Showing posts with label Texas Rangers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas Rangers. Show all posts

April 7, 2012

Rangers unveil stature of fan that died at ballpark

The Rangers did something out of the ordinary. Perhaps you heard of Shannon Stone, who died last year at a Rangers game reaching for a ball. While it was more of a freak happenstance than anything, the Rangers did a pretty cool thing by putting up a statue for him.

ARLINGTON (AP) - Nine months after a Texas Rangers fan died after falling over an outfield railing at a game, his 7-year-old son helped unveil a statue Thursday honoring his father and others who love America’s pastime.

The life-size bronze statue depicts Shannon Stone and his son, Cooper, wearing baseball caps.

They are holding hands and looking at each other as if they’re talking. The inscription reads: In memory of Shannon Stone and dedicated to all fans who love the game.

“Today is a celebration of spirit, family and love of the game,” Rangers President Nolan Ryan said. “This bronze represents so many things that are good about baseball — competition, happiness, memories — and I think Shannon embodied what we as an organization hope for in our fans.”


Usually its a hall-of-fame baseball player being put in bronze outside of a ballpark, but its good for the Rangers to do this. They really didn't need to, I don't think anyone would be mad if they didn't put up a statue of the fan, so it just shows they wanted to go the extra step.

March 17, 2010

Ron Washington, Ladies and Gentlemen!

The 57-year old manager of the Texas Rangers, Ron Washington, tested positive for for cocaine during the 2009 season. Sports Talk Radio and the blogosphere will now implode. However, what's funnier than the actual news itself is the quote that Washington provided...

"I did make a mistake and I regret that I did it," Washington told SI.com on Tuesday. "I am really embarrassed and I am really sorry."

He's really serious ladies and gents, and I'm going to go to the book of understatements and pencil in "Hey I flubbed up a bit and did a wee bit of an elicit drug during the season" as a hall-of-famer. I wonder what Josh Hamilton is thinking right now?

May 12, 2009

Seattle Mariners are back to the old drawing board...

Other than the creepy-looking Jason Vargas pitching a solid game for five innings, giving up just one home run to former Spokane Indian Chris Davis of the Texas Rangers, the Mariners stank it up in a 7-1 loss. Here's how not to win a baseball game:

(1) Have absolutely no run support. Four hits against the Texas Rangers of the Wiffle Arena Ball League? Seriously?
(2) Have your "bullpen" come in for "relief." I would imagine that Mariner fans react to somebody from the bullpen coming out the same way Civil War Soldiers did when surgeons came to lop off a limp.

They've now lost eight of their last ten games and the "Improbable Dream" of 2009 is just that at the moment.

May 5, 2009

Reasons why you're single... you root for the Texas Rangers

They have a team ERA of 5.44 and a combined team bating average of .277. Which would be fine if they were an Arena Baseball team but that sport hasn't been invented yet.

February 15, 2008

What to do in case of an Alien Invasion

Let's face it, we're the party pad of the universe.

Where else are you going to see someone finish off a keg and then shave their armpit hair for good measure? And don't say WAZZU, because despite the best wishes of Husky fans and the entire Pac-10, the Palouse is actually part of the Planet Earth and not the moon.

However, someone is bound to crash the party. That's right, Alien invasion.
There are way too many lame humanoids out there that don't know how to have a good time, I mean how many times have you seen a good bar on Neptune? It's a large ball of gas, the only thing that would survive on that planet is Rosanne Barr.

So if you want to avoid being vaporized or having a creature burst from your chest, here's a couple things you can do to survive an alien invasion:

1. If there's a wise-cracking, former rapper with a cigar walking around, we suggest you follow him.

2. If you're in the military, try to stay out of the first wave of soldiers in the counter-attack. As Hollywood has shown us, counter-attacks to alien invasions usually lead to a complete butt-whopping of the U.S. military and there's usually something terrible that happens to them (They all get their brains sucked out or are forced to watch the TV series "Joey").

However, if there is a "last chance to save the world" opportunity that is risky, unorthodox and involves an IBM programmer, we suggest you participate in it because it's probably going to work.

3. If it looks cute, its probably going to eat your flesh.

4. The aliens will have shields, they always have shields.

5. Your relatives or friends will somehow survive the initial attack, and despite the city their in being completely wiped out, they'll be fine. You'll need to save them in some sort of heroic fashion though, but they won’t be tough to spot since their the only four people alive in a 500 mile radius.

6. Always sneak in the alien ship and fly it away. Despite the technology being from a different planet, the controls will still resemble that of a Playstation 3.

7. The mothership is the size of Texas but blowing it up in orbit will not cause any debris falling from space, because the explosion was just so cool.

8. Listen to the dorky scientist aid that slept with the president's aid, he knows more that 3,000 scientists working for NASA, the NSA and the FBI.

9. The Aliens are filled with goo, but its great tasting.

10. Everytime you kill an alien you have to make some reference to an Elton John song.

February 6, 2008

Around the World of Sports (and what we think about it)

Here's some top headlines floating around the sports world...

Roger Clemens is screwed. Again. Thanks McNamee.

Shaq may be headed to the Phoenix Suns. Does this mean we'll get a Kazaam Two?

Nolan Ryan becomes president of the Rangers, unclear whether or not he'll suit up this season.

Seahawks name Jim Mora Jr. to replace Holmgren after next year. Meaning that Seattle fans could get a "Playoffs? Playoffs? rant in the near future if they're lucky.

High School Football National Signing Day. I don't about you but I simply don't care about 17-year old kids. It reminds me what a sad individual I've become.

Duke vs. UNC tonight. Rumor has it that the collective nerdiness of both team's student sections may make the Dean Dome this year's largest Star Trek convention.