Rangers trade Francisco to Toronto for Napoli
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 25, 2011 2:27 PM CST
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Ken Rosenthal is tweeting that the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays are reportedly close on a deal that would send newly acquired catcher/1B Mike Napoli to the Rangers for reliever Frank Francisco.
I wondered a day or two ago about whether the Rangers would have any interest in Napoli, who is what, I think, everyone had hoped Max Ramirez would turn into...a bad defensive catcher with enough pop that he can provide value behind the plate, at first base, or as a DH.
Napoli would give the Rangers their righty bench bat they've been looking for, allow them to pinch run or pinch hit for Yorvit Torrealba or Matt Treanor more aggressively (since Napoli can catch, although he presumably wouldn't do so that often for Texas), and provide insurance should Mitch Moreland struggle in his sophomore season.
The price tag on Napoli (he'll make around $6 million this year) was such that I thought Texas might be scared off, but removing Francisco, who will make just a little less, obviously minimizes the payroll hit. And Francisco is a valuable piece of the bullpen, but the Rangers are pretty deep in relief arms that can contribute right now.
This would be an intriguing move, and my initial reaction is, a good one...
UPDATE -- Rangers have apparently confirmed that they've traded Francisco for Napoli.
UPDATE II -- Multiple tweets indicate the Rangers are also kicking cash into the deal.
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Well done
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by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
by RangersSD on Jan 25, 2011 3:08 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
love you.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Jan 25, 2011 3:09 PM CST up reply actions
Love it
Absolutely love this deal.
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 25, 2011 2:29 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
SUCK IT, ANGELS FANS!
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by Aqua on Jan 25, 2011 2:29 PM CST reply actions 9 recs
WHERE THE HELL ARE THE THUMBS NOW SUCKKAAAAA
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Bill James has him at 3.4 WAR next season
Also gives us major lineup flexibility, as he’s a decent DH option.
111 wRC+ last season
.316 OBP last year was a low for him. Hopefully he can bounce back to his .350+ ways
Well
The 3.4 WAR assumes he’s catching a lot, which won’t happen here.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 25, 2011 2:30 PM CST up reply actions
.416 wOBA 163 wRC+ against LHP in '10
.931 carrer OPS v LHP.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
perfect
you couldn’t ask for a piece that fit better unless he could also play OF, but a guy who can play C and 1B who mashes lefties like that is almost exactly the right piece, its hard to find a guy who’d fit better.
Got Nothing... someone give me a good one
I love this
We got arms. This fills a huge hole (that’s what she said), and will make HH sad.
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Plug 'em up!
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 2:40 PM CST up reply actions
tupperware party!
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:44 PM CST up reply actions
TWSS
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Lemon Party!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
by Rodney on Jan 25, 2011 3:02 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Key Party!
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Katy Perry?
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by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Good Idea
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Now you dunn it, GoET gonna get mad.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I'll blame you
and take my lashings
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Hahahahahahaha
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by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
what I like about that shirt
is that it makes you think you’re actually looking her in the eyes and not just staring at her chest. :D
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
OOooooooOO
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Wow
very good move.
I can imagine him breaking Angels hearts ala Vlad last season.
ONLY WITHOUT THE HORRIBLE LATE SEASON REGRESSION!
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
LMAO
Look on the bright side
If the Blue Jays include $86 million in cash, they’ll look just as dumb as the Angels.
by Suboptimal
http://www.halosheaven.com/2011/1/25/1955717/napoli-to-rangers#comments
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
by Rodney on Jan 25, 2011 2:34 PM CST up reply actions 8 recs
I posted that downthread
:)
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Like it a lot.
A whole lot. Dealing from a position of strength to bring in a RH bat with some good pop that was serviceable last year despite suffering some bad BABIP.
Thumbs are out of ass and officially up.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
You know what else I love about this trade?
The first rumor of it hit twitter less than 15 minutes ago.
JD is a fucking ninja.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Jan 25, 2011 2:30 PM CST reply actions 16 recs
Heard this: Thumbs are clean and have no residue on them.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Very good fucking point.
And I love his style.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
a fucking ninja
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
This
I can’t believe people still doubt JD.
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
This is why I never believe any Rangers rumors ever
Because they’re coming from non-Rangers sources.
And I’m going to pretend that JD had this deal lining up with Toronto before they made the move, thus facilitating the knock-out blow to the Angels.
Go Rice Owls!
Yes...
This makes the Wells trade look even worse and how could that possibly be!?
JD is an awesome person. I think I am in love with him.
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 25, 2011 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
It's well deserved man love.
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
He is a Jedi
Jo-Da
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Jan 25, 2011 2:50 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
X
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
by Maximilian on Jan 25, 2011 2:51 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
So, can we at this point introduce a new verb to the lexicon?
Similar to Marshal Eriksen’s “Lawyer’d”, I think we can no describe what the Rangers front office is doing to the Angels front office (or anything of that ilk) as “Daniels’d” or “JD’d”
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 2:52 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
I like JD'd
You got JD’d, motherfucker!
"JD is a fucking ninja" Aquaman, esq
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:54 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
This wins.
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Jan 25, 2011 3:37 PM CST up reply actions
I made me a new sig.
thank you, sir
"JD is a fucking ninja" Aquaman, esq
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
Make sure to date it to memorialize this event.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I'm not generally a proponent of it,
but this might end up being a green thread. It’s not that Napoli is a 7 WAR player…it’s that it’s just a perfect example of what’s right about the Rangers FO and what’s wrong with the Angels FO.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 2:55 PM CST up reply actions
no, you're right
"JD is a fucking ninja," Aquaman, esq, 25 January 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
I love this front office.
They continue to look for ways to improve the club and are managing to do it without selling off the future.
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
Two Frank was awesome
but Napoli fits a need. The hole left by Frankie can be easily filled.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
I will miss his badassness
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
He was killer.
He always got that look on his face like he was ready to do some rapin when he was on the mound.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
i always loved him
for throwing that chair at that hideous lady, forcing her to get plastic surgery so she wouldnt be as ugly… that was just the type of guy he was… always thinking of others.
go mavs, go colts, go rangers, go baylor
by zkmavz on Jan 25, 2011 2:38 PM CST up reply actions 9 recs
u should post more
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by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 3:25 PM CST up reply actions
I've honestly never seen you post before, but you are a legit poster.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
He's one of my buds
CSB
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 25, 2011 3:44 PM CST up reply actions
I like your four choices.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Now we agree on five choices!
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Just a small piece of advice from one Bear to another.
You might want to change your avatar.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Heh
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
He's way prettier than I am.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
You do recognize him right?
From AHS
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 25, 2011 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
Not even a little bit.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
hmm nm then
he was in my class
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 25, 2011 5:45 PM CST up reply actions
See: Donkey Big Guns posted.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I don't think Big Guns will be studding
any time soon.
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
Never, God no.
But if I’m not rooting for the Cowboys, I will root for the Colts.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
He caused Doug Brocail to make funny faces too
RIP FX2
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
I'll get on it asap
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by Pocket Ninja on Jan 25, 2011 3:38 PM CST up reply actions
And then an explosion, obviously.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Agreed, the trade is good
My only (tiny) reservation is the implication this might have for Feliz. I was hoping he’d get a shot at starting. Might’ve just been a pipe dream to think/hope that happened anyway.
Theres no one to take over the closers role
At least with Frankie you could stick him in that role and be comfortable. No one else out there I would be comfortable sticking in that role next year
This should be rec'd
While I love the trade. Frank Frank was a good soldier. And even took on unruly racist bitches in Oakland.
You’ll be missed.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, Fx2 was one of the good ones.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
And he had the best intro music.
He turned the ballpark into a Dominican traffic jam before every appearance.
by cstorm15 on Jan 25, 2011 2:40 PM CST up reply actions 8 recs
this.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 25, 2011 2:44 PM CST up reply actions
Yep. I liked me some Frankie Frank
good move though.
"I think that Rangers is good team." ~ South Korean Ranger Nation
by hubcityraider on Jan 25, 2011 2:57 PM CST up reply actions
this, was a warrior
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Yeah, I'll miss him. :(
But it’s worth it. Plus Ogando should be able to step into FX2’s old role pretty seamlessly.
"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
ff is one of my all time favorite rangers for some reason
but i love this trade!
by davisisnothesoluti on Jan 25, 2011 6:22 PM CST up reply actions
The end of an era
Sad to see Frankie go, but this seems like a good deal. The fact that it will further infuriate Angels fans is the clincher.
Not mediocre. Right about average
I heart JD in a totally homosexual way
just sayin….
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by shock00 on Jan 25, 2011 2:30 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
his ass should be stretched out for you
/josey
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 25, 2011 2:32 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I only love this deal
from the whole salt + wound aspect to the angels. Other wise I would of rather kept FF.
Nefti for sure the closer now, no?
No chance he starts without another big pen arm getting acquired.
Yeah
I think this pretty much kills any realistic shot he had at the rotation.
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 25, 2011 2:32 PM CST up reply actions
Has to be....can't imagine anyone in the BP that could take over that role.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 2:33 PM CST up reply actions
Probably...unless they plan to roll with
CJ, Colby, Hunter, Holland, Webb….
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
Give me the Lubbock Boy
And former Ranger Great…
Justin Duchserer
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 2:38 PM CST up reply actions
The Yankees were supposedly chasing him.....
just another slap in the face to them if the Rangers took him…
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 2:39 PM CST up reply actions
Duschserer if he can come back, he
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
*he'd be a solid pick up.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
It doubles your odds, having him and Webb
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
Duschserer was a Ranger at one time I thought.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
he was
Baseball Reference can be your friend.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:17 PM CST up reply actions
I like going off memory, I feel better when I'm right.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Yeah, that's the downside
I think the longer he spends in the ‘pen the harder it’s gonna be to convert him back to starting, too.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Could curtail the growth of his secondary pitches, and there's always the whole physical/psychological routine thing.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
What about Ceej?
He did well with it, no?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
CJ worked pretty hard at it though.
And more importantly had a better overall repertoire to work with than Feliz currently does.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Could this year be Feliz's tryout at ML level?
The FO could basically say, if you develop your secondary offerings and can command it, you’ll get a shot at the rotation; if not, closer it is.
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
Could be, but the liklihood of that just took a severe hit with Fx2 getting shipped off.
Ogando would probably have to seriously impress in camp or something, and Wash and Maddux seemed awful skittish about using him late last year.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
I was shown Feliz/Holland 2010 bumper stickers.
I was promised this.
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
one more year
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
This is a very good move.
and it makes that angels trade taste even better
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by Reno Wilson on Jan 25, 2011 2:31 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I bet HH is in meltdown mode.
Suck it, bitches.
Peace Frankx2, you were a bad ass most of the time, enjoy Toronto!
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Jan 25, 2011 2:31 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
They haven't seemed to have heard yet.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
It's on the front page now
first posts:
WOW I was just about to post this. Texas is gonna be all offense and no pitching this year it seems.
“Jeff Mathis is like Robb Quinlan without the sex appeal” – Sheisalovelyladyandmyapologiestoher
by ryanfea on Jan 25, 2011 2:25 PM CST reply actions
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Son of a bitch! He’s going to pile on so many HRs over there
by TheAntiSox on Jan 25, 2011 2:29 PM CST reply actions
.Frick’n frick! Hula Dula the domino rula!
by Kyman on Jan 25, 2011 2:32 PM CST reply actions
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The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Seriously, ryanfea?
He was a relief pitcher. We have others.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
This is better.
Why would Texas send money? Napoli is more expensive then Fransisco?
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by ryanfea on Jan 25, 2011 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
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Because two real GMs negotiated by mustard_man on Jan 25, 2011 2:38 PM CST up reply actions
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Damn straight! God #%^ Mother F#$in’ Reagins! You make Omar Minaya look good.
by Monkeyspanked on Jan 25, 2011 2:39 PM CST up reply actions
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The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Jan 25, 2011 2:46 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm doing my happy dance
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:33 PM CST up reply actions
Fuzzy Navel?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
JD can control zombies now, too???
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:32 PM CST up reply actions
I wanted to laugh at this
but there was only sad…
MLB Trade Rumors confirms.
Blue Jays confirm the deal: Frank Francisco and cash from the Rangers for Mike Napoli
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--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
truth rec's are the best rec's
TagDon't Tweet wants to remind you of the time TagDon’tTweet quoted TagDon’tTweet utilizing a metaphor in which TagDon’tTweet successfully likened Josey Wales to an abysmal football team, as TagDon’tTweet finds it quite confusing the amount of references Josey Wales makes to other sports when discussing what Josey Wales describes as The Great Game.
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:34 PM CST up reply actions
You're not very good at this 'proof' thing
for being a ‘lawyer’
by Mike E on Jan 25, 2011 2:50 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Thumbs. Up. Asses.
Right?
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Can we please stop quoting that clown?
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by slc ranger on Jan 25, 2011 2:40 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I'm happy, and I don't give a fuck who we quote
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
agree
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
HH is very butthurt
apparently we’ll be all offense and no pitching this year…same old Rangers, right????!
Go UNT Mean Green!
FUCK YES
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
posted this in a diff thread
but am i the only one somewhat worried about the pen/not likeing it as much?
also, didnt someone post on here suggesting this exact trade when the wells deal went down?
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.
Pen will be fine,
I think Ogando can fill Frankie’s shoes just fine.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
He's not that big..
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 2:35 PM CST up reply actions
It may be less likely
we see Ogando or Feliz as a starter, but yeah, I agree, pen will be fine.
Great trade by JD!
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
Feliz, O'Day, Ogando, Oliver, Rhodes, Tateyama (?), long man.
I’m very comfy with it.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Don't forget
Lowe
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
zero faith in the japanese guy
but VERY VERY worried about all of feliz, o’day, ogando, oliver, rhodes staying healthy all year
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 25, 2011 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
Someone like Strop might see time as well.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
If Strop can find his stuff he could be very good.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
he seems like an unlikely bet
but I’d like for him to succeed
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Yeah, but injuries would kill any bullpen.
My point is that if the Rangers were going to deal from anywhere on the ML roster, the bullpen is the best place to do it.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
if feliz goes down, the rangers closer is going to be a combo of darren oliver and alexi ogando
still feel confortable?
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:39 PM CST up reply actions
way to jinx everything.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 2:41 PM CST up reply actions
not expecting him to by any means
but is an oliver/ogando back of the bullpen a championship-type back of the pen?
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:42 PM CST up reply actions
I don't see how it isn't.
Unless Oliver wears down.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
just dont expect oliver to have a 2.5 FIP next year/stay healthy all year
heh
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
He's never produced that in his career.
But he and Rhodes are going to be serviceable enough, if you play matchups right.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
i agree.
but we werent expecting feliz to do what he did either…
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 2:43 PM CST up reply actions
Well you could say that about any of our top players really
Yes it will suck if feliz goes down with injury. But given his history, his mechanics, and the return we got for Frankie, worrying about what if our closer gets hurt seems like being pessimistic just for the sake of being pessimistic
was oliver/feliz a championship type bullpen?
because that’s what it was until Ogando was given more and more late inning work.
And now Rhodes has been added to help Oliver, and there’s a fucking armada of power arms in the minors.
This is a good move by JD.
by elvis1isking on Jan 25, 2011 3:52 PM CST up reply actions
KNOCK ON SOME FUCKING WOOD
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
TWSS
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
OK.
If Mariano Rivera goes down, the Yankees’ bullpen suddenly sucks.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
except not.
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:42 PM CST up reply actions
The point is that the Rangers are plenty deep in the bullpen.
Deeper than most other clubs. While I like Frankie, he’s basically a right-handed power arm in a bullpen that already has Alexi Ogando and Neftali Feliz, plus Tanner Scheppers waiting in the wings.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
That bullpen
without Frankie was awfully shaky in the playoffs.
Soriano steps in....
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 2:43 PM CST up reply actions
and its not like joba is exactly a shitty 7th inning pitcher either
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I was under the impression that Tateyama was here on a major league deal
but it’s a two-way deal… that makes him much more of an unknown in my eyes.
I think we'll see Scheppers now.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Yeah, and maybe Kirkman.
I feel just fine about the bullpen, to be honest.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
I think Kirkman starts
at some point this year. I’d put money on him outperforming Holland this year.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
I take that bet
Holland is going to be this year’s David Price. 17+ wins and an ERA down around 3.00
Absolute beasty…..
He’s gonna pitch so well, he’ll take away the sting of losing CJ after this year.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
It's people like you
And comments like this that make me so pissed off when I watch Holland suck 3 out of every 4 times he goes out. Hope is a dangerous thing.
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
Hope is the best of things
/Shawshank Redemption
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:28 PM CST up reply actions
you expect those guys to be healthy all year long?
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:38 PM CST up reply actions
scheppers, yes
strop, maybe
holland/kirkman will probably be starters (or worked as starters)
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:42 PM CST up reply actions
there's also that wicked sidearmer in the high minors
never can remember his name, think he got a big league camp invite …
Phillips?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Yep.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Never mind I can't read
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
If you want to think about the worst possible outcome go ahead
I look at this as we traded from a position of depth to shore up one of our only weaknesses left on the club. We haven’t opened up any holes by doing this so its a great trade in my eyes
by bigsteve on Jan 25, 2011 2:45 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
dont get me wrong, im not 100% against the trade
odds of napoli > 2frank next year are very very high
just worried about the pen now
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 25, 2011 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
Fine go ahead and worry about a position where we can, on January 25th, pencil in 6 of the 7 spots with almost 100% certainty
Not many clubs can do that. Add in the fact we have multiple guys in AAA who will be ready to come up as re-enforcements throughout the season and it eases my fears.
If Feliz goes down it will hurt no doubt but looking big picture this move helps our club tremendously
Good response.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Doesn't matter
JD is awesome at finding the Darren O’Days of the world.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 25, 2011 3:05 PM CST up reply actions
phillips=
LOOGY, nothing more
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:42 PM CST up reply actions
Cole has him as a middle reliever
Omar Beltre could go to the pen too
by Judy'sLewinsky on Jan 25, 2011 2:44 PM CST up reply actions
i thought he was only used as a LOOGY last year for some reason?
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:46 PM CST up reply actions
not like frankie played a huge role most of last season
by TheHuntforRedOctober on Jan 25, 2011 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
That bullpen looked pretty shaky at times in October when he was hurt.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
right
56 games, k/9 over 10, FIP of 3.12
those guys grow on trees!@
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
dude was good for sure.
"I think that Rangers is good team." ~ South Korean Ranger Nation
by hubcityraider on Jan 25, 2011 3:22 PM CST up reply actions
Well the 'pen isn't gonna have blotto insane depth anymore, but I can deal with that considering Naps is a perfect fit on the bench.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
MAYBE I'M KNEE-JERKINGLY POSITIVE BUT WHATEVER
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
more i think about it...
.. more he really is a perfect fit here..
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 25, 2011 2:35 PM CST reply actions
Yay!!!!
I have an unjustified disdain for FX3
by Topgun22 on Jan 25, 2011 2:35 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Same here... Except, all of my hatred is based off of the start to the 2010 season.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 25, 2011 2:38 PM CST up reply actions
He was fucking ugly for a couple outings last year.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
Pretty sure Frank has always been ugly
His wife, on the other hand…
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 25, 2011 2:57 PM CST up reply actions
Posted this in the other thread
What this really does is provide us with depth in case Kinsler goes down again for a extended period of time
If that were to happen Moreland would continue as the 1B, Young plays 2B, and Napoli is the DH.
I think Napoli will probably get 30-40 games at C
40-50 at 1B (against LHP)
and then the rest, probably 50-60, at DH
If we have injuries I think he will
If not its closer to the other end of that spectrum which is 120
My guess is he starts 60-70 games total this year
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 25, 2011 3:19 PM CST up reply actions
Seems low.
How many games are you thinking for Hamilton, Cruz and Kinsler?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:20 PM CST up reply actions
140, 140, 140
Remember, David Murphy is still here as the 4th outfielder. If someone is going to sit against a RHP, Murphy, rather than Napoli, is likely to start.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 25, 2011 3:22 PM CST up reply actions
Ideally
Napoli will never see a RH starter. Between Moreland and Murphy that should be covered.
But I want him to see pretty much every LH starter.
Yep
Either Borbon or Moreland can sit against LHPs.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 25, 2011 3:32 PM CST up reply actions
& relievers
Pull him off the bench when they want to bring in a lefty v Hamilton.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Are you asking for Napoli to PH for Josh?
This well never happen, ever.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:34 PM CST up reply actions
No, just to have a lefty killer up behind him
I know it won’t happen though.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Because then
Napoli would be PH’ing for Beltre or Cruz…
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:40 PM CST up reply actions
And pinch hits pretty often too
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I guess the draft pick for Frankie is also a factor?
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
assuming he doesnt bomb next year he should be a type A
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:40 PM CST up reply actions
But Toronto gets that pick...
Are we indicating the draft pick compensation added value to the deal?
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 25, 2011 2:41 PM CST up reply actions
What?
I was saying that Fx2’s value is higher because he has a pick attached to him after the 2011 season…
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 25, 2011 2:43 PM CST up reply actions
And we get back a player who won't be leaving after this year
Thats where the added value lies IMO
Having Napoli around for 2012 makes up for losing Frankies comp pick next year.
Also, if Napoli stays at catcher enough he should qualify as a type FA after 2012 when he becomes a FA
that is how i read it
assuming he doesnt go out there and have an ERA of 6 and pitch all year they should at least get a type A or B pick back for him
it is what they did this last year w/ olivo, remember?
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:43 PM CST up reply actions
WOO WOO!!
"I also have to say that I was pretty obviously wrong about C.J. Wilson. As recently as the All Star Break, I proclaimed the decision to move him the rotation a failure. That was epicfail of a, well, epic nature" - AJM
"My parents actually loved to pimp me too." - LSJ
Adam VonMarriageSmasherAssisstantGeneralManagerofblogsmashrelations
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
by RangersSD on Jan 25, 2011 2:37 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
So this is like signing Victor Martinez lite
Freaking awesome!!
"I also have to say that I was pretty obviously wrong about C.J. Wilson. As recently as the All Star Break, I proclaimed the decision to move him the rotation a failure. That was epicfail of a, well, epic nature" - AJM
"My parents actually loved to pimp me too." - LSJ
i like this a lot.
thanks for everything last year frankie. not a good closer, but did your job in the 8th inning.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
its not like frankie is octavio dotel here...
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:40 PM CST up reply actions
im strictly talking about last year here.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 2:41 PM CST up reply actions
It's awesome when your team gets a player you want.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Excellent
It’s like they got a player 70-80% as good as V-Mart for about 20% of V-Mart’s price.
"Whenever I'm about to do something, I think 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, I do not do that thing."
Maybe Josey will shut up about him now.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
yeah, right.....
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 2:42 PM CST up reply actions
okay
JD and Thad are reading us. This confirms it. We should all get a WS ring next year.
"what I have learned in 11 years in the sports business is that the dumbest guys in the room are always the media guys." - mark cuban
fuck, i'd even pay for one
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:41 PM CST up reply actions
Let's all remember FX2. Pour one out on the curb tonight, folks.
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
done.
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:41 PM CST up reply actions
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"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Damn. Now?
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
by Maximilian on Jan 25, 2011 2:44 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
we need to find the video of this
and gif the shit out of it
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
YAY!!!!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I will not allow a picture like this to go unlinked.
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
This picture is bittersweet for me.
Yes, it was awesome seeing that fat bitch get hit in the face. But after that game I was maybe the most depressed I’ve ever been as a Rangers fan. We went down in flames.
i'm totally fine with this
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:43 PM CST up reply actions
Yup....it was fun while it lasted.....
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 2:44 PM CST up reply actions
vlad goes to the angels im betting.
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 25, 2011 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
man, that would make a lot of sense.
so, they more than likely won’t do it
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:46 PM CST up reply actions
what about abreu?
they dont have room for a DH
by jonathan rigby on Jan 25, 2011 2:55 PM CST up reply actions
Mike Napoli = Best Angels Catcher Ever
according to so some dude
You look good creamed up! - Knox
I kind of understand why we would want Napoli.
I do not get trading Frankie to get him. Our bullpen struggled when Frankie went down last year, and now that is going to be permanent. What am I missing here?
As awesome as Frankie was, he was a bit inconsistant at times.
I’m more comfy with Ogando. He seems pretty damn solid.
97, 97, 97, 97.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
In my mind this makes Scheppers' ability to figure shit out more critical.
This leaves the pen with a problem. Not one that can’t be solved, but for the immediate time being….it’s not the strongest situation, to say the least.
Ugh
I feel like I am the only one here that isn’t super excited. And I am not super excited at all. This concerns me.
It's like when everyone thinks a chick is hot
and you don’t see it.
Oh wait.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
by Flynnyrd on Jan 25, 2011 2:51 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Hey, sometimes that happens and then you look up at that chick one day and go, "whoah, what was I missing earlier?"
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
her g-spot
"JD is a fucking ninja," Aquaman, esq, 25 January 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
im w/ you here
i can only hope this pushes scheppers to the pen for good (and in AAA to start the season)
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
Scheppers has to throw some goddang strikes first.
He is absolutely not ready to be a reliever right now in the bigs. Maybe he’s lights out in the spring.
Wow I am not getting less worried the more I think about this.
i want him in AAA pen
i can only hope they dont try to make him a starter again
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:55 PM CST up reply actions
AAA pen, yes.
I don’t know if it was mental or if he just wore down last year.
We could really use him as a 6 out fireman or setup man in 2011 cause Arthur Fucking Rhoades ain’t it.
i want feliz to be this next year
5-6 out guy
then again, i REALLY wanted the rangers to bring in jp howell, as he was very good streching between innings, not that ron would use him correctly…
gah i would LOVE to see feliz in a 2 IP/game role
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:58 PM CST up reply actions
The dude hadn't pitched hardly at all in 2 years
Yeah he wore down.
I fully expect Scheppers to go ballistic against AAA hitters this year
Let's say the Frank would have been an excellent reliever for the Rangers,
something like 1.5 WAR. Do you not think Napoli could achieve that? Don’t you think there are enough good options in the bullpen that they can lose their 2nd best option for the perfect DH/PH ?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 2:58 PM CST up reply actions
Napoli can, sure.
Will he in a reduced role as DH/1B? Maybe catching the last couple of innings after a PH once a week?
…
…
1.5 WAR?
It’s possible. The PA is hard to guess.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:05 PM CST up reply actions
i am predicting right now that napoli gets the most DH PAs on this team.
mark it down.
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:05 PM CST up reply actions
Doesn't seem the least bit unreasonable.
And he will play some C and some 1B against tough lefties.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
i bet we see very little of him at C this year
therefore, i am also predicting he plays more a 1B than C this year :)
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 25, 2011 3:07 PM CST up reply actions
There's a Sharpie in my pants.*
*I don’t know where my pants are.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:06 PM CST up reply actions
here is one of the problems i have with napoli and this DH/PH/1B stuff
does anyone think ron washington is going to do anything along those lines?
based on his history, no. he is going to have “his guy” for every slot in the lineup and usually hit them in those slots.
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:01 PM CST up reply actions
Somehow,
I think someone will inform him.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:05 PM CST up reply actions
just because he is informed about something does not eman he knows how to do 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 Jan 25, 2011 3:06 PM CST up reply actions
I wasn't super thrilled when I first heard about it
but the more I think about it, I’m ok with Napoli if he’s purely used as a platoon bat . It still concerns me what kind of shape our bullpen will be with 2 ancient lefties and 2 very young guys anchoring the late innings.
I’m also wondering why the hell we had to send cash with the deal. That’s crazy.
What do you do if he just fucks everyones' shit up in spring training?
Any chance he starts the season on the 25?
>mfw
Nah, not really
I think Ogando will fill a lot of the void. I do think the folks who were excited about seeing Feliz in the rotation might want to start preparing for disappointment, but I thought that was a longshot at best, anyway.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
Its down to almost no chance for this season
but I hope they do still look at him a little in ST to see where he’s at and prepare him for what he might need to do next season.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Feliz
yea, as one of the hopefuls who thought he could give us more than just 60 innings of stellar work, I figure this ends that thought
but overall, i still like how this shapes the roster and you figure Feliz can stay in the pen his first 3+ years and then convert to starting once he’s getting on 25
Bullpen arms are highly variable.
The best method is to accumulate as many good options as you can for the open spots and have depth for when certain options get hurt or just don’t have it. Guess what the Rangers have done over the past few years?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 2:57 PM CST up reply actions
True
And although FF was a little inconsistent as closer, he was great as a setup guy for us last year. Who was inconsisent out of the pen? The guys who may be called on to be setup guys….
Worst case scenario:
They can trade for an 8th inning guy sometime before the trade deadline. They’re not as expensive as “Closers”, but could fill the role you’re talking about.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
You're also assuming that Frank would have been great this year,
which is not at all a safe assumption.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:03 PM CST up reply actions
Also true, but I don't think 1.5 WAR is unreasonable for Frankie in 2011.
I think that there is a good chance that is what Napoli ends up being, too, and all things equal, it’s a wash. Problem is, we are taking a piece away from an element that maybe can’t cover up the gap right away (the pen) and adding Napoli to a mishmash of people that are all going to be fine, but not great (C/DH/1B).
by FuturePants on Jan 25, 2011 3:06 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
There is a chance this doesn't work out.
But I’m strongly questioning your evaluation of the bullpen as being lacking good options but the C/DH/1B spot as being filled with them.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:07 PM CST up reply actions
I didn't say anything of the sort.
But all things equal, we had depth at 1B/DH/C moreso than power/setup arms in the big leagues.
Bottom line, to make this work, Ogando has to SERIOUSLY step up, or Scheppers has to step up, or…..something else needs to happen. This for sure creates a hole in the pen. For sure.
So there are already 2 decent options?
With other options that we don’t know about yet that may break out or may not even be on the team yet?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:13 PM CST up reply actions
Based on the second half last year....
Scheppers is not an option. Ogando can’t pitch from the stretch, so you have one half of one good option. Great arm, needs seasoning. That’s not exactly up to snuff to replace Frankie.
Pitchers develop.
Maybe they won’t, but I’m much more excited by Napoli’s ceiling than I am concerned about none of the options for the 8th inning RH-RP role….and that they can’t address it through trade easily enough.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:16 PM CST up reply actions
x
It’s not that I think any need on this team was just not able to be overcome. I like Napoli on the team. Do I like having him more than Frankie? I think it’s clear that I am nervous about the problems with the pen minus Frankie more than I was about our ability to fill 1B/DH/C without Napoli. I don’t think that viewpoint is extreme or unreasonable. But it is my viewpoint.
I don't think you're being stupid,
I just think the chances that Frankie is >1.5 WAR AND Napoli is less than that are very, very small. I understand your worry, I’m just not as concerned about it.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:19 PM CST up reply actions
You're forgetting about Lowe
Who wasn’t really an option last year, but is this year.
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 25, 2011 3:17 PM CST up reply actions
Or
O’Day has to step up
or
Lowe has to step up
or
Scheppers has to step up
or
Oliver has to step up (no reason not to have a lefty as a primary setup man, we know he can get righties)
or
or
or
right handed setup men who can throw in the mid nineties aren’t really that hard to find anymore.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
I want to bathe in the awesomeness of this trade.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
The bath is already occupied.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
It's like JD knew it was my birthday, man.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Ha thanks
Don’t think I’m gonna go out, but I’ve been talked into picking up a bottle of something and indulging a little at home later tonight. Probably not too much though, just give finding that happy medium another shot.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
i can only hope we get a drunk LSJ celebrating on here tonight...
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:03 PM CST up reply actions
Going to try to avoid that
Think I’ve proven I can say stupid enough shit when I’m perfectly sober anyway, heh.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
He'd die.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:09 PM CST up reply actions
This is a very good call
That is a very easy drink to get into for beginners.
It’s what I thought beer tasted like before I had any.
What size bottle are we talking here?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:17 PM CST up reply actions
There's no reason to down that bottle
You might as well get some vodka that comes in a plastic bottle if you are going for that
MMM MMM GOOD
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Jan 25, 2011 4:02 PM CST up reply actions
You're a beginner, no?
Start with Boone’s farm or some cheap, sweet stuff…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
this should be a great subthread
everyone’s suggestions heh
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:08 PM CST up reply actions
Happy Birthday, Comrade.
If I was not at work right now, I would search for and attach a Jordana pic for you.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
It is after 5, and I am at home, so here you go:
It is hard to choose just one pic, but I like that one.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
by crazy86er on Jan 25, 2011 5:47 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I want to purchase all things in that picture.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Solid choice
From one of my favorite PS’s to boot. A very wallpaperable shoot too, think I’ve had almost every HQ from that set up at some point or another.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
I appreciate you waiting.
But this could have been posted during work hours. It’s soft core porn pics and bouncing boob gifs that I’d like to avoid during work hours.
Well I did have to wait until after work, even if this pic is rather tame.
Doing a GIS for Jordana on my work computer would not have been good. Not all of her pics are this tame.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
Well, you could always get a new birth certificate from the mob or something.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
"Why should I have to change my birthday, he's the one that sucks"
by ab03 on Jan 25, 2011 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
So many great lines in that movie...
“I wouldn’t say I’ve been missing it Bob.”
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
no
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
You know without the t, that word looks extremely child-molesty
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
you all hate me??? news flash: i don't care
by Brooks on Jan 25, 2011 2:44 PM CST reply actions 8 recs
I'd rec that if I didn't hate you.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
Because it's the cool thing to do.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
I might buy this jersey.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Yes, Napoli is much shorter than "Fuck the Angels"
and also, Ballpark Approved!
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:01 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
What about Auck the Fngles?
Think those old guys they have as ushers would notice?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
a quiet kick to the nuts of Angels' fans.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
header fail
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
SUBJECT LINE
/OC
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Haha
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I wonder if Kirkman will give up 44
He’s been signing all his autographs with a 44 next to them…
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:36 PM CST up reply actions
For the right price he will give it up.
Same as Borbon did for Beltre.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Just thought I'd drop in to say
Woooooooooowoooooooooooooo!
Hells to the yeah, this trade addresses a lot of different issues (RH bench bat, Moreland regression potential, no Vlad resigning). I’ll miss Frank, but mad props to the Boy Wonder on this one!
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
I AM SO SO HAPPY !
THIS TRADE IS AWESOME! IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY BECAUSE THE RANGERS ARE BASKING IN THE ANGELS STUPID AND IT MAKES THE RANGERS LOOK EVEN SMARTER THANK YOU GOODBYE!
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 2:46 PM CST reply actions 6 recs
i work in Oracle almost all day,
and anytime i respond to someone’s email in all caps, or i get an email in all caps, it’s usually because of Oracle.
when i read something in all caps on LSB, it just makes me happy to be a rangers fan.
/cool story bro
TagDon't Tweet wants to remind you of the time TagDon’tTweet quoted TagDon’tTweet utilizing a metaphor in which TagDon’tTweet successfully likened Josey Wales to an abysmal football team, as TagDon’tTweet finds it quite confusing the amount of references Josey Wales makes to other sports when discussing what Josey Wales describes as The Great Game.
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:48 PM CST up reply actions
i get where youre coming from man.
were switching over to oracle here pretty soon.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 2:50 PM CST up reply actions
Damn it, I'm getting more and more excited for the Rangers.
Yet I have to go to law school in a few weeks.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Because I don't want to make a .jpeg
I didn’t think the offseason could get any worse
POW, bitchslapped again!
by Bolt Deck on Jan 25, 2011 2:35 PM CST reply actions
From HH.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
heh to the heH
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
More
This sucks
Nolan Ryan’s revenge will never end. Bet Weaver is a Ranger when he hits free agency.
by LAstands4LovingAnaheim on Jan 25, 2011 2:52 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Thats what Reagins asked the Blue Jays.
"I was brought up in Florida, so there isn't much difference between playing there and playing here. The climax are about the same."
-Mickey Rivers on playing in Texas
by lamron on Jan 25, 2011 3:28 PM CST up reply actions 6 recs
Nothin but net.
"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 would be insanely funny.
I’d still hate his stupid face though, even if that happens.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Yes it can....they still have to sign Vlad to be the DH....
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
Another good part of this deal
We included cash. When was the last time we included cash in a deal?
thank god he isn't the rangers GM
cbsdollarbill just speculating, but I wouldn’t be surprised if either Michael Young or Ian Kinsler get dealt for pitching (now RH setup needed too)
you all hate me??? news flash: i don't care
The only thing more retarded
Than blocking nothing…is this quote….Really Bill Jones.. I don’t think so.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
if we learned anything from the angel beat writers
it is that money does not matter because these guys are rich
by jonathan rigby on Jan 25, 2011 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
I wonder how much of this trade was done by JD for pure comedic value
I mean, 95% has to be because of utility, but I’m guessing they brought it up amongst themselves and then at least one person just started laughing at the thought of screwing the Angels over even more.
"Let's see if we can get Napoli and really fuck up their world."
“Oh shit, JD. You crazy.”
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Jan 25, 2011 2:49 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
new tagline for LSB?
LSB: “Oh shit, JD. You crazy!”
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:50 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
/Obama
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
/Rocky IV
"JD is a fucking ninja" Aquaman, esq
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 2:55 PM CST up reply actions
new sig...
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
"Uhmmm... Where are the boobs? AceJC
Feel better now? laxtonto
You were just lying in the weeds... waiting for your chance, weren’t you? ghostofErikThompson
This is like a sniper, waiting in a ghillie suit for the perfect time to strike. FistOfJamieBenn
This result was the most obvious thing in the history of the internet. Aquaman, Esq. " 1-11-11
xx
JD’s like, “you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!”- RCCook
still love this quote
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:56 PM CST up reply actions
maybe this...
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh shit, JD. You crazy!"
awesome.
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
That works
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Hahahahahaha
and I bet someone was drinking a diet Coke and spit it all over the place
I think that this is fantastic
Napoli’s slide was all from the right side last year. He still murdered lefties. Now you can carry three catchers if you want, just all kinds of possibilities.
Meant to say
all against RHP, not from the right side, hah.
by Brett Perryman on Jan 25, 2011 2:48 PM CST up reply actions
Absolutely
He gets the 50+ games against LHP and Moreland gets the other 100+ games.
Young as full time DH and injury replacement around the infield
I bet he catches around 75-80
His competition is Yorvit and Treanor… even if Napoli is as bad as the Angels think he is at defense I’d take that over Yorvit.
Yes, but the Rangers probably wouldn't.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 26, 2011 8:19 AM CST up reply actions
It is certainly hard to find any real downside here
I guess if someone was really hoping Feliz would get a shot as a starter this year, but that probably wasn’t happening. And Napoli fills that last hole on the roster so very, very well.
Go Rice Owls!
And, really
for the same reasons you never commit big money to relievers, you should never hold on too tightly to relievers when you can find an upgrade like Napoli. There was no other player like Napoli in our system or in FA. There is a good chance we can find a few relievers internally that can match Francisco’s production
by ab03 on Jan 25, 2011 2:50 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
yep
It is very possible that Ogando or someone else fills Frankie’s role perfectly this coming year. And you’re right about the Napoli-type player – there weren’t even candidates for someone taking that role. At least last year, they had Moreland in the high minors waiting if a hitter was needed mid-season.
Go Rice Owls!
Yeah, if you look at some of the most productive relievers
they are as likely to be cheap pickups like O’Day than high dollar acquisitions (anyone remember Todd Van Poppel or Jay Powell?).
I think part of it is because Relievers are inherently driven by SSS year to year, and, to some extent, I think your pitching coach’s ability to fix a relievers problems or to shut them down when they are running bad is almost as important as the relievers themself.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
I was hoping Feliz would start
but yeah, this pretty much ends that
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
It's such a great fit.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 2:53 PM CST up reply actions
Lol
Why would Texas send money?
Napoli is more expensive then Fransisco?
Because two real GMs negotiated
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
by Rodney on Jan 25, 2011 2:48 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Wow...
Back a couple years ago, he had a year where he played in 78 (or something) games and had 20 home runs… Has had around 25 every season since… Solid.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 25, 2011 2:49 PM CST reply actions
Batted .238 last year, but that BABIP should go back up to ~.300 where it has always been.
And he’s moving to a favorable ballpark. This is glorious
>mfw
Nice move.
But I still hate Mike Napoli.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.......
bsdollarbill Bill Jones
just speculating, but I wouldn’t be surprised if either Michael Young or Ian Kinsler get dealt for pitching (now RH setup needed too)
"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
you can never have too much pitching
but I wouldn’t care if we got anything for Young. It would be a nice salary dump
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
why the hell would we deal ian...
and for what pitcher?
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 2:52 PM CST up reply actions
Walter Johnson.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
's grandson
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 2:56 PM CST up reply actions
ooooo
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
Apparently the best RH setup man that god has ever seen
because that’s what it would take if I’m trading Kinsler for a reliever
my thoughts exactly
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 2:56 PM CST up reply actions
Josh Johnson!
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Sweet dreams are made of these...
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 25, 2011 3:01 PM CST up reply actions
Who am I to disagree
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Pipedream.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Didn't his arm fall off or something?
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Alexi Ogando doesn't understand.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Depends on how much of that contract we pay....
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
The Blue Jays have some cash...
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 2:57 PM CST up reply actions
$84 Million to be exact.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Ogando, O'day and japanese o'day. Why do we need RH setup
"I know that I know nothing" ~Socrates
by Felix is fast on Jan 25, 2011 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SUGGESTING THE RANGERS TRADE IAN KINSLER???!?!!?!?!?!!
by jam0152 on Jan 25, 2011 2:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Correct.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:09 PM CST up reply actions
I know, said the same thing, goodness he's a huge part of this team..
Unless its a TORP pitcher, ace etc etc, no just NO. Not to mention from heresay seems like he’s a leader in the clubhouse too and a big part of their chemistry.
Say no to trading Ian.
i dont want to move ian here...
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 Jan 25, 2011 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
Considering the only pitching Michael Young would bring back would be in the Ryan-Rowland Smith mold, I kinda doubt that.
And dealing Kinsler would be highly counter-productive unless you jedi-mindtricked the Marlins into handing over Josh fucking Johnson.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Vernon Wells brought Juan Rivera, Frankie, and cash
I like the trade for the Rangers but AA is some sort of goddamn genius.
He should have a plaque that breaks down the trade like that. It’s truly amazing.
I don't think using the Vernon Wells trade as a basis of predicting future trades
is really a good idea.
Given that the Rangers clearly don’t think they need to trade Young to free up salary space, I don’t see why they’d do that, since any return they’d get would lower the quality of the team in 2011, as LSJ says (or they’d basically be paying lots of Young’s salary, which kind of defeats the point).
I don’t see how bringing Napoli in affects Young’s (or especially Ian’s) role on the club.
Go Rice Owls!
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It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I don't think there is any team
who would be willing to pay Ian’s value AND be willing to give up the type of pitching that it would require. Similar, though to a lesser extent, for Young.
If this deal were to lead to a trade of one of them, it’d probably be a poor move. And RH setup help is not really a “need”
Go Rice Owls!
At least we know if JD ever trades Kinsler
the return should be great.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Kinsler isn't going anywhere.
I think Young is history though.
"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 do like this move...
Napoli fits right in with what this team needs offensively, but 2 things I’m not crazy about. I’ll miss Fx2, and this severely hurts the dream I have of Feliz being a starter this year.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I want Feliz
to be our Mariano Rivera, so I don’t ever want him in the rotation.
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 2:56 PM CST up reply actions
If I could unrec this post, I would.
And I haven’t recced it to begin with.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Jan 25, 2011 2:57 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Feliz is not Mariano Rivera
was it Posnanski that did a review on the value of the closer. Go find it and read it. Closers are overrated.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Don't really give a fuck what the review said.
If Feliz become a slam-the-door-in-their-face closer, why would we not want this for a very long time?
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 3:02 PM CST up reply actions
Because
what if he could become a slam0the0door-in-their-face starter? I’m not arguing over whether that could/would happen, but isn’t it worth a shot?
Sure
Give him a shot in 2012. But if he goes from lights out closer to meh starter, get his ass back in the closer role.
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 3:04 PM CST up reply actions
Even a "meh" starter is better than a lights out closer.
Assuming he wasn’t a “OMG, WTF IS HE DOING, THIS IS TERRIBAD” starter, I want him to get the chance.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I doubt it.
Even a “meh” starter is better than a lights out closer.
If you have numbers to prove that, it probably means your numbers suck ass.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
Figures you'd show up for this.
It depends on your definition of “meh.” I’m saying “meh” means average, somewhere around 2-2.5 WAR.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I'm saying WAR
for pitchers is a bad measure, because it doesn’t take into account leverage (amongst many other things).
Folks who make that argument based on WAR probably don’t understand WAR, or baseball for that matter.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
It's as if you actively attempt to make every argument in the most douchetastic way possible.
Your statement that WAR is flawed because it doesn’t take into account leverage may be a valid point and can certainly support your premise (that I was wrong), but why do you have to include the second sentence?
Why do you feel like it’s necessary to talk shit?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
You know what? Fuck it.
I shouldn’t have said anything because there is no point to having this discussion.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I'm actually very interested in the discussion.
Just without the douchiness.
I do think I’d take a Rivera-caliber closer over a No. 3 and probably most No. 2s given leverage. But those are pretty rare.
If I looked at it, I’d bet the best closers on the non-Rivera tier only average a mid-level No. 3 over a three year span or so.
honestly
I think “Rivera-level” is somewhat a red herring; because other than Rivera, there has never been a reliever who has been as dominant and as consistent for so long.
I think the real problem with closers is that they are somewhat unpredictable over a medium time scale. The best non-Rivera closer in the league is fairly reliable short-term but 2-3 years from now, and certainly 4-5 years from now, we’ll be talking about someone else. Whereas #1 pitchers are pretty stable, #2 pitchers a bit less so, and so forth.
So while the best closer in the game would be pretty valuable – probably as much so as a #2 pitcher; with most #2 pitchers we have a bit more confidence that they’re going to be a #2. The problem with Feliz though is that we don’t know if he’s a #1, #2, or #5.
Go Rice Owls!
Because
there are way too many folks, like yourself, who quote stats but they have no idea what the stat means or how it is derived.
So you come to the retarded conclusion that a meh starter is better than a lights out closer.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
FWIW
Parks agrees with Cahill (also see Nate Silver’s special sauce articles).
Now, I don’t necessarily agree because while leverage is important, I think it overstates the effect it has on a pitcher. But the answer, as usual, is probably somewhere in between
But Jack Morris pitched to the score!!!!1!
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Stop begging the question.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:17 PM CST up reply actions
I think he's only begging the question if he is using it to prove his point
Sounds more like trash talk
You can't show me numbers that show that starters
are worth more than relievers because numbers that show that starters are better than relievers are wrong.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
"The proposition is that relievers (certain ones) are better than starters
The proof is that numbers (ones taking into account leverage) show that relievers are better than starters. If you have numbers to the contrary, they are wrong."
That’s trash talk.
Well,
there’s no mention of numbers including leverage in the post that GB replied to, and even then you’re left with a question of which numbers to pick.
And you yourself think leverage’s effects are overstated. So it could still be a case of “I’m going to choose these particular numbers because they support my premise,” and we’re back into circular-land.
I certainly do believe in leverage
but I don’t think I give as much weight to it as Dan or Parks.
Anyway, it’s not necessarily circular if he has a standard – which is that numbers that don’t take into account leverage (like WAR) shouldn’t be used.
If folks want to use
vanilla counting stats to show that mediocre starters are better than relievers, they will be able to show that. However, let’s face it, all that WAR is for pitchers is a glorified linear combination of 3 statistics, subtracting out a baseline. Of course if you use that you will come to the conclusion that a meh starter is better than a lights out reliever just due to IP.
That will have no bearing on baseball though, and is just the ignorant combining of meaningless numbers, and folks will rightly laugh at your idiotic conclusion based on a faulty premise.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
I'm not saying WAR is the best stat for relievers.
We’re arguing about the premises that the stats are built on, which is a good and necessary thing to do. But if you’re going to act persecuted when somebody wrongly accuses you of being overly pessimistic, then I’m going to point out when you are being overly curmudgeonly.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:56 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, I have no problem
with you pointing out I am overly curmudgeonly. Seems a reasonable thing to point out.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
ab03 did for some reason.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 5:00 PM CST up reply actions
Except I didn't
I just said it was improperly characterized as a logical fallacy.
Link me to where you think I had a problem with you calling him a curmudgeon? Did you even call him a curmudgeon until just now?
Eh...
I’m just happy that someone actually use the phrase correctly instead of the millions of other times where people use it in an almost opposite sense.
Sure, it might be trash talking, but if you read it straight, it’s a great example of begging the question.
I'm sorry I did not spell it out clearly.
I told him to stop begging the question because “assuming that his comment stood on his own”, he would have been saying that there are no numbers that can properly account for a reliever’s worth. I made the assumption that most would understand that the often curmudgeonly DJCahill does not in fact think that it is impossible to value relievers with numbers, but was being overly curmudgeonly in reference to one of his pet peeves, namely, when people lean (too strongly) on WAR to evaluate relievers.
Shall I describe it more for you or would you like me to find you a box?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 5:08 PM CST up reply actions
Ok, really?
You’re going to get mad at my comments? I don’t think you used the phrase correctly and I explained why.
Does it bother you that much?
This vexes me;
I am terribly vexed.
Your insistence on putting this under the microscope and derailing what would have either been an interesting debate on the premises of WAR (for relievers) or a short conversation between two sides with known positions is quite annoying.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 5:14 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I clearly did that
Or you can look down below and see that there is a conversation still going on about WAR for relievers.
This is a thread with subthreads. It happens all the time here on LSB. People dissect random minutia all the time. It’s fun. If you aren’t having fun with it, then don’t respond.
But don’t act like you need a nap over it. I’m not getting mad over anything. I was just fleshing out whether you were misusing the term (I still think you are). I didn’t realize you would take it so personally.
I didn't read any persecution in his thoughts
In general, I think people would benefit from assuming that comments stand on their own. He’s rejecting WAR as a stat used to measure relievers in a somewhat snarky way. Curmudgeonly, sure. But he’s not diverting the conversation to somewhere else.
I reject WAR
as a valid stat to compare starters to relievers, mostly due to fangraphs WAR being a fairly simple minded counting stat, but also due to the lack of accounting for leverage.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
It's also real tough to explain
WAR in terms of lights out relievers, especially if you have to explain Mariano Rivera’s Career .263 BABIP. Unless you just want to tell me he has been lucky for 16 years. Or you want to tell me New York’s defense has been exceptionally good (snicker).
Or Trevor Hoffman’s .266 Career BABIP.
The whole FIP/WAR thing is the kernal of a good idea, grossly oversimplified to the point of stupidity, in my opinion.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
well
there are a number of pitchers that overperform their FIPS consistently. I don’t think it’s an issue of leverage, exclusively, unless you can look to a large number of successful relievers that have success based on low BABIP’s. Those are 2 good examples but I’d like to see more.
Well, small sample
but Neftali Feliz is at .210 now. Rafael Soriano .243. I’m too lazy to look more up, but they aren’t that tough to find.
The central assumption of FIP is that BABIP regresses, If it doesn’t, than FIP can’t possibly tell the whole story, and FIP, and therefore WAR, which is derived from FIP, will undervalue pitchers with low BABIPs and overvalue pitchers with high BABIPs.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
They have Benoit and D.Oliver both at 1.5 last year.
Benoit had better numbers across the board, but had the audacity to lead the league in BABiP. I really don’t understand the reliance on WAR.
Que sera, sera.
Yeah, I don't get it either.
Not sure I get using it for C or 1B much either.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
So after some reading
this seems like an easy fix. Seems that relievers overall have lower BABIP’s, having largely to do with the fact that they just use all their best stuff all the time (all Fastballs or all cut fastballs).
Fix is to regress the BABIP’s to a lower expected BABIP’s than starters.
That being said
Read this
Summary: Any leverage that should be attributed to a reliever is negated by the replacement level being higher for relievers. Obviously fuzzy math but I can dig it
wasn't it you
who posted something about people misinterpreting stats and/or misusing them?
because, you pretty much did that here.
by elvis1isking on Jan 26, 2011 12:18 AM CST up reply actions
Eh.
The proposition is that closers are more valuable than meh starters, and one of the premises is that numbers that say they aren’t are wrong because they say that closers are more valuable than meh starters.
Nice use of the
term in the correct context :).
I wish that people didn’t so misuse the phrase so that it now is considered acceptable to use it in the opposite context.
Before long, we’ll have winners and loosers :p….
Just be careful of the inflammable trolls out there
That you Garoon?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
No
Garoon’s fighting a few stegosauri for the rights to violate JD.
"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
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
"I don't have to watch awful movies to see hot women. " ---Robbie Griffin
I think Req is more Cali, Josh more Ivy
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
But is he for a Dream?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
i would rather have a #2/3 starter than a closer
much higher value.
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:04 PM CST up reply actions
I agree with the Feliz as starter camp
but I will say that there is no guarnatee that Feliz can even be a #3 starter, much less a Pedro Martinez or Cliff Lee.
Go Rice Owls!
only one way to find out...
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:06 PM CST up reply actions
that is true
but there is a cost to trying him out. I don’t think that that cost is sufficiently high enough to justify not trying; but the cost is real.
Go Rice Owls!
there is no guarantee
but all we want is for him to get that shot
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Who said we wouldn't want that?
We would want a good starter more than that.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
go educate yourself
then we’ll talk
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Go fuck yourself.
Then cuddle.
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 3:05 PM CST up reply actions
did you go all HH on us?
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:06 PM CST up reply actions
I've probably been lurking over there too much, yeah.
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 3:07 PM CST up reply actions
HH = hurley hurler
sry
that means getting drunk early in the afternoon then bitching at everyone on LSB for the next 10ish hours…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 Jan 25, 2011 3:10 PM CST up reply actions
What am I bitching about?
I give an opinion and the hive swarms the fuck out of me for it.
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 3:12 PM CST up reply actions
was more about you saying this:
Don’t really give a fuck what the review said.
If Feliz become a slam-the-door-in-their-face closer, why would we not want this for a very long time?
and this:
Go fuck yourself.
Then cuddle.
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:14 PM CST up reply actions
He hasn't done anything wrong.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Ok, maybe the first one was a little harsh.
But the second was a response to bullshit condescension.
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 3:16 PM CST up reply actions
Do you lose track of where you are on the intertubes?
This. Is. Angrydome.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
same here.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 2:57 PM CST up reply actions
the best closer last year, or one of them
Rafael Soriano could hardly get 12M a year for 3 years. Cliff Lee could have gotten 160M over the length of his contract. Which is perceived to have more value in baseball circles – a stud closer or an ace.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
This
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 2:57 PM CST up reply actions
Don't agree with me.
You have a dumb opinion about Feliz’s worth as a closer. I don’t want you associated with me.
Well pardon me for offending your hive-mind sensibilities.
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
Just showing the rest of MLB
we aren’t bankrupt anymore. Look here’s some money…We’ll even give it to you.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
JD feels bad taking so much cash last off season, he felt the Canadians could use some, due to infaltion.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
fuck you tom hicks.
that is all.
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
Who?
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe JD and AA had a bet about how stupid the Angels are.
AA won, JD had to pay up.
by cstorm15 on Jan 25, 2011 3:01 PM CST up reply actions 10 recs
I'm going to giggle to myself the rest of the day thinking about this.
Maybe Tweed Suit will think I’m laughing at him.
.
JD: “Pay up Anthopoulos, I won the bet.”
AA: “Here, one dollar.”
/too obscure?
We need to develop the technology to reanimate the corpse of Kenesaw Mountain Landis and install him as commissioner again. He wouldn't put up with this crap.
by RadicalBender on Jan 25, 2011 3:15 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
"SELL, MORTIMER...SELL!!!"
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 3:17 PM CST up reply actions
I would die if it's FF + $1 for Napoli
by benjihana on Jan 25, 2011 3:18 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Not too obscure.
I posted a Merry New Year picture on New Year’s Day, and it went green.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
Hell no.
Pawnbroker: I’ll give you 50 bucks for it.
Louis Winthorpe III: Fifty bucks? No, no, no. This is a Rouchefoucauld. The thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design, hand-crafted in Switzerland, and water resistant to three atmospheres. This is the sports watch of the ‘80s. Six thousand, nine hundred and fifty five dollars retail!
Pawnbroker: You got a receipt?
Louis Winthorpe III: Look, it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Rome, and Gstaad.
Pawnbroker: In Philadelphia, it’s worth 50 bucks.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:42 PM CST up reply actions
How much for the gun?
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 think what I love most about this move is the flexibility it brings
Our team is now more felixible than a Cirque du Soleil preformer.
Does anybody else think that this increases Scheppers chance
to make the opening day roster?
2010 Texas Rangers: Going where no Rangers team has ever gone
I think Scheppers chance of making the opening day roster
has everything to do with Scheppers and nothing to do with the roster. He’s either lights out in Arizona, or he’s starting in AAA
Go Rice Owls!
Don't encourage him.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Ideally, he left for good.
Why even ask? The guy sucks.
by FuturePants on Jan 25, 2011 3:03 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Don't encourage the incorrigibles.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Running around looking for a phillips screwdriver.
Hi, my name is Josey Wales and I'm a douche. Prove me wrong.
no
Napoli = a smart man’s V-Mart
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Jan 25, 2011 3:03 PM CST up reply actions 12 recs
Ding ding ding we have a winner
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
by RangersSD on Jan 25, 2011 3:04 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Excellent.....
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
Exactly what I said in the last thread......
part time catcher, DH and 1B….for much, much less money……
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Jan 25, 2011 3:04 PM CST up reply actions
Napoli vs VMart
Napoli: .251/.346/.485, .357 wOBA, 12 WAR in 5 seasons
VMart: ..300/.369/.469, .360 wOBA, 28.4 WAR in 8 seasons
VMart has played a lot more games overall, but is also 4 years older.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Yep
bad defense at catcher and lots of stick.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
Considering that is a huge void on this club
I’m good with it.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
And there wasn't exactly a "huge" void at hitting LHP, then, either.
If you call one a huge void, you have to call the other a huge void.
Only if you don't think
Ogando will step up.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
I see options
for power arms with the Rangers. And, honestly, most relievers are all driven by SSS anyway, since they’ll be lucky to pitch 60 IP, so I’m not really sure how likely it is for a guy like Francisco to significantly outpitch a scheppers or whoever.
I don’t see options for a RH bat with the Rangers, and I’m sick to death of spares like Shelton, Garko, and Cantu.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
Relievers are volatile, definitely.
Extremely hard to say what Frankie will do this year.
And for sure we just got killed by LHP last year and Napoli is going to help a ton.
There ya' go, back away from the ledge MD
:)
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I think the void of not having a right-handed bench bat was much bigger than the void we now have at "power set-up arms"
Lowe could be decent enough to eat some high leverage innings, and if Wash and Maddux give Ogando a chance he should be in the mix there too.
And even though neither fits the “power arm” requisite, having Rhodes around will also allow you to let Darren Oliver concentrate on high leverage innings.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Welp
How about I throw this out to other people who might have the same sentiments. Any other candidates that the team should have considered (while keeping Fx2?)
I didn't respond to you, moron.
I never do. The more you talk, the less I want to talk to you. Go harass someone else.
Well, I'm sorry you don't want to talk to me
but again, just because I hit reply doesn’t mean I’m talking to you. Just putting the comment here for the sake of continuity of the conversation. Like I said, I’m throwing this out to other people so don’t take it as me “harassing” you.
Just giving you what you were throwing out at me this morning.
Calm the fuck down before you stroke out about continuity.
It's reasonable to be worried about the bullpen now
As we saw in the playoffs, our bullpen without Frankie isn’t quite as strong.
I've complained about the bullpen last playoffs
but the key thing to remember is that bullpens, more than any other part of the team, will change as the season goes on. By October, probably half the guys there will be folks we aren’t even discussing.
Go Rice Owls!
I just don't see how
people are so worried about using Oliver, O’Day, Rhodes, Ogando, and Lowe to get through the 7th and 8th innings.
That’s 5 options before even getting to a guy like Scheppers, and none of them are bad.
We clearly shifted worry from one place to another
as happens with any trade (though usually trades time shift worry and here the worry only shifts positions).
Anyway, I’m happy with the shift. We have depth at one area and no candidates in the other. I’ll take that trade (especially at essentially even money)
Yeah, the trade isn't without downside, I don't think anyone is going to claim that.
It’s just that the upside is bigger.
I would much rather count on bullpen production than offensive production
Just in general and especially with this team.
I think counting on bullpen production
is a dicey thing, because, year to year you will see relievers have pretty huge swings in effectiveness. Mostly because one bad week can really sink a relievers numbers.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
Then that cuts both ways
I’m not sure Frankie was such a sure thing this year anyway. I’m not a fan of back problems that endlessly sideline someone. He very well might be but he would also be a wild card.
We brought in another wild card (with probably less upside) in Arthur Rhodes and we have some internal options. I think that’s a worthy gamble.
I never feel good about bullpens.
I think if you have a team, and its strength is its bullpen, you have a team with no strength. Even good relievers, like Frankie, can blow up so bad they lose their closer job.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
And we moved from an area
where we had in house options (scheppers, ogando, even old man Rhodes) to an area we really didn’t have any. Our options for a RH bat were pretty much trade, or get another player off the waiver wire scrap heap.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
I'm not sure we were really "deep" in the first place.
I like this trade, and I like Napoli, but I am a bit worried about the bullpen.
PTDsports.com
okay. offseason done.
can we please, please sign Jon Daniels long-term.
It’s time.
"what I have learned in 11 years in the sports business is that the dumbest guys in the room are always the media guys." - mark cuban
by Longhorn on Jan 25, 2011 3:06 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Heh. I forgot that they are in negotiations
This is basically the equivalent of Josh Hamilton having a 2 HR game on the eve of his contract negotiations.
JD pretty much said “I spit hot fire. Pay me.”
xx
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:16 PM CST up reply actions
Good job
Your GM has a brain. I’m gonna miss Naps. Congratulations you bastards
"Don't turn the channel, ... no matter what the score is." -David Eckstein
by princeton11loveshalos on Jan 25, 2011 3:08 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Let me be the first to say
Thank you and fuck off
Don't be a dick.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Being a dick would be going over to HH and posting shit like the above
It only seems innocuous
How is what he posted "shit"?
Sounds like he’s saying “good move Rangers” and adding “you bastards” as a humorous jibe. Why take offense at that?
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
'Shit' is generally interchangeable with 'stuff' the way I use it
I said ‘Thank you’ and added ‘and fuck off’ as a humorous jibe.
I think you are taking this too seriously.
The First
And hopefully, the last
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
sry officer loblaw i cant resist/wait for you to get here...
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
same to you man
i prefer the ebola virus
"Don't turn the channel, ... no matter what the score is." -David Eckstein
by princeton11loveshalos on Jan 25, 2011 3:13 PM CST up reply actions
congratulating you guys
you actually got a great player. I’m pissed he was traded. I’m angry he’s with the Rangers. He is one of my favorite players since I met his family at Yankees Stadium. Enjoy watching him because I did.
"Don't turn the channel, ... no matter what the score is." -David Eckstein
by princeton11loveshalos on Jan 25, 2011 3:18 PM CST up reply actions
That's nice of you.
I still hate the motherfucking Angels of Anaheim, Orange County, Los Angeles, California.
I don't think it's worth being a jerk
to Angels fans who aren’t the assholes of Rev-standard.
But yeah, fuck the Angels.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
I'm not being a jerk to that guy at all.
I just wondered what he was doing here if he hated the Rangers so much. I haven’t been rude, angry, or used bad language with princetonwhatever. I just said I hate the Angels and wish they would all die, which is kind of true.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
I’m fine with visitors from division rival fans, as long as they’re not inciting anger.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Well you keep your friends close
and your enemies closer. I always try to keep up with whats going on with the division. Just congratulating you guys. I’ve seen Naps since he was in single A ball.
"Don't turn the channel, ... no matter what the score is." -David Eckstein
by princeton11loveshalos on Jan 25, 2011 3:26 PM CST up reply actions
is this the first angels fan who has come over here and not trolled?
im kind of in shock…
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:27 PM CST up reply actions
Definitely not.
We have a tendency to chase away Angels fans, troll or not.
The stupid illiterate assholes who show up should be ridden out on a rail, but a few of the others I don’t really think deserve scorn.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Ya, this guy is being cool/not trolling
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
i came over here during the ALCS
I even rooted for the Rangers during the ALCS. I went to Yankees stadium for Game 5. That was probably one of my favorite games during the post season.
"Don't turn the channel, ... no matter what the score is." -David Eckstein
by princeton11loveshalos on Jan 25, 2011 3:29 PM CST up reply actions
You can stay. Hopefully.
Every site has some jerkatrons though.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
*jirkatrons
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
you're username sucks
"JD is a fucking ninja," Aquaman, esq, 25 January 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 3:31 PM CST up reply actions
Your usage sucks.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Ironic.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
You are usage?
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
He's an English major.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
My greatest fear is to one day screw up usage.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
was*
let’s clarify that I am not in college anymore
"JD is a fucking ninja," Aquaman, esq, 25 January 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 3:36 PM CST up reply actions
I guess I should have said has an English degree.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
i love messing up my grammar
you misspelled you’re and grammar on purpose, yeah?
"JD is a fucking ninja," Aquaman, esq, 25 January 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 3:37 PM CST up reply actions
Otay
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
hey man
I was an overexcited freshman. kind of redundant
"Don't turn the channel, ... no matter what the score is." -David Eckstein
by princeton11loveshalos on Jan 25, 2011 3:45 PM CST up reply actions
They'll change that for you.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
you are clearly an endangered species.
angels fan who is on HH but doesnt troll over here
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:31 PM CST up reply actions
Cool Angel fans are an endangered species period.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Well played TxSt well played.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I keep thinking I spelled his name wrong...
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Good reference.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
see
you don’t really want to be an Angels fan, do you? Rooting for us against the Yankees? That’s not very committed. I certainly always root for the Angels to lose before anyone else.
I think you should serious consider joining the Cult of JD. Our players are more fun and better, our blogs are better
Go Rice Owls!
Wasn't game 5
The disaster where we singled CC to death but CJ imploded and didn’t even pitch 5?
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
Wilson did go 5
but he also imploded. 6 runs 5 earned on 6 hits, 4 walks, 2 k’s and 2 homers in 5 innings.
Sabathia went 6, giving up 11 hits, 2 runs, and one homer.
9 of the 11 hits Sabathia gave up were singles, as Cruz doubled and Treanor Homered both off Sabathia. We were 1 for 9 with RISP and left 8 on base, though we stole two bases, and grounded into two double plays.
Andrus got picked off, but that was later, by Wood.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
I hate the Angels much as anyone, probably more
But this seems a little HH-esque.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
simma, hot rod
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
He's not you
Don’t you think it would be a bit creepy if he only did things if you did them and/or approved of them?
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
I prefer suicide by home run.
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
by hornedfrogs45 on Jan 25, 2011 3:15 PM CST up reply actions
Warning there is a pic of Horse Face Lackey in there.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Also an arreola slip
in #4
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:10 PM CST up reply actions
I had heard that was his mother.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
that is his mother
"Don't turn the channel, ... no matter what the score is." -David Eckstein
by princeton11loveshalos on Jan 25, 2011 3:11 PM CST up reply actions
Not a bad piece
She must have had him young….
I still would…
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:13 PM CST up reply actions
Maybe he can send AJM that bobble-head doll
by cstorm15 on Jan 25, 2011 3:10 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
It would show up in a giant box marked Fragile
AJM: “It must be Italian.”
Hobson, did you see that?
Yes.
She stole that tie! It's the perfect crime. Girls don't wear ties; although some do. It's not a perfect crime, but it's a good crime.
Yes. If she murdered the tie it would be the perfect crime.
Trade
This looks like to me like a solid deal for both teams.
The Rangers get the righthanded bat we needed by trading from a position of depth.
The Jays get a guy who may end up being their closer, for a guy they basically got for free last week. Plus they may get a first round pick in the 2012 draft out of it.
I thought Napoli was a good fit for the Rangers, but hoped we could deal something not on the major league roster for him and I worry about not having Francisco in the bullpen. Still, it’s a solid deal.
So, I think we're in agreeance.
Chuck Greenberg > Arturo Moreno
Jon Daniels > Tony Reagins
Ron Washington > Mike Scioscia
Ranges > Angels
2010 Texas Rangers: Going where no Rangers team has ever gone
by jdh90 on Jan 25, 2011 3:10 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
He will always have that sick strike out of Marcus Thames
in a situation he had no business being in. Still pretty sick.
I bought Clay Rapada's WS Jersey at FanFest
For $100
Now its worthless…
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:16 PM CST up reply actions
what jerseys did you buy?
wish i had gotten a spare’s jersey :(
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:17 PM CST up reply actions
Rapada Alternate Blue with a WS Patch.
It was that or Garko, Cora (which didn’t fit), or Bengie dress (all without WS patches) for $100. I figured Rapada was the most spare of all of them.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:21 PM CST up reply actions
this is true
that said, its an awesome buy. i am 99% sure i am going to fan fest next year just to buy one of these…
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:22 PM CST up reply actions
Game used, I assume.
I bought a game used Brad Wilkerson bat at last year’s Fan Fest because it was the cheapest one there ($25). Yeah, it is a Brad Wilkerson bat, but it was game used.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
man i was convinced wilkerson was gonna be HUGE for this team :(
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:31 PM CST up reply actions
you weren't the only one
He hit two bombs in that spring training game at the ballpark vs. the Brewers (I think or maybe Marlins) and I just knew he’d be great here.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:32 PM CST up reply actions
man i was convinced wilkerson was gonna be HUGE for this team :(
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:31 PM CST up reply actions
He wore it during a game
But he wasn’t on the roster so is it technically Game Used? I also picked up a Joaquin Arias Bat for $25.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:38 PM CST up reply actions
You actually paid for something Arias touched?
I’ve got some oceanfront property in Colorado I’d like to interest you in.
"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
Could be
/California and other states slides into the ocean
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Bought it as a bit.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:22 PM CST up reply actions
Game used?
I bet it’s really clean since it probably never actually hit a ball.
The scouting report on Salty is that he’s a pampered, curly-haired motherfuck who didn’t earn his stripes. He has trouble throwing the ball back to the pitcher, claims to be a switch-hitter and is piss-poor in the clutch.
Have fun!
by oc on Jul 31, 2010 4:17 PM CDT
Nah its cracked
He probably broke it grounded out weakly to 2nd…..in BP.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 5:10 PM CST up reply actions
It really is quite pristine.
It just has a small nick in it and a few black scuff marks.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
put that shit on ebay
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Nah
I’ll wear it to O’s games. I’ll be that guy.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:43 PM CST up reply actions
Our enemies being sad is very important.
by philkid3 on Jan 25, 2011 3:17 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Doesn't like it for us or for them?
Really, they shouldn’t care about the ML in 2011
by ab03 on Jan 25, 2011 3:19 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
I laughed.
Then I realized that you weren’t kidding.
Then I realized that you’re probably right.
Then I laughed again.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
how does this not have more rec's?
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:20 PM CST up reply actions
If that's the case, then where's the report on what Athletics Nation is saying?
The stock that some here put into the opinions of the people over at LOL is astounding. They could be happy about it for all I care. I don’t need those clowns to validate my own happiness over the trade.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 25, 2011 3:23 PM CST up reply actions
only person i care about over there is jeff
and that is mostly because spouts comedic gold.
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:25 PM CST up reply actions
They don't validate my happiness, they make me happier.
And I don’t have nearly the hatred of the Athletics or their fans.
Dirkatron must have a brother who's an M's fan
This is hilarious.
Is Alex A just trying to burn bridges in Anaheim? First he rapes them in a trade, then he trades one of his rape-pieces to a division rival. That’s a lot of rape for one week.
by Johnny Slick on Jan 25, 2011 1:18 PM PST reply actions
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
by LSJ on Jan 25, 2011 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
got to be his twin
or his sock pupper…
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:25 PM CST up reply actions
And you saw that comment got a Matthew smackdown, right?
Hilarious.
"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
he deleted it i assume
fwiw, i rec’d twin-a-tron’s comment…
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:42 PM CST up reply actions
link?
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:39 PM CST up reply actions
*gasp*
It’s been deleted! I am LOL right now.
It said “Please refrain from comments linking Josh Lueke to rape. Even joklingly made, they are not needed.”
Damn I wish I hadn’t closed that tab.
"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
WHAT THE FUCK
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
what a tool
i am tempted to say that below twinatron’s comment (i am a member at LOL).
should i do it or no LSB?
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:42 PM CST up reply actions
I didn't capture the Matthewing, but got the Lueke
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 3:46 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Yep, that's the post that Matthew responded to and deleted.
The post by “morrow.”
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
This isn't even close to the multiple (funny) Adenhart jokes
LL has cooked up.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
There is nothing funny about deaths caused by drunk driving.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Everything is funny, providing the exaggeration is right or well timed.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
What if a tiny car full of mimes gets hit by
a circus truck full of drunk clowns?
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
by Flynnyrd on Jan 25, 2011 3:52 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Unless they are being crushed to death by drunken clowns.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
I've never hated Matthew more than I do right now.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
by LSJ on Jan 25, 2011 3:47 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I wonder if he went to every story about it and asked them to please refrain from linking Josh Lueke to rape.
Maybe he can email the girl and ask her to refrain.
looks like matthew deleted 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 Jan 25, 2011 3:41 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah I'm not seeing anything from him.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
His own post, not the rapey one.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
OH-- the post that got deleted said that Leuke approves of the trade.
It was right after the rapey one.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
It's hilarious
that so much of their humour is dark and often politically-incorrect, yet that comment gets culled.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
I didn't realize Josh Leuke had a LL account
Go Rice Owls!
by JBImaknee on Jan 25, 2011 3:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
.
Evan_P_Grant Rangers will send less than $1 million to Toronto, meaning total added expense for Napoli (minus Francisco’s salary) will be about $2 mm.
Great movie
A million is a dollar to these guys though
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
I can live with this.
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 3:19 PM CST up reply actions
from halos heaven
Napoli batting regularly in Arlington will be the biggest explosion in the American Southwest since Robert Oppenheimer tested the Manahttan Project.
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 25, 2011 3:20 PM CST reply actions
hm. i like it but let's not get carried away.
And Francisco is a valuable piece of the bullpen, but the Rangers are pretty deep in relief arms that can contribute right now.
8th innings back in september/october might want to weigh in on that statement
Ogando should have been used properly
Wash is an idiot.
the rest of the ’pen just seemed worn out
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
x
"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 Jan 25, 2011 3:24 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
The Destroyer From Easter Island
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Jan 25, 2011 4:22 PM CST up reply actions
X
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Jan 25, 2011 4:25 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Holy shit.
Jesus was my closer till he blew the save.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 25, 2011 4:41 PM CST up reply actions
And we have a new nickname
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I thought that was his nickname already?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Yeah, me and I think boomer came up with that one last year
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
You are hardly the only person that saw the Easter Island thing.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Nah, but I think I was among the first to throw it out there
Not that it matters.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
I got it from someone last year
I don’t remember who…
poor bastard looks just like it…
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Jan 25, 2011 5:02 PM CST up reply actions
Where have you been that you haven't seen this comparison before?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I don't know, but now I want to go plow through a crowd of bicyclers for not knowing
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
or throw a chair at them
"A fanatic is one who cannot change his mind and will not change the subject."
Winston Churchill
"I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."
Dock Ellis
interesting
bengie – angels to jays to giants to rangers
napoli – angels to jays to rangers
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
didn't o'day take the same path with the mets?
or am i off base
by jonathan rigby on Jan 25, 2011 3:29 PM CST up reply actions
WOW
I bet the Angels weren’t expecting that. Now that’s a 1B/C. What else is there left to fix? We are stil fine in the bullpen without Frankie I think.
I hate this trade...
Only because this hasn’t arrived in the mail yet….
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:27 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Heh
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Good thing they never had Salty.
Those numbers are way too big to fit his name on there.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
No crap.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Something doesn't fit with this post...
Jesus. Rangers fans are some pretty vile people.
I’m never going to their board again. I literally got stupider reading a few comments about the trade.
W6G — Unless there’s a good trade on the table.
by RexTookMyStash on Jan 25, 2011 3:15 PM CST reply actions
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
i saw that.....at least we don't have their GM
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
LOL
I’m going to have a great laugh
When Toronto trades Napoli and/or Rivera and gets an better return than the Stooges did…..
by mustard_man on Jan 25, 2011 9:48 AM EST
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
X
i saw that…..at least we’re not Angels fans
2010 Texas Rangers: Going where no Rangers team has ever gone
He was upset about LL being joyous about the trade as well.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
when did he come over here?
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:32 PM CST up reply actions
also, this includes convos about the rangers bullpen, 1b/DH/C situation, etc
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:32 PM CST up reply actions
I'm going to take that first line as a compliment
I’ve always wanted to be referred to as “vile”.
I’m going to pretend he typed it in a British accent too.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
I prefer wretched
I was called Vile Kyle as a youth
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
He must have read the baby rape jokes in the AM thread
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
Wait, there were baby rapes in the AM thread?
I must investigate this.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Yeah...
Those were pretty vile.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I almost posted another one that was worse
but I decided that would be taking it a little far.
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
GOSH GOSH GOSH GOSH GOSH GOSH GOSH GOSH GOSH GOSH GOSH
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
It involved pelvis cracking
I didn’t come up with it…I will refrain
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
This morning's AM thread?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Ya it was bad.
They used the Family Guy clip with the babies and prom. SO wrong.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Dammit...gonna have to go read it.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Too bad it doesn't pay....
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I think it got deleted.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I admit I laughed at the first joke
but, yeah, probably too far.
"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
I thought my Drano comment was funny, no one else did :(
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
My "High School Dumpster Baby," post
wasn’t nearly as edgy as the joke that followed
"A fanatic is one who cannot change his mind and will not change the subject."
Winston Churchill
"I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."
Dock Ellis
Teaser: The last couple days I've been working on rough draft projection for the season.
I cannot wait to put Napoli in.
PA is going to be a problem for the projections,
but oh holy wow am I excited.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:33 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah
I would do both. I can see the Rangers doing what Adam is saying. I can also see the Rangers going Napoli full time.
At the expense of Young or Moreland?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
He's been pretty silent about Young backing up any of the infielders.
At least from what I recall.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Well he knows they are the ones that need to back Young up, cause of all the balls going past him
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
by RangersSD on Jan 25, 2011 3:40 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Wash
Listed positions MY would play, and SS wasn’t on the list. He expected him to get time at 2B, 3B and 1B
I remember that, but I'm not sure what to make of it.
Would seem strange to carry Blanco just to backup one position.
well, the great thing is
is that if Napoli comes in and just isn’t very good against righties, then he doesn’t have to play. If he does, then play him all the time and simply platoon Young or have Napoli catch more.
As a result, this trade gives the offense flexibility to use the lineup that seems to be working. That’ll drive some people here nuts with Wash basing decisions off of SSS, but whatever. There isn’t necessarily a right answer with the sorts of platoon issues, so going what the small samples say is better than nothing.
Go Rice Owls!
I'm going to specifically ask for input on PAs.
That’s where the most tinkering will happen, and I’d like it to reflect community input a bit.
community poll?
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:45 PM CST up reply actions
After the Toronto-LA trade:
Anthopoulos: You look like an idiot, you know.
Reagins: You would look better trading Napoli, right?
Anthopoulos: Every trade I can think of involving him does.
by Closure GT on Jan 25, 2011 3:36 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I leave the computer for a couple of hours and we lose Frank Frank?
:(
I like what we’re getting tho.
FUCK YEH!!!!
Don't cry for Bengie Molina, he'll be fine. Cry for the 2 guys that used to re-stock the buffet table that the Rangers had to let go.
by BigGuns on Jan 25, 2011 3:38 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
look and weep Angels fans, that's really all you can do.
Don't cry for Bengie Molina, he'll be fine. Cry for the 2 guys that used to re-stock the buffet table that the Rangers had to let go.
Aloha Scoop a loop!
Don't cry for Bengie Molina, he'll be fine. Cry for the 2 guys that used to re-stock the buffet table that the Rangers had to let go.
Oahu, Honolulu
Don't cry for Bengie Molina, he'll be fine. Cry for the 2 guys that used to re-stock the buffet table that the Rangers had to let go.
Yeah man, it's been awhile.
Looks like you came back at a good time.
by lost in space on Jan 25, 2011 4:11 PM CST up reply actions
I'll say!!!
Don't cry for Bengie Molina, he'll be fine. Cry for the 2 guys that used to re-stock the buffet table that the Rangers had to let go.
You been on vacation?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
yeh just getting back from Hawaii.....love this trade!!
Angels fans not so much…
ohhh God kill me now please!!! theres no words to say right now but that.
by sunsforlife34
Don't cry for Bengie Molina, he'll be fine. Cry for the 2 guys that used to re-stock the buffet table that the Rangers had to let go.
I woke up to snow on the ground, then it promptly melted.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
ihateyou
only because i would rather be in hawaii than ark…
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:55 PM CST up reply actions
So you're
the anti-Cliff Lee?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:09 PM CST up reply actions
I may be slow, but I just realized something.
Didn’t the Angels need to sign a closer this offseason?
they got downs
who is not a closer but could be in a pinch
by jonathan rigby on Jan 25, 2011 3:40 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
They got downs....
They sure fucking did.
Retards.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
My daughter has Downs Syndrome.
I have to ask that you refrain from making jokes at the expense of her, and those like her.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
Just kiddin.
I don’t have a daughter.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
by Flynnyrd on Jan 25, 2011 3:45 PM CST up reply actions 8 recs
Ass
I felt really bad for 30 seconds. Trying to think of an internet apology that would be worthy…
Fuck you.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:46 PM CST up reply actions
Dude, you posted this too quick.
You should have let him squirm for a little first.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
ME, I like you as a poster. You bring a lot of good things to the table.
This post is not one of them.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
just flag it for delete?
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:47 PM CST up reply actions
Now all your children will be born retarded.
"It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard."
- Nolan Ryan
Only if they are conceived in fucked up positions.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 3:49 PM CST up reply actions
You have a strange sense of humor sir...
carry on.
by lost in space on Jan 25, 2011 3:49 PM CST up reply actions
What a strange comment.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Probably better for positional flexibility
No, def. better.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Better
Flexibility. RH Bat. Etc
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 25, 2011 3:44 PM CST up reply actions
Are we counting cost?
Or just player fit?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 3:54 PM CST up reply actions
Thome is a better overall hitter
and I would have loved to see him on the team. But against LHP, which was the need for this team:
Thome career vs L: .335 wOBA | 99 wRC+
Napoli career vs L: .397 wOBA | 145 wRC+
Throw in the positional flexibility and it seems pretty obvious how good of a fit Napoli is.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:01 PM CST up reply actions
So, is there any reason
for Moreland to play against lefties? I assume you definitely want Napoli against all lefty starters.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
Yep.
I think we have a definite platoon situation at 1B. Can’t see any reason you wouldn’t. That makes 1B look pretty darn productive, given Moreland just facing RHs.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
That makes Young the third option at 1b too
Damn we have a flexible lineup. The only thing that would make it better is if we had room to carry both a backup MI and a backup CF.
You mean like Blanco and Hamilton
ok… it looks like our position players going into spring training are:
C: Yorvit
1b: Moreland
2b: Kinsler
3b: Beltre
SS: Elvis
LF: Hamilton
CF: Borbon
RF: Cruz
DH: Young
our bench will have Treanor, Blanco, Napoli, and Murphy. And we’ll run with 12 pitchers.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
You might as well characterize it as the Righty lineup
with Murphy and Napoli coming in against lefties
I bet Napoli sees a decent amount of time against RHP
His career OPS against RHP (795) is 100 points better than either Yorvit or Treanor. he had trouble against them last year so we should be leery and not give him too much time but Napoli should not be a strictly platoon player.
I bet he gets some time
but if he is that bad as a catcher, I don’t think he sees too much time at that position
.279 wOBA to .416?
Yeah, that may just be a winning idea there…
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Not really if you want the best production
I ’spose they need to see how he hits them eventually, but not now.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Yeah, now isn't the time to do that.
Not when you’re defending AL Champs and looking to finish what you started in 2010.
2010 Texas Rangers: Going where no Rangers team has ever gone
even in a strict platoon
he’ll get some at bats against lefties……
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
If Young happens to be playing the field against a lefty, then you might want Moreland instead of Murphy
But it would make sense for Beltre, Andrus, and Kinsler to only get rest against RHP so they can use both Moreland and Murphy in the lineup.
So let's get this straight
The Angels were dubbed the favorites for Adrian Beltre and Carl Crawford.
One went to the team that dominated their division and the other to Boston.
The Angels then traded their leading HR hitter from 2010 and Juan Rivera to Toronto for Vernon Wells and his contract.
THEN the Blue Jays trade Napoli to Texas.
So the Angels leading HR hitter is now a Ranger as well as the player the coveted during the offseason.
Everything’s coming up Milhouse today!
by mizzou918 on Jan 25, 2011 3:45 PM CST reply actions 7 recs
As long as the ticket prices don't go up.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
We'll have tons of money coming off the books after 2012!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
it's been a long day...someone help me out here
why all of the “hell yea…we screwed over the Angels”? or that we one-upped them or something?
yea the Wells trade was definitely questionable, but they made the trade they wanted to make. now we traded for one of their former players. what’s the big deal?
if OAK traded a good player for Salty would they be saying they screwed up over?
Napoli was a fan favorite and now he's a Ranger
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I imagine that the Angels would not have made a "win-now" trade by acquiring Wells
only to have their competition for the division get better by trading for the very player they gave up to get him.
Go Rice Owls!
And how much will Reagins' replacement hate AA?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
i dont see this logic
or maybe the logic doesnt see me. but the Angels did what they wanted to do. he’s not even an everyday player. they got a guy who THEY think is real good in Wells. what happens after that should be of no concern b/c they got their guy.
Seattle will be saying the same to us when/if Smoak turns into what most said he would.
I think the whole "don't trade within your division" concept is a tad overblown
but when a team is making a move to try to improve their odds of winning “this year” it doesn’t make much sense to make the team you are trying to catch up with equally better. The Smoak/Lee deal is entirely different, because the Rangers were giving the M’s some wins in the future for Lee’s wins in the present. The M’s weren’t competing in 2010 and the Rangers were.
Go Rice Owls!
Teams do what they want to do all the time.
And often what they want to do is bad.
And when that happens, it’s hilarious.
Also, while Seattle can, should and will say that, we got Cliff Lee. Not an overpaid player who’s sucked more often than not the last half decade.
You're putting a lot of stock into their opinion.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
napoli >>>>> salty
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:51 PM CST up reply actions
you used salty as an exapmle
people wouldnt give a damn b/c salty is not good.
napoli is good. its a combo of getting a good player, unnatural LSB hate for 2frank, rubbing salt in the angles wound, bringin up the wells trade again, etc
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:56 PM CST up reply actions
It's more like if we got rid of Kinsler in an awful trade, and then the A's got Kinsler in a solid trade as a result.
That would suck and they would have hurt us pretty badly.
But, we don’t hate the A’s as much.
no i see it...
idk, long day like i said. too much computering.
i just hope he rakes like Vlad did against them.
The big deal is. . .
They spent a ton of money to get marginally better, if better at all. We then used their awful trade to likely get at least marginally better.
That's like comparing Josh Hamilton to Julio Borbon
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Only similarities between Hamilton and Borbon is they are left handed, can play CF and play for the Rangers.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
so let me get this straight
the blue jays actually got paid one million to not have to pay vernon’s contract, received frank francisco, and a wells clone that makes 18 million less per year.
Even they look like they could have a pretty good lineup this year if DLee and Reynolds rebound.
Their rotation though, no bueno.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Don't forget Rapada
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
They have one pretty good kid in there though.
What’s his name? Matsuz? Other than that, yeah, rotation=shit
"Now batting, number 32, Clutch Clutchilton."
I have an ongoing love affair with Tom Wandell, but it's not gay at all, trust me
by The Hutch on Jan 25, 2011 5:23 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Yes
Brian Matusz
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 5:32 PM CST up reply actions
but the wild card
will come from the Central this year :)
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
Tony Reagins is not smart.
"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
They are turning on Poopface
the “Collusion of One” that defines the Angels front office is willfully ignoring every right, obvious and good move they can make in order to draw a line in the sand over player compensation and playing time
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
attaboy Pee Wee!
Don't cry for Bengie Molina, he'll be fine. Cry for the 2 guys that used to re-stock the buffet table that the Rangers had to let go.
who?
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 Jan 25, 2011 3:56 PM CST up reply actions
What a strange comment
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I am sure that he has had plenty of personal experience to back up that statement.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
Wait, I thought he was a creationist?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:06 PM CST up reply actions
This is weird...
Ben Morris doesn’t wear tweed.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Jan 25, 2011 4:29 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
LMFAO
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Am I right in recalling that this is an anthropology class?
If so, I hope he got a professorial smackdown since they are many thing but useless is not one of them.
This is what I'm rooting for.
Arlington, TX
Vernon Wells playing in his hometown against his best friend’s team. Adrian Beltre hits a flyball to center field and Torii Hunter and Wells collide and the ball drops.
Napoli scores the winning run and Kinsler streams out of the dugout to tell the Angels to get off our field.
Elsewhere, Carl Crawford and Juan Rivera hit Walk-off homers for their respective teams.
by mizzou918 on Jan 25, 2011 3:54 PM CST reply actions 4 recs
Max
Why are you trying to reason with the fans on the Texas Rangers facebook page?
You know they don’t read the comments, right?
2010 Texas Rangers: Going where no Rangers team has ever gone
I don't know.
I get suckered into it like half the people on here do with Josey.
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
NO ONE OBSESSES OVER THE RANGERS
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Our thumbs were allowed to leave our asses.
"The world would truly be a better place if you didn’t exsist. You should just lean over the plate and take one for the team, run into oncoming traffic or something." -S l c Ranger HE MAD! The internet is serious business.
by TooLegitToQuit on Jan 25, 2011 3:58 PM CST up reply actions
New thread soon?
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
this is quite exciting!
Don't cry for Bengie Molina, he'll be fine. Cry for the 2 guys that used to re-stock the buffet table that the Rangers had to let go.
by BigGuns on Jan 25, 2011 3:57 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
O_O
"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
Probably about what she would have said.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
It's like looking into a mirror
Please check out the charity that I run, Fort Worth Music Outreach@ www.fortworthmusicoutreach.org
Hahahahahahahaha
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
In retrospect
that was too easy a set up. Well done.
Please check out the charity that I run, Fort Worth Music Outreach@ www.fortworthmusicoutreach.org
You have a black bikini on?
"I was brought up in Florida, so there isn't much difference between playing there and playing here. The climax are about the same."
-Mickey Rivers on playing in Texas
no WAY
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 25, 2011 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
I like this.
This leaves FX2’s old spot in the bullpen up for grabs.
Scheppers needs to run with this.
"The world would truly be a better place if you didn’t exsist. You should just lean over the plate and take one for the team, run into oncoming traffic or something." -S l c Ranger HE MAD! The internet is serious business.
Ogando will get it.
But, this is Scheppers chance to maybe take Ogando’s old spot. Let’s hope he dominates Spring Training.
"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
Perfect move, roster is set, please Brandon Webb be healthy and great
Bullpen is still legit: Kirkman/Harrison/Nip Nip, Oday, Lowe, Ogando, Oliver, Rhodes, Feliz. Bench is solid and versatile with Napoli able to play first or catch and young able to move around the infield wherever he is needed. Im interested to see Wash manage this thing
He in Asia
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Nip Nip?
Isn’t he playing in Korea this year?
"The world would truly be a better place if you didn’t exsist. You should just lean over the plate and take one for the team, run into oncoming traffic or something." -S l c Ranger HE MAD! The internet is serious business.
by TooLegitToQuit on Jan 25, 2011 4:00 PM CST up reply actions
knockout king in
3…2…1….
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:05 PM CST up reply actions
56 games, k/9 over 10, FIP of 3.12
those guys grow on trees!
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:06 PM CST up reply actions
dont get mad at me...get mad at him! haha
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:08 PM CST up reply actions
hmm
career k/9 is 10.01 (10.4 last year)
career FIP is 3.56 (last year was 3.12)
has averaged 56 games over the last 4 seasons, and 46 over his career (which includes 8 in 2006)
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
lol
august:
7 games, 6 IP, 1.16 WHIP, 7.5 k/9, 3.00 era
july:
12 games, 11 IP, 1.11 WHIP, 7.7 k/9, 3.09 era
june:
13 games, 12.2 IP, 0.94 WHIP, 12.8 k/9, 4.26 ERA
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:15 PM CST up reply actions
clearly the blue jays should DFA him
he never ws any good…
/idiots on LSB
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
it is how people have acted on LSB for the last 2-3 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 Jan 25, 2011 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
So you are on the record as disagreeing with the trade?
I don’t hate FrankFrank. I think he was a good bullpen arm but I think we need Napoli more plus we have Napoli for 2 more years while FrankFrank would be gone after this season.
i am on record in both this thread and the other thread saying i am not a HUGE fan of it.
to rehash my views:
worried about ogando/feliz/o’day/oliver/rhodes all holding up this year
worried about scheppers making it to MLB
worried about having no real “back of the pen” guys if feliz goes down
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:22 PM CST up reply actions
Ok
but there’s something wrong if you have that many worries and you are relying on Fx2 to assuage all of them. He’s only one guy.
We essentially subbed out Frankie for Rhodes, right? And obviously, I like Frankie next year a lot better than Rhodes but it isn’t like we have Frankie for nothing. So then you have to compare Frankie’s expected value for Rhodes, taking into consideration playing time, potential for injury, breakdown – everything.
Given that, I’m not sure it’s such a huge loss. The bullpen could be very bad but then most likely it was going to be bad with or without Frankie.
imho
potential for injury = wash (rhodes is 41!!!)
expected value for healthy 2frank is higher than expected value for rhodes imho…
imho 2frank is seriously underrated by LSB
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
uh oh...no going back from that
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
2frank vs Rhodes
2frank has a higher k/9 (10 vs 8.8
bb/9 is basically even (3.9 vs 4.0)
2frank has a better ERA+ (109 vs 123)
2frank has a lower WHIP (1.285 vs 1.30.)
rhodes has a lower career xFIP (3.68 vs 3.96)
2frank has a lower career FIP (3.56 vs 3.78)
2frank has a higher career LOB% (74.1 vs 72.1)
tERA is basically the same (3.45 for rhodes, 3.47 for 2frank)
and at the end of the day one pitcher is 12 years younger than the other.
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:39 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, but we're talking about both being healthy
If both are healthy, they are pretty much the same.
underrating 2Frank is no reason
not to like the trade.
It is possible for a deal that involves trading a good reliever for a good bat that fills an obvious hole on the club to be ok.
Yes, LSB has underrated FF. That doesn’t mean you swing the other way and cast doom and gloom on the bullpen now that he’s gone.
by elvis1isking on Jan 25, 2011 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
i dont like the trade because it weakens the back of the bullpen.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Jan 25, 2011 4:40 PM CST up reply actions
i think we see very very little of him at C this year
depth at 1B, yes.
righty bat, yes
depth at DH, yes (i said above i thought he would get the most PAs of any ranger at DH this year)
that said, just because i dont agree with the overwhelming # of those on LSB that doesnt mean my viewpoint has zero merit.
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:44 PM CST up reply actions
Your viewpoint has zero merit.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
*tear*
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
What you need to do
Is sign your viewpoint up for the boyscouts, see.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
lol
I see your point, but just don’t think it’s that huge of deal. And, Rhodes has a better health record, I think FX2’s health record had to figure into his availability.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
HE IS 42!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:50 PM CST up reply actions
and he missed all of 2007
with injury.
that being said, he might still be a better health risk than Franky.
last 3 years, 61 games, 66 games, and 70 games
but….
Franky missed all of 2005 and most of 2006 with injury and has yet to pitch in as many as 60 games (in the majors).
also, Franky’s 3.12 FIP represents a career low, Rhodes had a FIP of 3.21 in 2009 and 2.23 in 2008 between 2 teams. and even better going back to his mariner days. (1.94 FIP in 2002, 2.14 in 2001)
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Yup, it's valid to think the Rangers bullpen got weaker without FF
but the Rangers had options and were prepared to replace him. They had no internal options for what Napoli brings.
ok
70 games, k/9 over 9, FIP of 2.96
64 games, K/9 > 9, FIP of 2.64
72 games, FIP of 3.5
44 games, K/9 > 8 FIP 3.05
no, we didn’t have any other players k more then 10 per 9, but….. Francisco’s 3.12 FIP was 5th in the pen behind the following other bullpen pitchers:
Oliver, Kirkman, Feliz, Ogando.
Not to mention that Arthur Rhodes had a FIP of 3.24 for the Reds last year in 70 games.
but nah…. not important.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
you are totally right, those guys are a dime a dozen!!!
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 Jan 25, 2011 11:35 PM CST up reply actions
It would be nice if we signed a couple of LAIEs
but I’m pretty happy with the roster as is.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 25, 2011 4:19 PM CST up reply actions
xx
GO TO HELL REAGINS! You suck.
You are killing my team. This is the worst I’ve felt about baseball since the strike!
God #%^ Mother F#$in’ Reagins! You make Omar Minaya look good.
by Monkeyspanked on Jan 25, 2011 3:57 PM CST
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.
Monkey Epoxy's stupid brother?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
That's a poster over there with 1000+ comments
Chill.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I wonder if I could break 60k before the season starts
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
you would have to average 38 posts an hour
up to april 1st.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 5:00 PM CST up reply actions
HAHA
If it bad for me to hope napoli his a home run in every single at bat against the Angels
And flip off tony while rounding the bases, then as he steps on home plate he gives Scioscia a little smile and a wink.
In his post game interviews he can give a shout out to Scioscia and Mathis for their premium pitch selections!
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
xx
The Rangers were already much fun to root for last year…
…even if it’s blasphemous.
When we had no chance, I really enjoyed watching their team. Of course half the team were some of my favorite ex-Angels.
I’m worried it’s going to get even easier this year.
by RedFog on Jan 25, 2011 4:04 PM CST
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:05 PM CST up reply actions
And more
ZIPS has Francisco outperforming every reliever in the Angels pen.
FML
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
what does ZIPS say about napoli?
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:07 PM CST up reply actions
.251 .336 .489
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Actually
what would make me most happy.
Napoli nabs Wells stealing second in the 9th inning of a game against the Angels.
Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
"So Long, LSB"
See you on the DL
Please check out the charity that I run, Fort Worth Music Outreach@ www.fortworthmusicoutreach.org
Hi future me! How's that soapbox derby racer coming? Awesome, I bet.
(for when AJM does the ‘this day in LSB History’ post two years from now)
AJM may be assisting JD with GM duties at that point
by lost in space on Jan 25, 2011 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
May it go faster than a Prius
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Just when I thought it was safe to take something of a mental Rangers vacation as I awaited pitchers and catchers reporting...
because I assumed nothing else would happen, this happened.
I think the Rangers missed Frank Francisco in the playoffs last year. Badly. And, I gotta say, I might be the biggest Frankie Frank fan on the planet. I loved that guy. One time, in Oakland, this real nice lady Rangers fan was at her first ball game, and she made it her mission to get a ball from a Rangers player. Not in a mean spirited “They owe me way!” but in an endearing determined way. Well, I was sitting behind the bullpen in my favorite spot in the Coliseum (if such a thing exists), and she was down there too, having dragged her husband along, choosing those seats because of the likelihood of players close by.
At one point, before the game started, Frankie came lumbering over. He’s an enormous dude in person. He looks like he could kill you with a glance. He had Ogando and Feliz trailing behind him like little kids buzzing around their father on a Saturday morning. He got to the pen area and the lady screamed, “CAN I HAVE A BALL!!?!!?!” to Frankie. And like, the world stopped, they just looked at each other. It was probably just a second but it felt like decades. And then he smiled this big smile, lifted his tree branch of a right arm and tossed something at her. It wasn’t a ball. It was a piece of gum he had on him. And she laughed. He laughed. We all laughed. And he said, “I don’t have a ball yet!”
Before the game ending, having kept her in anticipation for the night, he popped out of that little shack the bullpen sits in at the Coliseum and tossed her a ball. That doesn’t mean Frank Francisco shouldn’t have been traded in what I feel is a very good deal for the Rangers, a deal that I feel pretty much solves all of the depth issues on the field and lineup, but it sure made me a fan of the guy going to Toronto beyond his efforts on the team.
Frankie did a lot of nice things for this team. And he didn’t get a lot of accolades in doing them because he often had a thankless job in the pen. I’ll miss Frank Francisco but this is one heck of a baseball trade for the Texas Rangers.
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 25, 2011 4:07 PM CST reply actions 17 recs
i was about to say...
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:09 PM CST up reply actions
i was about to say...where is goET during all this?
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:11 PM CST up reply actions
I know what you were thinking.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
i thought for sure he was going to say
instead of a ball he threw a chair
by jonathan rigby on Jan 25, 2011 4:13 PM CST up reply actions
The funny thing is...
Frankie is kind of beloved in that little corner near the bullpen now. All of the security guards love him, the A’s players come over and talk to him, the A’s fans come over and talk to him.
Frankie just got caught up in a moment trying to protect a teammate. :(
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 25, 2011 4:17 PM CST up reply actions
Please write a eulogy for Frank Frank at SBNation DFW.
Two parts love, one part “why he was actually good.”
Please. As a feature.
They are
/Mike E
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
ive been saying this, but about our gameday threads
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:15 PM CST up reply actions
Dude half of that is not safe to be in hard copy form.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
exactly.
it would be groundbreaking literature, and one hell of a coffee table book.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:20 PM CST up reply actions
Would it have the moving pictures thing like they put on cups for the gifs?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
yes, but they would also be 3D pop-ups
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:25 PM CST up reply actions
o_0
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Haha...
Frank Francisco threw a chair that one time.
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 25, 2011 5:13 PM CST up reply actions
It's really hard for that not to define him
He threw a chair at a woman in the stands in a rival ballpark. That’s pretty amazing if you think about it. He was a great reliever and everything but that chair thing will forever be the thing I think of most when I think of him.
Hmm...
I rarely think about it at all when I think about him.
by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 25, 2011 5:55 PM CST up reply actions
Sounds like a great guy
We’ll enjoy him. Enjoy Napoli and beating up on the Angels!
To Infinity. And BEYOND!!!
by YunelTheLazyLatino on Jan 25, 2011 8:03 PM CST up reply actions
JD
Damn, dude- you are one cold straight-up gangster mofo.
Not only does he pull off a solid trade for the Rangers, but he manages to butt-fuck the Angels in the process.
"Scared? We're not scared...We do this every day. Scared is being in a prison yard."- Michael Young
JD-
If you ever read this site, please, for everything that I believe in, go to a mirror and say, “I’m a straight-up gangster mofo.”
"JD is a fucking ninja," Aquaman, esq, 25 January 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 4:31 PM CST up reply actions
x
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
but video tape it, so we can gif it.
and play it non-stop all the time forever.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:33 PM CST up reply actions
Fixed for world awesomeness.
If you ever read this site, please, for everything that I believe in, go to a mirrorCAMERA and say, "I’m a straight-up gangster mofo."
wasn't it confirmed that he read LSB? or was that just Chuck?
by rockin_rangers on Jan 25, 2011 4:35 PM CST up reply actions
Thad, give JD a shout.
Let him know that he needs to be on tape saying this.
It would be worth, like, one million internets (at least)
"JD is a fucking ninja," Aquaman, esq, 25 January 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 25, 2011 4:37 PM CST up reply actions
Thad said that.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
When?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Rangers Insider, PM said he saw it a couple of weeks ago.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Cool, thanks
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Welcome
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Maybe already said, but...
…maybe Toronto turns around and flips FF for Vernon Wells and LAAA kicks in $86 million. They do need a closer.
"You can't hit a change-up? I'm sorry, but you're going to see it again." Pedro Martinez
Apparently HH broke this story...
Toronto General Manager Alex Anthopoulos ratcheted up the most hated list in Halo history on Tuesday, trading newly acquired Angels backstop Mike Napoli to the division rival Texas Rangers. The news broke here on HH with a link to MLBTR posted by the always reliable MMP.
Horse hockey
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
He was saying that's how the news broke over there.
Not that they broke the story.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I'm a little worried about not having Frankie in the pen
but I like the move.
New Pornographers: like or dislike?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
new album is pretty good.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
It was pretty meh
compared to previous efforts.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Rev is foaming at the mouth:
What was last week’s worst trade of the century has morphed into a karmic comeuppance of a General Manager who is in over his head, a begrudged billionaire fighting obvious and inevitable market forces and a manager who believes in fairytale RISP and CERA stats over simple things like hitting the darn baseball.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
They make left handed computers?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:24 PM CST up reply actions 12 recs
win
"They both have, according to scouts, "stacked minor league systems" but I just don’t see the Rays competing against the Red Sox or Yankees and I don’t think the Rangers will be able withstand the offseason wrath of Moreno. Have fun while it lasts." - by angelsownredsux
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Jan 25, 2011 4:33 PM CST up reply actions
TWSS
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Sometimes that's the point amigo
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
It is
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
yeah, i am monopolizing my companies bandwidth right now.
i miss freelancing from home. lots of free time to spend on LSB, and a 35/35 internet connection.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:28 PM CST up reply actions
This trade makes me feel better about hitting that pedestrian 2 hours ago who was riding her bike on Bell Avenue.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I was dropping off clothes to Twice as Nice (a consingment store on Oak on the East side of Bell (it's a small stretch of Oak)
I tried to haul ass across Bell towards the square and fucking DRILLED this chick riding her bike….she’s okay, I felt bad…
But now it’s kinda funny….all you can do is laugh sometimes.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Lucky dog you
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I would ask if she's hot, but hot chicks drive cars.
So, did you ruin the bike, buy her a beer, apologize…?
Que sera, sera.
Heard she was Italian.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Hahahahahaha.
Tattoo You is climbing my favorites chart.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
It's on the combined charts, probably top 20 now.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
she was attractive
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
DUDE
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
wow.
this made my day better
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 25, 2011 7:10 PM CST up reply actions
I was going across Bell on Oak...I was accelerating like a motherfucker and just drilled her and she flew onto my hood.
My boy was in the back seat but didn’t see it, which was what I was worried about.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
You drive off?
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:52 PM CST up reply actions
Jumped out of the car and gave that bitch mouth to mouth...
just kidding..no, i made sure she was okay.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
That happened to me once.
Was a little late getting going into a crosswalk and this korean dude trying to make a turn waxed me.
Fortunately he was going pretty slow and I did a little half-roll onto the hood, which saved me any injury. Can’t say the same for my bike though. Poor Katelyn. She was a good bike.
Got a hundred bucks out of it though, and the new bike only cost 80. So:
1: Get hit by car (traveling slowly)
2: ???
3: PROFIT!!!
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
You named your bike Katelyn.
A woman’s name. For YOUR bike.
What color was your basket on the front?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Jan 25, 2011 4:59 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Haven't you ever seen Gone in 60 seconds?
My approximation, man.
And Katie was a nice sporty green. She did not have a basket.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
All hot rods are named after women Aqua
by lost in space on Jan 25, 2011 5:04 PM CST up reply actions
He just wanted to be able to say that he oiled up old Katie and rode her hard.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Yeah,
people making right turns in the medical center do not look right before turning. When they are doing this on a red light with a protected cross walk, people like myself get run into. Very annoying.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:59 PM CST up reply actions
this is true, thanks.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
How's the son?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Bag of Crap on woot!
Go, go, go!
"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
It's basically frozen.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:34 PM CST up reply actions
Yep, I'm pretty sure I'm not getting one
but I thought I’d post it since I’m just sitting and waiting anyway
"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
Two computers, four browsers
I didn’t get one either.
"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
I came
@this trade.
"They both have, according to scouts, "stacked minor league systems" but I just don’t see the Rays competing against the Red Sox or Yankees and I don’t think the Rangers will be able withstand the offseason wrath of Moreno. Have fun while it lasts." - by angelsownredsux
by AfterSchoolSpecial on Jan 25, 2011 4:34 PM CST reply actions
This calls for really, really good beer 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
combined with taco tuesdays at rosa's
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:36 PM CST up reply actions
Where's 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
West Texas
Although some have ventured in Ft. Worth.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:38 PM CST up reply actions
So, SO wrong.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:46 PM CST up reply actions
Rosa's is great
Especially in college.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:48 PM CST up reply actions
if i was a mod
i would ban you.
but…im not.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:48 PM CST up reply actions
Cafeteria Mexican fast food
How is that good?
There is a taco shack near my house that has way better prices and much better food.
2010 Texas Rangers: Going where no Rangers team has ever gone
It's like Taco Cabana.
Except good.
"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
theres one in lewisville
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:38 PM CST up reply actions
Where in Lewisville?
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
121 and denton tap
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:40 PM CST up reply actions
That's close!
I may have to check out this taco Tuesday of which you speak.
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
it has truly revolutionized tuesdays for me
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:43 PM CST up reply actions
FasTaco has taco Tuesdays as well.
FasTaco > Rosa’s. I’ll bet the majority of you know nothing about this.
"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 its not popular and mainstream
Then its not cool.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:53 PM CST up reply actions
elitism rocks!
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Don't talk to me
I’m better than you.
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 5:11 PM CST up reply actions
FasTaco is the shit.
I wish they would expand into Dallas/Ft. Worth.
"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
Now I’m hungry AND thirsty!
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
You holdin out on us, TXHC?
On TACOS!?! Don’t you realize how seriously this board takes tacos? I mean, it’s not chili, but it ain’t exactly Joaquin Arias, know what I’m sayin? So spill the beans (not into the chili).
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:58 PM CST up reply actions
They're only in Joshua, Crowley, Burleson, Venus, and Cleburne right now.
But their food kicks ass. I’m hoping they’ll move into the Metroplex sooner or later.
"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
What makes them so good?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 5:03 PM CST up reply actions
It's just fast food.
But it’s pretty damn good. Good salsas, good meats, good tortillas, good all around. I don’t know, you’d just have to try it.
They have a ton of shit on their menu too.
"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
Aren't they usually connected to gas stations?
No maybe not
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
Highland Village.
407 and 2499.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:39 PM CST up reply actions
You know what?
You’re absolutely right. I’m thinking…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:39 PM CST up reply actions
Thats mean.
I don’t get off until 5:30.
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
Same.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:40 PM CST up reply actions
I can't fathom the amount of coffee I would need
to be a fully functioning employee/labmate at 7 AM.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:45 PM CST up reply actions
same here.
i drink an abhorrent amount of coffee, and i dont work till 9
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
I did 5:00 to 13:30
for a few years. I can’t recall now how i ever got up that early.
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
you must explain this beer to me
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 4:40 PM CST up reply actions
It's from Unibroue, a fantastic brewery based out of Quebec.
From what I know, it’s not available in Texas. If it is, it’s certainly hard to acquire. It’s called Quatre-Centieme and is quite good from what I remember, but I’ve never had it while sober. I thought I would hold out to Opening Day, but I’ll just have to make other arrangements.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 4:44 PM CST up reply actions
You have excellent taste in beer...
…and that makes me happy.
by Bats and Balls on Jan 25, 2011 5:07 PM CST up reply actions
I got in a bit of trouble because I also happened to spend
$20 on one of their anniversary beers. It’s impossible to find, even in Quebec, but a friend took us to a normal looking corner liquor store that was a gold mine for great, hard to find beers. It was fantastic.
I explained it to my wife by saying that it would be the beer I drink when we have our first child. Surprisingly, that worked.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 5:11 PM CST up reply actions
It's Belgian I think.
What are we at the park for except to win? I'd trip my mother. I'd help her up, brush her off, tell her I'm sorry. But mother don't make it to third. ~Leo Durocher
I believe Diversity is an old wooden ship from the Civil War.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I just had a new one I liked
it was not the 512 but same company, forget the name…an IPA
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 25, 2011 7:12 PM CST up reply actions
or you could go with Scaldis
which is the most recent brew I have about ready (but must wait 8 months to bottle condition…I’m going to pull my hair out)
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 25, 2011 7:13 PM CST up reply actions
Too bad. Sounded good.
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
Another former LA Angel is a Ranger
Ha!
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
...ok?
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 Jan 25, 2011 4:45 PM CST up reply actions
Sigh...
didn’t type enough. I meant another former prominent, recent, former LA Angel (like Darren O’Day, Vlad, Darren Oliver, and now Napoli) is on our team.
Sounded better in my head.
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Jan 25, 2011 4:54 PM CST up reply actions
True.
I should choose my words more carefully…
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Jan 25, 2011 9:55 PM CST up reply actions
Ummm...k...
There have been 106 players and 45 pitchers
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
Angels fan here and this is my response: FUCK
by Christoffer James V Ferreira on Jan 25, 2011 4:50 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Going to be honest with you
You have a terrible name. TERRIBLE.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
TRBL
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
and a terrible team
TRBL
If I had a gun to my head and had to pick one pitcher to pitch a game to save my life.... I'd pick 1999 Rick Helling.
Fire Pat Knight Hire Billy Clyde
by matthewbschultz83 on Jan 25, 2011 4:52 PM CST up reply actions
The second i saw the toronto trade this is exactly what i wanted to happen
well try to get Napoli anyway, hadn’t thought for who but Frankie sounds right.
He fills multiple needs perfectly. Love it.
1200+ comments in 2 hours and 20 minutes YIKES
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
So has anyone heard from our local naysayer
on the this trade? (I won’t conjure…)
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
Methinks he's gonna have to be happy with this one, as much as he kept bitching about VMart.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
I hated Napoli
..when he was an “Angel”. Now I like him a whole lot more. One thing that has been overlooked is his Italian heritage. Most good ball teams have Italians on them. This could be what puts the Rangers over the top.
Napoli was just on Galloway
he sounded excited.
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
That's because he gets to join a winner.
=)
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 25, 2011 5:01 PM CST up reply actions
From Toronto to Texas?
I would be excited as well!
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
An Ode to Reagins:
He signed Carl Crawford
Signed two old left-handed relievers for abargainprice
He inked Adrian Beltre
Signed a faster and more athletic version of Juan Rivera to a 4 yr/ $86 mil extension.
Unloaded the curse of Scott Kazmir
And last, but not least, humbly donated the services of slugger Mike Napoli to our rival Texas Rangers.
From HH, lol.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
by Rodney on Jan 25, 2011 5:00 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
the angels did post the texas version of tiny tim GIF
link
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 Jan 25, 2011 5:01 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
That gif is greatness.
Rally Tumnis was too.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
that said, i meant to just link to it, sry to post
i know wer are already killing ppls computers in this thread…
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 Jan 25, 2011 5:02 PM CST up reply actions
so worth it.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 5:03 PM CST up reply actions
You know those new 3930 spring training caps like the guy in the Ryan jersey is wearing?
Those things are fucking comfortable, man.
Just picked one up, and it’s like sex on your head. Seriously.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
They are seriously one of the ugliest hats though.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
You know, I've actually come full circle on that.
Actually getting to see one and try it on, I realized they look fine, especially from straight on.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
sex on your head?
i bet there is a gif over at 4chan for that
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 5:08 PM CST up reply actions
Rule 34.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
i wouldnt dare.
went there once, vowed to never return.
Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.
by Mr. Abe Froman on Jan 25, 2011 5:10 PM CST up reply actions
You are going to be pleasantly surprised when you feel how sex actually feels
by bigsteve on Jan 25, 2011 5:11 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
BigSteveSexEd™
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Something tells me he's not nearly as good a teacher as my Mideval Times GF was.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
………………..
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Thought I told everyone about that already.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
No.
Go to the new thread and tell the story.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
That would be wierd though.
No precedent.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
I'll take care of it.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Taken care of.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Every time I see it
I watch it for at least (Mike E proof) 4 mins
by groundingout on Jan 25, 2011 7:47 PM CST up reply actions
God
I love luck.
Can’t wait to SUBTLE PLUG talk about this on Rangers Fan Radio at 7:00!
"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
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
"I don't have to watch awful movies to see hot women. " ---Robbie Griffin
Why thank you Adam!
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
It's no Spanish Beltre Thread
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
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