Texas Rangers Spring Training 2020

[Kelleyman]

C. Pudge
1B Raffy
2B J Morgan
SS Toby
3B Beltre
OF Mays
OF Kid Griffey
OF Juan Gone
DH Willie Rakes
SP Luis Tiant
SP Nolan
SP Gibson
SP Pedro
SP Yu
RP Fingers
RP Wild Thing- Vaughn Ha although I pulled for hard luck Mitch too

Without 2 much thought and not all Rangers here is a fav list of good players I liked at one point. Subject to edit

 

[DT LUNA]

C. Pudge
1B Raffy
2B J Morgan
SS Toby
3B Beltre
OF Mays
OF Kid Griffey
OF Juan Gone
DH Willie Rakes
SP Luis Tiant
SP Nolan
SP Gibson
SP Pedro
SP Yu
RP Fingers
RP Wild Thing- Vaughn Ha although I pulled for hard luck Mitch too

Without 2 much thought and not all Rangers here is a fav list of good players I liked at one point. Subject to edit

No Sandy Kofax?

 

[saddles]

No matter when the season starts it will certainly be a much shorter season. That allows a much greater chance of a team making the postseason as somewhat of a fluke. It also probably means much fewer teams will be sellers at the deadline.

 

[saddles]

C. Pudge
1B Raffy
2B J Morgan
SS Toby
3B Beltre
OF Mays
OF Kid Griffey
OF Juan Gone
DH Willie Rakes
SP Luis Tiant
SP Nolan
SP Gibson
SP Pedro
SP Yu
RP Fingers
RP Wild Thing- Vaughn Ha although I pulled for hard luck Mitch too

Without 2 much thought and not all Rangers here is a fav list of good players I liked at one point. Subject to edit

I will go with my favorite Rangers, not necessarily the best.

C Pudge
1B Hargrove
2B Franco
3B Bell
SS ARod
LF Oliver
RF Gonzales
CF Beniquez
SP Jenkins
SP Perry
SP Blylevin
SP Rogers
SP Ryan
RP Foucault
RP Kern
RP Feliz
RP Williams
RP Zimmerman
RP Russell

 

[WastinSomeTime]

C-Pudge
1B - Palmeiro
2B - Rod Carew
SS - MY (Only because I did not put him a 2b)
3B - Beltre
OF - Lou Brock
OF - Roberto Clemente
OF - Hank Aaron
DH - David Ortiz (Only because he helped the Sox defeat the Yankees and don't really have a favorite)
SP - Bob Gibson
SP - Nolan Ryan
SP - Colby Lewis (He was important at the time and a bulldog)
SP - Bert Blyleven
SP - After the 1st 2 it doesn't really matter to me
RP - No one on the Rangers because they all flame out
RP - Don't really have one

 

[Kelleyman]

C-Pudge
1B - Palmeiro
2B - Rod Carew
SS - MY (Only because I did not put him a 2b)
3B - Beltre
OF - Lou Brock
OF - Roberto Clemente
OF - Hank Aaron
DH - David Ortiz (Only because he helped the Sox defeat the Yankees and don't really have a favorite)
SP - Bob Gibson
SP - Nolan Ryan
SP - Colby Lewis (He was important at the time and a bulldog)
SP - Bert Blyleven
SP - After the 1st 2 it doesn't really matter to me
RP - No one on the Rangers because they all flame out
RP - Don't really have one

Colby wotld be a really good sentimental pick for me.

 

[Kelleyman]

No Sandy Kofax?

I put Gibson over Koufax due to watching him pitch in daytime WS as a kid. He was dominating otherwise I listened to baseball on the radio as a kid living in Houston before moving to Dallas.
Houston had some good radio announcers. I liked Jimmy awynn and Dierker and Bob Aspromonte. Saw Carlton at the Dome and had a grandma steal a balll from me as a young child. Ha have gotten quite a few balls since then at Turnpike and Ballpark

 

[BULLPEN FAILURE]

No matter when the season starts it will certainly be a much shorter season. That allows a much greater chance of a team making the postseason as somewhat of a fluke. It also probably means much fewer teams will be sellers at the deadline.

could be there is no deadline, no all star game, etc.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I put Gibson over Koufax due to watching him pitch in daytime WS as a kid. He was dominating otherwise I listened to baseball on the radio as a kid living in Houston before moving to Dallas.
Houston had some good radio announcers. I liked Jimmy awynn and Dierker and Bob Aspromonte. Saw Carlton at the Dome and had a grandma steal a balll from me as a young child. Ha have gotten quite a few balls since then at Turnpike and Ballpark

I was huge Gibson fan and got to watch him pitch at the Dome on our way from moving with the Air Force from Hawaii to Cape Cod. Then he pitched against the Sox in the WS. He was a mean dude like Ryan and his curveball would buckle a person's knees.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

I almost put Claude Osteen (Hehe) down as a pitcher. Living in DC as a kid the Senators were so bad but I liked Osteen and Chuck Hinton. That lousy Senators team of course became a lousy Rangers team. So as you can tell by some of my picks I rooted for the Twins in the AL and Cardinals in the NL. Just thought about Mudcat Grant and Jim Kaat when I mentioned the Twins.

 

[saddles]

could be there is no deadline, no all star game, etc.

Yeah, I guess if they do play this year a lot of things could be different.

 

[DT LUNA]

Any of you remember Nellie Fox and Louis Aparicio

 

[saddles]

If we are out through May 21 here are the teams and number of games with each that we will miss out on.

Mariners-----7
Angels‐-------3
Rays‐‐----------6
Rockies-------2
Astros---------3
Yankees------3
White Sox----4
Phillies--------2
A's‐--------------6
Red Sox------7
Indians-------4
Blue Jays----3

 

[saddles]

Any of you remember Nellie Fox and Louis Aparicio

I remember Aparicio.

 

[DT LUNA]

I remember Aparicio.

Dizzy Dean use to say "whoa Nellie" That is where the famous saying came from.

I remember Aparicio.

They were a terrific double play combo with the W Sox.

 

[DT LUNA]

Lot of names thrown around and surprised to not see the "say hey kid" Willie Mays but there are just to many great ones to get them all.

 

[Kelleyman]

Lot of names thrown around and surprised to not see the "say hey kid" Willie Mays but there are just to many great ones to get them all.

. He was on my list. Saw his later years

 

[jta4437]

C- Pudge
1B - McGwire
2B - Sandberg
SS - Ozzie Smith
3B - Beltre
OF - Bo Jackson
OF - Rickey Henderson
OF - Griffey Jr.
DH - Edgar Martinez
SP - Orel Hershiser (was actually my first favorite player)
SP - Nolan Ryan
SP - Maddux
SP - Randy Johnson
SP - Pedro Martinez
RP - Kerry Wood (went to my HS)
RP - Eckersley

Honorable mention; Hamilton, Darvish, Will Clark, Strawberry, Gooden, Mariano Rivera, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds

 

[WastinSomeTime]

C- Pudge
1B - McGwire
2B - Sandberg
SS - Ozzie Smith
3B - Beltre
OF - Bo Jackson
OF - Rickey Henderson
OF - Griffey Jr.
DH - Edgar Martinez
SP - Orel Hershiser (was actually my first favorite player)
SP - Nolan Ryan
SP - Maddux
SP - Randy Johnson
SP - Pedro Martinez
RP - Kerry Wood (went to my HS)
RP - Eckersley

Honorable mention; Hamilton, Darvish, Will Clark, Strawberry, Gooden, Mariano Rivera, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds

Thought about the last 3 SP on your list.

 

[WastinSomeTime]

Any of you remember Nellie Fox and Louis Aparicio

I was very young when Fox was playing and living in Hawaii from 63-67 (5-8 grade) we did not get live feeds. I would have to listen to the WS over my transistor radio which is when I started liking the Cardinals because they beat the Yankees 4 games to 3. In fact the 1st live telecast was Notre Dame and Michigan St when Bubba Smith played for MSU. But Luis I definitely remember.