Tom Strange

Josh Hamilton's first 11 trips to the plate last spring: .636/.636/1.000. His first six this spring: .500/.500/1.500. He's good at baseball.

good for you Kimberly! you're raising the future of our game there!

thanks for posting that Mosh... great stuff!

stRangers pitchers and catchers reported YESTERDAY! (maybe they're trying to get a head start) ...of course, maybe they just show up so early because they miss Rocky and Simon! that logjam in the Angels outfield could be lightened by GMJ getting popped for roids... no, I haven't heard anything but ya know...

hello sweetniKa!

Dangit! Newberg had this interesting comparison the other day (I just love his random emails)...

well... I'm a little less kind than you guys, I ain't holdin' my breath that Alex learns anything out of this... as to how I'm passing my time getting ready for opening day? 1) watched "Pride and Perserverance" on MLBTV... the story of the Negro Leagues and their players. Guys, this is a must see! It'll do your heart good and fill in a lot of blanks for you. 2) watching Ken Burns' "Baseball" (I'm only near the end of "the fourth inning" but man oh man... how it makes me salivate!) A couple of "old" books I recommend for your enjoyment if you haven't read them: Number 1 the Billy Martin autobiography by BM and Peter Golenback and The Mick about Mickey. It's been years since I read them but they're both great... of course, I'll always suggest Why Time Begins on Opening Day by Thomas Boswell... Anyway... they report soon!

good one OE... and that that other guy too... what's his name? dangit!

22nd corps? ...were you guys even born yet when we were in rez?

Andruw Jones... I know what you mean hiway... but the stRangers aren't really taking any big chances here... a spring training invite is all... and if last year turns out to be a wake up moment for him then good, if it turns out that he's lost it... oh well... we're hearing more about el presidente talking about how things are different with the pitchers now and in the future... here's something for you all to ponder: Pitcher: Kevin Brown, First Base: Raffy Palmeiro, Second: Villardi (?), Third: Caminetti, LF: Ruben Sierra, CF: Gary Matthews Jr, RF: Juan Gonzalez, Catcher: Ivan Rodriguez, SS: Alex Rodriguez, DH: Jose Canseco Quite the lineup isn't it? What made me think of it? were we the freakin' epicenter of it all? ...or is it just that more of our guys got caught? ...does this take anything away from the "genius" of Rudi Jarramillo? ...I always wondered how he got people to be great hitters after 5 minutes in the bowels of the stadium... ...and I can go watch a game just about any time I think about it! ...but I'd trade that for a pennant! ...and there are three minor league teams in the area! (I like them best)

one degree??? it was in the 70's here today... but don't worry, last week we had an ice storm... oh well... looks like Sheets' arm couldn't pass the physical...

Shel... you have the same birthday as young (very) Leonardo Olmeda!

Congrats to you and the missus bro! so... what are you doing for an encore? And... he has the same birthday as Shel!

isn't the day (almost) upon us? hope it's most happening for you...

Gagne... heh heh... he said Gagne! Heck... right now Salty will give you better offensive numbers than Tek! ...just let Tek call the game from the dugout!

Albert Einstein Thomas Edison Ben Franklin Thomas Jefferson Abe Lincoln Hunter S Thompson Branch Rickey oh... and Jennifer Connelly as well! :wink:

what I'm wondering my brother is how you know the exact day! of course I'm extremely happy for you both... just curious...

Salty mstar... Salty.... (and no, you can't have Teagarden)

not yet... quit raining on our parade! we've got a lot of hot young prospects and we're hoping that since El Presidente Ryan is in charge that things will go differently now! Hope springs eternal... we're still tied for first! and we've got a chance to really turn it around this season! :)

I do kind of like that custom (if it is a custom)... the "fights" we see are equally as ridiculous and a heck of a lot more pretentious... (I think that's the word I'm looking for)

do yourselves a favor and set "Inside the Moments" on your DVR... also watch or record "Epic Moments" ...IF you get MLBTV both are very good we're closer to opening day than we were yesterday...

well then now you guys can come off of a couple of those pitchers in a deal for Salty... we'll even throw in a Shamwow! they went to Young trying to better THE TEAM... I don't think anyone expected his reaction and today he rescinded his demand and agreed to the move... I don't know if it was because of all of the negatives that were tossed out by about every "baseball man" that was questioned but it was really out of character for him and took a lot of us homers by surprise... the whole idea behind it is that Elvis Andrus is either ready or almost ready to make the jump and having his bat and glove on the team would make it stronger... the reactions I heard from the 'baseball men' was almost all of them talked about how Young is very well compensated ($16m/yr starting this season for 5 yrs) and the stRangers want to do something to improve the team... they're not even sure if Andrus is ready for the jump, spring will give them a better indication, but they do think it will be at least by the break and this was the time to approach Young rather than in the middle of the season. Cooler heads prevailed, maybe El Presidente talked to him... but I'm glad he's still around. Now... starman... tell Theo that we'll give him Salty and Blalock and a shamwow for a couple of your young hurlers...

It's a good thing... and about time... isn't it? at least I think so but I've never looked at his numbers in comparison to others...

sweetNika... there's still a little time left, but it looks like your boys took too much time off between games... why do they have to wait so long?

thanks for the b'day wishes and no... that's probably not enough candles (but I confess I didn't count them).. I don't know what's up with Manny, but what's up with the Cubbies signing MB? No way he can field a position for a season... he couldn't even DH for a season here... but miraculously he was good in the room... maybe Simonzeeloaded has some Cubbie insight to offer... Started DVRing a series on MLBTV last night called "inside the moments"... looks good...