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by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 10:34 PM CDT
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Yay for no italics!
YAY!
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
nitpicking
Why did Wash PR Arias for Treanor instead of Blanco. Also, shouldn’t he trust Borbon (and then Andrus) to get a good enough bunt down to advance he runner thus no need for a PR?
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
I was all for the pinch runner because it got Treanor out of the game
Max had a great AB and big hit in his only PA. David Murphy then screwed the pooch in that opportunity to get Smoak in.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Murphy shouldn't have been in IMO
Borbons speed reduces the chance of them actually turning the DP so both a GB and a FB score the run in most cases.
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 think the chances of striking out, though is
Murphy << Borbon
But of course Murphy did strikeout, so it seems like a bad arguement on my part. But I think Jules strikes out there as well.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
I agree on the PR
I’m all for anything that gets Treanor out of the game. PR, ejection, foul to the nutsack… whatever.
Treanor
really showed bat skills last night. Two strikeouts and a 40 foot swinging bunt. Time to sit big boy.
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
Pinch runner is fine there
Score from second on a harder hit single, reduce the chance of getting thrown out on a bad bunt, etc
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 hate everyone.
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things were going to good too...
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Your fault.
No rapes for one hour.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
What the hell just happened?
Did the Italians just take over the postgame thread?
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
So
small ball worked tonight. Still hated to see Elvis bunting in that situation…
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
it is somewhat disheartening that we need to squeak by the freaking birds for a win
we're from Texas
CJ says "Relax"
I don't care how we get the win, so long as we do.
save the big offensive games for when our pitching staff doesn’t have it going.
"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."
"If I had caught it, the force would have taken me through the fence." -- Rockies outfielder Ryan Spilborghs about a Nelson Cruz line drive.
by NorCalRangersFan on May 19, 2010 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Not really
anything at all can happen in one game, no matter which teams are playing. Guthrie has been pretty good lately.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
Plus the game should have been over before the Rangers batted in the 9th
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
Yep, Ray is frustrating
The stuff is good, but he’s just got to get it under control.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
haven't the orioles played close to .500 ball
since their horrendous start. they’re probably not as bad as their record would indicate.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
11-12 record
since thier 2 – 16 start including yesterday. 7 of those losses came to either the Yankees or Twins. They pounded Boston. It’s baseball, and I’ll take last night’s win. I hope we can pull out a win today as well.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
And he really made no sense
green background ball or some nonsense was what the umpire said.
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
What he said made sense.
The umpire told him something that was impossible.
Wash probably should have still demanded a review, but whatever…
Probably?
I’m not on the kill Ron for any wrong move bandwagon, but good freaking god why the hell would you not ask for a replay if you have any doubt?
And I am on the kill Ron wagon...
But what the umpire described to Ron was a GR double. There are plenty of things to kill Ron for, this isn’t it. Should he have demanded a review? Probably. But he didn’t based on bad information.
Get pissed at the Elvis sac bunt.
bad info?
Didn’t Ron see it himself? Also, the only way to get a ground rule 2B out there is if the ball bounces over the fence.
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
not necessarily
there are some parks with special ‘ground rules’ which deal with very specific instances of balls in play.
This is not one of them. This was a home run. This was a fuck up.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
not a GR double
in play was what he called it.
Still, I can’t think of one single reason you wouldn’t ask for a replay. If the ump tells you that he’s sure and he’s not checking replay that’s fine. I’m not sure they can or would do that, but I can at least see that. Wash didn’t even ask! What the hell is the point of having it at your disposal if you as the manager aren’t even going to ask for it?
I thought replay..
Can’t be demanded or asked for by the managers. I mean sure he could have gone out and made a fuss about it, but has a umpire ever changed a call because a manager was doing that? It is only used if a umpire wants to use it and it seems from the post game quotes from the umps that the one who made the double call was smugly sure that it wasn’t a home run and didn’t feel there was any doubt that there needed to be a review.
I think if those geniuses as least huddle up and discuss it, they can at least say with some
certainly that it wouldn’t hurt to look at a replay.
But that would be giving these guys some credit that I’m not sure they deserve at this point.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
We saw a fuss
just a couple of weeks ago get an ump to convene the umps and then overturn the call against the Rangers. The game were Wash got tossed for arguing after they had changed the call.
I definitely think not demanding a review is one of the most killable offenses he's committed.
I mean, what downside is there?
nothing
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Same here
I haven’t been a big fan of Ron, but I don’t hate every single move like other people on this board, but damn! WTF!?! How can you possibly not ask for that review?
at least they won the game in regulation
so it didn’t really matter. I’m sure he’s learned his lesson here.
Throw me in that group
This was a big screw up on Wash’s part. A much larger screw up on the ump’s part for fucking up the call so badly, but Wash should have demanded a replay.
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
Do the Rangers have a guy up top looking at a feed or something who's job it is to radio down to tell 'em to challenge, a la the NFL?
Either way, Wash should’ve at least run out there and done the fucking dance.
What does it hurt to go out and at least fucking tell them that’s what you want?
I know certain umps take their role in influencing the game and keeping it being played “the right way” very seriously, but surely they wouldn’t enact some sort of vengeance on managers who dare question their infallibility by asking for replay to be summoned out of the bullpen.
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by thedirkatron on May 19, 2010 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Wash was pathetic in the interview. He gave his line about what the umpire told him and rinsed and repeated it.
The reporters kept trying to think of another way to get him to tell them what happened and they couldn’t. The press conference was quite awkward. You could feel what everyone wanted to say: “Why the fuck didn’t you ask for a replay?”
But everyone was too embarressed for the damn guy to ask that. Pussies.
Wash is too old school. That could have cost us a win. The game has evolved at least some what and allows replays. But Wash is too stubborn to make them use it.
Un-be-leaveable
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Agreed
LSB should have a media pass. Couldn’t you see one of us there asking questions?
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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'd end fucking badly, I would think.
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by thedirkatron on May 19, 2010 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Probably but...
It would be one hell of the one game we would get though.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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 vote...
DATron gets it, just for the shock factor.
Somebody would gets it revoked and all hell would break loose
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Just think, giving LSB a media pass means that all those insane post-game comments on here would, instead, be directed at Warsh
Disaster would be inevitable .0002 seconds into his postgame presser. It would be worded something like:
"HEY YOU ******* IDIOT, WHY THE **** DID YOU ******* BUNT ******* ELVIS WHEN HE ******* HAS THE ******* HIGHEST AVERAGE WITH ******* RISP YOU ******* PIECE OF ****?
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
If I got a media pass...
the first night I went to interview the Rangers, I would trip over a wire, and cause the electricity to go out for the whole county.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think they allow those wires within 20 miles of Ron Washington
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
And the farts would happen...
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't think they were too embarrassed
I just think that they weren’t going to push the issue that much since the Rangers won and it was clear they weren’t going to get any different response from Wash. Wash pretty much just took the umpire’s word that the ball was a HR and fucked up
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'm not one to leap to Wash's defense, but...
From the ESPN blog:
DeMuth has the discretion to use the replay, and didn’t because Eddings was confident he got the call right. Washington doesn’t have the right to ask for a replay because Eddings was sure of the call.
This is 100% on the umpires.
That's pretty contradictory to what that press conference told us
In that Wash has can at least ask and press the issue some, which he didn’t.
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
He still should have asked for it though
Wash comes off looking bad saying he didn’t even ask for it.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
yep
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Again, Dana DeMuth:
I didn’t see any doubt in him on that and I didn’t think the replay was necessary
It’s the umpire’s discretion if he wants to use replay or not. Wash could’ve threatened to eat his children and it’s still not going to matter. Umpires are, by nature, obstinate retards who trust their eyes more than your fancy machines with the time travel that lets you see pictures after they happened.
by LiamP on May 20, 2010 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions 8 recs
He may have never looked at a replay no matter what Wash said
But if Wash is over there at least asking for a replay or for the umps to get together to discuss it, then at least he’s doing what he can. The manager doesn’t get many opportunities in a game to actually make a difference. This didn’t have to be one of those times.
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 ump came out after the game and says that he wasn't going to get it anyway.
He could’ve very easily said “Well, he didn’t ask so why the fuck should I do it?”, but, credit to DeMuth, he said he wasn’t going to view the replay regardless.
Wash going out there would’ve been an exercise in futility and a waste of everyone’s fucking time.
I don't give a fuck
The ump was clearly wrong and should have huddled together. Wash should have at the very least asked them to look at it. I don’t care if they told him no but I would have more respect for the man.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Yup..
Did Liam not see the games recently where we had calls overturned cause the umpires huddled up after arguments? If there was no argument do you think they still would’ve huddled up?
If asked post-game if they would had over-turned it if someone argued the point what would their response be? Exactly what we’re getting now. Despite the fact that it questioning the call vigorously is what caused them to talk it over, if it never happened they’re not going to say ‘oh well maybe if he tried to convince me a little more I would’ve taken a look’
you have to stick up for your team
Even if it’s for show, on something like this you have to go out there and throw a fit and likely get tossed from the game. It looks really bad to fans and probably even the players just to lay down and take it like that.
by Black Francis on May 20, 2010 9:03 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm not on the
Wash must be killed bandwagon. Hell I don’t even think he needs to be fired….yet. This one drove me crazy. I was very angry with him.
ha ha
Umpires are, by nature, obstinate retards who trust their eyes more than your fancy machines with the time travel that lets you see pictures after they happened.
Yes, yes!
The shit talk grows strong in this one!!!
YES!!!!
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions
I hate umpires.
I love you and everyone else in our league (apart from KOK).
His offense is a never ending source of hilarity, though.
Anytime I feel blue I just go take a gander at that butt shit and a smile can’t help by cross my sinister man-lips.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions
I hate sizemore and the indians
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Dude... My entire team is on the DL now.
Shut the fuck up.
I get Cruz back, BOOM, down go Posada and Duke, with Duke out for the fucking year.
Fuck my life, and fuck you for thinking you could fuck yours harder.
You’re a tasty little slut, Rentzington.
But no one’s that tasty.
No one at all.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 7:24 AM CDT up reply actions
gotta rec that!
Umpires are, by nature, obstinate retards who trust their eyes more than your fancy machines with the time travel that lets you see pictures after they happened.
I love anything that makes fun of umpires.
It’s great. You even threw in the image of Wash threatening to eat someone’s children for a bonus.
I blame Goya.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on May 20, 2010 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Eddings is clearly an absolute disgrace to officiating.
This is the very picture of horrible officiating. I don’t think it gets any lower than “I’m sure of what I saw, there’s no reason to double check,” outside of actually fixing games.
I want someone who’s pro-umpire to come and defend this. I know Horns probably doesn’t agree with it, but I want him to try and defend it, anyway. I just want to hear what some form of support for Eddings could possibly sound like.
Question:
Is everyone that defended Wash taking Oday out last week after he got 2 outs on 6 pitches mad that Wash let him pitch the 7th tonight after getting a double play in 4 pitches? Seems to be the same argument, I wanted him to pitch the extra inning last week as well as tonight, seemed to work pretty well. Regardless in both situations Ray comes in and screws it up, but at least we got the W.
my better is better than your better.
by rangerjake on May 20, 2010 12:33 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I was scared.
I thought we had finally killed it.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
Me, too.
What a cold, dark, hate-rapeless world.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on May 20, 2010 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions
I think the Italians have most of our posters hostage
where the hell did everyone go?
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
I know when I try to go the home page it doesn't exist
but I can get to fanposts and fanshots and all my RSS links
same
I came in the back door. Front door is gone.
I blame
Dirkatron for making me this way.
I<3U
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by thedirkatron on May 19, 2010 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
He's so full of Love!
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
yep
That is how I got here.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Back door man?
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
The first 23-18 thread...
seems to have nuked the front page.
Adam is gonna get the belt, you guys!
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:02 PM CDT up reply actions
We'll take the hits for you
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Or we could just ban Rangers100 and it be all the same
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Chrome...
isn’t working for me either.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm sticking with...
MLB umpires.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Italian umpires who read HH or LOL
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Don't bring Claudia into this!
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Just make sure to ban
Josey, Rangers100 and dstar before Adam takes away your keys to LSB
by MikeEl on May 19, 2010 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Josey is fine.
The others need to go.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
IPad has worked the entire time.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
Agreed, an over priced tampon
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
by RangersSD on May 19, 2010 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I dunno, if a tampon could run LSB, I'd prolly buy some of those mysterious little fuckers.
The 40 trumps all!
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by thedirkatron on May 19, 2010 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, it seems obvious, then
weeding out browsers and such as problems, that it’s just that the rest of you suck, as I said.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
high five to the winners who don't suck
and can load LSB, like me and tball
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I think these 2 must be in on the plot
since they’re the only ones that can access the page.
Really?
Just shows this for me:
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm using Safari on my Mac, no luck, then I tried Firefox no luck, then used my parents comp with IE no luck
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Chromes working
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I'm using Firefox
I can get to the other pages but I just get the “does not exist” for the home page link
I have IE8 on my laptop and I still get the 404
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Yeah, that's all I'm getting as well
Fuckin’ wierd dude.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
The goET...
reign will be almost as short as Eddie Stanky’s.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Well
Worse comes to worse, we can take to the forest and become outlaws until the return of King Morris.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
I need Patrick Stewart to ride in and save the day.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
I have the conch now
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
underrated
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
mine works fine too
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
What you didn't see on TV
So I was at the game, (had to leave after the 7th) and it was the 2nd base umpire who made the “NO HR” call. He had run about 50 feet out into left center and immediately waved it off. I don’t know if you could see it on TV, but the Orioles outfielders didn’t even bother chasing the carom. They both saw it as a HR. The the LF looked at the 2B ump, saw the “safe” call, and THEN went after the ball.
Hamilton did not argue at all. He ran as if he thought it was off the wall. I really think if Hamilton had argued the outcome might have been different.
Wash came charging out and ran right toward the 3rd base ump. The 3rd base ump waved him off and pointed at the 2nd base ump, as if to say “don’t talk to me, talk to him”. The 2nd base ump seemed like he was sure of himself and obviously wouldn’t go review it. The fans in LF were all waiving HR and booing. The RF and CF fans were chanting “home run, home run”, but there wasn’t that great of a crowd. Several fans (including me) started chanting “replay, replay”, and we couldn’t understand why there wasn’t a replay on that.
What you didn’t see on TV — during the inning, Kinsler disappeared from the dugout and came back out after watching the replay. He told Wash it was a HR about 2 minutes after Wash came back to the dugout. Wash just sort of nodded, as if to say, “Yeah, I knew that already.” After that inning, as the Rangers came out to the field, Kinsler said something to the 2nd base ump as he took his position. The ump walked toward Kinsler, so Kinsler walked out to short CF and explained the replay. He even held up his glove and gestured with his other hand, as if to say, “it went over the first wall, hit the back wall, and came back.” The ump shook his head no. Kinsler shrugged his shoulders, and appeared to say, “hey, I saw the replay” and walked off.
Next half inning, The O’s RF (Markakis) walked past the 2nd base ump and appeared to ask, “why didn’t you review it?” They have a short conversation, Markakis shrugs his shoulders and walks away.
At that point, I think the ump knew he had blown it. But, being an ump, he would never admit he blew it.
At no point in the rest of the game did Hamilton say a word to any ump going on or coming off the field. Just avoided eye contact completely. After Kinsler’s discussion with the ump between innings, not another word appeared to be said.
I kind of like the “hey, we aren’t whiners” attitude. But, man, that could have been huge….
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
by Oddibee on May 19, 2010 10:48 PM CDT reply actions 10 recs
Wash blew it.
He had an opportunity to correct the umps mistake by rule and he didn’t even bother to ask for a replay. So frustrating.
x
one the way home from the game one of those announcers on the Fan said the same thing happened to Boston and Francona (sp?) ran out and asked for a replay and got it. We get no respect.
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
Well Wash never asked for it
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Nadel
was all over Washington last night for not getting a replay. Something along the lines of needing to provoke the argument long enough so the umpires would know beyond a shadow of a doubt they got the call right.
I’ve always liked him but Nadel 2010 has more of an edge.
"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 agree
Fucking Wash.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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 feel like you need to get this straight...
the ump blew it… everything after is beside the point now
(Wife) "So what do you want to watch on the T.V.? UFC or porn?"
(Husband) "Hmm... well, porn, I guess."
I don't know exactly what you're getting at
So I’m just going to respond with this…
Yes the ump blew the call first and foremost. That happens though. They are human and I don’t expect perfection from them. It’s frustrating when the blow a call against my team, but I’m betting over the course of the season that stuff washes out.
However, the manager had a chance to at least push the issue. Seeing as umps aren’t perfect I see no harm in asking for a replay no matter how adamant the ump is. If he had even asked at all I wouldn’t fault Washington one bit. He didn’t and I can find no excuse for that.
When has he NOT blown anything heh
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Josh said he didn't see
sort of like “I don’t watch my home runs.” Sometimes I think Wash has no backbone.
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
Josh said
I wasn’t watching it, I was running
by blueballlefty on May 20, 2010 12:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Unless he hits a no doubter he does run hard
But you’d think that would preclude him from seeing it.
by Black Francis on May 20, 2010 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions
2nd part is good
Eric Nadel disagrees with you on the first part. A big part of his incredulity was that the 2B ump took his time making the call, as if he was unsure.
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
I had the angle
I could see the whole play from my seat — from my angle the ump was in my sightline. The ump signaled safe immediately. He then held his arms out for a good five seconds. When the LF looked at him, he repeated the safe call. I think the 2nd one is what Nadel saw.
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
One other thing
From Wash’s angle (1st base dugout), it would have been impossible to see for sure if it cleared the wall. The way it hit, and the fact that the back wall is the same color as the front wall — I don’t think anyone in the Rangers dugout could be 100% sure before seeing the replay.
From RF (where I was), it was obvious.
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
that ball took an awfully weird bounce
Have you ever seen a ball hit the fence and bouce like that?
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
Actually, yes
When there is backspin on the ball and it hits the padding at the top of the wall, it sometimes bounces back like that. Not that hard, but that same angle.
But both Oriole outfielders stopped playing at that point. They were both close enough to the wall that the ball disappeared from view for a second — they knew it was gone. The ump wasn’t that close.
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
One of the Rockies (Hawpe?) had the same thing happen to him in that Padres-Rockies one game playoff.
Home run clearly over the fence, but it hit something metal (part of a seat, if I remember) and bounced back in to play. Because it didn’t seem like the bounce you’d usually get from something that actually went over, it wasn’t called a home run (and this was before replay, obviously). That shit almost cost them the playoffs.
Very similar situation, but not nearly as bad (ignoring leverage) because the umps that time weren’t arrogantly refusing to double check like a bunch of douche bags.
That probably explains why the umps where assfucking us with the strike zone for the remainder of the game.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
It might.
I was wondering if they’d be generous to make up for things and it seemed like it got even worse.
Yeah, I had the same thought.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on May 20, 2010 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Thanks
I don’t mind the “we aren’t whiners” attitude, but the umpires aren’t going to do us any favors just because we’re the Rangers. If they want the umps to do something, they’re going to have to speak up at some point.
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
All I know is, Bud better see this and go:
“I owe these guys one. They didn’t pitch a shit fit when my umpire crewed screwed up royally. I guess I’ve got to go in there and fuck these investors up and get Greenberg in ASAP.”
Then he makes two phone calls, Hicks has disappeared, the Stars have a new owner, and Greenberg and his group have a press conference on Friday to let us know they are the full owners of the Texas Rangers.
Bud. Make it happen.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
by AceJC on May 19, 2010 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
So here's a question
Why isn’t there a yellow line at the top of the wall? If there were a line there, it would be a lot easier to get that call right. With dark green behind dark green, I can see how that call gets missed.
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
Man
You must have had some great fucking seats … or you’re just making shit up.
by robert_d_wilfong on May 20, 2010 3:00 AM CDT up reply actions
not making it up
from the AP game story:
“If (Eddings) had any doubt in his mind, all he has to do is come to me and we’re going to video. That’s how sure he was on it,” DeMuth said. “A couple of innings later there were a few players, even Baltimore players, that said it was a home run. We had the opportunity to go in and look and I did not do it. It’s bad judgment by me but I have to have trust in the crew.”
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
Fuck that guy and his crew
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Trusting his crew's ability to do the impossible is more important than officiating games correctly?
I don’t understand this. How is anyone hurt by striving for accuracy?
This sounds like someone who should be fired immediately. Screw unions.
The problem is
there might be some umps out there that don’t like the advancement of replay and may try to avoid it at all costs.
as for why
you never saw a replay. they arent allowed to show controversial replays for AL games. maybe national league games but not american
so anytime you’re at the park and a close play happens, they dont show it
by studcrackers on May 20, 2010 3:01 AM CDT up reply actions
x
that is my understanding also. They never showed the replay. I was up on the 3rd level just left of home plate and I thought it was a home run from my point of view but it was hard to see.
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
I really can't understand this level of arrogance.
I meet some awful people in life, but being this extreme in your sense of infallibility is just amazing to me. How many people honestly think double checking something is bad?
I want your seats.
"I'm pretty sure there's more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is."
Section 46, front row
You have to be a season ticket holder to get those, but they are fabulous. This is the first year I’ve been in the outfield… I couldn’t afford to stay by the 1B line this year.
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
I was in section 44
second row. The people with tickets in front of us (either season ticket holders or someone who got their tickets from season ticket holders) came to the game late and left early. After they left, my friends moved up a row and saw the last three innings from the front row about 20 seats from the right foul pole. Fun night.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on May 20, 2010 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Those RF seats
are better than I thought they would be. I can’t see myself going back to the 1B line.
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
Especially now that they have that mini jumbo tron along the left field line with the out of town scoreboard. It’s not as big, but you can make it out enough to get the gist of it. Not seeing the jumbo tron was the worst part of those seats and now that’s not an issue.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on May 20, 2010 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Heh, Camden Chat's tagline is
“Baltimore Orioles: First place alphabetically since 1954”
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I seem to remember a team that was once called
the Anaheim Angels.
In the East?
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
At least they try to find positives heh
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Still getting a 404 error on the home page
What happened?
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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 missed to GDTs so I'm gonna guess
that there was too much “hate rapes” and porn being posted on the site while GOET was managing…
Rangers100 and Dstar are bigger problems
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Weird...
I deleted the original 23-18 thread with the problems after creating this one and now the main site is 404ing.
Ha Ha…
Remember that time I broke Lone Star Ball, guys?
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 10:59 PM CDT reply actions
it's like you're 16 all over again
just got the keys to dad’s Buick for the first time, cruisin around with your buddies, then bam! You hit an elk.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
those'r the worst
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Ya like being 21 and driving your dad's diesel so your 2006 GT doesn't get hailed on in Lubbock,
then leaving the lights on for 4 hours at work only to have killed the batteries heh
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Does a regular car have the juice to jumpstart a diesel?
I assume you mean something like a Power Stroke, Cummins or Duramax, instead of Volkswagen. Truck diesels have some pretty big batteries, if I remember right.
More than one too usually.
Depends on the cranking amps, I think. I’ve tried it vice/versa (jumping a small car with a big truck) and it works no problem of course. Not sure about the other way around though. I bet it would work in some cases, probably not in others. Just depends on the cranking amps.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
Interesting.
I just read up on it because I wasn’t 100% sure. Since most of those trucks have a dual battery setup, you either need a truck with the same setup or two cars.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
Nope, it's a 94 Ford Turbo Diesel, with 2 megatron batteries. My dad has always says not to jump it.
My friend has his jumped all the time, but his truck always has issues
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
I'm pretty sure
It was your walkoff chick that did the breaking.
You shouldn’t let her hop up and down so much man.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Anyhow...
I’ve let SBN, SBN support, and Adam know.
I don’t know what the heck happened in that thread but I’m suspecting MLB umpires are to blame.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:00 PM CDT reply actions
And it says
“Your rights have been rescinded. Please go away now.”
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
Recap
Vlad
New Rally Girl
and last but not least Walk off Girl
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
by RangersSD on May 19, 2010 11:00 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
for some reason I like the rally dance
better then the rally bounce
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
Could be all the homosexuality.
The 40 trumps all!
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by thedirkatron on May 19, 2010 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Is that an app in your pocket
or are you just happy to see me?
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
by t ball on May 19, 2010 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm sure there is ;)
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
I see what you did there
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Stop watching Elvis.
That seems to cure my gay.
Unfortunately it’s a temporary fix, cause next time I watch Elvis the gay comes twice as fucking strong.
So… Gay… For… Elvis…
The 40 trumps all!
Mention my name at checkout to get 20% off at www.InflatableSexClowns.com!!!
by thedirkatron on May 19, 2010 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll never forget in med school one day,
we had a couple days where we were addressing health care for GLBT and there was a psychologist talking about how homosexuality is able to be found a lot younger than they had previously assumed, lending more weight to the genetic argument compared to the nurture argument. This guy who is Colombian and Catholic raises his hand and asks if there was a gene therapy treatment for homosexuality, if a lot of gay people would use it.
Thank goodness the various gay and lesbian people that were coming hadn’t arrived yet….so embarrassing.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on May 20, 2010 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
One other note from the stadium
As the Center Field fans tried to start the wave, someone in section 42 stood up with a professionally-printed sign shaped like a stop sign that said “Rangers fans against the Wave.”
I busted out laughing.
My seven year old didn’t think it was funny at all.
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
by Oddibee on May 19, 2010 11:07 PM CDT reply actions 6 recs
Please say you have a photo of this said occurrence
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Oh, man, I should have taken a picture
I was too busy trying to settle my kid down and let him know that it was still OK for him to stand up if the wave made it to us (it didn’t).
I figured that sign was being held by an LSB’er… surely somebody here admits to it.
"there's no money in triples" - CJ, 3.23.10
The guy had a jersey with Hawkins on the back.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on May 19, 2010 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions
He probably saw it, since he was there after all
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Must be a frequent flier.
Lisa and I saw that during, I think, the first homestand.
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
Oh look Boston had a replay HR called a HR tonight
I bet their fucking manager asked for a replay.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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 can make excuses in my head for a lot of the crap Wash does
but there’s no excuse for this.
i'm sure Adam will find a way to explain how it didn't matter
anyways and that not asking for the replay is the right move there since they have to play tomorrow with these same umps.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
fuck that shit
If they got it wrong and see that they got it wrong, then they won’t hold a grudge.
Actually, if I'm remembering the rule correctly,
The manager can ask for a replay review, but the umpires don’t have to grant it.
"Thats all we got? One goddamned hit?" - Harry Doyle
"You cant say god damn on the radio."- Colorman Monte
"Ehhh, who cares...nobody's listening!"- Harry Doyle
Exactly...
the crew chief said the umpire who made the call was sure of it and there was no reason to review it.
And that ump was wrong
Cock sucking douche bag cunt. He should burn for that stupid call.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
They need to change the rule.
If the manager asks for them to replay it then they should replay it. I don’t give a shit if those fat bastards “think” they got it right. They thought wrong.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
This
Like take away 5 games of pay and the chance of playoff baseball for them that season.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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'm sure when francona ran out there
the umpires were immediately trying to calm him down and told him that they would review it
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
I bet he didn't even have to ask.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
nope
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Just got back from the game
I saw the sign to stop the wave and on the way home, I face palmed myself for not getting a picture. There was debate about the Hamilton double/HR from my friends and I. Most of us thought it was a HR and didn’t understand why they didn’t review it.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
Rest easy.
The replay clearly showed that you and your friends were right.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
I call no jinx
A’s and M’s both currently losing.
Come on, 3 game lead!
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
Yes
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
WEEEEEEEEEEEEE
On a sad note, ACU lost yesterday, to finish the season 50-15. The way things have been looking Aaron Oliver will be drafted by someone and I think he has the skill set to make it as well
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
I listened to the doubleheader on the radio
I had a bad feeling once they started giving up runs at the end of Game 1 that the momentum was going to swing. 3 games in 24 hours is just brutal.
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
Ya it was 4 I think.
I talked to my friends last night and they said it was complete bullshit having to play 4 games in 24 hours, but the NCAA had already pushed stuff back because of the weather. If they didn’t get it in within this window the highest seed was going to advance regardless. I think this years team was better than last years team, by a wide margin.
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Didn't realize that
I knew about the 13 inning game, but I didn’t realize they played one right before that.
In any case, a very good season. Central Missouri, now that’s a dynasty.
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
actually played right after it
Didn’t finish til 3:15 AM and then were back to playing at 2 PM
wow, not sure how I missed that
Thanks
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
Yup insanity, I honestly think had we had some rest tine we had a chance.
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Did we ever find out why we were doing game 42 GDTs for game 41?
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
Because in addition to being good at breaking websites...
I’m bad at counting?
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Well...
It worked though.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Yes...
it was the ultimate 1 up.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Wait...
I think you’re onto something. If we just misdate the GDTs to one day ahead, then the GDT2 gods can’t shit on us because they will be a day behind! Amirite??!
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
The loophole...
we’ve been waiting for!
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 1:47 AM CDT up reply actions
It's not working for me either now.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
SBN's...
help wizards are working on it.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Well they need to hurry up before
Adam gets back and breaks up all their marriages!
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Or I get...
a horse head in my bed when I wake up.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions
You don't mess with the God Father
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
So if you mess with the Gut Father
do you get horse intestines in your bed when you wake up?
no you get a mirror and coke
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
score!
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 May 20, 2010 5:11 AM CDT up reply actions
that wasn't the question
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
White and Nerdy
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Since nothing is working
It’s the end of the world as we know it
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
there's just not the raucous debauchery tonight...
should we talk about anal sex rapes or bunting or something?
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Bunting is the new rape of baseball
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
by RangersSD on May 19, 2010 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like this
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
New LSB tagline material?
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
If only we where lookout landing
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
We had it going on
Before GoET broke the home page.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Imagine...
with me breaking LSB, all of us deviants are out there in the world, instead of in here bitching about bunts.
God…what have I done?
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
like that Simpsons episode
where all the kids go outside and play because they can’t watch tv.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
somewhere out there
a baby is being punted because of you
We need to send up the LSB signal...
which is like the bat signal for Batman but it’s of Dirky Tron unbuckling his jeans.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Dirkatron wears only sweatpants, for quicker rapes.
The 40 trumps all!
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by thedirkatron on May 19, 2010 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
lol
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Tear away mesh basketball pants are the only way to go, fool.
Even you have things to learn, eh?
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
My sweatpants of course have a trap fucking door.
The 40 trumps all!
Mention my name at checkout to get 20% off at www.InflatableSexClowns.com!!!
by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Wear a kilt
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
Adam said he was going to go kick Wash in the taint...
when Elvis bunted, but then he didn’t do it. I had my iPhone ready to document it if he had, though.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
by benmor78 on May 19, 2010 11:35 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Could he have represented himself in a court of law? heh
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Is Adam...
going to make my parents get a divorce for breaking his website, Ben?
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions
he do what he do
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Whenever he gets mad at me he just starts deleting all my comments.
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
He's been doing so many hates at me lately, I gave the mail lady such an evil look today cause I thought maybe she was on his side.
This whole thing has gotten to me is what I’m saying.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Were these the actual words used?
Because picture AJM as I know him saying that is the best thing ever.
Front page issues
If anyone continues to have issues with the front page saying it doesn’t exist, lemme know here. It should be fixed now.
kling klang king of the rim ram room
I'm good
You da man.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
I'm good
thank you. What was the problem?
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Avoiding being too technical
but after the first post-game story was deleted, we had some code that thought it still existed. Was a hard one to track down, but a trivial fix.
Sorry about that!
kling klang king of the rim ram room
You da man!
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Now
For the coverup.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Yay!
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
New nick...
ghostofghostofErikThompson
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:42 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
It was a weather balloon, honest!!!
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by thedirkatron on May 19, 2010 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions
yep
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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 don't know how...
I survived as a fan of the Rangers in the early 2000s. That’s what it was like being a Mariner fan this year and 2008.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh come on, Dave Burba is taking us straight to the top!
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
Really?
I don’t remember ever being too high on any Rangers teams back then. I mean, I’d daydream, but no one was ever hyping them up to me the way ESPN et. al. did for the Mariners, and in my heart of hearts I always expected there wasn’t really anything to get excited about.
Even 2005 I wasn’t high on, but I think I was just bitter. I dunno, you’re probably right and I’m just remembering wrong.
no expectations there
at least, if you knew anything about baseball, you knew the O’s weren’t ever serious contenders
i didn't mean that as a dig
i meant, as an O’s fan (or a guy living in baltimore since Cal left), there were never any serious expectations surrounding the O’s.
the average person would think you are a little bit wound up for a stoner but not all stoners are alike. you happen to be the sensitive kind.
the thing is
a large majority of their games get close enough to seem winnable only to end up being a heartbreaking loss.
rangers losses really weren’t like that in the early 00’s. Honestly, it’d be if our one run wins started turning into losses.
Early 2002...
was a beating like that. But yeah, there probably wasn’t any hope for a division title that year anyway.
I wish I could feel sorry for the Mariners or their fans, but I can’t, because Bret Boone would bat flip on us as the Mariners were winning in those years and the Mariners fans would troll the hell out of the ESPN boards to make us feel bad.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions
i feel no sympathy for them
i don’t revel in their misery but i don’t feel sorry for them.
early 2002 might have been close. we did put out a sick lineup that year…or what was supposed to be a sick lineup
My 16-17 year old ass
probably should’ve been banned during that time on espn. Christ. So much Burba/Velarde/Caminiti hate.
well
i would have gotten myself banned on purpose so i could rid of myself of the urge to follow the rangers
How do you get banned from this site?
It’s almost impossible.
racist slurs
repeatedly.
btw – totally allowed at LoL. They are like Europe over there – if Europe didn’t hate Nazis so much.
I'm pretty sure he had Miles killed.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Yeah, wufdog, who I speculate did something terrible (involving feces) to AJM during his childhood.
Aside from that, has anyone gotten anything other than time outs?
by LiamP on May 20, 2010 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
steal home was technically banned
the wufdog thing is weird because, despite what he says, he really wasn’t that bad. at least, he’s no worse than josey. there’s no way anybody can convince me of that. I was around the ESPN boards and newberg boards for all of the wufdog bullshit and it was exactly the same as josey.
and i think he’s banned people like kinslerftw and others for dropping racial slurs
Texas_Dawg
though he just switched to ranger100
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
he is not wufdog
that much is certain. for one thing, wufdog would never do that whole Arlington schtick. And wufdog sounds much more like an old man ass than the young douchebag that this one does.
they could be related though
For the record, I have no relation to either of them
They definitely aren’t the same, but equally as bad. wufdog I guess just got under AJM’s skin from the old ESPN board days and then on Newberg’s site to the point where he isn’t allowed over here, otherwise, I don’t get why he’s banned and Josey/Ranger100 aren’t or aren’t permanently banned.
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
yeah
just a completely subjective thing.
The one thing with Josey (from what I remember at least) is that he doesn’t end conversations with “I think the front office knows more than you” with a hint of “mother’s basement” shit.
That is more annoying than just being dumb and wrong all the time.
Don't forget these gems
-“I was a catcher in the minor leagues for 12 years in the 50s”
-“I’m a millionaire”
-“I have a genius IQ”
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
Who said these things?
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
wufdog...
has said those things or alluded to them.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions
I might be paraphrasing that a bit
but he has flat out said that many, many, many times.
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 remember that millionaire bullshit.
I didnt buy it as a teenager, and I don’t know.
What kind of millionaire spends all of his time on Ranger forums talking shit? Shouldn’t you have millionaire things to do?
Perhaps...
Or maybe as a millionaire he had so much free time that he could spend hours talking shit because he had nothing else to do.
by 2005Longhorns on May 20, 2010 1:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Hint: Solid gold computer, powered by supermodels pedaling fan bikes.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 3:00 AM CDT up reply actions
So the Rangers have a nice win last night
and I’m not here but some wanna bitch just for the sake of bitching.
Without a doubt…“the influence continues.”
"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)
Someday...
…you’re going to get so full of yourself that you’ll burst wide open. Gory mess.
by Black Francis on May 20, 2010 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions
You're a top 3 Troll on this board
I’m glad you have something to be proud of
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 put 100 ahead of him
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
He dropped the hammer on kinslerFTW the other day.
For dropping the N-bomb.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
WOW he got Jim Adler involved too? Trolls beware!!
Wash for this scene your role is to act like a manager who know's what the F he is doing. I know it's a creative stretch 'cus.....he do what he do.
Yeah, they can't get enough of that bobsled/twin towers gif.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
No, but it is in as poor taste as a racist remark, IMO.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
One of LL's biggest advantages over LSB
Is they don’t allow political BS and they don’t take themselves too seriously where racial stuff is concerned.
They’re pretty cool in that regard.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
So they can drop the N word and you would
think they were cool?
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Not what I said.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
We don't really have problems with political BS here, either.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
You weren't here during election year, I don't think.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
those discussions were contained to a thread labeled politics
for people who liked to discuss politics.
i’m sorry if your brain felt butt hurt that you had abused it through high school and it didn’t understand anything
That's true.
I came here last summer.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
Yep.
If you think baseball dstar is a beating, you should’ve seen him in 2008.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Luckily I didn't lurk then, I can only imagine.
Isn’t he a goner?
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Dunno
If Rangers100 was only given another temporary ban last time, I have to imagine we’ll see dstar at some point again too.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Let us hope that they both will be gone sooner, rather than later
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
A's lost and the
M’s just lost. Let’s all do the Happy Dance!!
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
the umpires man up
Contrary to popular belief, umpiring crew chief Dana DeMuth did look at the replay of Josh Hamilton’s home run-turned-double on Wednesday night. He just happened to look at after the end of the Rangers’ eventual 4-3 win. The crew chief said he erred by not convening the crew to look at the play in time to make the proper ruling
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/05/umpiring-crew-chief-admits-cos.html
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
Well, at least he admits it.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Yeah...
but man. Home Run replay doesn’t even need to exist if this is how it’s going to be. If the umpires get to govern themselves on calls to replay balls they have too much invested ego-wise, it is just a completely flawed system.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 19, 2010 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Yup.
But perhaps this incedent, and the fact that he admitted he fucked up, will ensure it not happening again.
Not holding my breath, but perhaps.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Your look...
on the positive side is enlightening and a breath of fresh air.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I just cannot wrap my mind around why he wouldn't look at it.
Especially if he’s willing to admit he should have after the game. Why?!
It's funny to see that there's somebody that's still as pissed off as I am about this.
I completely feel you. No excuse. Unacceptable. Stupid.
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
I think the free reign baseball gives to its officials to just be absolutely awful at times and do nothing to make calls more accurate is one of the worst parts of Major League Baseball.
And probably the most fixable. So this is a pet peeve of mine.
So, when something like this happens, “deep end” doesn’t even begin to describe it. I’m more pissed of at baseball right now than I have been after any loss this year.
Imagine...
if you would, Dana DeMuth calls his crew over, Doug Eddings says, “You know, that’s a double. I know it.” To which Demuth responds, “OK, but are you certain of that?” “Well, no, how could I be? I was 300 feet away. But, I know what I saw, and I think it’s a double.” “You think it’s a double? Let’s check the replay. I didn’t get a good look, and while I have a hunch that you’re right, let’s be sure because this is a big play.” “Sounds good to me.”
If that’s what this process was like, AS IT SHOULD BE, I would respect baseball umps so much. Instead it’s just a bullshit process where the game is held hostage in situations like this to satiate the corpulent egos of the bloated embodiment of a way of doing things that doesn’t work anymore and a stubbornness to adapt out of a lousy excuse that failing is a positive because it’s human.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 4:30 AM CDT up reply actions
That seems about how normal people handle situations.
Especially when doing a good job in an important situation rides on the whole damn thing.
This crew is only going to be worse tomorrow
C.B. Bucknor is behind the plate. Worst. Ump. Ever.
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
How dare you? There can only be one...ERIC FUCKING GREGG.
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by thedirkatron on May 19, 2010 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Holy shit.
Epic image drop.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Nice.
A waist should not be wider than the shoulders. Ever.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
An ass should not be bigger than a Volkswagen.
Ever.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
by t ball on May 20, 2010 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
That's just funny
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 forgot about him
Didn’t realize he was dead until now.
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
He's dead?
When? How?
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
According to Wikipedia
he died in 2006 from a stroke. There’s no reference attached, though.
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
Damn
I’m interested in what you were going to post now.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Here we go
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
Stroke.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Man boobs
He looks like he ate Professor Clump
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Fuck him
Apologies don’t mean shit now
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
by Gdawg on May 19, 2010 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
an apology would have been one thing
but that would never happen. I’m surprised we got what we got out of him. Doubly fuck him.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
This
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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 don't give a damn
I want that fucker horse raped until he bleeds and has anal leakege with 10,000volts of electric going through his nuts.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
by boomer1 on May 19, 2010 11:58 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Note to self:
Do NOT fuck with boomer1.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
No just for fucktards
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
lol
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Boomer do we need Claudia to cheer you up?
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Yes please
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Here she is and I have included an youtube video as well
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
mesmerizing
I don’t know what kind of TV show that is but I want to be on it.
by Black Francis on May 20, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Some Italian show
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
After extensive research, and babelfish translator use, I have figured the show out.
The first guy to pop a woody on National (Italian) TV is eliminated, Claudia changes into an even sexier outfit, and so on, until the last man is standing…
He is OFFICIALLY THE GAYEST MAN ON THE PLANET!!!!!!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Watch the vid I assume
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Yes, yes... play it cool. Hold hand, look meaningfully into her eyes. Then, just when she's least expecting, BOOM, you hit her with the old exposed penis in her face trick.
Ha ha!
I like your style, kid.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions
what the fuck evan
contrary to popular belief?
who the fuck said he didn’t look at the replay after the game ended?
Instead of replay, just stick an ump in the press box.
We have umps on different parts of the field to get different angles, why not have a full-time video ump? He could call down to the guys on the field when stuff like this happened, since you can’t get a good angle on this stuff from on the field.
I’d think umps would be OK with it – it means more jobs for them, not fewer – and it wouldn’t slow down the game nearly as much as traditional replay.
They have to strike a balance between never doing any replays and doing 7 fully completed rapes worth of replays every game.
If you replay everything anyone asks for, the games would get broken up and stretched out and boring as ass shit, a la NFL games back in the day before challenges.
You know, the challenge flag rule might be okay.
I dunno.
I mean, it sucks, but I can’t think of a better way to rape this problem to death.
Have a guy in the booth looking at every play, but each coach only gets one challenge where they’re FORCED to all go over and watch the replays of the play over and over again. If he uses it and wins, he gets the flag back. Uses it and loses the challenge, no more challenge rapes for him.
Yah, that sucks.
But it’s better than now.
So that’s something, right?
Shut up.
You do better.
I hate you.
I love you.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions
College football's booth-initiated-replay confuses me, but I think something like it could work.
A lot of times they’ll wait until the teams are lined up and all before signaling down that they want to replay a play, then they’ll take another few minutes to look at the replay before making a call. It seems like they should be able to start looking at the replay immediately and do it faster; however, I’ve heard anecdotes about the people manning the replay booths in college games not exactly being the most familiar with technology and such, so maybe that has something to do with it.
But for Josh’s HR it shouldn’t have taken long at all. The guy in the booth would hit his “skip back 5 seconds” button and then his slow motion button, see that it was a HR, and call down to the crew in under 20 seconds. He might even have been able to call this one before Wash made it out there.
I don’t like systems where you have to wait for a challenge or something to get the replay process started. I think that’s a big waste of time.
Part of the problem there is they have the on-field refs doing the watching, yah?
The upstairs guys signal down, then the OF guys run over and so some looking rapes.
Why can’t they just put an umpire/ref in the booth upstairs, he looks at the tape and then radios down the call?
Seems like a huge time saver.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions
I really don't think replay has to slow the game down much, if at all.
Booth reviews can be really ,really fast. Crew chief can have a radio, you have a call in a couple seconds. And any manager who starts to go out to argue a replayed call could be ejected.
Theoretically, yes. But do you really think replays in other sports don't slow the game down at all? Cause fuck yes they do.
In practice you know they’re going to slow the game down.
They just are.
The question is, by how much?
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
how fucking hard is it to let machines call balls and strikes
we have all the effing technology in the world, and we let human error win out everytime…
Perfecter, certainly.
Plus there’s so Joe West machine, which would make the switch worthwhile just by itself.
That fucker needs get something shoved inside him, forcefully.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
I bet a Joe West machine...
would be a really fat stopwatch.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions
That would constantly tell you to masturbate the right way.
Which I can only assume would be sans lube and while watching an episode of Bonanza, cause there’s no way Joe West doesn’t go skin-on-skin style to Bonanza re-runs every single night.
Don’t ask me how I know this.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions
The smegma...
would be palpable.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Perfect doesn't exist.
However, machines are likely to be much more consistent.
kling klang king of the rim ram room
If nothing else...
use both. I thought that’s why the allow home run replay now. If it’s close, just take a look at it.
One of the biggest problems with umpires is their egos have been allowed to balloon as much as Eric Gregg’s ass and it goes on unchecked.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, the top and bottom of the strike zone would be a batter-to-batter issue,
wouldn’t it? There’d have to be a strike zone guy who resets the top and bottom for each batter. Then we could argue that the strike zone wasn’t set up right for so-and-so.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m for a computerized strike zone. But the current system isn’t it. The zone needs to be three dimensional, which it isn’t. And the strike zone has to be quickly moveable for different height batters, which may be do-able, but isn’t done yet.
PITCHf/x adjusts the height of its zone.
I don’t advocate using just pfx, but I do think it would be better than what we’ve got right now.
Here's my answer to all of this.
We start the game tomorrow ahead 1-0, and skip Josh’s AB. He gets credit for a no AB, but a HR.
discuss.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Here's my answer
Hamilton gets credit for the HR. The Rangers start tomorrow’s game 1-0, Hamilton still gets his AB. The umpiring crew from this game then gets repeatedly kicked in the nuts for as long as it takes for Hamilton to hit another HR.
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 like this idea
Pitching coach Mike Maddux on Darren Oliver’s 0.00 ERA this spring:
"Economical work. He ain’t getting paid by the hour."
3 in a row
I’d love to sweep these little bitches. The Cubs aren’t scary, either. This would be a good shot for an undefeated homestand.
That's why they call them business sox
2 game series.
"When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty."- General George S. Patton
He'll beat us with just his intensity.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Could you imagine the onslaught of "WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T WE RESIGN BYRD??!!!" articles?
Makes me shudder to even think about it.
It's going to be awful if he does well
Galloway will write some article scorning Daniels for going with Borbon and then blaming Nolan for not stepping in with some Texas high heat and putting an end to it.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I still don't think he's an everyday centerfielder.
He’s good don’t get me wrong, but his size and his grittiness, will catch up with him. Is he good yes, but Julio (defensively) has been pretty good and his bat is coming around as of late.
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Just don't throw him any first pitch strikes, he'll go 0-4 the series.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
by LSJ on May 20, 2010 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
okay
now that the game is over…how hard is it to go give Josh the homerun now? We won, won’t change much…
A reasonably smart commish would allow it…
Watch...
now Josh Hamilton is going to finish with 29 homers and 30 steals (His 26 steal second half is going to be epic!).
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm going to my first game this year in the rays series in june. I'm hoping to see knox and talk with him.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Bring a young child
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
by boomer1 on May 20, 2010 7:05 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Or a hott woman in provocative clothing
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
This should settle it...
Washington said he should have asked for a replay after second base umpire Doug Eddings ruled Josh Hamilton’s hit a double.
“It’s an option that I have,” Washington said. “But when he certainly told me white [ball with] background green. And he was certain about that. I didn’t ask him to review it.”
But even if he did, crew chief Dana DeMuth said the manager would have been denied the opportunity. Eddings ruled Hamilton’s fourth inning homer, that would have tied the game, 2-2, a double.
"No nuts, no glory"
I don't care what the umpire says
You still ask to review it. If you’re denied, then there’s nothing else you can do, but there’s no reason to not ask and to just take the umpire’s word for 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
yeah
it’s really just a case of both guys making huge blunders.
but at least wash’s technically didn’t result in a meaningful error and now he knows.
Yep
Hopefully its something he’ll learn from
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
he is in his 4th year
he shoulded be “learning” from his mistakes anymore.
Thank you Houston for drafting Jason Castro.
You ask for a review, then if you're denied
You tell the crew chief you’re playing the rest of the game under protest. That way, if you lose, you can file your official protest and replay the game from that spot.
Tell it again!
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
Come again, you might be onto something!
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Why either of these men are employed in their current roles is beyond me.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Here's the thing...
“I just looked at the replay and saw that the ball hit the back part of the wall,” umpiring crew chief Dana DeMuth said. “The deal with the replay, which is a great tool that Major League Baseball has put onto us, is a tool that I probably should have used and I did not. Just like a team’s manager has a trust in their team, I have a trust in my umpire and my umpire that was out on that call [Doug Eddings] didn’t feel there was any question in his mind. He felt 100 percent sure on it. He didn’t come to me.”
So an ump has to go to the crew chief and ask him for a review to be called if they are uncertain? What the hell is that? Of course Eddings was going to make a call and then not mosey over to DeMuth and say, “Well, maybe you should look at that.” That’s not what umpires do. They make a call, stand by it with smugly, and then get really, really fat.
MLB needs to implement a way to allow a team to make the umpires review a contested home run or else allowing reviews is pointless.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions
I like philkid's idea of a 5th off-field umpire or scorer
Who reviews the on-field umps calls and can call down and tell them when they fucked up.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Yeah...
I’d be in favor of that.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, when we get robots for balls and strikes
the home plate ump can move to that spot
Also...
the robots should have whips and they should whip the umpires.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:53 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
I'd prefer electric shock's
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Like whiplash in Ironman 2?
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
why would they review it
when one guy is absolutely sure of himself and the other guy is Ron Washington?
You know, the part I blame Washington for is his fucking phrasing of the ump's explanation.
The background of both walls is the same fucking color. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills reading that explanation.
This is what really bothers me...
Why didn’t Washington play the game under protest?
Washington said the only way he could have played the game under protest was to tell Eddings and or DeMuth in the fourth inning as he was arguing the call. Washington said he didn’t know if the ball was a home run until after the inning, when several players saw a replay in the dugout. At that time, it was too late to play the game under protest.
What. the. fuck. We got some dumb fucks in the dugout.
"No nuts, no glory"
I think the Feliz incedent already indicated that.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
When they fucking forgot to warm him up?
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
I think that is a lot worse
We’re all still trying to figure out exactly what this major league baseball review actually is. If it is all at the discretion of the umps, and the umps take the attitude of “this isn’t even up for discussion,” then I can’t get really annyoed at Wash for not complaining more.
On the other hand, the “forget to warm up Feliz” debacle is among the worst blunders I’ve ever heard of a manager committing. You simply don’t “forget” to warm up a pitcher. Wash is getting paid a ton of money not to make those types of mistakes.
Go Rice Owls!
Yeah.
I haven’t had a whole lot of confidence in anyone in the Ranger dugout since that BS.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
oh my, not this shit again.
A smart manager would of been on top of this.
Wash for this scene your role is to act like a manager who know's what the F he is doing. I know it's a creative stretch 'cus.....he do what he do.
not really
theoretically they could come back but you would play it from the point where it comes under protest
and they almost never honor those anyways
im also almost certain that you cant play this scenario under protest
Fuck Mike Estabrook
What are the odds that...
Ron Washington thinks protesting a game is just a formality?
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 4:15 AM CDT up reply actions
He's right. He should have pursued the option. It's his job.
So he looks bad in this. Had he pursued it, nothing would have changed except for only the umps looking bad.
But, really, how are the umps this bad?
poor Angels fans, they miss Big Daddy Vladdy :( :( :(
http://www.halosheaven.com/2010/5/18/1477549/not-having-vlad-hurts
Disagree
Yes, let the Ninja sign Bobby Abreu to 2-3 yeear deal with at least 19 million guaranteed. It’s one thing to get Bobby at a value…going almost $10 mil a yr for a 36 yr old outfielder….really smart. Then they went cheap on someone that meant so much to the team…unbelievable.
Vlad meant a lot to the Angels Franchise….he deserved the benefit of the doubt over Matsui. This whole "he’s playing in Arlington" nonsense is BS…pitchers are the same no matter where you go. There are bandboxes everywhere, Yankees stadium for one…and it’s not out of the ordinary to hit better at home. Let’s diminish Yankee Greats while we’re at it.
It’s called Home court, or for you baseball fans, Home field.
Over the past few yrs, KRod, GA, Lackey, Figgins, and Vlad have all left. I remember KRod leaving….many HH members defended it by "comparing stats" with Fuentes and stating the Front office was saving money to Re-sign Lackey. Well now the team is paying big money for two closers in Fuentes and FRod…and Lackey is in Boston.
The Front Office is trying to outsmart themselves. When there is a winning core, it’s probably a good idea to keep certain members around…..
Vlad Guerrero, the quiet Superstar of Baseball.
This is going to be my team, and we’re going to rise together.
-Clipper Darrell
by oasisman on May 18, 2010
Wash for this scene your role is to act like a manager who know's what the F he is doing. I know it's a creative stretch 'cus.....he do what he do.
It's hard to take what he says seriously when he also thinks
they should have re-signed Garrett Anderson and a KRod that hasn’t been worth his contract. And look at Figgins in Seattle. Vlad really is the exception there. The problem with the Angels is that they’re getting old and many of their young players aren’t as good.
He makes more sense than Rev
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
hit post too soon
And he has a decent point. The Angels have the money to spend to keep most of these guys and instead they spend money on guys like GMJ, Fuentes, Rodney, etc. and let all of their core players walk. Of course those players aren’t always great picks to resign, but if they were spending the money more wisely, I’d cut them some slack on that. Instead, they’re just spending that money poorly in FA.
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 think the Angels are a classic case
of showing how luck can exist at the highest scales of the organization. Their front office has been horrible in recent years. Bill Stoneman forgot to offer a contract to Warner Madrigal. They continually failed to trade prospects like McPhearson, Wood, and Kotchman when they had value and needed a key piece down the stretch yet they also failed to give them serious opportunities to win places on the club. Look at their drafts from the last few years since they took Weaver in the first round.
All the signings of trash players and letting other players walk that you talk about goes along with that.
I really have no idea how this club dominated the first decade of the 2000s. It is a testament to how epically disastrous the A’s, M’s, and Rangers have been the last decade.
Go Rice Owls!
The crazy woman talking to herself on the corner
makes more sense than Rev
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on May 20, 2010 1:18 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
well that's a given
gt7y9765df%&D657uf
makes more sense than Rev
"We are no longer a ride at Six Flags, we are in contention to do some things that will make our lives complete. I have been waiting for this for a long time." - Chuck Morgan
by rlb02a on May 20, 2010 8:35 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
If anything...
the Series Preview predicted this. It was a weird game and then the website broke.
I’m thinking tomorrow Miguel Tejada will break a bat and cork will come flying out or Scott Feldman will be caught with sandpaper or something and then the entire Internet will disappear.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 12:51 AM CDT reply actions
What would be weirder was if Tejada caught a ball that was hit at him
He makes Face look like a good defensive 3B.
x
that ball Vlad hit at him was there in a millisecond. Only reason he stopped it was because it hit him.
I soloed in the Mile High Club!
Except the Rangers weren't cheated in any of those other wacky games.
Even though we got the W I’m still pissed.
Jack Benny is that you?
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
The hubris...
of these fellas.
They make me want to punch baseball in the face.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 4:09 AM CDT up reply actions
OT...
I just popped in Red Dead Redemption for the first time after the Rangers game and man this is the first video game I’ve played in maybe a half decade or more that’s just felt like an absolute treat. It’s like getting a cotton candy flavored snow cone on an August day in Louisiana.
Earlier in the game, I was just hired to patrol a town with a dog companion walking around the country side beating up crooks. Amazing.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 4:21 AM CDT reply actions
I want to play that very, very badly.
I had an interview today. It went well. As soon as I have a source of regular income, I’m getting a 360, and that’s near the top of my list.
Sure, I’ll get Mario Galaxy 2 in four days and I’ll love it, but it’s not new awesome. I want something that’s new awesome.
Hmm I was just considering purchasing this
I’ve bought 2 games recently but forced myself not to open them because i’ve got too much other shit to do first
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
If I had a game system I'd totally buy it, but all I've got is a computer and a PSP.
Yes someone actually owns one, I traveled a lot for school stuff in high school and I thought it would help pass the time.
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Jeff Sullivan writes relevance to tonight's game while writing about a completely different game:
Krueger on a close play at first base: “Everybody gets on the umpires, Dave, but they get most of them correct.” It’s good to know that umpires get more than 50% of their calls correct. That makes them better than a nickel. I know if I were looking to hire somebody to make a lot of important decisions, my first question in the interview would be, are you better than a nickel?
If the Rangers...
were 14-26, I don’t know what I would do with myself.
If you’re not the Yankees, realistically, because of how grueling the baseball season is, all you can really ask for as a fan is for your team to keep themselves in it for five or six months so that, even if they don’t bring home the trophy at the end, you’re still getting an emotional fulfillment of your time investment.
When your team is dead out of the gate, it’s just a year long open-casket wake without the burial scheduled. It’s a terrible fate.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 20, 2010 4:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Vikings telling Minnesota to build them a new stadium, and agree to it by 2011 or they'll move
Greenie mad cause they just got done building Target Field there, and with the bad economy..it’s a d move toward the taxpayers.
Yes, but...
…they’re just trying to capitalize on the fervor for the Vikings right now. I still think there’s more important things the Minnesota government should be worrying about…I have a feeling Jacksonville gets moved before the Vikings.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on May 20, 2010 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Jeff @ LoL has gone off the deep end
I kind of hope they win a few games in a row to renew his spirit then reel off a 10 game losing streak. The M’s are 3-13 for the month….ouch
Go Rangers!
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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
JoePos reviews a Strasburg performance and gives a shout-out to Feliz in the process
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/joe_posnanski/05/20/stephen.strasburg/index.html
In the context of discussing Strasburg’s combo of command, 100 mph heat, and plus secondary pitches, JoePos talks about how even great pitchers get scored on in the big leagues. Nice to see Feliz as a “go-to” guy when talking about great stuff in the bigs:
But I wonder if there has ever been pitcher who had all three at such a young age. The thing about big league hitters is that they are ridiculously good. They find ways to score runs on even the greatest pitchers. Not a lot of runs, perhaps. But no pitcher goes through life with an 0.00 ERA. Neftali Feliz throws 101 mph, but they score runs off him. Roy Halladay has a fastball, a cutter, a curveball and a change — all great pitches — but they score runs off him. Tim Lincecum throws a 98-mph fastball and what hitters unhappily call the Bugs Bunny change-up — and they score runs off him too. They scored off Walter Johnson, Sandy Koufax, Bob Feller and Tom Seaver. They scored off of Pedro Martinez and Greg Maddux. They scored runs off of Nolan Ryan who had the nastiest stuff of all.n
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
by WestTxAg06 on May 20, 2010 8:32 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Does Lincecum still even get close to 98?
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!
Don't think so.
His average FB velocity is down to 91.2 so far this year.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Really? I was not aware of that
What’s the story?
"I’m gonna go on record here and say a great many things excuse throwing a chair at someone." – D.A. Tron
Dunno, it's dropped every year
Well, it was basically the same in 07-08.
The numbers haven’t gone anywhere, obviously. But I was also unaware Tiny Tim suffered from decreasing velocity.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
There was a big story about this recently
Maybe Law or someone like that, showing his transition from fireballer to crafty pitcher. He is throwing his secondaries much more, mostly his change.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Dave @ FanGraphs
You don’t need a best fit line to see the trend in that image. His velocity has been steadily falling since he arrived in the big leagues, and through his first three starts this year, his fastball is averaging just 91.7 MPH. He has thrown 312 pitches this year, and only three of them have topped 95. He now throws about as hard as Matt Harrison and Clayton Richard. But, this is the crazy thing – it hasn’t mattered at all.
While Lincecum’s lost his top end fastball, he’s shown zero effects from it…Lincecum has gone from a flame throwing ace to a junkballer whose best asset his the command of his secondary stuff.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on May 20, 2010 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Ah yes, that's it thanks.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Yah, I'm almost positive that's just his 2 seamer, cause I've watched some of him this year, and he's definitely got two fastballs and one of 'em is definitely faster than 91.2 avg, he just almost never throws it.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions
He almost never throws his 4-seamer, though.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Damn
My god, that’s actually how good he is. He doesn’t even need to throw his mid-90’s shit.
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
In the past he would dial the 2-seam up to 93-94, though.
That was DAMN impressive.
Now he’s content to just take a little off of it and control it better and get a little more movement on it.
It’s obviously working.
But occasionally you’ll be watching and he’ll hit something that seems to be an aberration on the gun, and that’s his 4-seam, I believe.
Could be wrong about that, but I know I’ve read he’s always pretty much used his 2-seam as his primary fastball and only occasionally mixed in the 4-seam cause he thinks the movement on his 2 makes up for the decrease in velocity, so my eye witness inferences would track with that.
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by thedirkatron on May 20, 2010 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't think it's that he chooses not to use it.
I think he rarely has even mid-90’s stuff anymore. It’s more than just pitch selection… the velocity on a given pitch is definitely down.
A lot of this has been documented, with quotes by him. He just flat doesn’t have 100mph, and rarely has even mid-90’s anymore. He seems to chalk it up to the grind and his high workload. One of his quotes was something like “I don’t know where it [the velo]went”.
But anyway, I agree completely: It’s a testament to what an un-fucking-believably good pitcher he is. I mean, I don’t think he’s Greg Maddux reincarnate yet, but he’s a lot closer to Maddux than a high velo guy now, and the transition has gone largely unnoticed.
Unnoticed
Plenty of people have commented on Lincecum’s changing repertoire and velo over the last several months.
Ceterum censeo, Ron Washington esse delendam
Well yeah...
But that’s fairly recent, the point was most of the time it the velo decline was happening, people didn’t really realize it. Now that he’s bottomed out and still won a second CY, people are like “Hey, look at this…”
Where
the fook is my morning post? Grr…I want to hear some blasting of The Gut and his non-review requesting self.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
I'm betting that's what's taking so long
"I think it's funny because everybody wants Ozzie Smith range," Young said. "I want people to show me a guy that has turbo range like that."
Check out his twits from last night
There is anti-Wash rage in this one. Even a little JD hate came flowing out at one point.
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 Marriagesmasher was a little tipsy last night.
"The 2010 Rangers...winning despite Ron Washington"
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 didn't realize he was at the game last night
Lots of LSBers there randomly.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on May 20, 2010 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions
He's still fuming over rapes(bunting) and Wash's lack of effort arguing
"Josey drives to games??? I always assumed he rides in on his high horse" jam0152
"dirkatron has his own evaluation metric: rapes above replacement." AJM
Sheriff Morris rage at JD?
Don’t remember seeing that in the past.
"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 was sublte
but #rosterconstructionfail is hard to mistake.
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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