[speaker001:] this area Dallas
[speaker002:] I'm born and raised here
[speaker001:] well great so who you want to talk about baseballwise
[speaker002:] may may as well talk about the Rangers
[speaker001:] the Rangers all right
[speaker002:] uh uh might as well
[speaker001:] well do you think they're going to get anyone in Florida
[speaker002:] uh I hope I hope they do they've uh I forgot who've they signed already
[speaker001:] did they sign that shortstop that was they were talking about some shortstop they were going to try to get in the free agency draft or the free agency market
[speaker002:] I don't know who they uh they they decide sign finally signed up Brian Downing I know
[speaker001:] for oh okay
[speaker002:] they're they're trying to get uh God what's his name what's that black man's name uh
[speaker001:] is he with them now
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] Ruben
[speaker002:] Ruben yeah they haven't they still haven't signed Ruben yet
[speaker001:] yeah no I heard that they're not going to talk to him till next week's now they talked to his agents today and then they're going to talk to them some more next week which I don't know whether that's good bad or indifferent because wish they'd get that out of the way and maybe he could do something else
[speaker002:] yeah I know well they said they made a mistake they made a mistake by uh not signing not signing him uh to a longer contract than what they did
[speaker001:] I know why do you think they did that
[speaker002:] oh they did did did it for economics but it's coming back and it's going to haunt them this year because he played such good ball the last couple of years
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] because now his uh his contracts say they I think they signed him for like three or four hundred thousand last year but now it's going to cost them somewhere about uh eight hundred thousand to a million is kind of
[speaker001:] oh you don't think he'll get that twenty seven million like that other guy just got
[speaker002:] I don't think so I don't he'll he's it's it's going to cost them though it's going to cost them but he's worth it
[speaker001:] that's true well do you think they need to fire Bobby
[speaker002:] Valentine's a good guy I don't know if he's I don't know he's he's done a lot for the team
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] he really has I think he's an excellent I think he's an excellent coach he's probably one of the best ones that they've had just because he's more consistent
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] he's more consistent than any other coach that we've had and had there in a long time and I I think he'll do some good he just needs a they just need to put together a good pitching staff and I think they'll go pretty good
[speaker001:] not have so many injuries
[speaker002:] yeah that was that's what killed them last year I went to a few went to a few of their games and it just uh the pitching was okay but it was
[speaker001:] I know
[speaker002:] it was inconsistent
[speaker001:] are you comfortable that Bobby Witt will be back or is he
[speaker002:] uh
[speaker001:] ever going to develop into a super pitcher
[speaker002:] uh I don't think he is I don't think he is
[speaker001:] what about Kevin Brown
[speaker002:] Kevin Brown uh he might he might he still he's still got a little learning to do
[speaker001:] yeah I thought maybe he would but I was kind of disappointed last year
[speaker002:] yeah I was disappointed the whole season so they they they started out I mean if they would have continued they went off that fourteen game losing streak or winning streak then they kind of hit the dumps there for a while
[speaker001:] well they yeah yeah but then all their pitchers were hurt so that that really hurts when you can't when all of the pitchers get hurt like that so
[speaker002:] yeah that's true you think they're going to do anything this year
[speaker001:] I don't know I uh uh I think they need a another arm and I'm still not sure that that new third baseman Dean Palmer is as good as they think he's going to be
[speaker002:] I think they made a mistake they made a mistake trading Buechele uh
[speaker001:] but well I don't think they uh think they knew they couldn't afford him and Ruben and they decided to go with Ruben because he
[speaker002:] yeah that's probably true but uh you know you got to you got to have more not one person's going to make the team
[speaker001:] yeah but they're not willing to pay big bucks it doesn't seem I think they'll have an exciting team last next next year and I just you know if they don't have any injuries but
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] uh Kansas City you know just signed a big time player so they're they're tough at signing all those people they got uh Joiner Wally Joiner from California so
[speaker002:] oh yeah
[speaker001:] that should help their team
[speaker002:] yeah it sounds like you keep up on baseball pretty well
[speaker001:] no I have one of those uh minds that remembers trivia that's of completely useless
[speaker002:] that what useless trivia
[speaker001:] yeah I mean something important I can't remember but something about baseball or football or something that really doesn't mean anything I can remember it's one of those weird things I don't know why you know and I can't find my car keys then but I can remember you know something that about sports that's not even important
[speaker002:] remember remember who Kansas City signed but you can't find your car keys
[speaker001:] that's right or my glasses yeah I know and and why why do I remember sports it's just one of those things I don't know why that if I can hear it on the radio and it just sinks in and
[speaker002:] that that's great well that's great I've never I've never had a decent conversation with a woman about baseball
[speaker001:] well well that's that's a yeah oh that's that's embarrassing almost but no I could probably name them almost the starting lineup for the Rangers
[speaker002:] until until now