While the final decision/announcement on Josh has not been made, I cannot see how his decision is anything else other than “retire formally”.
Watch this video, it’s quite amazing, and is way better than anything I could even dream of writing. Excellent EXCELLENT piece.
You know, the strange case of Adam Rosales made its way through Arlington this past week. It occurred to me that this guy has had what can be described at best as “disorienting”, and at worst “a fiasco”. Check out this list of roster moves made involving him recently:
Why the heck did the A’s grab him back on August 8th? That doesn’t seem to make much sense, to be honest.
In his time as a Texas Ranger, he never got an at bat, but was in uniform for three days, and took up space on the 25 man roster, so I count him. He wore Uniform #9.
Well, that’s something I never thought I’d write. As long time followers of my site know, I’m mostly silent in the offseason. I’ll comment here and there on things that happen in the baseball world, and this was a big “thing”. The Rangers all time leader in a truckload of categories was traded away today. Michael Young is now a Philadelphia Phillie. Now, y’all know I’m also a Phillies fan, having grown up there, so I won’t miss him completely. If I were a Cowboys fan, I imagine this would feel a lot like Emmitt Smith in a Arizona Cardinals Uniform again. [Read more…]
Saw a few stories this morning, and I felt like saying a few words on them. It’s about two bits of the Rangers recent past that are no longer a part of the team. Tom Hicks & Scott Feldman. [Read more…]
When I was in Round Rock last March to see the Rangers play, one of my favorite memories was chanting “Douggy Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” whenever he’d be up. Turns out I won’t get to use that AC/DC joke in the majors anymore, as I just noticed he signed a minor league deal with the Angels earlier this month. Bummer.
As we prepare for a long overdue event – the induction of Bert Blyleven into the Hall of Fame, the thoughts go to looking back at his career.
As it happens, I was emailed this link a day ago, it’s an article that talks about many events and milestones in his career. It’s quite long and detailed, and spends a decent amount of space on his time as a Texas Rangers player. Which is surprising, given the percentage of time he spent as a Ranger vs his overall career.
Some of his Rangers highlights are his 100th career win, multiple 1-0 wins (like A LOT), and his only career no hitter, which also was his last game as a Ranger.
Check out the article, lots of good stuff in there.
Brief former Ranger Doug Glanville was in Chicago and threw out the first pitch at a Phillies / Cubs game (of which he’s a former player of both of them, too). Anyway, he really airmailed it on the first pitch, check this video out below.
Fortunately, he’s a better writer than a pitcher, I read his book earlier this year, and if you haven’t, you should. Talks about his Texas days, mostly his Phillies days, but the guy is a smart dude, his book was a very easy, very good read.
Former Texas Rangers pitcher Edinson Volquez was suspended today by Major League Baseball 50 games for violating the drug use policy. First up here is the official statement from Major League Baseball. My own statement will appear right after that in picture form.
The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that Cincinnati Reds pitcher Edinson Volquez has received a 50-game suspension for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The suspension of Volquez will be effective tomorrow, April 21, 2010.
As a followup of sorts to my long list of former Rangers I needed status updates on…
I noticed that the Chicago White Sox released Jason Botts today. He was in camp with them after spending some time in Japanese ball for a couple of years.