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OT: Sports Hypothetical

red shoe ranger — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:04:02 -0000

I had an encounter the other day that got me thinking...

Background: I am a 32 yr old(male) 4.0 tennis payer(above average). I grew up playing the game and played on my high school team. I'm just taking the game back up after a 10 year layoff. I've been playing in a league and had a few lessons over the last two months. I think my game is back to the level it was at when I graduated high school.

The encounter: After a lesson the other day my instructor said his next lesson was with a 12 yr old girl and that she is ranked 17th in the state of Texas. He wanted to know if I would mind playing a set with her? He said she beats many of the grown men up there. I said sure, what the hell. She held her own early, it was 2-2 after 4 games. I went on to win the set 6-2(mainly due to a superior serve).

This got me to wondering if I could beat the #1 12 yr old girl in Texas, in the US? Based on her skill level I doubt that I could actually beat the #1 ranked 12 yr old girl. What about guys? Would I have to go to the 10 yr olds to be able to beat #1?

The hypothetical: Pick your chosen sport. What age would you have to go down to in order to be able to be considered the #1 player in the sport? I've decided I could be the #1 ranked 9 year old male tennis player in the state of Texas. Damn that is humbling.

Glass Half Empty

red shoe ranger — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:15:29 -0000

'09 Starters:

1st - Chris Davis

2nd - Kinsler

SS - ?

3rd - ?

LF - ?

CF - Hamilton

RF - ?

C - ?

DH - Bradley(when healthy)

I know MY/FOTF will be starting at SS or 3rd but wherever he starts I wouldn't consider it a position of strength.

Rotation: guys you can count on....

1 - Padilla

2 -?

3 - ?

4 - ?

5 - ?

Bullpen:

FF, Wright, Madrigal, CJ

Closer - ?

This team has way more questions than answers.

I know there is a "glass half full" way to look at '09 but getting beat by the venerable

R A Dickey will not allow me to drink from that particular glass tonight.

Post Game Thread

red shoe ranger — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:00:45 -0000

Rangers lose 8-5 to Seattle. They split a 4 game home series against the last place team in their division. Not the kind of thing a post season bound club should/would do.

The culprits in tonights loss? Are you ready for this? PITCHING and DEFENSE. It is groundhog day in Arlington. Nolan and/or JD might want a do-over regarding today's trade deadline......

Please discuss the game hear, as well as any other late night Ranger ruminitions you may have.

OT: Need Lawyer

red shoe ranger — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:11:56 -0000

For the first time in my life I think I am in need of an attorney......and based on all the law talk(bar exam, etc) I figured this would be a good place to start my search....

My situation:

I own and operate a foundation repair company in the Dallas Metro area. I completed repairs on a home in The Colony(Denton County). My contract was signed by a general contractor who was working on the home. I do not have a signed contract with the owner. However, I have the name and address(and phone number) of the owner of the home. The home is not a homestead(the tax roles have it owned by XYZ Trust).

After completing the repairs the GC issued me a check(at another house he was working on in Garland....I drove over there to get paid.) I deposited the check($2,800). A week or so later the funds were removed from my account and the check was returned NSF.

My uderstanding is that I have to pursue the hot check in Dallas County(dallasda.com) because that is where I received the check.

I called Denton County to get the procedure for filing a lien but was told that they could give me NO info as that would be seen as legal advice. So, here I am......seeking legal advice.

Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated. The GC swears he is paying me on Monday...but I heard the same thing this past Tuesday and Friday(today). At this point I want to move forward using any avenues that may be available to me(or be told that there is nothing that I can do and that I should just move on). Also, I had the check put in "collections" at his bank(on the off chance that he makes a deposot that would cover the check.)

Thanks to all who took the time to read this. I know it is way OT, and a little long to boot.

All my Exes....

red shoe ranger — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:10:20 -0000

The point of this exercise is not to shoulda, woulda, coulda the Rangers roster. I just find it amazing the roster you could put together using players that have played for the Rangers. I would like to(with the help of LSB P1's) come up with the best possible roster(40 man) comprised of Ranger exes. The players must be on a current MLB Roster....

Secondly I would be interested if another "team" of exes could match the ex-Ranger club. I'm relying on the deep reservoir of LSB knowledge in regards to other "teams". My first thought would be that a team of ex Oakland A's would be pretty strong given their philosophy of trading or letting go there players when it is time to pay them.

I'll get this started:

DH: Travis Hafner

1st base: Adrian Gonzales

2nd base: Mark DeRosa

Shortstop: AROD

3rd base : Mark Teixeira

Left field: Alfonso Soriano

Centerfield: GMJ

Right field: Ryan Ludwick

Catcher: Pudge

Rotation:

1-Edison Volquez

2-Chris Young

3-John Danks

4-Justin Duchserer

5-Harang

Closer-CoCo Cordero

Bullpen:

Ron Mahay, Armondo Gallaraga

Im sure some obvious names are left off but I think the above roster would be in good shape to make a run at a pennant......

OT: W T F (mav's related)

red shoe ranger — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:15:56 -0000

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/Avery-Johnson-quot-the-future-is-bright-quot-?urn=top,80032

Click the link above to get inside Avery's head. This guy is as dense as Josh Howard when it comes to seeing the light. Avery seems to be tha last person on earth who would ever own up to his own mistakes. It is ALWAYS the players fault in Avery's mind.

2 questions:

1- If someone hires Avery does Mark get any of his $12 mil back,

2- How in the hell is this the first place i've seen Avery quotes?

Above or Below?

red shoe ranger — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:10:27 -0000

Ive been thinking for some time that Ranger players are overrated by their fans.

Unfortunately, I'm no stat guru...I have to settle for formulating my opinions based on my own history of observing the great game.

Lets play a game...Is the Ranger above, below, or simply average?(at his position, taking into account all facets of the game, and not just based on this years performance)

1st- Ben B. below average

2nd- Kinsler above average

SS- MY average

3rd- Hammer average

C- Laird below average

CF- Hamillton above average

LF- Murphy below average

RF- Byrd below average

DH- Milton average

Pitchers...same thing(rated against his spot in the rotation

1- Millwood below average

2- Padilla below average

3- Jennings below average

4- Gabbard average

5- Mendoza below average

That gives me:

4 average players

8 below average players

2 above average players

I'm sure you guys can bring stats into this discussion and legitimize or discredit my thoughts.

I said all this to say....Its Wash's fault, OBVIOUSLY!