Hank Blalock Signs a Minor League Deal with the D-Rays
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 8, 2010 8:37 PM CST
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(Their momma called them Devil Rays, so I call them Devil Rays).
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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
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Conando
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
I don't know I just pulled it from photobucket gifs
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
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Air Jordan's right; it's from Conan.
It was a scripted thing, if I remember correctly ~ a trivia game about Indiana Jones. They were playing off Ford’s reputed short temper…
And...
…if you want to make fun of his legendary love of cashews, you have at it!
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 9, 2010 10:53 AM CST up reply actions
Who gives a shit
what it’s from?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Anon delivers
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!
Well, I do
Which is why it is on the front page.
by Adam J. Morris on Mar 8, 2010 9:26 PM CST up reply actions
I do too
The guy has been in the organization longer than anyone else that is currently here. That at least deserves a mention.
by LoneStarBallUser on Mar 8, 2010 9:50 PM CST up reply actions
Yes
Pretty clearly noteworthy.
Not mediocre. Right about average
Yep.
Why be a jackass about it?
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
good question
lonestarjon tends to give those kind of responses from time to time.
Not mediocre. Right about average
Not really, given that there's a solid argument he was the worst every day player in the AL last year
And you can find ‘hate’ for Ian Kinsler here after being a 4+ win player last year.
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 "worst every day player in the AL last year" who had an OPS above .847
in three different months?
"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)
He also made an out 73 per cent of the time he went to the plate
It’s gonna take more than a few dingers to salvage an OBP that bad with marginal defensive value.
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!
There are no excuses to be made for Blalock's terrible OBP (and he paid the penalty by having to sign a minor league deal).
I think that was more about approach than anything else and trying to do too much. I wanna say his career OBP going into last year was around .338 so it’s not something he’s struggled with throughout his career.
As a DH alone, playing 20 games or so a month, he was much more effective than he was as an every day 1B.
Those boys in Tampa are pretty sharp and they’ll figure out how to use Hank F properly if he still has something and if his life’s in order.
"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)
329 but buoyed up by '03/'04
(and some SSS in ’07, but to a lesser extent).
I can agree there, Hankles showed two extremely promising years but the degradation from there has been pretty shocking. Not saying he can’t be a decent DH for them (especially if they’re just looking for a masher, not an all around hitter- or if there’s some magic ‘make a guy hit line drives and redevelop his eye’ dust in Tampa) but he’s in Comeback Player of the Year territory.
Are you clarifying your stance on Hankles as JD screwed him by making him an everyday 1B? I thought you based your victory in the Imaginary War of June 2009 on him playing 1B and the team having a winning record….
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!
We're trying to heal at LSB but since you asked...
I think JD fucked up every facet of the Davis / Hank F issue last season as bad as any GM has ever fucked up anything and it was a big reason we stayed home in October.
Hank F was very usable in 3 of the first 4 months of the season but tended to blow very hot and very cold. We really needed somebody who was RH and could play 1B because Hank showed all the signs of somebody who needed a few days off, especially against the tough leftys.
One of the great mysteries from last year happened in that early September game v Toronto, wanna say it was the day after the DH when Young was hurt. The Mensa moved Davis to 3B and put Hank F into the game (at 1B) after riding pine for a week and he had a big game.
Afterwards, The Mensa went very public in saying that Hank F was still a part-time player which seemed to be an odd reaction. Three days later in a true what the fuck are they doing moment, they ran Salty out there as DH although he hadn’t played in a month.
The offense collapsed but they were adamant that Hank F wasn’t going to be called on to do anything but sit on the bench. At the lowest moment (one run in 5 games and 7.5 back with two weeks left), they go running back to Hank F who leads them to a W over LAAA. The Mensa then tells us Hank F is going to play every day. What the fuck?
Very strange.
"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)
There's plenty of data points and conjecture there
But you didn’t answer my question. You said you think Hankles would do better as a part time DH than he was as an everyday 1B, but you trumpet his time as an everyday 1B as evidence that you won the Great War.
Which one is it?
I’m very confuzzled.
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!
Again, we're in the midst of healing and you want to rip open the barely healed scab. It's pretty simple...
Davis was somehow able to retain his job after June 1 and Hank F was put in a heavy platoon. Davis was in or around another one of his painful droughts at this time… a 3 for 44 with 24Ks.
The Rangers responded to this by going 11-15 and having one of the worst months of offense in the history of the of the organization.
This past off-season we heard how the unspoken Thing in The Room was the fact that Davis was still allowed to be on the team even though he was drowning in front of the world.
The Mensa & JD swear we had to have his “defense” although the sonofabitch had 114K’s in 277 plate appearances to go along with his .256 OBP.
On the glorious evening of July 1, Hank F seized the moment with the biggest hit of the year and the Rangers rode the momentum to a 28-19 record.
Davis gets called up to play every day, Hank F is buried and the chemistry in the room goes awry. The Rangers go 18-21 the rest of the season, punctuated with a 1 run in 5 game streak during the most important time of year.
Now, let yourself heal.
"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 shouldn't be an everyday 1B because he's not a good everyday 1B
But we had a winning record while he was an everyday 1B, so you won, even though he’s bad when he’s an everyday 1B?
Because you said a lot of stuff there, but none of it answers my question.
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!
If he's going to be on your team, the best place
to use him successfully would appear to be as a DH who plays 20 games a month.
"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 we used him out of place, and won a few games while doing it
That’s a heady complement to our GM, that he can build a team capable of winning while one of the everyday players was playing far out of his optimal zone.
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'd expect nothing less from a Lewinsky than
to give JD a “heady compliment” for how he handled the Davis / Hank F issue last season.
"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)
Your words, not mine
You’ve cited the team’s record while Hank was playing out of position- that has to go to the rest of the team’s construction. Hack of a pat on the back for This Thing’s GM.
That, or one of the statements is bullshit.
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!
But it was the GM's inability
to handle the Davis / Hank F problem properly at almost every level all season that hung like a cloud and that issue killed This Thing at the the most important time of year.
With the pitching staff dramatically improved and a good defense in place, JD didn’t need to do much last year…just get this problem squared away but he ended up shitting his pants (again).
"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)
Yeah, it was a black mark that Hank was playing 1B, I'm glad we agree on that
But you’ve said several times that since we won while Hank was playing there, that’s indicative of something important- and since you’ve now admitted that playing Hank at 1B everyday was a bad decision, we have to look at the whole picture- which is that the team was able to win with a terrible, terrible firstbaseman. That’s a huge compliment to the GM.
So the huge compliment overrules the minor negative mark.
Tell me where I’m missing out on your logic.
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're viewing it as a Lewinsky, Keynes.
You’d also applaud JD for somehow guiding this team to 75 wins in 2007 despite giving The Sosa 315 plate appearances v RH pitching.
If that Davis / Blalock situation had been handled more competently, we wouldn’t have been out of the race in mid September.
Just heard from Norm that Chris Davis is supposed to be on his show this morning.
"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 actually wasn't following very closely in 2007
In fact, I was a ‘When we gon’ git sum peechin?’ rube back in those days, but that’s not germane to the conversation. I’m reading that you’re very proud of the record of the team while a player that you admit was not good at his job was playing a key role- which indicates that the rest of the team must have been very good- which indicates it was a good roster- which is indicative of a good GM.
Your words, man, not mine.
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!
Perhaps you think he handled
the Davis / Hank F situation deftly…I don’t.
"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)
Nah, we obviously got crappy production from both
And paying 6 million dollars for a 277 OBP from a DH/1B was a silly waste of cash.
Of course, the point could be made that had Smoak signed immediately after being drafted, he would have been ready to step in when Davis was sent down, so the situation was largely due to Selig’s draft signing rules and silliness,
Likewise, had Maxie not been Venzuela’d and injured he might have been a an excellent choice to come in and fill the gap, so while there were options in the system, they weren’t ready for faults outside the control of the GM.
So, take the good with the bad, I suppose.
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 are saying JD didn't handle
the Davis / Hank F situation well last year?
"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)
A gross oversimplification, but yeah, that wasn't a bright spot
CD was the primary option, and he sucked.
Hank was the primary fallback, and he sucked.
First base sucked. That’s not good. Though, in a more perfect world (one where Selig isn’t doing his damnedest to keep draft bonuses down) Smoak might have been developmentally ready (if he had started in Hi-A immediately after being drafted, then started ’09 in AA or AAA) or Max might not have had the wrist injuries. As it were, options A, B, C, and D were all bad, for different reasons.
Now the question is between CD, Smoak, Moreland, Max, Matt Brown, and the waiver wire/trade market, can we find a league average offensive 1B this year?
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!
Well, lookee there...agreeance.
You call it “not a bright spot” and I call it a major fuck up that helped kill the season.
Wasn’t that easy?
"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)
We agreed, like, seven posts up
That Hank playing 1B was a negative mark on the JD report card.
Everything to here has just been window dressing and Selig bashing.
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!
Just to stick my nose in
I think that Daniels had very little to do with the Davis / Blalock situation last year. It was all Washington. Washington says who to play, and who to sit, who to bring up, and who to bench. Washington who goes to Daniels and says, “Davis has struggled so much he needs a break and to get out of town for a while.” Washington who goes to Daniels and says, “Hank is struggling now at first, is Davis ready to come back? (especially since Hank’s defense blows).”
So, save your anger for Washington and not Daniels. Also, its not like the team had much choice. Were they going to bring up Emerson Frostad? push Smoak up despite his struggles with AAA? Bring up Royce Huffman or Nate Gold or Chad Tracy? Pluck Moreland from Bakersfield? Ramirez in the midst of his slumps? Try and get someone off the waiver wire? Maybe trade prospects for a hitter like Ryan Garko?
All of these ideas had upside and downside.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Davis ran hot and cold too.
Started the season 1 for 22, then went .283/.330/.626 over the next month (April 13 to May 15) then went 3 for 48 (through June 2nd) then went .303/.361/.455 over his next 10 games, then 2 for 23, then 6 for 11, then finally 2 for 22 before his demotion.
Stripping the vitriol away (which I shouldn’t have to do, and is why most people ignore you JW) The Rangers offensive tanking in June was a) not Davis’ fault, and b) not because Blalock was platooned. Blalock himself hit only .179 for the month, so whatever he was supposed to be doing, wasn’t working. Davis’ defense kept him in the league past July 1st to July 5th. Blalock’s 4 homers between the first and third of July tricked the team into thinking he should be the everyday first baseman, and he was fine for most of July. He tanked in August though, and since his defensive value was non-existant, and Davis was raking at AAA (mostly playing third because Smoak was playing first), Davis was re-summoned and Hank gets benched.
If there was a chemistry problem when Hank was benched, it was caused by Hank. And if he had a problem being benched, he should have been released.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Since your own hypothesis on Hank's decline is an excess of drink,
it seems that you have to consider management taking in factors that we’ll never know. I don’t think Washington is a great manager, but I suspect that some of his seemingly erratic and ill-founded statements come from an unwillingness to discuss his true motives. He’s more likely to say “I had a gut feeling” than “I could smell the hops from across the locker room and over my freshly lit smoke.”
I don’t know if the above is true or not. I’m just saying that there are often reasons for sub-optimal decisions that have more to do with no good options and a desire to keep certain factors confidential.
by other_shoe on Mar 9, 2010 8:48 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I have no idea if that's true about Hank F
but I’ve heard things about him and the organization treated him very strangely at times.
"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)
Hold up
As a DH alone, playing 20 games or so a month, he was much more effective than he was as an every day 1B
Doesn’t this go against everything you’ve said about Hank should have been playing everyday instead of being “platooned” last year?
Or did you just say you didn’t mind an inneffective Hank because it would get rid of Davis, who is younger and has a future with the club unlike Blalock last year.
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.
x
And you can find ‘hate’ for Ian Kinsler here after being a 4+ win player last year.
And I would call that “pretty odd” as well.
Hey, Blalock used to be my favorite player.
He’s a terrible, broken down scrub at this point however, and this post is just going to result in a bunch of Josey baiting.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
I don't think he's a "scrub"
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
.313 wOBA last year
In his first full season in 3 years. Scrub-a-dub-dub.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
There is a reason he can't get a major league
contract, and it’s because he is a scrub.
"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
It isn't Hank's fault
that people choose to fight with Josey about him.
He was one of the most exciting things, if not the most exciting thing, to happen to the Rangers between 2000 and 2005. Didn’t work out, but don’t throw the dude under the bus.
Go Rice Owls!
Man I remember when I thought
he was the beginning of a new era for us.
I can’t remember who the 3rd player was, but I recall Blalock, Mike lamb and someone fighting for 3b at one point.
That doesn’t seem that long ago.
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 9, 2010 1:34 AM CST up reply actions
From his first AB with an RBI single up the middle...
I was hooked.
Someone should do a report of some sort and show how often a highly thought of hitting prospect (to 25?) have a great season at such a young age only to get progressively worse.
Ben Grieve
comes to mind, but not a lot of others that I can think of.
Hey Tom - It's over now, so do you know how - to pick up the pieces and go home?
I remember the Blalock that got called up
But mostly I remember the last number of years being frustrated with his approach and consequent ABs. Good riddance to the hacker!
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Mar 9, 2010 6:58 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Is this part of the healing process?
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Good Good Good Good Good
luck Hambone… Im not ganna lie, if you get your career back on the steady path, come on back to Arlington, I will be there to give you a high five.
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 8, 2010 9:07 PM CST reply actions
Hambone?
Who the fuck am I… I meant Hanky Panky.
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 8, 2010 9:07 PM CST up reply actions
Its all good..
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 8, 2010 9:25 PM CST up reply actions
Drunkard.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Mar 8, 2010 10:46 PM CST up reply actions
Yep
Two X’s, Special Lager
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 8, 2010 11:04 PM CST up reply actions
I can't wait to see
how This Thing ends up going in Tampa.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
Bonus points
for the Coming to America reference
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Mar 8, 2010 9:16 PM CST reply actions
I am completely unsurprised
that all he could get was a minor league deal.
"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
Bye Hank, please continue sucking at your normal level for another team.
I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.
Aren't they just the "Rays"
/doesn’t care
"Congrats Rangers fans, you just found your replacement for Mark Teixeira. Just a crazy, crazy steal." -Goldstein
speaking of things that blow, life got a 'lil hairy in Hammon, OK today
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
whoa....was that from his car?
Intense.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
one of those storm chasing tanks...they got right up there in the mix
Boomer are you SURE you’d do this kinda stuff??
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
They have storm chasing TANKS?
that is the coolest thing I’ve ever heard of.
"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 don't they if they used it for this shot...but yes they do
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Is Mel Gibson the driver?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I sure hope not, he used to be drunk half the time, he may have cleaned up his act by now though
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Road Warrior
is where I was going with that.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I figured there was a movie he drove one in ...
although I didn’t see it :)
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
You haven't seen Road Warrior?
What kind of man are you?
nope....a man who doesn't watch Mel Gibson films, he's a bit of a prick
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Yeah but that was one you should have seen
before anyone knew he was a prick.
he's been a prick for an awfully long time BUT
since everyone seems to think it’s soo efffin cool…. I’ll have to watch it..
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
I know he was super handsome in the day...
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
yeah, but also...
http://stuntrev.com/stuntawards/roadwarrior/warrior.jpg
(for those who know where I’m going with this, click at your own peril…)
awww Mr. Buff
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
not meant to be mean spirited
if it came off that way…
a man who doesn't like action films?
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Hell yes
I’m seriously thinking about going out on a chase with them this year.
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
In his defense, you are a retarded cuntbag by LiamP on Mar 4, 2010
Didn't Jack Benny go to the Devil Rays too?
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!
Aroldis Chapman
what would have been the chances of us getting him if we had any sort of money. still probably low I guess.
The fact that he hits 100
With that left arm is really impressive.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Mar 9, 2010 7:02 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
If only the team was located in Dallas
sonofabitch
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Mar 9, 2010 1:03 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Goodnight...
sweet prince.
Who could have guessed the “Next George Brett” would end up looking so much like Gary Gaetti?
by ghostofErikThompson on Mar 8, 2010 10:17 PM CST reply actions
gary gaetti had a much better career than hank
although hank may be able to have an offensive surge later in his career. guy is still kind of young.
So sad.
Best of luck, Hank, as long as you still suck when you play the Rangers.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I'm still waiting for you to say a single funny thing on this blog
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
Why are you waiting for that?
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Mar 8, 2010 10:44 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
Die
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
by AirJordan on Mar 8, 2010 10:46 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Hah
That’s actually a really good question.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
It's kind of like waiting for the bus
When you have a working car.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
No it's not you turd
But I am amused by the fuckbuddy relationship you and Iorange seem to have developed.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
You must've missed the post where he spent like 50 comments accusing me of being a stat snob and talking down at him.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
We like it rough
http://www.lonestarball.com/2010/2/19/1318572/bp-division-preview-guess-who#31088513
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Sig update 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!
Oh yeah..
Drew Gooden wasn’t that bad
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
Part time, yes.
I don’t understand, are you wanting me to one up the well crafted funniness of Hammerhead Shark? Cause that can not be done.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
I don't think I've ever done something from my routine here
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
A priest and a rabbi
walk into a bar.
The bartender looks at them and tells them to get the fuck out.
You’re welcome.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
fine
guess we’ll have to go to the old material:
I’m doing some stand up in New Mexico a couple weeks ago and I had a Barry Bonds joke that I was trying out. The premise of the joke revolved around Bonds and how he’s never taken roids. It’s just because he’s black, blah blah…. Then I would get to how his head got big and how it wasn’t roids it was all the Cool-aid he drinks, hence the Cool Aid man head.
Yeah I heard crickets.
Wow, you really went back and found that?
I’m impressed.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
it was a bad joke
and i was there when you said it. I have a good memory.
by ab03 on Mar 9, 2010 10:24 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
You need friends. Like, non-Internet friends.
by TooLegitToQuit on Mar 9, 2010 1:32 AM CST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
You need a brain, life experiences, and a better outlook on life
but i don’t find the need to point that out (too often).
by ab03 on Mar 9, 2010 10:23 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I do. And pretty regularly. Like, by women.
Do you what women are?
by TooLegitToQuit on Mar 9, 2010 11:08 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
I do. And pretty regularly. Like, by women.
Do you know what women are?
by TooLegitToQuit on Mar 9, 2010 11:08 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
You are a terrible flamer
Just thought I’d put that out there, because there’s some good flamin’ on this blog that you could learn a lot from.
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!
Um, the 'hahahahahaha '
might have been a tipoff that he was mocking his own pun.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
by scoop16 on Mar 9, 2010 12:10 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
the hahahahhaha
was actually the part that made me laugh.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
The navel fruit, triple nickel with the win.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2010 11:05 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Hey, his blog is awesome
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Blame Canada
Or, more specifically, Eric Gagne.
by Neftali's arm on Mar 8, 2010 10:21 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I was thinking
Labatt’s if it’s something Canadian you want to blame.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Not a bad kick the tires and see what
happens move by one of the best FO’s in MLB.
Get this, their team at the major league level did something of substance. What a concept!!
I’m also giving serious consideration to picking the Rays to win the AL East this year.
"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)
signing Blalock to a minor league deal is "something of substance"?
by Black Francis on Mar 8, 2010 10:41 PM CST up reply actions
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
To a minor league deal with not much, if anything guaranteed?
Unless he’s off the rails personally, I think he’s going to rebound or at least be useful if used properly.
"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)
"rebound or at least be useful"
Rebound from what? Are you insinuating that he wasn’t useful last year?
I thought you said he carried This Thing last year? Which is it?
by Topgun22 on Mar 9, 2010 9:05 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
He definitely carried This Thing
during the first two weeks of July and then tapered off the rest of month (but still had some key hits). From July 1 to August 10 or so, he led This Thing in HR & RBI.
I think he’s a good candidate to rebound because he never appeared to be drowning. His big problem was the OBP, that he appeared to be pressing and that he really needed some time off when they were going against tough leftys like Lester.
"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)
carried it where?
For the first month plus after the break (July 17 through Aug 23, when Davis was resummoned) He hit .199 with 3 walks and 39 strikeouts (he did drive in 15 runs though). His OPS was .556 in that span. As an every day first baseman. I don’t know what you were watching, but that’s pretty shitty.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Isn't July 17 in the second half of July?
"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)
um
Third base: Evan Longoria.
First base: Carlos Pena
DH: Pat Burrell
I’m thinking that Hank is in a fight with Chris Richard and Matt Fields for playing time at DH in sunny Durham, North Carolina.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
I'm with you that he's a medium-upside, cheap cheap player
so is a good signing
Picking anyone other than the Yankees to win the East is idiotic and just trying too hard to make a unique pick.
I could see the Rays pulling it off
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
I agree that the Rays COULD win the east
but your prediction should be the team that you would bet on, all odds equal
If you got equal odds on the Yanks and Rays to win the East, you’d be idiotic to bet on the Rays.
I haven't made any official predictions
just yet but I really like what Tampa is throwing down this year.
"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)
What is different from last year?
Ultimately the Yankees won the world series and got better this offseason. The Red Sox really improved their defense. The rays signed a bullpen guy and blalock to a minor league deal.
The only case you could make is that Wade Davis will be better than Kazmir. That still doesn’t hold water in the East as the Red Sox have Bucch and the Yanks got Vazquez.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Mar 9, 2010 7:17 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Shields/Garza/Davis/Niemann/Price with Hellickson waiting in the wings
Damn good.
Upton/Burrell bounce back, I’d think long and hard about taking the Rays.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
Pena & Crawford in contract years (listen closely and you can hear laxtonto shaking his head)
and Zobrist playing every day to go along with a likely rebound year from Upton and then there’s Longoria plus they also addressed the closer thingy.
Yeah, they have some young pitchers with a track record of past success in The Show as well.
It is not unheard of for a team to touch greatness, see the pendelum swing the other way and then suddenly find it.
The Big Red Machine won 102 games in ’70, only 79 games in ’71 and then rebounded and went on a tear for several years in a row.
They have a good manager and an excellent GM who aren’t going to get in their way with incompetence.
I wanna see what happens in the spring but I really like this team.
"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)
Joe Maddon is awful
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
He really is
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Mar 8, 2010 11:20 PM CST up reply actions
Really?
Here you go
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
sometimes players/teams win
because of their coach, sometimes they win in spite of their coach. He is a terrible in game coach.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Mar 9, 2010 12:27 AM CST up reply actions
So they just fell into 97 wins and a World Series berth
the year after losing 96 games inspite of Maddon?
"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 wish our manager was that "awful."
"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)
Because everyone else says it...
Independent thoughts be damned.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Managers
get far too much credit and far too much blame. They’re like presidents and the economy.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Disagree.
I don’t think there have been too many major rebounds (like Tampa in 2008) that were led by a blah, below average or average manager.
"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)
He didn't get in the way too much
of a young and talented team. But over at Rays Bay they complain about him just as much as we do about Washington, about his bullpen decisions etc. Tampa had a lot of talent, vastly improved their defense and acquired Garza who had a very good year. There were a lot of reasons that team succeeded. Maddon is no genius manager. If the Rangers win the division this year I don’t think you’ll be giving Washington credit, and I won’t either.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Ron Washington doesn't have to play
the Yankees & Red Sox 38 times a year like Maddon does.
"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)
The Rangers were 11-7 against those teams last year
and your post does absolutely nothing to refute what I said. As usual.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
No...
It’s still a strong point. Maddon has uber-dork perfectly rectangular thick frame coffee house glasses.
Warsh wears Oakley frames. Very different.
heh spot on description
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
last year Tampa didn't make the playoffs
the year they won their division (2008), they were 43-29 against the East
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Mar 9, 2010 9:44 AM CST up reply actions
I like teams filled with young talented players
because they get better.
Old teams filled with players who aren’t hungry don’t get better.
"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)
they overcame their lack of hunger and old age way back in 2009
They may be able to do it again.
by Black Francis on Mar 8, 2010 10:50 PM CST up reply actions
No, 2009 was likely the last hurrah
for Jeter, Posada, ARod & Pettitte as far as winning the World Series goes.
Simpletons will pick them because it’’s easy but that’s too many old players long in the tooth that they need to be good / great and if they’re not better than the Rays/Red Sox, they stay home.
"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)
But this is Jeter we're talking about!
He’s a WINNER, his desire to win surely offsets any complacency that arises in the Yanks’ other veterans…
Or maybe I’m thinking of Brett Favre.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
Pettitte? They traded for Vazquez and Granderson
And if Jeter and Arod are their big problems, that’s a good problem to have.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Mar 9, 2010 7:24 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
So you're saying a team with hungry players is important?
If we put Hank Blalock, Sidney Ponson and Prince Fielder on a team we’ll be World Series favorites for sure!
no we wouldn't because we'd have to spend the whole payroll ..
on their meals. Don’t forget Milly!
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Bye, Hank.
I’ll always remember when you were pretty good a couple years ago. Or something.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
OT - So why the hell did "24" let this Freddie Prinze Jr. / Big Blondie Power Forward
thread run along side the main narrative?
"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)
No worse than Mopeface Chloe, and she's been around for umpteen seasons.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
One of them is going to die.
I’m convinced. As soon as he said that they would “talk through” their problems after this crisis is over, that was the kiss of death. I think Freddie Prinze is going to get shot, maybe even by this head of security guy.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
i can't believe they brought back their storyline the very next hour.
last week the only positive of the episode was that stupid story being over, booo.
The main storyline has been ok this year but everything else is weak.
Fanatics - my webcomic
I can't believe
anyone still watches that show. It jumped the shark years ago.
I did catch one part this year where kiefer sutherland was supposed to be some German dude for some reason, and his attempt at a German accent was hilarious. Other than unintentional comedy, I have no idea why folks would watch it.
"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
Hot middle eastern chicks, Gump's buddy Bubba, the Blonde Power Forward, setting
over / unders on Chloe pouty faces, the game show host from Slumdawg…lots of unintentional comedy in 2010.
Bill Simmons said “24” is like your favorite football team. Sometimes they go 13-3, sometimes they go 6-10 but you still follow them.
"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)
Speaking of the Great Bill Simmons...
that liberal prick Olberman wants to go to war with him.
Simmons took one shot at him but is showing discipline by staying in his 3 point stance.
When the time comes, he’ll earhole KO.
"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)
where's chuck knoblach when you need him?
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Mar 9, 2010 9:47 AM CST up reply actions
well...
i thought it was funny.
maybe it was too much of a reach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_dKL14u3qM
from the 1:45 mark….
defeatist pussy lives here
by sam in so cal on Mar 9, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
I knew where you were going but I'd want something
else to happen to KO…perhaps along the lines of Isiah Thomas thinking it was a good idea to drive the lane when a pissed off Karl Malone was lurking.
"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)
Why is it important that he's a liberal?
That would be like me referring to Kevin Youkilis as “that liberal prick” in a baseball discussion. It has no bearing on the situation.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Not all liberals are pricks
if that makes you feel better.
"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)
But most liberals
are uber sensitive.
Just sayin.’
"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)
No more so
Than most conservatives are sociopathic assholes.
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
Speaking of uber sensitive liberals...Meet Exhibit A
"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)
LOL the Buck with the counter-attack for the win
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Just so you know
I was a conservative up until around the time Gingrich & company took over Congress.
If the GOP had stayed truer to the conservatism of Buckley, rather than going in the direction of Gingrich, Cheney, Palin, and Limbaugh, I might still be a Republican.
But I’m not a Democrat either- I lean very liberal socially, but otherwise, I’m fairly moderate, even conservative on a few issues like gun rights and the death penalty.
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
OK
I have no fucking idea what you’re talking about.
My point was that while I am liberal on a number of issues, I’m not 100% so, and attempts to generalize me as a cookie-cutter left winger are inaccurate.
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
I'm actually fairly liberal
on social issues (just don’t ask me to pay for it) but I don’t have pony tail nor do I smoke dope on a daily basis or for that matter, ever.
"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)
Oh don't be scared to admit you puff
on a little ganja every once awhile.
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 9, 2010 11:52 AM CST up reply actions
Definitley indulged (my Wonder Years were the 70s) but I never, ever liked it
and it’s been more than 20 years.
Just not my thing and I was around a ton of it and several of my friends loved it. Probably had more to do with me not liking to be around my dad when he was smoking cigarettes.
Now the burrah, that’s another deal.
"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'd feel a lot better about your posts
if you could at least blame some of them on drugs.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
likewise, I like the moderate road also.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
I don't think Gingrich belongs in that group
Tom DeLay and Dick Armey, maybe. Not Newt
Go Rice Owls!
It's not about making me feel better.
It’s about intentionally using divisive language (liberal/conservative) when it has no bearing on a situation.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Probably only the fifth person I've ever been able to call my favorite player.
Following the A-Rod trade, Hank took over in my heart.
And now I’m glad he’s someone else’s problem. That’s depressing.
You still have Davis....philkid.
"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've been done with Blalock since
the almost Beckett Trade. He hasn’t done anything in that time to change my mind.
I was completely baffled last year when they exercised his option. A complete waste of cash, one of the sillier Ranger Financial moves made in years.
"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
Three full months with an OPS above .847 last year
suggests that he may still have something if used correctly which makes this a good move (considering it costs TBay next to nothing).
"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)
ended the year with an ops of 736
which tells you what a steaming pile of shit he was the rest of the time.
"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
You shouldn't view stats in a macro view, silly
You should break them down into tiny intervals to show how smart you are.
Looking at a large collection of statistics to create a judghement is so silly. Silly.
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 about this one
From July 6th to August 23rd, Hank Blalock played every game for the Rangers at first base. In those 43 games he had an OPS of .652
Yeah, wooo… uh… we demoted Davis why again?
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
From July 1 thru August 23 (when Hank F was playing every day)
the Rangers went 28-19 while absorbing big injuries to Kinsler & Cruz along the way.
From August 25 to the end of the season (with Hank buried most of the way and CDavis playing) the Rangers went 18-21.
"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)
Ugh
.264/.325/.455 The team hit that during the period you mentioned. They also stole 50 bases.
.238/.264/.439 Blalock hit that during the period you mentioned.
Salty hit .194/.284/.361 before getting hurt on August 14th
Kins hit .189/.259/.418 but did steal 8 bases without being caught.
Elvis hit .259/.325/.378 and stole 9 bases but was caught once.
FOTF hit .358/.411/.604 and stole 4 bases
Borbon hit .471/.514/.618 and stole 8 bases being caught once, though he didn’t get regular playing time until August 9th or so
Murphy hit .262/.329/.418
Byrd hit .277/.331/.454
Cruz hit .269/.381/.581 though he missed two weeks.
Jones hit .198/.325/.510
Hambone hit .281/.333/.397
oh, and the pitching allowed an ERA of 3.47 while allowing fewer than a hit per inning.
But it was BLALOCK that was the reason behind the Rangers fortunes.
BWAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAH
(ok, that took time out of my life I can’t get back).
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
and you sit here and continue to twist that knife in the back of Bill James when his teaching does not suit your rants...
how is that not a suprise
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
I'm interested in what they say are the top 9 Ranger moments are...
Maybe I’ll make a post about it, maybe not….I gotta think Nolan is anywhere from 2-4 of the 9.
fuck him
he was a douche…maybe not as douchey as Kinsler but still douchey
douche?
How the fuck would you know?
Texas Rangers- You hang 'em, we bang 'em!
by coldskeet on Mar 9, 2010 7:07 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I'm calling bit
Although Kinsler does have a little bit of douche in him that’s pretty much on the surface
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 wish nothing but failure for him
since he is no longer wearing the laundry.
"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 crack up when Cahill finds a hot button issue (like Hank F)
and gets all chesty about 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)
It's just sad to me.
I’m not going to lie. I loved Hank’s aggressive hack enough to let him be my “favorite player.” It was so violent, and if it actually worked out.. man.
I view Hank Blalock
as the biggest disappointment ever from our farm.
I really thought he might be the next George Brett.
"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
How can you say Hank lost bat speed even though he hit 25 HRs?
His problem was command of the strike zone which resulted in a terrible OBP.
"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)
Well
He was buds with MY and Tex, so we’ve got him on collaboration at the very least. Heh.
In all seriousness, though, he did seem like the one guy out of that trio who wasn’t a total tool.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
by LSJ on Mar 9, 2010 8:17 AM CST up reply actions
And MYoung is a "total tool" ?
"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)
There's plenty of tool evidence
‘Show me a guy with turbo range at short’
‘Trade me I don’t wanna play 3B I have a Gold Glove!’
The (Sullivan?) article where he wasn’t sure he wanted to go to spring training because there were a lot of young guys instead of vets on the team (but decided after watching No Country For Old Men that he would do it).
He’s flashed his toolness plenty times. Maybe total tool is out of the equation, but there’s plenty of evidence to draw a tool conclusion.
Or at least damage his candidacy for Baseball Sainthood.
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!
absolutly no evidence...
people are too judgmental. Best of luck Hank!
Texas Rangers- You hang 'em, we bang 'em!
Hank is just OK
…He just never could replace that young phenom Hank Batlack. Where or where did Hank Batlack go?
The Rangers sale hits a snag. Again.
The sale of the Texas Rangers stalled last week, sources said, after MLB informed the team’s creditors that there would be delays in responding to the lenders’ concerns about the deal.
The developments serve as a challenge to would-be buyer Chuck Greenberg’s stated goal of having the transaction closed by Opening Day, if it can close at all, the sources said . . .
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/the-rangers-sale-hits-a-snag-again.html.php
by GregoryM on Mar 9, 2010 9:39 AM CST reply actions
Whatever
This guy has consistently been trying to make stories out of the uncertainty of the sale. He’s consistently been wrong.
While I don't doubt
that this sale is more complicated than others, given the size of the debt and the sheer number of banks involved, all of these reports just seem a bit exaggerated.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Sounds like the
douchey McDouchester we all know.
"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
Wow, that's not a time for brutal honesty
But I respect him for saying it 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!
Julian Tavarez had the better quote after signing with the Nationals
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
Haha...
I missed this somehow:
Why did I sign with the Nationals? When you go to a club at 4 in the morning, and you’re just waiting, waiting, a 600-pounder looks like J. Lo. And to me this is Jennifer Lopez right here. It’s 4 in the morning. Too much to drink. So, Nationals: Jennifer Lopez to me.
by bhudson on Mar 9, 2010 10:23 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
That. Is. Excellent.
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!
and also, there's nothing wrong with saying it
they are clearly th worst team in the league. nobody would dispute that.
Reminds me of one of my
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj9d8rlZQws
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
That is really werid to say,
especailly within the first 24 hours of signing.
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 9, 2010 11:49 AM CST up reply actions
Chris Davis
up next on Norm.
"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)
Norm opens interview by saying that Davis was simply dreadful
the first part of last season but then says he was “flat-out, the best Ranger hitter once he came back up.”
What an idiot.
"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)
How do you think Davis will do in 2010?
I didn’t mind seeing him demoted last year and would have been fine with keeping him in AAA for the rest of the year, but I think he’ll be pretty good this year.
25-30 HRs, >.800 OPS.
I'm terribly confused on what to project for Chris Davis
because he was so good when he was 22 years old but he’s still not taking walks.
He never was good last year although he was better when he came back.
I need to see more from him this spring before I can feel comfortable projecting anything for him in 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)
Is he really?
Of course I’d consider a CJ to the Twins deal. They’d have to pay dearly, because CJ is a high ceiling guy who is probably better than anyone else they could get to replace Nathan. But I wouldn’t mind seeing one of their high end OF prospects coming our way
Go Rice Owls!
Blalock can opt out of 'convoluted' deal with Rays
Hank Blalock’s minor-league contract with the Rays includes an opt-out clause that allows him to request his release and become a free agent if not added to the 40-man roster by April 1.
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/blalock-can-opt-out-of-convoluted-deal-with-rays.html.php
by GregoryM on Mar 9, 2010 4:40 PM CST reply actions
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