Texas Rangers Spring Training

We are just over two weeks out from the start of our Texas Rangers 2012 season. What an eventful Spring!

First we can thank Yu Darvish for turning Surprise,AZ into Little Tokyo. That is a great thing for the Texas Rangers! All the extra international publicity can only help generate extra Yen Revenue. That Yen cabbage will help J.D. & Nolan ink some of the top free agents next year. Do you know who the top free agents are going to be next year? Guys like Mike Napoli & Josh Hamilton.

Speaking of Josh and Mike that brought us to an interesting debate on the Sports Daddys Podcast heard right here on BigBadSportsDaddy.com (shameless plug). If you can only keep one either Josh Hamilton or Mike Napoli which one do you resign? Hit me with your Hot Sports Opinions! Contact info below.

Nap-Nap-Winner also made another Spring Training headline. This one was involving the Texas Rangers former Ace. Mr. I can't pitch in the post season but it's not my fault like my team should have totally scored more runs. I am C.J. Wilson and you're not, so suck it.

Nap said he can't wait to hit home runs off CJ. What did CJ do as a prank? Gave out Nap's phone # on twitter. HAHAHAHAHa Real freaking funny D-Bag!CJ Wilson crossed a line and invaded Nap's privacy for no reason other than he is a little Bitch and he could! If CJ had Napoli's cell phone number and had a problem with him why not just call? Oh yeah because that is what a man would do.

I don't blame Nelly Cruz for the Rangers losing the World Series last year. I blame CJ. I would bet the truth be told no one in that locker room liked him. He was lucky they are a good group of guys and wouldn't let that get out and cause a distraction.

Then the Rangers offer him a low ball contract with no intention on resigning him. That should tell you something else about the guy. CJ have fun in LaLa Land because you are about to get a Halo Ennama courtesy of the Mike Napoli & the Texas Rangers.

Now the other thing we have learned out of Spring is Holland and Harrison are ready to be big time pitchers. I don't think I have ever seen a Rangers team so deep in pitching. There are 7 legitimate starters on this team. I am a little concerned about Neftali taking that leap from closer to starter but in Jon & Wash I trust.

There is one question about the pitching I keep asking myself over and over though. That is does Colby Lewis deserves a spot in this rotation? Yes he his an October Hero when the post season comes around. However during the season he is not much better than meh. With Ogando & Feldy in the pen it maybe a good time to start shopping Mr.Lewis. The deal Holland just got let's you know he is the future. Colby Lewis is expendable and could probably get you a nice piece in return. If I were the Rangers I deal Colby before the season starts and go with my Young Guns. I know I really like Colby too but you have to do what is best for the team.


Overall the 2012 Texas Rangers' outlook is good! So good in fact I am picking them to go back to and win, that's right WIN the 2012 World Series! If for no other reason they will do it just to spite CJ I wish I were a Valley Girl Wilson.

I am ready for some games that count! I can't wait to smell the fresh-cut grass and hot dogs grilling at the old ball game. Be very,very loud! It's Baseball Season.
Let's Go Rangers!

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Larry's Blog: Where is Peyton Manning Going?

Larry's Blog: Where is Peyton Manning Going?: Oh yeah I have a blog. Sorry I have neglected this blog for a while but I have been tied up with life & stuff. I'm sure you can understand t...

Where is Peyton Manning Going?

Oh yeah I have a blog. Sorry I have neglected this blog for a while but I have been tied up with life & stuff. I'm sure you can understand that. I had important stuff going on like learning how to play A Country Boy Can Survive on my guitar. Now I am back and ready to hit the ground running on BigBadSportsDaddy.com (yes I am still a master of the shameless plug).

I was thinking on my car ride over to the office in the pouring rain what I should blog about. Then it hit me! I should combine my psychic powers with my sports knowledge and let you know where Peyton Manning will wind up.


 I do kind of have a track record with these sorts of things. I mean in this very blog I correctly predicted where Michael Vick and LeBron James would call home months before they inked.

Like we did with the past two precedents we will start by eliminating the obvious. We have 32 NFL Teams and The Colts are out. Now that leaves us with 31 teams that could bring Peyton in.

Out of those 31 we can cross off another 16 easy. Peyton's brotherly love towards Eli(I have twice as many rings as he does) Manning will not allow him to come over to the NFC. No Cane and Able stuff here. Adios NFC you can have fun with the RG III race. Then there were 15.

We can cross off New England,Pittsburgh and San Diego as well, They all have franchise Signal Callers already in place. 12 AFC Teams on the Wall, 12 AFC Teams lalala......


Balt,Houston and Raider all have serviceable Quatermen at the helm. They won't make that move. That brings us to 9.

Cincy and Buffalo have young QBs they are committed to. We are down to the magnificent 7.

I'm going to go ahead and cross off Denver and the Dog Pound too. I'm taking Denver out of the mix because they are selling way to many Tebow jersey's at the moment. After all football is a business. Cleveland is out because they said they were out. They are eyeing RG III and still have Colt .45 if they don't land him.

Tennessee & Jack both used 1st rounders on their field generals last year. They are Kenny Powers and F'N out!

Deep down inside the Jets are still committed to Mark Sanchez. They don't want to tell the world yet but he is their guy. It's kind of like dating a hippo. Your lonely and you need company so you sacrifice your Friday Night to stay home and "watch movies with her" but you don't want to be seen with her in public in this lifetime. That's just gross. (Not, that I would know anything about that).

So we are left with Miami or Kansas City. Drum Roll Please..............................

Peyton Manning will sign with the Kansas City Chiefs.



They have a nice offense with Dwayne Bowe and Jamal Charles coming back from Injury. Add a healthy Peyton Manning to that mix and you have an instant AFC contender. Not to mention former NFL greats Steve Deberg,Dave Krieg,Jo Mo,Warren Moon and Brodie Croyle all wrapped up there NFL careers there. Then you throw on the fact that the Chiefs were so desperate last year they traded for Kyle Orton. Not to mention Miami smells like cuban farts, and is home to the biggest D-Bag athletes on the planet. K.C. is the only logical place for a nice guy like Peyton that makes sense.

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Larry's Blog: One Boom, One Bust.

Larry's Blog: One Boom, One Bust.: It is all most a certainty that Andrew Luck will be the first pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. It is looking more and more like a team is goi...

One Boom, One Bust.

It is all most a certainty that Andrew Luck will be the first pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. It is looking more and more like a team is going to trade up to get Heisman Winner Robert Griffin III with the second pick. History says one of these guys will be a boom the other a bust. Which one is which?

History in this blog starts in 1983. We started here because the 1983 NFL draft class is widely considered the best QB Draft Class ever. The #1 Draft pick in 1983 was John Elway. We all know what he did! The #2 QB picked was Todd Blackledge from Penn State drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs. Did you know the Chiefs passed on guys like Dan Marino and Jim Kelly to take Blackledge? (Do you think they are wishing for a redo?) My point is one Boom and one Bust.

In 1987 the #1 Draft pick was Vinny "forget about it" Testavarde. The #2 QB taking was Kelly Stouffer Colorado State who went to the St.Louis Cardinals. Now Testavarde might not of made as big of boom as others but he did have a long NFL career. On the other hand Stouffer not so much. One Boom,One Bust.
(On a side note the most succesful quarterback in the 1987 draft was Rich Gannon who went in the 4th Round #98 to New England.)


In 1989 The Dallas Cowboys took 2 quarterbacks with #1 picks. Troy Aikman was the first overall pick and Steve Walsh was their #1 in the supplemental draft that same year. One Boom,One Bust.

In 1993 it was Bledsoe & Mirer. One Boom & One Bust!

In 1998 we may have had our most infamous Boom-Bust ever with Manning-Leaf. Peyton Manning went BOOM BOOM BOOM like dynamite, while Ryan Leaf was out of the NFL in record time and got busted breaking into a college or some such.

1999 was supposed to be the best QB class since 83. The first 3 picks were all QBs for the first time in NFL Draft History. #1 Tim Couch(bust) to CLE #couldofhadCulpeper, #2 Donovan McNabb to Philly #hegotbooed (boom), and #3 Akili Smith to Cincy #who? (bust). #thiswasyearsbeforetwittersothoughtIwould#itnow

In 2005 it was Alex Smith or Aaron Rodgers. Now some may argue that Alex Smith wasn't a bust but I beg to differ. When you go #1 overall and deliver what he has delivered I would say bust. Rodgers on the other hand has won a Super Bowl and maybe the best QB in the NFL. That's a BOOM!

Now in 2012 it's Luck or RG III. I think Indy is sold on taking Luck #1 overall. From everything I've seen or read Robert Griffin will go #2. RG III should make a big Boom in the NFL! Luck on the other hand, well one Boom and One Bust.

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Super Blog

Did you miss me? Sorry after I denounced my Cowboy's faith I had to join the witness protection program for a while. You wouldn't believe the living hell I've went through ever since that infamous blog hit the net three weeks ago. I've had kids spit at me as I walked down Las Colinas BLVD,People honking and flipping me off,others yelling GO Cowboys outside my front door at 4AM,death threats from someone I used to call Mom and other unmentionable stuff that it wouldn't be appropriate to write about here. I missed blogging so much that I decided to go the way of Sammy the Bull & Henry Hill and leave the program and get back to it. What better way to return to my blog then with a Super Blog? It just so happens my Super Blog coincides with the Super (can't type it here or I'll get sued) Game.

I made my first ever lightning bet on the Super Game 10 years ago. It was the Mighty St. Louis Rams and their "Greatest Show on Turf" playing the upstart Patriots with some rookie QB named Tom Brady. Now the Rams were favored by 14 points and I bet them to the tune of 10 bucks a point.

Maybe I should explain a Lightning Bet next. You know just in case you're not a degenerate gambler like a certain blogger who is fresh out of the witness protection program.

A lightning bet is wager where the amount is determined by the point spread. Now if you bet the favorite and they cover you get paid your set amount per point for every point they cover the spread by. Now if the underdogs win like they did on that faithful day in '02 you owe. You owe the point spread plus how much the dogs won by that day.For example I had a lighting bet a $10 a point on that 2002 Super Bowl. I took the Rams -14. Since the Pats won by 3 you add that to the 14 point spread and get 17. Now Multiply it by $10. I lost $170. Does that make since? By The way I stil wish I would of listen to Jimmy Kimmel on Fox Super Bowl Pre Game Show in 02. He was the only one with enough guts to pick the Pats!

My buddy and I have made it a tradition since 2002 to make a lightning bet on every Super Game since. My record is an awesome 2-8 since then. My friend has a simple winning strategy. This genius strategy will blow your mind! Are you ready? It's simple,he let's me pick the team I want.

This year I went 21-9-2 in the NFL Regular Season with my picks right here in this very blog. As good as I maybe at picking regular season games,I am that bad at picking Super Games. I don't know what it is. I can't pick that damn game! The Football Gods smile on my all season until Super Sunday(Can I say that?) rolls around. Then they all the Football Gods gather around and have a good laugh at my expense.


I am about to give you my pick. If you want to win I would really suggestion you do the opposite!

In the 2012 Super Game I like

New England -3 over NYG with a Lightning Bet!

Wake Up Cowboys' Fan

All I have read or heard since the Jerry Jones Dallas Cowboys lost to the New York Giants on New Years Day is Jerry needs to hire a GM. As much as I agree with the popular opinion, I've accepted the fact it is never going to happen. So I am moving on and I suggest you do the same. Yes I am calling for a Cowboys Boycott.

I can not take the Cowboys wallowing in mediocrity anymore! It's been this way for years now and we need a change that is not going to happen. So here's the deal, I am not going to support them anymore. I'm not going to games,I'm not going to buy merch,I'm not even going to watch them on tv unless it has some impact to my fantasy team. It's tough love at its roughest. I feel like I am going through a divorce after 33 years. I am using irreconcilable differences as my reason. I want to see the Cowboys win a Super Bowl and Jerry just wants to make more money.

Now separation is always tough. I put a lot of thought and consideration into this before I made my decision. I finally came up with if Jerry Jones isn't committed to winning then I'm not committing to be a Cowboys fan any longer. It's a New Year time for a fresh start. Sorry Jerry in the words of the great Kenny Powers " You are F'N out!"

I do realize if I ever want to see the Cowboys win again we as Cowboys fans have to hit the egotistical narcissist that runs them where it hurts. That would be his pride and in his checkbook. Can you imagine how embarrassed he would be if there was a national televised game at the billion dollar big green house and the audience looked like a Dallas Stars crowd? It would get a point across.

Now if you listen to Jerry he'll tell you he won 3 Super Bowls as GM. I think we all know that's not true. When I hear him spit out that garbage it makes me want to vomit! It reminds of that scene in the movie Waiting where Justin Long's character quits.



As tempting as it maybe I'm not going to just jump in bed with the next team that comes along. I just got back from New Orleans and the Saints did their best to court me. However I am just not ready for anything new yet. I need some alone time. It's not the Saints, it's me.

Now you may not see me wearing another NFL team's gear in 2012 but you damn sure will not see me sporting any Cowboys gear either. Matter of fact I may use all my Dallas Cowboys stuff to start a huge bonfire. Sorry Jerry, but this is where this Cowboys fan rides away!