Newberg Night lunch meetup

by t ball on Jul 22, 2010 11:50 AM CDT

Newberg Night this Sunday - who is going? Hopefully the Rangers will be going for the sweep over the LAAngels.

Brian Thomas, BZA and I are planning to meet for lunch somewhere close to the park at about 1:30-1:40ish, time to eat and still get to the auditorium when it opens around 3 or so. We'd love to have more LSBers join us. Mariano's? Pappadeaux? Dickey's? Restaurant ideas please...

I'm trying to think of good questions to ask Daniels, but all I can think of so far are thing I know he can't or won't actually answer.

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somebody has to ask him about

the team financial situation and if he is interested in a contract extension

by blueballlefty on Jul 22, 2010 12:01 PM CDT reply actions

I would guess they won't be able to speak much about it since the auction hasn't occured yet

by bigsteve on Jul 22, 2010 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Yeah, I can't imagine he is at liberty

to say anything we don’t already know about the team bankruptcy/sale.

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by t ball on Jul 22, 2010 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm showing up

by cmkelly29 on Jul 22, 2010 12:22 PM CDT reply actions

no im not :(

by cmkelly29 on Jul 22, 2010 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I am, too!

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by thedirkatron on Jul 24, 2010 7:41 AM CDT up reply actions

No I'm not :(

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by thedirkatron on Jul 24, 2010 7:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Are they as interested in trying w/ Purke again as he is with them?

How long can they hold onto Levine?
Do they get ‘word of mouth’ about the likelihood of Type A and B’s being offered contracts by other teams?(hint, hint Molina)

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Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'

by scoop16 on Jul 22, 2010 12:49 PM CDT reply actions

Ah, bums me out.

I wish I was in town for Newberg Night.

Last year I expected to meet LSBers and it never really happened, although I got to meet AJM. Good idea, this lunch.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Jul 22, 2010 12:49 PM CDT reply actions

Ask him about Catcher development

who is in charge of that, and why is, what used to be considered a strength, now one of the biggest weaknesses of the franchise.

"Look, we're basically on earth to shit and fuck. So unless your job's to help people shit or fuck, it's not that important, so relax."-https://twitter.com/shitmydadsays

by DJCahill on Jul 22, 2010 1:10 PM CDT reply actions

shoot

He would be throwing someone under the bus if he answered that. Ask him when he will be GM of the Mets.

by RangerMad on Jul 22, 2010 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I dunno, that seems silly

Catchers are 2nd only to pitchers in attrition and flameout rate. Catchers also seem 2nd only to relief pitchers in their inconsistent production at the plate. Should we really be that shocked that 3 catchers didn’t pan out? Salty seems like the only real surprise to me, the yips ruining any chance he had of getting it going. Max still looks like a bat with little glove, Tea still looks like a glove with little bat.

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by t ball on Jul 22, 2010 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions

You have to ask some catcher related question...

by ab03 on Jul 22, 2010 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Out of all the ones I can think to ask

most he won’t or can’t answer (regarding the org’s current catchers or free agent/trade targets). But I might ask what specific qualities they prize most in a catcher, or what ratio of defense/offense they prefer. Or I might ask if they have some proprietary data on game calling and other catcher defense things that aren’t publicly available that they use.

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by t ball on Jul 22, 2010 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions

I was thinking along the same lines

I think i might ask him to elaborate on how they quantify/measure game calling, since they clearly put such a premium on it.

Obviously, much of it can’t be measured, but if nothing else, at least he could maybe share some anecdotes, both positive and negative, on how a catcher with superior or inferior pitch calling skills had a significant impact on individual games, since that is hard for the TV viewer to identify, and also on young pitcher maturation.

I also have a question about the Giants and Main, and one on scouting allocations. That primadonna punk Schiller will probably suck up all the bandwith, though.

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by bigoil on Jul 7, 2010 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

by Brian Thomas on Jul 22, 2010 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions

That question

about quantifying game calling would be interesting. I know I haven’t seen much SABR stuff to support that, but the SABR stuff is always changing. 10 years ago SABR probably undervalued defense somewhat.

"Look, we're basically on earth to shit and fuck. So unless your job's to help people shit or fuck, it's not that important, so relax."-https://twitter.com/shitmydadsays

by DJCahill on Jul 23, 2010 3:55 AM CDT up reply actions

Ask him how many times he'd had a laugh at the M's for not knowing about Lueke's incident

If they could get the Buckle/Jackson signings done before the deadline so we don’t have to stay on here until midnight. Which… which we’ll be doing any, but, whatever.

How his working relationship with Nolan has changed with Nolan attempting to purchase the team.

Does he make fun of Tom Hicks to his face, or is he waiting until Hicks is officially out to do that?

(These are just, like suggestions. I don’t wanna go all Grant-Schiller-in-absence on this thing.)

(Also, it sucks that I have to work. FROWNY FACE!)

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by Keynes on Jul 22, 2010 1:15 PM CDT reply actions

you punks have fun...wish I could go

freaking tix sold out the morning I was going to pull the trigger :(:(:(:(:(:(

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by Ryin A on Jul 22, 2010 1:42 PM CDT reply actions

I am going

but I already have lunch plans.

"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08

by Lisa W on Jul 22, 2010 1:50 PM CDT reply actions

You know the correct answer to this

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by bigsteve on Jul 22, 2010 2:03 PM CDT reply actions

I wouldn't rule that out

"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34

At the end of the day.... Nolan Ryan will be the next control owner of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club.
by bigoil on Jul 7, 2010 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

by Brian Thomas on Jul 22, 2010 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Why don't ya'll invite Judge Lynn?

by RangerMad on Jul 22, 2010 2:32 PM CDT reply actions

I'm going...

….but I’ll be coming with a rather large group of non LSBers….not sure what our plan is as of yet. I’m also coming with ExcelHeartsChoi, too. That dude rules.

Question I had for JD our last year of Vinny Padilla, but didn’t ever have the guts to actually ask:

“With Padilla contracting swine flu, is there any way the dude can get any weirder?”

Turns out, he could, as that winter he shoots himself in the leg with his own handgun.

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by FuturePants on Jul 22, 2010 4:04 PM CDT reply actions