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Moreland is a lefty AJM
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
yeah
Where’s the Scheppers mention. People are saying he could arrive in the pen this year, too.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
by NorCalRangersFan on Mar 18, 2010 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Overall I think this is the best Rangers preview I've read
and I’m hardly an Adam yes-man. Nothing too surprising, and most of us here would agree with pretty much everything he says. But it is nice to have it all laid out in one place.
Go Rice Owls!
"Whoever wins this job isn’t going to back into it…"
When was the last time that was said about the Rangers’ 5th SP?
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
12,000 B.C.
"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
we’ve probably said that guys didn’t back into it, but they were probably reeeeeeaaaally fringy.
by Brett Perryman on Mar 18, 2010 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions
1996
Lest we forget the most solid Rangers Rotation in our history:
Ken Hill, who had one of the best years a Rangers pitcher had since Ryan retired. (16-10 with an ERA+ of 145)
Roger Pavlik, who won 15 games despite an ERA+ of 101 (ERA of 5.19)
Bobby Witt, back from Florida where he left his wildness and his stuff (16-12 ERA of 5.41, 97 ERA+)
Darren Oliver. (no, this was a different one. well, ok, yes, genetically, its the same guy, but not the same pitcher (14-6, 4.66 ERA, 112 ERA+)
Kevin Gross (then John Burkett). Gross was pulled from the rotation when Burkett was acquired at the trading deadline.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
I completely agree with this
This is a weird, unpredictable team right now
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
Observe this ordinary clubhouse of a major league baseball team
Upon entering, you are greeted by a mild-mannered manager sporting a wide, warm smile. In the weight room, you converse with a stylish, but friendly pitcher with wide range of interests. A down-to-earth, god-loving man stops by to sign an autograph for you with a humble grin on his face.
You turn around, and suddenly find the manager apologizing precariously to you about his past mistakes with teary eyes, spewing sunflower seed skins all over your face. The wall behind you crumbles as a red Porsche 911 pierces into the clubhouse, with the stylish pitcher sitting in a meditative position in the driver seat, holding a camcorder and demanding to be converted to a starter. On a corner table, the god-loving man licks tequila off the belly-button of a woman with ass antlers, but strains his back in the process.
The is a place where the the unexplainable happens, this is a place we call…
The Twilight Zone
by Telegraph on Mar 18, 2010 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Uhm
rec.
I saw it all as if I were there watching this happen, on acid…curled up in the corner.
"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 18, 2010 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Tweaked it a bit,
curled up in the corner just hoping to god it would all end sooner than later, these visuals are way too heavy man.
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 18, 2010 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions
x
was unable to afford to sign its first round draft pick, because the owner over-leveraged the club
Once upon a time…
They took a risk to get the 5th or 6th best player in the draft.
They didn’t sign him. Instead, they’ll get about the 14th best player in next year’s draft.
If they’d played it safe, they’d have gotten the 14th best player in this year’s draft.
I don’t see how it is just so stupid and so devastating.
…it is part of the risk you run when you draft someone who slides because of ridiculous demands.
…This is disappointing. It is a roll of the dice they took that didn’t work out. They offered him more than all but 4 players in the draft got as a bonus. The majority of the guys asking for a "Porcello deal" take less, and I’m sure they figured there was a good chance Purke would, as well.
Half a year ago, Purke had “ridiculous demands” and not getting him wasn’t a big deal anyway. Now? His “ridiculous demands” should have been met and not getting him is a big deal.
Odd.
no
we learned more information about the situation and we have a different view of what actually happened.
all except you
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
x
What did you learn about the situation that now make his demands not “ridiculous?”
And “ridiculous” was actually pretty tame compared to what many others here called them.
we learned that they were not "ridiculous demands"
because they were evidently prematurely agreed to by the Rangers, only to find out after the draft that MLB would not let them meet their end of the handshake agreement they had already consummated.
“Ridiculous demands” implies that nobody would be willing to meet those demands because, if somebody was, how would they really be all that “ridiculous”?
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
and just to clarify with an analogy
if I put a Hank Blalock signed ball on ebay with an asking price of $100, you would think it was ridiculous. However, once someone like Josey comes along and buys it, it wouldn’t be so ridiculous. Maybe it would be ridiculous that Josey paid it, but it wouldn’t have been ridiculous for me to demand that much given that someone was willing to pay it.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
You really think Nolan Ryan is a reliable source on that?
I mean, seriously?
And Purke’s demands were still ridiculous. Ryan might believe they had a deal to actually agree to his ridiculous demands, but they were still ridiculous. At best.
And it’s a little bit troubling, as far as the future is concerned, that Nolan Ryan believes Purke should have been given $6 million.
Not as troubling as the idea of having Tom Hicks stick around as the owner
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 18, 2010 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Probably not.
Yet Ryan got the question of how much to pay Purke wrong, while Hicks got it right.
Not a good sign.
That said, just as Hicks learned some lessons the hard way and became a better owner because of it, leaving the Rangers with arguably the best outlook for the future it’s had in nearly half a century as a franchise, I think Ryan will be a better owner for having learned a difficult lesson about getting too closely tied to small town yokels concerning draft discussions.
Hicks got it right?
Hicks did not have the authority to pay Purke any more than what MLB said they could. If Nolan Ryan was blatantly lying about that, why is it that he’s still employed by Tom Hicks when it’s obviously a dig at the owner for not having his finances at a point where he can make his own decisions.
I don’t have enough money to buy a Ferrari. That doesn’t mean I am making the right decision not to buy it because it’s overpriced.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
what small-town yokels are you talking about?
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
The Purke family.
He will defend to the death the honor of the great Tom Hicks, but he’ll trash the Purke family any chance he gets.
Douche.
"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 Purkes live in Spring
Matt Purke went to Klein High School, one of the largest 5A schools in the Houston area.
Do you consider people from Plano small town yokels too?
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and realize i'm not directing this at you, AceJC
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
Nolan Ryan seems like the type to be overly honest when he shouldn't be
rather than a liar.
So, yes. I think he’s a reliable source on that.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
I like how this is the only baseball opinion you've ever had
and you’re wrong. Purke probably is going to be worth 6M and even if he wasn’t, playing hardball on the issue would have not have done us any good.
And Hicks shouldn’t have been making that decision. Not now, not ever. I trust that decision with JD first, Nolan second, Thad Levine third, Ron Hopkins 4th, the janitor 27th, your mom 99th, and then Hicks. Absolutely asinine to think that Hicks vetoing a baseball deal is a smart move
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
the infamous Texas_Dawg
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Are we sure about that?
I know some have speculated that’s who he is, but I’m not sure.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
You should hook him up with an avatar.....
..didn’t you do Miles’?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Mar 19, 2010 3:12 AM CDT up reply actions
also
Adam didn’t really say it was a big deal. In the grand scheme of things, it is not a big deal. But it doesn’t mean that’s it’s not a stupid reason not to be able to sign someone.
I don’t think the Angels think losing Warner Madrigal is a big deal in the grand scheme of things but that probably shouldn’t soften the indictment against the stupidity of their management.
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
He posted in several places
that while it wasn’t good, it wasn’t a big deal either as we got Scheppers and a compensation pick.
A rational, correct assessment of the situation.
Uh oh
Somebody mentioned Hicks in a questionably pejorative manner!
Don’t worry everyone, we’ve got Texas_Dawg here to straighten this mess out.
by brettgardner on Mar 18, 2010 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Is he?
The comment totals on the last few Hicks/sale posts have seemed awfully low…
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
Oh wait, never mind.
Should probably read the other comments before replying.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
This
The team’s Opening Day starter from 2009, their nominal ace, was traded, with the club paying another team to take him off their hands. One of the team’s key offseason signings announced on the eve of spring training he wouldn’t be showing up because he was suffering from anxiety.
Seemed a bit overdamatic to me. Millwood is going to suck balls this year and we’re probably better off not having to pay him 12 mil to do so. Greene wasn’t a “key offseason signing” by any means.
Otherwise, good preview.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
I'd say he was.
It’s a position that we still haven’t adequately filled.
And nowhere did Adam say Millwood was good.
by brettgardner on Mar 18, 2010 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Meh
Utility infielder shouldn’t be that hard to fill. It’s just become overblown because it’s the only real question about this team this spring, aside from which of the BORPs wins 5th starter.
I guess Adam didn’t say Millwood was good, but he sure seemed to imply it was a negative that we dumped him, which I disagree with.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
You would think it's not that hard to fill.
But we have three guys who can’t seem to get it figured out. And other then your McCarthy for Lugo trade, who else do you think could fill it?
Most guys are gone or don’t want to start. And Elvis will need to be spelled and now Kins has his ankle acting up. He will get some PT and I’ll be damned if I want to see Arias or German doing it.
I agree it shouldn’t be that hard to fill, but we have a real knack for not being able to fill 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.
I suspect we'll pick up someone at the end of the spring
The Dodgers have a glut of UTL types, for example. I’m not particularly worried about it.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
I'm glad you're not.
I just hate not being at 100%. It’s not like we ever are, but this year just seems like the places need to be set up and experience needs to be had. If they win 85+ games along the way, great.
"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.
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