bullets13

Smoak is going to be a good first baseman, but the rangers had three 1st basemen that were almost identical in Smoak, Moreland, and Davis, all left-handed power hitters, so it was a no-brainer of a trade for them.  they gave up a couple of decent, but not top of the line pitching projects in blake blevin and josh lueke, but they have so many good young arms that's not a big deal, and i don't think either has cracked the bigs yet.  they also gave up a 2nd baseman prospect who was decent, but not anything special, and i'm assuming kinsler will hold that position for the big club for several years to come, so again no big deal.  the rangers also got mark lowe, a solid reliever, although he's coming off a big injury and didn't pitch very well in the pre-season, as well as a couple of million bucks cash.  all in all, it was worth it, even for just a 3-month rental, as lee was instrumental in them getting to their first ever world series.  i'd say it was a good trade for both teams, as the mariners got a solid 1st basemen and some players who might develop into big league regulars for someone they weren't going to be able to re-sign, and the rangers got a trip to the world series. 

[quote name="Ty Cobb" post="992364" timestamp="1301861833"] Again, who wants to face Nelson Cruz in the 6 hole?  Cruz hit the RANGERS 4th HR of the day into the upper deck of the homerun porch. [/quote] opposite field, upper deck. NASTY.

[quote name="AJ25" post="992363" timestamp="1301861762"] [quote author=adminbaberuth link=topic=82548.msg992362#msg992362 date=1301861462] [quote author=adminbaberuth link=topic=82548.msg992353#msg992353 date=1301859237] [quote author=Ty Cobb link=topic=82548.msg992352#msg992352 date=1301859160] [quote author=adminbaberuth link=topic=82548.msg992336#msg992336 date=1301856384] Murphy homers off Buchholz, Rangers lead 1-0, 3rd. [/quote] Kinsler and Napoli hit solo shot's as well.  The RANGERS lead 3-0 after 5. [/quote] rangers with 3 hits, all taters. [/quote] cruz just hit the 4th hr of buchholz. [/quote] Clay on a short pitch count today. Gotta be a terrible feeling to get completely punished every little mistake you make. lol [/quote] yup, he only made 4 bad pitches all game.  in a regular game you might get punished once.  he got punished on EVERY single one of them.  he actually pitched a pretty good game.

great start to the season for the rangers against everyone's choice to represent the AL in the world series this year

sounds good!

[quote name="tvc184" post="992005" timestamp="1301723562"] [quote author=bullets13 link=topic=82035.msg991977#msg991977 date=1301717286] fished a couple of hours in keith lake tonight, caught 10-12 specs, 4 keepers, one nice 20-incher that weighed a tad over 3 1/2 lbs, and one nice 18-inch flounder.  we put back in under the bridge on the intercoastal and tried the lights, but only caught one more small one, with nothing really moving. [/quote] Moving upstream early this year. Last year we started catching them on the docks early though and they disappeared late. Maybe this year will be the same. [/quote] let me know when you're up for a trip.

fished a couple of hours in keith lake tonight, caught 10-12 specs, 4 keepers, one nice 20-incher that weighed a tad over 3 1/2 lbs, and one nice 18-inch flounder.  we put back in under the bridge on the intercoastal and tried the lights, but only caught one more small one, with nothing really moving.

[quote name="thetragichippy" post="990742" timestamp="1301517407"] [quote author=PNG Proud link=topic=82320.msg989145#msg989145 date=1301284061] That lake looks bigger than I expected. [/quote] ALOT......how far from Lumberton?? [/quote] 4-4 1/2 hours, probably.

great showing for the bears, and good luck to brenham!

isn't brenham a pretty good team?

this is the worst my bracket has ever been.  thankfully, pretty much everyone has sucked.

wild scoreline

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i'd make the trip, png.  the nice fish i caught had a bloody tail, but only two or three of the fish we caught were spawning.  most of the fish we caught were off of big points.  the wind beat the crap out of us today, but it was blowing the bait fish into those areas and the bass were eating anything and everything.  about five minutes after i caught my nice one, my buddy hooked up with a fish that looked like it weighed at least 6 1/2 or 7 lbs, so there are some big ones starting to move in shallow.  a lot of the 14-15 inch fish we caught were chunks, which was also fun because they were putting up pretty good fights. and yes, beechnut, it's in east texas.

We went today and boated 33 bass and 1 crappie using mostly junebug powerbait worms.  there were a lot of small fish, but i caught one that went 5 1/2 lbs.  we also had one that went about 4, one about 3, and several more between 2-2 1/2 lbs.  I'd say we caught at least 15 fish that were legal.  all in all, a pretty awesome day fishing.

change of plans due to a large tourney at fork on saturday.  we're going to hit bob sandlin and see what we can do.

and VP, nice fish.  bet you were really excited about that trip for the first 31 minutes.

in the last couple of days they've started moving onto the beds.  it looks like i'm going to get a chance to go back this saturday before i come home.

unfortunately we were just a week or two before the spawn.

[quote name="slick5" post="985948" timestamp="1300638019"] At least we are not known for just long balls!! [/quote] sounds like y'all need to change strategies.  or improve your defense.

if they have Joseph, Hamilton, Brown, and Thomas come back, plus a recruiting class including a PG grading out at 98, two shooting guards grading out at 95 and 94, and a power forward grading out at 95, i like their chances.

thoughts?

Reports are Tristan Thompson AND Jordan Hamilton will not enter the draft, but will return next year.  Can you say favorites for the national championship?

only put 8 total in the boat.  i caught two, one of which was a pretty nice 3-pounder.

i suck.  again.