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Elvis Extended

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  • SS Elvis Andrus signed to a three year contract [ Link ]

Beimel & Jackson

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  • P Joe Beimel signed to a minor league contract
  • OF Conor Jackson signed to a minor league contract. [ Link ]

Kyle Hudson

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  • OF Kyle Hudson signed to a minor league contract [ Link ]

Douggy Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

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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.

What’s in a name?

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In going through my mailbox, I found this cool article that talks about the 40th anniversary of the Texas Rangers, and the name “Rangers”.  It’s a great little read.  Sorry I missed it when it was first sent to me back in November.  Too many personal things going on at that time.  Check it out, I think you’ll like it.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/40th-anniversary-birth-of-a-nickname/

Sorry about the delay, Chris.

Stetter & Green Signed

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  • Rangers sign P Matt Stetter to a minor league contract (w/ spring training invite)
  • Rangers sign P Sean Green to a minor league contract (w/ spring training invite) [ Link ]

New Site

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I’ve finally started working on the new site in earnest. I’m hoping to be ready by spring training. I haven’t been ignoring the team. Far from it. Been reading a ton. My wife and I watched the Yu Darvish stuff tonight. One thought. “Yeah RIGHT, you didn’t know what was on your T-Shirt you were wearing”.

Anyway, most of my spare time was spent on finishing up my other big fan site, the site for the band Black Sabbath. That’s up and running, so I’m turning my attention to this site now.

I’m not going to be posting here much anymore, I’m just going to be transferring over data and building pages on the site site. Will post when there’s something to check out.

One big thing though – I’m likely going to be dropping the forums here in favor of discussions via the comments field. I’m moving to WordPress, and that will allow me to open comments to the world again. Also, the old UBB.Threads in place has become a security risk, and I want to get rid of it. I also personally have so rarely look in on them myself, I think it’s just time to go. I’m looking to streamline the operation, and hope that those of you who do make use of it will find use of the new system I will put in place.

Anyway, hope to have some more going shortly. Thanks for visiting!

Zim: A Baseball Life

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by Don Zimmer

Synopsis: For more than half a century, Don Zimmer, baseball’s beloved gerbil, has been the Zelig of the national pastime, the character in the corner of so many interesting pictures. He may have been only–as he likes to remind us throughout Zim: A Baseball Life–a .235 hitter, but he was a .235 hitter who played with Jackie Robinson on the only Brooklyn team to win a World Series. A year later, he was there, on the bench, when Don Larsen threw his perfect game. More than just an original Met, Zim was the first player ever photographed in a Mets uniform. As the Red Sox third-base coach in 1975, it was Zim who waved Carlton Fisk home in the bottom of the 12th to end the greatest World Series game ever played. Three years later, it was Zim, now the Sox manager, who watched in despair as Yankee shortstop Bucky Dent sealed one of the greatest late-season collapses in the annals of the game when Dent’s pennant-winning homer settled into the net atop the Green Monster. Of course, it was Zim who led the Cubs, of all teams, to a rare postseason appearance, and, approaching 70 at the turn of the millennium, it was Zim who added four championship rings to his collection as Joe Torre’s bench coach in the Bronx. [Read more…]