This Day in LSB History
by Adam J. Morris on Nov 22, 2011 3:46 PM CST
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On this day, four years ago, I talked about how Torii Hunter signing with the Angels, for the contract he signed for, was really a good thing for the Rangers, because it would significantly impact their ability to add talent in 2010, which was when the Rangers would be in a position to compete.
Here's an excerpt:
Let's assume that the Angels are aggressive, and bump payroll by $10 million per year each of the next three years. That's about $140 million payroll in 2010.
With a $140 million payroll, Torii Hunter and GMJ will combine to take up over 20% of the Angels' payroll.
Hey, I'm pretty smart, huh! Well, until you get to the next paragraph...
And that's what we should be concerned about. What happens in 2010. Because 2010 is when the Rangers' should be expecting to be ready to make some serious noise, when we should have Brandon McCarthy and Eric Hurley and Edinson Volquez in the rotation and Chris Davis and Ian Kinsler and Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Taylor Teagarden solidifying the lineup and C.J. Wilson closing games, with a free agent signing or two mixed in.
Well, I was right about Kinsler, anyway. And I think I get half-credit for C.J.
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No one can predict the future...
Not mediocre. Right about average
You get 100% of the credit for your part about the Angels.
And that is what this post was really all about. Quite the soothsaying if I may say so my self.
by Heebs on Nov 22, 2011 3:47 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
And this is gold
This deal is going to make it harder for Anaheim to succeed in 2010, when the Rangers should (we all hope) be hitting their stride.
by matteo25 on Nov 22, 2011 10:04 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Impossible to say that last sentence without lisping.
"When you find your way. Then you see it disappear."
And we definitely had a free agent signing or two mixed in!
Pretty good, AJM…
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
You get credit
for saying we’ll make serious noise in 2010
I can't stand people who are intolerant of other people's taste in music or people who like Nickelback.
by jonas m. on Nov 22, 2011 3:56 PM CST via mobile reply actions
and LAMuscleFag aka vfn gets some serious demerits
Once again big daddy falls short on his bids. Would the extra 2 or 3 million a year of killed him – you’ll easily lose that $$ in attendance as this team stinks up the American Leage again. YES it looks like AJM WILL be saying in 2010 oh 3 more years 3 MORE YEARS and we can compete !! HOW EXCITING !!!
It wasn't a leap.
I remembered someone had mentioned changing their name from the above to their current name. The search came up with vfn’s name because vfn had mentioned BigGuns name change in a thread. I mistook that for meaning vfn was the one changing his name. Honest mistake.
...
BigGuns is a solid dude (even if that is a baseball opinion I absolutely do not agree with and did not at the time, I was optimistic as SHIT), but …
"The Rangers system just happens to be stupid with depth." - Jason Parks, 7/14/11
2011-07-25 17:44:05 - benjihana: Ahh my backdoor!!!
"It appears I made a mistake. I did not know what pegged meant" - Schultzy, 11/13/11
and there was a FA or two mixed in
an especially important one in Beltre
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Ok
It’s the Liberal media’s fault
LSB hates good players
Adam loves everything Houston
The only thing that matters in football is the OC
Hilary Duff is hot
There ya go.
Are you inactive lsb user?
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." by Earl Weaver
I don't know
It’s possible. I got all upset a while back and asked Adam to remove my old username from the site. I don’t know what it got replaced with.
Are you Chris Martin?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
You were the first lsb'er I argued with.
I think is was about the AGon trade my first week here. You were right I was wrong.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
The AGon trade
I was more against the Young/Eaton aspect of that trade than anything else…..Let’s get older, more expensive, and not as good. I am certainly glad JD doesn’t make stupid moves like that anymore.
Looking at the thread....
I now know for a fact that I am not inactive lsb user for 2 reasons.
I quit replying to Sharky’s posts about 10 years ago; and
I would never ever use VORP in a post. I don’t even know what that is.
It is the liberal media's fault
"In fact, most of these free-swinging Padres couldn’t hit Dock’s funky palm ball. I threw it often. But by then, also, the first acid distractions entered: the TV flickered; the cracks in the wall started to move; the hand soap started to breathe — those sorts of things. Plus I was drawn to the outdoor garden between innings. Rain was near, I sensed." - A.J. Daulerio
Never gets old
MikeNapoli25 Mike Napoli
hey @Evan_P_Grant im going to runway 84 in ft lauderdale!! hope your day wasnt awesome!!! your fav NAP
by Jobu. on Nov 22, 2011 5:33 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
lol
The Naps strikes again!
"In fact, most of these free-swinging Padres couldn’t hit Dock’s funky palm ball. I threw it often. But by then, also, the first acid distractions entered: the TV flickered; the cracks in the wall started to move; the hand soap started to breathe — those sorts of things. Plus I was drawn to the outdoor garden between innings. Rain was near, I sensed." - A.J. Daulerio
Dude
It the truth hurts, lie.
Baseball's hard, guys. I mean, it really is. You can love it but, believe me, it don't always love you back. It's kind of like dating a German chick, you know?
Brandon McCarthy
another 1/2 credit….he’s good – in 2011 for another team
"Say, you don't think there's any way I can get that quarter
From underneath your pointy boot, do ya?"
by Scruffy Nurfherder on Nov 22, 2011 9:41 PM CST reply actions
It's like what WIlliam Goldman said about Hollywood
Nobody knows anything (in reference to what project will be a hit movie)
Baseball's hard, guys. I mean, it really is. You can love it but, believe me, it don't always love you back. It's kind of like dating a German chick, you know?
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