those beneath them to achieve, there’s a good chance that it will positively impact the results.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Or collapse under the weight of the pressure...
…or have to deal with dumb LSB posters who think that you should be traded because your poor ERA despite good peripherals and a short-tracked development path due to higher expectations and pushing to achieve.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 11, 2010 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
I can't argue against that.
I just reject the correlation-causation of Nolan coming here as the main culprit of improved pitching performance.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Even though there were no major pitching
acquisitions made before 2009?
Was the improved pitching performance on one of the back pages of the vaunted “5 Step Plan” that was so famously presented by JD to Tom Hicks in May 2007?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 12:15 PM CST up reply actions
Even though there were no major pitching
acquisitions made before 2009?
Was the improved pitching performance on one of the back pages of the vaunted “5 Step Plan” that was so famously presented by JD to Tom Hicks in May 2007?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 12:15 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, it's part of the plan
to have young pitchers begin to contribute and take a step forward. It is part of the plan to improve defense, Daniels has been targeting up the middle guys since he got the job.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Even though there were no major pitching
acquisitions made before 2009?
Was the improved pitching performance on one of the back pages of the vaunted “5 Step Plan” that was so famously presented by JD to Tom Hicks in May 2007?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
We got the point the second time
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
So nice, he had to post it thrice.
The improved pitching was a very large result of a significantly improved defense and the tutelage of Mike Maddux, in my estimation.
To say that Scott Feldman pitched better because Nolan Ryan was looking over his shoulder is pretty ludicrous.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
We covered this not too long ago
but it is beyond ludicrous to think the defense alone was responsible for This Thing giving up 227 less runs.
Simply put, we had a new pitching coach (thank you, Nolan), our pitchers were healthier, walked fewer people and our starters went deeper into games which made life easier for the bullpen.
The defense definitely helped but they were better in part because the pitchers in front of them were throwing a lot more strikes.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
Which has to do with Nolan Ryan...how?
Because he hired Mike Maddux? I completely agree.
Because he was looking over their shoulders? Laughable.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
I didn't say he was looking over their shoulder.
He did take whatever philosophy JD had for pitchers in this organization and throw it out the window.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 12:32 PM CST up reply actions
Yet his magic dust worked on pitchers acquired by JD
So, how does that work?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
How did those pitchers acquired by JD
do in 2008?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 12:39 PM CST up reply actions
Given that the key ones
were either in the minors or still learning to be a starter in front of MY, Vazquez, and a somewhat shittier Kinsler- shittier.
Better question, why didn’t he use the magic dust in ’08?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Nolan
observed, evaluated and suggested in 2008.
Only big change being the pitching coaches at the end of July that JD had in place.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
So, he had the magic dust, but chose not to use it
Dang, sure would have been nice to have that magic dust sprinkled on that ’08 staff- because if he had used the magic dust with that ’08 offense, we could have gone places.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Would have been nice given the bag
of crap for a pitching staff that JD had constructed that year but Nolan said upfront that his style is to do exactly what he ended up doing – observe, evaluate, suggest – and then Implement Massive Change.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
You are so much fun
Please don’t ever, ever change
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
It was several key factors all coming together that factored into last year
One being Maddux which Nolan gets the majority of the credit for.
Another being Millwoods vesting option which I would imagine JD gets credit for for putting in the contract. Had Millwood not had the incentive of the nice payday I doubt he performs as well as he did.
Another being the emergence of the young guys. Feldman, Hunter, Feliz and to a lesser degree Holland which both Nolan and JD gets credit for. Nolan for the Maddux hire which helped the young guys out I believe and JD because, aside from Feldman, hes the one who drafted or acquired these guys along with other young guys.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
Not using bigsteve Math
In which FIP, DIPS, and XFIP are largely figments of fantasy and ignorance
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
I don't ignore FIP, DIPS and XFIP
but I don’t worship them either.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I do.
I have an altar and everything. You should come by sometime, the worship services are great. Of course, it’s in my mother’s basement, so I hope you don’t mind…but hey, she makes great punch!
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 11, 2010 2:10 PM CST up reply actions
Wasn't directed at you
I was snarking out Steven the Grande this time. Were I snarking out you, I would have made fun of game scores.
I keep detailed data on how to flame individuals on this board. I’m like Sean Avery that way
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
I don't ignore them...they're pieces of information
that I put in the blender.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Millwood should have been worse
But he wasn’t
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
No, he was.
The defense behind him and the luck of were balls fell after they were connected with was better. Good for him, but that doesn’t make him better.
He was worse.
He was better at not allowing opposing teams runners to cross home plate
There is no denying that.
This is the major leagues. The pinnacle of professional baseball. Luck plays a very small part in things.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
I'm sorry
But you really sound like a dumbass when you say things like that.
by brettgardner on Mar 11, 2010 6:53 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
yep
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 11, 2010 6:55 PM CST up reply actions
Um.
There is no denying that.
Yes, yes there is. There is no denying that fewer runners scored. There is denying whether that was because of his performance or not.
Luck plays a very small part in things.
You have some evidence to support that?
Hammy on Norm @ 11:30
(NothinG gets excited…)
Actually, I think it may be recorded from yesterday, but it’s something.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
When they gave him the news, did he tell Stan Kasten to "zip it"?
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
good stuff
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 11, 2010 1:31 PM CST up reply actions
Noooooooooo!
I was happy with him squared away far, far away from this team
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
You know Wash at least entertained the thought....
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Same here. I guess it’s sort of a good thing they have Oliver in this regard.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 11, 2010 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
You mean teams can do that now?
The way the Rangers acted, I thought maybe once you signed Eddie Guardado he was like superglued to the wall of your bullpen for the year or something.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
His wife didn't get out the "Cookbook from the National's Wives" quickly enough.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
x
@TRancel Rays sign Cuban Free-Agent, but not Jose Ruiz. Leslie Anderson signs for 4 yrs 3.75 mil. More to come
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Leslie Anderson is a Cuban? He just became an immediate contender for Reggie Cleveland All-Stars membership
But wait, the All-Stars were created for white and black players with opposite-sounding names. Would Torii Hunter consider me a racist for putting an imposter Latino in the group?
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Torii Hunter
He wins the “Black dude’s name that sounds like a chick” Award.
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 11:32 AM CST up reply actions
Over Coco Crisp?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 11:40 AM CST up reply actions
Coco wins "Name that sounds fake" award.
by FuturePants on Mar 11, 2010 11:41 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah, Coco sounds like a fake stripper name, rather than a hottie
This is the Lindsey Hunter All-Stars. Alexis Rios is probably the most frustrating of all the names. When you hear “Alexis” you want it to be a hot girl.
Q: What about “The Lindsey Hunter All Stars” for male athletes with names that make them sound like a hot girl? Members include Keary Colbert, Ashley Lelie, Lynn Greer, Andrea Bargnani and maybe even Zaza Pachulia? That could be a European supermodel chick to-be-sure. I’m sure I’m missing some obvious ones. Got any?
—Mike DeArmond, Minneapolis
SG: You missed Alexis Rios! How could you create a Lindsey Hunter All-Stars team and not include Alexis Rios??? I’d also include Tatum Bell, Samie Parker, Coco Crisp, Jamie Walker, Aubrey Huff, Jensen Lewis and Kelley Washington. Not sure where Boof Bonser fits into all of this though.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Jensen Lewis sounds like stuck-up
sorority girl from a rich dysfunctional family instead of a spare relief pitcher in Cle.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 11:53 AM CST up reply actions
Aubrey Huff
is a fat chick.
Samie Parker is really hot (no girls named “Sam” are ugly) while Ashley Lelie & Lynn Greer both settle in as nice pieces.
Kelley Washington is a sista.
Jamie Walker has freckles.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 11:55 AM CST up reply actions
Alexis Rios can look hot on certain days and has a great ass
but there’s always the looming spectre of a mustache in the wrong light.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Mar 11, 2010 11:57 AM CST up reply actions
You've put much thought into this, and for that I tip my hat to you
Nice work.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Yeah, that's definitely an old-money type name
As opposed to Rios being an obvious supermodel name.
On a similar note, isn’t Marisa Miller’s name one of the more understated in all of hottie land? You hear “Adriana Lima” and expect supermodel. You hear “Marisa Miller” and expect maybe just a regular girl, then, wowza.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Agreed.
Marisa Miller is the name of your first crush…not someone who could crush you with the hotness of her abs…and other parts…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 11, 2010 1:55 PM CST up reply actions
I may have to go stare at her picture now
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
For what it's worth
In addition to Ruiz, who the Rangers have shown interest in, Anderson and Hechevarria, a prominent 22 year old righty with a big FB, Roibal, has reportedly been cleared to sign as well. He seems like the Rangers’ type.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 11, 2010 11:53 AM CST up reply actions
So, Roibal is the prominent 22 year old righty, correct?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
x
@jperrotto #Mets SS Jose Reyes found to be hyperthyroid. Told to rest and change medication and diet. Out indefinitely.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
That dude is star-crossed
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Last I heard
they hadn’t determined whether he was a hyper or a hypo, though.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 11, 2010 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
I have a theory..
..that many athletes would fall on the high side of thyroid hormone levels. Absolutely no evidence to back it up, just a theory.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 11, 2010 1:56 PM CST up reply actions
So like a bigsteve theory, you mean
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
by WestTxAg06 on Mar 11, 2010 1:57 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Hahaha
Yeah, although I could probably make a stronger case because I don’t think anybody has numbers to prove me wrong. So I can just match symptoms and anecdotal evidence…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 11, 2010 2:04 PM CST up reply actions
yesterdays game
saw a few highlights on mlb tv. Moreland should have caught that bases clearing double in the 5th, he turned about three different ways on the ball.
Chances Ogando makes the team out of ST? I would have thought zero a few weeks ago, now I’m thinking he might have an outside chance.
by Randy Richardson on Mar 11, 2010 12:11 PM CST reply actions
still think it is low
unless there are some injuries. it’s not a big deal bringing up a reliever a month into the season when another one is somewhat ineffectual
It's a word
and it’s awfully close to ineffective. Just don’t think I wanted to use it in this context
Who you callin' impotent?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
All of our pitchers are in the best shape of their lives!
(Is that sentence grammatically correct?)
LoneStarDugout Interviewed Kyle Ocampo. He believes a lot more of the pitchers came to camp in great shape this year than past. I agree.
This is what happens
when you actually have talent to challenge for rotation and bullpen spots. No one can take it for granted that their spot is guaranteed anymore.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Charley Pride
I apologize if this has been mentioned elsewhere. Evan Grant blogged that Charley Pride is reportedly in the Rangers investment group, getting a 0.5% interest in the team for $2.5 million.
I loves me some Charley Pride. Last year, he sung the National Anthem at the Fort Worth Cats’ Opening Day.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
Heard that earlier
Cool, I loves me some Charlie too.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I love Charley also
he knows when the easy part is over and the hard part begins
Yay for the Hee Haw crowd
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
That infers a a $500M sales price
interesting
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 11, 2010 12:56 PM CST up reply actions
Easy there Ranger100.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Well it goes without saying that if the team was in Dallas it'd be a $1B price tag
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 11, 2010 12:57 PM CST up reply actions
Zing!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Did Ranger100 get banned? He hasn't been seen in a few days
Not that I’m upset.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Dunno
I started to avoid threads he spewed in.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
That's awesome
Charley has been a great friend of the organization for years, very cool that he’s involved in the new ownership.
My dad said when he lived in Lewisville in the early 80s, he’d see Charley cruising around various places in the Metroplex and Charley was always waving at everyone like he was glad to see them.
Great guy, by all accounts.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
More Charley Pride in the S-T
This was written by Anthony Andro. No mention of the ownership stake. However, they are taking a look at him for their utility infielder spot.
The players still like seeing Pride. He was at shortstop Tuesday and snared a liner Ian Kinsler hit during batting practice.
Pride still loves playing a little baseball
I’m gonna get a Burger and Fries and a Cherry Pie
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
How did he make that kind of money...?
Royalties? Really?
I grew up in Dallas and I still know none of his songs, just the name (plus my dad used to point out his house, I think around Northaven?).
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Mar 11, 2010 2:02 PM CST up reply actions
He's got 36 #1 hits, one of the most successful country artists of all time
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
You have to have heard this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCSO0itu79U
Personal fave is ‘Roll on Mississippi’, makes me wanna forget my worries.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Kiss an Angel Good Morning
my favorite Pride song.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I swear I've never heard it...
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Mar 11, 2010 10:22 PM CST up reply actions
Just to recap
Thus far we’ve got:
—A young Pittsburgh sports attorney and minor league franchise owner
—A baseball Hall of Famer who is also a very successful cattleman, entrepreneur, and minor league franchise owner
—A Country Music Hall of Famer who also played Negro League baseball and isthe only African-American member of the Grand Ole Opry
—Two great Texas businessmen who built their wealth in the energy business
I believe this will work.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Is he officially in the group?
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Yes, the Group of Overrated.
Take that!
:)
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
That cat has been a huge fan since Freddy Fender sang Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
Your 2009 Snow Monkey Ambassador
from Andro
I am surprised som any regulars amde the trip to Tuscon.
The Rangers are going to let Scott Feldman swing away today, so count on him being a potent threat from the No. 9 spot.
The lineup is: 1, Julio Borbon; 2, Michael Young; 3, Ian Kinsler; 4, Josh Hamilton; 5, Nelson Cruz; 6, Chris Davis; 7, Taylor Teagarden; 8, Elvis Andrus; 9, Scott Feldman.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia still won’t play until at least this weekend because of the pain from loose scar tissue in his right shoulder.
That’s it from Tucson. If you want some game updates from the game which isn’t on the air, follow me on Twitter @aandro.
Also, EG is doing a chat at 1:30.
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/
Re pic: Does Ian know where that finger has been?
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
Jason (Salem, OR) Did you see Randy Galloway of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s report that said some baseball people felt Mitch Moreland would be the team’s 1B in 2012 rather than Davis or Smoak? Thoughts?
Jim Callis (2:38 PM) Did not see that. And that’s insane.
Nice
Callis doesn’t mince any words.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
OT-Upset Alert
Tech only down 2 with 6 mins to go against Kansas in the Big XII tourney.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
That would be so phenomenal for the Ags if Tech beats KU
Of course, wishing for that means Tech would then whip the Aggies in the semis. Freaking Singletary will score 75.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
If Tech wins it, I suddenly become a Husker fan and feel dirty.
But now that I posted that, Tech is imploding. Stupid jinx.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Crap
Unfortunately for our hopes, Bill Self > Pat Knight when the chips are down and the game is on the line.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Uhmmm Bill Self >>>>>>>>>>> Pat Knight
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
As much as it pains me to have Self in the Ags' way every year
I’m glad he’s at KU. There aren’t many jobs for which Turgeon would drop us like a hot potato, KU would be at the top of that list. Thank goodness Self is the king of that place and not going anywhere.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
If Self didn't leave for OSU and the riduclous rumored salary numbers that were being thrown around...
…he’s not going anywhere until he wants to retire. If you turn down your alma mater AND a raise, you are pretty pleased where you are.
I really do like Self, though – KU is my second favorite Big XII team.
Yeah.
They seem to do things the right way.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 11, 2010 2:48 PM CST up reply actions
It's certainly hard to hate Self
You wish you could hate him, but you can’t, because he does things the right way and seems like one of the better guys in the profession. And it’s good to have a guy like that representing the elite of the conference and not someone in the Floyd/Calipari/Sampson mold.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Calipari oogs me out.
The Grease:Hair ratio is all out of whack.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Mar 11, 2010 4:44 PM CST up reply actions
Any chance since there is a rain delay for the BoSox game, MLB Network goes to the Ranger game?
don’t know if that would even be possible
doubt it
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 11, 2010 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
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