tOfficially Official 2016 Spring training thread

[donaldson79]

Televised baseball, sweet! Even if it is Bus and Tom, I can turn the sound off

It's so early in the year I can put up with the two of em for a while anyway.

 

[Bmurph]

Martinez w a hanger to Frazier for the sac fly, probably lucky it stayed in the park. Thats the pitch you cant throw w 2 strikes Nick

 

[Bmurph]

Garcia laces one 2-0 Sox

 

[donaldson79]

TAMPA, Fla. -- Hall of Fame reliever Goose Gossage called Toronto Blue Jaysslugger Jose Bautista a "disgrace to the game" and blasted "nerds" for turning baseball into a "joke" during a 10-minute interview Thursday.

"Bautista is a f---ing disgrace to the game," Gossage told ESPN. "He's embarrassing to all the Latin players, whoever played before him. Throwing his bat and acting like a fool, like all those guys in Toronto. [Yoenis] Cespedes, same thing."

Here's the whole article, and ol Goose didn't hold back on anyone. Reading in-between the lines, he takes dead-aim-on the likes of Daniels.

Gossage rips Bautista, 'nerds' ruining baseball

 

[romeo212000]

Not a good start for Nicky.

 

[Bmurph]

oppo HR now 5-0, Nick may wish this one wasn't televised

 

[True Rangers Fan]

My fault, fellas. Turned it on at work.

 

[Bmurph]

Could have gotten no runs that inning but they hang a 5 spot

 

[donaldson79]

Garcia laces one 2-0 Sox

Let's make it 5-0......not one of Martinez's better moments.

 

[Bmurph]

LF looks rough as Sands had no idea where that fly ball was

 

[Bmurph]

Maybe not, Sands recovers to make 2 outs on flies to Left

 

[Bmurph]

Giminez playing 1B today

 

[donaldson79]

Giminez playing 1B today

Why is that? Don't remember him getting time at first during previous seasons.

Oh, and that's a nice touch the Rangers are putting a huge TV in LF even as we speak.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Gossage rips Bautista, 'nerds' ruining baseball

Gossage is certainly entitled to his opinion, but to reject changes to baseball outright is just plain stupid.

 

[Bmurph]

Why is that? Don't remember him getting time at first during previous seasons.

Not sure aside from Prince being sleep tested? Maybe mm or R

 

[donaldson79]

Gossage is certainly entitled to his opinion, but to reject changes to baseball outright is just plain stupid.

I know where he's coming from. But you're right, he used way to broad a brush.

 

[Bmurph]

lots of balls hit hard off Nick today

 

[Bmurph]

Travis Ishikawa has scored twice from 1B, he's probably a bit tired, I would guess

 

[Duane1952]

Teeing off on Nick today.

 

[Bmurph]

Teeing off on Nick today.

Poor outing, won't help his quest for SP role out of ST probably