Series Thread: The Oakland A's at Your Texas Rangers 4/28 - 4/30

[RevSader]

Personally, I tire of the bitching and the circle jerk. Carry on, though.

I wasn't referring to you, but okay. AL and Jaar are the ones who do it the worst.

 

[DT LUNA]

Moving right along. Our game representative, Sir Donaldson, should be commended for his efforts to get the Rangers going last night. He gave it all he had. Several beers, peanuts, and one of those chili dogs for $26.00. Yes sir he did all he could to no avail. Winner of the ALL SportsHoopla RANGER FAN.

 

[TheRangerDude]

For me, I really don't think anyone is what you would call a troll here. At least not in the way we used to see on ESPN. Sure, there are some pessimistic posters, but we all get pessimistic when things are not going well. Some people may just come here to vent when things are going bad. I really don't have an issue with that seeing as how if I don't want to be involved I don't have to be. Maybe that is all they want to use the site for and if it is, who am I to tell them what they can use it for or not.

Name calling and intolerance is where I sort of draw the line. The majority of things posted on this forum are opinion. Even if you don't agree with someone's opinion, that doesn't make them dumb or wrong- just means you have a differing opinion.

Also, IMO calling someone dumb is it's self incompetent. How can anything posted on this board put you in a position to judge someone's overall intelligence? All people possess some skills that others don't and vice versa- if we didn't the world would be a pretty boring place. Calling names adds absolutely nothing to conversation, if you disagree with someone- why not just state why? I'm not sure why being civil or diplomatic is out of the question sometimes.

So again, I really don't think we have trolls at all. I think people are just choosing to overreact to some posts here and there. Trolls would post way more often than a few times per month.

 

[TheRangerDude]

Haha, on a much lighter note... it looks like no one wants to take the responsibility to start the next series thread- I don't want it either .

 

[donaldson79]

Moving right along. Our game representative, Sir Donaldson, should be commended for his efforts to get the Rangers going last night. He gave it all he had. Several beers, peanuts, and one of those chili dogs for $26.00. Yes sir he did all he could to no avail. Winner of the ALL SportsHoopla RANGER FAN.

And I went out there thinking, "last night was the worst I've seen them in years." Only to witness one of the worst showings EVER. It was a totally embarrassment. And I had to buy a seat for this crap on top of that. I did buy 3 beers, and ate a $10 Nolan Ryan brisket dog. Damn good too. Best thing that happened the whole night.

And remember when those railing seats out in the CF concourse were first-come basis? But guess what: they are going for $50 per butt now.

EA's overall play was alarming. But what most concerned me was what my eyes saw outta Beltre. He looks like he's totally broken down, and his concentration doesn't seem to be at 100% either. Very disturbing.

 

[PDay8810]

And I went out there thinking, "last night was the worst I've seen them in years." Only to witness one of the worst showings EVER. It was a totally embarrassment. And I had to buy a seat for this crap on top of that. I did buy 3 beers, and ate a $10 Nolan Ryan brisket dog. Damn good too. Best thing that happened the whole night.

And remember when those railing seats out in the CF concourse were first-come basis? But guess what: they are going for $50 per butt now.

EA's overall play was alarming. But what most concerned me was what my eyes saw outta Beltre. He looks like he's totally broken down, and his concentration doesn't seem to be at 100% either. Very disturbing.

The pessimistic side of me wants to scream from the hilltop with regards to Beltre and Elvis, but I'm trying to maintain it's just one month. Nothing about this team tells me they'll be back in first anytime soon.

 

[darrylgann]

 

[DT LUNA]

And I went out there thinking, "last night was the worst I've seen them in years." Only to witness one of the worst showings EVER. It was a totally embarrassment. And I had to buy a seat for this crap on top of that. I did buy 3 beers, and ate a $10 Nolan Ryan brisket dog. Damn good too. Best thing that happened the whole night.

And remember when those railing seats out in the CF concourse were first-come basis? But guess what: they are going for $50 per butt now.

EA's overall play was alarming. But what most concerned me was what my eyes saw outta Beltre. He looks like he's totally broken down, and his concentration doesn't seem to be at 100% either. Very disturbing.

Would take a lot more than three beers to make that game look better. EA and Beltre. Whoa!! Bad.

 

[donaldson79]

Would take a lot more than three beers to make that game look better. EA and Beltre. Whoa!! Bad.

I had 3 before the game and we left in the 5th inning and walked over to Humperdinks and hit the hard stuff.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

The pessimistic side of me wants to scream from the hilltop with regards to Beltre and Elvis, but I'm trying to maintain it's just one month. Nothing about this team tells me they'll be back in first anytime soon.

I agree with you on all that and not sure what all is going on. Is it tough for Beltre and Andrus to see how things have changed since 2011? Not saying it is but it has to affect chemistry. Is it tough on the team as a whole to keep seeing guys going on the DL? Like I said, not sure what is going on.

 

[jta4437]

For me, I really don't think anyone is what you would call a troll here. At least not in the way we used to see on ESPN. Sure, there are some pessimistic posters, but we all get pessimistic when things are not going well. Some people may just come here to vent when things are going bad. I really don't have an issue with that seeing as how if I don't want to be involved I don't have to be. Maybe that is all they want to use the site for and if it is, who am I to tell them what they can use it for or not.

Name calling and intolerance is where I sort of draw the line. The majority of things posted on this forum are opinion. Even if you don't agree with someone's opinion, that doesn't make them dumb or wrong- just means you have a differing opinion.

Also, IMO calling someone dumb is it's self incompetent. How can anything posted on this board put you in a position to judge someone's overall intelligence? All people possess some skills that others don't and vice versa- if we didn't the world would be a pretty boring place. Calling names adds absolutely nothing to conversation, if you disagree with someone- why not just state why? I'm not sure why being civil or diplomatic is out of the question sometimes.

So again, I really don't think we have trolls at all. I think people are just choosing to overreact to some posts here and there. Trolls would post way more often than a few times per month.

Jaar is a fraud and is a troll, he's just not a very dedicated one