Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Lester and Gomes to Oakland for Cespedes ... http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2014/07/reports_jon_lester_has_been_traded_to_the_oakland.html?p1=ClickedOnBreakingNewsBox Geez...Billy Bean is really rolling the dice this year. If the A's don't win it all... Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Crow - seems like you were right to "panic" about the Rangers in the beginning of this year. Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Crow - seems like you were right to "panic" about the Rangers in the beginning of this year. It was a perfect storm. Slicing off some much offensive power since 2012 (Hamilton, Cruz, Young, Murphy, Kinsler, Napoli) and hoping to replace those numbers with Fielder, Profar and Choo was insane. When Holland hurt his knee playing hockey...I mean tripping over his dog, the handwriting was on the wall. And Losing Perez, Harrison and Fielder within weeks of each other was the last nail in the coffin. I don't know if this team will be able to compete for several years. Profar is still iffy (a severe shoulder injury for an unproven player) Perez will take a year and half to recover from TJ surgery Harrison's career could possibly be over Holland was a wild card to begin with. Fielder...how much did his neck lead to his declining numbers his years in Detroit? This lineup has been wracked with injuries. The Rangers are approaching the record for number of players used in a season. Seeing what Billy Bean has been able to do with his trades this year shows just how bad the last two year's trade deadline deals were for Daniels.\ If Cruz had just gone into the wall to catch that fucking fly ball in game 6... Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Profar is 21 years old. I've never seen a fan base give up so easily on a young player than a lot of Rangers fans have. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 And now John Lackey to the Cardinals: http://bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox_mlb/clubhouse_insider/2014/07/red_sox_trade_john_lackey_to_cardinals Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Was AJ Pierzynski that much of 'clubhouse cancer' or was that blown out of proportion? Did Lackey get along with AJ - hopefully they did, looks like he will be catching Lackey again. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Was AJ Pierzynski that much of 'clubhouse cancer' or was that blown out of proportion? Did Lackey get along with AJ - hopefully they did, looks like he will be catching Lackey again.From what I hear/read, it was both. It sounds like he didn't change much from who he has been his whole career. And when the team is winning and Pierzynski is hitting, it's easier to put up with it. But neither of those things were happening so the team decided to see what Christian Vazquez can do. Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted July 31, 2014 Author Share Posted July 31, 2014 Profar is 21 years old. I've never seen a fan base give up so easily on a young player than a lot of Rangers fans have. I am hardly giving up on him...he is just an extremely questionable piece to the puzzle. Outside of his bit of a power burst he exhibited in Arizona this spring, I'm not entirely sold on him as a key offensive piece. The Rangers have a logjam at middle infielder (Odor is playing pretty damn well for a 20 year old). If there is ANY question about Profar, he will lose the job that was handed to him. Just remember one thing...JOEY GALLO IS COMING. Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 That logjam is Example #892 of why it is unwise to extend young players so early, which is why we're currently unable to move Elvis. Link to post Share on other sites
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The Inside of Outside Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The Royals are pretty darn impressive. I think I have found my team to root for in these playoffs. Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 I gotta say this thread has been a real disappointment this season.Let's pick up the slack next year... Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 The Royals are pretty darn impressive. I think I have found my team to root for in these playoffs. And a freaking three game sweep to boot Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I love the Royals. Kauffman Stadium is one of my favorite places to see a game. Very unassuming stadium, with a lot going for it. And a freaking three game sweep to boot I also like the O's too. It is going to be hard to root against one of those teams. I guess I'll just root for some good baseball. Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I have been kind of out of baseball the last several years, but I gotta say I'm pretty excited about the Royals. I was born in KC and was a HUGE Royals fan growing up... George Brett is my all time favorite player and I've always said there's never been a better hitter. Go Royals! Hope they go all the way.. Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Doing some celebrating tonight as my hometown Kansas City Royals are headed back to the World Series! I drove around for 20 minutes or so after I left the office today to finish the game on the radio (had the mlb.com game tracker on all afternoon at work) and cried some happy tears after the last out. Last time this happened I was a little boy. Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 congrats- amazing run and good luck!great baseball all around.oh, talking with my son away at college tonight i mentioned i was a year younger than him the last time the Royals made the WS. dang. Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Giants are one win away from another WS appearance. Bruce Bochy is indeed kicking ass with this roster. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Pretty sure every baseball fan outside of the Bay area will be rooting for KC. They're a good story and a really fun team to watch. Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Yep. On the bandwagon here. Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Man oh man I still cant' believe it. The freaking ROYALS are going to the World Series.. Sure wish my grandpa (who took me to several games when I was a kid) was still alive to see it.. Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Man oh man I still cant' believe it. The freaking ROYALS are going to the World Series.. Sure wish my grandpa (who took me to several games when I was a kid) was still alive to see it.. I am sure my kids will say the same thing about me when the Cubs go to the World Series (I am 39 BTW). Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I am sure my kids will say the same thing about me when the Cubs go to the World Series (I am 39 BTW). When the Cubs finally go to the World Series, it will no longer be called Baseball, it will be called "Blorgball".. The crowd will be in "hover seats", and the players will be holograms of long-deceased hall of famers... Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 So the World Series starts tonight. The momentum from the great games in the NLCS and ALCS has waned since it has been almost a week. But I am looking forward to some good games. I think it will be KC in 6. A pitcher dominated low scoring series. Also probably one of the lowest rated (TV wise) World Series in a long time. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I think the ratings will be decent, actually. KC is a fun team to watch and a ,ot of baseball fans are pulling for them. Link to post Share on other sites
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