Series Thread: Reeling Rangers to turns things around against champ Royals 7/22-7/24

[donaldson79]

I may go to bed PO'd after all
Nope not tonight

Ya OK now partner?......Holy crap, we/us made that one a WHOLE lot more exciting than it should have been.

 

[donaldson79]

Too bad when we saw Tolleson declining at the end of last year we didn’t trade him. Hindsight.

I voted for him and MM to be gone in the off season.

 

[Kelleyman]

Sleep well DT

 

[DT LUNA]

It doesn't matter what the Stros do Crawler. Don't say it.

 

[PhantomWarrior]

Saw Banister writing on Brocali clipboard. Imagine it said "DFA Tolley."

 

[jaar01]

Wow Tolleson. You and Lohse need to get lost on the way back to DFW tomorrow night.

 

[darrylgann]

Maybe, just maybe we and Griffin can squeak out a series win tomorrow. What dya say!

 

[PhantomWarrior]

Maybe, just maybe we and Griffin can squeak out a series win tomorrow. What dya say!

If Griff can get through the order twice and keep it to two runs I'm with y'a.

Now with Ramos DFA who is the long man?

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I voted for him and MM to be gone in the off season.

I think it was actually pretty obvious to most of us as you say in regards to Tolleson as most of us did not feel he was the man for the closer job at the end of last year and going into this year. His stuff seems so hittable for some reason.

 

[darrylgann]

If Griff can get through the order twice and keep it to two runs I'm with y'a.

Now with Ramos DFA who is the long man?

Kinda wondered that myself.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

If Griff can get through the order twice and keep it to two runs I'm with y'a.

Now with Ramos DFA who is the long man?

Would be good if some other starter not named Hamels could get a win. Yu did pitch well enough yesterday to get one with just 2 earned runs but offense let him down.

 

[Nightcrawler]

Would be nice to gain some ground. I'm not sure we have gained a game in the month of July yet.

 

[Bmurph]

strike zone seemed like it was all over the place again tonight

 

[Bmurph]

Tolleson needs to go to RR and get his shit straight

 

[WilltheThrill]

I'm more worried about the cost associated with acquiring Sale than the whole psycho/primadona issue. I've only ever heard of two instances involving Chris Sale, and both have had him railing against management. And while he might have some issues, I do know that Kenny Williams is a first-rate asshat and Rick Hahn isn't much better. Sale got pissed at Williams the first time because LaRoche was his buddy and LaRoche's son was popular in the clubhouse. He felt like Kenny Williams went back on his word about it being ok for the kid to be with the team. So while it is a bit strange that the kid had to be around so much, I can see that being kind of a he said-he said situation where it's tough to know exactly what went down.

And from everything I've read so far about tonight, Sale had told management multiple times that he felt the throwback uniforms were very uncomfortable and thought they affected his pitching. Then he got livid when they said the team was wearing them tonight, so he cut them up. A bit over the top for sure and he should have just gotten over it. But he said that he didn't like management placing more value on PR stuff than team wins. I think he's just a little eccentric and doesn't like their upper management. Can't say I blame him for that.

 

[Bmurph]

I'm more worried about the cost associated with acquiring Sale than the whole psycho/primadona issue. I've only ever heard of two instances involving Chris Sale, and both have had him railing against management. And while he might have some issues, I do know that Kenny Williams is a first-rate asshat and Rick Hahn isn't much better. Sale got pissed at Williams the first time because LaRoche was his buddy and LaRoche's son was popular in the clubhouse. He felt like Kenny Williams went back on his word about it being ok for the kid to be with the team. So while it is a bit strange that the kid had to be around so much, I can see that being kind of a he said-he said situation where it's tough to know exactly what went down.

And from everything I've read so far about tonight, Sale had told management multiple times that he felt the throwback uniforms were very uncomfortable and thought they affected his pitching. Then he got livid when they said the team was wearing them tonight, so he cut them up. A bit over the top for sure and he should have just gotten over it. But he said that he didn't like management placing more value on PR stuff than team wins. I think he's just a little eccentric and doesn't like their upper management. Can't say I blame him for that.

Maybe this motivates the WSox to sell low on Sale (no pun)? I don't want to give up what they were said to be originally asking for him, but if this means they take 3 top prospects plus a couple others for him vs 5 top guys, I might be in. If it is the right 3 plus a couple lower tier guys, I would be in.

 

[Bmurph]

If Griff can get through the order twice and keep it to two runs I'm with y'a.

Now with Ramos DFA who is the long man?

Claudio it appears from the current roster

 

[Bmurph]

Nelson Cruz is a beast vs the knuckleball

 

[WilltheThrill]

White Sox fans are just as trashy and delusional as their team's management. They are saying that Gallo and Profar are overrated trash and that there is no way those two land Chris Sale. They are claiming it would take Mazara, Profar, Gallo, Brinson, Tate, and at least one more. They also say that Profar + Gallo + Tate wouldn't be enough to get Quintana.

Fine. We'll keep our elite prospects and you can keep your ace who hates your management. Enjoy remaining irrelevant for the next several years.

 

[RevSader]

I didn't know Sale had such a wicked cutter...