December 2009
36 posts
“Halladay’s contract is so far removed from his market value that it looks like...”
– Baseball Prospectus | Prospectus Today: Of Unselfish Decisions and Restocked Systems
The Art of Catching Weekly Newsletter: Tip of the... →
“To look back over 20 years and try to say thanks would only leave out thousands...”
– Peter Gammons: My 20 years at ESPN - ESPN
Texas Rangers quietly make noise at winter... →
Good overview of where the club stands now.
The organization’s management continues to show a good awareness of limitations and needs, and an ability to balance risk against the core strengths of the club (like keeping pitchers healthy). I’d say that’s at least as good a reason for optimism as the roster.
The longer they successfully operate within a restrictive budget, the...
Gammons joins NESN, MLB Network - Extra Bases -... →
Gammons will end his 21-year-run at ESPN at the conclusion of baseball’s winter meetings. But he will not be difficult to find. He confirmed via telephone last night that he has agreed to terms with a pair of intriguing outlets: the MLB Network, which proved an appealing option to ESPN’s baseball coverage in just its first year on the air, and NESN, the television home of the Red Sox.
“Texas may choose to dangle C.J. Wilson on the trade market after acquiring Ray.”
– MLB Rumors - MLB Trade Rumors, Free Agency Rumors and More - Rumor Central - ESPN
Dangle! Dangle! The kid’s got juice but it’s like he gets bored unless the bases are loaded.
WatchTexas Rangers Blog - Rangers’ Washington sits down with ESPN Dallas - ESPN Dallas
Projected order (lots of assumptions here obviously):
Borbon
Kinsler
Young
Hamilton
Lowell
Cruz
Davis
“catcher”
Andrus
If we can actually put that lineup together, I don’t envy opposing pitchers.
Report: Boston Red Sox trade Mike Lowell to Texas... →
“The Rangers, if the deal goes through, would use Lowell as a right-handed designated hitter and part-time first baseman, a position he has never played in the big leagues.”
So we’ll have a shortstop at third and a third baseman at first. Makes sense to me. This after the Sox rejected the idea of moving him to first for health reasons.
“Can you imagine the (free) national publicity the Raiders would have received if...”
– College Confidential: Mike Leach: Last year’s Heisman “a total injustice”
Me: ESPN Reporters 'bunch of lazy idiots'
ESPN’s “Dallas Cowboys Blog” plays the tune, and all the little blog rats follow. In the weekly Cowboys Stock Report, Calvin Watkins says Wade Phillips “said the media is making up the December records of the past.”
I don’t have video but I did see and hear Wade’s press conference, and what he said was, “You said Romo didn’t lose a game in...
“Rangers GM Jon Daniels’ thoughts on Inglett as the team’s utility...”
– Rangers Claim Joe Inglett Off Waivers: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
WatchKiki Vandeweghe - Video (via Metacafe)
