Tuesday a.m. Rangers stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 17, 2010 8:14 AM CDT
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PrintYeah, I don't have anything to say about last night.
Jeff Wilson's game story says the defense let Cliff Lee down last night, and Ron Washington, in particular, is quoted as saying that Joaquin Arias should have gotten a pair of outs in the 8th that he didn't get.
The Rangers' website game story calls last night's game "weird."
Evan Grant's post game story lays the blame on Arias for the loss, and includes a quote from Ron Washington saying that "We have got to get our heads out of our butts and play better baseball tomorrow," one of the all time great Ron Washington quotes, I think.
Grant also says that Vlad Guerrero's basepath adventures have to stop before the playoffs.
The Rangers website notes has some injury updates, including an update on Ian Kinsler, and says that Derek Holland likely will start tomorrow, but it isn't definitive yet.
Wilson's notes mention that Nelson Cruz didn't want to go on the disabled list.
The Rangers signed supplemental first rounder Luke Jackson and fifth rounder Justin Grimm yesterday.
And Chuck Greenberg has been spending time in the stands, talking to fans.
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I have something to say:
Fuck Joaquin Arias.
"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
by jam0152 on Aug 17, 2010 8:17 AM CDT reply actions 15 recs
Right?! Why is that cockroach still on this team?!
I hope last night spelled his doom.
by rockin_rangers on Aug 17, 2010 8:19 AM CDT up reply actions
Well
do we have better options? German’s D isn’t that great at either 2B or 3B I read somewhere, Petit’s bat isn’t that great, and Iribarren has never played 3B I don’t think and isn’t hitting that well. Seems like Arias is our best option and one game shouldn’t determine how you view a player is.
Troy McClure: "Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"
by stupidsexyflanders on Aug 17, 2010 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions
One game? This board has been bitching about Arias everytime he gotten back on the roster.
by diamond_dave on Aug 17, 2010 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Arias is probably the most hated player currently on the 40 roster, hell probably the whole organization.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
probably??????
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Nippert, Madrigal, Harden
Strop, McCarthy
And Travis Adair once egged my house, so I HATE HIM!!! DIE scum!!!
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
why do people hate strop?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions
He gave up runs!
/knee-jerking fans
Strops got great stuff, he’s back end of the pen next year for sure.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 hope
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions
The back end could look sexy
Feliz(yes I know starter talk another time), Sheepers, Ogando, Strop, O’Day, and Oliver.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
O ya heh
If this is who it goes, I think we may see Feliz as a starter yet……..
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 love Strop
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions
He's got great stuff but he scares me
I have doubts that he’ll ever develop the control he needs and will always be too wild.
Same here.
And his release scares the holy shit out of me. Such a violent, jerky series of actions. Every pitch I expect for his elbow to explode and for there to be tendons strewn about the infield. I’m shocked it hasn’t happened yet.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
He's not Zumya
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Arias is well below average defensively as well though.
I’d say he’s pretty much a wash with German as far as defensive effectiveness goes, and German can play multiple positions and at least provides some value in the ability to get on base at a decent clip.
I’m much rather have him up here than Arias.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
Yeah, German also has the advantage of not being a 3,000 year old overgrown roach.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
I don't know.
German’s D has been pretty atrocious at SS and 3B in OKC this year.
Troy McClure: "Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"
by stupidsexyflanders on Aug 17, 2010 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, unlike Arias at least he can play there. Sort of.
And that’s not where he’d be playing if he where up here, in all likelihood.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
One game???
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
If one game actually means
since he’s been on the 25 man, then yes, only one game.
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Aug 17, 2010 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions
*golf clap*
Way to start the morning off on the right foot.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Fuck Arias
Sometimes I press CTRL+F and type in "Josey Wales" just to see if he made a stupid statement.
Screw the arachnid
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest"
--South Korean Rangers fan
I'm with all of you
Get rid of the idiot. We can no longer risk his mental lapses in the field. He’s out of options but if anyone is stupid enough to claim him they are welcome to it. German cannot be any worse and whoever it ends up being is just keeping the spot warm until Ian gets back. We have got to remember how many times in the past baseball has seen “insurmountable” leads dissappear late in the season and it always seems to start this way. The team starts to struggle and the other team manages to start stringing some wins together. Next thing you know you are playing a head to head series with them and the outcome could determine the division. Does anyone really want that?
What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brush her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mother don't make it to third. ~Leo Durocher
No. Try again...
Here’s a hint: More “Fuck Arias”.
by bhudson on Aug 17, 2010 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Ok
I’m writing that down. Fuck Arias. Got it.
What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brush her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mother don't make it to third. ~Leo Durocher
Could you imagine if that chicken wire wasn't there
And both of Molina’s hits were homeruns? The game would be completely different.
Sometimes I press CTRL+F and type in "Josey Wales" just to see if he made a stupid statement.
Can you imagine...
That if NC-17’s triple the other night were hit 3 feet higher that he would have trotted the base paths and possibly not hurt his hamstring? The only retort to that is better now than later, I guess.
Wash was planning to start Blanco at SS and Arias at 2'nd tonite lets hope that fell apart at least.
Normally I would agree but we're in the midst of 20 games in a row
with a bunch of games in the blast furnace next week….I’d give Tiny E a day off…it’s not he played that well last night either.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
As much as I hate the idea of Arias being out there again
I agree with this
"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
So your going to run an infield of Cantu, Blanco, and Arias out there?
by diamond_dave on Aug 17, 2010 8:43 AM CDT up reply actions
puke
"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
With Moreland playing 1B (if Young is still out). I didn't say I was happy about it but
yeah, I’d do it to get some days off and then hopefully make some hay in Baltimore.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
If you wanna bring up German and shit-can Arias to OKC
I’m good with it.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
ugh
Teagarden
Moreland
Arias
Blanco
Cantu
Boggs
Borbon
Murphy
Guerrero
Yeah, that’s the lineup of a playoff team. (AA maybe)
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Well, we know Teagarden is AA All-Star caliber
so that’s something.
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
If MY's neck is still acting up
you might see Cantu, Moreland, Blanco and Arias!
But I doubt that… Wash would at least play Elvis.
"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 know the name of a good chirpractor
One session and he’ll be right as rain.
Sad that we have two players who are having problems with areas above the shoulders. Face and his neck problems and Arias with his brain farts. Can you disable Arias with Brain Farts?
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
Disable him with suck of the nth degree.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Elvis
has to be in the lineup, especially if Face is out tonight.
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Aug 17, 2010 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions
It seems like Elvis needs a "mental" day off every once in a while
so he can be gently reminded what it is he’s here to do. It usually works.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Is "mental day" a euphamism
For “a boot in the ass”?
"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 Aug 17, 2010 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
kind of
It’s where Wash stands over you for 6 straight hours yelling “getcha head outta butt!!!!!”
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Like
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 it sad that I sat there and watched that for about 2 minutes waiting for something cool to happen?
I also think Wash probably throws something in there about “I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS!!!!!”
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Ha!
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 was acting like a whiney bitch last night
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions
The team was pretty heavy last night.
I probably would have been cranky having to carry all those sacks of shit. It was a 3-4 man team out there in stead of a 9 man team.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
I know, but on every close call at home, the stolen base, Spider's terrible decision to go for the force out at 2nd...
Everything…he was acting like a punk.
He needs to stop that shit.
It certainly doesn’t do any good, and most importantly, it upsets me.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, Wash left him out there to twist in the wind
when he argued with the umpire after his second caught stealing.
Tiny E kept looking at the dugout but Wash gave him the Heisman.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
That probably pissed him off more than anything.
There were a couple of times Elvis was not happy with a call. Wash was just chillin’. Maybe he forgot to warm up his give-a-shitter.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Tiny E needs to die already.
It’s Elvis dammit.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 Aug 17, 2010 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Young-Blanco-Arias infield.
Good god. No offense to Blanco, but I don’t think he takes the level of that infield anywhere near confidence-inducing.
Greenberg
I currently have an excessive amount of love for that guy.
"When you play happy, good things will happen"-Elvis Andrus
you and me both
I was at the games all last week and took a bunch of pictures of him. Some people next to us asked why I was taking pictures of “that guy”. I explained and they said, “Oh, well I don’t care anything about that stuff.” sigh
Meh.
are you making that up?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions
meh
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Aug 17, 2010 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Those people need to be banned from the ballpark.
Fucking Johnny Come Latelys. If they would have been paying attention the last decade instead of hopping on the bandwagon when the Rangers start winning then they would care. They better have spent at least $400 out there last night, that’s the only way their presence can be justified.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Only thing worse than those fans
were the thousands of fake Yanks/Sox fans that were just there to get drunk and yell at Rangers fans. The douche was strong within the ballpark that week.
Meh.
Douchey fans
I know a lot of folks here hate soccer, but there’s one thing we could borrow from them to fix this crap: our own roving bands of hooligans!
A couple hundred crazy-ass Ranger fans wielding bats could do a lot to keep the douche element under control.
by RCCook on Aug 17, 2010 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And them colored folk out.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Ain't it grand when Euros speak ill of America's relations.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Amazingly infuriating.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Right
I was just pointing out the inevitable.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Rangers fans have to be strong and hold their ground during those series.
I’ve ripped so much “Yankee Fan” ass in that ballpark it’s not even funny.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
i almost came to blows with the Sox fans after the saturday game
asshole was waving a boston jersey in the face of Ranger fans as they walked by him in the aisle
by deityofElvis on Aug 17, 2010 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
you should've just buried your elbow in the back of his neck, told him you tripped.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
sonofabitch was awful all night
I yelled very aggressively at him and he employed the services of his brethren that was about 6’4 260…..what a pussy
by deityofElvis on Aug 17, 2010 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
hit that big fucker right in the larynx
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
laffingoutloud.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
You can't put Greenberg there, he's the anti-evil, he is what is right in the world.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Top of the morn Mike.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 8:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Good morning, HAL
"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 Aug 17, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
hey bub
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
That sucked.
And not only because I get to enjoy an entire morning of, “man, what happened to the Rangers last night?”
I should work at home after every loss.
"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
OT-Computer
sorry…..but i’m running FF and it’s wonky…anyone else?
It won’t stop loading pages, or it just takes forever when it does….tips?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 8:38 AM CDT reply actions
nmind
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 9:00 AM CDT up reply actions
USE GOOGLE CHROME!
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions
My 2 cents on Arias...
Looked like he was trying to do his best Ian Kinsler impersonation (too bad he isn’t Kinsler otherwise he’d get atleast an out), what with the way he tried to get the out at 2nd.
And he did his best Mike Young, Gold Glove SS, impersonation on the blooper.
Talk about pissing away any good-will earned with that leadoff triple.
Am I the only one that thinks Boggs should have been calling him off and caught the bloop?
AKA BuckyB
no... i think
that is boggs play to make for sure
by I am Neftali Feliz on Aug 17, 2010 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions
both could have gotten it
neither did. Terrible play, but that’s (as Wash said) Joaquin’s ball.
"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
The Dr. of Defense said it was Arias' ball
all the way last night.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I'm going to believe the professionals on this one.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions
That doesn't surprise me
Seriously, though. Arias would have needed to make a basketcatch facing away from home on a dead sprint.
Boggs merely needed to charge and worst-case scenario, make a shoestring catch.
AKA BuckyB
Don't care what the Dr. of D said, that ball could be made easier by Boggs
but the blame is on the roach for impeding Boggs, he should have just run over the roach to catch it.
it was Arias' by default
If you call for it you damn well better catch it… Boggs’ mistake though because he needs to take the point and call Arias off… its obvious he had the easier play but he chose to defer… not a good choice
not too surprising
after all, Boggs’ first day on the team this year. Arias has been in the majors all year, he’s calling for it, you expect him to make it. takes some balls to call him off. not sure Boggs has those. Gentry would have called him off though.
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
It was Boggs'
He is the outfielder coming in, better positioning, have a pair and call off Arias… this is a mans game gotta use your big boy voice and make the play
Right,
Boggs wasn’t calling him off at all.
I guess this is what happens when you have a minor league defense out there.
AKA BuckyB
and then
When Boggs finally deferred to Arias, Boggs completely misplayed the ball and let it get by him, allowing the runner to take second. That was the biggest kick in the teeth of all!
"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 thought is was Boggs ball also
but then I think Murphy should have been in RF anyhow to start the 8th.
I think Murph makes that catch
Wasnt like it was going to be a spectacular catch. Boggs pulled up and stopped and he was having trouble spotting the ball last night so he probably had a bad jump on it anyway. It was a perfect storm of baseball stupidity
then that play wasn't Arias or Boggs fault
The blame should go to Ron Washington for not putting his best OF of Josh, Borbon and Murphy in the field for the top of the 8th.
In all fairness
If you’re right fielder or second baseman can’t make that catch, they probably shouldn’t be in the professional baseball.
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Aug 17, 2010 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Murphy makes that. He's McGrit.
I could see Murphy taking over the clubhouse/lineup tonight if Young is out. I really do see him as a leader. He’s not the greatest player in the world, but he could certainly show Boggs and the boys how to max out there on the field.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Scrappy McGritty™
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
thought it was McGritticutty
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions
That you McGriddles?
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
McGriddles=Molina
McHustle=Murph
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Aug 17, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Spunky McGrithustle
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
common confusion
that’s his mother’s name.
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Aug 17, 2010 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
This is a great bit the Mc and either scrappy, gritty, hustle thing is gold.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 just going to stick with Grit McHustle
cause that’s what someone came up with yesterday in the first GDT
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Aug 17, 2010 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
IT'S CATCHING ON!!!!!!!
My lone significant contribution to LSB!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
It's kind of a FJM bit isn't it?
"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 Aug 17, 2010 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
I know they used all kind of terms to describe Eckstein
They used it as a bit to discredit Eck. I use it as a bit to discredit the people who think Murph is good because he hustles.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
My wife
got him to autograph her hat this past week. He’s so gritty that he scuffed the bill of the cap with his hands.
Meh.
by spaceblues on Aug 17, 2010 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I heard the outfield walls
fear him. Dude’s got so much grit and hustle..
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Aug 17, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
I read this in 1920s voice.
“Boggs and the boys, see”
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
My wife just informed me
That we knew his wife in high school. I realized I had classes with her. Weird.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
I think Boggs would have made it
it just looked like Arias called him off.
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Aug 17, 2010 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Boggs needs to be assertive
IF call for the ball when they can get it. If the OF can get it easily, though, he needs to call off the IF loudly.
AKA BuckyB
And another thing:
I’ve now heard Craig Miller on the Ticket and Newberg both do their part in continuing “The Rangers are wasting Cliff Lee’s starts” meme which has been running strong for a while. I don’t understand this. For one, last night’s loss was in large part due to the fact that half our starters weren’t playing. Second, I don’t believe the team plays with a different attitude or mindset when Lee pitches. The “Oh, Cliff Lee’s starting tonight, The Rangers somehow play differently” idea is lunacy in my mind. The Rangers are not so much ‘blowing Cliff Lee’s starts’ as they are just losing baseball games in the course of a season.
Isn’t it likely that it’s just a small sample of bad luck, combined with Cliff being matched up with the other team’s best starting pitcher, with a dash of some of our best players being on the DL? If the Rangers had gone 3-4 in CJ Wilson’s last 7 starts, would bloggers and radio personalities be up in arms, talking about “CJ’s going to get mad at us and not resign here next year!” And more to the point, all this hand-wringing about “Cliff Lee won’t want to sign here because we aren’t giving him any run support or defense behind him” is misguided. I would think Cliff Lee can watch the team on the field every day and see that there’s a solid core of younger hitters and defenders on this team play baseball really well. Besides, he’s going to go where the money is first and foremost, anyway.
Now, I know it has to irk him. I know he wants the W on his record. But to say that a few bad games from a good team is going to sway his decision this winter is just wrong in my opinion.
"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
That 1000 mile stare that Lee had while sitting on the bench in the 9th and after the game
didn’t look good but he has 8 more regular season starts plus the playoffs.
We do need to start playing better (20-20 since July 1) but we also need to get healthy.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
x
Not to mention in 8 starts, two have been against Weaver and one against Price. How much run support can you expect in those games?
It's all silliness
Newberg has suggested Cliff will get caught up in some of this “magic” the Rangers have this year and wanty to come back.
First off, Cliff Lee pitched in the World Series last year. And he kicked ass. That win over Boston friday night was a hell of a win and an awesome game, but it was August 13th. “Magic” is made in October (and now November).
Secondly, Cliff will sign with whomever offers him the longest contract that is worth the highest annual value.
Period.
Take your 100 degree weather or team chemistry or close to Arkansas or bad defense or no run support theories and flush them. That shit doesn’t matter.
"Don't confuse the outcome that a decision produces with the intelligence that went into making that decision."--Tony LaRussa
by Hard8 on Aug 17, 2010 8:45 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Around 6 years / $ 138 million ?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I really don't know
That may be correct. I guess take whatever CC makes annually, multiply it times 6, and that’s what it will take to get the conversation started.
"Don't confuse the outcome that a decision produces with the intelligence that went into making that decision."--Tony LaRussa
The MF Yankees have $ 23 million coming off (Pettitte & JVasquez) their
books this year and I’m guessing that’s the range/term.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
They also have to sign Carl Crawford
"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
or sign him if the mets void his contract...
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, the league hasn't done that very often
And I hear about teams trying all the time, so I’d be surprised if it works.
AKA BuckyB
yea
well they also have jack shit in their bullpen anyway
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
You could be correct
To be honest, I never thought it was realistic that CLiff would wind up here in 2010. He did, which is awesome. Anything beyond this November is a longshot of the highest order, I’d say.
"Don't confuse the outcome that a decision produces with the intelligence that went into making that decision."--Tony LaRussa
Well, Chuck seems to understand the financial ramifications of it, and says they're prepared to make that committment.
They just have to convince him that this is where he wants to be.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
It really seems like they're prepared to go all out.. won't break the bank so to speak
But it will hurt their pocketbooks and for someone of his caliber, it should. I’ve heard all the reasons etc etc why he could be gone but he also fits so well already with this team, I’ve gotten used to him much to my detriment lol. I love their chemistry. And sigh can’t see him in another team’s uniform, even worse the MFY. Everyone has made great points, first if he wants to stay here, he will have to turn down a sure to be better offer from the Yankees. But I think if The Rangers are within the ballpark moneywise, it should be okay? I think they will have to offer him 6 yrs or at least an option.
Of course winning can go a long way too and us going deep in the playoffs and hopefully further then that… But Cliff is a professional and knows some of our spares are out there and it isnt our team at its full strength. But still no excuse for that awful loss last night and that was the first time, it seemed like he really looked upset.
She came back!!
Vicky put her toe in the water in last night’s circle jerk…saw most of LSB at it’s worst/best …and wasn’t scared away.
You’re gonna be okay in here.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
LOl - Josey as our welcome wagon
< shudder >
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Let the brain washing begin!™
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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've been nothing but quite charming to every
female in here other than gdawg.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
The typical middle aged man response.
Thinks he’s slick, but people see through it.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
yeah mr step-and-a-dive
you treat the women with charming and the rest of us with contempt. But what you don’t realize is that this isn’t a board about baseball or college football. This is actually a quilting forum. So, you guys perfer squares or something more fancy? number 2 pink thread?
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
live action this time
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 had such a huge crush on Rachel Leigh Cook growing up.
I would do unspeakable things to her if given the chance.
"I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars"
that was the apex of that moron’s career
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
I'm going to find a cash machine.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
This movie is my guilty pleasure.
I don’t think it’s a good movie. I won’t tell anyone they have to like it. They shouldn’t really.
But I love it. Absolutely love it. Something about the campy mockery of pop music and the satirical use of advertising at every corner just thrills me.
Plus, this was back when Tara Reid was still hot, and RLC and Rosario Dawson have always been hot.
Pre-bad plastic surgery?
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Pre-long celebrity train run all up in there, wallering things out?
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Heh
I’ve seen it once. It wasn’t terrible…it’s weird thinking about when Tara Reid was hot.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Ease up Turbz
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Where's that N'Awlins post?
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I'm waiting til I clear out my large intestine, feels like I have a boot lodged in there, not feeling well.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Laxitive is your friend heh
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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, I'm all over those, apple juice, grape nuts, etc...
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions
True,
I’ve heard that hand sanitizer in a drink is Drain’O.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Heh.
The comments were far more R-rated than the video.
by Josh Garoon on Aug 17, 2010 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions
If we can't get Lee, then what?
There aren’t going to be any other FA ace-types on the market this offseason.
What about taking a chance on Brandon Webb? Coming off a lost season he might come cheap and take a 1-year. I don’t think we should be gunshy about reclamation projects even after the disaster that was Harden. Webb’s an extreme ground-ball pitcher and might be a nice fit in the #2 or #3.
Troy McClure: "Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"
by stupidsexyflanders on Aug 17, 2010 8:57 AM CDT up reply actions
I would hope with new ownership that the one-year flyers
on band-aids like BJordan, Sosa, Hidalgo, Astacio, Bravo Kenny Lofton, Gagne, Harden are over and when we have an opportunity to sign somebody like Cliff Lee we actually do it.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
This.
I could agree more. The days of putting together a patch-work lineup and picking through the scrap bin hoping to find lightning in a bottle are hopefully in the past.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Couldn't agree more*
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Wrong
Unless the player warrants a multi year commitment I am fine rolling out one year wonders and keeping us financially capable down the road.
Last thing we want is another CHP type deal that ties us down for several years
your ability to find ridiculous comparisions
amazes me.
And what is the point of being financially capable if you never actually spend the finances? If you aren’t going a multi-year deal with Cliff Lee, then who?
by elvis1isking on Aug 17, 2010 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Im fine with it on Cliff
But I don’t want JD to stop trying to find those one year wonders just because we have some money in the bank
Cliff Lee is different than Chan Ho Park (understatement?)
Arod would have been a better comparison.
AKA BuckyB
Wasn't comparing the players
The point was just because we have financial flexibility doesn’t mean we need to go lock it up years down the line. For certain players……like Lee……sure. But I hope this doesn’t stop JD from going and getting the Vlads and Loftons and Gagnes of the world on one year deals.
how was the arod deal bad?
best player in baseball? yes
his WAR as a ranger: 7.8, 9.8, 9.1
using fangraphs dollar value he was worth over 25mm both years they calculate it
won awards:
2001 – Silver Slugger (AL) (SS)
2002 – Gold Glove (AL) (SS)
2002 – Hank Aaron Award (AL)
2002 – Silver Slugger (AL) (SS)
2003 – Gold Glove (AL) (SS)
2003 – Hank Aaron Award (AL)
2003 – MVP (AL)
2003 – Silver Slugger (AL) (SS)
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions
I didn't say the deal was a bad decision initially
But it was a contract that cripled us down the line in conjunction with all the other bad contracts we signed.
If we had a well-built roster, salary-wise, it would have worked out better.
AKA BuckyB
fair enough
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions
Probably because
the following years lowered payrolls and the bankruptcy followed to some degree because of the ARod contract.
"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
Yeah, and
he struck out once with the bases loaded in the ninth inning. and we finished last every year he was here, and he once spit in TAG’s face, and pissed on the post game spread, and engineered the signing of Chan Ho Park, and gave Ken Caminiti steroids and gave Johnny Oates cancer and once kicked a puppy from home plate all the way onto greens hill.
(the above was called, sarcasm….)
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
If said scenerio with TAG happened I bet TAG woulda whooped his ass.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 guess I was just saying
I won’t blame management if we can’t get Lee and what would the alternatives be. Lee will be by far the best FA starter on the market and will thus have the pick of teams. Hard to see us being able to go toe-to-toe with the Yanks when they’ll have a lot of dough to spend with guys like Berkman, Vazquez, and Johnson coming off the books.
Troy McClure: "Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"
by stupidsexyflanders on Aug 17, 2010 9:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes, it'll be tough
I hope they can re-sign him, but I agree that if they can’t the one-year approach makes a fair bit of sense.
The amount of Berkman's salary they're paying
is criminal.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
why would someone bitch and moan about harden out of curiosity?
harden has the talent that none of the rest really had
gagne beget obeltre/seabiscuit
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
with the IDEA of bringing in harden that is
id rather see him than someonel ike d-math
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
id love to take a chance on webb
just like we did w/ harden.
LOVE it
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that worked out so well with Harden...
there was the one start in Oakland…and….uh…and….uh…a couple of stints on the DL, the smile, Team Douche.
Good use of $ 6.5 million for a team on a small market payroll.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
It's a gamble that didn't work out
The team took gambles on players like Harden, Vlad, Colby and even CJ to some degree. Considering their financial situation at the time, I don’t see how they had much choice.
It’s similar to what Boston did with Beltre this year.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
We could have gotten Ben Sheets
wouldn’t that have been a hoot. After all he’s kicked some… huh? what? injured? ERA over 5 you say?
oh, well… John Garland? Jake Westbrook? Vote for Pedro!!!
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
I win for trumpeting NOT getting him. Horray beer and me!
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Yeah, gambling on injured pitchers
doesn’t seem to pay off so much.
"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
your right
it was a gamble on a guy who clearly has had the “stuff” in the past to be an ace.
and STFU on small market bullshit josey. they are in dallas, not lubbock.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions
We were on a small market payroll
to start the season, kok.
Right around $ 60 million and one of the bottom 7-8 payrolls I believe.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions
and why mr step and a dive?
because we had he who shall not be named as our ex-owner and were wards of the state.
since our shiny new owner has said he’ll increase payroll, maybe we don’t need to take that kind of gamble. or better yet, maybe we make several gambles hoping one turns up…..
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
no one is expecting
ownership to go toe-to-toe with MFY. Just put the bid out there and Lee chooses another place, then so be it.
I’m cool with a looksie on Webb, and I’d hope they’d be willing to entertain the idea whether or not Lee is signed.
by elvis1isking on Aug 17, 2010 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
Rec for truthiness
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
by rlb02a on Aug 17, 2010 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec for the use of truthiness
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Cliff's 2010 season will be a test for how far Cy Young voters have advanced
They got the voting right in 2009, with Greinke and Lincecum. Those guys won 16 and 15 games, respectively. We know win/loss record doesn’t properly judge a SP’s performance. But if Cliff winds up with 14 wins and Price or Sabathia wind up with 19 or 20, I can’t see Cliff winning the voting.
"Don't confuse the outcome that a decision produces with the intelligence that went into making that decision."--Tony LaRussa
Young may be unavailable tonite, so the lineup should be
Moreland, Blanco, Andrus, Cantu, Murph, Borbon, Hamilton, Molina and Guerrero.
So the bench would be Teabag, Arias, Boggs.
That is depressing!
I have to hide that
because it creeps me out. Don’t like spiders.
"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
Ugh
what gets me is the puddle of goo.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest"
--South Korean Rangers fan
Me neither
I had a tiny but fierce looking one that kept on turning up last week at moments where I couldn’t go get him. Like he was taunting me.
So, does this means insect violence is allowed?
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
That's a little extreme don't you think?
/Alan
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
That was motherfucking painful.
I hate the morning after a loss like that.
There, fixed.
I hate the morning after a loss like that.
"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
Fair enough.
Last night just made me crazy.
Everyone knows how much I live and breath Ranger baseball
Not only are losses brutal like that last night….
Then I come into the office and hear it all day from co-workers who are Yankee…Boston…fans born and raised here. “some day…you’re team may win one…oh wait..you’re the texas rangers..never mind.” “SUCKS to be a fan of losers.”
Crap…if you’re going to rail on my team…at least make it interesting or original!
I need more coffee
Tell them to fuck off
Or better yet give them my number and I will tell them to fuck off.
"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 Aug 17, 2010 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Boomer handing out STFO and GTFO notices as well as housing since 2005
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 Aug 17, 2010 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
no worries there Boomer
Especially on mornings like today…they hear it.
You may never be able to “win” an argument with a Yankee fan…’cause they just throw out the number 27 over and over again when you start really nailing them to the bandwagon wall….but I feel better afterwords.
If I'm going to be shittalked by a Yankees fan....
….they’d better have at the very least lived in New York for a significant period of time. Otherwise they are just loser bandwagoners that I have no time for.
Ya it's funny Boston "fans" always say I've got family from up there,
if they don’t live in Boston.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 are not an insignificant number of UT "fans" on this very board...
….that did not spend one second inside a UT classroom. Just saying.
so, so true.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 9:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Where does the born and raised fit.
I know if I would have gone to school there I would have sunk like a ship with the major I am (accounting and finance) and I go to a D2, pulling for a D2 once you graduate which I will in December, becomes a joke. NOBODY keeps up with it.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
We have argued this at length here...
….but I’m of the opinion that if you wanted to be a UT fan, you should have gone to UT. Cheer for where you went.
I love college basketball, and when I was at A&M we would literally go winless in conference. It sucked. But I went to A&M so I was stuck with that team….I couldn’t just decide to also be a Kansas fan.
Kk
One of the last Joe Nieuwendyk supporters in Dallas....
Defending Big D - Dallas Stars news & analysis; SB Nation Dallas-Fort Worth
by Brandon Worley on Aug 17, 2010 9:30 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Ok...
I can see that. If you go to Tech, don’t graduate and suddenly be a UT.
But I’ve never gone to college. Joined the Navy out of high school. Grew up a UT fan. I’m a huge fan of the team now. Is that wrong?
One of the last Joe Nieuwendyk supporters in Dallas....
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by Brandon Worley on Aug 17, 2010 9:32 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Not at all
"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
Sez the person who has his own Sooner Schooner
and 3 foot tall Barry Switzer Bobble-head at his house despite never going to OU.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I do not have a 3' Barry Switzer bobble head
I do have a Sooner Schooner. I did take a few classes there fyi.
"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 graduated from there
and from what I’ve read here, you’re just as much a sooner as anyone I’ve ever met.
I do have a Sooner Schooner
I pull out for Christmas. It is pulled by a lit up longhorn with the horns down.
"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
What is this Sooner Schooner?
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Just because
"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
Ah makes sense that bottom Schooner is very nice.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
That would be funny if I did.
"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
Thanks
"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
No.
But those of us who made the mistake of going to a school that will never be able to compete with UT on a regular basis are going to be jealous.
Trust me on this.
There is absolutely no reason to be jealous of the University of Texas. None whatsoever. In fact, you should be happy you aren’t among their fanbase.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions
He speaks forsooth.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Their team played for a national championship last year. They've won one recently.
Years ago they lost the Holiday Bowl. That was the last bowl game my team ever played in.
your a huskie fan, right?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
No, he's WSU.
Not Washington.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
hmmm
not sure why i tied him to wash
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Nope.
I root for the team with a lot less money and without a major city surrounding it to help draw recruits.
I can’t imagine why any kid with a choice of schools to play at would pick Pullman. They fly you in to Spokane, which is no nifty city itself, then drive you for more than an hour through a landscape that has a few more hills and a few less trees than Kansas before taking you on a stretch of tiny back roads so you can roll in to a town of like 400 people when school is out. Come play for us!
So what?
Don’t be jealous of those douchers.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec for the FuturePants.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions
Fine
Cheer for UT all you want. Be as douchey as you can possibly be. Have at it.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm not going to cheer for UT.
I’m not sure how that’s what you gleaned from this conversation.
In fact, after shattering my Pac 16 dreams, I hate them now.
You can blame part of that on the Texas state legislator.
UT would have bolted in a heart beat I think, but the powers that be want the retarded child of Tech attached to them.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
UT never intended to leave.
They manipulated the rest of the Big 12 into giving them exactly what they wanted.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
I thought it was all a joke from the beginning.
Collegiate sports is all about the money, hence why my fandom is dying towards the sport.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Me too
What with all the conference realignments and early departures, I just can’t get into it much anymore.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Honestly
I have no idea why college players don’t get paid.
"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
but they do
see bush, reggie lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Agreed,
although they get paid in “other forms” I know guys who’ve gotten entire wardrobes full of stuff.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Meh
All players get all kinds of free clothes and shoes from the company that sponsors the school…no problem there.
The good ones get actually paid in cars, house payments for their parents, money for “working after school jobs,” you name it.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Then why be jealous of those idiots?
There is nothing to be jealous of. Be happy with the school you chose. If you hate it so much, then you should have gone to UT.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Texas is the golden egg as far as athletics go.
Competitive in all avenues.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Eh
Worse than A&M at everything except football. Let’s not suck it’s dick too hard just yet.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
We can agree consistency is the key though?
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
UT fans are consistently douchy.
And that is key, yes.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
you're passion inspires awe.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions
I won't argue that.
I will say this I know some Aggies that are worse than Longhorns.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
So don't be jealous of either school.
Live for yourself, stop worrying about those Longhorn idiots.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
I am a Longhorn who ignores the group.
I’m a hard core fan, but quiet about it because of the Longhorn SuperDouche™
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
x
In my experience, the most irritating Longhorn fans are the ones that did not attend UT.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Here we go again with that debate.
Been a fan my whole life, just knew Austin would be a bad choice academically for me A) because it’s hard as balls in business and B) I’d spend all my time attending sporting events not studying and C) I don’t party or drink so that’s a non-issue.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 jealous of every school that has more ability to compete than my own.
It’s a bitter fact of life.
I love my school.
Am so happy with the choice I made and would never, ever reconsider. I am not jealous of anything UT, Tech, Baylor, OU, or whatever else you can think of related.
Fuck those schools. Fuck their fans. A&M rules, bitches!
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Then kill yourself.
Because you will obviously never be a fully satisfied indvidual.
Jealousy is not a good thing to live with, so just end it. That’s your only avenue.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
He's an Aggie.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 Aug 17, 2010 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
About anything related to UT, yes it absolutely does.
Some can, but FP obviously cannot.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'm being perfectly logical.
You are the one ignoring facts. The State of Texas has been tracking head-to-head athletics for A&M vs. UT for years. A&M has been winning for years. I don’t understand why you are just ignoring facts, but whatever.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Demonstrate this factually.
Where are these stats?
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
It is called the "Lone Star Showdown"
I’m sure you can google it.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Well would you look at that?
You’re right, I could Google it.
And guess what the first page told me?
Texas A&M- 9 points.
University of Texas- 10 points.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
from their front page
The 2009-10 academic calendar year marks the sixth season of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown, and for the fourth time in the first six years of this event, the Longhorns have captured the Showdown title outright
number 2:
The Horns claimed the inaugural Showdown in 2004-05 with a 14.5-4.5 victory. Texas then posted a 14.0-5.0 win in 2005-06, before recording a 10.5-8.5 victory in the 2006-07 Showdown. Texas A&M claimed its only outright win with a 10.5-8.5 victory in 2007-08. The two schools posted a 9.5-9.5 tie last season, but the Aggies retained the trophy as defending champions.
so aTm has actually won 1x in the last six year.
your a moron.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
So winning two years in a row is me being a moron?
Ok.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
I can't believe you just said that.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
TWO YEARS OUT OF SIX
The State of Texas has been tracking head-to-head athletics for A&M vs. UT for years. A&M has been winning for years. I don’t understand why you are just ignoring facts, but whatever.
either your a moron or bad at math
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
I never said we have always been better at athletics than UT
So keep trying.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
x
A&M has been winning for years. I don’t understand why you are just ignoring facts, but whatever.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
It's absolutely true
Very few of them can. Although…this past summer has me wondering if they aren’t on to something.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
As opposed to horns
who reside in a city that has the motto “Keep Austin weird”? I’ve lived there…I don’t think there is a normal person within a 20 mil radius.
*snore*
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
You should get that checked out.
Sleep apnea sucks
by DFWAg on Aug 17, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You don't have to tell me that.
I’ve been dealing with it for about five years.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm assuming you are respondin
to my assertion about no normal people in Austin. You put your dog in a tux. I’m not so certain of your claim.
A reply way the hell up there
by RangerSD insinuates that all Aggies are weird. I find it funny that a horn (thereby somebody that has lived in Austin where the motto is keep Austin weird) is judged normality of another group.
Ah. This is such a confusing thread.
Only one thing is clear: FutureKnox is being either a jerk or a moron.
Heh. That's actually a pic of him when I used him to propose to my now wife.
He isn’t allowed to wear clothes again after that. A one time deal.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
rec
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Probably the shortest-term statement ever.
Just because you’re better than they are in something one year does not mean you’re better overall.
I’d still take UT in football, baseball, and men’s basketball, from the major sports.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:18 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes, it is a short term looking statement.
What’s the problem? I didn’t say, “has always been” or something.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
You implied that how things are is how things are likely to be
Which isn’t the case.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
It's how things are likely to be this upcoming year, yes.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Based on what, the singular preceding year?
Wishful thinking on your part, and I hate UT above all others.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
No
A&M has been better than UT at literally every single sport except football for several years now. It’s not really wishful thinking since it’s been the trend.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
The baseball team that is consistently in Omaha says WTF
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
"Every single sport except football."
Really? It’s not my job to defend UT, obviously, but this is ridiculous.
Again, look just at baseball, how can you say you are better than they when they made the CWS and went all the way through the superregionals?
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
They got lucky; it's a tournament.
So you say that there is an absolute rule that whichever basketball team makes it farther in the tournament is the better team, no matter what?
If so, you really are kind of retarded.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions
A&M fan using that super logic,
is always a total fail.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 Aug 17, 2010 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Being a fan of my school has absolutely nothing to do with logic.
Absolutely nothing. What a lame response you have.
Don’t be angry because you are one of the douchers. Just cheer for a different school?
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Of course not
But falling back on “they got lucky” doesn’t make sense.
However much you want it to be true, A&M is not definitively better in “every single sport other than football.”
That is the definition of wishful thinking.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
For the last 3-4 years, it's absolutely true.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
FuturePants™ Logic
is worse than BigSteveLogic™
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 Aug 17, 2010 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
You're being stupid.
Stop being stupid.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
they got lucky???
laughable logic
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Um. . . their school wins stuff.
Winning stuff is more fun than not winning stuff.
And there are things more important than going to a school because it wins. Like going where you can afford that fits your major and keeps you in the part of the country you want to be.
I really don’t get what’s confusing here.
Affordability vs. a good major.
You can find that in any major at A&M or UT – two of the biggest bargains in the country, and you can find a good college for just about everything at either one.
If you chose to go somewhere else, live with that choice and get your head off UT’s dick.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
My head is not on UT's dick.
You’re being really, really weird here.
And why would I move across the country away from the state I love to pay more money? Doesn’t make sense, athletics are nice but they’re not that important.
But me being envious of students who actually got to see their teams win has nothing to do with being on their dick. It has to do with being envious that their schools win. Simple as that. I don’t get what the hell you don’t understand about that.
If athletics are so important...
…you should have picked a different school. If they aren’t important, why are you jealous?
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
You can't seem to decide.
I think you have to be joking with your arguments that contradict itself. On the one hand you say athletics aren’t important, but then you whine about athletics. Which is it?
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
x
“…athletics are nice but they’re not that important.”
http://www.lonestarball.com/2010/8/17/1627293/tuesday-a-m-rangers-stuff#44582434
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Which is not the same sentence as "athletics are nice but they're not important."
I’ve seen you read successfully before, I know I have.
by philkid3 on Aug 17, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Look
You are suggesting that athletics aren’t important, then saying you are jealous about athletics. Which is it?
You’re either retarded one way or retarded another way.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
An Aggie
Believing in a black or white situation? I’ve never seen this before…oh, wait.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Again, haven't suggested they aren't important.
I’ve said they’re not important enough to move across the country and pay more money when I could get the degree I wanted at a fine school in my back yard.
You do see the issue of calling someone a retard when you’re the only one who doesn’t understand what he’s saying, right?
Let's move this to the bottom of the page
I hate it when threads get scrunched up on the side.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
No, I get what you are saying.
It is still very stupid to be jealous of the University of Texas, or anyone, for athletics. It’s stupid. That is what you were saying you were, and it’s stupid of you.
I don’t think you should have moved across the counry, or paid more money or anything. I think you should be satisfied with your own college and stop worrying about other people.
Since you don’t want to do that, you are stupid.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Good lord, what is your deal about this?
You’ve taken the normal Aggie hatred for UT to new levels.
If he hadn’t mentioned UT at all, would you still react so vehemently on this?
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
He's an aggie so yes.
They all do
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 Aug 17, 2010 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
If I had said I'm jealous of A&M, which I am, would it have gotten this reaction?
is he really just incapable of understanding a simple point, or does he just spin off in to psycho mode if anyone says anything “nice” about UT?
Yes, you're retarded for being jealous of another school.
Is so jealous, you should have gone to school there. Since you didn’t, just let it go. Enjoy your own games.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
For thinking you are a dumbass for being jealous of UT?
Really?
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
x
I get what you’re saying. You’re just being stupid.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions
This is the dumbest hypothetical I've ever seen.
Of course I would, but what difference does it make? I’m not jealous of the Yankees or of Yankee fans.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I didn't know you had it in you to be this much of a douche.
I actually thought I liked you as a poster.
You're probably just jealous of me.
Kidding, relax. I don’t hate you or anything, you’re just being very silly when it comes to being jealous of something you should not give two shits about.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
The bot virus has picked up FuturePants.
Stupid binary.
by Closure GT on Aug 17, 2010 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
Rec
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
About being fans of schools you didn't go to?
Absolutely. I think it’s retarded and annoying. Pick a school you’ll be happy with, then live with that choice. It just is the case that on this board, there are more non UT grad UT superfans than any other school.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
And Philkid is hardly a "superfan" of UT in any respect.
It is one thing to hate t-shirt fans, I get that, it is another to jump on a guy who respects what an institution like UT has in its trophy case and has been able to build.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Um, I hate UT.
If he’s talking about me, then it’s absolute proof he can’t be even the least bit logical here.
I hate UT as well, probably more than most
But that doesn’t stop me from looking at what they’ve been able to do and wishing that my school, Baylor, could replicate their success in some avenues. That doesn’t mean I wish I’d gone to UT or wish I hadn’t gone to Baylor, it means I recognize success when I see it and want my school to have it as well.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
I can totally recognize and respect success.
OU has done some pretty amazing things in football, but I’m not jealous of OU.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions
I am not talking about you being a UT superfan.
Arguments are getting muddled, that’s partly my fault.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Nail on head.
I can’t stand OU,but I respect the program.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
UGH
When did I ever mention anyone specific being a superfan of UT? You are trying to argue that I would not have the same reaction to fans of other programs, which isn’t true. It’s retarded for anyone to be jealous of any program. If you are so jealous, you should have gone to school there.
If athletics aren’t important, you shouldn’t be jealous at all.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Kind of black and white there.
Not really how the world works.
I can be happy with my choice of WSU and still wish they were better athletically. Why? Because I care about WSU and like when they win things.
It's hard for people who are so emotionally invested to see shades of gray.
I’m not saying that’s right, but it’s true.
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
Head on nail
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Agreed.
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
That is not at all what you were saying earlier.
I wish A&M was better at football. I wish we won national titles in every sport every year. That does not make me jealous of any school.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
Fine, would you be happier if I said athletics?
More specifically, the resources and location to have athletic potential.
Mighty fine line you're drawing there.
And a ridiculous amount of vitriol you’ve worked up over the specific usage of “jealous.”
Aggie hatred of Longhorn
is funny to me but I understand it.
Continue the plan of the day, Fpants.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
My college didn't have a football program
After I finished there I took some classes at OU. But if I hadn’t done that could I not cheer for them and be left out in the cold because of the first college I went to?
"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
this is stupid
i went to a small D-3 school that was horrible in 99% of sports while i was in college. they are still horrible. i dont give a flying fuck about their sports teams. nor do 99% of the alumni from the last 50 years.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
So you just find a team that wins and
jump on the bandwagon?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions
So he's supposed to not be a fan of any team at all?
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by Brandon Worley on Aug 17, 2010 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Well...agreed.
I just find it frustrating when people see a fan of UT, or Tech, or OU, see they didn’t go there, and just assume they’re a bandwagon fan. Although…..there are certainly plenty of those out there. I just highly doubt any of the regulars on this board fall into that category at all.
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by Brandon Worley on Aug 17, 2010 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions
your in texas
i know people who ahev pulled for aTm their entire life and have never even sniffed college station
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions
So which team (and why) do you root for, kking?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions
texas
i have been to austin
i have been to texas games
i pull for texas because its my middle name, where my father went, where my father cheers for, where i have cheered for my entire life and where i will continue to root for even if they are 0-12
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
I think it's weird when somebody that didn't go to the school talks trash to somebody that did
It bugs me. Person A likely chose the team because the team was winning. Person B chose the school for academic reasons and is for better or worse tied to that school for athletics. They may be a real fan and stay on during down times, but it’s too easy to just jump on and act like a diehard badass. There are too many that just show up to brag so it makes it hard to distinguish without knowing the person real well.
Yeah
For example, I have no problem with the Boston Red Sox. However, I am not going to shittalk a Yankees fan on behalf of the Red Sox…that would be irritating.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
been watching/pulling for the longhorns literally my entire life
father went there
father went to 20+ red river shootouts in a row in his younger days
watched literally every game they have played the last 10 years
that def sounds like a bandwagoner to me!
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions
That's the other thing
One of the main reasons we follow sports is for the sense of community with other fans. If your whole family (or most of it) roots for one team or school, in any sport, I don’t see how you can get out of being at least a casual fan.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions
x
So you’re a University of Texas fan for the past 10 years, and an A&M fan during the 90s? Or what?
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
I think you are allowed to root geographically if you didn't attend a D-1 university
It’s cheating if you attended UT and rooted for Kansas or vice-versa, but if you didn’t go anywhere, you should be allowed to pick a team and root for him. This view is just snobby,
AKA BuckyB
Yeah
The catch is, if you’re going to act like a diehard, then you better stick with them when they go through their inevitable down cycle.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Correct
"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
Completely agreed.
And I doubt anyone here falls into that category, really.
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by Brandon Worley on Aug 17, 2010 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions
i remember the Mackovic days....
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions
I remember the John Blake days sigh...
"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 thought he was, yeah.
Beginning the decade with Slocum was not promising, but then we got Franchione and now Sherman for the next 50 years.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions
It's funny, when I first moved to Texas
I thought the Aggies were the much better college program, and were ranked higher for a little while.
That impression was changed quickly :/
AKA BuckyB
What if you're an Air Force brat, without a hometown?
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I don't think it's a problem for people to root for schools
they didn’t go to at all if they have a good reason (jumping on the Longhorn Bandwagon after Mack arrived doesn’t count as a good reason).
Some of the issues or resentment may come when people start ripping on a Texas Tech or an A&M when the school they went to can’t fill out a basketball team muchless a D1 NCAA team that competes in one of the best conferences in the country.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
this is stupid
Some of the issues or resentment may come when people start ripping on a Texas Tech or an A&M when the school they went to can’t fill out a basketball team muchless a D1 NCAA team that competes in one of the best conferences in the country.
so i cant talk shit because i went to a good academic D3 school?
we have a basketball , baseball, foootball program but because we are an ACADEMIC SCHOOL they suck. also because we cannot offer academic scholarships.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Little touchy, kok. Props to you for your college career.
I didn’t say you couldn’t root for your precious Longhorns but I was explaining to you where some of the resentment comes from.
It’s very easy to root for Texas. They get all the best players, have more money than God, the tradition, carte blanche from the NCAA and almost every call go their way when it comes to officiating.
If somebody who is a Longhorn fan wants to act condescending towards A&M or Texas Tech…you sure as fuck need to have graduated from that school to even think about acting that way or we’re gonna play that card.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions
why
If somebody who is a Longhorn fan wants to act condescending towards A&M or Texas Tech…you sure as fuck need to have graduated from that school to even think about acting that way or we’re gonna play that card.
so your saying that if i was born in new york, i cant root for the rangers now, because i was…born in new york?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I actually don't completely disagree with him on that.
I think acting condescending towards other fans in general is stupid, since you really have nothing to do with the team. But if it’s the school you just picked because of popularity and/or success, it becomes a whole bunch worse.
i happen to think tech isnt very good
and that firing mike leach was a horrible idea
and that they will regret that decision for the next 3+ years, and their football team will suffer as a result
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh here we go.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 10:55 AM CDT up reply actions
we covered it yesterday
lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
So all those players coming back
who have played (mostly successfully) in a ton of big games along with a coach with a very successful track record in multiple settings means nothing to you?
Gotcha.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
new coach
potential to shit the bed at QB
recruiting failures over the hill
yes, i think it was a bad decision.
and no, i dont think they will go 10-2, like you do
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Potts is the best option,
as an unbiased viewpoint.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
but hes not guaranteed the starting job
is more my point
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
You really don't know jack shit about Tech, RangerSD. Potts...
Wasn’t very good early last year v NDakota and Rice and then he STBF v Houston.
Then he absolutely shit the walls v motherfucking New Mexico (one of the worst teams in NCAA last year) before mercifully getting pulled because he was knocked out.
Motherfucking New Mexico…in Lubbock?!?!? Sheffield came off the bench and put up 41 points in one half.
Got booed off the field v A&M (we were 21 point favorites and got worked by them).
He completely fucked up the Okie State game (Sheff had to limp off the sidelines to try and help) and he personally kept a shitty Baylor team in the game.
Tech runs off to a lead v Michigan State and then what happens? Potts starts to STBF once again and gets his ass pulled for Sheffield (who once again leads us to victory).
If Potts is the QB all season, I have difficulty believing we will win more than 7 games.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
Booing off the field is a great measure Josey
keep using it. Most Tech fans are the most uneducated football fans I know, few being the exception. Most of the intelligent ones like Potts, the talent is there.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
That's just dumbass,Rangers
Why does Potts keep getting his ass pulled in games?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
You will have difficulty winning 7 games anyway.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Agreed.
Although I’ve been VERY impressed with Tubberville.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 won't be able to achieve success for at least three years.
Success to me is 10 wins. He needs time to get his guys, his ethic, and his gameplan in place. One offseason isn’t enough.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Agree completely,
I was referring to how he handles himself and his PR moves. Granted he’s got people helping him, but after the ass-clown Leach a fence post might be more accepted.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Leach was in a situation where he was not set up to succeed.
His fanbase loved him. His offense loved him.
His bosses hated him and his defense despised playing second fiddle to his game plans. He has a great football mind, but he doesn’t understand or take into account the defense side’s emotions. That was probably his biggest downfall with the players.
The BoR at Tech wished death upon him and hated his success, because that meant he wasn’t going anywhere. He didn’t play by the good ol’ boy system and the good ol’ boys got their way.
But Leach could be a dick. I can agree with that. But so are 90% of college coaches.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Ya,
Gerald Myers is a moron I don’t know many people at tech that like his curmudgeonly idiocy
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 there was a face of back handed/Good Ol' Boy mentality
he would be it.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Agreed.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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's a coach with a very successful
track record in THE toughest conference and is taking over a team with all kinds of experience (mostly successful) coming back.
His immediate competition within the Big 12 have all taken huge hits and are in the process of reloading.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
SEC, brutha.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
That's the conference he is referring to, I believe.
He said " successful track record in the toughest conference."
I took that as Tubbs being successful in the SEC.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Oh yeah, duh.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Changing coaches = the definition of a "huge hit."
And he was just about successful enough at Auburn to get run out of town.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Please tell me you're not citing Auburn's
athletic department’s actions as evidence of Tuberville’s merits? That’s possibly the biggest joke of an AD in the country.
Look at the stuff they pulled with Petrino, for instance.
Fair enough
But if he is predestined for greatness at every stop, if he is truly a “no-doubt” coaching hire, why didn’t he get a better job than Tech?
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Josey is, of course,
overrating him a bit, but he’s a quite solid hire. I wonder about this year due to the system transition—-although sometimes that really doesn’t have much impact (or at least once it didn’t, heh, and GT in 08 is really all I remember w.r.t. that)—-but long term I think he’s got a similar, if not higher, ceiling to Leach.
If he sticks around.
Coaching changes have a huge impact.
Very rarely does a new coach match the previous coaches wins, let alone surpass it.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
When it comes to coaches getting fired,
you’re also usually dealing with teams that are about to bottom out and then go on to lose even more talent in the wake of the coaching change. And schools usually end up with a non-ideal hire after striking out on their first choices.
Texas Tech is in a better position since they had a fair bit of talent and landed a legitimate quality coach. 8 wins is probably a lot to expect in year one, but it’s also not a program I expect to fall off.
And I need to rephrase what I said earlier.
When a good/great coach is being replaced, as in one that already had his team winning >7 games the season he was let go, then rarely to never does the in coming coach match or meet that win total.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
Well that's the thing,
I can’t think of too many situations where teams fired/ran off their coaches after good years.
I’ve only come up with two off the top of my head (comparing just regular-season wins):
Franchione won 7 his last year, but Sherman’s no Tuberville. He also had a few losing seasons as well.
Gailey won 7 his last year, had a better overall record than Franchione, though it wasn’t as good as Leach, and Johnson won 9 his first year despite basically as big a change as you can have system-wise.
I would throw in Tuberville/Auburn as well, though. Only 5 wins his last year, but they had been consistently very good under him — better than Texas Tech, even — for a few years before that. And (somehow!) Chizik got them up to 8 wins.
Oh, yeah, Clemson works, depending on when you make the switch.
7 total wins (3-3 under Bowden, 4-2 under Swinney) in ’07, and 8 in ’08.
Bowden had won 9 in ’06, though.
Florida has a different level of good.
But they ran off Zook, and Meyer won his first title with his players, basically.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
There are quite a few.
Here’s a link you should take a look at if you’re that interested. It’s a long read, but it’s where I garnered most of my info on the coaching change.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
The first thing that pops out based on that link,
is that Tuberville fits the same criteria they used to narrow down the comparisons for Leach.
But with an even higher winning percentage, in a tougher conference, than Leach had.
So yeah, reading it some more, it usually doesn't work,
but what I was going for was that most of the time the replacement isn’t a guy as proven as Tuberville.
Also: I had forgotten how weird Bowden’s collapse at Auburn was. So out of nowhere.
I agree, but the situation far out weighs the person coming in.
In my opinion.
But what really is going to be the tail of the tape is that the same type offense is going to stay in place, but a new offensive coordinator.
I’ll put it this way, it’s kind of like replacing the Ditka and Buddy Ryan of the ’85 Bears with Mike Martz as HC and Norm Chow as OC.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
At Tech, Tuberville doesn't need
to win more than 8-9 games a year…that may be what he wants with the possibility (but not expectation) to do better.
And yes, I was referencing the SEC when I said best conference. Tuberville did quite well there under trying circumstances.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought it was somewhat funny that Tuberville
would be willing to once again take a job where the AD is a good-ol-boys joke who will sell their coach out without breaking a sweat after his Auburn experience.
Guess he really wanted to get back into coaching.
Tubberville wanted Sherman to get canned so he could take the A&M job.
He wanted it so badly he could taste it.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
When the rumors were that we were going to hire Tuberville a few years ago....
…I was pissed. Didn’t want him.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Word is the buyout was too expensive.
That on top of paying Fran and the new coach’s salary was too much.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
So should everyone in Dallas
who didn’t go to a college with a D1 program be an SMU fan? And TCU for all of the folks in Fort Worth?
No.
But what’s worse: a Yankees fan from New York shitting on the Rangers, or a Yankees fan from Colorado shitting on the Rangers?
A Lakers fan from Texas. :P
(But to extend that metaphor it would need to be a pre-Rockies Yankee fan from Colorado… and meh, I just don’t care that much.)
See, and I know you're ribbing me, but. . .
Yeah, I think I have a lot less attachment to the Lakers than I do any other team I root for. For one ,that means I have a lot less passion for them. For another, if I were a trash talker, then talking trash like the Lakers represent me, even though I’ve never been to their city, would be an extra level of stupid beyond someone from LA doing it.
And I think this goes more so for college, where the attachments are built on more than just residency.
But, again, I think all trash talking, outside of rubbing a previously-douchey douche’s nose in things after the fact, is stupid. I’m just talking about trash talk that’s more stupid.
I have major (but explainable) instability
on this one…grew up in So Cal during the late 60’s / early 70s.
I still root for the Lakers and the recent Boston series brought back all that 1980s I-still- fucking-hate-Danny-Ainge-angst.
Now, my favorite team are the Mavs and I’ve always rooted for them to beat the Lakers in the post-season but it never happened.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions
Larry, Larry, Larry!!!
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I still get pissed when I see
replays of James Worthy throwing away that pass at the end of regulation in Game 2 ’84.
ML Carr & Cornbread Maxwell really piss me off as well. Then there’s Sichting, Wedman and Greg Fucking Kite….my blood pressure is rising.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Was that the Gerald Henderson
steal and layup?
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Yep.
Probably the only significant thing he ever did in the NBA.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
Nostalgia.
I haven’t enjoyed an NBA Finals anywhere near as much as those 3 Celtic-Laker tilts of the 80s.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Not to go "Back in my day...."
but I’ve watched the NBA for 40 years and I still think that was a Golden Era and the best quality of basketball I’ve ever seen.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
The Bird-'Nique back and forth
in that one playoff game was so great because of it’s rarity. Now, it’s always star v. star. I’m getting old.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
We're in the belly of the beast, kid.
The Longhorns are the equivalent to the NY Yankees in this area and they’ve picked up an incredible number of bandgwagon fans in the last decade that weren’t there for Macovic / McWilliams.
Everybody knows what’s going on…they have the money and the power so they get the players and never worry about getting busted. Jeeez, I’ve lived in Texas for 35 years and they’ve never been on probation. All those players in the atmosphere that has existed and not once have they been put on probation (where they’ve been bowl-ineligible).
Where I might have cheered for them in the past….I now want them to lose in everything because of the condescending attitude they collectively have towards everybody else in the state.
The problem is the way their fans carry themselves and the condescending attitude they have towards everybody else.
When that bullshit condescending attitude comes from somebody who didn’t even go to Texas, yes, I’m going to say STFU.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Do you know what my junior year was at UT?
4-7. We were fucking awful. Don’t sit there and pretend that the 1990s didn’t happen. Yes Texas is on a great run but we’ve been terrible so excuse those of us who appreciate just how amazing our school and sports teams are right now.
Get over yourselves. A&M should be better. They have a huge fanbase and money but keep fucking it up. That’s their own damn fault. Tech is improving and hiring Tubberville is a huge step in the right direction. We’ve all been bad and good. The jealously is just sour grapes.
Hull Fan...
It’s not jealousy, it’s hatred.
There’s a difference.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been a UT through thick and thin.
All the shit I took about the “big game” sucked, but now it’s nice to be able to smile about it now. I don’t talk shit to people about it cause that’s dumb. I will get into with yankee/redsox blowhard who I know aren’t fans.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 think that ball bobby hit is still in orbit lol
you see carl is now a d1 coach?
DIVISION ONE BASEBALL?
i predict hes gone in 3 years.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions
Lol
I struck bobby out the next at-bat, bitch
And agreed on Carl: “Pitchers…. uh…. go long toss and run and shit. Come back and talk to me before our game Saturday.” What a joke.
AKA BuckyB
hey
that moonshot doesnt matter if you struck him out 10x in a row lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Haha, I know, it was a bomb.
Freaking Carl wouldn’t let us throw curveballs preseason. I’m sorry, but when your fastball maxes out around 80, you rrrrrreally need to be able to throw some curves. But that was a meatball I hung up to him.
PS I’m glad it is as ingrained in your mind as it is mine (jack ass)
AKA BuckyB
i just remember thinking
“my god, its never going to come down”
one of the few good memories from those days…lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions
Well, in my defense
The AC field was known for it’s jetstream…I mean, winds had to have been blowing out to left-center at over 2 mph that day
AKA BuckyB
lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Ok...so I played ball at a D1 school that had a football program but it was Division I-AA.
I currently go to a school with a fucking terrible D1 football program (UNT).
Do I root for the I-AA school or UNT?
Or do I just not worry about college football (what I’ve been doing the last 10 years)
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Eh this whole debate is a cluster.
Do you what you feel is right, I’ve always been a Longhorn, picked TCU as a random team as a young child, don’t ask me why cause I couldn’t tell you. ACU I pull for, but once I graduate the appeal will probably go away, except for baseball the best program we’ve got.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
It's pretty hard to keep up with ACU sports when you're not there.
I’ve tried to follow them, but it’s A LOT of work.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Even being there currently it's a lot of work.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
You can come root for little old Air Force, bub.
America’s team.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Who do you want to root for?
Show your work.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
I played at Northwestern State University in the Southland Conference........
I am born and raised in Denton, moved back here 4 years ago, am in Grad School there…….so I’m gonna roll with UNT
TALONS UP MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Wouldn't "talons up" imply the bird is flat on its back????
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I have no idea, I'm new at this!
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Well the program is pretty much dead with the current regiem
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Yeah, I just wanted a new stadium, hopefully the program follows suit.
I’m going to barbecue out in the Fouts parking lot once they start tearing it down….
I’m serious and I’ll make a fanpost of when it’s going down.
I effn hate Fouts Field, such an embarrassment to the school and city.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
They should change the name to Southlake U
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Except they don't win
"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
hey-oh
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 still think if UNT got their shit
together they could have a bad-ass basketball team….as in a perennial top 25 program.
Same with baseball.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions
they need to get a baseball program, they could put together a decent program..
and there are several ex-Denton folks coaching at large schools that would porbably take it over (mainly Skip Johnson UT pitching coach and Tim Tadlock coach at OU)
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I still can't believe I went to a school without
a baseball program.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
they had the club team!!!!!
OSU came to town way before I was old enough to care and played the club team…I think Incaviglia put one through the chain-link fence at Mack Park.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
I thought about trying to join them.
Then drinking seemed more important.
I do remember the Inky story. Before my time, as well.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I heard legends about the Inky story
at Tech.
Didn’t he also challenge the entire NTexas dugout to a fight?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
yes...and I think he tried to pick one with some fans behind the backstop
Craig Miller and Dunham were there, I know one of my lifelong friend’s brothers was there as well as my step dad.
I will have to confirm.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
skip johnson will never leave texas
hes going to replace augie
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
I know, I played for him at Navarro and he'd always talk about wanting to start a program at UNT...
but you’re right, from what I understand he’s next in line.
He’s a good fucking baseball man and an even better recruiter.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
yea
side note: his replacement navarro is an idiot.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
I actually played with Whoa....that's who you're talking about, right?
He was a year younger than I…I don’t have a problem with him but I can see where that opinion could be formed.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
yea
it is who im talking about
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions
haha, awesome....we just bonded a little.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think it's wrong to adopt a D1 school
if you didn’t go to one. I live in Fort Worth, so I cheer for TCU. My school, ACU, is a D2 school. They don’t play in the same league, so there’s no conflict of interest. If ACU decided to nut up and build their own stadium and go 1AA (or whatever they call it now), I obviously would drop TCU in a heartbeat.
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
If I lived in NYC or Chicago...
….I don’t think there’s a problem cheering for the Mets or Cubs. Obviously they would play second fiddle to Rangers….
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, there's lots of teams I'll root for, but I'm really a big fan of.
I root some for every Texas school, with who I pick when they play each other just being a matter of who’s hot, who I’m pissed off at, or whatever.
I also usually root for Clemson, Maryland, Oregon, Cal, and a smattering of others too for various random reasons.
I think the talk of ACU moving up died,
just from what I hear from people involved.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 slap on the hand from the NCAA probably had something to do with that, I'd wager
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
Eh those were all university imposed sanctions.
The talent level is dropping, but you can’t compare it to Johnny, Bernard, and Billy. If we had the defense we had now with that offense, I’d have a national championship ring (yes I was on staff that year)
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
So you can only be a fan of a college team if youve gone to that college?
One of the last Joe Nieuwendyk supporters in Dallas....
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by Brandon Worley on Aug 17, 2010 9:29 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
But what if your college didn't have that sport?
Or you didn’t go to college? Are you banned from following that sport?
My school didn’t have a football team. I grew up rooting for Alabama, since I was born there, and I also follow Texas, since I went to UTA.
That is me as well
"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 think Corby (TCU) and Junior Miller (North Texas State) from The Ticket are both major
violators.
They went to other schools but are dyed-in-the-wool Sooner homers because either people in their family went to school there or they lived there for a few years.
Few things make me want to call The Ticket more than when I hear The College Football Blowhard blowing hard on all things OU and usually kicking Texas Tech in the nuts but he hasn’t got me to call in yet.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
"he hasn't got me to call in yet"
…so we can cross “John from Plano” off the list…
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Aug 17, 2010 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Cross of JD in Grapevine as well
"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
Corby is a moron
he was much better in segments that 4 straight hours. I can’t stand him… he knows jackshit about sports.
He comes off as an “expert” on golf and soccer and knows shit. Certainly knows diddly about the “major” sports. Such a fucking time waste and mail in.
Corby drove me to satellite radio. God he sucks.
by elvis1isking on Aug 17, 2010 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Terrible radio all around is driving me to get satalite.
If I wasn’t in college I’d already have it, the music stations in Lubbock are getting progressively worse, oddly enough Abilene’s radio stations are better (though they have virtually non-existent sports radio).
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
You can be a fan of whoever you want in my mind
It’s when you start trash talking people that did go to that school, start using first-person pronouns to describe the team, etc that it gets annoying.
Some needs to start a College Football OT Thread
Please, for crying out loud.
"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
Preach
They’re excuses…
I played for the Yankees in little league. or…my dad watched them…or I went to New York once and liked them then. Or…they haven’t always won since I’ve liked them. They went 10 years between WS titles and went to the playoffs all but 1 year.
Try being a real fan….who believes every year is the year you’re finally going to do it…then watch your team get hammered year in and year out. Never win a playoff series…but yet you still live and breath their every move. Know your history…read about the future players…go to games in 110 degree heat. Your wife thinks you’re crazy ’cause the only thing you ever ask for is more Ranger tickets.
THEN…and ONLY THEN…will you actually be a fan. .
Until then….you don’t exist
by Doc Mabee on Aug 17, 2010 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
losing every game to TB and sweeping NY in the three-game series in September
would go a little ways to NY losing the division, “help” Texas and piss off the Yankees in the process. there’s always an upside.
the best solution to boomer1 wanting to see NY in the first round would be having them here as the wild card. of course, we need to getback in front of MIN now.
by sam in so cal on Aug 17, 2010 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Yankees fans shouldn't say anything
after all, they got punked by the Tigers.
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
To which you should reply...
“SUCKS to be a spineless, frontrunning fuckhead.”
by zobzerto on Aug 17, 2010 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Tell them to move to New York or Boston.
We don’t need or want their kind here.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
pull an ari gold
and tell them to GTFO
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Show them
“Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for the house at a casino.”
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
Worst part is when on sportscenter
they talk about how Cliff Lee hasn’t been as good as a Ranger and that maybe they should be worried. GAHHH, fucktards.
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Aug 17, 2010 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions
I also get the feeling that Molina's inability to run the bases is
going to hurt us somewhere down the line when it matters most.
I can’t fathom how he didn’t make it to 2B on Murphy’s grounder (he was thrown out by 15 feet!) plus he was held to a single after popping one off the wall.
Also currently rocking a very special .272 OBP as a Texas Ranger.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
this is a fear of mine as well...he's going to continue to kill us with those riding lawn mowers for feet.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Might want to rethink the mowers for feet.
"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 know that's totally redneck, but dang that looks fun.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
heh
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
"Riding lawn mowers for feet"
OMG this is hilarious.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on Aug 17, 2010 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions
What do we next year at C
is what I’m wondering.
Troy McClure: "Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"
by stupidsexyflanders on Aug 17, 2010 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions
There really aren't many attractive options.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
I don't care how pretty they are
just if they can play ball
by kevinkinsler on Aug 17, 2010 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Get ready to see Molina behind the plate for 2011
To be honest I wouldn’t be surprised if he got a 1 year deal with a team option for 2012 this winter
heh
or what about his single that was one foot from being a HR? Dude had barely gotten to first
"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
true
it’s all ridiculous. But honestly, it’s probably like 8th on the list of things this team needs to worry about. Not like you can do anything until the offseason anyway.
"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 can still hate him for it.
Nobody that gets paid that much to play a sport should be that slow and fat.
Hate away, good sir.
Hate away.
"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
Treanor had better be the starting catcher when he comes back.
You know he won’t be though, in all likelihood.
But he should be.
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
(and man, never thought I would type up THAT comment)
I don’t always have sex with men…but when I do, I prefer Josh Hamilton. - AJM
He's been better than Molina this year.
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
Anyone else tired of hearing about how awesome Vlad looks in BP?
As I scrolled thru one of the GDT from last night, someone posted a tweet from Lewin about it. Heard it mentioned over the weekend, as well.
Not to revive an old bit, but Vlad has 4 hits in his last 3 games- 3 infield singles and one Texas leaguer to RF (friday night against BOS). His last extra base hit was Aug 4th. 1 HR since July 10th.
"Don't confuse the outcome that a decision produces with the intelligence that went into making that decision."--Tony LaRussa
He's swinging out of his cleats right now, pulling his head out and taking his eye off the ball, and trying to pound everything 500 feet.
He looks like Hank Blalock at the plate right now.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
That's what Vlad does when he's hot & cold...
part of his “charm” as a hitter.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
His swing looked different earlier in the year though.
Yeah, he swings at everything, but earlier in the year he was making contact and taking what the pitcher gave him. Seems like he’s trying to drive everything out to left field right now and it’s really screwing up his approach.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
He has always blown hot and cold
and if he doesn’t get it rolling the rest of the year, it will look like last year. 2 great months and then a bunch of crap the other 4 months.
"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
x
And how much of that is on Vlad, how much is on Wash/JD for playing him every. single. effing. day?
You would definitely think
sitting a guy to give him days off in the middle of a slump wouldn’t be all that tough to do. I’ve never been a fan of the whole “he needs to play his way out of it by playing every day” line of thinking. I’ve seen plenty of guys benched in middle of slumps then hit all right after time on the bench.
"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
They've been giving Vlad a lot of rest lately...
we just went thru a 3 off days over a 12 day period and he didn’t play every one of those games…plus he’s the freaking DH.
He’s just going thru a slump and he’s getting older.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Plus with the other injuries we have
We almost have to play him because of the possibility he breaks out of his slump we need offense.
Whoever gets to play in place of Vlad if we did sit him probably isn’t going to do much better than Vlad would do and Vlad has the chance to get going and do a hell of a lot better than whoever replaces him.
yeah
he just needs to hit his way out of it now, unless there’s an injury. Not that anyone could tell with the way he normally moves anyway…
by elvis1isking on Aug 17, 2010 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Vlad to the bench, MY at DH, Blanco at 3rd, German at 2nd
until Face feels better. 2 birds, 1 stone.
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
Hamilton needs to DH as well.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Then who is in your outfield?
Some combo of Murphy, Boggs, Borbon, and Moreland?
Ugh.
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
I forgot to add the when Cruz is back.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Of course, mr step and a dive
if this was Davis, and all he was getting was infield hits…….
< ducks >
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
After going through Sosa and A. Jones
is it any surprise an older guy we sign who’s on the decline starts to fade as the season wears on?
Troy McClure: "Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"
by stupidsexyflanders on Aug 17, 2010 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Zombie Effect™
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Heh
Next year, Berkman!
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions
The Lubbock rock station radio host just said he wished Johnny was back.
This made me sad :(
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Oates?
"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
Ya he said something to the effect that games like this one make me miss him.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Hm
I loved the way Wash handled it last night. Told it how it was.
"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
Which was great I might just have new sig material with last nights rants from Wash.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
These videos are both awesome
and should help us get over last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPZuHFrawz4&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL_rl8vMR8A&feature=player_embedded
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest"
--South Korean Rangers fan
I wished I had never seen the Manning one now.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
football is scary
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes it is.
Makes me wonder if Eli didn’t have his chinstrap all the way tight.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 kind of like him more after it
Which really isn’t saying much, given my regard for him.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions
There should be more
posts like this with happy stuff to take peoples’ minds off bad games. Not a good thing to stew and get an ulcer.
Troy McClure: "Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"
by stupidsexyflanders on Aug 17, 2010 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Why in the world would you put a dog in a swing?
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
Probably somebody from Abilene that got bored
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Jon Daniels has been awesome this year.
He’s got as strong a case for Executive of the Year as anyone.
But letting Arias linger for this long is pretty inexcusable. We can praise the Lee deal, the Colby signing, the Vlad signing and everything else all we want, but it’s a legitimate front office failure to let Joaquin Arias remain on the roster for this long.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
by ghtd36 on Aug 17, 2010 9:28 AM CDT reply actions 6 recs
Rec it
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 17, 2010 9:29 AM CDT up reply actions
Oliver too.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
when you don't have money
you can’t afford to spend money on a bench when you still have work to do with your starters.
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
It's gotten borderline ridiculous at how much leash the guy has gotten.
He is utterly and completely useless and to have him stick around this long, especially in a pennant race, is just dumb.
If last night’s debacle wasn’t enough to get him off this team, then I really don’t know what else could. It’s as if JD is trying to desperately hang on to the last remnants of the ARod trade.
by behindthebag on Aug 17, 2010 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions
I have no idea
why you would keep him on a team.
Doesn’t hit
Fields for shit
Arm strength gone.
"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
If the team insisits on having multiple utility infielders on the active roster
then they need to cut bait with Arias and go ahead and sign Alex Cora. He may be old and can’t hit anymore, but at least he’ll give you some steady defense.
by behindthebag on Aug 17, 2010 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions
Why would JD care about holding onto the last remnants of the Arod trade?
He didn’t make that trade. The owner who was at the time isn’t the owner anymore. Thats a stupid argument to make
I'm not trying to make that argument.
Nor do I actually think thats the case. I’m just saying that its to the point that you’re running out of logical reasons as to why the FO continues to keep Arias around.
by behindthebag on Aug 17, 2010 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Look, I hate Arias as much as the next guy, but
They kept him around just in case Kinsler couldn’t go all year (he couldn’t).
They went out and picked up what looked like a serviceable sub (Guzman) who apparently isn’t serviceable.
They are pretty well clutching at straws right now, but I think Spider may have finally played himself right out of the picture.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
That's probably true.
But they stuck him at first base and tried to get him playing time when they could. They decided it was more important to have two UIF on the active roster rather than a RH OF bat. That means the team viewed him as having some type of value.
How they came to that conclusion is what is concerning.
by behindthebag on Aug 17, 2010 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
Beats the heck out of me
I just find it annoying that they helpd on to him all year “just in case Kinsler can’t go”, and when that finally proves true, Arias he was neveer the answer.
Let’s just hope Wash’s comments were a sign that he’s off the Arias bandwagon.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
The guy has had 42 ABs in over 3 and a half months
Don’t give me this crap about “they have tried to get him playing time when they could”.
Hes started 7 games in those 3.5 months. Thats 2 starts per month. Thats less than a normal UIF gets
JD has been better this year than ever but I've also continued to
preach “Let the season breathe” before giving him a final grade for a reason.
I think this is still a slam-dunk but we haven’t hit the tape yet and we have definite needs heading to the post-season.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I agree that I still feel very good about this season...
…but every day that Joaquin Arias remains a Ranger is putting this season in jeopardy.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
by ghtd36 on Aug 17, 2010 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree
I think with 40+ games left it’s too early to call the season. I think a couple of years ago HOU came back one year from 40 billion games behind to win the division. 8 game lead doesn’t seem that large in that context. Cautionary tale.
Troy McClure: "Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"
by stupidsexyflanders on Aug 17, 2010 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions
We've also had a glaring need for a RH hitting OF from Day 1 of this season and
it wasn’t addressed until mid-August.
We’re gonna be lucky to see Brandon Boggs before the weekend in Balt.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
We haven't had a glaring need though
We’ve done just fine against LHP this year with the roster as is
It's a nice little team that's going to be one 'n done
in the playoffs constructed as is.
Don’t be afraid of progress.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions
That has nothing to do with a RH bat though
In the playoffs Josh isn’t sitting against anyone. Cantu will play 1B against LHP. The only other LHB is Borbon who bats 9th and plays steller defense in CF. Thats a tradeoff I will take. If we are one ’n done then its because we got beat by a better team not because we needed a RH bat like Brandon meh Boggs
You can't have Judy Borbon in the line-up if he's going to throw down a
.570 (or more likely below) OPS. His defense (he dropped a can of corn on Saturday and also throws the ball like a chick with a torn rotator cuff) doesn’t make up for his shitastic offense.
We’re talking about a player who was throwing down a .432 OPS post AS Break before his Sunday outburst (a nice bunt single that would have made Vic Davalillo proud and another hit that pinballed off a statue covered in pidgeon shit named Mike Lowell).
You can’t live with players like that in your line-up.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions
In the 9 hole...yes you can
And I will prefer to look at the whole seasons worth of defense over one game but you do what you do so go ahead.
Thank you, kid.
You can’t have Judy in the line-up if Fat Fuck Molina is also going to be throwing down a sub .275 OBP….my gosh, we’re at the point where we NEED Matt Treanor.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions
I haven't really noticed an upgrade from our catchers
since Bengie arrived. I’ve read kudos for his ability to call a game but it still seems like he’s a fat fuck that still has trouble moving behind the plate.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
pretty sad I've been waiting with baited breat for Treanor to come back
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
No need to thank me, I don't build the roster.
But he wasn’t playing anymore until Nellie got hurt. And, while he is a defensive upgrade, the primary reason to play him is to keep Josh out of center for fatigue and health reasons. In the playoffs, that isn’t an issue.
Our best outfield
when everyone is healthy is probably Murphy-Hamilton-Cruz.
Murphy’s bat and glove combined trumps Borbon’s bat and glove combined.
"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
If you trust UZR,
then Josh is better enough defensively in left than in center that it seems to make up for a lot of Murphy’s 3 RAR advantage over Borbon.
But that’s over replacement, and I’m probably doing something wrong when it comes to comparing across positions like that…
Murphy is
10 UZR/150 in LF this year. It’s not like he is terrible out there. For his career he is 6.5 UZR/150
Hamilton is 7.2 UZR/150 this year and 5.9 for his career.
If anything, Murphy is better than Hamilton in left if you believe UZR.
"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
I was looking at UZR150 but raw offensive runs to date,
which made the difference (Borbon’s UZR in center is considerably higher than Josh’s) look like a wash.
Projecting the offensive differences between Borbon and Murphy out to a full season’s length made the Murphy/Hamilton combo look like a much better option.
(As long as you don’t have any health concerns with him in CF.)
Yeah, Hamilton's
health is the only fly in the ointment.
"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
Nor should he
"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
That's your official prediction?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions
So you think our lack of a really good Util IF and RH bench bat is going to undo us in the playoffs?
AKA BuckyB
Judy Borbon shouldn't be in The Show the rest of the season
in the Year of It’s Time, period. He’s fucking terrible.
We need an OF who can also play some CF and take some of that burden off of Josh.
NCruz keeps pulling his hamstrings and I’m worried about him after he comes back.
David Murphy has an OPS of .683 v LH pitching.
We’re gonna see lots of DPrice, CC, Liriano, Danks, Buerhle in the post-season.
We need somebody who can split the OF duty with Murphy and also play some CF and if we don’t identify that player, yeah, I think it’s going to hurt us in the playoffs.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions
Borbon is better in CF than Hamilton
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Are you saying Judy's range
trumps Hamilton’s arm?
Josh showed a lot of range last Friday night…I worry more about him hurting himself than how he plays the position.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Judy's arm is about as useful as Arias.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Borbon range trumps Hamilton arm at least according to UZR, which are the only facts I have.
Borbon’s defense is better than double any other CF in the AL, I don’t give a fuck about his hitting. I would rather win it 4-2 than lose 6-4. It is about the damn defense, he makes the entire outfield better.
by diamond_dave on Aug 17, 2010 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions
And what helps more in post-season?
I used to know the answers but one of them is the team that hits more bombs.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions
What helps is having the best players possible going in every game.
If you’re concerned about Josh’s well being in CF every day, playing Judy and using Murphy as a 4OF makes sense, and you get a nice defensive boost by doing it.
But the best lineup is Murph-Hambone-Nellie. And when you only play 2-3 games at a time in a must-win format, that’s what you do.
The ability to prevent runs, plain and simple.
Nate Silver’s work looking at 26 factors and the correlation to playoff success. Highlights here:
Runs scored : .00
ISO power: .01
Runs allowed .22
Closer WXRL: .23
Opp. Bat Avg: .23
Nate’s summary “Does this mean that defense really win championships? The short answer is, yes.”
by diamond_dave on Aug 17, 2010 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, defense gets more leverage in the playoffs.
That doesn’t mean you don’t play your best players. The offensive gain by benching Borbon is much larger than the defensive gain by benching Murphy, even in the increased leverage of a lower run environment.
This is simple stuff.
I think the defensive gain is very close to making up for the offense lost. You act like it is a slam dunk and I think it is very close.
Murphy is a streaky hitter, he is hot right now, but he is still a .260-.270 lifetime hitter.
by diamond_dave on Aug 17, 2010 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Somehow
folks act like Murphy is some leper in the field.
At LF he is 10 UZR/150 and 5.9 UZR/150 for his career in LF.
He’s not complete batshit out there.
"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
Of course offense matters but all offense all the time mentality is what the Rangers have been for long time.
by diamond_dave on Aug 17, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
But it's not an all-offense all-the-time mentality.
It’s putting the best players on the field. Murpy in left and Hamilton in center is a defensive hit, but it’s even more of an offensive gain.
All offense all the time would be actually being worse just to get more offense. What you’re advocating is the opposite of that. The correct path is in the middle.
I think our best defensive lineup is Ham-Borbon-Cruz
But the dropoff to Murphy-Ham-Cruz isn’t drastic and the improvement offensively from Borbon to Murphy is pretty drastic, at least this year
If the Rangers had an all offense
all the time mentality, Andrus would be benched.
It’s the combination of offense and defense that matters from position players. Sadly for Borbon he is a zero offensively.
"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
Who would replace him?
Blanco, Guzman, or Arias?
by diamond_dave on Aug 17, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Only if you are talking purely defense
if you talk offense and defense the team is simply better with Murphy instead of Borbon.
"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
That's a pretty specific scenario
The teams that are trailing us aren’t as good and have a few significant injuries themselves.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Colorado & Philadelphia both came back recently.
The ’Stros scared the shit out of the Cards in 2006 (9 game lead knocked down to 2 win the last two weeks).
We almost shit the bed fantastic in ‘96 and the ’95 M’s were something like 12.5 back on August 20 to force a playoff…things like that can happen but they’re not going to in the Year of It’s Time.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions
Go back through history
and just look at some of the amazing late season collapses (is that a word?) that have happened through the years. I have been a Ranger fan for 30 years so forgive me if I am doom and gloom. But we cannot afford to let up or simply say “he will do for now” because thats how it starts.
What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brush her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mother don't make it to third. ~Leo Durocher
I'm pretty sure, by this late in the season, Houston was closer in the wild card than the Angels are in the division, though.
I know they were about 12 games back of the division and ended up 11 games back.
It’s entirely possible to blow an 8 game lead this late in the year, but it does seem huge in the context of how often leads that huge this late are blown, which is almost never.
Hell, even the fabled collapse of the Mets a couple years ago, they were never up by 8 games.
They were up by 7 in mid September, though. The ’95 Angels had 29 games left when they last had an 8 game lead, the Rangers have 37 left.
That’s what we’re looking at here. BP has these as the two most unlikely melt downs in the history of division play. They are (unneeded) proof it can happen. But the reason the lead is so huge and the division is like 99% over is exactly why those two meltdowns are such a big deal: they just about never, ever happen. That doesn’t make the lead look any less small to me, it makes it look even huger.
Also, I don’t think the teams trailing are very good. The Phillies and Mariners were actually good, they just didn’t play like it all year.
That's the biggie...the teams trailing aren't very good.
I’m still more worried about Oakland than LAAA.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Albert Belle, HOF?
I know you study that stuff. I’m trying to figure how he only got less than 10%.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I don't know if he's a no-doubt Hall of Famer.
I’ve said yes and no at different times. He deserved a lot more than 10% and out, though. I absolutely would have voted for him just to keep him on the ballot.
Agreed that LA and OAK
are having thier own issues this year and that the Phillies and Seattle were good teams those years. All I am saying is that we cannot take the attitude of “it’s just one loss” or “there is no way anyone catches us”. Again I am likely being paranoid but we are Ranger fans after all. I want the management to make moves sooner than later and if it means Arias needs to go now then be done with it.
What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brush her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mother don't make it to third. ~Leo Durocher
We can take whatever attitude we want, because we don't affect the team.
And if we decide that the season is 99% over, we’re just fine.
BUT THE BASEBALL GODS, PHILKID!
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Josey is one of about three or four people I've ever met who actually believes in baseball gods.
As a man who thinks faith is just fine and dandy, that’s cool. I don’t believe him that they exist, but I can’t prove him wrong, either, so he should be allowed to pursue his religion.
But even he thinks it’s over. And he’s like an official on this. So. . .
Maybe the baseball gods got Albert Belle's hip.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
By the time I started following baseball, he had like one or two good seasons left.
I think ’99 was the year he signed in Baltimore and failed hard, right? I started following intensely in ’98.
Looking over his stats made me realize what an incredible player he missed. I thought he was some big, hack-away slugger who hit home runs and that was in. Instead, he seems to have been more like a complete, toolsy player whose power just lorded over everything else.
That's the thing, I don't know that he ever failed.
Every season is pretty damn impressive. ’98 was ridiculous, and he somehow came in 8th for MVP.
’95 was historic. Hell, singular.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Too bad he toasted his reputation so thoroughly
Helluva player, but too many reporters lambasted, and one too many kids had an M80 tossed at them…
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
What the world needs,
is less kids and reporters.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
by scoop16 on Aug 17, 2010 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hey
be nice to reporters.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest"
--South Korean Rangers fan
by Conjunction on Aug 17, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Correction the world needs less Stupid reporters.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Plus he played with Manny, Thome, Bravo Kenny Lofton in his prime and Alomar.
That was a hellacious team.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Thats true.
I am using we in the wrong context. I do not want management to have the attitude of it will be ok they can’t catch us. But you are right. We have no power over it. I just hope I remember that after 3 IPAs tonight.
What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brush her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mother don't make it to third. ~Leo Durocher
Who would have replaced Arias on the roster?
I hate the guy as much as the rest of you but seriously people he hasn’t caused us to lose anyone of significance and hasn’t kept anyone else from being promoted this season. He hasn’t played hardly at all. Last night sucked and I hope he doesn’t see the field again this year but if it wasn’t Arias on the roster it would be some other spare.
I agree
I posted that our alternatives on the farm are pretty bleh. German, Petit, Iribarren aren’t exactly wonderbackups.
Troy McClure: "Don’t kid yourself, Jimmy! If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about!"
by stupidsexyflanders on Aug 17, 2010 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions
While I understand that...
…at least bring someone up who brings something to the table. Arias does not provide a consistent bat or reliable defense; I’d rather have someone like Duran who at least has a glove.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Who wouldn't play either
Araias has less than 100 ABs. Thats spread out over 4.5 months. You are talking about ~5 ABs a week over the season and most of those came in April. Since April 29th he has 42 ABs. hes started 7 games in that time. Hes gotten more than 1 AB 8 times in that span. The amount of bitching over his playing time is seriously out of whack with how much he actually plays.
It's not about playing time.
It’s about that he doesn’t provide anything to the roster.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
German Duran or Alex Cora would provide reliable defense.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Per Michael Gruber's FB/Twitter
"Getcha head out ya butt and let’s play baseball tomorrow." – Ron Washington…Already cut and edited for droppage!
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
Ugh. Just noticed that tomorrows game is at 12
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Fuck
I’ve got a meeting. Blergh.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest"
--South Korean Rangers fan
Central?
"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
yes
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 17, 2010 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions
At least it takes place in the climate controled evnironment
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
It is?!?!?!?!?!?!
i’ll get to watch! Hooray for WAY too early starts!!!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Tonight's game is on MLBN
So I get to watch on the big screen, rather than the computer. Yay.
"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 Aug 17, 2010 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess I should be thankful
That my hotel internet is so shitty that I was unable to watch last night’s game.
Yes...you were very fortunate....
Ball....toss.....antlers....
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Aug 17, 2010 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions
I loved this from Wilson's piece...
…“Young was scheduled to lead off the eighth, but neck stiffness that he had all day got to the point where he was a liability on the field.”
So can we assume that F-Face’s neck has been stiff for about 4 or 5 years now?
He's not a regular bum, he's a genius bum
by Chad Crudup on Aug 17, 2010 9:44 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I've been a working professional for 5 years
But this is the first “8-5” office job I’ve ever had.
Just hit me….during playoff day games…I’ll be stuck at the freaking office and I dont get vacation days for a year.
Guess I’ll hafta be creative if the afternoon game is important as a Ranger fan!
No vacation for a year?
Is this common? Every job I’ve had out of college has started accruing time withing 90 days at least.
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
i had 3 personal days the 1st year
no vacation for one calendar year…. sick time started accruing after 30 days
by I am Neftali Feliz on Aug 17, 2010 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions
It's not uncommon.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions
I'll acrue time (2 weeks over the first year)
Just can’t “use it” until 1 calendar year. If I wasn’t in such a bind to find a job….I would have negotiated hard core to change that…but my wife got into med school and I had to move with her. Once they offered a job (after 8 months of looking) I pounced and got my name on that contract before they changed their mind.
Now…my boss is cool…maybe I can pull some “comp time” somewhere
i thnk you are looking a little "sick" for day playoff games
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
I got the black lung pop
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
FOR A YEAR?
wtf
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Long lunch?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions
I work with university students
perhaps I can throw some kind of event around the game. and plant my butt in front of the TV while others do the work
If we're playing the MF Yankees
those games are going to be played at prime time for tv ratings..
If it’s the Rays, we’ll be playing some afternoon games.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
What were you doing before
you started the 8-5 schedule?
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Aug 17, 2010 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions
worked at another University
Running Dorms. Didn’t have a schedule…but was virtually on 24/7. The benefit…If I wanted to play golf in the middle of the day…or watch an afternoon baseball game.
As long as no emergencies came up…or a meeting with an administrator..I set my own schedule.
Those jobs are best.
heh
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Righto!
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Whoa...
I just figured out who you are.
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
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Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
From the NY Times:
Study suggests Lou Gehrig may not have had Lou Gehrig’s disease at all.
"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
wow!
Mavs MoneyBall!!
Dallas Stars Examiner!!
poster formerly known as hinduplaya
Pretty sure A.L.S. can't actually be diagnosed by tests
Doctors only diagnose it after tests rule out other possible causes.
True, but a good neurologist can handle it now, generally.
But did you see that they are basically 100% confident in a method to diagnose Alzheimer’s? Pretty cool…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
my wife is pre-med and is all over that field
her grandmother had Alzheimer’s and her last few years remembered no one.
her mom has started to forget “small” things and she’s worried about her.
They’re making some pretty cool progress…I think she was talking about “adult stem cells” and some success they were having with them.
Speaking of which…apparently they no longer need embryonic stem cells….they’re able to go into our bone marrow or something to pull them out.
all those stupid stem-cell research arguments for nothing...
"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
exactly
Even during the last presidential debate…my wife was yelling at BOTH candidates…IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE! Sure do wish they’d know their stuff before getting on national tv and debating about it.
Why? The people listening to them don't know any better...
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
That's not exactly true
Since they have opened up funding for it, there have been some clinical trials that have been approved by that commission that may start soon.
The thing is, there’s considerable backlash against it from some in the stem cell field. It’s not just that embryonic stem cells may be unnecessary, it’s that they may be dangerous. Think about it, you have cells that are undifferentiated, can turn into almost any type of cell, and can grow very quickly.
It would be great at replacing cells…and probably good at turning into cancer as well.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
embryonic stem cells
it isn’t that they can go into bone marrow. The real advance is that they can take fibroblasts (essentially skin cells) or anything that normally divides – even a hair follicle – and revert those cell types to embryonic-like stem cells. The process is known as induced pluripotency. Most all evidence now suggests that the cells are almost as good as ES cells with the added benefit of being “your” cells, so there are no transplant concerns.
My guess is the folks who came up with iPS cells will probably get the Nobel Prize within 5 years, it is such a major advance. I work in the field, and I know many labs who had been exclusively ES cell labs have switched over completely.
Go Rice Owls!
Yeah
That might be overstating a bit, but I agree. The iPS stuff is the way to go.
Not overstating the science, they can do it. That they could do it clinically right now.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
oh, of course
but stem cell biologists have a nice habit of telling the public that they can do everything tomorrow if the government gives them money today.
I work with a lot of them, I have to keep up their claims…
Go Rice Owls!
Heh
Are you familiar with Prockop’s work?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
not off the top of my head
Heard the name before, but I don’t actually do stem cell stuff myself so don’t know much more. He doesn’t do neural stem cells, does he? I’m familiar with most of the neural stem cell field.
Go Rice Owls!
Sorry
I couldn’t remember if you were the one who did research at A&M. Now that I think about it, I think that was bioaggie.
He’s a pretty big name in the mesenchymal stem cell field who was at Tulane but got recruited by A&M’s Health Science Center. He’s basically got his own building in Temple where they have tons of cell lines. Labs then request certain cell lines from them.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
I saw in laxtonto's post you work on neuroscience
Mind if I ask what specifically?
I’m in grad school working on the neural control of breathing.
"Embarrassing admission: I have never, ever, ever been able to see a guy's aura. That's right. I...am an aura-blind American." -Junior, FJM
by Desert Ranger on Aug 17, 2010 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I work in computational neuroscience
neural network models of memory formation.
I think it is pretty cool stuff. Good for putting some people to sleep though.
Go Rice Owls!
"'Mind' if I ask..."
Har!
"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 Aug 17, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
embryonic stem cells
haven’t been needed for some time. It’s politics that needed it.
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Aug 17, 2010 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
to an extent
but to stem cell biologists they are still somewhat “needed” in order to represent a positive control to designing embryonic independent therapies. They are, by definition, the true stem cell; so understanding how they work is essential to designing other therapies to mimic their behavior.
I doubt many people in the future will ever have ES cells transplanted into them; but it isn’t exactly fair to characterize them as unneeded.
Go Rice Owls!
If I recall correctly,
a study is already in the works that will use embryonic stem cells to try to fix severed spinal cords. There is some pretty strong voices against it.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Actually,
I think the most exciting thing to come in the next 5-10 years in the Alzheimer’s field is likely to be a vaccine. They’re already pretty far along with it.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Wow, hadn't heard that.
Very encouraging.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Yeah
They went into some initial trials (though I can’t remember if they got into humans or just monkeys) and while it was largely successful, their was some disconcerting side effects in a very small, but significant percentage of the participants.
It’s crazy to me because it’s a vaccine against your own proteins, not a foreign substance, but apparently they’ve shown a decent amount of success. One of the big drug companies is behind it.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions
And how is that stock looking?
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Heh, you're asking the wrong person.
You have to be careful as there’s plenty of evidence of vaccines making it all the way to phase II trials and then flaming out. But I’m not the only one who thinks this looks promising…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I was trying to kill the proverbial two birds.
Vaccine>money in my pocket.
No use in that nest egg if you ain’t got your senses.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I don't think they're prepared to say that now, are they?
I’m assuming you are referring to the tests regarding proteins that build up (can’t remember the proteins right now).
As I remember it, they’ve found some interesting patterns, but no real correlation between the protein buildups and Alzheimer’s.
And… I don’t think they’ve discovered what causes the build up, have they?
Maybe you’re referring to another test though?
by elvis1isking on Aug 17, 2010 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
They do a spinal tap and analyze the CSF for beta-amyloid and tau proteins. They recently announced that they can use this test to diagnose Alzheimer’s 95-100% of the time.
The interesting thing is that these proteins start showing up much sooner than symptoms or changes on imaging. And it was predictive.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
yeah
I remember the study, but I wasn’t aware they were prepared to state that it was indeed predictive. Last I read up on it they were still doing research and analyzing to be sure. That’s fascinating and wonderful news. A good step.
Heh… going to have re-research this study. Thanks for the protein names… I couldn’t remember them.
by elvis1isking on Aug 17, 2010 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease#Diagnostic_tools
Another recent objective marker of the disease is the analysis of cerebrospinal fluid for amyloid beta or tau proteins,89 both total tau protein and phosphorylated tau181P protein concentrations.90 Searching for these proteins using a spinal tap can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s with a sensitivity of between 94% and 100%…Alzheimer’s was diagnosed in one-third of the people who did not have any symptoms in a 2010 study, meaning that disease progression occurs well before symptoms occur.92
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
For those who missed it
Last night, Rodney won the internets
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
Crap
Just linked the dog youtube clip. Trying again.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions
I was like
Why am I watching a dog swing?
"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
To be fair
That does make me smile…but not as much as Rodney slaying Garoon.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions
It was an accident...I didn't even know it was loaded!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
The Ghost of T-Rex will haunt you for that.
by Josh Garoon on Aug 17, 2010 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
hehz
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
So we will have ghostofJoshGaroon?
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
That would be 5 ghostofs
3 of which don’t post (iorgange, BGL, and you cause you’d use your original.)
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
It was linked up above.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Daaamn!
from the DMN:
Breaking News A shooting has taken place in McKinney near the police station. Collin College McKinney campus is also on lockdown. Details to come.
"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
they have a story up 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
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Shots were fired this morning at the police headquarters in McKinney.
McKinney officials said the shooter was killed at the station in the 2200 block of Taylor-Burk Drive.
It was unclear whether any officers were injured in the shooting, which started shortly after 9 a.m.
"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
every time there is a shooting in the area,
i’m always nervous that it’s someone on this board.
Especially after a loss like that.
"He recently scored as high as an 8.5 on the Ryin A Scale of Douchebaggery." -Ryan A on the douchebag that is Kevin Millar
by TagDon'tTweet on Aug 17, 2010 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You could reach.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I don't know whether to laugh or be scared.
So I’ll do both.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
heh
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 10:24 AM CDT reply actions
I like this quote
“I love hanging out with fans. I even met some folks who over the years have become Red Sox fans who I think are on the verge of becoming Rangers fans.”
AKA BuckyB
Don't want 'em.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
by scoop16 on Aug 17, 2010 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
LD rates
BJ Upton’s bloop “double” apparently went as a Line Drive, which scares me because of how much I look at that stat.
AKA BuckyB
This is the primary problem with it.
The hope is that people are more competent over a large sample.
We need to get Rangerfloppy on the case
to correct this.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest"
--South Korean Rangers fan
by Conjunction on Aug 17, 2010 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
I have a feeling that whichever spare lineup we throw out tonight smashes Garza.
I have no idea why.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
We should sign him.
mlbtraderumors Barret Loux will become a free agent on Sept 1,
according to D’Backs.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
Yep
This might turn out OK for him. Letting teams competitively bid on people raises the price.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest"
--South Korean Rangers fan
by Conjunction on Aug 17, 2010 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions
See J2 for a very limited example.
Doesn’t function exactly as a purely competitive marketplace, not when people can hide prospects from each other and/or steal them at the last minute.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
OT: Addison Point Monday nights
They have an HD projector and awesome specials. $2 pints and burgers w/fries, also $5 pitchers. Had dinner and watched the entire game for $14.
Pretty smokey, but awesome value.
where is that? is that the joint in the shopping center? right across from the airport?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
its at beltline and inwood
It’s a lot like Bailey’s 1st and 10, if you are familiar with that joint.
I've been there......used to work and live over there....that place is fucking awesome.
“Pretty smokey” is an understatement….their burgers are booberific….stiff, STIFF drinks.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions
BYOC
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
shit.. i live on inwood and morris..
i am going to go check that out soon
by I am Neftali Feliz on Aug 17, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
OT-Today is Led Zeppelin day.
If you want to join me in celebrating this random day I made up please join.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Supported
I’ve just hit play on Kashmir.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest"
--South Korean Rangers fan
by Conjunction on Aug 17, 2010 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions
I will celebrate with you.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Good, with true moments of greatness
but a little overrated?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions
JWLogicFail™
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Personal taste.
They were good with moments of true greatness but possibly overrated by many.
I don’t begrudge others who worship them because it’s music and it can touch people in truly personal and meaningful ways but I grew up at that time and the only album I ever bought that they did was Zep 2.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Aug 17, 2010 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
True.
I think 3 is the most underrated album by the world. So much gold on there.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
no.
I’m not some Led-Head but I definitely respect the heck out of the stuff they put out.
I even like the Robert Plant/Allison Krauss cd…..or a song off of it….Please Read the Letter
Allison Krauss has the voice of an angel and Union Station is a collection of musical freaks.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
She's great, though it's hard for me to get thru an entire album.
Starts sounding the same.
But those harmonies, damn. Team her up w/ Dolly and/or Emmylou, sweetness(Walter Payton-style).
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
yeah, that's how most of bluegrass is with me...I'm good for 2 or 3 songs but then I gotsta break it up.
I hear you ScoopScoop.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I was same way
with bluegrass until I found Crooked Still. I don’t like their current album, but the one prior called “Still Crooked” is solid through and through. They’re neo-bluegrass though so I don’t know if that counts.
Meh.
I like the neo stuff, I was talking more traditional...
I’m gonna check out Crooked Still….thanks for the rec.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Cool
Check out Chris Thile’s “How to Grow a Woman From the Ground” if you haven’t already. The cover of Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground is incredible.
Meh.
Holy Jesus
this coming from the guy who trumpets the Rolling Stones all day long.
"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
Well, he's right about the Stones.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Beggars just gets better and better.....now that I have my cd burner fixed I'm going to DIRPY "Sticky Fingers" "Exhile" and the othere one.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
'Let it Bleed'
There’s also a lot of good shit from ’It’s Only Rock N Roll’ and ‘Goat Heads Soup’, just not the masterpieces that the others are. Same era.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Agreed on not reaching those bars of greatness, but "Time Waits For No One" from IORNR and "Winter" from Goat's Head
are in my top 5-10 Stones’ songs of all-time sitting next to “Hand of Fate” from Black n Blue.
Ryin…“Moonlight Mile” & “I Got The Blues” from SF are my faves.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Hm..
well it’s better than talking about college sports all morning
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Aug 17, 2010 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Every day is Led Zeppelin day
True greatness. perhaps the second greatest composers of music in history.
(after Mozart).
Jubel Early: You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport, yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
lone star showdown - Fpants
The 2009-10 academic calendar year marks the sixth season of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown, and for the fourth time in the first six years of this event, the Longhorns have captured the Showdown title outright
The Horns claimed the inaugural Showdown in 2004-05 with a 14.5-4.5 victory. Texas then posted a 14.0-5.0 win in 2005-06, before recording a 10.5-8.5 victory in the 2006-07 Showdown. Texas A&M claimed its only outright win with a 10.5-8.5 victory in 2007-08. The two schools posted a 9.5-9.5 tie last season, but the Aggies retained the trophy as defending champions.
so aTm has actually won outright 1x in the last six years
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:49 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
yes FP
The State of Texas has been tracking head-to-head athletics for A&M vs. UT for years. A&M has been winning for years. I don’t understand why you are just ignoring facts, but whatever.
pick one of these:
1) your a moron
2) your bad at math
3) your are just ignoring the facts, but whatever
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
"Your" bad at contractions
"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
"There is a LSB party at my place when the Rangers make the playoffs" - TagDon'tTweet
Incredible
That he attacked the win/tie thing and not the grammar.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
sorry guys
may bad
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
just for you guys
pick one of these:
1) you are a moron
2) you are bad at math
3) you are are just ignoring the facts, but whatever
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
And they are losing this year.
But it totally supports FP’s assertion that A&M has a better athletic program and has for “several years now.”
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
How can we be losing?
School hasn’t started yet.
And yeah, for at least the last two years, our athletics have been better than UT.
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
i think its the standings from last year
texas: 10
aTm: 9
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Last year was a tie.
So again, how can we be losing?
by FuturePants on Aug 17, 2010 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Texas A&M claimed its only outright win with a 10.5-8.5 victory in 2007-08. The two schools posted a 9.5-9.5 tie last season, but the Aggies retained the trophy as defending champions.
the tie was in 08-09 (9.5 to 9.5)
texas won in 09-10 (10-9)
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
There is a thread take it there now please.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 know
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Aug 17, 2010 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
WHAT?!?!?!?
I must’ve missed that when I Z’d thru that long-ass discussion earlier. There is no wayhe believes that for real. Bit.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
It was a beating I need a nap now.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 made a thread for the College discussion
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 Aug 17, 2010 11:55 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Thought that counts.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
When/if you get married, you'll find out that adage is a bunch of shit.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
No, it's how willing you are to hit your knees and beg.
I've been trying to convince my family of the magic of cumin. They won't listen to me. It makes almost everything better.- PhilKid3, 8/16/2010.
by Aquaman, Esq. on Aug 17, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
In comparison to the size of the ring of her friends.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 17, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I know what he's saying to be true,
means us single guys when it happens are screwed.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 know that and I'm not even currently dating.
Adages are shit
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
FWIW
2B Esteban German (.275/.369/.364) was 2-4 with a double, walk, and his 41st stolen base.
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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 had 5 hits in a game last year, right?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
Wish me luck LBSers
off to the doctor….hopefully, he’ll mark me as ready to go back to real work. As much fun as it’s been goofing off on here all day, I’m tired of being a secretary.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Aug 17, 2010 1:10 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Good luck man
Genesis 1: 3-4 (Rangers Edition): And JD said "Let there be Lee," and there was Lee. And JD saw the Lee, that it was good: and JD divided the Rangers from the Angels. by Aquaman56
"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
And I'm back to real work!
20 days from surgery to 100%.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
by Bob Loblaw on Aug 17, 2010 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Arrest a drunk driver for me!
"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
although it's kinda like telling a sick kid that you'll hit a homer for him
I’ll do my best!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
All about entrapment.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Aug 17, 2010 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
and those bogus field sobriety tests...
I couldn’t pass one of those stone-cold sober.
"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
yes you could
they’re not all balancing tests and stuff like that.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
how do you entrap someone into a DUI?
Go in the bar, buy the guy 8 beers, hold his moth open while he pours them down and then tell him his house is on fire and he better get the F home?
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
couldn't get that DUI for you
had a swat callout, so that pretty much took up my whole night.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Young out
"@JeffWilson_FWST: Michael Young is not going to start tonight."
Well then... I would like to see this Jeff Sullivan pornagraphy.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 PM PDT
by Feliz es bueno on Aug 17, 2010 1:41 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Dunno if it was already mentioned, but RIP - Bobby Thomson
Still one of the greatest moments in baseball history, IMO.
"Biggest mistake in DFW history?" - Bigger mistake in LSB history.
"Back in Irish's day you had to kill a man before you were taken seriously in polite society." - Aquaman56 06/25/10
Not if you're a Dodger fan.
I think, but don’t know, Ralph Branca was Bobby V’s father in law.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
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