OFFICIAL OFF SEASON THREAD ( 2017 )

[saddles]

 

[darrylgann]

And they get Dyson from the Royals.

 

[saddles]

Give me Colby over Hammel.

 

[donaldson79]

A little more infor on the Snider deal.

Snider agrees to minor league deal with Rangers

 

[darrylgann]

Eerily quiet in Ranger land lately.

 

[Kelleyman]

Eerily quiet in Ranger land lately.

JD gonna drag this out before another SP picked up and a one year rental bat. Waiting it out

 

[Duane1952]

Eerily quiet in Ranger land lately.

I've been on a plane all day.

 

[donaldson79]

Is 2017 a 'make-or-break' season for the Texas Rangers? | SportsDay

 

[saddles]

 

[DT LUNA]

Stay positive. He will be there.

 

[saddles]

I got my first ball at a Rangers game from Jackie Brown. I was a 12 year old kid standing by the railing in right field during batting practice. Jackie saw me and tossed me a ball. A few minutes later someone hit one over the fence and I got another one. So I got two that day and thought all I had to do was get there that early and I would get a ball. It would be 25 more years before I would get another one despite being there for batting practice well over 100 times during that timespan.

Needless to say I was big Jackie Brown fan from then on.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

It would be 25 more years before I would get another one despite being there for batting practice well over 100 times during that timespan.

you went to 100 batting practices and never got a ball?

 

[saddles]

you went to 100 batting practices and never got a ball?

Yeah, back during the rest of the 70s and 80s I would go 8-10 or more times a year and the vast majority of those times I would go early enough for batting practice. I never got another ball until my son was close to 10 years old. Of course back when I got those two not many folks showed up that early so I had less competition.

The only ball I ever got during the game was when I went to see the Rangers play in Baltimore a few years ago.

 

[donaldson79]

you went to 100 batting practices and never got a ball?

Boy....you can be a tough crowd.

 

[donaldson79]

Pretty interesting and informative read here. Lots to take in.

Is Ivan Rodriguez the greatest catcher ever?

 

[DT LUNA]

Boy....you can be a tough crowd.

I got them the easy way. Paid kids a dollar for them. LOL

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Boy....you can be a tough crowd.

I should mention that I wasn't attempting to be funny... my buddy and I always talk about how great it would be to go to BP and snag some balls. Saddles' post made me realize it might not be that simple.

 

[saddles]

Rangers could eye low-risk, high-reward deal

The names suggested in this article include guys like Weaver, CJ Wilson, Howard, Lincecum, Nathan, and Utley.

 

[DT LUNA]

Rangers could eye low-risk, high-reward deal

The names suggested in this article include guys like Weaver, CJ Wilson, Howard, Lincecum, Nathan, and Utley.

I'll pass on these.

 

[Bmurph]

Rangers could eye low-risk, high-reward deal

The names suggested in this article include guys like Weaver, CJ Wilson, Howard, Lincecum, Nathan, and Utley.

No surprise here, that seems to be the MO more often than not