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The Rangers need more offense?
very close to acquiring Sammy Sosa. i have inside information
your thoughts?
The Rangers need more offense?
Stat padding for home runs
1991 forum.
i can't stand sammy sosa...and i can't stand the rangers. so this makes sense....then.
Last edited by johngateswhiteley; 01-16-2007 at 02:36 AM.
Unless Sammy Sosa is the coincidental name of a 21 year old fireballer with wicked stuff then I have no interest.
Sammy Sosa is a piece of .
Roids + Corked Bat = NO ING CREDIBILITY = I HATE HIM AND WOULD NOT THINK TWICE OR SHED A TEAR IF THAT SELFISH, HEARTLESS, SON OF A DROPPED OFF THIS EARTH!
i like it.
why? its just the rangers....
Porno Shakespeare?
What do you really think of Sammy Sosa?
Rangers getting Sosa on a minor league contract is frickin brilliant. This is a guy who could coneivably hit .280 with 30-40 dings. I hate Corky the Sneezer, but this move is bank by the Rangers; they can't lose. If he sucks, well its only a minor league contract. If he plays anything like the former MVP, it might be the deal of the decade.
its really a no lose situation for Texas. if he can produce 1/2 of what he used to be then he would be a very valuable DH and play OF sparingly who could hit 5th in the lineup, I think he is a few homers away from 600 and from a marketing stand point it could put a few more butts in the seats in arlington. if he cant hit in spring training then just waive him. its better than paying Piazza a 1yr 8.5 mil(A's) contract or Frank Thomas 2yr18 mil(3rd yr option 10mil)Toronto
and cheap so you can always release him.
Got cork? It's just for batting practice.
You clearly didn't see him in Baltimore. As an O's fan, I was thinking the worst case scenario was .250 w/25 HRs and a .750 OPS. Instead, we got .221 w/ 14 HRs and sub .675 OPS.
He still hit hanging breaking balls, but he can no longer turn on even a mediocre fastball and he still swings at every slider (or curveball or changeup or splitter) in the dirt.
If he works out fine, good. If he doesn't, no big deal. I am still waiting for them to get good pitching.
Hench the word "could" in the sentence.
"Could" implies that he is "able" to. I'm saying that he no longer has that ability.
I'm saying he does. Just because the Orioles were lame and he didn't have support around him isn't his fault.
I like the signing. He will prove it he can still hit.
Corky has been done for a couple of years now.
???????? HUH?
The 2005 Orioles had some ty pitching, but...
Brian Roberts (.902 OPS) + Mora (.822 OPS) + Tejada (.864 OPS) + Palmeiro (.820+ OPS before steroid suspension) + Gibbons (.833 OPS) + Lopez (.780 OPS)
= significantly better protection than he is going to get from the Rangers line-up this season.
Besides, protection in the order has absolutely nothing to do with his complete inability to turn on a quality fastball. Slowing hands won't improve with age.
74-88 was B-more in '05.
yep, partly because their everyday RFer and clean-up hitter posted a .671 OPS. sosa was (by far) the worst hitter in an OF that consisted of such all-stars as luis matos and larry bigbie.
other than that, their line-up was pretty darn good. the real problem was pitching. their supposed ace posted a 6.21 ERA, the projected closer was up at 5.90. When Bruce Chen is your best starting pitcher, you have problems.
Besides, I thought protection in the order was the discussion? (Which, come to think of it, why are we discussing protection in the order? The days of anybody pitching around Sammy are LONG LONG LONG gone.)
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