SB Nation User Blog: texasraider

Hey ADAM, Question about the Lima Dress

texasraider — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:09:50 -0000

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, over at RedRaiderSports.com, there are a bunch of us Rangers fans and a certain poster said at the beginning of the season he would wear a dress to work if the Rangers finished above .500

Anyway, as the season has progressed the guy is starting to get more and more heat and now people are starting to pick out the dress. Obviously, the perfect dress would be the Melissa Lima dress that you so proudly own.

If the Rangers end up being over .500, what are the chances you would let the guy borrow the dress to wear to work?

Happy Anniversary Baseball! (1846)

texasraider — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:19:22 -0000

The First Game Of Baseball Played With Modern Rules Was Played On June 19, 1846

The foundations of modern baseball were laid with the 1845 formulation of the "Knickerbocker Rules," which formalized the game. According to these rules, a runner could not be sent out of play by getting hit with a thrown ball; instead, fielders were required to tag or force the runner, as is done today. It is widely thought that the first competitive game under the new rules was played at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ

OMFT Batting second today

texasraider — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:47:14 -0000

between Kins and MY

this is due, in part because Bradley is sitting . . . the other part being OMFT is one man, but has five tools.

and to fill the rest . . . I give you TURKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

turkey turkey turkey turkey turkey turkey turkey turkey turkey turkey turkey turkey

Mad Max Taking Infield at 1st

texasraider — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:01:45 -0000

per Jamie per Evan.

Please Lord, could it be possible for Max to pick it up REALLY quick and then have a similar debut in the bigs as Brandon Boggs??

I'm reaching here but that's what I tend to do.

Oh and for my 75 words, I give you the English Bill of Rights.

The English Bill of Rights (1689), one of the fundamental documents of English constitutional law, differed substantially in form and intent from the American Bill of Rights, because it was intended to address the rights of citizens as represented by Parliament against the Crown. However, some of its basic tenets are adopted and extended to the general public by the U.S. Bill of Rights, including

the right of petition
an independent judiciary (the Sovereign was forbidden to establish his own courts or to act as a judge himself),
freedom from taxation by royal (executive) prerogative, without agreement by Parliament (legislators),
freedom from a peace-time standing army,
freedom [for Protestants] to bear arms for their defence, as allowed by law,
freedom to elect members of Parliament without interference from the Sovereign,
freedom of speech in Parliament,
freedom from cruel and unusual punishments and excessive bail, and
freedom from fines and forfeitures without trial.

Roster Issues

texasraider — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:37:14 -0000

Ok, so apparantly if Hank's back doesn't feel better tomorrow, the Rangers will be forced to put him on the DL

That would force the club to call up someone to either take Hank's spot at third or Vasquez's spot as a utility infielder.

First choice is obviously Metcalf, but he's injured.

Arias is on the 40-man roster but unable to take the field. Salty's on the 40 but limited to first base or catcher.

German Duran would seem the liely choice but he's not on the 40.

This could be a good thing.

I say DFA one of the following. Jennings, Broussard or Cat.

I guess another option would be to cut ties with Mench (is he on the 40??) or DFA Cruz (assume he's on the 40).

They could try to avoid the situation if Hank doesn't feel like it's too bad and possibly play Vasquez at 3rd and use Cat or Melhuse as emergency infielders (ugh x 10)

It'll be really interesting to see how this plays out.

Nelson Cruz Clears Waivers

texasraider — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:18:02 -0000

according to the namecaller at DMN Blog

and this 75 words nonsense is so stupid. There isn't a way to simply state a few words about some news regarding the team that we root for. Big frickin deal if there isn't 75 words. I am not a professional blogger. I read some blogs and don't see any reason why I should have to include 75 words on such a basic topic such as this one.

There. Random venting has concluded. Hopefully that is 75 words or more.

And it begins . . . Kinsler not playing today

texasraider — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:48:10 -0000

has a fever . . . Vasquez to start and leadoff according to DMN blog

Gerry Fraley

texasraider — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:15:21 -0000

Looks like he won't be around much longer . . .

Supposedly offered early retirement by the new owners of the DMN. . .

Koronka Pulled After 60 Pitches??

texasraider — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:10:55 -0000

Not sure why

Did I miss something? Hopefully not an injury. . .I didn't catch the game.

Alfonseca waived

texasraider — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:46:00 -0000

Just saw it on DMN