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TCU Football Video

PM Productions — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:37:51 -0000

TCU Football Video

I made this video today, hope all you TCU/MWC fans enjoy!

TCU Football Video

PM Productions — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:36:26 -0000

TCU Football Video

For my fellow Horned Frog fans here, I made this video today... Hope you enjoy!

The exclusive agreement with the final bidder may or may not come tomorrow, but look for a close...

PM Productions — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:10:15 -0000

The exclusive agreement with the final bidder may or may not come tomorrow, but look for a close one between Crane and Greenberg, with (us) leaning toward the latter winning out, if his bid figure is competitive. He has Ryan in his court, a solid investment group, and Hicks is retained in a minority capacity. It's all going to come down to money. On that... Expect the winning bid in excess of $500 million. We're projecting $530 million.

Maury Brown on Rangers Sale

Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks, facing increased debt pressures, has been funding...

PM Productions — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:28:09 -0000

Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks, facing increased debt pressures, has been funding operating losses for the teams out of an interest reserve that is part of the $525 million loan on which he defaulted on March 31, sources said.

That action has rankled the lenders who are waiting for the Rangers’ sales process to play out and who have not been paid interest since January. In addition, that interest reserve, totaling $17 million earlier this year, is almost depleted, according to several of the sources.

For Us Business Nerds, Hick's Finding New Ways To Look Like A Horrible Businessman

GameDay will be at TCU for the Nov 14 game against Utah

PM Productions — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:38:00 -0000

GameDay will be at TCU for the Nov 14 game against Utah

TCU Vs. Utah this coming weekend...

At TCU

College Gameday will be on campus for the event

Tickets are almost all gone, I would get online at GoFrogs soon to get yours...

Week 9 BCS Standings

PM Productions — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:05:20 -0000

Week 9 BCS Standings...

Find them here...

Week 9 BCS Standings

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BCS Standings for Week 9

PM Productions — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:02:57 -0000

Week 9 BCS Standings are out...

Find them here...

Week 9 BCS Standings

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Derek Holland Sent To Japan To Woo Yusei Kikuchi

PM Productions — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:16:47 -0000

Derek Holland Sent To Japan To Woo Yusei Kikuchi

Color Me: Hopeful

PM Productions — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:11:35 -0000

I am a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity (any of you have any fraternity associations?) and in times of trouble or hardship, I always look to the words of Bluto, my brother in arms...

The formula to our season ending success is below...

The Formula

Ok but seriously, what will it take to make arguable the greatest postseason surge in the HISTORY of baseball?

Well, as that idiot from Denver would say, you gatta look at the schedules...

The Rangers have 17 games left...

The Angles have 16 games left....

Right now, the Angels are 6.5 games ahead of the Rangers...

Angels: 87-59

Rangers: 80-65

The Rangers/Angels have 7 games left this season, 3 in Arlington, 4 in Anaheim.

So, my estimation would be that the Angels must do the following...

--Lose 2 of 3 at Rangers
--Lose 2 of 3 vs. Yankees(Angles have won 4 out of 6 this year)
--Lose 1 of 3 vs. A's
--Lose 3 of 4 vs. Rangers
--Lose 1 of 3 at A's

This would mean a 7-9 finish.

This would make their final record 94-68

The Rangers will have to finish like this...

--Win 2 of 3 vs. LA
--Win 3 of 4 at A's
--Win 3 of 3 vs. Tampa
--Win 3 of 4 at LA
--Win 3 of 3 at Seattle

This would be a 14-3 finish....

This would make the Rangers final record 94-68.

As per the news today, the MLB has done away with the coin flip rule, and by winning the season series, the Rangers would host a 1 game playoff to see who wins the AL West.

I understand it would be best to win all the games against LAA, but in the end all that matters is the record, and I think a realistic estimation as to where the Rangers could end the year is 94 wins, and LAA is starting to slow, and could be susceptible to a mild slump to end the year.

Make no mistake about it, if the Rangers lose more than 1 game during this upcoming weekend series, I believe its over. BUT, if they can win 2-3, and win 3 of 4 in Oakland, then those 4 in LAA will be crazy wild. Insane crazy.

I still have hope.

Do you? Vote below...

So here are some examples of how I think things should go...

How the Rangers should approach every game from here on out...

How the Rangers approach all the rest of their games... (Substitute Cruz for Serrano, Millwood for the Eddie Harriss, Eric Nadel for Euker, Dave Barnett for Bobby)

(Start video at :35 seconds)

Whenever a reliever comes into a game at home, this is how it should go... For every reliever, just repeat. (MY for Dorn, and most effectively sub Wilson for Vaughn, Hicks for the Chick owner)

What will happen in the locker room before the 1 game playoff with LAA (Sub Wash for Coach)

With the season on the line, Pudge steps up to the plate...

What we do when Bud Selig drops by and tells us we cant make the postseason, due to the fact that we are broke...

Poll

Do you got any hope?

Got the hope baby...

18 votes

I've already checked out...

16 votes

34 votes | Poll has closed

The Millwood Debate: Vote Here

PM Productions — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:23:48 -0000

We have discussed this topic endlessly over the last two weeks, but I figured we could benefit from voting on the issue here, just to try and gage our public(or community) opinion...

As a frame of reference, Rob Neyer had some thoughts this afternoon, referencing Tim Cowlishaw's blog post covering the matter. Neyer's thoughts are seen after The Jump...

Millwood's next outing worth $6 million

By Rob Neyer

With the Rangers having practically eliminated themselves from playoff contention, Tim Cowlishaw has a timely money-saving idea:

Angels

Anything less than that and I wouldn't pitch Kevin Millwood again this season. Would you?

After pitching like an All-Star the first half, Millwood's now at 10-10 with a 3.94 ERA. I would take that ERA any time in Arlington but, at 35 next season, do you think he has another number like that in him?

If Millwood makes it to 180 innings, the Rangers are on the hook for $12 million for Millwood in 2010. If he's a free agent, Texas could sign him for half of that. Probably even less unless the economy makes a shocking full recovery in the next few months.

Could the Rangers really sign him for "half of that?" Maybe not if he believes he was artificially dropped from the rotation to save $6 million. Players are people and people can be stubborn; some people would rather earn $4 million from an employer that didn't screw them than $6 million from one that did.

Which would be no big loss for the Rangers. If you can't sign Millwood for $6 million, you certainly can sign someone likeMillwood for $6 million. Or less. This year his ERA is fine, but his walks are up and his strikeouts are down, and he's giving up more homers than usual. As fullcountpitch.com's Gary Armida writes, much of Millwood's success -- and that of his pitching teammates' -- can be attributed to the Rangers' vastly improved defense(and probably a spot of luck, too). The Rangers might miss Millwood's innings and his veteran leadership, but it shouldn't be real hard to replace his underlying performance.

Fortunately, the Rangers do have an excuse for sitting Millwood: in his last five starts, he's 1-4 with a 7.62 ERA, and only one of those starts was even modestly successful.

Unfortunately, it's not clear that they can sit him enough. One turn in the rotation, maybe. Or even two. But he's just 13 outs away from vesting that $12 million. I think the Rangers are just stuck.

Poll

Should the Rangers let Millwood pitch again this year, allowing his $12 Million option for 2010 to vest...

Yes, let him pitch.

59 votes

No, bench him.

131 votes

190 votes | Poll has closed