stewiek2 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Does this mean I need to buy a conferderate flag and call the players Bubba Benteke or Kleetus Weimann? And start watching NASCAR? Edited April 21, 2014 by stewiek2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpabloangel18 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 From TBAR forum. Year-old-ish Villa fan & longtime baseball fan here. The Rangers went to back-to-back World Series in 2010 and 2011, which is quite a feat in Major League Baseball. They were one play away(as close as it possibly gets) to winning in 2011, but a poorly-fielded fly ball led to one of the most improbable comebacks of all-time and the 11th World Series victory for my beloved St. Louis Cardinals The Texas Rangers have done this in what has been the toughest division in baseball for the past 5 years. They lost the play-in game in 2012 playoffs, and narrowly missed the playoffs entirely last season. Each of the past 4 years, they have won over 90 games, which is generally good enough to make the playoffs most seasons. Personnel: They let some of their biggest free agents leave the team the past 3 off-seasons, but these decisions have proven wise as the players have under-performed for their new teams. This past off-season, they made a trade to bring in one of the highest-paid players in the league(1B Prince Fielder). Much like any front office sport, baseball is all about calculated risk, and they have had the guts to both trust their farm system(youth system) to fill voids of expensive players departing, and bring in expensive players themselves on their own terms. Also, they brought in Nolan Ryan as their president when they purchased the team. Not only is he one of the most beloved Rangers of all-time, he is extremely knowledgeable and well-respected. Their manager is somewhat of an old-school-type manager, and not my favorite. There are a lot of advanced statistics used in baseball, and Ron Washington not considered very progressive...more of a "player's manager". Keep in mind, in Baseball, the Manager simply manages the game and has no control over what players come in, come out. I have felt before that they could do better with a more progressive manager, but they have been very loyal to Washington. Finances: They have the 8th-highest payroll(8 of 30) in baseball currently at $136M. The team payroll in 2009 was $68M, well in the bottom-half of the league. Payroll has increased steadily, which is a good sign. I wouldn't take the steady increase as a sign that they won't provide and influx of cash to Villa, because in baseball the WORSE thing you can do is spend a ton on free agent players. You need to build from within and sprinkle in free agent signings. This is exactly what they have done. They also didn't panic after performing slightly-below expectations the past two years. They are very much contenders again this year. In summary, it appears that they have done all the right things since taking over the Rangers. I particularly love how they have seemed put others in charge of the decision-making, and have kept the team consistently viable since taking over. I think we should be very encouraged by this news. Wait, wait, back up...there's a baseball player named Prince Fielder? If were blessed with such ownership, we could finally afford Sir Cecil Kicklesworth or perhaps Baron von Scoresalot. Names in baseball are glorious. Urban Shocker, Rusty Kuntz, Coco Crisp, Wonderful Monds, Boof Bonser... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 My beloved avatar has a contract with the Rangers. PLEASE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 That Admin guy has posted. Further to my post this morning, one of my sources has got back to me this evening. It seems there has been a development... Probably something daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 That admin loves it doesn't he? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I have to say, I don't have a clue what he is on about and things must have moved very fast from what I had heard a few weeks back. Hard to say - he seems to know info but I would have backed a different horse myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ah in other words he's jumped the gun and his 'source' has been bullshitting him heh!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Ah in other words he's jumped the gun and his 'source' has been bullshitting him heh!?! I honestly don't know, but two or three weeks ago, the names he mentioned are not the ones I'd have put in first place. But he does seem to have good info from what I can gather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 He says "it's a good development, some might say excellent." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I've seen it. He seems to be an attention seeker too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 The other admin on there saying think of the best news and quadruple it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 The other admin on there saying think of the best news and quadruple it? Clone Amy Adams four times and all of them naked in my bed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted April 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2014 That admin loves it doesn't he? Absolutely lapping it up isn't he. Seems very odd that such a cavalier would be privy to such huge info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 The other admin on there saying think of the best news and quadruple it? I think he's joking by the emoticon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 'll keep this short and sweet. Since we went live on the Simpson/Davis story we've now become aware of a second bidder. It's a name mentioned previously and a very wealthy person indeed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ponky Posted April 21, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2014 So, nothing yet I take it? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villabromsgrove Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Ellison? 2nd bidder very wealthy indeed! Edited April 21, 2014 by villabromsgrove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 My source says its to do with the culverhouse and karsa bullying punishments, apparently they have been given 500 lines and sent to bed without any tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 'll keep this short and sweet. Since we went live on the Simpson/Davis story we've now become aware of a second bidder. It's a name mentioned previously and a very wealthy person indeed... Lost credibility with me. If he didn't know there was more than one interested party, my thought is that he heard a whisper and ran with it and is now playing catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 So now it's a bidding war? Find that very hard to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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