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Official Great Big Rangers Vote Fanpost

cmkelly29 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:37:03 -0000

The races are close, we're almost there:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080630&content_id=3033588&vkey=allstar2008&fext=.jsp

Vote Here!

Is it ballot stuffing? Sure! But our guys deserve their spots.

If we can even get a single player up 1 slot, I'll be impressed.

Have fun, and vote as much as you can!

via texas.rangers.mlb.com

Remember to report your vote totals when you're all done.

Go Rangers, get em' in!

M's fire McLaren

cmkelly29 — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:58:44 -0000

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3452336

I'd say that house is just about clear?

What a frustrating season for those fans. I feel for fans of really boring teams. Bad teams is one thing; but watching a really bad team that has maybe 2 interesting players is another.

The Rangers have had some bad seasons, but at least the offense kept it interesting.

Make sure to vote on July 1st in The Great Big Rangers Vote!

The Great Big Rangers Vote

cmkelly29 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:41:05 -0000

via texas.rangers.mlb.com

We all know how close a lot of our beloved Rangers are to starting the All-Star Game.

Well, here's an idea to organize one last push for the guys.

On July 1st (Tuesday night) at 7:00pm CST, we amass on LSB under one thread and vote as many times with many email addresses as we can in an effort to get our guys in.

Spread the word to Newberg's site, MVN, Grant, and other Rangers affiliated websites. Have them meet in thier own threads, or tell them to meet us here.

All you have to do is vote as much as possible

, and list how many times you voted in the thread.

The idea is a bit silly, but it would be a cool group-based activity that we could all take part in and help our guys out.

To view MLB's coverage of the ASG click here
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/index.jsp

Current AL vote totals:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080615&content_id=2934561&vkey=allstar2008&fext=.jsp

Let's get it done.

College World Series Bracket revealed

cmkelly29 — Mon, 26 May 2008 18:01:26 -0000

I'm trying to follow college baseball more closely. Discuss!

Final Day Roster

cmkelly29 — Sun, 25 May 2008 19:08:35 -0000

I'm curious as to what you all think the roster will look like on the final day of the season.

I want an "in contention" roster, and a "not in contention" roster.

You can not add your own injuries in. This is the "Hopefully, nobody is hurt at that time" roster.

Add your own possible trades, and call-ups.

I'll add mine once I figure out what I think they will be. Should this be a FanShot? No idea.

Rangers in May 2008

cmkelly29 — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:00:19 -0000

1/3 of the way in:

Record: 7-2

Pitching stats (MLB Ranks):

ERA: 1.71 (1st)
WHIP: 1.03 (2nd)
BAA: .189 (2nd)
Saves: 4 (3rd)
Save %: 100% (1st)

Interesting stat while searching: Seattle's staff leads the league in HBP for May with 6

Batting Stats (MLB Ranks):

R: 37 (t-9th)
HR: 10 (t-2nd)
OBP: .292 (t-20th)
SLG%: .402 (16th)
OPS: .695 (18th)
SO: 70 (Last)
XBH: 28 (t-5)

2008 Fielding %: .977 (t-29th)

Just throwing it out there for the hell of it. Pretty interesting stuff.

Marvin Harrison, meet Michael Vick!

cmkelly29 — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:12:45 -0000

I'm still shocked as hell that Harrison, of all athletes, is involved in anything like this.

Josh Hamilton / Edinson Volquez

cmkelly29 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:27:25 -0000

We're 16% of the way into the season, about 1 month. All you can say right now is: Wow.

What a trade on both sides so far.

Could this have turned out any better for Cincy + Texas?

Volquez is now 4-0 w/ an ERA around 1.00, and hasn't surrendered a HR yet.

Obviously, we know the story with Hamilton.

So here's the question: If the success on both sides hold up for the entire season, do you still like the trade as much as you may have before the season started?

I do. With a bevy of rotation talent on the way, Volquez was expendable. CF has always been a huge hole here, and Hamilton takes away from a good deal of the offensive void left by the departure of Mark Teixeira.

Another question, if for some reason Julio Borbon pans out and makes it to Arlington quicker than expected (which is a longshot), what do we do? Do we shift Hamilton to LF/RF? Would Borbon be an upgrade defensively in CF?

Just some random questions I had earlier. Thoughts?

Good News from cmkelly

cmkelly29 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:43:42 -0000

Well, I haven't been around too much.

I have a great reason though. I recently found out I am going to be a daddy sometime next summer (July/Aug)!!!

So I figured I'd share that news with everyone, esp the old ESPN guys.

To answer the question: Yes, the child will be a Rangers fan.