2021 Texas Rangers

[Post Oak 20213]

Efforting for Elijah?

 

[Elmer_Fudd 22227]

I remember all the brutal teams in the 2000's.

[cmontexas 3271]

At least those teams had soul. ARod, Carl Everett, future HOF 3rd baseman Hank Blalock, a track record of developing successful MLB position players, a stadium where the fans behind home plate actually faced the goddamn field. Glory days compared to now

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Feel like the owners don't care about winning whatsoever that's the most brutal part.

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2078]

thus ends our longest win streak of the season

[bluto 4929]

As much as you can feel bad for a guy in the general life position, I feel for Nadel and chuck morgan having to spend their final years on the mic calling this epic shit show. No idea how much time they have left but there’s no way it’s fun, and nadel damn well has interests outside of the game.

[DonkeyCigars 143]

2 hours ago, bluto said:

As much as you can feel bad for a guy in the general life position, I feel for Nadel and chuck morgan having to spend their final years on the mic calling this epic shit show. No idea how much time they have left but there’s no way it’s fun, and nadel damn well has interests outside of the game.

Chuck Morgan has been all over the radio shows defending/selling the premise of the Rangers selling out opening day and allowing 40k people to cough all over each other. He's an EVP, has worked for the Rangers ballclub for almost 40 years, and knows who butters his bread and 401k and pension. Don't feel bad for him.

I feel worse for Jared Sandler because he's going to have to find some way to try and talk intelligently about this horrible team with a straight face.

[AngryDragon 270]

This would seem to be the appropriate season to have John Rhadigan back in the booth. 

It's a caught!

 

 

Edited April 6, 2021 by AngryDragon

[Herbie Hancock 7348]

Chuck Morgan has been all over the radio shows defending/selling the premise of the Rangers selling out opening day and allowing 40k people to cough all over each other. He's an EVP, has worked for the Rangers ballclub for almost 40 years, and knows who butters his bread and 401k and pension. Don't feel bad for him.
I feel worse for Jared Sandler because he's going to have to find some way to try and talk intelligently about this horrible team with a straight face.

Fuck. Off.

[DonkeyCigars 143]

47 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said:

Fuck. Off.

Which part offended you? Not feeling sorry for Chuck Morgan or feeling sorry for Jared Sandler?

[Herbie Hancock 7348]

Which part offended you? Not feeling sorry for Chuck Morgan or feeling sorry for Jared Sandler?

You bringing your vaccine bullshit to the baseball thread. Go be a fucking cunt somewhere else

[DonkeyCigars 143]

1 hour ago, Herbie Hancock said:

You bringing your vaccine bullshit to the baseball thread. Go be a fucking cunt somewhere else

Oh, okay, look--I wasn't passing judgment one way or another. I was just saying the interviews I heard from him he was obviously being a company man and selling the idea to folks and doing P.R.

[Greg Davis Apologist 213]

Sorry about the mix up Sunday with Philadelphia A’s stat. I was high and pulled it out of an article from last year and it just said 1930 Philadelphia. I assumed it was the A’s as I had forgotten the Phillies were also there. I hope nobody lost any bar bets.

Now back to our journey to rewrite history...

[Dr Fear 1268]

 

[conVINCEd 21469]

I just received a notification from ESPN that we are trading Rougie to the Yankees.  I thought we cut him.  Was I mistaken?

[Dr Fear 1268]

Just now, conVINCEd said:

I just received a notification from ESPN that we are trading Rougie to the Yankees.  I thought we cut him.  Was I mistaken?

He was designated for assignment, which I believe gave them something like a week to do something before he is released.  Rangers are eating almost all of the remaining money.

[gsoda3 3262]

why did the yankees trade for him?  was there really a waiver market for him?  seems like they could've waited til he cleared waivers and became a FA.  

[Dr Fear 1268]

2 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

why did the yankees trade for him?  was there really a waiver market for him?  seems like they could've waited til he cleared waivers and became a FA.  

If he is a FA then he can choose between offers and they would also have to pay him above the minimum.  The also get two years out of him.  

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

He’ll probably wind up being decent for them. And we still have to watch Solak everyday. 

 

[Kyle 207]

Went to the game yesterday ... new ballpark gets a C. Overall, it lacks the character of the Temple and really does not have any interesting features. It's very bland besides being an obvious copy of Enron (sue me). The biggest problem that will be a shit show is the 200 and 300 levels share a single concourse - lines were terribly long for concessions and the john. Baylor's McLane stadium has the same design and similar terrible lines. I do not think they fully thought that through ... no one is going to want to stand in line for an hour for a $10 hot dog. Maybe I'm just grumpy because of whatever that is on the field, but I think it will be a disaster whenever there are big crowds.

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Fortunately your last sentence shouldn’t be a problem again for a # of years. 

[ztejas 43454]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

He’ll probably wind up being decent for them. And we still have to watch Solak everyday. 

 

Yeah. He'll probably hit 32 homers and bat .245 in 2 years. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Two bodies. 

And Dunning’s debut tonight. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

No $. 

 

[Rholl 218]

I believe Heyman is wrong here

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Yeah, it's $570,500 this year, so basically nothing. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

3 hitters for Dane to join the ERA party. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

And that’s what a non-Solak cleanup looks like. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Condor yack. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Nate mother fucking Lowe. 

[Elmer_Fudd 22227]

4 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Nate mother fucking Lowe. 

Keeps this up should bring in a good return in a July trade.

[CowtownHorn 5126]

Go ahead and give Lowe the MVP. 
 

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Fucking Solak, killer of rallies. 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

Fucking Solak

[Post Oak 20213]

35 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Keeps this up should bring in a good return in a July trade.

6 years of team control.  Hopefully we'll be good in one of those years

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Helluva game for the offseason trade acquisitions. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Biggio has had a shitty fucking game at the dish & in the field. 

Bichette, on the other hand, has not. Please don’t do this, pen. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Welp, Holt dead. Come on up, Anderson Tejeda. 

[Assman 1830]

On 4/5/2021 at 7:47 PM, Dr Fear said:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HFqFehy5ZbQv7TYmxBN-IoZDb8BJf-Kf44Hbkj9gykM/edit?usp=sharing

I picked a shitty night to start this technique.

Edit:  Unless the Jays have a decent 9th.

Edited April 7, 2021 by Assman
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[Post Oak 20213]

Good.  At least Tejada has some juice.  

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Ship it.

That was a quick fucking game for 11 runs. 

[dcar00 14210]

OK I'm upgrading prediction to 51 wins.

[gsoda3 3262]

that was a competent looking win.

[Dr Fear 1268]

A's are now 0-6 with a -37 run differential. Yikes.

[Voldemort86 2259]

6 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

Keeps this up should bring in a good return in a July trade.

He won’t be traded.  He’s a building block considering how cheap he is and how long we have control.

[Kyle 207]

20 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

He’ll probably wind up being decent for them. And we still have to watch Solak everyday. 

 

He's going to have a bitch of a time finding a place to keep his horses. Those blue bloods frown as messicans in the Polo Club unless they're scooping poop and combing ponies.

Edited April 7, 2021 by Kyle

[Dr Fear 1268]

Blue Jays -125 on the -1.5 run line today, first time it has been less than even this year.  Ryu [lots of respect] v. Gibson [Dangerfield lack of respect]

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

Hit two bombs, dropped in the order. 

[Jameslaw121 4448]

Is it not on Fox (Bally) SW?

[shadow_operative2.0 15984]

It is.