Amen, brother
Adam Morris, the administrator of Lone Star Ball.com, echoed the sentiments of Rangers fans everywhere in his post last night:
The 2005 Rangers -- this same young nucleus -- has been going out and giving everything they have once again, even while the bullpen has fallen apart, while Ryan Drese turned back into a pumpkin and Kenny Rogers had his meltdown and the same holes that the team had at the end of last season just continued to get bigger.
And management has given these guys James Baldwin and Kevin Gryboski.
With the post-ASB flameout, this season is now over. The Rangers are out of the race, and need to start building for next season.
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I don't think anyone can reasonably blame the players, the core of this team, for the failure that is the Rangers' 2005 season. Blalock, Young, Mench, Teixeira, even Soriano, who I've ripped...they key guys here have stepped up and done all that can be reasonably expected.
Which is what makes it all the more galling to hear that Tom Hicks, when asked about his players saying that they want management to do something to improve this team, thinks that they just need to play better.
The blame for this failure of a season can be laid at the feet of two people: Tom Hicks and John Hart.
I don't know how the blame should be apportioned. I don't know how much of management's failure is due to Hicks' refusal to spend money, and how much is due to Hart's inability to do anything constructive with the resources he has.
And really, at this point, I don't care all that much.
Year after fucking year, fans like myself have to sit here and watch John Hart and Tom Hicks drive the proverbial nails into the coffin of their own fucking pennant hopes. These two men find new ways every season to proudly display their incompetence for all the world to see.
The Rangers are blessed right now with the most talented young team in the major leagues. All this team is lacking is a pitching staff that can hold opposing hitters to 4 or fewer runs per game. That is literally all it would take to bring a World Series trophy home to Arlington. But John Hart and Tom Hicks would rather acquire free agents such as James Baldwin and Kevin Gryboski, two players who have absolutely nothing to offer a team desperately fighting to keep their postseason chances alive.
Thanks for screwing North Texas yet again, Tom and John. Go fuck yourselves.
The 2005 Rangers -- this same young nucleus -- has been going out and giving everything they have once again, even while the bullpen has fallen apart, while Ryan Drese turned back into a pumpkin and Kenny Rogers had his meltdown and the same holes that the team had at the end of last season just continued to get bigger.
And management has given these guys James Baldwin and Kevin Gryboski.
With the post-ASB flameout, this season is now over. The Rangers are out of the race, and need to start building for next season.
[...]
I don't think anyone can reasonably blame the players, the core of this team, for the failure that is the Rangers' 2005 season. Blalock, Young, Mench, Teixeira, even Soriano, who I've ripped...they key guys here have stepped up and done all that can be reasonably expected.
Which is what makes it all the more galling to hear that Tom Hicks, when asked about his players saying that they want management to do something to improve this team, thinks that they just need to play better.
The blame for this failure of a season can be laid at the feet of two people: Tom Hicks and John Hart.
I don't know how the blame should be apportioned. I don't know how much of management's failure is due to Hicks' refusal to spend money, and how much is due to Hart's inability to do anything constructive with the resources he has.
And really, at this point, I don't care all that much.
Year after fucking year, fans like myself have to sit here and watch John Hart and Tom Hicks drive the proverbial nails into the coffin of their own fucking pennant hopes. These two men find new ways every season to proudly display their incompetence for all the world to see.
The Rangers are blessed right now with the most talented young team in the major leagues. All this team is lacking is a pitching staff that can hold opposing hitters to 4 or fewer runs per game. That is literally all it would take to bring a World Series trophy home to Arlington. But John Hart and Tom Hicks would rather acquire free agents such as James Baldwin and Kevin Gryboski, two players who have absolutely nothing to offer a team desperately fighting to keep their postseason chances alive.
Thanks for screwing North Texas yet again, Tom and John. Go fuck yourselves.