Greg Golson: "If they don't think that I'm ready..."

The Rangers recently acquired outfielder Greg Golson from the Phillies. Golson hit .282 in AA this year while striking out in 28% of his at-bats. He produced an OPS of .767 in 2008 (his 5th consecutive MiL season without exceeding an OPS of .800).

A local writer interviewed Golson this week and Greg had an interesting perspective regarding his 2009 expectations:

"My goal is to be in the big leagues...If they don't feel like I'm ready, I'll be more than willing to try to prove them wrong in the minor leagues."

After wiping away my tears of laughter, I was reminded of the classic Tommy Boy line:

"Hi, I'm Earth. Have we met?!"

Greg saying that he "isn't sure" if Texas thinks that he is ready for the Major Leagues is kind of like saying, "I would like to date Marissa Miller, but I'm not sure if she would agree...so I might just stick with Rosie."







In other words: "Greg, you are NOT READY!!!!!!!!"

Even Japanese players hate the Rangers!

According to numerous sources, four teams have made ML offers to 22-year-old Japanese pitcher, Junichi Tazawa (video here). The reported offers are as follows:

• Boston: 3 years, $3 million
• Seattle: 3 years, $3 million
• Atlanta: 4 years, $4-5 million
• Texas: 4 years, $7 million

Again, according to numerous sources, Tazawa will sign with Boston by the end of the week. This isn't CC or Sheets...this is a 22-year-old living in Japan, and even HE won't consider signing with Texas, despite being offered almost twice as much money!

Jon Daniels trying to sign a marquee free-agent pitcher is probably like watching a infomercial on the "ab-tronic" at three in the morning, thinking to yourself, "Man, that's what I need. The only thing standing between me and a six-pack is $24.95..."...only to realize that you can't buy it because you spent the last of your paycheck on Oreos and Fallout 3 for XBox (If the ab-tronic is a free-agent, and users are the General Managers, this guy must be Theo Epstein: doing what it takes to get the job done).

Another day in the life of a Ranger fan.