February 21 - The Thursday Prescription List: Tamiflu and Duraflu
Influenza type “B” is some very nasty stuff – I got it and it has put me on the DL this week. Too sick and too tired to think much about baseball, so let’s get this short list over with:
1. Last week’s name that former prospect was correctly identified as RHP Andy Pratt. More about him – and a new prospect picture – next week.
2. Tamiflu and Duraflu tablets are miracle drugs – I’m not kidding.
3. Darn those cloudy skies over eastern Tarrant county blocked my view of the lunar eclipse. By the way – does anyone remember the lunar eclipse over LF on the Friday night in September 1996 when the Rangers clinched a tie for their first division title?
Finally: What really made me feel better? Reading this in the notes on MLB.com:
"The Rangers will at least consider the possibility of going back to red uniforms, vice president Jim Sundberg said...That's an item that will make its way onto Nolan Ryan's agenda at some point after he officially begins his new duties as club president on Thursday."
I’ll start the online petition in favor of the red uni’s and present it to Nola
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Ranger ownership has been paying lip service to the notion of building a “baseball tradition” in Arlington since the new owner took over in 1998. Let's remind the owner: 3 division championships, 3 MVP awards, 4 winning seasons – all in red uniforms.
Here’s a lesson in baseball tradition for all those hockey and tuna fish marketing types in the Rangers front office – the teams you want to emulate stay with one uniform concept: the Yankees never change the pinstripes, the Tigers never change the old English D, the Dodgers never change the blue script, the Rangers should never, ever, have changed colors in the first place. Now is your opportunity to correct that error, to bring back the red, the uniforms that are a reminder of just how good this franchise was…. and could be again.
I’ll be back next week with my game face on and ready to play two.
[Insert hacking cough sound here] –- Marla Hooch
I don't care what color this team wears, but I am intrigued by the return of red. Except that it would necessitate much shopping on my part. :) Which will probably have to happen anyway given how much weight I've lost and hope to lose.
Feel better soon!!
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Wow, Andy Pratt looked kind of like Zach Phillips to me, but I knew Zach never played for the Drillers!
Feel Better!
See you in a month!
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I am glad the team is returning to red. I can always get myself excited for new Rangers clothes. I am not superstitious, but I am willing to change my beliefs if the red helps. Of course...I think that the team will be great this year whatever color uniforms they wear. I think that Nolan will make changes that will be positive for our team.
I hope that you feel better. The flu has gone around my family and my classroom. That money I spent on getting my kids and myself the flu shot this year was money well spent (sarcasm...they got it anyway).
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Hey there, Marla
Hope you are on the mend and that the Rangers first win of the spring lifted your spirits!
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