The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

[samjjones]

Re: The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

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snivlem said:
I'm 21.

When I'm 41, the rangers will still be paying Arod.

I'm still a fan of the team. I've rarely been to any games. So that won't change. I'm still going to watch every game because of all the young players they're developing.

They took a step in the right direction yesterday, signing Blalock to an new contract.

I just hope Young and teixera will stay here too.

And there's light at the end of the tunnel pitching wise. They had a good draft last year (so far at least). They have a couple guys who might be pretty good.

All we can hope is that they'll be contenders in the free agent pitching market next year and the year after.

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They desperately need pitching, as they have NOTHING currently in the pipeline (unless you think Colby Lewis is going to be decent).

[nyyfan84]

Re: The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

from a yankee fan perspective you guys got a very talented and young 40/40 player in soriano. many even compare him to a young hank arron. if you think the rangers are gonna suck maybe you are right but you cant be worse than you have been the last 3 years in last place. atleast now you have money to sign some more players.

and by the way thanks for arod

[nyyfan84]

Re: The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

from a yankee fan perspective you guys got a very talented and young 40/40 player in soriano. many even compare him to a young hank arron. if you think the rangers are gonna suck maybe you are right but you cant be worse than you have been the last 3 years in last place. atleast now you have money to sign some more players.

and by the way thanks for arod

[nyyfan84]

Re: The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

from a yankee fan perspective you guys got a very talented and young 40/40 player in soriano. many even compare him to a young hank arron. if you think the rangers are gonna suck maybe you are right but you cant be worse than you have been the last 3 years in last place. atleast now you have money to sign some more players.

and by the way thanks for arod

[Freelance]

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Erod said:
As a Rangers fan, I can honestly say that my team is the Arizona Cardinals or Los Angeles Clippers of Major League Baseball.

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Erod you should've known that LONG AGO. The Rangers were originally the 2nd and (far worse in some cases) incarnation of the Washington Senators. There's bad karma all over that franchise. At least you guys made the playoffs a couple times.

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Not to long ago, the Ranger won their division 2 out of 3 years, and seemed to have the corner turned.

Oh, how I miss Doug Melvin and Johnny Oates. And prayers to Johnny and his family, btw.

[Freelance]

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SportsmanTO said:
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Erod said:
As a Rangers fan, I can honestly say that my team is the Arizona Cardinals or Los Angeles Clippers of Major League Baseball.

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Erod you should've known that LONG AGO. The Rangers were originally the 2nd and (far worse in some cases) incarnation of the Washington Senators. There's bad karma all over that franchise. At least you guys made the playoffs a couple times.

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Not to long ago, the Ranger won their division 2 out of 3 years, and seemed to have the corner turned.

Oh, how I miss Doug Melvin and Johnny Oates. And prayers to Johnny and his family, btw.

[Freelance]

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SportsmanTO said:
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Erod said:
As a Rangers fan, I can honestly say that my team is the Arizona Cardinals or Los Angeles Clippers of Major League Baseball.

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Erod you should've known that LONG AGO. The Rangers were originally the 2nd and (far worse in some cases) incarnation of the Washington Senators. There's bad karma all over that franchise. At least you guys made the playoffs a couple times.

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Not to long ago, the Ranger won their division 2 out of 3 years, and seemed to have the corner turned.

Oh, how I miss Doug Melvin and Johnny Oates. And prayers to Johnny and his family, btw.

[SoMiss2000]

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samjjones said:
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snivlem said:
I'm 21.

When I'm 41, the rangers will still be paying Arod.

I'm still a fan of the team. I've rarely been to any games. So that won't change. I'm still going to watch every game because of all the young players they're developing.

They took a step in the right direction yesterday, signing Blalock to an new contract.

I just hope Young and teixera will stay here too.

And there's light at the end of the tunnel pitching wise. They had a good draft last year (so far at least). They have a couple guys who might be pretty good.

All we can hope is that they'll be contenders in the free agent pitching market next year and the year after.

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They desperately need pitching, as they have NOTHING currently in the pipeline (unless you think Colby Lewis is going to be decent).

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">well, this one guy they drafted last year is supposed to be a stud. We'll see.

[SoMiss2000]

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samjjones said:
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snivlem said:
I'm 21.

When I'm 41, the rangers will still be paying Arod.

I'm still a fan of the team. I've rarely been to any games. So that won't change. I'm still going to watch every game because of all the young players they're developing.

They took a step in the right direction yesterday, signing Blalock to an new contract.

I just hope Young and teixera will stay here too.

And there's light at the end of the tunnel pitching wise. They had a good draft last year (so far at least). They have a couple guys who might be pretty good.

All we can hope is that they'll be contenders in the free agent pitching market next year and the year after.

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

They desperately need pitching, as they have NOTHING currently in the pipeline (unless you think Colby Lewis is going to be decent).

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">well, this one guy they drafted last year is supposed to be a stud. We'll see.

[SoMiss2000]

Re: The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

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samjjones said:
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snivlem said:
I'm 21.

When I'm 41, the rangers will still be paying Arod.

I'm still a fan of the team. I've rarely been to any games. So that won't change. I'm still going to watch every game because of all the young players they're developing.

They took a step in the right direction yesterday, signing Blalock to an new contract.

I just hope Young and teixera will stay here too.

And there's light at the end of the tunnel pitching wise. They had a good draft last year (so far at least). They have a couple guys who might be pretty good.

All we can hope is that they'll be contenders in the free agent pitching market next year and the year after.

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

They desperately need pitching, as they have NOTHING currently in the pipeline (unless you think Colby Lewis is going to be decent).

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">well, this one guy they drafted last year is supposed to be a stud. We'll see.

[SubZ]

Re: The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

Yeah I never compared the Rangers to the worst teams in professional sports pre the Chan Ho Park. For years it seemed the Rangers were just a few great pitchers away from having a yearly contender especially in that 3 year run. Now they have run off all of their established talent so they can just now be compared to some of the worst franchises in sports.

[SubZ]

Re: The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

Yeah I never compared the Rangers to the worst teams in professional sports pre the Chan Ho Park. For years it seemed the Rangers were just a few great pitchers away from having a yearly contender especially in that 3 year run. Now they have run off all of their established talent so they can just now be compared to some of the worst franchises in sports.

[SubZ]

Re: The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

Yeah I never compared the Rangers to the worst teams in professional sports pre the Chan Ho Park. For years it seemed the Rangers were just a few great pitchers away from having a yearly contender especially in that 3 year run. Now they have run off all of their established talent so they can just now be compared to some of the worst franchises in sports.

[rsox]

Re: The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

you know whats really bad about all this, is when the Rangers and Red Sox had there talks going the Rangers wanted the Red Sox to pay $5.million of Manny Ramirez' contract in each of the next 4 years, plus the Red Sox would have had to take all of Arod's contract, but here we have them paying $70 million of Arod's salary, for me i'm glad this deal never went thru, i also really don't care if Rodriguez plays for the Yankees, Orioles or the Bad News Bears, he does not make the Yankees better,
as for the Rangers, in the long run they really are better off with out him, when you have the best player in the game, but can't manage to climbe out of the cellar, theres a problem, i agree that the Rangers need pitching, badly, but with the amount of good position players on the team, the Rangers can focus on building the pitching staff, whether it be this season or next offseason (there could be some good arms available next winter),
someone mentioned something about karma, this is, right now, the Rangers bad karma coming to haunt them, but, step one to exercising there demons is to FIRE JOHN HART!!!, he started this whole mess to begin with, he never should have signed Rodriguez (or Park for that matter) to such a ridiculous contract.

[rsox]

Re: The A-Rod trade from a Rangers fan point of view.

you know whats really bad about all this, is when the Rangers and Red Sox had there talks going the Rangers wanted the Red Sox to pay $5.million of Manny Ramirez' contract in each of the next 4 years, plus the Red Sox would have had to take all of Arod's contract, but here we have them paying $70 million of Arod's salary, for me i'm glad this deal never went thru, i also really don't care if Rodriguez plays for the Yankees, Orioles or the Bad News Bears, he does not make the Yankees better,
as for the Rangers, in the long run they really are better off with out him, when you have the best player in the game, but can't manage to climbe out of the cellar, theres a problem, i agree that the Rangers need pitching, badly, but with the amount of good position players on the team, the Rangers can focus on building the pitching staff, whether it be this season or next offseason (there could be some good arms available next winter),
someone mentioned something about karma, this is, right now, the Rangers bad karma coming to haunt them, but, step one to exercising there demons is to FIRE JOHN HART!!!, he started this whole mess to begin with, he never should have signed Rodriguez (or Park for that matter) to such a ridiculous contract.