"What we're trying to do is take this to a new, sustainable level, where it really is a dynasty franchise like the Cowboys achieved," Rangers co-chairman Bob Simpson said. "The one thing we know for sure is money can't buy it. Silly guys get in with big egos and a lot of money and just make a mess. I don't believe that is going on here.
"You've got thoughtful spending … superb management. That's a different model."
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Chubalicious!
We’re not about sending messages. We’re about winning ballgames.-Wash, 04/03/11
Hell to the fucking no. -Wash, 10/07/11
Wait, what?
It’s possible that Olt could also wind up in right field with third base blocked by Beltre.
Some see a glass half empty, some a glass half full. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be. - George Carlin
Sounds pretty speculative to me.
I don’t know why anyone in the org would say such a thing.
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
It seems awfully doubtful
that his bat will play well enough to be an asset out there. As if the Olt-to-1B speculation isn’t odd enough, moving him to the OF just seems crazy to me. He’s a 3B.
Some see a glass half empty, some a glass half full. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be. - George Carlin
???
Moving to OF would require less of a bat than 1B?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
J-Cole just said in his chat that he thinks Olt could handle LF
Just don't piss her off, otherwise she'll get all Dien Bien Phu up in your Boxer Rebellion - caknuck
btho Iowa State
This changes everything.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
There's a difference between handling and excelling.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
He is, right?
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.
"do you a jet ski rental place would work here" - Mike E, 5/10/2011.
Have I just not been paying attention or has Bob been more vocal lately than ever?
I don’t remember seeing any quotes or interviews from him until a week or so ago.
Shots Fired westward down Randol Mill.
Silly guys get in with big egos and a lot of money and just make a mess.
"the PGT isn’t about alerting drunk guys on their mobile as to what the score was." --goET 7-24-11
"Replace Ace? Done. Ace's was too long anyway." --Micah 1-17-12
That's exactly how I read it, too.....
And that’s not the first time we’ve heard something like this from Simpson…..I really like him….he’s not scared of JJ or the Cowboys….
"I never argue with people who say that baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn’t. And that’s what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Feb 1, 2012 3:37 PM CST up reply actions
I feel like he is just as much taking a shot at his former auction competitor
except Cuban came in with his huge ego and had tons of success.
By the way,
I enjoyed your comments at LL today. You just happen to be over there?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
Which thread?
"I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn't going to win any more games by being anything else." by Earl Weaver
Rate their offseason.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
I went over there from the recruiting thread
and I couldn’t give you a really good reason why I was in the recruiting thread. Seemed kind of interesting but I don’t have a college sports team so ultimately I can never get too excited.
I couldn't decide which was more (un)likely
that you were perusing the college football thread or that you were reading the comments section of a random LL post.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
Well I guess it was a test to see if I could get excited about someone's recruiting class
I couldn’t.
Yeah,
it’s a bit easier with soccer players, but even then…
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
I never followed all the #6 org stuff
but man, that affair seems to send LL folks into the red. I was unaware that LSB seems to draw their ire as well. I would love to see the chaos created if they “guest moderated” LSB for a day…
Jeff comes by and fits in fine, but has said he would hate to moderate this place.
Mathew might go in to convulsions and die.
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
no shit
intense about his obligation to police the borders; could be a sheriff in AZ
The Mexicans would eat him alive.
Much more suited to the Washington/British Columbia borders and keeping those pesky Canadians out.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
True dat
southern hospitality – open your suit jacket just enough to flash steel before you shake their hand
wow - Matthew really teed off on you...
that’s pretty childish of him…
Go Rice Owls!
Would be a Matt Harrison fan, but I only like superstars
He's still going.
Well, more so on to kok. Which is to be expected. It is kok.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
I'm reading it now
“don’t use adjectives in the place of adverbs” may be one of my favorite ab03 quotes; and there are a few…
Go Rice Owls!
Would be a Matt Harrison fan, but I only like superstars
Oh this sounds great.
/heads over
"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
Cuban has also learned to stay out of player decisions.
Just talk a big game, handle the business side and dish out money.
"If he ain't struck you out, then you ain't nobody." - Ricky Henderson after Nolan Ryan's 5,000 strike out game
I was thinking more towards Detroit or LAA.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
LA was my first thought.
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
Totally
Too many examples in recent MLB history to think of another league…
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Feb 1, 2012 4:20 PM CST up reply actions
Why does everyone assume it's always shots against the Cowboys?
by TooLegitToQuit on Feb 1, 2012 8:37 PM CST up reply actions
I think mainly because they are a local team and it describes
Jerry Jones perfectly…he may very well be talking about Cuban, the Yankees under George or some other team but every time I read someone talking about an egotistical owner who gets in the way, I think of JJ
"I never argue with people who say that baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn’t. And that’s what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Feb 1, 2012 9:11 PM CST up reply actions
The thing is that Cuban and George both had success.
Jerry did too but in the last 16 years they have one playoff win so he’s the likely suspect. I suppose he could mean Al Davis but he’s dead and all so I doubt he’d take a shot at him.
by elchicodelgado on Feb 1, 2012 9:27 PM CST up reply actions
Can't be talking about Cuban.
The Mavs have won 50 games or more every year for the last 10 years, have made the playoffs ever year in that span, have been to the finals twice in that span, and won it all last year.
"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
Because they are shots at the Cowboys?
Or more specifically, Jerry Jones, and the jacked-up way he runs the team?
by Adam J. Morris on Feb 1, 2012 9:51 PM CST up reply actions
I figured it was a Tom Hicks shot, also...
by ghostofErikThompson on Feb 1, 2012 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
Tom Hicks, the Mets, the McCourts
I think ti is a baseball stab; mostly because tons of money doesn’t really mean the same thing in football, and no one cares about basketball.
Go Rice Owls!
Would be a Matt Harrison fan, but I only like superstars
I don't think describing the Cowboys as a mess would be accurate.
They’re basically mediocre.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 1, 2012 10:23 PM CST up reply actions
Dat NFL parity!
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
This is pretty true..
But we’re in good shape going forward.
by TooLegitToQuit on Feb 2, 2012 12:54 AM CST up reply actions
Why would local owners make enemies with each other?
by TooLegitToQuit on Feb 2, 2012 12:53 AM CST up reply actions
Or more specifically..
Why is Bob Simpson trying to make himself an enemy in DFW? Because the last thing he should be doing is getting on the wrong side of the local owner who lives right down the street..you never know when they’re going to need to scratch eachother’s back.
by TooLegitToQuit on Feb 2, 2012 12:56 AM CST up reply actions
coughMichaelYoungcough
Everything about people is the worst. - Jeff Sullivan
by LSJ on Feb 1, 2012 9:25 PM CST up reply actions
Fucking right.
You tell him, Bob. You hear that Jerry? Dumb fuck.
"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 just love what this team is doing...
I don’t think there is another team I’d rather be a fan of (this isn’t a silly proposition – of course I’d have rather been a fan of just about anyone else in 2005…) than this one. Boston and NY may have brighter futures because of their money, but that isn’t as satisfying. And Tampa is going to suffer for its payroll despite its management.
Go Rice Owls!
Would be a Matt Harrison fan, but I only like superstars
When I talk to serious Rays fans, it's almost kind of sad.
Because they know it. It’s like their cancer patients who have managed to have a really great life otherwise.
SB Nation Dallas-Ft. Worth - Christopher Fittz is better than porn!
that's a depressing analogy
just tell them that they’re a lot more worthy of our respect than the A’s who don’t have fans or a good stadium situation yet just shoot to be .500 every year and whine that thye can’t do better.
Rays World Series appearances : 1
Billy Beane : 0
Go Rice Owls!
Would be a Matt Harrison fan, but I only like superstars
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