Blalock Cut
by tlt29 on Apr 3, 2010 1:04 AM CDT
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PrintLooks like he's going to try to hook up with another club, and if nothing materializes, he'll be playing some minor league ball for Tampa. A far cry from what he said a few days ago.
How far this guy has fallen. He had such a future. I saw his first MLB hit off Mark Mulder in Oakland. Then the ASG bomg off of Gagne. Then, he had to turn into a freakin' hack.
Bah.
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I still feel like it was my fault
His fall from grace started right about when I named him my favorite player in 2005. He faceplanted in the second half, and just never recovered.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
you're pretty bad luck
you famously ruined Salty too. Why don’t you start cheering for Dustin Ackley
Go Rice Owls!
I support this sentiment.
Also, Brett Anderson, Cris Carter, Michael Taylor and etc.
"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
shit...
if he needs a Ranger to be his favorite player, just choose Arias or somebody.
by JShoe on Apr 4, 2010 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I rec'd this
She say she are the manager.
by rockin_rangers on Apr 4, 2010 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions
No. Don't live in Texas.
There was a time I could’ve been though.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
by LSJ on Apr 4, 2010 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions
hitting
.175 in ST after last year’s suck is no way to get a major league gig, Hank. Personally, I think he should take the year off baseball and find out if he really wants to play or not. If he really wants to play, he’ll struggle through the minors if he has to.
His whole “I’m not going to the minors” deal almost sounded like “Operation Shutdown” talk to me. Dude, no one cares about what you want to do, you can’t field anymore, and now it looks like you can’t hit either.
"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
In other news out of Tampa,
Joaquin Benoit will be in the Durham Bulls bullpen.
"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
may your career rest in peace Hank.
I’m soooo sorry Josey Wales.
Now performing in the Mark Holtz room, Elvis sings you ain't nothing but a groundball.
cant decide between him or Ruben Mateo
as the biggest letdown in my Ranger life
Of recent vintage, I want to throw Tommy Diamond into that conversation as well
Because at least those two actually gave something to the major league team. Diamond was just right down the road for, what, a half decade?
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 never expected as much
from Diamond.
To me, Diamond was always the bad pick we took instead of Weaver.
"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
Remember when it seemed like
Diamond would be nothing more than a good bullpen piece. Man, those were the days
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
Salty for me then.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
by LSJ on Apr 3, 2010 9:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Up till this point then.
I thought he was fucking Vic Martinez Jr, man.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
by LSJ on Apr 3, 2010 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Like the folks above said
start rooting for the Angels, Ms and As prospects.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
Biggest letdown?
When did you have really high hopes for the kid?
I think his potential was never all that high, he just seemed so close to it that he should have reached it.
Eddie Correa
His busting was Bobby Valentine’s fault.
He had one of the best age 20 seasons of any pitcher in the last 30 years.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 3, 2010 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Yep
200 innings as 20 year old was not a good plan.
by LoneStarBallUser on Apr 3, 2010 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Nelson Norman was either the
biggest bust or worst job of scouting in Rangers history.
"Evolution happened, now get over it." Michael Shermer
Correa didn't help matters by throwing a
boatload of innings in Winter Ball against the advice of the Ranger FO.
I wouldn’t put that one all on Bobby V.
"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)
Can we just say Bobby V sucked as a manager and as a broadcaster?
"Josey drives to games???
I always assumed he rides in on his high horse"
jam0152
Martin Perez, "Mucho queso"
semi-decent restauranteur?
"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 you can say it
But you would be very very wrong. I hope when they get rid of old coke nose that Bobby V is still available. The people who know baseball (read Nolan Ryan here) will try to hire him. Then we will have replaced two the holy trinity of incompetence – Hicks gone, Wash gone, JD at the end of the year.
And by the way, the Bobby V’s on Bowen Rd has the best cheese sticks in the known world…also a killer Reuben.
Foolish consistency is the hobgobblin of little minds - Emerson
those cheesestix you reference are better known as "DiMaggio Sticks"
and you are correct, they’re effn glorious.
"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 team keeps getting better
…and yet people still say shit like this. Funny.
by Black Francis on Apr 5, 2010 1:49 AM CDT up reply actions
We'll
see if they are better than last year starting today! I’m glad there is finally baseball.
"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 have a signed jersey framed on my wall
not worth much now except for the memories.
It’s still better than the signed Roy Williams (S) Cowboys jersey I have as well.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
Trivia
As tlt said, Hank’s first hit was off Mulder on April 1, 2002. Name the 2 current Rangers that were on that team with him.
by LoneStarBallUser on Apr 3, 2010 9:06 AM CDT reply actions
MY is one, obviously
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
by LSJ on Apr 3, 2010 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions
in my defense
i didn’t see tyd’s answer because it was in the wrong place
""It was a ball, dude," Davis said. "I don’t swing at balls anymore." -CD
I went to every single home game that season.
Of course I worked for the Rangers, so I kinda had to.
I still remember thinking how freaking badass Hank Blalock was going to be.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
this is what I'd do, it would be fascinating
If there are any issues in the U.S. that are holding you down you could leave them behind and clear your head and learn a lot. I’d do that in a second before I spent time in the minors. But I don’t think I see Hank as that type of player.
Now performing in the Mark Holtz room, Elvis sings you ain't nothing but a groundball.
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