Your 2012 Texas Rangers....
by The Ahmad on Feb 14, 2011 12:30 PM CST
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I'd like to play GM of the Rangers for a minute (JD, I'm coming for your job, son!) and let's fast forward to the offseason. This is what I would do if I were the Rangers GM and had the money to do so...
sign Albert Pujol
trade for Zack Greinke and Loriano
With that, now you've got this at your starting line-up in 2012..
ss- Andrus
2b- Kinsler
LF- Hamilton
1b- Pujol
RF- Cruz
3b- Beltre
DH- Murphy/Napoli
C- Torrealba
CF- Engel Beltre
starting 5 SP..
Greinke
Loriano
Wilson
Lewis
Hurley
With that team, I'd say they could win 2 or 3 WS championships and be in contention year in and year out. Ofcourse to get some of these players, Perez, Holland, Schappers, and Profar are dealt.
PS- for the 2012 or 2013 season (whenever we can via MLB rules) I would get new uniforms...I'd keep the same design but just switch up the blue with Red and do away with the blue alternate tops all together and keep those just for Spring Training.
tooooooodles, LSBers
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there are so many things wrong with this post
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Feb 14, 2011 12:40 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I like the fact that he figured it was simple to plug in Greinke and Loriano
not to mention re-signing Wilson
And then had Hurley in the rotation.
Go Rice Owls!
im not sure what would shock me more
having those 2 guys at the top of the rotation
…or having hurley as tthe #5
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 Feb 14, 2011 8:35 PM CST up reply actions
#5 in that rotation
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 Feb 14, 2011 8:35 PM CST up reply actions
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Nah....
25 with the brain of a 12 year old.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Well done
"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." - Dave Barry
by Suicide Prince on Feb 15, 2011 12:05 PM CST up reply actions
Cmon Daniels, make it happen!
Pujol, Loriano and Greinke are there for the taking, no matter what their current teams say. The fact that you obviously value Holland, Schapper, Profa and Perez more so than the aforementioned trio really exposes you as an inadequate GM.
I think we should just
sign/trade for all the guys that make this years all-star team. We would have lots of depth and a great chance to win the WS.
I was a Ranger fan when being a Rangers fan wasn't cool.
X
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
by Maximilian on Feb 14, 2011 12:56 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Is he laughing at the score
or all the empty seats?
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Wow, such a run
of shitastic posters this last week.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
eh
this guy is an old bit…
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 Feb 14, 2011 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
x
Obvious troll post is obvious.
"Yorvit, Webb, Napoli and Rhodes are going to cost $ 16 million this year and aren’t likely to combine for a 5.0 WAR this year." -Josey Wales 2/11/2011
Familiarize yourself with The Ahmad.
He will be back. With a vengeance, possibly? Who of us can say for sure.
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
....
What in that is wrong? Pujol is a free agent and we have just as great of a chance at getting him as anyone else if he hits the open market. Loriano is already on the block accordingn to many reports and Greinke COULD be on the block if/when the Brewers fall out of the race or realize they can’t resign him. With an expected attendence jump and another lengthy playoff run hopefully, why wont we have the money to get/trade/sign these players? You guys act like it’s your money when it’s not. Be fans and not some internet/stats nerds who live behind a computer screen. It’s a nice sunny day outside today…go out and get some sun you overweight pale MOFO’s…you guys are the problem in my opinion in the DFW sports market. Yall sit behind a computer and bitch about EVERYTHING and ANYTHING and never do ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!! Go to games, cheer and boo, and live on the edge in terms of being fans.
btw, im a college graduate with a degree in Business for all you asswipes asking about my age…no shock here though, I don’t expect a bunch of internet losers to see eye to eye with someone living in the real world who thinks outside the box (in this case, the box would be your internet screen/keyboard)
Free Palestine!
I would love to have Carlos Puyol manning 1B for us.
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
Barça! Barça! Barça!
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 Feb 14, 2011 8:36 PM CST up reply actions
MAKE IT GO AWAY!
"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'm intrigued by this Loriano character
Are we talking the suits or the Italian writer?
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.
....
LIRIANO**** excuse me for spelling his last name wrong…I wish I was perfect like you numb nuts!
Free Palestine!
I wish you knew how to edit fanposts
or how to delete them
"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
Seems like there used to be a The Ahmad @ BtB
or am I remembering wrong
"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
Shit...
The Rangers may as well pick up Lincecum, King Felix, and CarGo while they’re at it.
Then they could win 4 or 5 WS championships!
Stupid.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
really?
What exactly is stupid about it? Like I said (but I guess some are too dumb to read) Pujols is a FA and the other two pitchers could be had via trade (and we’ve got the farm system to pull off such a trade in my opinion) So again, tell me what’s soo stupid about it? Oh wait, I forgot that you guys get your panties in a knot when anyone talks about the Rangers payroll going up…it’s as if you guys pay for these players. This is the difference between idiots like you on here and and Yankees and Red Sox fans…Those are fans that want to win at all costs while you computer geeks are idiots who care more about a payroll. SMH
Free Palestine!
Just stop
while you’re ahead.
"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 Feb 14, 2011 8:33 PM CST up reply actions
He was never ahead
"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
by chrisR on Feb 14, 2011 9:17 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Yep there is a difference between the Rangers, Yankees, and Red Sox
Only one of those teams won the AL Pennant last yr
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Feb 14, 2011 9:03 PM CST up reply actions
you're telling me the Yanks and Red Sox have no
stat oriented fans who blog???
Jon Daniels > Nolan Ryan > awesome
by dstar442005 on Feb 14, 2011 11:16 PM CST up reply actions
For the sake of hilariousnes....
What would team payroll be…. $155 million? More? And heading higher over the next three years… Hilarious.
by FormerLSBUser on Feb 14, 2011 8:34 PM CST reply actions
Simpson/Davis
have money coming out of their Pujol.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
by TxStCa on Feb 14, 2011 9:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
It's not about that money, it's about team revenue. Gotta increase team revenue by about $100 million to be able to sustain a payroll like that.
by FormerLSBUser on Feb 15, 2011 12:40 PM CST up reply actions
I wasn't serious.
Hince the Pujol comment.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
x
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 Feb 14, 2011 9:59 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
WTF???
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.
BTW, there is a very good reason that human men are not capable of doing this.
It would spell the total collapse of human civilization.
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.
Not really. Traffic would be lighter, but twice as dangerous.
/Sexist dad joke
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
are you Habib?
"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 sold me a 12 pack at the 7/11 yesterday
True story.
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."
Habib?
I haven’t seen that name since the dark days of DMN.
by huebone on Feb 15, 2011 9:26 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
he was the cause of my one and only internet melt-down.
I wish I still had the link to the DMN blog post….I lost it.
Hasn’t happened since.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
There's no reference to Tom "Too Cheap" Hicks
by Adam J. Morris on Feb 15, 2011 9:36 AM CST up reply actions
he was a crazy dude.
"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 like Schappers though!
And if we get Pujol and Loriano, wii b da b3st3st!
I own Mickey Tettleton's couch.
Why stop at Loriano, Grienke and Pujol?
I think we should firm up the back end of the rotation and pick up CC. After that we should trade for Joe Mauer to shore up C.
The Angels physically disgust me.
I'd like to sign the entire AL all-star team...
And now that The Ahmad is our GM, and we have a budget of 40 billion, I believe we can do so. I’d trade Pujol for Albert Pujols though.
Ahmad as Ranger GM?
You better put your thinking turban on and try again, you’ve broken the Rangers!
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.
After looking at this scenario...
I’m curious if he meant Martin Perez or Neftali Perez…
And now Pujols and Scheppers are officially Pujol and Schappers in my book.
well neftali perez will actually be our #1
duh.
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 Feb 15, 2011 1:05 PM CST up reply actions
,....
I’ll be sure to put you ass clowns as a reference when I apply and unseat JD as the GM of the Rangers one day! Btw, if I ever had any say in the rangers, I’d move them from the hellhole known as Arlington to the goregous and great city of Dallas! In Dallas, we’d have real fans and not a bunch of hillbillys coming out to games who just do the wave and sit on their ass instead of making noise. That’s why I’m 99% sure that most of the fans who came out in the playoffs were NOT from Arlington.
REAL TALK!
Free Palestine!
Go crawl back under your rock.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
lol
"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 am LSB’s favorite nemesis/villain and I love it! Come on guys, let’s hit 100 posts on here..When I post, I’m always in the top 5 in terms of post backs :D
Free Palestine!
Try harder.
"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 will not post on this thread because of this post.
I will be firm in that belief.
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
You just did.
"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 Feb 15, 2011 4:46 PM CST up reply actions
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