Bye Bye Bottsy

Many of you will notice a sharp decrease in the sale of rebar. For those of you involved in the building products industry, we apologize.

The erection of the Jason Botts statue in OKC has been suspended temporarily. While Jason TORE-UP Triple A & Mexican pitching, he never quite mastered hitting the curve ball. Therefore, the Texas Rangers (who really are a major league team) have designated him for assignment.

We are only left to speculate that a porn star in the clubhouse wasn’t quite enough to keep him in the line up…sorry boys. Perhaps he was the “White Devil” that Parker Brothers hated on.

I only know oven mitts everywhere will feel empty.

Sincerely,

Protocol Officer-Texas Rangers

Goodbye Win Column

Yes, Friday was fun, tonight should have been fun too. But.. it was not. I was at the Jimmy Buffett concert and had my friend Craig texting Nate and I scores & updates. Even away from baseball..I am all baseball.

Great News..Salty is catching..bad news..I am not there to watch it.

Great News..Josh,(and his 26 tattoos) hits a double, Murphy,(uhh..okay) drives in runs..looking good. Then it all appeared to go south & quickly. The texts became ugly and my spirits began to drop. Even though I swear apathy has set it, I still hold on to a glimmer of hope. Yes, I am one of "those people"..a true Ranger fan, win or lose I love my team.

I got accused earlier today of being the only other person,(besides Jamey Newberg) of being optimistic. I told this person not to confuse my love of MY team for optimism. I am not optimistic at this point. Not until some major changes are made.

Listening to Rangers Replay on my way home from the concert, I heard Mike Rodriguez (Pretty Mike)saying not to blame Wash for the cards he was delt...Excuse me..What cards is he referring to? Young, Blalock, Hamilton, Murphy, Kinsler, Salty, Laird, Millwood, Padilla & on & on. Fairly decent cards if you ask me. Yet he choses to pinch hit Botts for Cat..why would he do that? Botts can't hit major league league pitching and God forbid he even come close to hitting a curveball. The guy is Career Triple A. We would have at least had a chance with Cat.

Changes have to be made & someone must be held accountable. Right or wrong, it starts with the manager. If my team at work is not producing, I take the blame. It's just how it is. The Rangers and fans have lost confidence in Wash & maybe shaking things up a little starting with him moving through the clubhouse as needed is just the jolt the team needs.

Regardless,at the end of the day & the ump yells, "Play ball" you can bet myself and the rest of the Snake Pit will be cheering on OUR team.. Vikki

Hello Win Column

Rangers get a win after seven straight losses.
Now if we could just get a new manager. Wash needs to go away and soon, I didn't like him last year and it's even less this year. So here's my top ten for sending wash away.



Top Ten Reasons To Wash Our Hair of Washington

10. He doesn't know how to argue with Umpires
9. He is slow to pull a struggling pitcher
8. He pulls a player who is on a hitting streak and is only a single away from hitting for the cycle.
7. He thinks playing "Small-Ball" is the only way to a World Series
6. He steps on the chalk lines every time he goes out to the pitchers mound
(Drives me crazy)
5. He doesn't show emotion. No anger, no joy, nothing
4. His press conferences are dull and repetitive
3. He puts more energy into eating sunflower seeds in the dugout, than he does coaching his players
2. His record shows he's a losing manager

And the number one reason to wash our hair of Washington is....

1. He's made the Rangers an Embarrassment in MLB

Erin

Favorite Players

I'll never forget the first time I saw C.J. Wilson pitch in Rangers stadium. Not because he was a pitching God, but because my then, eight year old daughter, stood up and cheered enthusiastically when they announced "Now pitching, number 36, C.J. Wilson".
Before this, she only clapped with the rest of the crowd mostly for home runs. I leaned over and asked her rhetorically if she liked this guy and she squealed, "Heck yeah, he's cute!" From that moment in 2005 to present day, he's been "Her Boy" as we refer to him; there's no other for her.

The reasons we pick our favorite players are all different. My first favorite player was Bo Jackson. We lived in Kansas City in 1989 and I remember watching Bo Jackson crush a home run off a pitcher who was intentionally walking him. That was exciting!

I don't hold one player as my favorite now, but there are a few I strongly dislike... Hank Blalock
I try to have a sense of humor about my dislikes. Speaking of a sense of humor, I have met
C.J. Wilson several times, we're even myspace friends. I doubt he knows it though, he's never responded back to my e-mail. I fear being his letter of the month he posts on there however, I do find them very amusing. So I have come up with my own best guesses about him personally. As far as I know none of it is true. Perhaps he'll let us know how close I came........
Erin

Top 10 Personal Facts I can Guess about Rangers Closer C.J. Wilson

10. He has been to Hawaii, twice
9. He was the Bee in his school play
8. If he could have himself cloned, he would
7. Hold the pickles on his hamburger
6. He has an unnatural fear of FIRE
5. He must finish brushing his teeth with 105 strokes in two minutes
4. Is not the tidiest person
3. He has a super hero poster above his bed
2. Still has the first street sign he stole

And the number one personal thing I can guess about C.J. Wilson ....

1. He is a 27 year old virgin

Just plain ugly..

I have been watching baseball since the Astrodome opened, (yes..I AM that old), so I think I know a thing or two about the game..

I know most of you will wonder what a middle aged woman can know about baseball other than..Michael Young is greatness, Josh Hamilton has 26 tattoos & can hit the ball further than anyone I can remember, C.J. is eccentric, Kam Loe is so sweet & Wes Littleton is just "happy to be here".

Well, I DO know.. Todays game was just ugly. I hate losing however I can take it like a big girl, but to get ahead & make mental errors is just annoying. Ian being picked off..what?? Byrd stopping at third & oh wait... Murphy is there too? Reminded me of "Little Big League" where a small child knew the rules better than the adults. What is going on in these boys heads?

Now to the bitter.. Years ago Charles Barkley commented that he was not supposed to be a kid's role model, it was their parents job. I do agree we are the ones that should set positive examples. However, when a 11 year old girl sits through 81 games a year & sees a big leaguer throw his bat down after a called second strike & then again when he struck out, I have to disagree with Sir Charles. I don't need to name names, we all know who he is. He has been surly and basically showed everyone the perfect example of a poor sport. I get the testosterone and frustration, I don't get the acting like a jerk. Million dollar athlete or Jr High kid playing baseball, it is wrong to behave that way. I always admired the Rangers for what I perceived as a relatively classy team (we will forget the Rocker & Sosa experiment).

I have to go with Snakeman, it's time to storm the clubhouse, throw a few bats around & give the "lolly gagger" speech..Need me to do it?