tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post113266821341122246..comments2023-10-22T07:07:22.603-05:00Comments on <a href="http://sturminator.blogspot.com/">Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville</a>: TeasedSturminatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03512218221714280831noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132763591669180952005-11-23T10:33:00.000-06:002005-11-23T10:33:00.000-06:0010:30 AM and no blog..BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBBB10:30 AM and no blog..<BR/><BR/><BR/>BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132715504132318782005-11-22T21:11:00.000-06:002005-11-22T21:11:00.000-06:00I took a shower with your sister and it was awesom...I took a shower with your sister and it was awesome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132714000189517282005-11-22T20:46:00.000-06:002005-11-22T20:46:00.000-06:00Getting close to acquiring Josh Beckett is like sh...Getting close to acquiring Josh Beckett is like showering with your sister.<BR/><BR/>It's no good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132699512626571722005-11-22T16:45:00.000-06:002005-11-22T16:45:00.000-06:00Giving the Rangers credit for "trying to get Becke...Giving the Rangers credit for "trying to get Beckett" is like giving A&M credit for "playing hard." And as an Aggie, I'm pissed that both teams' respective fans have been reduced to showering them with this kind of praise.Jay Clendeninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12145686550513330155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132689012427531692005-11-22T13:50:00.000-06:002005-11-22T13:50:00.000-06:00Big Smooth, If its not a big market small market ...Big Smooth,<BR/> If its not a big market small market arguement, then the problem lies within your teams management. Yes the Yankees/Sox get whoever they want. I believe its because they can look a Free Agent in the face and say you will compete for a championship if you come here. Take Clement for example. He said he would come to Arlington however recieved no calls from the team. <BR/><BR/>I hope this will be rectified by Daniels.<BR/><BR/>The beckett trade is a perfect example of what a ripe farm system can do. You guys need to unload a few of them for something now.<BR/><BR/>We didnt even know Beckett was on the market. The red sox were also the only team to tell Burnett he would not get 5 years from them but they would listen on $$$. If you look at the makeup of the team from 04 and on its made up of alot of savvy decisions that didnt involve a lot of cash. Mueller bellhorn etc.<BR/>Look at the sports guy article today on ESPN.com. Very insightful, heres a clip<BR/><BR/>(Note: Isn't it weird how you can grow attached to these faceless baseball prospects that you don't really know anything about? When they brought up Papelbon last summer, I almost felt like he was part of my family. Jon Papelbon! I've been waiting for this day for years! I could be telling my grandkids about this some day! Of course, I said the exact same things about Kevin Morton 15 years ago. There isn't a stranger sport than baseball.)<BR/><BR/>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/051122Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132688488353711982005-11-22T13:41:00.000-06:002005-11-22T13:41:00.000-06:00It's awfully funny how Dallas' NFL and NBA teams a...It's awfully funny how Dallas' NFL and NBA teams are considered "big market" by everyone, but the NHL and MLB teams aren't. Hmm, what do the NHL and MLB teams have in common ya think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132686776597283592005-11-22T13:12:00.000-06:002005-11-22T13:12:00.000-06:00Has there been talk up there in Dallas about any "...Has there been talk up there in Dallas about any "off the field" problems with Blalock? I thought he'd been at odds with the front office or somesuch, but the Sun-Sentinal is reporting that the Marlins were scared off by "off field" issues. WTF?<BR/><BR/>"Monday afternoon the Marlins informed the Rangers they were no longer in the Beckett sweepstakes. The Rangers, who were dangling two-time All-Star Hank Blalock and one of two minor league pitchers who were former first-round draft picks, the Marlins had off-field concerns about Blalock."<BR/><BR/>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/baseball/marlins/sfl-marlspec22nov22,0,7784227.story?coll=sfla-sports-marlinscracker1743https://www.blogger.com/profile/10633027584042716712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132684022915590072005-11-22T12:27:00.000-06:002005-11-22T12:27:00.000-06:00anonymous,i'm not complaining about big market/sma...anonymous,<BR/><BR/>i'm not complaining about big market/small market, but over the last 5 years, the red sox and yankees get whoever the hell they want, and yes, those rich teams do seem to get richer each year. look at how much they spend. notice how they are in the playoffs every year? and now one of them just acquired the best pitcher that was available this year. therefore, the analogy does apply in this case.<BR/><BR/>texas is a big market team, and should be spending. the fact that they refuse to do so is one of the reasons they aren't winning. if we're paying more and more each year to watch the rangers, yet they don't spend on the team, i think we do have a right as fans to complain about how hicks operates the team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132682178585122322005-11-22T11:56:00.000-06:002005-11-22T11:56:00.000-06:00This rich get richer line is bunch of bull. Hicks ...This rich get richer line is bunch of bull. Hicks has the money to spend just like the sox and yanks. However he is a meiser and values profit over on the field success. The players the sox traded were all homegrown shrewd draft picks. <BR/><BR/>I cant stand people from Dallas and Houston bitching about big market teams. You think the stros didnt rake this year at the gate. are they going to reinvest nope. <BR/><BR/>I don't begrudge hicks the right to operate as he sees fit, but the rich get richer is a line of BS.<BR/><BR/>If anything the Loria-Henry-Selig croneyism should be talked aboutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132679905489206112005-11-22T11:18:00.000-06:002005-11-22T11:18:00.000-06:00Beckett may not be the greatest thing ever, but al...Beckett may not be the greatest thing ever, but all I know is the guy totally shut down the Yankees in the World Series two years ago. And the Rangers haven't had a pitcher around here that could do anything like that in over a decade at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132679848770877002005-11-22T11:17:00.000-06:002005-11-22T11:17:00.000-06:00If you want to be somewhat uplifted as a Ranger fa...If you want to be somewhat uplifted as a Ranger fan, go read Jim Reev's column in the FWST telegram today. Bob has it linked up above.<BR/><BR/>That readin made me feel somewhat better, because he accurately points out that this should end up being a sign of things to come with Daniels. If Hart's our GM, this was never even discuseed, because he just doesn't operate this way. Daniels is being creative and aggressive, and is honest about his desire to get better pitching.<BR/><BR/>It's a great read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132679393224023712005-11-22T11:09:00.000-06:002005-11-22T11:09:00.000-06:00I agree that there is a limit where you have to st...I agree that there is a limit where you have to stop and that he isn't a sure thing, but neither are any of the prospects we have. I'm sure daniels gave it his best shot, but they're gonna have to start hitting on trade opportunities like this before we lose the good parts we do have so that hicks can turn a profit. he's the best guy that was available. i'm just frustrated b/c this is another in a long list of misses for the rangers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132678449525341182005-11-22T10:54:00.000-06:002005-11-22T10:54:00.000-06:00How much do you want to go up? You're already payi...How much do you want to go up? You're already paying more than market value. Want to throw in Arias too? Hell why not Diamond as well?<BR/><BR/>Look I really, really wanted Becket. But you can't kill your farm system for one guy, unless that one guy is a SURE thing. And Becket simply is not. He has HUGE potential, but he's no sure thing. I was willing to overpay, but I was NOT willing to get run roughshod over. We had a fair, hell, better offer on the table. They chose not to take it. Move on.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I've seen people claim Beckett would have "changed the face of the Rangers." Let's tap the breaks there. The guy has a road ERA over 4.00 in the National League. He has great stuff, but don't think for a second he would have come in here and posted a sub 3.00 ERA and won the Cy Young. He would have been a solid #1 for us, but he is NOT Jake Peavy or Roy Oswalt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132677646391236182005-11-22T10:40:00.000-06:002005-11-22T10:40:00.000-06:00jared,well do you not think they gave the rangers ...jared,<BR/><BR/>well do you not think they gave the rangers a chance to counter with a better deal. the rangers should have upped the offer b/c this is a guy they needed to get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132677247275127672005-11-22T10:34:00.000-06:002005-11-22T10:34:00.000-06:00Anonymous, you might want to do some fact checking...Anonymous, you might want to do some fact checking before posting.<BR/><BR/>Daniels and the Marlin GM began the framework on this deal over a month ago. They set up the pieces, and the past few days it had gone to the owners because it began to involve money, who would take on what, etc.<BR/><BR/>Hick did not borker this deal from the beginning. That's just not true.<BR/><BR/>And do you really, really think if we'd agreed to include Danks on Sat, Florida would've just said "sweet, ok. we don't need to check with anyone else" Gimme a break. They probably went into this wanting Hanley Ramirez the entire time. It's not like we balked and then Boston came in with a better offer. In the end, we agreed to what Florida was supposedly asking, and they still went with a lesser package.<BR/><BR/>In my opinion they got who they targeted from the beginning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132677134455871192005-11-22T10:32:00.000-06:002005-11-22T10:32:00.000-06:00i'm very disappointed that this didn't happen. th...i'm very disappointed that this didn't happen. this is a guy that would have changed the face of this franchise. while i'm glad that the rangers are involved in these discussions, the more i think about it, this trade needed to be done b/c it's impossible for this team to draw in free agents due to the launching pad the rangers play in. prospects can come back to bite you in the ass if you trade them and they become stars, but this was for a 25 year old ace, the type of guy this franchise rarely gets the opportunity to get. <BR/><BR/>and it just makes me sick that he's going to boston. i'm getting sick of the freaking yankees and red sox acquiring whoever the hell they want. the rich are still getting richer and the rangers continue to suck....<BR/><BR/>i'm right there with greggo on this one.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132676454727267212005-11-22T10:20:00.000-06:002005-11-22T10:20:00.000-06:00I heard George and Craig bag on Hochuli yesterday....I heard George and Craig bag on Hochuli yesterday.<BR/><BR/>And I have to ask why?<BR/><BR/><EM>Every</EM> NFL ref should aspire to his level of communication with the fans. His explanations on overturned or upheld plays via challenges are a hell of a lot better than the vanilla 'After further review, the play stands' explanation that the majority of other NFL refs offer.<BR/><BR/>I know Kevin Weiberg could learn a thing or two from Ed with his 'we don't publically comment about officials' calls' BS policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132672133433622082005-11-22T09:08:00.000-06:002005-11-22T09:08:00.000-06:00I'm not so sure. If they wouldn't have balked at ...I'm not so sure. If they wouldn't have balked at giving up Danks for 24-48 hours, they might have gotten this deal done before Boston swooped in. That stall was all the time Boston needed even though they have no GM.<BR/><BR/>And don't be fooled. Tom Hicks was the one behind this deal and doing the negotiating, not Daniels. It was Hicks and the Marlins owner that brokered the entire thing. And of course it was Hicks' initial balking on including Danks that probably ended up killing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132670716963994362005-11-22T08:45:00.000-06:002005-11-22T08:45:00.000-06:00All Genero casual Ranger fans need to just relax. ...All Genero casual Ranger fans need to just relax. Florida took a lesser deal because A. they did not need a 3B, and B. they did not want to take back any salary. <BR/><BR/>They were just going to flip Blalock for prospects, so instead they took a very good prospect at a position of need for them. It sucks, but when you have the best deal on the table and you lose, what can you really do? <BR/><BR/>It sucks, but you can't blame management for this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132670428810651002005-11-22T08:40:00.000-06:002005-11-22T08:40:00.000-06:00How many times are the Ranger fans going to fall f...How many times are the Ranger fans going to fall for this BULL$%!+<BR/><BR/>Team management is like a little bity ant frantically crawling around during the offseason, but getting nothing done. <BR/><BR/>Listening to Norm on possible free agent pitchers that Texas might pick up is such a beating because I for one, will NOT be fooled anymore. Texas, your rotation is, what it is as of the end of last year I'm afraid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10242068.post-1132670006217041222005-11-22T08:33:00.000-06:002005-11-22T08:33:00.000-06:00"Good Morning to Texas. You still have no pitching..."Good Morning to Texas. You still have no pitching."<BR/><BR/>Better pitching than your quarterback! And yes, I'm bitter...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com