who would you consider the Rangers' rival?

[Melmart1]

I thought I had gone off topic and was sounding a bit pretentious.

I didn't think you sounded pretentious If you did I might not have responded, because most people sound pretentious and like they are thumbing their noses at the Rangers when they talk about them, and they generally don't have their facts straight.

But at least you left in the part about me being reasonable, lol. I like that.

[Melmart1]

Oh, and since when do threads NOT go off-topic around here?

[FromWayDowntown]

I didn't think you sounded pretentious If you did I might not have responded, because most people sound pretentious and like they are thumbing their noses at the Rangers when they talk about them, and they generally don't have their facts straight.

I have vivid recollections of spending summer evenings of my pre-cable, pre-video games, pre-computer boyhood listening to Mark Holtz and Eric Nadel calling Rangers' games in the early 80's as they told me of the exploits of Buddy Bell, Jim Sundberg, Billy Sample, Pete O'Brien, Frank Tanana, and Danny Darwin (to name a few). Because of that, I've always been a kind of closeted Rangers fan -- I can't disavow my allegiance to the Orioles, but if I ever did, I might switch to the Rangers. Curiously, I think the Rangers and Orioles are almost mirror-images of each other these days; they're certainly alike insomuch as each has an owner who is completely clueless about building a winning baseball team.

With all of that said, while I might not follow the Rangers religiously, I do have some general awareness of what's going on there and wouldn't ever thumb my nose at the club. I really do hope that at some point they'll figure it out and put together a real winner.

But at least you left in the part about me being reasonable, lol. I like that.

Well, that WAS the point of my post.

[Melmart1]

I have vivid recollections of spending summer evenings of my pre-cable, pre-video games, pre-computer boyhood listening to Mark Holtz and Eric Nadel calling Rangers' games in the early 80's as they told me of the exploits of Buddy Bell, Jim Sundberg, Billy Sample, Pete O'Brien, Frank Tanana, and Danny Darwin (to name a few). Because of that, I've always been a kind of closeted Rangers fan -- I can't disavow my allegiance to the Orioles, but if I ever did, I might switch to the Rangers. Curiously, I think the Rangers and Orioles are almost mirror-images of each other these days; they're certainly alike insomuch as each has an owner who is completely clueless about building a winning baseball team.

I spent an extended amount of time on the East Coast last year and bought the MLB radio package so I could listen to games, and it was awesome. I hadn't sat and listened to the radio like that for awhile and had to imagine the action myself. But then again I still listen to vinyl records so maybe I just like older forms of media, lol. Funny though as a writer it really got my imagination going and I wrote a lot of creative-minded stuff during those months. Of course, it was snowing and bitter cold and I was indoors all the time but I like to think the radio had something to do with it.

With all of that said, while I might not follow the Rangers religiously, I do have some general awareness of what's going on there and wouldn't ever thumb my nose at the club. I really do hope that at some point they'll figure it out and put together a real winner.

That makes two of us.

Well, that WAS the point of my post.

I knew there was a reason I liked you

[FromWayDowntown]

I spent an extended amount of time on the East Coast last year and bought the MLB radio package so I could listen to games, and it was awesome. I hadn't sat and listened to the radio like that for awhile and had to imagine the action myself. But then again I still listen to vinyl records so maybe I just like older forms of media, lol. Funny though as a writer it really got my imagination going and I wrote a lot of creative-minded stuff during those months. Of course, it was snowing and bitter cold and I was indoors all the time but I like to think the radio had something to do with it.

I still find it to be a great way to experience baseball -- perhaps because that's the way I had to experience it for a large part of my childhood. I'm also down with the old fashioned media -- VHS, books, pen and paper, radio, etc. . . . I still think that if you find a really good radio team, the game can be as vivid as watching the game live. I think, in some ways, that radio is what makes actually going to the ballpark such a cool experience for me.

If it is such a spark to the imagination, I should probably do even more of it.

I knew there was a reason I liked you

And here I was thinking it was my Internet Bad Boy persona.

[monosylab1k]

I don't know any Rangers fans who do this, maybe it's just mono.

I could give a less what the Royals are doing compared to the Rangers. Somebody jokingly said that the Rangers and Royals should be rivals for how horrible both franchises are, and FWD went on some jihad to defend Kansas City's honor by pointing out half-century old World Series les. I pointed out that in the past 20 years, the Rangers HAVE been a more successful franchise. That's it. I didn't say it was anything for Rangers fans to hang their hats on, but that with the way both organizations are run, Rangers fans have more reason to believe that a quick turnaround is possible.

[Melmart1]

I still find it to be a great way to experience baseball -- perhaps because that's the way I had to experience it for a large part of my childhood. I'm also down with the old fashioned media -- VHS, books, pen and paper, radio, etc. . . . I still think that if you find a really good radio team, the game can be as vivid as watching the game live. I think, in some ways, that radio is what makes actually going to the ballpark such a cool experience for me.

If it is such a spark to the imagination, I should probably do even more of it.

One never knows what will spark the imagination. But what are these books you speak of? Surely you mean books on tape, transferred to .mp3 to put on your iPod. Pen and paper? You mean, like ... INK?!?! Surely you jest!

And here I was thinking it was my Internet Bad Boy persona.

What am I, 18? "Bad Boys" haven't started my car for quite some time, that stage came and went a loooong time ago. And e-Bad Boys ... well, I don't think I even need to comment on the keyboard warriors.

And NOW this thread is officially off-topic!

[BUMP]

i stick with Seattle. we just split a 4-game series.