"I'll kinda miss our longest-serving Ranger. He was one of the better contact hitters in the game up until '11."

Up until '12, actually. He careered it in '11.

"I'll kinda miss our longest-serving Ranger. He was one of the better contact hitters in the game up until '11"

Proof women shouldn't talk about sports.. They dont get the facts straight

@ Jeremy

In '12 he didn't hit that well. In '11 he did. So "He was one of the better contact hitters in the game up until '11" is correct because after '11 he wasn't.

Did the Rangers actually retire Sundberg's number, or did they just not issue it for a while? As of now, 34 is the only number (other than 42) that's retired.

I can see #7 being retired sometime soon.

@ #freeleonysmartin

Awwww, what's the matter? Mad at mommy for not aborting you because you've turned out to be a loser? Can't get laid because you're an ugly tiny-dicked socially-inept freak who has gotten ridiculed by women all your life? Now you're all angwy at women for rejecting you so you go after them, but it's your fault for being a loser, not their fault for having standards, no? So you should be going after yourself instead right? LOL LOL!

Internet tough guys are hilarious. In real life you're a pathetic loser so you compensate by being oh so tough in an anonymous internet forum. Everyone knows internet forums attract the bottom-of-the-barrel guys - the kinds of losers who couldn't get laid if chloroformed hookers were throwing a BOGO day, and who have no friends, are unemployable and ugly, have to use tweezers to jerk off etc. lol lol. Know your place on the social scale little guy. It's like a homeless guy commenting on someone's Mercedes. Your opinions don't matter to anyone because you're not relevant to society lol lol. Your opinions on women don't matter to them - except for me to ridicule because it's fun - because you're totally off the radar to them being a total loser.

Poor sad widdle freak lol lol. Shoo shoo little freak and leave the thinking in here to actual intelligent normal useful guys like Eric or P1 or Aggiecurt or Andy, etc.

Aww, Kristen, I loved your post until you said Eric was intelligent, normal, and useful.

guys, guys, guys...we need to be talking up Young, not putting him down. Think about it, what if Phillies/Ect. executives are reading this??? If they see that we don't like him there is no chance another team is gonna trade for him..C'mon now.

What I would give to date a woman who knows and likes baseball even half as much as Kristen. No more lonely TV games, no arguments about going to RBPiA, and a rich foundation for meaningful conversation the year round. Maybe I should post a personas ad in Fangraphs.

Kristen knows her stuff. Kristen, thx for being here.

Women are much more adept at many things, as opposed to men, one being the dynamics of relationships. I am interested in any insights Kristen may have concerning the owners, JD, Wash, and MY.

Ugh, pointless wasting breath on anonymous dorks.

Anyways, back at you Primi.

And at least I'm happy to admit when I'm wrong and don't mind people pointing out such. i'm in here to learn as much as opine. I read Lonestarball and Newberg Report and follow Jamey Newberg and Jason Parks and Evan Grant and T. R. Sullivan and other guys on Twitter, but this blog and the comment section are essential sources of info too thanks to knowledgeable people like Joey and Eric and Primi etc. Have to appreciate people who take the time to do the research and explain to others in a polite and easy-to-understand way things they might not know. When you're laid up with a broken leg like I am lol you learn to appreciate places like this that help you kill time while also educating you.

@ Jeremy.

Sorry you were right. S/b '12. My English skills are crappy.

Our best hope is Face gets his feelings hurt again and demands a trade. Then the R's could be the hero in accommodating him and then welcoming him back as a PR guy or coach or just president of whining after he retires.

@kristen
Thats the typical female response I expected..Ending every statement with 2 lol's .. You must be so smart in your own right.. I'm just sad your mom didnt Casey Anthony you , probably look like Precious typing with one hand and a box of twinkies in the other.

Lol, whatever freak boy. Like I said, you're a bottom-of-the-barrel loser so your opinions don't mean anything to anyone other for them to ridicule, so keep pretending like they do if it gets you off. Where's a Brazilian death squad to get rid of undesirables when you need one? Poor little deviant. No friends, no life, no hope - why not stick your head in an oven if this is the best your life is going to get?

@Kristen W.
Touche' Grasshoppha~
My oh my, the base-BALLS are really showing.
Some hanging very heavy... others very light and possibly missing.
Move towards the light, Ms. Kristen. Ur input is most welcome.
I've always found bullies & nimrods a curious social moss.

Makes me proud to have served 20+ yrs protecting this country so small minded people like you that cant take criticism to pound away at a keyboard with irrelevant simplistic statements reserved for teenagers . My opionion was derived from my personal experiences about women and sports. Your opinion must be derived from not being asked to the prom. You my dear are the sad pathetic loser here. Go get a job and stop taking welfare .. Almost forgot LOL ..

Lol the little retarded monkey can't let it go! Hilarious! It's like I say something and he can't resist responding! You must be a really petty and defensive little freak if you hold grudges and always need to have the last word. Such a sad bitter socially underdeveloped little deviant. This is my last response to you because wasting time talking to a failure is getting to be tired. You go ahead and keep babbling and frothing like a little pouty raving toddler with your fists all balled up and your face all red after this if you want lol lol. I could care less little monkey. Awww sooo angwy at the world, awwwww...

And i'm a 3rd-year pediatrics intern dating a TE on my uni's team, plus I ski and snowboard. I have a life unlike you. It's easy to do a profile on you on the other hand:

Unemployed/living on a tiny pension or has a menial job, single and lives alone because women find him repulsive and/or an object of ridicule, lacking in social interaction and skills, has a tiny dick which has led to him being angry at the entire world including women, ugly, out-of-shape, mommy issues, etc. Basically you're a criminal in the making. You're one of those pathetic angry bitter misanthropes who ends up shooting up shopping malls. See, this is why abortion is legal - to prevent deviants and/or useless parasites like you from being a drain on society. You're a murderer in the making and a waste of resources so as a Republican, I wonder why you should be allowed to live. Why should my tax dollars go to supporting you?

You're like the little kid who tries to join a group at school but gets rejected because he's a loser, so as a defense mechanism he turns around and insults the group rather than internalizing the fact that it's his own fault they rejected him. Same with you and women. You've been unwanted or laughed at by women all your life. It's not their fault they have standards that go beyond a 1" dick, but as a defense mechanism you turn around and cut them down to compensate for your feelings of inadequacy when they could actually care less what you think of them. Get this through your head - you're relevant neither to them nor anyone else in society so no one cares what you think about anything, aside from me who's enjoying ridiculing you.

Just shoo shoo already angry retarded little monkey lol. Leave the posting to normal psychologically stable well-adjusted people like Andy and Eric and HubZ etc. and go back to living your tiny little non-life. Know your place in society - at the bottom - and act accordingly which is keeping your mouth shut and your opinions to yourself because no one cares what you have to say and no one ever will. Really, no one cares whether you're dead or alive and no one ever will. Internalize that and realize that it's all your fault you're where you are right now. Don't blame others or get mad at them for your pathetic existence and repulsive persona. Not their fault. Don't transfer the anger and bitterness you should be directing towards yourself for being a failure onto others. Don't deflect the responsibility for your meaningless life onto others. It's all you. You're a loser and it's not going to get better. Realize it and then take the necessary step to put yourself out of everyone else's misery.

That's it from me. You can go ahead and keep spewing like an angwy widdle monkey boy. I could care less. You're a waste of time. Ciao you hilariously pathetic freak lol lol.

We're going personal, than?

Well, I'm mega wealthy. I don't play the lottery because I don't need the money. As for looks, I'm a cross between Tom Brady, Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp. Super suave also.

My girlfriends are both supermodels, you would recognize them but I can't tell you their names.

I drive the car you want, and it's in the most awesome color available.

All of my wealth and success was self-made and I'm exactly the perfect age.

All of this is true on the internet.

@Kristen - Thanks for all of the insight you provide on this forum. You have a very informed, refreshing perspective that I truly enjoy reading.

@#freeLeonysMartin - Shut the fuck up.

This thread is turning out to be much more epic than just a rumor about Michael Young being traded.

CJ. Bbtia can always use a few donations. The lottery is lots of fun when you win, so feel free to send me tickets and enjoy it vicariously. Watch out for those model girlfriends. They are generally very under educated and I doubt if they would like to talk baseball.

@MS k~
Gee, Kristen that was a load of Primal Scream!
For a moment I was mentally drifting off,
saying; "Mom, is that you"? The abortion
part really hit home... she shudda never said that 2me.
OH(awakes)... ugh, nevermind.
Mmm, Trade Mikey in PKG.

Congratulations on making complete asses out of yourselves. Both of you.
Leonys: stupid comment
Kristen: drastic overreaction and overcompensation
Way to blow up the thread. Can we please talk baseball now?

Boy...that escalated quickly...and like Romeo said y'all both just made asses out of yourselves. Can we please get back to baseball?

Has anyone read that article about Wash saying the young talent will be infused next year? I personally would love to see Profar and Olt play next year so everyone can stop whining about Michael Young. Either that or him put up 2011 numbers, but I honestly don't think it will happen. I hope it does, but I'm not banking on it.

RW quote:
"Right now I think we'd just better see when we get into spring training and see how things play its way out," Washington said the winter meetings. "Michael is a part of this team and as far as I'm concerned he'll continue to be a big part of this team. We've just got to wait and see because there's some youth that's going to be infused and we've just got to wait and see how that process works."

Story:
http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/8710098/michael-young-texas-rangers-undetermined-role-next-season

I know you guys don't like Richard Durrett, but there are some quotes in there. Wash says he still loves Young, but he knows Profar and Olt could be ready.