2008 Texas Rangers Thread - Page 3 - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

Flacolaco · 05-16-2008, 10:44 PM

So um...who is Josh Hamilton?

Kirobaito · 05-16-2008, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Flacolaco

So um...who is Josh Hamilton?

The American League MVP.

mary · 05-17-2008, 12:00 AM

Fun game tonight.

Josh Hamilton is a Grown.Ass.Man!

mkat · 05-17-2008, 02:00 AM

ok i gotta get tickets before they retreat to suckitude in june.

alby · 05-17-2008, 10:49 AM

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ok i gotta get tickets before they retreat to suckitude in june.

oh ye of little faith!

bruinsbaseball · 05-17-2008, 11:38 AM

Hamilton is good, but
Angels>>>>>>Rangers

bruinsbaseball · 05-17-2008, 11:38 AM

Hope the Rangers can finish better than the Mariners at least.

bruinsbaseball · 05-17-2008, 11:41 AM

yep.

jthig32 · 05-17-2008, 03:33 PM

This is so not letting the game come to you.

alby · 05-17-2008, 08:55 PM

go rangers

Flacolaco · 05-17-2008, 09:14 PM

Just helping the cute Rangers get their thread to 100 posts.

I believe.

sike · 05-17-2008, 09:18 PM

92

I don't believe...but would love to be proven wrong.

Kirobaito · 05-17-2008, 09:57 PM

I just hope, hope, hope, we don't do something dumb at the deadline in an attempt to win now.

jthig32 · 05-17-2008, 10:00 PM

I certainly don't believe they're going to do anything this season, but how can you not be excited about Hamilton, Murphy, Boggs, Kinsler, Chris Davis, etc.

If Hurley wasn't sucking worse than suck itself, and McCarthy weren't built like a china doll I would be on Cloud 9. Right now I'm on about Cloud 7.

Caseman · 05-17-2008, 10:00 PM

Am I a little too early to jump on this bandwagon or should I wait another 100 games?

Flacolaco · 05-17-2008, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirobaito

I just hope, hope, hope, we don't do something dumb at the deadline in an attempt to win now.

Oh there's no way.

I am intrigued by Hamilton and Murphy. I actually watched a little baseball today!

When the Stars let the Rangers have Tom Hicks' plane back in a few days, they're going to be even better

Kirobaito · 05-17-2008, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jthig32

I certainly don't believe they're going to do anything this season, but how can you not be excited about Hamilton, Murphy, Boggs, Kinsler, Chris Davis, etc.

If Hurley wasn't sucking worse than suck itself, and McCarthy weren't built like a china doll I would be on Cloud 9. Right now I'm on about Cloud 7.

I'm more excited about Max Ramirez than Chris Davis, at this point. Ramirez could probably DH in the majors right now. Davis, I think, still has a lot of work to do. I'm not sure he'll be ready by Opening Day '09, much as I'd like him to be.

DOMINATOR · 05-17-2008, 10:42 PM

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You a rangers fan? If so, *punch in the face*.

uhh, no im an astros fan.

alby · 05-17-2008, 11:26 PM

how did I not get rep for that picture =p

DFW pride baby.

chumdawg · 05-17-2008, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by alby

how did I not get rep for that picture =p

DFW pride baby.

I can't even see the damn picture. It says it is unavailable.

alby · 05-18-2008, 03:06 AM

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I can't even see the damn picture. It says it is unavailable.

Oh...

It's just a picture showing who the real baseball team in Texas is lol

Just like there is only one real football team in Texas

DOMINATOR · 05-18-2008, 11:59 AM

that is a badass pic

jthig32 · 05-18-2008, 01:59 PM

According to the Star Telegram, Blalock is officially a first baseman, as of today. A permanent move, according to him, and he's all for it.

The only way this makes sense is if the long term plan is to move Mike Young to third, which is a good idea.

However, the timing is weird. There's no way Vazques is going to keep up his current level of production, so I don't see how they think Blalock+Vazquez/Duran is a better combination than Blalock+Cat/Shelton.

And of course long term the Rangers have three potentially huge bats getting close to the bigs, and they all play first base.

Weird, weird timing.

GuerillaBlack · 05-18-2008, 05:57 PM

There are a ton of Astros fans in DFW.

vmac · 05-18-2008, 06:42 PM

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There are a ton of Astros fans in DFW.

Yeah, I'm actually one of them.

GuerillaBlack · 05-18-2008, 06:55 PM

I wonder why that is. During the games, you could hear "Let's Go Astros" clearly, and the stadium HAD to be 60-40, with the Astros having 40%.

Murphy3 · 05-19-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by jthig32

According to the Star Telegram, Blalock is officially a first baseman, as of today. A permanent move, according to him, and he's all for it.

The only way this makes sense is if the long term plan is to move Mike Young to third, which is a good idea.

However, the timing is weird. There's no way Vazques is going to keep up his current level of production, so I don't see how they think Blalock+Vazquez/Duran is a better combination than Blalock+Cat/Shelton.

And of course long term the Rangers have three potentially huge bats getting close to the bigs, and they all play first base.

Weird, weird timing.

Which makes me wonder just how permanent it is.. I know it's permanent right now, but how permanent is it when MadMax or Chris Davis get ready for the big leagues? Or, do they plan on moving Davis back to third? If so, then why move Blalock to first to begin with? Unless they plan on moving Blalock to another team.... but, whey would Blalock be the catalyst to this switch then?...

It could make the team a better team this year. I know Vazquez has made 5 errors or so this year, but he and Blalock on the field together will make the team better defensively than being forced to put Shelton/Cat at first.

jthig32 · 05-19-2008, 01:35 PM

After thinking about it I can only assume that this was mainly motivated by defense. Blalock had really become a liability defensively at third.

It's also possible that he thinks he has a better chance of staying healthy at first, and he wants to stay on the field.

Long term, I think the organization agreed to it because they want to move Mike Young to third.

Five-ofan · 05-21-2008, 04:37 PM

im ok with blalock moving to first for now. If davis is good enough to worry about blocking him(and i think he is) then it wont matter because he'll force his way onto the field. Mad max will be a dh that can be a 3rd catcher and first basemen and probably fill in a little in the outfield if need be. He'll provide some roster flexibility because he should be a front line dh that could also catch for a couple of weeks if he really needed to. I assume JMJ is the third guy you are thinking about jthig? He'll be an outfielder long term. i know he just started playing first again but i doubt seriously its permanent.

as for hurley, he seems to be figuring it out. Mostly he was experimenting with a changeup early and has scrapped it to go to a fastball/slider/splitter rep. Also for the first time since he was really young his plus plus velocity has been back recently as he was hitting 97 recently. He'll be fine.

I love josh hamilton, but good lord berkman is on fire.

btw on the rangers when you start looking at all stars it sure looks like the rangers have 4 locks plus young who could maybe go. Man thats crazy.

Kirobaito · 05-21-2008, 09:37 PM

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im ok with blalock moving to first for now. If davis is good enough to worry about blocking him(and i think he is) then it wont matter because he'll force his way onto the field. Mad max will be a dh that can be a 3rd catcher and first basemen and probably fill in a little in the outfield if need be. He'll provide some roster flexibility because he should be a front line dh that could also catch for a couple of weeks if he really needed to. I assume JMJ is the third guy you are thinking about jthig? He'll be an outfielder long term. i know he just started playing first again but i doubt seriously its permanent.

as for hurley, he seems to be figuring it out. Mostly he was experimenting with a changeup early and has scrapped it to go to a fastball/slider/splitter rep. Also for the first time since he was really young his plus plus velocity has been back recently as he was hitting 97 recently. He'll be fine.

I love josh hamilton, but good lord berkman is on fire.

btw on the rangers when you start looking at all stars it sure looks like the rangers have 4 locks plus young who could maybe go. Man thats crazy.

Who do you call locks? Ham, Milt, Ian, and Pads?

jthig32 · 05-21-2008, 10:21 PM

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Who do you call locks? Ham, Milt, Ian, and Pads?

I can only assume he's talking about those four, yeah.

And yes, I was referencing JMJ, and that's fair about him being an outfielder long term. Just seems odd that he just moved to first, no?

Murphy3 · 05-22-2008, 10:31 AM

Well, he played alot of first in college... but, still kinda odd.

muzak · 05-22-2008, 11:08 AM

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There are a ton of Astros fans in DFW.

i went to the saturday game with 4 'stos fans in tow. the looks on their faces after losing 2 straight to the rangers was priceless.

Flacolaco · 05-22-2008, 03:35 PM

10th inning...

jthig32 · 05-22-2008, 04:15 PM

As of this minute, Josh Hamilton is:

1. Leading the AL in Batting Average.
2. Tied for the AL lead in HR's.
3. Leading the majors in RBI's.

Beast.

sike · 05-22-2008, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jthig32

As of this minute, Josh Hamilton is:

1. Leading the AL in Batting Average.
2. Tied for the AL lead in HR's.
3. Leading the majors in RBI's.

Beast.

how old is he?

Kirobaito · 05-22-2008, 05:06 PM

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how old is he?

He turned 27 yesterday.

mkat · 05-23-2008, 01:16 AM

beast is right. clutch! my dad preached on how good that trade was gonna be. he was right.

muzak · 05-23-2008, 08:12 AM

we're 4 games out of making the wild card as it stands today. think it's possible the 'lil Rangers can make the playoffs this year?

mkat · 05-23-2008, 02:20 PM

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we're 4 games out of making the wild card as it stands today. think it's possible the 'lil Rangers can make the playoffs this year?

i doubt it. they just aren't consistent enough yet.