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Offseason FanPost - greatest at each position?

WestTxAg06 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:10:51 -0000

Adam's "thinking about first basemen in history" post and the ensuing discussion caused me to ponder this idea. To entertain ourselves during the dark winter days of the off-season, would anyone else be interested in a fanpost series on the greatest players of all time at each position? I know I could compare and discuss Williams, Dimaggio, Hornsby, Foxx, Bench, etc. forever, so if it's something that others would participate in, I would happily be the one to start each post and provide some analysis to kick things off. I thought maybe leaving each up for a five or so days, depending on the amount of discussion, then moving on to the next position.

Is that something worth my undertaking for the offseason?

Poll

Greatest ever at each position - yea or nay?

Yes

29 votes

No

3 votes

Who cares

7 votes

Waste of time: Elvis is the greatest at every position

19 votes

58 votes | Poll has closed

Thinking about watching Caribbean winter ball

WestTxAg06 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:47:30 -0000

Have any of you ever ventured down to the Caribbean to watch winter ball? My dad and I are pondering the idea. We were passing through Puerto Rico headed to St. Thomas this summer and the thought crossed our mind. Not only would we get to take in a unique sporting experience, but my granddad was stationed in Puerto Rico with the Army back in the 50s and we'd like to take him with us (he hasn't been back since he left the Army) and explore some of his old stomping grounds.

I was hoping the Caribbean Series would be in Puerto Rico this time, but apparently it's in Venezuela. So we were thinking about taking a 3-4 day trip to watch a few games in Puerto Rico and then maybe catch a puddle jumper over to Santo Domingo to watch some Dominican winter ball.

I'd appreciate any insight from those who have ventured down there (or at least have knowledge of it. I know scheduling, rosters, and such on the internet can be a bit sketchy, so I figured the best bet is to just fly down to San Juan during the winter ball season, find a baseball schedule in the paper or such, and show up to the stadium.

If any of you have any thoughts, insight, recommendations, etc., I would appreciate it.

Tom Schieffer for Governor?

WestTxAg06 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:31:45 -0000

Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere on LSB (forgive me if I just overlooked it). It would certainly be interesting to see one of the more important names in Ranger history campaigning for the job.

My initial opinion is that Schieffer would make a much more viable candidate and a better governor than some of the other Democrat names being mentioned as possible candidates (the DMN called Kinky and State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte potential contenders). Plus, it certainly couldn't hurt to have an ex-Rangers pres running the state again. Take that, Astros fans!