dermdoc said:
Pretty obvious the Rangers did not want to help the Astros.
The Red and Blue glasses are thick with this one.Aggie_Eric98 said:dermdoc said:
Pretty obvious the Rangers did not want to help the Astros.
Aggie_Eric98 said:Texas Rangers: Houston, come up here where it is somewhat dry and fairly close to your families, take our gate, concession profits, be the home team.dermdoc said:
It is not about being "fair". It is about going above and beyond in a bad situation.
Houston: F that, we'll go to Tampa Bay.
I wouldn't say they didn't want to help the Astros, I would say they didn't want to put themselves at a competitive disadvantage down the road.dermdoc said:
Pretty obvious the Rangers did not want to help the Astros. Going to be an interesting series now. And it will be fascinating to hear the announcers and how it is covered by the national media.
Yes, their priority was not putting themselves at a potential disadvantage down the road. Secondary was doing what Texans do, helping when people need help.AllThings12thMan said:I wouldn't say they didn't want to help the Astros, I would say they didn't want to put themselves at a competitive disadvantage down the road.dermdoc said:
Pretty obvious the Rangers did not want to help the Astros. Going to be an interesting series now. And it will be fascinating to hear the announcers and how it is covered by the national media.
How does swapping help in recovery relief efforts? It'd be a nice thing to do, sure, but has no bearing on what's really important. The city isn't in need of three baseball games next month, it's in need of money, supplies, etc. JD isn't doing anything anti-Humanitarian.Schrute said:Yes, their priority was not putting themselves at a potential disadvantage down the road. Secondary was doing what Texans do, helping when people need help.AllThings12thMan said:I wouldn't say they didn't want to help the Astros, I would say they didn't want to put themselves at a competitive disadvantage down the road.dermdoc said:
Pretty obvious the Rangers did not want to help the Astros. Going to be an interesting series now. And it will be fascinating to hear the announcers and how it is covered by the national media.
I meant my comment of "good grief" to the tweet and the comment of "Take notes, Arlington."AccidentProne said:
Go look at the other half of this post in the Astros thread. I amuse myself
At least you agree with the bottom line - first priority for the Rangers was to make sure they weren't put at a disadvantage. That, and to make sure their ticket holders weren't inconvenienced in any way. Any other considerations are secondary to those.AllThings12thMan said:How does swapping help in recovery relief efforts? It'd be a nice thing to do, sure, but has no bearing on what's really important. The city isn't in need of three baseball games next month, it's in need of money, supplies, etc. JD isn't doing anything anti-Humanitarian.Schrute said:Yes, their priority was not putting themselves at a potential disadvantage down the road. Secondary was doing what Texans do, helping when people need help.AllThings12thMan said:I wouldn't say they didn't want to help the Astros, I would say they didn't want to put themselves at a competitive disadvantage down the road.dermdoc said:
Pretty obvious the Rangers did not want to help the Astros. Going to be an interesting series now. And it will be fascinating to hear the announcers and how it is covered by the national media.
If I can make a decision that is better for my ball club - one that has no bearing on the cities recovery efforts one way or another, why would JD not make that call?Schrute said:At least you agree with the bottom line - first priority for the Rangers was to make sure they weren't put at a disadvantage. That, and to make sure their ticket holders weren't inconvenienced in any way. Any other considerations are secondary to those.AllThings12thMan said:How does swapping help in recovery relief efforts? It'd be a nice thing to do, sure, but has no bearing on what's really important. The city isn't in need of three baseball games next month, it's in need of money, supplies, etc. JD isn't doing anything anti-Humanitarian.Schrute said:Yes, their priority was not putting themselves at a potential disadvantage down the road. Secondary was doing what Texans do, helping when people need help.AllThings12thMan said:I wouldn't say they didn't want to help the Astros, I would say they didn't want to put themselves at a competitive disadvantage down the road.dermdoc said:
Pretty obvious the Rangers did not want to help the Astros. Going to be an interesting series now. And it will be fascinating to hear the announcers and how it is covered by the national media.
And this post shows exactly why some of y'all do not get it. Thanks.AllThings12thMan said:
I'll ask this again since we have some different participants right now than we did last night. The Astros got put at a scheduling disadvantage due to Harvey. Why do they think the Rangers should then put themselves at a scheduling disadvantage also. Not trying to sound crass, but it's not the Rangers' venue that is unplayable. And since the location of three games a month from now has nothing to do with helping the city recover, I don't see the fault in making a decision in the best interest of where you're team is at in the standings. I don't think the Rangers will make the playoffs, but there's more than a zero percent chance, so you have to play it like you have a shot.
dermdoc said:And this post shows exactly why some of y'all do not get it. Thanks.AllThings12thMan said:
I'll ask this again since we have some different participants right now than we did last night. The Astros got put at a scheduling disadvantage due to Harvey. Why do they think the Rangers should then put themselves at a scheduling disadvantage also? Not trying to sound crass, but it's not the Rangers' venue that is unplayable. And since the location of three games a month from now has nothing to do with helping the city recover, I don't see the fault in making a decision in the best interest of where you're team is at in the standings. I don't think the Rangers will make the playoffs, but there's more than a zero percent chance, so you have to play it like you have a shot.
How many sports teams do you think will donate more to Houston flood relief than the Rangers?dermdoc said:
Because sometimes decent people do things just because they are decent.
Lucky #007 said:
And when you get right down to the brass tax, how was that not the exact priority of the Astros?
http://www.patriots.com/news/2017/08/28/robert-kraft-and-new-england-patriots-pledge-match-1-million-donations-american-redAllThings12thMan said:How many sports teams do you think will donate more to Houston flood relief than the Rangers?dermdoc said:
Because sometimes decent people do things just because they are decent.
Good on the Patriots. So that's one sports team out of about ~120, and from a league with a much bigger revenue stream.Buck Compton said:http://www.patriots.com/news/2017/08/28/robert-kraft-and-new-england-patriots-pledge-match-1-million-donations-american-redAllThings12thMan said:How many sports teams do you think will donate more to Houston flood relief than the Rangers?dermdoc said:
Because sometimes decent people do things just because they are decent.
Your move.
I'm not sure. But taking thousands of dollars from your own charity and giving it to flood relief is a good thing, no?Buck Compton said:
Not that this is all that important, but all I have seen from the Rangers are the 50/50 raffle donations (which are already earmarked for charity)... How much else have they supposedly given?
In 3 minutes of looking.AllThings12thMan said:Good on the Patriots. So that's one sports team out of about ~120, and from a league with a much bigger revenue stream.Buck Compton said:http://www.patriots.com/news/2017/08/28/robert-kraft-and-new-england-patriots-pledge-match-1-million-donations-american-redAllThings12thMan said:How many sports teams do you think will donate more to Houston flood relief than the Rangers?dermdoc said:
Because sometimes decent people do things just because they are decent.
Your move.
Good on them again. Why don't you go through and see how many teams haven't done anything yet? My goal wasn't to see the rankings in the donation race. I didn't expect that the Rangers would be the largest givers. The intended point is that it's possible, and okay even, for the Rangers to assist with humanitarian efforts, and make the best decision for your baseball team, a decision which has nothing to do with humanitarian or rescue efforts.mathguy86 said:In 3 minutes of looking.AllThings12thMan said:Good on the Patriots. So that's one sports team out of about ~120, and from a league with a much bigger revenue stream.Buck Compton said:http://www.patriots.com/news/2017/08/28/robert-kraft-and-new-england-patriots-pledge-match-1-million-donations-american-redAllThings12thMan said:How many sports teams do you think will donate more to Houston flood relief than the Rangers?dermdoc said:
Because sometimes decent people do things just because they are decent.
Your move.
The Jets and Pats both sent $1MM to the Red Cross fund. The owner of the Titans send JJ Watt's fund $1MM which was matched by the NFL Foundation. Jim Crane donated $4MM. Les Alexander started at $4MM. He's now at $10MM.
You might quit while you are ahead.
mathguy86 said:In 3 minutes of looking.AllThings12thMan said:Good on the Patriots. So that's one sports team out of about ~120, and from a league with a much bigger revenue stream.Buck Compton said:http://www.patriots.com/news/2017/08/28/robert-kraft-and-new-england-patriots-pledge-match-1-million-donations-american-redAllThings12thMan said:How many sports teams do you think will donate more to Houston flood relief than the Rangers?dermdoc said:
Because sometimes decent people do things just because they are decent.
Your move.
The Jets and Pats both sent $1MM to the Red Cross fund. The owner of the Titans send JJ Watt's fund $1MM which was matched by the NFL Foundation. Jim Crane donated $4MM. Les Alexander started at $4MM. He's now at $10MM.
You might quit while you are ahead.
but..but...raffle money! Take our raffle money, Houston!AG 2000' said:mathguy86 said:In 3 minutes of looking.AllThings12thMan said:Good on the Patriots. So that's one sports team out of about ~120, and from a league with a much bigger revenue stream.Buck Compton said:http://www.patriots.com/news/2017/08/28/robert-kraft-and-new-england-patriots-pledge-match-1-million-donations-american-redAllThings12thMan said:How many sports teams do you think will donate more to Houston flood relief than the Rangers?dermdoc said:
Because sometimes decent people do things just because they are decent.
Your move.
The Jets and Pats both sent $1MM to the Red Cross fund. The owner of the Titans send JJ Watt's fund $1MM which was matched by the NFL Foundation. Jim Crane donated $4MM. Les Alexander started at $4MM. He's now at $10MM.
You might quit while you are ahead.
Jerry Jones donated a million. Zeke and Dak have each donated $21K and challenged other Cowboys to do the same.
The Cowboys are going to do a donation telethon during the game Thursday night too so fans in Dallas can call in and donate.
Meanwhile, the Rangers front office are standing there like a pack of idiots. And I say that as a Rangers fan.
