How 'Bout Them Rangers

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DFWJC;3474895 said:
Brutal schedule going forward.
But with 3 starting pitchers in the top 20, I like our odds!

How about one in the top 20...I can name a lot more than 17 guys that are better than Tommy Hunter & CJ Wilson (assuming you mean the 3rd as Wilson and not Lewis.)
 

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cbfan55;3476042 said:
I love him so far


Despite getting Oswalt, I am still upset the Phillies traded him away.

A rotation of Halladay, Lee, Hamels and Happ would be unstoppable.

Now its Halladay, Oswalt, Hamels, Joe " 6.00 ERA " Blanton and Kyle Kendrick

Maybe a Phillies vs Rangers WS?
 

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Joe Realist;3476048 said:
Despite getting Oswalt, I am still upset the Phillies traded him away.

A rotation of Halladay, Lee, Hamels and Happ would be unstoppable.

Now its Halladay, Oswalt, Hamels, Joe " 6.00 ERA " Blanton and Kyle Kendrick

Maybe a Phillies vs Rangers WS?[/quot

That would be a good showdown
 

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juck;3475998 said:
I think Feldman is pitching tonight.

No, he was scheduled to pitch tomorrow night, but Washington scratched him. Rich Harden I believe is returning from injury to start.
 

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Eldorado;3475780 said:
It bothers me how a team that declared bankruptcy can still mike high-profile trades. This is a business, after all. Life shouldn't just work like that.
They are staying within the established budget, so what's the big deal?
 

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Joe Realist;3476048 said:
Despite getting Oswalt, I am still upset the Phillies traded him away.

A rotation of Halladay, Lee, Hamels and Happ would be unstoppable.

Now its Halladay, Oswalt, Hamels, Joe " 6.00 ERA " Blanton and Kyle Kendrick

Maybe a Phillies vs Rangers WS?
That would be sweet. I'll be stoked if the Rangers just win a series b/c right now that would be against either NY or TB (both very tough).

BTW, I doubt the Phillies get Oswalt if they still have Lee on the books, but that rotation would be sick.
 

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nyc;3475792 said:
You sound like an apposing team fan that is scared of the Rangers. Did you even look at the trades they made. They cost minimal money on the Rangers part.

Move along now.
"Apposing"?

You sound like an illiterate moron.

My point is that if they already can't afford to pay the players, even a "minimal" cost seems to be going in the wrong direction if you ask me.
 

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Furthermore, you guys might want to tap the breaks when it comes to these World Series plans. I'm a Yankees fan, i'll get that out there right away; but there won't be anything given about even a playoff series. Assuming, which is a fair assumption, the Yankees win the AL regular season and the Rays take the wild card, or vice versa. Because of the rules that you can't play a division opponent in the first round, the Rangers would theoretically have to beat the Rays in a 5 game series, followed by the Yankees in a 7 game series. Cliff Lee isn't going to play all 7 games.

Impossible? Hardly. But don't buy your tickets yet.
 

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Rangers just acquired Christian Guzman from Washington, on the MLB's dime. A team that's in the negatives with money is still spending money. Gotta love the American way.
 

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Eldorado;3476149 said:
Furthermore, you guys might want to tap the breaks when it comes to these World Series plans. I'm a steroid supplying, overpaying, can't win without a $200M payroll, angry fan

Ummm. Yeah.

Do you bandwagon all the high profile teams? Let me guess, Red Wings and Laker fan too right?

Lets just remove the ability for you to annoy me.

/ignored.
 

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nyc;3476177 said:
Ummm. Yeah.

Do you bandwagon all the high profile teams? Let me guess, Red Wings and Laker fan too right?

Lets just remove the ability for you to annoy me.

/ignored.
No! Please don't ignore me! What can I do to change that!? You're such a respected member that I actually care about what you say to me! Gosh darn it!

Actually, if you care, I'm a Devils fan, Yankees fan, and 'Would rather have a colonoscopy than cheer for an NBA team' fan. The Cowboys came about because my dad grew up in Texas, the Yankees and Devils came about because I grew up in Jersey. Bite me.
 

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Eldorado;3476176 said:
Rangers just acquired Christian Guzman from Washington, on the MLB's dime. A team that's in the negatives with money is still spending money. Gotta love the American way.

In most of these cases, the Rangers are sending back good prospects in exchange for the trading team picking up the players' salary.

They had three or four million in their budget long before the trade deadline even came around, and they haven't exceeded that.
 

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Eldorado;3476149 said:
Furthermore, you guys might want to tap the breaks when it comes to these World Series plans. I'm a Yankees fan, i'll get that out there right away; but there won't be anything given about even a playoff series. Assuming, which is a fair assumption, the Yankees win the AL regular season and the Rays take the wild card, or vice versa. Because of the rules that you can't play a division opponent in the first round, the Rangers would theoretically have to beat the Rays in a 5 game series, followed by the Yankees in a 7 game series. Cliff Lee isn't going to play all 7 games.

Impossible? Hardly. But don't buy your tickets yet.

Hell, the same thing applies to every team that is looking good for the playoffs. Ranger fans know it isn't a sure thing, but this is easily the best all around team in Rangers history, and I don't think there is any question they have a realistic shot.

And the pitching staff is much more than Cliff Lee, although he is the best of the bunch. Tommy Hunter, C.J. Wilson and Colby Lewis are all having outstanding years, and Rich Hardin is about to come back from the DL and take Feldman's spot in the rotation. That's a very complete rotation. The bullpen is strong, the defense is outstanding, and the offense is as dangerous as any team in baseball. And despite not having Yankee like playoff experience, there are steady as a rock veterans like Young, Molina and Lee to help with leadership and overall team maturity.
 

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Stautner;3476206 said:
Hell, the same thing applies to every team that is looking good for the playoffs. Ranger fans know it isn't a sure thing, but this is easily the best all around team in Rangers history, and I don't think there is any question they have a realistic shot.

And the pitching staff is much more than Cliff Lee, although he is the best of the bunch. Tommy Hunter, C.J. Wilson and Colby Lewis are all having outstanding years, and Rich Hardin is about to come back from the DL and take Feldman's spot in the rotation. The bullben is strong, the defense is outstanding, and the offense is as dangerous as any team in baseball. And despite not having Yankee like playoff experience, there are steady as a rock veterans like Young, Molina and Lee to help with leadership and overall team maturity.

Don't argue with him. He believes because the Yankees spend $206 million on payroll they are ENTITLED to win the World Series. No team that only spends a quarter of what the Yankees spend could every win anything.

...of course you can see he is shaking in his boots by all the hate he is throwing this way. If the Rangers knock the Yankees out it will be sweet. A $55 million dollar payroll sinking a $206 million dollar payroll.

I find it funny that a Yankees fan would complain about sub $4M dollars increase when his team is spending $151 million more in payroll. Thats $45 million more than the next highest payroll! Absolutely ridiculous. :rolleyes:
 

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Stautner;3476206 said:
Hell, the same thing applies to every team that is looking good for the playoffs. Ranger fans know it isn't a sure thing, but this is easily the best all around team in Rangers history, and I don't think there is any question they have a realistic shot.

And the pitching staff is much more than Cliff Lee, although he is the best of the bunch. Tommy Hunter, C.J. Wilson and Colby Lewis are all having outstanding years, and Rich Hardin is about to come back from the DL and take Feldman's spot in the rotation. That's a very complete rotation. The bullpen is strong, the defense is outstanding, and the offense is as dangerous as any team in baseball. And despite not having Yankee like playoff experience, there are steady as a rock veterans like Young, Molina and Lee to help with leadership and overall team maturity.
Oh trust me trust me I'm not saying that the Rangers don't have a good chance, but for my money they're still the 3rd best team in the AL (which unfortunately also equates to the 3rd best team in all of baseball). Do they have a good chance at playing in the fall classic? Yup. Do the playoffs always rock chalk? Nope. So could the Rangers catch a hot streak and sweep their way to a World Series? Of course they could. Just don't start celebrating yet, the 4 best teams in baseball in my opinion (Yankees Rays Rangers and Red Sox) all play in the AL. Just the way the cookie crumbles.
 

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nyc;3476215 said:
Don't argue with him. He believes because the Yankees spend $206 million on payroll they are ENTITLED to win the World Series. No team that only spends a quarter of what the Yankees spend could every win anything.

...of course you can see he is shaking in his boots by all the hate he is throwing this way. If the Rangers knock the Yankees out it will be sweet. A $55 million dollar payroll sinking a $206 million dollar payroll.

I find it funny that a Yankees fan would complain about sub $4M dollars increase when his team is spending $151 million more in payroll. Thats $45 million more than the next highest payroll! Absolutely ridiculous. :rolleyes:

History has proven that the highest payroll doesn't necessarily win. Unfortunately, the Rangers payroll is going to have to increase dramatically in order to keep all the players they have, and some of them we just wont be able to afford to keep. The Rangers know that, but they are building for this year specifically, knowing they still have a lot of talent in the minors to replace a few veterans next year and still keep us competative. If they can just kep the pitching staff together we should be competative again next year. Keeping Lee might be tough though.
 
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