Series Thread: Going to Red Sox Nation for some national exposure

[darrylgann]

Wednesday ESPN game. Whew, no Detwiller.

 

[DT LUNA]

thanks for the thread Darryl

 

[DT LUNA]

Are we on tap for tomorrow ? No. Never mind. Tues.

 

[darrylgann]

thanks for the thread Darryl

No problem.

 

[Bmurph]

AJ Pierzynski caught another almost no-hitter today. 1 out away again

 

[darrylgann]

@JoeFrisaro: A name that will shock, who played for #Marlins is Pudge Rodriguez, whose name is circulating w/n industry #FWIW

Pudge as new manager of the Marlins?

 

[Bmurph]

@JoeFrisaro: A name that will shock, who played for #Marlins is Pudge Rodriguez, whose name is circulating w/n industry #FWIW

Pudge as new manager of the Marlins?

I bet he would do a good job as a manager for that team

 

[WastinSomeTime]

@JoeFrisaro: A name that will shock, who played for #Marlins is Pudge Rodriguez, whose name is circulating w/n industry #FWIW

Pudge as new manager of the Marlins?

One of if not my favorite Ranger but not sure about him as a manager.

 

[donaldson79]

One of if not my favorite Ranger but not sure about him as a manager.

I agree completely. Pudge has no practical experience coaching, much less managing or dealing with the day-to-day activities - dealing with the press, FO, etc - required as a on field manager.

Besides, if you've listened to Pudge on the post game shows, he still doesn't seem completely comfortable communicating in English. I hate saying that. But honestly believe it's the truth.

He's got a very good opportunity here to grow and with an organization who truly appreciates him for exactly who he is, admires him for what he's accomplished, and willing to give him time for that growth. I sure would hate to see him go stand in front of the Jeff Loria "fire-me" freight train.

Stay home Ivan.

 

[donaldson79]

Mr. Banister doesn't move as swiftly as some (i.e. me) wants in reacting to what we (yep, me again) would like. But he does seem to arrive at some of the same conclusions.

Jeff Banister on closers role: We cant stay status quo in doing some things | | Dallas Morning News

 

[romeo212000]

Mr. Banister doesn't move as swiftly as some (i.e. me) wants in reacting to what we (yep, me again) would like. But he does seem to arrive at some of the same conclusions.

Jeff Banister on closers role: We cant stay status quo in doing some things | | Dallas Morning News

I'd rather he be q bit slow at arriving to good conclusions than knee jerk or not at all.

 

[DT LUNA]

I agree completely. Pudge has no practical experience coaching, much less managing or dealing with the day-to-day activities - dealing with the press, FO, etc - required as a on field manager.

Besides, if you've listened to Pudge on the post game shows, he still doesn't seem completely comfortable communicating in English. I hate saying that. But honestly believe it's the truth.

He's got a very good opportunity here to grow and with an organization who truly appreciates him for exactly who he is, admires him for what he's accomplished, and willing to give him time for that growth. I sure would hate to see him go stand in front of the Jeff Loria "fire-me" freight train.

Stay home Ivan.

Agree.

 

[donaldson79]

I'd rather he be q bit slow at arriving to good conclusions than knee jerk or not at all.

Agree with your "general" statement. But I really don't think of me wanting Feliz out of the closer's role for some time now as knee-jerking. Nor would I place my desire to move EA outta the # 2 spot as same.

Slow and right is always preferable to never though.

 

[donaldson79]

OK guys....this may be interesting.

Norm in his next segment (10:50 ish) is going to tell us why our minor league system is "overrated." Actually he's calling it "the myth of the Rangers farm system."

I'll try to recap after it's over.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

OK guys....this may be interesting.

Norm in his next segment (10:50 ish) is going to tell us why our minor league system is "overrated." Actually he's calling it "the myth of the Rangers farm system."

I'll try to recap after it's over.

I could see some merit to it.

Mr. Banister doesn't move as swiftly as some (i.e. me) wants in reacting to what we (yep, me again) would like. But he does seem to arrive at some of the same conclusions.

Jeff Banister on closers role: We cant stay status quo in doing some things | | Dallas Morning News

Glad he is willing to make a change and not be a robot about it.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

@JoeFrisaro: A name that will shock, who played for #Marlins is Pudge Rodriguez, whose name is circulating w/n industry #FWIW

Pudge as new manager of the Marlins?

Instead, they've decided to name their own GM as the new manager. WTF?

 

[donaldson79]

Old Norm fired out a bunch of stuff for sure. And the bottom line: over the past 5 years, what has our system produced, either for our team, or the team they are now employed by?

And then he looks at our team in 2015 and says, "we've got 10 guys outta our 25 who we got off the wavier wire/cheap FA/cheap trade." All "bottom-of-the-barrel" or "off the trash heap" types.

Very, very critical of bringing up Odor, even last year. His major point on bringing him up was, why rush this kid to the majors under the guise of, "we had no choice" and that's just not true. This team was a train wreck last year and we could have gotten ANYONE to play 2nd base and left Odor at AA where he belonged. Now, we are in the exact same position with 2nd base, and Odor really isn't any closer to being ready to be in Arlington than he was at this same time last year.

Good segment, and decent food-for-thought.

 

[donaldson79]

Instead, they've decided to name their own GM as the new manager. WTF?

They went for the guy with no experience whatsoever. Hell, Pudge would smoke this guy in a "professional" resume contest.

 

[DT LUNA]

They went for the guy with no experience whatsoever. Hell, Pudge would smoke this guy in a "professional" resume contest.

Good choice because we still retain Pudge

 

[romeo212000]

Agree with your "general" statement. But I really don't think of me wanting Feliz out of the closer's role for some time now as knee-jerking. Nor would I place my desire to move EA outta the # 2 spot as same.

Slow and right is always preferable to never though.

Wasn't saying you were. All I was stating was although Banny may be a step slower than some of us might like at making changes, he does seem to be seeing the areas where change is needed and reacting appropriately, albeit deliberately.