Wednesday morning things

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 27, 2006 10:09 AM CDT in News

Yay, a win. Robinson Tejeda continues to impress, and while his peripherals are a little worrisome -- his K rate should be higher, especially given his low GB/FB ration -- I think he's locked himself into a starting spot for next year.

Evan Grant discusses the contrast between Tejeda and Edinson Volquez, with Tejeda solidifying a spot the Rangers 2007 rotation over the last 6 weeks of the season, while Volquez has been hammered, causing the Rangers to stage an "intervention" with him yesterday. Buck, Mark Connor and Dom Chiti all met with him to let him know he wasn't going to pitch again in the majors this year, and to map out a plan for what they want him to do in the offseason.

Not Rangers related, but obviously, the Terrell Owens situation is a big story right now...you can see a copy of the police report here.

Kat O'Brien has a piece on Carlos Lee's pending free agency, with Lee interested in coming back, and the Rangers at least saying that they are interested in bringing him back. Personally, I think he's gone, but we'll see...

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T.O.'s statement

Deion came out and said that T.O.'s statement has been moved back to 2:15 at Valley Ranch. I assume that's CST, but I'm not sure. MSNBC will stream it live if you go to their homepage.

You might think I'm crazy. I agree with you.

by trza on Sep 27, 2006 12:32 PM CDT reply actions

press conference

Apparently Parcells is going to have a conference at 1:30 CST, and Owens will have one at 2:30. WFAA's site will be carrying them as well.

You might think I'm crazy. I agree with you.

by trza on Sep 27, 2006 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions

parcells

did his typical hogans heroes "i know nooothiiing" approach.

Pimps be damned, it's harder out here for a Rangers fan!

by rentz on Sep 27, 2006 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah

that was completely unenlightening. what a clusterf*?# of a news conference.

You might think I'm crazy. I agree with you.

by trza on Sep 27, 2006 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions

I actually...

think he's telling the truth. He's just run a two-hour practice and he probably knows what we know, but hasn't been informed of the details yet.

BRAWLFEST 2006! F the Angels!

by ortonius on Sep 27, 2006 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions

TO news conference

Huh. He looked/sounded good. Just based on that, I think it's pretty safe to say that he did ingest 35 Vicodine less than 24 hours ago. Still some things that don't add up, though. He needs to get a new publicist. She kind of freaked out.

You might think I'm crazy. I agree with you.

by trza on Sep 27, 2006 2:53 PM CDT reply actions

correction

meant to say that based on his performance, it's pretty clear he did NOT take 3 dozen Vicodine last night.

You might think I'm crazy. I agree with you.

by trza on Sep 27, 2006 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah

i believe bledsoe also said they were out practicing (though i may be mistaken) and i'd think someone who nearly od'd wouldnt be out practicing, then again i've never swallowed 35 vicodin so what do i know.

Pimps be damned, it's harder out here for a Rangers fan!

by rentz on Sep 27, 2006 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions

Vicodin

I've taken one at a time on a prescription, and it messes you up pretty well.

You might think I'm crazy. I agree with you.

by trza on Sep 27, 2006 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions

same

most ive had was 2 at a time after surgery, and it knocked me out for a few hours.

Pimps be damned, it's harder out here for a Rangers fan!

by rentz on Sep 27, 2006 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Volquez

I like that they are communicating with someone for once, I hope he gets to work this winter and nails down the 5th spot in spring training.

This T.O. stuff is way overblown imho. Do we really need multiple press conferences and tv news bulletins because a football player took some pills? Nothing sports related is quite that important.

by t ball on Sep 27, 2006 2:58 PM CDT reply actions

T.O.

I agree with you, but this is a Cowboys-related story, and the DFW sports media flips out anytime anything Cowboys happens, particularly when there's potential scandal involved.

I've never understood it, to be honest. You don't see nearly the same level of ridiculousness when the Rangers, Mavs, or Stars are involved.

by RCCook on Sep 27, 2006 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions

not sure communication counts...

when it's broadcast to the media 5 minutes later. what happened to privacy and trust? if i were a player who they spoke to, i wouldn't want the world to know about it.

you don't get points for communication when it's insincere.

by AZranger on Sep 27, 2006 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't see

anything insincere about it. The media surely would have asked questions about why he wasn't starting Sunday. This is a clear explanation of what's going on, that they aren't throwing him out, and they have a plan to keep his development going.

Buck's track record is poor, but this is not an example of that.

by t ball on Sep 27, 2006 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions

large cattle ranch

when is a 100 acre ranch a large cattle ranch

by kaiser on Sep 27, 2006 3:13 PM CDT reply actions

ranch

maybe by large cattle ranch they mean he has cattle that are fat, like he is.

Pimps be damned, it's harder out here for a Rangers fan!

by rentz on Sep 27, 2006 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Isnt it funny

How the Rangers are always interested in bringing crappy new players back, but they never seem very interested in bringing their own players (tex young Blalock) back?

Why dont you people listen to me?

by Sharky on Sep 28, 2006 12:14 AM CDT reply actions