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Sammy Sosa Returns?

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This could be interesting…
I realize it’s a stretch, but if the Cubs pick up some of the salary, and we don’t have to give up a boatload, it might be worth it to see him return to his original team.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/cubs/cst-spt-cub28.html
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3359986
UPDATE: Forget that. About an hour after I posted this, it was announced that Sosa is likely going to be traded to the Orioles. At least it’s the AL, and we’ll get to see him here.

The Ballpark in Arlington in videogames

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Anyone who knows me knows that I love to play baseball videogames. I have for as long as I can remember. So every year about this time, I end up reading about the newest crop of baseball videogames. With that in mind, I bring you this link from ign.com. It shows a few screenshots from EA’s latest (and likely final) entry into the baseball game line, “MVP Baseball 2005”. The screenshots are of Ameriquest Field The Ballpark in Arlington, and how it looks in the game.
Looks pretty good – last year’s EA entry had some nice looking ballparks, and these shots make our ballpark look pretty nice. I wonder how they’ll deal with “Section 43” of the ballpark (that’s the little triangle down in the right field corner). Most baseball games either ignore it or get it all wrong – I’ve yet to see one get it right. What’s even better about this ganme is the stupid bell isn’t in the screenshot! If only Hicks would take after the videogame makers… ;)
This page is part of a larger article showing the rest of the AL West teams, and how they look – which itself is part of a larger series eventually showing all the parks.

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Magglio Ordonez

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I’ve decided to stay out of commenting on Magglio Ordonez. After being teased with Carlos Delgado, I don’t see much possibility of Ordonez becoming a Ranger. I thought Delgado might, but I see little to no chance of Ordonez.
So I decided not to keep up with all the minuatue of that. :)

Delgado picks Marlins

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Well, Carlos Delgado picked the Marlins tonight. This has to be seen as a cash grab – at least to this Ranger fan. The park he’s picked as his home is probably the worst for a left handed hitter.
From a purely baseball standpoint, it was either The Ballpark in Arlington, or Oriole Park. But not Shea or Pro Player.
Oh well, done with that. One interesting sidepoint to this is that I’m now reading where Rusty Greer might be our backup DH option should we fail to do anything with Magglio Ordonez (which I suspect we will).
Would be nice to see the Red Baron again.

Carlos Delgado is done

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Well, it looks like to the bitter jaded fan that Carlos Delgado was using the Rangers to jack up the price of his contract with other teams. That may very well be the case, but my gut feeling says no.
The Ft Worth Star Telegram and the Dallas Morning News both say that the Rangers have dropped out of the Delgado bidding after he turned down our 4 year $48 million offer. It really would have helped us. A LOT. Would have done wonders in this lineup. Read where we were also going to give him uniform #25.
So with Delgado out, that means our regular LH DH will likely be David Dellucci. While not a scrub, he’s not the thunderstick that Delgado could have been.
Sigh. If they still want to bring in someone from the outside to be a DH, the only likely candidates are Jeromy Burnitz, who doesn’t thrill me, and Magglio Ordonez. Mags could be good, but there’s two things against him. First is major knee surgery (which is what Brian Jordan had I think), and second (and most importantly), Scott Boras.

Go Eagles!

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Didn’t pay much attention to baseball today. Today was a football day for me, and I have to say my hometown Iggles finally got it done, getting to the Super Bowl. So it was a good day for me. :)

Delgado offers

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Overnight a few articles have come out saying what the Rangers have apparently offered Delgado.
This wire story says that it’s 4 years, and $40 million.
This New York Times Article last evening said it was 3 years and $39 million, but later in the evening changed it to 4 years and $48 million.
Don’t really know what to believe, although all the reports seem to indicate that we’ve offered 4 years, which is what he’s wanted. I suppose we’ll find out for sure tomorrow, which is according to several reports when he’ll decide on the Rangers.

Delgado Watch

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Apparently, the Carlos Delgado meeting went pretty well with our offer being surprising to Delgado and his agent. There’s apparently going to be another meeting of some sort tomorrow, and there’s a chance Delgado will decide on the Rangers’ offer on Sunday.
More here, here, and here.

Rusty Greer Update

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Sad that I have to write about Rusty Greer in the “Former Rangers News” category.. There was a short blurb about Rusty over on the ESPN website this afternoon. It said this:
The Twins have been trying to lure long-time Rangers dynamo Rusty Greer to a spring-training invite. But it appears Greer is leaning toward retirement.
I really wish two things here:
1) We would have extended a spring training invite to Rusty, even if it was only for show. Would have been nice to see him in the Spring Training footage on the news.
2) Rusty really does retire. I’d hate to see him in anyone else’s uniform.