Friday morning Rangers stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 2, 2010 9:42 AM CDT
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PrintLast game of the Cactus League season, and the Rangers lose, although Ron Washington says he was pleased that the offensive regulars swung the bats well.
Anthony Andro writes about yesterday's waiver claim, Ryan Garko, who Andro calls the final piece to the Rangers' roster.
Evan Grant says that the additions of Garko and Andres Blanco give the Rangers a bench that is worthy of a playoff contender.
Gil LeBreton has a column up on the Rangers' pursuit of Mike Lowell and their ultimate decision to claim Garko. According to LeBreton, the Red Sox decided this spring they wanted something better in return for Lowell than Max Ramirez, which helped quash the Rangers' interest in dealing for him.
In other roster-related issues, Ian Kinsler will start the season on the disabled list, and Doug Mathis will be in the bullpen.
The S-T notes also mention that the Blue Jays' starters for the first three games of the season (against the Rangers, of course) will be Shaun Marcum on Opening Day, and then lefties Brian Tallet and Ricky Romero. It will be interesting to see if Ron Washington goes with a straight platoon at first base, which would mean Chris Davis would sit and Ryan Garko would play the second and third games of the season, or if Davis will start one or both of those games.
Jesse Sanchez writes that Frank Francisco wants to stay with the Rangers after 2010. Francisco is a free agent, of course, at the end of the season.
Kevin Sherrington writes that the Rangers have a bad history when it comes to managers.
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#23
didn’t wanna to godzilla or any of that stuff
the rest are here
still have doug mathis, darren oliver, andres blanco, ryan garko and joaquin arias left
by gossamer on Apr 2, 2010 9:45 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
Davis and the platoon
I would bet that Davis plays at least 2 if not all 3 games of the Toronto series.
"When you play happy, good things will happen"-Elvis Andrus
Well, the Jays only throw one lefty that series, right?
Romero?
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
by LSJ on Apr 2, 2010 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Wait, never mind.
I hadn’t read that far down yet and was going off memory of the Toronto depth chart.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
by LSJ on Apr 2, 2010 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions
would like to see
Davis against Tallet and Garko against Romero.
by elvis1isking on Apr 2, 2010 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
I definitely think Garko plays one of those games
Wash played pretty much his whole roster in that first home series last season
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
The 2nd series against the Mariners ...
Jason Vargas is the first pitcher. That’ll be 3 lefties in a row. If facing LHP is a team weakspot we’ll know early in the season.
LL thinks it will be
Vargas/Felix/Snell next weekend in Arlington. It also appear sthey are going to start out with an 11 man staff. here is Jeff’ ssynosis of the M’s pitching staff…
I’m excited. I’m excited to find out what this team can do. I’m really excited for the bullpen, as five-sixths of it looks to be solidly above-average. And while the rotation’s not sexy, as we talked about in the latest podcast, it’s not nearly as bad as so many people are making it out to be. Really, it’s an Ian Snell bounceback away from having an ace and a bunch of 4’s and 5’s. We can deal with that while we wait for Lee and Erik Bedard to return.
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
C.J. Wilson - 2010 AL Cy Young
Everybody's talking about Garko vs CD
How about Salty vs Tea. How is Worsh gonna play his catchers facing 3 LHPs in a row?
Tea vs LHP 2009 – .288 .309 .538 .848
Salty vs LHP 2009 – 229 .282 .375 .657
good point
I know I would play the hell out of some splits if I was a manager. But so few actually do except with pinch hitters.
"I think that Rangers is good team." ~ South Korean Ranger Nation
by hubcityraider on Apr 2, 2010 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Wash will play Salty cause the guy like Salt
"Josey drives to games???
I always assumed he rides in on his high horse"
jam0152
Martin Perez, "Mucho queso"
lee wont be out long
and I’m not sure about Bedard but by late April thats about as DAMN sexy a rotation as I can imagine
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought Bedard was out till the ASB at the earliest
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.
Is that when he'll be major league ready?
Or start a rehab stint which would put him early July/ASB timeframe
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
I read that his rehab was ahead of schedule and that he will likely be back earlier than that
which is probably good news for us as he likely will just pitch before he’s ready or end up hurting himself again
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
Interesting
Last I had heard it was ASB. Getting a healthy Bedard back before June could be a huge boost to their team
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.
Yeah, but that's akin to us trying to acquire, and then depend on, Nick Johnson down the stretch last season
The guy is a good player when healthy, but depending on him to be healthy is a big if.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Did I say labia, Carlos?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I doubt that happens
If Bedard comes back before the ASB, he won’t be at 100%. In the end, the Mariners will probably get a couple of months of good starts from Bedard down the stretch when its too little too late.
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
Lee probably won't be out too long.
His time missed probably won’t hurt them that much. But he doesn’t have a history of coming back from abdominal strains too well.
oc
I wanted to save you the trouble of reading eveyone’s nonsense that is sure to take place in this AM thread. So you can stop here…
by Anonymous New Guy on Apr 2, 2010 9:49 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
This post is unacceptable to oc.
All posts are probably unacceptable to oc, because most have some manner of off topic wording in them, as well as this one.
When people bitch about OT shit in the threads, just don’t read it. That’s what the “Z” key is for.
by FuturePants on Apr 2, 2010 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Holy shit!
Z scrolls down!
"I think that Rangers is good team." ~ South Korean Ranger Nation
by hubcityraider on Apr 2, 2010 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
On the Lowell thing
My guess is we asked the Sox to pick up more than 9 mil of Zombie Mike’s salary, which is why they asked for a better player.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
Yea, because this;
[T]he Red Sox decided this spring they wanted something better in return for Lowell than Max Ramirez
Doesn’t make much in the way of sense.
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, think about it from the Red Sox perspective
if some team is willing to pay $2-3 million plus a Max Ramirez type player, Lowell must have some value this year as a bench player
why would you pay $9 million for Lowell to be a bench player somewhere else, particularly if he actually has some value left?
I never got the Sox’s rush to pay that much to get rid of him. We aren’t talking about a team desperate to get any salary relief possible.
Go Rice Owls!
It's probably because he's pretty much done as a player.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
yeah
and because they have money, they probably just see him as an opportunity to upgrade some other area of need. They almost got a decent hitting prospect for him.
but if LSJ isn’t correct about the money, then maybe Boston just thoguht they might be able to get a sweeter deal
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
I think there's about a 70% chance he gets outright released.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
why would they do that
if they could have paid $3million less and got a decent player for him?
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions
He's not what he used to be.......
in the field but I’d be willing to bet he is getting some starts at the DH against lefties by the end of April
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions
yea i think their move
with lowell depends on big papi
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Papi did hit .212/.298/.415 against lefties last year
So he could have some value to them as a platoon DH.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
Joe Pawlikowski
Though I agree with the comment; while a good bench and platoon option, and probably not a bad DH (though I’m sure Ortiz gets the playing time even if he fails), it takes a roster spot that might be used on a lesser player for a better team
from comments
The best thing the Red Sox could do for Lowell, out of loyalty for him signing for shorter years and money, is to release him, and let him find a role with a team that has a spot for him to get more playing time, and perhaps re-inflate his value for 2011.
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions
so lets say.....
…… they release him (which I think there is a zero% chance of) do we release Garko and try to sign him for the minimum?
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions
id rather have garko
thats just me though
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd call him and tell him to keep us in mind
and give Garko a month or so to see how he fits. If he crumps it up, call Lowell and ask him how he’s feeling and what kind of shape he’s in.
If Lowell signs somewhere else, you’ll just have to live with the Gonnie/Brownie/Maxie/Smoak/Moreland ladder of failsafes.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
would Lowell
be valuable enough in that role to explain a $3mil expenditure?
To me Lowell is very much in the Garko, Tatis, etc level and role of player now, and I just don’t see the point unless he’s basically free. I wouldn’t want to give up a prospect to get Lowell for “free” with other options.
The Lowell deal never made sense to me given the other options available.
by elvis1isking on Apr 2, 2010 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
I dont like giving...
…. up MaxRam for Lowell but I would much rather have him than Garko
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions
I suppose you could say that roster spot could cost you $12 million with little to no production
plus the possibility of some bad vibes (from dude going from a full-time player on a good team to 25th man), or $9.5 million with little to no production and a ’I’m just happy to be here’ vibe, plus a nifty little possible future Ortiz.
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 we have this...
•Pedro Martinez has largely been linked in rumors to National League teams this winter, but Vladimir Guerrero thought recently his former Expo teammate might join him in Arlington. “Early in March, when I reported to Texas’ spring training, I heard a fair amount about the possibility that Pedro was going to sign here, but it didn’t happen,” Guerrero told Juan Mercado at the Dominican paper El Dia. Martinez showed last year he wasn’t afraid to pitch the stretch run in a hitter’s park, as National League batters actually fared significantly better against Martinez on the road (.322/.362/.517 in 20 IP) than at Citizens Bank Ball Park (.225/.274/.701 in 24 IP) during his two months with the Phillies.
•The flurry of activity this offseason in regard to Cuban prospects is likely “the tip of the iceberg,” Rangers scout Juan Alvarez tells the Nuevo Herald’s Jorge Ebro
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
Damn
Block quotes didn’t work.
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
nice
on both fronts
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Pedro is interesting
Wonder what role he would play here though- maybe mid-season closing insurance against a Fx2 trade or suckage? Or is he still sold on starting?
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!
id assume hes still a starter
which im ok with
id rather see him starting 1/2 a seasons worth of games than CJ (i have more faith in him giving you a ~110 era+
pedro last 5 years:
8.5 k/9, 2.5 bb/9, 1.167 whip, 109 era+ (average of 18 starts/year)
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
vs CJ the last 5 years
CJ last 5 years: 8.4 k/9, 4.1 bb/9, 1.47 whip, 107 era+ (mostlyin bullpen)
anyone think CJ acn top those averages for pedro over ~20 games?
a) what are the chances CJ starts 20 games/6 IP game?
b) what are the chances CJ has those k/9 + bb/9 + era+ by the end of the year?
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions
I think its fair
to expect at least 150ip out CJ this season, I dont think they would have moved him to the rotation if they didn’t expect at least that
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions
do you expect him to have
8.5 k/9
3.0 bb/9
~110 era+
honestly, what are the odds that CJ has those stats?
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
I do think his walks will go down
and I wouldn’t be surprised to see
7.5 k/9
3 bb/9
and i dont think an era+110 is out of the question
and I also expect to see his GB/FB ratio around 1.2
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions
I think the Ks are high and the BBs are low.
I’m excited about CJ in the rotation, but I just don’t know what to expect. Wildcard, bitches!
was wondering if i was the only one who saw that
this lead me down the rabbit hole:
if the rangers win the wildcard, i would buy this shirt (with a rangers logo of course)
otherwise:
finally this search lead me to this site: WE LOVE CHARLIE: i eat stickers all the time, dude!
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
why do you think his BB will go down
from pen to rotation?
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
no real
statistics to back it up, I just believe he will rely on his cutter to pitch to more contact and try to get more ground balls. I don’t think Maddux/Ron/Nolan/JD would be comfortable with him moving to the roto if they didn’t feel he would be willing to rely on a certain amount of pitch to contact and not try to K everybody
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd take Pedro for less than 20 for a stretch run.
Look at the young arms that may fade down the stretch in the rotation, not to mention the issue with HardenHealth.
HardenHealth
is that © yet? 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 Apr 2, 2010 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Want are you smoking?
The last time Perdo started 20 games in a season he flat out sucked. He had an era+ of 75. He pitched all of 9 games last year and avg less then 5 IP/start. The guy is 38 yo and coming off a major injury. His 5 yr averages are meaningless.
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
C.J. Wilson - 2010 AL Cy Young
yet you want CJ in the rotation?
lol
what do you think the chances that CJ has an 8 k/9, 3 bb/9, 1.47 whip
…those are pedro’s 3 year average in 34 starts (180 IP) 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 Apr 2, 2010 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions
no way
Pedro gets 8K/9 anymore.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see CJ above 6.0 K/9 and right around 3 BB/9. I think his WHIP will be at or lower than 1.4 too.
by elvis1isking on Apr 2, 2010 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions
I'll honestly be a bit dissapointed if a K/9 of 6 is all CJ can manage.
I’m looking for a 7.5 or better if he stays in the roto.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
at 7.5
better bump that BB/9 to almost 4. 3.5 if we’re lucky… and now we’re looking at a(nother) 5 inning starter.
by elvis1isking on Apr 2, 2010 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
I think
4 is a little high the only time he has done that in his career is in’08 when he wasn’t healthy, last he was at 10.3/3.9 I would expect both of those numbers to go down
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
career SO/BB ratio
is 2.04. So at 7.5 SO/9, that’s a BB/9 of 3.68 (rounded).
I’m not sure I believe CJ can maintain a 2 to 1 ratio of SO to BB as a starter if he’s trying to get to 7.5 SO/9, so that’s why I set the ceiling of 4. I agree it’s probably too high, but I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility
by elvis1isking on Apr 2, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
and you are ok
with a k/9 of 6 from a starter?
thats entering feldman/hunter/padilla territory
and expecting him to drop 1 bb/9 (last 3 years is 4.3 bb/9) is expecting a LOT
now whip, thats possible
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
didn't say I was or wasn't
I was just putting up there what I’d expect from CJ given everything.
In reality though, I’d expect a better year from CJ than Pedro. It’s one thing to pitch in an offensive park where you still get to face shitty hitting catchers and the pitcher. Totally different ballgame when you move to the AL — unless a team gets to face our shitty hitting catchers :).
Pedro doesn’t have the stuff anymore to make the transition to the AL. It wouldn’t go well I don’t imagine.
by elvis1isking on Apr 2, 2010 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
i just dont expect much from CJ
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions
I can tell
and I totally understand why.
In many ways I’d rather roll the dice with Feliz and Holland in the rotation than Harrison and CJ.
Is what it is though, and we’ll see how it goes. At least if CJ and Harrison fail, we have Holland and Feliz (or I guess Hunter when he comes back) to fall back on…
by elvis1isking on Apr 2, 2010 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
id rather have both of them in rotation
over CJ, especially considering that if any of O’day/Felix/Oliver/Frankie goes down were basically SOL in the bullpen
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
I think Ray will be right in a couple weeks and after seeing that boner inducing Ogando video last night, I wouldn't be too worried.
That guy will be dominate in 1-inning bursts.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
im just not ok
with the fact that we may be relying on ray/scheppers/ogando a lot if (when) one of those 4 get hurt
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Stuffwise, that's a helluva fallback ladder
But I can see where the rawness could concern one
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!
considering 2 of those 3 have a grand total of 0 innings in the minor (stateside) im not so sure i have that much faith
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't think we'll be relying on those guys
not all 4 of the players you listed will go down at the same time, and our depth goes beyond that of ray, scheppers, and ogando. If our bullpen situation became that dire, we’d probably make a deal, or temporarily have Holland or someone like that pitch out of the ’pen.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
don't forget his
4.66 era, 10.3 h/9, 1.3 hr/9 and his below avg 91 era+
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
C.J. Wilson - 2010 AL Cy Young
comparison
CJ: 4.30 era, 8.6 hits/9, .9 hr/9, 107 era+ out of the pen.
not exactly awe inspiring.
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
CJ is 10 yrs younger then Pedro
healthy (which he wasn’t in 2008) and entering his prime. I think 2/3 of ML teams wouls take CJ for their rotation over Pedro.
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
C.J. Wilson - 2010 AL Cy Young
again
lets make this clear:
guy doesnt exactly “tear it up” in the bullpen, walks a lot of guys, etc
if CJ was a righty what are the odds he becomes a starter or is even considered as a starter? nil?
i just dont think hes gonna be that impressive as a starter (and i hope im wrong)
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I think
If we are talking about 10-12 games down the stretch and you are in a playoff run most teams would rather have Pedro.
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
I think its very possible, maybe slightly lower BBs
but I think CJ has improved over the last year immensely and is right in the prime of his career. Just judging by his demeanor and approach this spring, Ceej seems like he may keep or even improve his K/BB ratio as a starter.
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
wow
thats having faith right there…
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions
eh, I honestly see him trending towards what he did last year
I just think Ceej has the smarts and makeup at this point in his career to suceed as a SP with a pitching coach like Maddux guiding him. There is no doubt Ceej has stuff, that is not the question. Watching him closely the last two years and this spring, I have progressed to the point were I am now on him… I honestly believe that JD and Maddux would not be using Ceej here if they pretty much knew the exact same thing, that he’s capable of being a 2 or 3 type starter right now.
Also, Watching this unfold gives me more faith looking towards the future on how we handle pitchers by sticking them in the pen like we are doing with Feliz. I think as long as Maddux, Ryan, and JD are making these decisions together with a cohesive mind, we are going to make more right than wrong decisions.
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
makeup is one of the things i question most about CJ.
he has the stuff, he has the smarts, but does he have the mind to NOT overthink it?
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Thats what I am saying, I've seen a change in his approach to the game over the last couple of years
two years ago, no way would I say this, now? Yes. In fact, that same thing that was seen as a flaw previously, could also been seen as a pretty big positive if he can focus his mind on just the preperation part
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
No. Money.
"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.
Fair enough, for now
But I think the groupthink is some optimism that there will be at least a little capital come the 1/4 to 1/2 mark of the season.
And if 1984 taught us anything, it’s that groupthink is never wrong.
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!
Or well, you could be wrong.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Apr 2, 2010 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
The Orwell placement is brilliant, sir
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!
By that timeline
it sounds like it may have came down to Colbra vs. Pedro and for whatever reason we got Colby Lewis, I have always liked Pedro. I would be interested to know exactly what went on there
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Grant article
I learned two things from reading that:
- the Rangers’ bench should be decent
- Bob from Arlington is an idiot: "I simply ask and beg the question “where are the minor leaguers that we’ve been told about for the last 3 years?”"
Damn, Bob, I don’t know- where the fuck do you think both the catchers, the starting SS and CF, Harrison and Neftali Feliz came from?
Christ, the DMN comment board makes me so angry I could pull a dirkatron and punt baby Jesus on Good Friday.
"He's not coming back. That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
-- Sterling Archer
And the RF'er, and the 1B, and our long reliever, and Holland, and Hunter, and
like 86% of our 40…
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!
dont forget about davis!
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Well
According to Bob from Arlington, the starting SS and CF are part of the team’s problems.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 2, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions
I think I'll be joining RC in going Dirkatron on this guy
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
since the Rangers
refuse to spend some money to get some pitching in here — we’re doomed!!
by elvis1isking on Apr 2, 2010 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions
screw the pitching
WE WILL NEVER WIN WITHOUT A RETRACTABLE ROOF ON THE STADIUM!!
/sarcasm
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
Are you a zombie?
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
Its not murder if you're a zombie
"You'll meet them again on their long journey to the middle." -Lester Bangs
Yummy
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I love that movie.
fuckin love it.
What's up my little chicken pot pie?
Even though your face is huge, I love the shit out of you girl.
by JimCrankshaft on Apr 2, 2010 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions
What movie is it?
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
Return of the Living Dead
Came out in ’85 or so.
"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.
but what about the women and Josey?
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
That's so sexist
To not murder someone just because they are female!!!!
(of course, I’m sexist too, but, still)
insert righteous indignation below
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
we rape the shit out of them at the Number Six Dance later on.
well, not Josey, just the women folk
"My expectations today are that we're going to be extremely competitive and if we don't win our division, I'll be disappointed." Nolan Ryan
Blazing Saddles, such a great movie
"Josey drives to games???
I always assumed he rides in on his high horse"
jam0152
Martin Perez, "Mucho queso"
I am officially glad I refuse to read the comments on the DMN
This is so stupid, it blows my GD mind.
go look at fangraphs comments sometime :)
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions
fangraphs has some insane comments
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh heh.
This may be the only website that I read users’ comments. As a general rule, they are all kinds of shades of ruh-tard.
good call
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
I still want to know who was responsible
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
What a jackass.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
Due to Brandon Webb's shoulder Kris Benson may make ARI starting rotation.
So glad we’re not having to deal with those types of story lines this spring.
All we’ve really “worried” about is who our UI and back up CIF are going to be.
Life is good.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Cue Nelson Muntz
Poor Arizonans. At least they can post pics of Anna in their GDT’s while Kris gets his ass handed to him on the field.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
There is absolutely no reason we can't do that as well.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aqua on Apr 2, 2010 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
thank you for that
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Apr 2, 2010 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions
she was a stripper, right?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
We should make a fanpost/fanshot of all the hot wives of former and current players
"Josey drives to games???
I always assumed he rides in on his high horse"
jam0152
Martin Perez, "Mucho queso"
Yay, there's a game tonight in Arlington!
Hope it doesn’t get rained out – I imagine since it’s an exhibition it won’t get rescheduled.
Anyone else going tonight?
"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
FE is driving up from Austin.
Hope it doesn’t get canceled.
"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.
Doesn't look like rain in the evening
I hope….gonna be good to get out to the ballpark again!
by fightingengineer on Apr 2, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh good
:)
"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 dumping in Denton right now.
"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 dumped 20min ago
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
I've started eating pretty decently vs. eating like an Ethiopian in New Orleans with a stolen credit card
and my dumps have gone from 3/day on average to 1/Day on average- and they are HUGE.
Like, ‘How did that fit inside my bowels?’ huge.
Carry on.
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 need to get more Fiber myself
I was doing good there for a month or 2 around the new year, but I have kinda slacked off.
OC will not approve of this exchange.
Just an efYI.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Quick, someone add in something about smoking a tree while eating a sandwich
So we can attain oc approval of the poop subthread
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 smoked a sandwhich once
You hear about the "Electric Arms", they're all the rage.
"If the Rangers have marked improvement in 2010, I'm going to need to give JD credit." Josey Wales, Feb. 10, 2010 11:45 AM CST
but have you eaten a tree?
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
does swalloing a toothpick count?
You hear about the "Electric Arms", they're all the rage.
"If the Rangers have marked improvement in 2010, I'm going to need to give JD credit." Josey Wales, Feb. 10, 2010 11:45 AM CST
no
but I bet it hurts
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
I don't approve either
TMI dudes, I really don’t need to know any of this.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
WTF?!
3 dumps per DAY? I’m not sure I want to continue this dicussion…I just wanted to say, “holy shit man.”
So..
Kevin Sherrington argues that no matter what the Rangers do that the only note from this season will be the Ron Washington scandal. Really? So if the Rangers win the World Series, AL, division series or the AL West the only thing we will take away from the season is that Ron Washington did cocaine a year ago?
by GregoryM on Apr 2, 2010 10:17 AM CDT reply actions
The target audience for that column...
…is Bob from Arlington.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 2, 2010 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions
maybe this should be the new tagline of LSB
LSB: “our target audience is not Bob from Arlington”
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 Apr 2, 2010 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 12 recs
agreed
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
Only once 'Son of Judeska and Chesmond' gets overplayed
and that could be years from now
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!
heh well played Lefty.
Now performing in the Mark Holtz room, Elvis sings you ain't nothing but a groundball.
PURE GENIUS
"Josey drives to games???
I always assumed he rides in on his high horse"
jam0152
Martin Perez, "Mucho queso"
Goign to start calling people "Bob from Arlington" when they do something stupid.
Or shorten it to “Bob”
Man, don’t be a effn Bob.
"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, I was viewing "effn" as "fuckin'" and you don't use "an" with an "f"
but I see where you’re coming from, and now you can see where I’m coming from.
Our day will now be more complete and productive bc of this and you can thank me at the end of the day.
"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'm not even in this conversation
and I feel like my day will be more complete and productive for having read this
Heavy is the head that eats the crayons...
just thank me at the end of the day.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
The name "Bob" has just always carried with it a dumbo connotation for some reason
I used to call my little brother “Bob” to annoy him.
This might by my favorite new LSB bit as a result.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
bob is awesome
spelled the same way forwards as backwards. greatness.
by elvis1isking on Apr 2, 2010 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions
ahh, palindromes
Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
I see what you did there
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
no you aren't
and I can prove it.
(in my racecar)
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
My middle name is Bob.
Well, Robert technically, but that’s Bob. Bob from Arlington is not doing me any favors.
first name William?
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
I was hoping for Billy Bob
not nearly enough of those around these parts…
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
I have a dog named Bob
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
I have a dog named Chloe that iPhone autocorrects to "Chlor"
So I just call her Chlor. She seems to like it.
I have a son named Bob
well, Robert, and we call him Robby.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Matthew Robert
was a name I offered up when the wife and I were talking names for our newborn. She vetoed it. My wife hates your name — so sorry.
On flipside, I got Connor passed through. I couldn’t possibly tell her that I wanted it because “there can be only one” so I just went with it’s a good, strong Irish name. It worked. Don’t know how I’m going to get Duncan passed through if we have another boy…
by elvis1isking on Apr 2, 2010 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
If I have another boy I'm going with Gus.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
My list would have to include
Champ
Boss.
The Bailey mom hit both of those out of the park. Or maybe solid triples.
by Whiskey in my Whiskey on Apr 2, 2010 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm going with Calvin
And I’m going to have a fight on my hands if we have a second, because it’ll be Thomas or I’ll be a corpse.
(Wife already shot down naming them, in order, Ronald, Grimace, and McCheese. Made me have my doubts about the realtionship, truth be told…)
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!
Please tell me that's a reference to Augustus McCrae
If I get married to a women with even a hint of a love for Lonesome Dove, I’ll be pushing for that as my son’s name.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Indeed it is.
But the birth cert will read “Gus” and not “Augustus”….I don’t want anyone getting any ideas and start calling him “Auggie” or something.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Haha, nice
I tip my hat to you sir, well done.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Matt Bob
that’s two punch lines of two different jokes.
1) What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in front of your doorstep?
2) What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in your pool?
With the early kids you agonize over the names, eventually, its kinda hobsons choice. My youngest is named after a fricken Power Ranger.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
the Pink Ranger
man, my kid beats the shit outta him every day. Im sorry
"My expectations today are that we're going to be extremely competitive and if we don't win our division, I'll be disappointed." Nolan Ryan
Pet peeve alert
It is so 60’s to refer to smart people as “rocket scientists” whether seriously or sarcastically. After all, every knows that rocket science isn’t that fricken difficult anymore. Particle physics is much more difficult (I know, I’ve studied both).
So, in the future, please use “Particle Physicists” instead of “Rocket Scientists”.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
You'd think
That ‘financial genius’ is either the term to use, or maybe an oxymoron, given the scary state of soverign economies.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Apr 2, 2010 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions
That reminds me of Big Bang Theory, when Sheldon is appalled to learn his sister has been bragging to her friends about her brother "the rocket scientist
Sheldon: You tell people I’m a rocket scientist?
Missy: Well, yeah
Sheldon: I’m a Theoretical Physicist.
Missy: What’s the difference?
Sheldon: What’s the difference?
Missy: Goodbye Shelly.
Sheldon: My god, why don’t you just tell them I’m a toll taker at the Golden Gate Bridge?
Sheldon: Rocket Scientist, how humiliating.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
what about 'Rocket Surgeon'
or ‘Brain Scientist’.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
Whats really sad
is that my brother, the Neurologist, feels the same way about “Brain Surgeons”
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
That doesn't surprise me
The doc who has been treating me for my brain tumor is actually an Ear, Nose and Throat doc. He just happen to specialize in skull-base stuff.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
Bob
A first name that is both a verb and a noun
BfA
I simply ask and beg the question “where are the minor leaguers that we’ve been told about for the last 3 years?” I would like to see a World Series here, to see a playoff game. Is that not our goal?
Nope. That is not the goal. The goal is to hide all those four star shortstop prospects that every good farm system has as a rule. Winning World Series is for losers, Bob, and we have no interest in being losers.
BTW, if our farm system was strong because of some great middle infielder, which everyone who doesn't know anything takes as a given. . .
. . . wouldn’t it be idiotic to use that talent as a bench piece in their young age, instead of getting a scrub to fill the roster out and allowing the prospect to have playing time in the minors?
Should the Rays just call up Reid Brignac or Tim Beckham to back up Jason Bartlett?
Well, a great minor league system, after all, should be able to provide a utility infielder
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Didn't Brignac make the Rays
this year as a UIF?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Well, well, well...been chillin' like a villian in the AZ for several days -
Wonderful time embedded with the local heroes in Arizona and then on the way home I see the team suddenly decides that letting CDavis hit against tough leftys might not be a good idea so they go get Garko.
I tell ya, you can find out a lot of things about This Thing if you’re in the right places at the right time…make no mistake there is a pall cast over this team because of Cocaine Ron and they are scared shitless something else is about to come down…so I hear.
"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)
damn, i was hoping you had died
and wouldnt be returning to LSB
…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 Apr 2, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
If Big guns knew he was
Out there the same time he was….
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
But the only person Josey has ever identified himself to is apparently Newberg.
Josey could be a 5’ asian dude or a 7’6" WNBA player for all we know.
From now on
I’m going to picture him as a 7’6" WNBA player. That makes me laugh
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you know, raw doggin' some randoms. double baggin' it to avoid seepage"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions
if you watch the WNBA, raise your hand
…crickets…
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 don't watch Girls College Basketball either
But I heard about some 6’8 freakshow on Baylor’s team who punches girls.
this sums up my thoughts on womens basketball
http://www.hulu.com/watch/4528/futurama-amazon-tour
futurama clip
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 can't wait for you to elaborate further.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
don't get sucked in Ryin
His post belongs up there with the dump subthread.
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
Don't worry, I"m not.
"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 more worried about the Stache
It has a mind of it’s own.
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
That's like swatting at flies right now because nobody really knows
if anything else is coming but there is a fear that there is.
I did hear a couple of people connected to the team say that Frank & Feliz weren’t in optimal shape when they reported to camp but are doing much better now.
I saw Kinsler taking bp on both Monday with the team and a live bp v Feldman with Hall & Max on Wednesday.
Nelson Cruz is an absolute beast right now and seems to be taking a much more assertive leadership role, especially with some of the young latinos on the team (although I’m not sure if Borbon falls under that umbrella). Very nice with the fans as well
Salty walks around that place like he owns it and knows he’s untouchable because at one time he was the centerpiece of a deal for a HOFer in the prime of his career with 1.5 years left on his deal. The problem is that there is nobody to knock him off the pedestal because TT was struggling.
"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)
do you *still* hate the teix trade?
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Of course he does
It’s a JD deal isn’t it.
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
I think the Tex Trade worked out
ok but fans tend to forget that we gave up a HOF player in his prime to do it and that player was one of the most important cogs of last season’s World Series Champions.
One of the big differences in the Walker Trade and the Tex Trade is that the Cowboys turned into one of the great NFL dynasties while we’re still trying to figure out if we can win 85 games three years later.
"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)
walker/teix
cowboys: traded walker in 89
90 – 7-9 (missed playoffs)
91 – 11-5 (2nd in division)
92 – 13-3 (won SB)
rangers: traded Teix in 08
08 – 79-83 (missed playoffs)
09 – 87-75 (2nd in division)
10 – ???
so what your saying is you are predicting a world series win this year?
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
haha, thats eerily similar, wow
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
i have faith
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
me too
also, the other parts of the trade, Elvis, Feliz, and Matty are all capable of being big cogs on the team. I do not know about Salty, hopefully he has a random breakout year that I do not see coming.
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
salty
needs to get his head out of his ass, because he is on the blalock career path right now
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm not big on reading too much into the body language
of professional ball players because they have to believe they are the baddest MFers to walk the planet but Salty just freaking struts around like his shit doesn’t stink.
He ph yesterday for Frank in the second inning and got a single. Borbon smoked a single to RF and Salty casually jogged into 2B.
Then Young comes up and hits the same exact ball to RF and Salty doesn’t get a good read on it so he had to stop at 3B. Josh K’s and Cruz makes an out to end the inning. Salty’s day is done and he spends the rest of the day walking around with a “Don’t You Know I was the Centerpiece of the Tex Trade” t-hsirt and we end up losing by one run, ho hum.
Borbon’s HR yesterday did go off the roof of the party deck in Goodyear but the wind was blowing 20 mph+. That kid looked really good at the plate and I think we’ll be okay with his arm. Tiny E goes way out to for the relay throws.
"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)
My understanding is...
…he had that attitude while in Atlanta.
I doubt the fact that he’s the 4th best player the Rangers got in the Teixeira trade has much to do with it.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 2, 2010 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Are you saying that his strut might have more to do with his general all-around attitude and ego than with the fact that he was part of a blockbuster trade?!?!
There’s no room for logic in Josey’s shop of illogical horrors!
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Makes sense
remember when his dad posted here all of the time?
by Anonymous New Guy on Apr 2, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
I think he did not too long ago.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
wish he was still around
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
heh
to see him try to respond to these kind of messages
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Well
What it resulted in was:
1) About 90% of folks bending over backwards not to say anything negative about Salty, and
2) The other 10% going out of their way to rip on him.
It makes for an uncomfortable situation, IMO.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 2, 2010 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Like the back of a Volvo?
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!
by Keynes on Apr 2, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
I agree...
I think Salty sucks and I never felt comfortable, as a father, saying as much as soon as I found out it was really him.
wasn't i
the reason he stopped? i really dont remember but i think we got into a fight because i liked Laird and didn’t think that a 22 yo lil arrogant ass salty should be playing? not 100% sure but i think i remember that
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
There's a major difference in the way Teagarden & Salty
carry themselves at camp.
I never noticed it before with Salty and this was the 3rd camp I’ve been to since he has been with the Rangers.
It just seemed (again, reading body language can be tricky) as though he had no sense of urgency while TT and Treanor for that matter were much more bidness like.
Salty struts around like he’s not even worried about being named the starting catcher 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)
I started becoming a little concerned
when he seemingly welcomed the trade talk to Boston last year. ARod-Teixeira bright lights syndrome, except those guys are pretty good.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
well isn't this
the third year in a row he will be named the starter without doing anything to earn it?
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Of course, another difference in
the two would be that Tea sucked offensively this Spring, to the extent those things matter. Maybe he should mix it up and carry himself like a prick.
Frankly, Tea didn’t do anything to make Salty worry about being named the starting catcher this year.
by Whiskey in my Whiskey on Apr 2, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
I've heard some folks say Teagarden
also walks around like that, though not as many.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Looks like someone
has another whipping boy!
He just looks for any player overly connected to JD and opens fire
Remember that time when Elvis made Josey look like the royal jackass idiot of all royal jackass idiots with his “clearly not ready for The Show” rantings?
That was fun.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Before that, it was Nelson Cruz
Because JD blew it on the Lee trade, he needed Cruz to become something halfway decent.
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
And then in the Will Carroll/Josey Wales Saga this offseason, Josey pimped Cruz's talents like he was his agent and P.R. rep rolled into one
Josey should write a book on flip-flopping, opinion-switching, delusion, and spin. He’s a master.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
I was on board with Cruz after seeing him
last spring training and said he’d have a big year.
Fuck Will Carroll. I wouldn’t give up four years of Nelson Cruz for one year of Carl Crawford unless Tampa threw in a nice pitcher.
"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)
Not with this manager or this GM.
The AL West is bunched fairly tight (other than Seattle who I think is going to struggle to win 77 games) and the difference is likely to come in the FO’s of each team.
We aren’t going anywhere with Cocaine Ron.
"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)
hey
i am with you when it comes to RW. id rather have buck.
whats your win prediction for the rangers this year?
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Are we going to have a prediction/projection thread (with a separate area for discussion)
for the team so everybody knows where everybody stood before the season?
So much of our season depends on how much damage Cocaine Ron does in the first month.
I think I like the Garko signing but why didn’t we do this back in January?
"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 should have one
go ahead and start it
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you know, raw doggin' some randoms. double baggin' it to avoid seepage"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
still waiting on the prediction
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions
did you walk around Surprise, AZ using "Cocaine Ron" while discussing Rangers baseball with the locals?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
No, I save Cocaine Ron for LSB.
I did talk with quite a few fans and nobody bought the bs about it being the first time he smoked/snorted cocaine (he’s 57 years old!!) and nobody could believe the Rangers still brought him back to manage the team 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)
I can see that.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
In January
Garko gets a major league deal and at least $1 million guarenteed
On March 31, Garko gets a minor league deal and a split-$500k salary and somone else gets to pay for his lunches through spring training.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Glad to know Teixeira has already made it to the Hall of Fame, I guess I missed that news
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
If we hadn't traded Teixeira
He still would have been the most important cog of last seasons World Series Champion New York Yankees. But we wouldn’t have gotten anything out of it.
Ask the Braves how the trade has been for them… just be prepared to duck. a lot!!!
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
If you take a macro look at the landscape of 1B
with this organization in October of 2005 (when JD took over), you can’t give JD a passing grade because he misread both AG’s talent level (he might be a superstar if not playing in SDO) and his ability to sign Tex to a long-term deal (which upon further review, given Tex’s agent at the time was ludicrous).
If JD had kept AG and dealt Tex for that package, he’d deserve all the credit in the world.
"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)
uhh
AG is a superstar, even playing in SD
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 Apr 2, 2010 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions
He's really, really good
Check out his road stats over the last two years.
"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 you are saying
with a straight face, that if we had traded Teixeira, Sledge, and Young for Otsuka, Eaton and billy Killian and installed Adrian Gonzalez as the first baseman before the 2006 season you would have been happier?
You are a moron. A fricken stupid moron. Thank god everyone here knows it.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Coool.
I heard that about Cruz, I like that he’s taking on that role and I bet his on field performance will improve bc of it….he seems (and we’ve read a ton about it) more comfortable and confident this ST as he’s not really having to prove himself, he can just lift weights and mash.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
As an example...he was
livid when Borbon cut in front of him to take a ball in deep RCF and let him know about it in no uncertain terms right there. He did the same thing with Arias who went back for a ball hit to RF when he should have given way to Cruz.
On Tuesday in Tucson, when the national anthem started Tiny E & Borbon were in short RF and stood next to each other. Tiny E was in an exaggerated conversation with Borbon during most of the anthem.
On Thursday in Goodyear, both Tiny E & Borbon were once again in short RF when the anthem started. Cruz made it a point to wander over stand and between them so there would be no more anthem shenanigans. Just a little thing but it’s something that bothered Cruz and he took matters into his own hands.
"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 like it...
…but if he were a real leader he would’ve clotheslined Arias while coming in on the ball.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
The overriding principle at all ST games
is to not do anything to get hurt. Both teams go out of their ways to make sure nobody screws up their season or career in ST.
"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 you were the one a few weeks ago arguing that the win-loss record in spring training mattered
Yet another hole shot in your own argument. Well done.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
I think win/loss records in ST
mean different things for different teams.
If the Yanks or Red Sox were 9-18, it wouldn’t be that big of a deal but then again those teams didn’t collapse last September after finding out their manager flunked a drug test during the 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)
Too bad Nolan didn't have the balls to fire Wash
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 2, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
+1
clearly the “dumbassery” has not stopped!
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Who knows what really went on
when our 57 year old manager smoked/snorted during the season but I’ve been on Nolan’s ass to fire both JD & Wash since September 2008.
Only in Texas do we fire a clubhouse manager who had been with the team for 22 years and keep the 57 year old manager who snorts/smokes cocaine during the season citing the “family atmosphere within the organization” as a reason to do so.
"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 the dumbassery hasnt stopped?
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
What if
Minasian is the blackmailer that Galloway talked about? Boy would you be in a quandry then…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you know, raw doggin' some randoms. double baggin' it to avoid seepage"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Why?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
You obviously support both blindly
That would cause you to to have to pick a side
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you know, raw doggin' some randoms. double baggin' it to avoid seepage"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
The rangers going 9-18 means about the same
No one really cares. Wait til monday when the game means something.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Bury your head in the sand, iblum.
The Rangers going 9-18 and having one of the lowest runs scored totals in Az definitely means something when you considered how we finished 2009.
Until that one inning yesterday where the Rangers had three errors, I really did like the defense I saw. The left side of the infield was strong and Blanco fielded very well also. No issues whatsoever with the OF either.
Cobra Lewis looked sharp in Arizona and thank gawd he was allowed to hit because he knocked in a run and scored another run in the 4-2 win at Tucson. Kind of a good news/bad news thing because he’s not getting any more than 5 ab’s this 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)
Talk to the Hand.
Davis, .360/.389/.493
Bobon, .317/.356/.417
FOTF, .448/.484/.569
Cruz, .344/.419/.688
Hambone, .415/.448/.679
Vlad, .333/.349/.439
Salty, .318/.348/.545
PANIC!!! we can’t score runs!!!!!!
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Yet in Arizona
we still had one of the worst offenses when it came time to score runs.
"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 CF is supposed to cut balls off from the RFer
The CF is the general of the OF. Its nice seeing such a young guy like Borbon taking charge out there instead of differing to the veterans.
The other stuff is good to hear about but Borbon was in the right to cut any ball off from Cruz
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.
Yes, Grande Esteban
I know the CF is supposed to go get everything he can …thank you for your insight.
On this particular ball, it was Cruz’s baby all the way …he busted ass to get there, called for it and was standing under it and Borbon came out of nowhere to take it.
Whether or not Jules violated protocol or not, Cruz was visibly pissed about it. Shoulders went down and he shook his head. Borbon tried to talk with Cruz about it as they were running in (it was the 3rd out) but Cruz didn’t want to hear 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)
Well then tough shit Nelly
If a CFer calls for it (which I am assuming Borbon was doing) its his. If Cruz doesn’t like it maybe he should go ask to play CF. Cruz being visibly pissed at that is not an endearing trait in my eyes
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.
Yeah...
that’s the CFers call, but consider the source here.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
heh, I wish you would just stick to this type of commentary
this is actually productive
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
hes Mississippian, damnit lol
born in mississippi (while his father went to college there), went to univ of tennessee – played in HS in Santo Domingo, DR
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 Apr 2, 2010 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought Borbon went to college in the US,
has a dad that’s a professor (somewhere in Mississipi) and grew up here.
His names sounds dominican, hispanic or whatever but for some reason I thought he was raised in the US.
"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 did
univ of tenn
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 Apr 2, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I remeber reading when he speaks English, he has a Southern drawl
but I can’t recall hearing this for myself
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!
they are scared shitless something else is about to come down
Do tell details.
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!
Josey hears things other don't
maybe he should get checked out for Schizophrenia. That is serious problem.
We’ll just hope it’s his normal hallucination’s of player’s wives telling him things.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Apr 2, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I bet Josey was hanging out in the hotel bar trolling for juicy rumors the entire time he was there...
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
He heard that Kins' wife spends waaaaaay too much on purses
and Darren Oliver’s wife ‘thinks she’s too cute’.
JUICY!
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!
Embedded with the local heroes
Tell the truth, how many swirlies did the team give you?
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you know, raw doggin' some randoms. double baggin' it to avoid seepage"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
where's the prediction?
I’ve been waiting on the edge of my seat
by nathanbaum09 on Apr 2, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Is that what Kevin Richardson't wife told you
when you were riding on the airplane with her?
You know we all missed you. (and yes, we were all aiming for you, we’re just lousy shots.)
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
So, Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics fame and glory
posted up an empty PNG image of the format he uses to create his illustrious daily comics.
Anyone with substantial photoshop skillz and image searching skillz interested in placing Rangers images in the place of T-Rex, Utahraptor, and the little green dinosaur in the third cell who’s name I never attempt to spell or pronounce?
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!
Make it so
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!
Our friendship has never been as endangered as it is right now
Batman does not have nappy times!
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
another day
another ripping of the DMN idiots
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
/bob from arlington
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Today's ripping was very specifically targeted, towards one poster and one statement in general
So, it’s different from our general riff on them as a whole.
Plus I burn those dudes everytime I post due to the greatness and sexiness of Keith Law.
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!
What site?
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you know, raw doggin' some randoms. double baggin' it to avoid seepage"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
MLB/AL/NL?
do you have my email info?
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
how many teams
and i just sent you an email
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
one more question
just re-sent
its noon Central?
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions
cant get in
since its 30 min before draft time
sry
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
sry
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
+1 on what stats
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
I'll play
if you need someone
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you know, raw doggin' some randoms. double baggin' it to avoid seepage"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
tcufrog16@hotmail.com
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you know, raw doggin' some randoms. double baggin' it to avoid seepage"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm in
and ready to draft
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you know, raw doggin' some randoms. double baggin' it to avoid seepage"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
PFT sez Flozell and Hamlin to be released to by the 'Boys today
Very interesting- looks like they like Dougie Free more than most here do.
INB4 ‘No Cowboys talk!’
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!
Adovcating dumping Columbo, moving Columbo to LT, moving Bigg to LT, or rookie/free agent manning it?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Definitely not Columbo to LT
I think their are a couple guys who can be had via trade. The Ravens LT, they want to move Oher to the left side
Gaither is definetely of interest
But I know I’d hate to give up a first for him (to sign him outright), and given the depth of this draft that Vela’s been spouting about over at BTB, I’m not so sure about giving up a straight second- and I don’t think they go for a third or a give us a fourth and Gaither for the second type deal.
Then again, I think the most likely scenario in the draft is a trade down to the early second for a team chasing McCoy or Tebow
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
It's been reported that an offer of a low second would "get your foot in the door" for Gaither.
I think they can be haggled with. We could definitely get him without giving up this year’s first.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
Jared Gaither
i think it’s an absolute NO BRAINER to trade our first rounder for him.
From KC Joyner
The first of these is Baltimore Ravens LT Jared Gaither. Gaither has been a starter for the past two seasons, and in that time his metrics have been nothing short of superb. He has allowed only seven total sacks in 27 games and only one of these was a “one-on-one sack” (defined as when a defender beats a blocker in a one-on-one environment and tackles the quarterback in the pocket within three seconds of the snap).
That illustrates Gaither’s dominant pass-blocking skills, but his run-blocking numbers are also quite notable. Gaither was at the point of attack (POA) on 300 running plays the past two years, and he won his block 255 times, or 85 percent of the time.
That is a solid number on its own, but his 2009 POA win rate of 89.0 percent is even more noteworthy. To put that total into perspective, consider that in a typical NFL season, fewer than one out of 10 offensive linemen will crack the 90 percent POA win mark. Gaither was on the precipice of that mark last year despite battling injuries.
Put these two factors together and it equals a truly elite blindside blocker. Add to this the question marks surrounding many of the left tackles in this year’s draft and it means Gaither is hands down the best choice in the market at his position, especially since acquiring him reportedly will cost only a second-round pick.
"Clearly, I've been wrong. VY is awesome." - AJM
im with you
im 1000% ok with trading a 2nd for him (steal of a deal imho) but id be 99% ok with trading the 1st rd pick
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 Apr 2, 2010 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Haven't seen it yet
But all the reviews I’ve read say it comes off as a very cliched “oh, look at the noble white family saving this poor, trouble black youth” story, and I’d rather watch Cannibal Holocaust again than sit through that.
"He's not coming back. That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
-- Sterling Archer
I'd say that's a fair review.
It’s a quality movie, but so many people I spoke with built it up to be amazing…and I just didn’t think it was anything above your average flick.
AL West
Oakland 90-72
LAAA 88-74
Texas 83-79
Seattle 77-85
By: Josey Wales
Has anyone here read the Micheal Lewis book?
I thought there was a subtopic throughout the book examining whether they were truly doing it as a philanthropic exercise or if they saw some dollar signs, and I heard there’s nothing of this in the movie.
I’ve seen/read neither, just looking for someone to do the work for me.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
It's addressed at the end of the movie.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
The movie definitely glossed over some of the more sketchy parts.
Like the fact that, according to the movie, the wife of a HUGE Ole Miss donor happened to be driving around in the middle of the night in the rain to pick up an enormous black kid who ended up going to Ole Miss totally by coincidence.
I’m not saying the people didn’t do a good thing by helping the kid, but their motives were hardly 100% altruistic.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
That movie woulda been better if they replaced Michael Oher with Precious.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Cue the running with the bucket of chicken gif
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 done...
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
ugh that movie was so depressing....
..I can’t even laugh at that .gif bc of the back story…..
I started feeling sorry for Precious’ mami at the end, which made me hate myself a little.
Deep Moment with Ryin A.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Yeah, I've avoided it just to avoid that sentiment
That, and I don’t wanna see Mariah Carey clothed.
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 really want to read it.
Frankly, if they did it to help out Ole Miss (which I doubt), who cares? Maybe it’s not the best reason to do it, but it still brought a homeless kid in to a pretty well-off home and got him a college education and a job in the NFL.
I read the book
Not too long after it came out, and really liked it. I haven’t seen the movie though because based on the trailer and what i’ve heard it sounds like there’s parts that are important that they left out and took liberties to make the mom more dramatic.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I haven't seen the
movie either but this was a pretty good read.
"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
Sandra Bullock is in it.....
…..that’s all I needed to know about the quality of the film.
She’s about on the same level of acting ability as Tom Green and Carrot Top are.
Because
Carrot Top is an Artistic Genius!!!
"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
And Road Trip
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
the genius of Breckin Meyer.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
If Sandra needs a shoulder to cry on, she can use mine
"Josey drives to games???
I always assumed he rides in on his high horse"
jam0152
Martin Perez, "Mucho queso"
I try not to make a habit of this, but I agree with brettgardner
Sure, there have been some truly great movies that have won Best Picture over the years. But in the last decade, at least, my general feeling on the nominees is mostly “meh.” They either nominate stuff that doesn’t interest me or movies that are crappy but “should be nominated” because of some artistic quality or message or whatever. So they get praised as an “Oscar nominee,” but they actually suck.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Yeah, I disagree with that, too.
In general, once I’ve caught up on a year of movies, the Oscar nominees are among my favorites, and I at least like almost everyone one of them.
Different strokes and all.
PFT
heh, that scout sure did blast Todd McShay
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/31/todd-mcshay-backlash-builds/
"Clearly, I've been wrong. VY is awesome." - AJM
wow
“Most people at my level feel he is a joke,”
“McShay does not have any good connections,” the source opined. "Higher-ups in the league think he is an arrogant asshole. A know-it-all. And he really knows nothing. Whatever he says about a quarterback, take it to the bank, it will be the opposite. Remember, last August he stated that Jevan Snead was better than Colt McCoy and would get drafted in the top five. He has yet to publicly retract that statement.
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 Apr 2, 2010 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
No, don't go to the bank with it.
He was the highest guy I read on Matt Ryan. I mean, blind squirrel and all, but still.
I love the idea of retooling the o-line, as I think I've said here.
The problem is, despite the weaknesses, I still think the line is good, and I’m not necessarily confident they’d do a good job of retooling it or if they can even get a hold of immediately better blockers.
I guess we’ll see. But Free frightens me.
Yeah, well go try to convince them of that at Blogging The Boys.
Those dudes are in love with Free and I don’t understand it. I think he could be a very good RT, but he hasn’t done anything to convince me he’s good enough to take over for Flozell. Hamlin on the other hand I could give a shit about. I’ve been calling for his release since last season.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
I love the Cowboys
But I can’t stand that site.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
Rafael Vela is definetely worth reading
but I haven’t really read comments over there for like four years
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!
Same here.
If anyone just followed my SBN history, you’d think I was a mild Cowboys fan and cared a bunch more for the Rangers.
Amen.
I use to read that site but haven’t been there in a long time. The comments section is/used to be awful.
"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 am wondering about the Sherrington Column of this morning.
That’s hardly a feel good, opening day is ’round-the-corner rah rah type of column ramping up to the season.
“Washington is making his last stop, too. It’s win now or never. The expectations were already high, so to speak. Even if he hadn’t tested positive, even if it really was his first time, which is what I’d say, too, chances are pretty good he wasn’t going to start over someplace else.”
From the School of Kevin Sherrington Blah Journalism, this qualifies as a true moment of “Pow Pow.”
"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)
halosheaven poll
Pick how many games the Rangers will win.
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
C.J. Wilson - 2010 AL Cy Young
wow
62% think they will win 85 or fewer games (60 of 98 votes)
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 Apr 2, 2010 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd get used to this line of thinking.
Our offense didn’t improve over the off-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)
You keep saying that, without any proof at all
And it countermands what every projection system has said, from Fangraphs to PECOTA.
ok, so, without proof, explain your logic…..
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Almost all offensive improvement This Thing has in 2010
is on the shoulders of Chris Davis being much better than he was in 2009.
Yeah, he hit the ball okay in AZ but most of that damage was done early. He also had something like 3 walks in close to 80 plate appearances. It’s funny how this organization treated Davis when I was at ST. I think he played every day (including the beat down roadie to Tucson) and they made sure he got his 4 plate appearances before leaving the game.
Max & Matt Brown usually didn’t get into games until at least the 7th (and usually the 8th inning). It seemed as though they didn’t want to upset Davis with real competition but three days before the season starts they acquire Garko.
Any OBP improvement we have at DH is going to come at the expense of power. Same for CF.
We could be better if Cocaine Ron pulls his head out of his ass and starts using straight platoons at 1B and C but there’s no indication that’s going to happen.
"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)
Right, and Hamilton isn't very important either
After all, he went from .304/.376/.530 in 660+ PA’s in 2008 to .268/.319/.426 in 330+ PA’s in 2009. So we dumped him and repla… eh? what? he’s still here? and he’s hit over .400 with power this spring.
damn, we’re screwed.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Plus Kinsler, plus Vlad at the DH
plus any improvements from young players (including Cruz).
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
Our DHs went 38/97 with an .820ish OPS last year.
How much better than that is Vlad going to be 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)
about 850ish
improved, and you said we havent improved. Thats just one improvement, how much are Kinz, Hambone, and even Andrus and Cruz gonna improve?
How ’bout not having Hank Blalock?
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
Improvements.
Difficult to expect much more than a 30/30 from Kinsler although we could use more consistentcy.
Andrus – I expect the same year.
Hamilton – 29 years old and he’s had one healthy sober professional year. I love to watch him play but I won’t have high expectations for him until he’s healthy & sober for two straight years.
Cruz – Turns 30 this year. He is what he is.
"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)
Cruz will be better, count on it
I really can’t see Hamilton being as bad as he was last year if he’s at all healthy.
Kinz, offensively, while putting up great looksy good #’s just was not as effective as you expect him to be.
Andrus, while no certainties are ever known about young players, can be projected to improve more times than not… and thats all you are ever dealing with in terms of projecting a season, likelihoods.
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
Reasons for Cruz being better:
He’s a pretty young 30 baseball wise considering he did not start playing Baseball until his later teens. He has such ridiculous raw talent that you can’t say that after one full season in the bigs he’s maximized what he can do, no way. He really does have more talent than just about all of 5 or 6 ML corner OFs. I really, really expect him to hit 35-40 bombs this year with more playing time than last year. Also, his BA is fairly likely to improve due to BABIP and just the type of hitter he’s been in minors, raising all his other according numbers.
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
There's more to playing baseball
than looking at HR and SB totals
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
God, fuck you, man.
I’m just not posting here anymore unless you stop using your Deloreon to make me look like a copy cat.
I laugh at your misery
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
Difficult to expect much more than a 30/30?!
So, home runs and stolen base totals: all it takes to evaluate an offensive season.
Nope.
"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)
Ian Kinsler
I need him to be healthy and as good as he was last year on defense.
I love his 31 for 36 sb’s.
I need that OBP to get back to .375ish so his OPS crawls back near .900 once again…but what I really want is Kinsler ’09 on defense and Kinsler ’08 on offense.
Good enough for you?
"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 as I
Want him to hit .390/.525/.680 with 45 home runs, 48 stolen bases, 150 RBI’s, 160 runs scored, hit for the cycle in the division clinching game, and then go to the nearest hospital that night and cure cancer.
Not that I would be disappointed if that didn’t happened, but that’s what I want.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Your wants
are nowhere near as realistic as mine but there are a lot of cheerleaders in here…my gosh, just look at the AL West projection thread if you need further evidence.
"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 Tine.
"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 Ryin A on Apr 2, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Cheerleaders?
Well, I guess Nolan and the Face are leading that parade, seeing as they’ve predicted a division title.
Why do you hate America?
"He's not coming back. That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
-- Sterling Archer
How do you decide which days
to wear pony tails and which days to put your hair up in a bun?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
You'll never know
Cheerleaders don’t let pissants like you in on their secrets.
"He's not coming back. That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
-- Sterling Archer
So there is much more than we could expect out of Kinsler
this season vs. last season.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
I don't think anyone disagrees with that.
But it’s not hard to do better than 30/30 if everything else is sucky (not saying that was or wasn’t Kinsler, just addressing the silly argument).
also, what was our wOBA at the DH spot?
I guarantee you Vlad will well outperform that
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
.345
Guerrero, in his injured, down year, went .343. That’s not park adjusted, so. . .
CHONE’s got him going .359. He went .417 in July last year and .430 in August.
I won’t guarantee anything, but I’ll definitely bet on Vlad here.
Yup
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
At the very least
I don’t think we got worse at DH and Vlad on a hot streak is a hell of a lot better than Blalock or Jones on their best hot streaks
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
Yes.
If DH is down this year without Vlad missing most of the season with an injury, I’ll be more shocked than if C.J. Wilson ends up being our best starter.
Isolate every position on the team
and tell me where we’re going to definitely have marked improvement.
Our LF’s were pretty good in 2009, wanna say 28 bombs with an .800+ OPS. Is Josh going to be healthy enough to match those numbers 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)
I don't think you can ever say you're "definitely" going to have "marked improvement"
Anywhere. That’s a really stupid post.
number 10000000 in that category for sir josey
I think he deserves an award
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
Psi
C can’t get much worse than last year. .700 OPS was pretty much rock bottom.
1B. Will improve. Davis is to young to suck that badly again. And Smoak is waiting. Garko vs lefties should be better than Andruw Jones.
2B. Kinsler. I guess he’s getting his injury out of the way early.
3B. might improve. might not. Young could hit 30 bombs this year. as I said in another thread, never count him out.
SS. Will improve. Elvis was only 20 last year. might regress, probably won’t. Could steal 40 bases or more.
LF. Will improve. Hamilton vs Murphy/Byrd. yeah, right.
CF. might improve. Byrd’s OPS was only .808 and Hamilton’s was south of that. Neither one of them stole bases. Borbon will steal 40+
RF. Should stay the same. Cruz vs Cruz.
DH. Should improve. overall numbers were boosted by subs, Vlad vs Jones and Blalock is a laugher. Especially if he’s healthy, and he appears to be healthy.
Happy?
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
CDavis won't suck as bad
because if he does they boot his worthless ass to AAA and start the Smoak era!
"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 agree with a lot of youyr post
but I wouldnt be shocked if Tiny E took a small step back offensively. Sophmore slump and all.
by BEW on Apr 2, 2010 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
If Borbon has an .808+ OPS I will dance naked in the street.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
And you are completely discounting the fact that if Davis does struggle,
we wont have to deal with the Zombie Corpse that was Blalock last year, instead, we have a top 10 prospect in Smoak at AAA and/or another really solid hitting prospect in Mitch Moreland waiting right behind him.
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
also, even using Smoak's skewed AAA stats b.c of oblique injury
the projection systems have Smoak, if he played starting on monday, outperforming Blalock’s sad .313 wOBA, which he sadly compiled in over 450 ABs last year. Almost anyone we go to now is going to do a good bit more than that taking Hank’s ABs
Feliz says his greatest thrill was striking out Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz, one of his heroes. Yet, when he called to tell his parents, his mother had a request: Strike out New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, too.
"So when I did that," Feliz says, "I told my mom, 'There you go. There's your present. Don't ask me to strike anyone else out, OK?'
Who is this Hank you speak of and what ever became of him?
by BEW on Apr 2, 2010 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
He's selling imported beer
outside section 203 in the concourse at Tropicana Field.
It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard.
- Nolan Ryan
by Flynnyrd on Apr 2, 2010 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hmm...
went with 86-91.
I’m projecting a 89-73 record for the Rangers this year.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Found this line in the Sherrington column amusing
About Washington……
And, of course, he carries the taint of the Rangers.
Didn’t know it was portable.
If you want some slack, bring your own rope.
Yankees roughing up the Orioles on ESPN...
Showalter in the booth. He’s kinda boring to listen to. Matt Wieters please come home (to Arlington).
Now performing in the Mark Holtz room, Elvis sings you ain't nothing but a groundball.
Davis will most definitely start opening day
regardless of Ron’s plan to platoon him the rest of the year or not
I agree that Davis will start Opening Day.
This team goes out of it’s way to candy-ass Chris Davis whenever it can.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
That's what a team does
when they feel like they have a talented player who is poised to be incredibly productive. And when they have an aging, injury prone player who’s defense gets more and more limited, they drop him like a hot rock. And when the scouting reports say he can’t play defense, can’t hit lefties, and can’t really hit righties either, he can’t find a job. Hi, mr Blalock, how’s tampa? How’s riding pine?
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
We're three days away from the season getting started and you have yet to
heal, iblum.
"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)
My predictions for the AL
AL East
Tampa wins, NY Yankees get Wild Card.
Boston goes 93-69 and fail to make playoffs. East coast media types will throw a shit fit because Red Sox have better record than both AL Central & AL West division winners.
AL Central
Minnesota wins but White Sox intrigue me greatly. Per Twins, they’re not going to enjoy near the home field advantage they used to have and will be spending quite a few games learning about their new park. I’m really shaky with this pick because White Sox have such good starting pitching but I’ll be a puss and stick with the Twins.
AL West
Oakland 90-72
LAAA 88-74
Texas 83-79
Seattle 77-85
"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)
oakland?
i guess you expet sheets/dutch to be good lol
i see no way in hell the rangers finish 3rd without major injuries, and i see no way that oak is that good, their IF is horrendous. they do not have the best…anything in the division (offense/defense/pitching/manager) i see no way in hell oak finishes the division winner.
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.
Wow...now that is a BOLD AL West prediction.
I sense that I will really enjoy rubbing this in your face.
Will you make a prediction or are you
one of those pussies (like Ken over at NMLR) who makes fun of others and says “predictions aren’t my thing” ?
"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 like how Josey professes himself as an expert with extremely important predictions and is now frantically running around trying to get others to make predictions
If Josey was so dadgum smart, he wouldn’t care about the rest of our predictions. He would make his and let it stand for itself.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
I don't let the opinions of LSB Spares (such as yourself) influence
my predictions.
All four teams are relatively close but I think the gamechanger is the make-up and competence of each FO, specifically the GMs and managers.
Having muddled ownership and a manager who flunked a drug test doesn’t help.
I think BBeane has been in the think tank for a while and is ready to steal a division in 2010. Let’s hope I’m wrong.
"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)
Oakland
They have some nice young pitching, but their defense isn’t that great, and they may have a worse lineup than the M’s.
I don’t see any way they win 90.
"He's not coming back. That chick was like, the Pele of anal."
-- Sterling Archer
no. chance.
they have to have everything go right (more health questions in SP than us…and less SP depth, and cahill wasnt exactly a world beater last year) and if they lose one of sheets/dutch they are cooked.
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.
That ChiSox rotation does it, I think.
I could definitely see that scenario playing out in the East.
I don’t get the Oak-Sea gap. You might have to explain that one.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I don't like Seattle for a variety of reasons.
Teams that take giant steps like they did in 2009, especially those with gaps in pythag almost always fall back down the mountain. Lee won’t be ready until May and all he’s doing is replacing what Bedard & Washburn gave them. King Felix was a god last year and can’t be much better. Is there a young phenom that’s supposed to take a step forward? Can anybody succeed that depends that much on Milton Bradley and a 40 something Kenneth?
Just don’t see 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)
I don't like
their uncanny record in 1 run games last year. They had a staggering record in 1 run games and that usually doesn’t carry over to the next year.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Oakland
Yes, I’m waaaaaaay out on a limb or so it seems.
As bad as the A’s were on offense last year, they only scored 15 runs less than the Rangers and they play half their games at Oakland. The problem in Oakland last year was runs allowed (one of their highest totals in several years).
Their pythag suggested they should have finished 81-81 (they could pick up some games there). Part of that problem came from their record in one run games (15-23).
I think both the Angels and Ms take steps backwards in 2010. The A’s were 12-26 against those teams last year and could make up some games there.
The A’s were 10-7 in games where they scored 7 runs. They should have been at least 14-3 in those games.
The A’s are a young team and they finished up last September 17-10 which is usually a nice sign of good things to come.
The 2008 A’s started the season 44-37 and a lot of the infrastructure from that team is still there. That team also finished up well from …wanna say late August to late September but they didn’t react well collectively to the Harden / Blanton deals.
The A’s will have a better defensive OF.
The A’s will have a better defense up the middle.
Not sure about what Ben Sheets or The Duke give them but I like them regardless. I love teams with young talent because those players get better in a hurry (if they’re really good) and that’s what the A’s have this year.
Barton? Dunno but the Great God OBP usually does not lie. Hard to get past Jack Cust being on the team but I think Kouzmanoff may help them more than people think.
They also have a pair of impact kids (Carter & Taylor) that may be ready to join the big club and contribute during the season.
I think three of the teams in the AL West are tightly strung together in terms of talent but this is going to be decided by the organization with the best FO.
"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 you expect carter
to be better than davis this year?
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.
Which Davis? Chris or Rajahi?
"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)
chris
sry
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.
Don't really know...it's too hard to project
young players especially if they’re trying to hit in Oakland.
Point was that they may have help on the way. We may have the same thing in Texas with Smoak.
"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)
If Vegas had such a thing,
I would bet it all on Smoak > Carter.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I dunno about phenom until Ackley makes it, but I do think
FGutz is only gonna get better. The Figgins addition is big, and I’m a firm believer in Bradley.
Until proven otherwise, LAA will be my biggest fear but Sea gives me pause for concern.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
especially those with gaps in pythag almost always fall back down the mountain
like the angels?
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.
The Angels are freaks
in regards to pythag. Good teams are sometimes like that.. wanna say the late 90’s / early 00’s NY Yankees were the same way.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
You asked, I answered.
The team loves Chris Davis. The fans love Chris Davis. I love Chris Davis.
And we all share in our dislike for both you and Hank Blalock.
so get over it and watch while he hits 40 homers this year.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Will Davis be a 40/40 player
in 2010? 40 Hrs and 40 BBs.
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
C.J. Wilson - 2010 AL Cy Young
No (on Davis going 40/40).
If he gets walks once every 20 ab’s (he’s at once every 25 ab’s or somesuch this spring) he’d need 800 plate appearances to do that 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)
Well he does have more BBs
then HRs in the MLs.
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
C.J. Wilson - 2010 AL Cy Young
Ladies and Gents
Three more hangovers to fight through until the season starts. Let’s play ball!
01/23/2010
A new era begins.
BtB has a "Worse FA signing" poll
I have to go with Holliday’s 7/120 simply sue to the length and $$$.
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
C.J. Wilson - 2010 AL Cy Young
I went with Lyon
Holliday’s contract is huge, but he’s at least likely to be a superstar player for some of that contract and when your lineup has Pujols in it, you can’t let that go to waste with a mediocre offense around him. Lyon on the other hand has almost no chance to be worth 5 million a year, and it is Houston who signed him. That’s pretty much a guarantee to be a horrible FA contract.
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
Josey
if I made a fanpost right now for Rangers season win predictions, would you post something in there and stick to it?
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you know, raw doggin' some randoms. double baggin' it to avoid seepage"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 1:26 PM CDT reply actions
Go ahead
I’ve made my predictions for the AL in here but I’ll post in your thread as well.
Be sure to make your own predictions as well so everybody is accountable.
"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 influence continues
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
He posted his prediction
we can finally breathe easier…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Do you have the balls to put your own prediction
out there for the masses?
"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 haven't had time
to read Bill James, Baseball Prospectus, or see the team in an exhibtion yet. Give me some time and I’ll make one.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Nice, I may adopt that as my sig
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
You wouldn't be the first to incorporate elements of Josey Shtick into
your signature.
Consider your ass dazzled.
"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)
Already did
So you can see this when Oakland spends almost the entire year under .500.
AL West
Oakland 90-72
LAAA 88-74
Texas 83-79
Seattle 77-85
By: Josey Wales
Check the GDT from yesterday, someone was looking.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I don't get
the notion around here that Francisco is gone after the season. By then we’ll (hopefully) have money to spend, so if he has a decent year what’s wrong with locking him up to a 3yr/15m deal? Sure Scheppers will probably be the closer by year 2 of that deal but FX2 can still be a solid member of the pen going forward.
Assuming that we do have the money to spend
I still think you let him walk. There are better ways for this team to use 5 mil a year, when there are so many internal candidates in double and triple A that could fill that role just as well.
so are you willing to
relegate Feliz to closer to save 5 mill on Fx2
by blueballlefty on Apr 2, 2010 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm willing as shit to relegate Ogando there
Just so that’s out there
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!
all you soothsayers
anyone got the numbers for Saturday night’s lotto drawing. I really need to win it.
Thanks in advance
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
1,2,3,4,5, and 6
There you go, take it to the bank…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 2, 2010 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
this
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.
The Gods of Baseball
3, 7, 24, 25, 32, 44
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Ruth, Mantle
Mays, Bonds, Koufax and Aaron?
"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, I dunno Walter Johnson's # off the top of my head,
and Cobb didn’t have one.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
FWIW, Johnson didn't have one either
until he became a manager.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I might sub in 21 ( Clemente ) or even Bob Gibson
for Bonds but I’m older than dirt
by BEW on Apr 2, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
bonDS
top 3 or 4 hitter all time. yes, above aaron.
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.
Clemente was really, really good but I think so much
of his legend stems from his importance as a player and what he did for PR.
He also played his ass off in the ’71 World Series.
Breaking News – Hank F does not make the Rays. Currently assessing options and may indeed go back to the minors.
"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)
Not sure thats surprising
He sucked in spring training after not having a good full season since ’04.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
What's the deal, has he backed off the hard line "big league roster or retirement" stance he took?
Not particularly surprising. I thought he might have used that as a bargaining point to win the last spot on the roster, but if push came to shove, he wouldn’t actually retire.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
nice
thanks I am playing’em tonight!
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
42 - 39 - 56
"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.
Whole Lotta Rosie,
not gonna slip that one thru the 5 hole of a goalie who loves a lot of 70s music.
"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 didn't know that Garko could catch
if you need him to do so in a pinch.
Hopefully Cocaine Ron isn’t shy about using ph’s for his catchers when needed.
"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)
yes he can..not very well though. He'll be an (and rightfully so) exclusively emergency option
Don’t call Mr. Washington that.
Cocaine Ron seemed to live in abject terror
when it came to ph for his catchers last year and Garko will be fine if he only has to do it for a game before we can get on the horn to Mrs.Richardson to summon her husband back up to the big club.
I also did see Salty struggle (two bad throws) getting the ball back to Harden. Totally missed him on one throw and short-hopped another.
"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)
was a catcher at stanford
IIRC
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.
Looks like Blalock is out of work again
TB is going with Brignac out of ST and Blalock is now looking for other opportunities.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
They would have been insane
to go with Blalock over Brignac.
Any word about their other roster battle? Jack Benny for the final reliever spot?
"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
Jeff over at LL with his review of our Rangers.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Pretty fair, as I expected
"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.
As always...
good stuff from Jeff. I liked this :
Julio Borbon’s going to be annoying, by the way. Makes a lot of contact, puts the ball on the ground, runs like he’s wearing afterburner roller skates. If I didn’t know better, I’d think he played for us.
I’d disagree with this though :
Feldman and Harrison are known entities, although Harrison comes with some upside as he claims he can throw a little harder after surgery.
To me Harrison is far from a known entity, but I’ll give him a mulligan on that one, since like he said, he’s not a Rangers fan.
And this is pretty much why I like to read his stuff :
Why You Should Root For Them If The Mariners Drop Out
Talent. It’s hard to root against talent. Obvious, in-your-face talent. The Rangers, as an organization, are run really well, and they’re loaded with capable players. If the Angels win the division, it’ll be annoying. If the A’s win the division, it’ll be annoying. If the Rangers win the division, it’ll make sense. Guys like Andrus and Feliz and Harden are just treats to watch, and I’d be happy to watch this team bring down one of the beasts from the East.
Why You Should Root Against Them If The Mariners Drop Out
I dunno. Jealousy? General displeasure that comes with having a rival whoop your ass? They’ve never won a playoff series, and that’d be a funny thing to keep alive, I guess. Wouldn’t look forward to all the mass media love going in Michael Young’s direction.
Overall, a very fair review from a fan of another team.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I think I agree with all of that.
I still think the Rangers or maybe Angels are the favorites, though. Not by any huge stretch, but I think LoL is unwilling to call them that to a degree that I think may be due to bias.
But then I’m probably unwilling to call the Angels that. . .
In a division this tight, I think calling anyone "favorite" sends the wrong message
I think Texas and LAnaheim have better odds than Seattle and Oakland, but it’s so close that I’d rather not draw any line.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 2, 2010 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Mendoza traded to the Royals for cash considerations
by GregoryM on Apr 2, 2010 3:42 PM CDT reply actions
ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Do they want German back also?
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
C.J. Wilson - 2010 AL Cy Young
Screw that, hold onto German
He can at least swing a bat.
Ok seriously, wtf is wrong with Dayton Moore?
He just bought Dozer from us for cash considerations.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
Haha
"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.
Dayton, what's up? JD here.
Listen, I’ve got this hotshot kid named Jose Arias. Really slick five-tool kinda guy, but we don’t have a place for him.
I like you, so I want to give you first crack at trading for him. I’ll also give you a discount and accept one Mr. Billy Butler for him, straight up. I know you can’t give me Greinke, so I won’t ask for him, but this kid is that good. Scary good. What do you think?
Dayton- Why don’t I give you both so things are more even?
JD- Sounds fair. We’ll send over the paperwork.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aqua on Apr 2, 2010 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like the way you think
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
I forgot to mention how mature he looks while playing the game.
Could be a big selling point.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
Sure he's got a weak arm from the left side of the infield, but Dayton doesn't understand defensive stats anyway and Arias just LOOKS like a middle infielder
If we kicked in Esteban German as a sweeter in the deal, Dayton might just break down and give us Joakim Soria too.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
what's Soria's nickname, forgot it?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Mexecutioner
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 fact that he's a good closer aside, if I were a GM I would try to acquire him simply because of that nickname
So awesome.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Yeah that's a pretty fucking awesome nickname.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
probably my favorite
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
If Dozer didn't suck, he could have been Mexecutioner Dos
Like they were a masked Luchador tag team
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
I can't get over how good of a nicname that is.
I have a friend who was born in Mexico, and I don’t think I’ll ever refer to him by his actual name again.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
actually
No thanks JD. I don’t want any prospects. I’ll just keep signing your retreads and castoffs. BTW, do you have Blalocks number?
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
C.J. Wilson - 2010 AL Cy Young
I think you can reach him at 1-800-OUT-AJOB
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
Gentlemen, we are one step closer to seeing Dayton Moore's master plan come to fruition
He has almost completely cornered the market on crappy Quadruple-A types. What will the rest of MLB do when they awake to this fact and realize that Dayton now sets the price for crappy players? He will effectively control baseball and will be praised as the greatest GM since Branch Rickey.
It’s pure-dee genius, I tell you.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
You know what all those quadruple-A guys have in common?
Veteran grittiness.
Wash loves those guys. This plan could turn out really badly for us.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
Maybe JD is trying to help Dayton corner the market on Quad-A guys
That way, when Wash starts asking about bringing them in on a spring training invite to compete for a job, JD will be able to say honestly, “sorry Wash, the Royals have all those guys, we just can’t get any of them this year.”
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Cain't we trade onna them proxpecks fir some?
/Wash
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!
Jose Arias can really "bring the mail" from the left side.
/Joe Magraine
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Just an odd thought
Vlad’s career slash line: 321/386/568 (Obviously due for some regressin’ a bit)
Murphy career vs RHP: 284/349/491
Garko career vs LHP: 308/391/479
Assuming Wash could be bullied into straight up platooning those two at DH, a Vlad injury might not hurt us too much, which should allay some fears.
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!
Vlad don't go to Tucson.
Vlad don’t go to Goodyear.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
And if Vlad DH's he sure as hell doesn't platoon with anybody.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
And Josey don't read
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!
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- Eric Hosmer redefines the Baltimore chop with infield double (Video)
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- The Juice: Nelson Cruz matches career high eight RBIs, Pujols stays hot in Seattle
