Sunday morning Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 14, 2010 11:43 AM CDT
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PrintThree quality innings apiece from Brandon McCarthy and Luis Mendoza yesterday, asthe Rangers had their first spring shutout since March of 2007. T.R. Sullivan says that McCarthy's cutter was working well yesterday.
Sullivan also has injury updates on a half-dozen players, including notably, Eric Hurley, who has a broken bone in his left wrist that will require surgery. Hurley will apparently only sidelined for a week to 10 days, but it is something that will slow down his return from last year's surgery.
S-T's notes discuss Ian Kinsler's sprained ankle, which will sideline him for a week, and the news that Ranger minor league Steven Murphy has retired.
Anthony Andro takes a look at the candidates for the bullpen in 2010, and there are a bunch of them. Andro identifies four pitchers -- Frank Francisco, Darren O'Day, Darren Oliver, and Dustin Nippert -- as locks, and C.J. Wilson will be in the bullpen if he doesn't win a starting job. That leaves two spots for a plethora of other pitchers, and while I've thought that Neftali Feliz and Chris Ray would get those two jobs, Feliz's struggles with his command of his offspeed stuff this spring suggests that someone like Mendoza or Guillermo Moscoso could end up sneaking in and grabbing a job.
Sullivan has a story about the battle for the Rangers' utility infielder job, with Ron Washington saying the ability to play shortstop is the #1 priority for a utility infielder. The battle right now appears to be between Esteban German and Joaquin Arias, with Arias seemingly having the edge because of his ability to play shortstop, although Washington has been working with German at shortstop extensively this spring.
Tim Cowlishaw says Vladimir Guerrero should be hitting 2nd for the Rangers this season.
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morning update from Andro
There’s no wireless in Surprise, so the updates could be a little sketchy today.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia is back in the lineup, as he’ll play with the Rangers split-squad team in Glendale. Here is the lineup for that game. 1, Borbon; 2, Andrus; 3, Murphy; 4, Cruz; 5, Davis; 6, Saltalamacchia; 7, Arias; 8, German; 9, Holland.
And for the lineup for the game in Surprise, 1, Gentry; 2, Young; 3, Hamilton; 4, Guerrero; 5, Smoak; 6, Boggs; 7, Teagarden; 8, Olmedo; 9, Lemon.
The game in Surprise will be televised at 3:00pm.
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
The game is on in D/FW?
What channel?!?
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 14, 2010 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks, and
sarcasm noted :)
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 14, 2010 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Sheesh, L
It’s in shroomer’s sig…
"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.
Oh...
hush up and go play Mafia. ;)
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 14, 2010 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
BTW,
I got a job! Well, it’s 6 month of contract work, but it’s a job!
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 14, 2010 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Awesome!
Congrats :)
"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.
Winner!
lol
"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.
let me just say that their live feed = awesome
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 Mar 14, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Haha
My fav:
number of horns on a unicorn
pmsl
"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.
Guerrero hitting 2nd?
That’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard in my life.
by Black Francis on Mar 14, 2010 12:00 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
is cowishaw back on the sauce?!
Nobody is perfect, i am nobody, therefore, i am perfect
by 34express on Mar 14, 2010 12:02 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
yep
that literally makes no sense
"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
Really? It literally made no sense?
Maybe if he’d said “elders should gremlin orphans for baby farts” I’d agree that it might’ve literally made no sense, but this made sense.
It was just dumb is all.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 14, 2010 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
my god
reading the story is even worse:
The majors are filled with young sluggers who produce awful walk-strikeout ratios. Take just one team’s hitters, Arizona’s Chris Young (59-133), Justin Upton (55-137) or Mark Reynolds (76-223), for example.
do you realize that all 3 of those players would probably be starting (or at least the last 2 would be starting) for nearly every MLB team? lol
That’s why I bring up Guerrero being a better fit in the No. 2 spot than you might suspect – better than the accepted owner of that spot, Michael Young.
Throw out Guerrero’s high intentional walk totals, and he gets a walk on his own every 15.8 at-bats. Young, who gets almost no intentional passes, walks once every 14.3 at-bats.
vladdy @ 2, because he walks? …really?
I think Washington could rotate Young, Guerrero and Kinsler in the Nos. 2-4-5 spots and it wouldn’t matter much. Other than Kinsler drawing more walks but collecting fewer hits than the other two, these hitters are not as different as they appear in our mind’s eye.
plain and simple if FOTF is not a #4 or 5 hitter on a playoff team. not today. not tomorrow. not ever.
btw, the fact that he has a total of FIVE GAMES and TWENTY TWO PAs in his career in the 2 hole doesnt even factor into the equation. maybe they should just hit him leadoff, or better 8th so he can get on base and be a spark plug at the bottom of the order
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 Mar 14, 2010 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
He's right about one thing: lineups don't matter as much as we want them to.
by Snark on Mar 14, 2010 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
arg
cant look up the baseball think factory? or baseball analysts? story analyzing lineups
but the fact of the matter is that his entire view is based upon the fact that hes “back” and can take a walk/not strike out.
personally i think its a weak arguement all the way around, but thats just me.
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 Mar 14, 2010 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Asian voice:
“We like da, musings!”
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 14, 2010 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions
damnit.
well to be fair, the “best” lineup according to that has borbon at 3 lol
but you have to love how they almost ALL have cruz @ 4 — we all know that will never happen.
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 Mar 14, 2010 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
If you go with Baseball Musing's MARCEL-based LAT results, though
then the optimal lineup has Borbon leading off, Guerrero following, Hamilton cleaning up, and Cruz batting seventh…
out of curiousity
whats the major difference btwn CHONE and MARCEL?
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 Mar 14, 2010 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, I shouldn't have capitalized Marcel.
But that probably doesn’t answer what you’re asking. This Fangraphs piece , while a few years old, probably does. Enjoy!
awesome.
thanks.
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 Mar 14, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
No difference in lineups
So the difference b/w the #1 and #30 lineup is 0.008 runs per game. That works out to 1.3 runs over the entire season or not even 1/2 a win. As long as Wash isn’t an idiot with the lineup, it doesn’t matter.
by Andrew in Boston on Mar 14, 2010 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
As long as Wash isn’t an idiot with the lineup, it doesn’t matter.
want to bet on this occurring?
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 Mar 14, 2010 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Whatever his shortcomings as a manager,
I really can’t see Washington putting Davis at the top of the order.
what about putting arias at the top of the lineup?
because of his “experience”?
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 Mar 14, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
over andrus that is
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 Mar 14, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I pulled them
from a post David put up at BBTIA, though now I should double-check my work to make sure I didn’t screw anything up. I’ll also check the numbers against my CHONE spreadsheet…
Hmm.
The numbers I put in seem to be what both David and the CHONE site are showing… I used the 1998-2002 model… how were your results different?
I'm not sure.
I went to Baseball Projection and put them in to the 1998-2002 model. Maybe I put in the wrong data somewhere.
I wouldn't touch Justin Upton with my 2.75 inch pole.
He sucks.
And Mark Reynolds sucks almost as bad. The .892 OPS and 44 HR’s were nice and all, but he struck out a lot, and I’m pretty sure I once heard Dusty Baker say that strikeouts give Jesus beard cancer.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 14, 2010 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Word.
Young should be hitting second. Period.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
I'd be fine with Face anywehre in the 2-6 range.
I like him 2, though.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 14, 2010 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Face better hit 2nd. If not, we may have lineup-gate 2010.
"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 don't know if it's quite that stupid.
Baseball Musings, for instance, has Guerrero second in the third highest scoring batting order (using CHONE projections). His reasoning behind it is weird as hell, though. And it’s such a negligible difference from the best two lineups (which have him 3rd and 4th and are closer to what Wash is planning to put out there) that there’s no real reason statistically or traditionally to do it.
It really looks like the top 5, as planned
Are pretty interchangeable.
"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.
Nice story on foxsports about
Young and his quest to pop the playoff cherry and of course his “Jeter-esque” clutchness.
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
he will never be jeter
FOTF’s jump throw <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 
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 Mar 14, 2010 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
OMG, I fuckin' love jump throws !!!!!!!
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 14, 2010 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I would've been more impressed by Mendoza
had he not walked two batters in a span of three in his first inning of work…
With all the pitching depth...
this team has I’m going to be very surprised and disappointed if Mendoza makes this team.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
The Feliz-not-a-lock stuff
I wonder if the org is seeing all these live arms and thinking that the big club could survive 4-6 weeks w/o Feliz. Allows him to start at OKC and get some solid developmental innings in. Pie in the sky – he looks fantastic as a starter and steps into the roto if a guy goes down opening up a spot.
I'd be okay...
with Feliz going down for a few weeks to start the year if there’s another viable option for the staff.
I’m not okay with that option being Mendoza.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
KG's thoughts on development of neftali
Path to the Big Leagues: Feliz will not see another inning in the minors for development purposes.
Timetable:He’ll likely be worked as a starter this spring, but that’s no guarantee of a rotation job in 2010, although most in the Rangers organization see that as his long-term role. If he’s moved to the pen, he might be best served with a workload similar to Pedro Martinez in 1993, when the 21-year-old rookie appeared in 65 games and threw 107 innings.
via BP top 11
i just dont see any reason to keep him in the minors when the guys “ahead” of him “making the team” are mendoza, mathis, etc
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 Mar 14, 2010 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think that's absurd
particularly because they could allow him to start to work on his pitches as you said and as they did last year, and there’s nothing stopping them from using him in the pen when they do call him up in May or June or whatever. A flaw in what I perceive to be the pervasive logic right now is that Feliz is fastball only right now, so he is not a starter but still a dominant reliever. If he really is FB only, he would not dominate in the pen either, particularly in a late role.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 14, 2010 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
see zumaya, joel?
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 Mar 14, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
hit post too fast
see zumaya, joel
regarding fastball only RP
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 Mar 14, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
As a reliever
He can be primarily fastball and still dominate. The fastball makes his secondary stuff better in short bursts because guys are geared up for the heat.
Look at Rivera. Hes cutter only and dominates.
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.
The Dozer better not make the team out of ST
And I wonder how Hurley broke a bone in his wrist.
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
Just makes it that much more confusing how it happened
I’m sure there’s a great story here somewhere
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
Masturbation injury?
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
Those are the worst...
however on the plus side it does force you to be ambidextrous.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Maybe he was trying to be ambidextruos.
Learning to switch hands and gain a stroke.
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
non throwing hand?
do you use your off hand?
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
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by FormerLSBUser on Mar 14, 2010 12:17 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
channel?
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 14, 2010 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
TXA 21
and mlb.tv
PM Productions - My Work - Song of the Week - Clip of the Week
"Heres the thing... I made that tape special for today, my special Monday morning tape for you, SPECIAL!
Well it's fucking Monday afternoon you should get out of bed earlier!"
John Cusack and Jack Black, High Fidelity
by FormerLSBUser on Mar 14, 2010 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't have a problem with Arias being the utility guy.
He’s not an upper level prospect anymore, but I think he can give us a little something in limited duty.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
hes fast!
/ron washington
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 Mar 14, 2010 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions
He is,
and he’s been much more effective on the basepaths the last 2 years. SS arm is my only worry in regards to being utility.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
im really being more sarcastic than anything
if his arm is there, then he should probably get the job if SS is all that matter — that said, he hasnt played must SS the last few years, and im not sure how much “betteR” he is at SS than german if his arm isnt doing ok
did anyone ever figure out wtf exactly happened with his arm/shoulder?
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 Mar 14, 2010 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
SS Arm...
That’s my concern with Arias too, but he’d likely only have to play a few games here or there and could probably get by. See Eckstein, David
by Topgun22 on Mar 14, 2010 1:07 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
"His throwing is 100 percent better than we saw last year. He's getting the ball over there on the line."
Texas manager Ron Washington, on the throwing arm of utility infield candidate Joaquin Arias
"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.
if only i trusted wash.
even just a little.
is his arm now where it was a few yrs ago?
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 Mar 14, 2010 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think it will ever be plus again
But there were good reports from winter ball too. I think he played two weeks straight at SS toward the end of the season.
"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.
well that's good that he's getting it over there on the line....
the arch thingy or 2 or 3 hops wasn’t working too well. Jack is back!!
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
My only concern
with a poor player like Arias being the utility guy is the same concern I’ve had before, that Washington would overuse him.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 14, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
would you consider him getting
as many PA as vizquel had last year (~200) “overusing” arias out of curiosity?
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 Mar 14, 2010 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
It's kind of in the middle ground for me
It’s a bit more than I’d want, could live with it but I definitely wouldn’t want much more.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 14, 2010 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
yea thats kind of how i feel
vizquel started 45 games last yr btw
i am just hoping they get 155ish games out of kinsler/andrus/FOTF and then that doesnt leave too many games for the utility IF to play one way or another…
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 Mar 14, 2010 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
No way Arias gets that number of starts, or innings
Elvis was a 20yo rookie, Ian got hurt, MY got hurt, and Omar is a shoe-in HOF, to most. I think he got much more PT based on his rep.
"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.
id imagine that FOTF
goes back to his 155-160 games/year unless something horrid happens, and if you assume kinsler/andrus are healthy id imagine they get to about that many games as well (last year: andrus=145, FOTF=135, kinsler=144)
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 Mar 14, 2010 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I am not too concerned at how well
a UIF can play SS. I think he needs to be able to hit a little and play 3 IF positions. The Rangers do need a true SS in AAA that can fill in in case Andrus were to go on the DL.
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
I can barely read the site
Everything is out of place as if it didnt load properly, anyone have any idea how to fix it, I don’t remember changing any settings?
Some folks have had success clearing their cache and restarting their browser.
Mine just sort of resolved itself after a couple hours of frustration. Also, it seems to be working in fine for some people in some browsers (it was fine for me in Safari, but terrible in Firefox)…
thats my suggestion
clear cache
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 Mar 14, 2010 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Send an email...
…to bugreport at sbnation.com
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 14, 2010 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
It's definitely a session issue
When it first happened to me, I was freaking out thinking I had a virus or something. After checking everything out, I jumped over to another wifi network and Blammo! problem fixed.
"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.
Well this sucks
TV day and I can hardly make out lonestarball. Boo.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
ajayem
said to send a bug report to the email just above yours + clear your cache or try in another browser
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 Mar 14, 2010 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
E-mail me your jokes, and I'll put 'em in the GDT for you.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I fixed it!
I appreciate that, though. If it ever happens again I will go straight to you.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Damn, I was looking forward to typing- iorange555 says...
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Cant find reply button so ill go here
Not great with computers, how do I clear cache? If that doesn’t work Ill take AJMs advice.
what browser
?
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 Mar 14, 2010 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions
home sweet home
I figured out how to clear cache and that worked, thanks
by groundingout on Mar 14, 2010 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions
i know it has been hashed out on here before
but those ST caps are bush league.
looks like they really are a beer league softball team
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 Take Offense to That
There’s nothing wrong with beer league softball, especially on Tuesday nights.
by Topgun22 on Mar 14, 2010 1:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
i would agree!!
its only a problem when the team wearing them is in major league baseball 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 Mar 14, 2010 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
exactly...
I wonder who’s brilliant idea that was? Perhaps the same guy who came up with “Built for Fun”?
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
i bet its the same one who came up with those gawd aweful helmets 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 Mar 14, 2010 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
x
So is Snyder a goner? Seems likely. The last thing this bullpen needs is another guy who can’t be sent down to the minors.
No way Mendoza makes this team. If anything, a solid spring from him means the Rangers might get cash considerations or someones #29 prospect for him.
by Randy Richardson on Mar 14, 2010 1:17 PM CDT reply actions
i dont see the rangers going into ST with only CJ in the pen
and no LOOGY (i mean who else is it going to be?)
im interested to see how snyder does in the rest of ST…
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 Mar 14, 2010 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Darren Oliver
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Darren Oliver disagrees
Plus, given Eddie’s shitfest ’09 against lefties, you could say we spent last year without a LOOGY
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 do i *always* forget oliver
jeeze huge mistake on my part there lol
yea snider id think almost has to be gone, but id like to see them make a trade to keep him…id like to see how he does with a full year as a LOOGY
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 Mar 14, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
also
doesnt o’day have some weird split that makes him comparable to a LOOGY?
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 Mar 14, 2010 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
He was effective v. both last year, but moreso against righties.
.484 OPS v. RH
.666 OPS v. LH
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Nah
Lefites hit 239/278/388 off him last year, righties hit 180/275/209.
Maybe for his career there’s something different, but I’m way too lazy and make love to SSS
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!
thx
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 Mar 14, 2010 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
OT
7,000 calories a day are a thing of the past.
Personally, I’ve never understood how a coach can excuse himself for being obese. Now Parcells or Phillips fat is one thing, but Ryan, Weis, Mangino (obviously he’s in his own category) obese just baffles me. These guys are surrounded by exercise equipment and trainers for 80 hours a week.
by Randy Richardson on Mar 14, 2010 1:48 PM CDT reply actions
i dont understand how you can *ever* listen to a HC who is way over weight
no matter what the sport, especially if they are preaching up tempo stuff…i mean can you imagine nolan richardson being all about “40 min of hell” but being in the weis/ryan/mangino level? would laugh the guy off the court 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 Mar 14, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Pretty dumb
Most coaches were shitty players. It really has no bearing on what their job is.
by brettgardner on Mar 14, 2010 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
no no im talking about being overweight
and talking about fitness, etc
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 Mar 14, 2010 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I understand
I don’t see how it’s any different than a coach telling a player to take a shot that the coach couldn’t possibly do.
by brettgardner on Mar 14, 2010 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions
really?
…so you think that the same advice about running in football from someone who is 350 pounds = the same as from someone who is 175 and in shape?
gonna have to disagree there.
what do you think of this whole leach thing/lawsuit?
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 Mar 14, 2010 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, it's the same.
I don’t understand how you can really think this.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 14, 2010 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I can kind of see what he's saying
If you’re extremely obese (kindly saying you’re one fat son of a bitch), your players might not listen quite as much as if you were right there with them in the workouts. It doesn’t mean they can’t still do a great job though.
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
It's one thing, I suppose, if you have a coach who tells you to do it like he does and he's a fatty... but that's unlikely to happen, imo.
There’s prolly some delusional idiots out there who do this, but the vast majority of people possess at least a rudimentary self awareness, and know when they’re bo-batties and aren’t gonna sit there and tell kids, “Hey, you should follow my diet/exercise plan! Get in shape like me!!!”
Saying that people aren’t gonna listen to someone’s advice on something just cause that person aren’t doing it (or can’t do it) themselves is silly.
“No offense, Coach Wooden, but what do you know about playing defense? You’re fucking old !!! Oldies can’t play defense !!! Ha, ha !!! Suck it, Wooden !!!”
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 14, 2010 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
About the latter
I don’t care.
The former, of course it’s the same. If coaching were a job where you lead by example, we’d have to yank out about 95% of the all-time great coaches.
by brettgardner on Mar 14, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, coaches honestly put in 80-90 hours a week.
Probably eats fast food all the time, always watching film, locked in an office for 12-14 hours a day. In the off-season they may work less hours and have a little more time to get back into shape. I"m not condoning it, just saying I could see them letting the weight get out of hand.
"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.
He's gonna blow that fucker out, bet ya'
"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.
Holy fucking cow, is Cowlishaw really this out of touch?
Guerrero has never truly been part of that modern class of swing-at-everything sluggers.
That is so absolutely not accurate. The modern class of stereotyped sluggers wait for their pitch and then let it fly. They don’t swing at everything, because swinging at everything wouldn’t prefer the slow fat guys that walk a lot that the computer that wrote Moneyball loves so much.
As much as we picture Guerrero flailing at pitches out of the zone, his production is not diminished by the modern acceptance of crazy strikeout totals.
What does that even mean?
Yeah.
Worst case is that Cowlishaw finds out the Baseball Musings LAT actually backs up his Guerrero-in-the-two-slot argument, and on that basis remains convinced that the rest of his article makes sense.
Which it most definitely does not.
Yeah, I really don't think Vlad at two is crazy.
Mostly because it wouldn’t cost the team any meaningful number of runs at worst.
It’s his thought process that’s mind-boggling.
what about cowlishaw's REASONING for him being @ 2? 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 Mar 14, 2010 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Thing is, based on the comments on his article,
Cowlishaw’s basically writing to the level of his audience. So, my questions: is it worth trying to engage him in a constructive exchange about this? If we were painstakingly polite, could we actually make inroads with him and his readership?
re:
So, my questions: is it worth trying to engage him in a constructive exchange about this? If we were painstakingly polite, could we actually make inroads with him and his readership?
No.
Let the dumb-dumb’s be dumb.
I understand the desire to want to step in and cast out the cloud of darkness that’s preventing them from viewing things intelligently, but it’s a trap.
All that would happen is you’d be sucked into their vortex of stupid.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 14, 2010 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I love the Incredibles.
“That was totally WICKED!!!”
"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.
one of the many
reasons that newspapers are dying is because they have crappy content. They were monopolies for so long that quality was never a factor, yet they somehow still don’t get. Cowlishaw sucks at pretty much everything, like most of his fellow newspaper sports columnists.
by Randy Richardson on Mar 14, 2010 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I also wonder. . .
my god
his reasoning for the phillies having the best IF in history is beyond laughable. would ANYONE in their right mind take howard/utley/rollins/polanco over teixeria/cano/jeter/arod?
what about howard/utley/rollins/polanco over teix/cano/jeter/polanco? lol
wow. and 44 years with a HOF vote for THIS guy? no wonder jim rice got in…
that is something that people must read. makes ya proud to have someone like EG here for us…
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 Mar 14, 2010 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
the thing that humors
me the most about the Phillies and sportswriters is that Howard and Rollins both have won MVPs while the best player on the team can barely even crack the top 10 ten in voting.
by Randy Richardson on Mar 14, 2010 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions
and the FAR and away best player on his team
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 Mar 14, 2010 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I think it's as simple as
him looking at Guerrero’s stats and seeing low strikeout totals.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 14, 2010 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions
But what is it that makes him think the modern stereotype of slugger swings at everything?
Especially when he cites walk totals right below that.
And why would the modern era affect his production?
I didn't say it made sense
I just think he looks at his strikeouts, and, if you want, his walks next to them, and figures you don’t put up those numbers by “swinging at everything.” I would suspect that he’d call someone like Thome more of a flailer than Vlad, even though that’s silly.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 14, 2010 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't say it made sense x 100
"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.
Coming into today's action Jason Heywood was at .429/.619/.786 - 6 BB, 1 K
And then he goes 2/4 with a coupla doubles and a K this afternoon. yikes
so. damn. 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.
by knockoutking on Mar 14, 2010 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Someone said he's like Griffey his rookie year.
Comes to ST with the team saying he’d start in the minors since he’s so young, but then he’s just too good to send down.
Loved Heywood on 'The White Shadow'
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
saw the Braves on
mlbtv earlier this week. That guy just looks awesome.
by Randy Richardson on Mar 14, 2010 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions
I wanted him SO bad in '07... Blerg...
Maybe Nolan can go over and fuck things up for the Braves by bungling things to the point where they have no choice but to bring Heyward up right away and lose a year of team control.
Why Longoria a guy when you can just throw him some Texas high heat!? Yeeeee Hawwww!!!!
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 14, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Michael Young
Of course, he’ll probably wake up tomorrow with soreness in his forearm and end up being out for the year.
by Randy Richardson on Mar 14, 2010 3:46 PM CDT reply actions
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