Hank Blalock Question
by hornshoops on Mar 2, 2010 3:50 PM CST
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PrintI know the Rangers were ready to move on, but it's strange not seeing Hank's name on the roster after 8 years. I figured he'd be in camp with someone with at least a minor league deal, but I don't think he is in camp anywhere. Anybody heard any news on his future? I figured he'd be healthy by now enough to get a shot. Is he done or will he get a chance somewhere this spring?
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I thought I saw Fla and TB were interested last week...
I have no idea what the deal is today.
The fact he hasn’t even gotten a MiL deal is indeed puzzling, very puzzling.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
OR
is it telling…very telling?
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 4, 2010 12:32 PM CST up reply actions
I don't know anything
about his situation, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the reason he isn’t signed is that he believes he is worth a major league deal, and the only offers he is getting is minor league deals with NRIs.
Certainly the only interest I would have in him is as an NRI. He hasn’t put together a good full season since 2004.
"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
He's waiting on that
3/30 offer to materialize.
"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.
Hank
I doubt he has to take a minor league deal, but I could see him signing something like a 1 year, $2 million deal somewhere.
Not mediocre. Right about average
who do you see
offering him a major league deal.
With his shoulder he has no defensive position, and he hasn’t exactly been carrying a strong bat.
"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
maybe the Outlaw can weigh in on this topic....or maybe not :)
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Josey thinks Hank's got off the field probs..which I don't think is totally out of the question... or atleast, it wouldn't surprise me if true.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I think it's a fairly known secret
That he likes his beerah.
"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.
It's Jub jub! Rodney is just a cover
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Haha!
I’ve been discovered…
"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.
Once again,
I feel sorry for people that can’t/don’t listen to the Ticket. They miss out on some comedic gold on here.
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
Gagree.
I heart Ticket.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
Too bad
you have to wade through so many crappy uninformed sports takes to get to the comedic gold.
They’d be much better off sticking to the comedy and avoiding the sports. Outside of a couple people, its a station full of sports idiots.
"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 certainly don't listen to it for the sports
I change the channel most times when they do get really going on a particular topic. The bits are great though.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
Yeah, I agree.
When they try to talk sports its station turning time.
Most guys on the ticket know less about sports than your average drunk in a sports bar.
"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
Uh, Cahill.
You’re not in the demographic, buddy.
"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)
Heard the same thing a long time ago,
but then again, I likes my burrah as well.
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
Hank has enough
on the field problems to make anything else a moot point.
Who gives a shit what Josey says.............................
by Lil' Jonny Donuts on Mar 2, 2010 6:50 PM CST up reply actions
fair point.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I was thinking..
that bringing Hank back on a NRI would be a good idea, but we really don’t need another LH bat.
Fixed it for you.
we really don’t need another LH bat dude who hits nothing, never walks, and can’t throw across a diamond.
You cheating bastard!!!
So you just tell any random poster what they really think now?
Is that it?
Huh ! ?
Did I mean nothing to you?
ANSWER ME !!!!
/Trying not to cry…/
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 2, 2010 11:21 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I know, I just can't imagine Blalock as a NL bench guy, he brings nothing to the table in that role.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Well, without the DH NL teams can basically afford to write off a bench spot if they carry 12 pitchers.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
by LSJ on Mar 2, 2010 9:56 PM CST up reply actions
Here
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
How Far the Mighty Have Fallen
The next George Brett will be riding the pine as a pinch hitter and backup. Fucking sad.
by Black Francis on Mar 2, 2010 6:56 PM CST up reply actions
Agreed
It kills me to think about how excited I was when he came up. A left handed hitter that sprayed the ball to all fields. I thought .300, 20 HR’s was a given for him pretty much every year.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Mar 2, 2010 7:23 PM CST up reply actions
So much wrong in that statement.
He fucked himself up.
"There's not a man alive who can whup me. I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked." --Muhammad Ali
Hank screwed Hank
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
Marilyn Manson style?
"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.
Wouldn't that be
“Hank sucked Hank”?
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
Depends on your definition...
“I did not have sexual relations with that woman.”
"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 HR
of Gagne, the worst thing that could have happened to him. Of course, nobody knew that at the time.
"There's not a man alive who can whup me. I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked." --Muhammad Ali
I believe that
much more than I believe Rudy screwed up Hank.
"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
There's very little doubt
…that he fell in love with the homer. His swing doesn’t look anything like it did when he was younger. Much more violent. I still think that if he could re-learn what the strike zone is he could be a useful bat for somebody, though, when he’s not on the DL.
by Black Francis on Mar 3, 2010 2:31 PM CST up reply actions
No way.
Hank has always taken super-vicious hacks. The difference is that over the years it turned into more of an uppercut hack.
When he came up
going to the opposite field wasn’t exactly a rare event.
"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
That's not what I remember
Need some film or something.
by Black Francis on Mar 3, 2010 7:52 PM CST up reply actions
I
seriously doubt that.
"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
Gawd almighty.
Hank is 2 years younger than I am, and he’s washed up. If I’m going to make my come back, I better get on the stick.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
maybe when
the season starts and he is unemployed it will be.
"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
The Outlaw will hire him
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
LOL I'm afraid to ask ...to do what?
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Probably dress up like a French Maid and walk around his house.
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
I just threw up in my mouth a little
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
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.....and chase flies with the same reckless abandon...
that he went after baseballs, tantamount to a faggot with a flyswatter.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
may this be the last Hank Blalock thread
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
there will be one when he signs
And there will be one if he sucks wherever he goes. On the other hand if he does well, a certain person will make sure every soul here knows it.
by Black Francis on Mar 3, 2010 2:28 PM CST up reply actions
The hell he will.
Hank is no longer a member of this team as he likes to remind us. He better bite his tongue.
"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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