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"I felt like if they didn’t re-sign Cliff Lee that [the Rangers] were going to be an average team and I feel that’s probably what’s going to end up happening. It’s all about your pitching. I feel like last year was one of those special years where you kind of catch lightning in a bottle and they got hot and they had some guys that I felt like were pitching better than their talent level and consequently they had a great year."

Lance Berkman: hero in Houston, villain in Arlington, unknown in Austin (because they’re too busy listening to awesome underground bands and stuff).

But, Lance, man, what are you doing? You’ve been around this game long enough to know that no matter what, even if you’re right, keep your mouth shut. Yes, the Rangers may have overextended themselves to get Beltre, and yes, the Rangers may have caught all the right breaks as most World Series teams need to do, but there is no reason to say anything. You’re only asking for a heaping bag of trouble, this time in the form of CJ Wilson. From the same article, Wilson says:

“I think it’s funny. He was contemplating retirement, so I’m not going to take anything too seriously. I’m not going to get offended by anything he says. If that’s a representative idea of what people around the league think, that’s better for us because they’re going to do the same thing and they’re going to not take us seriously. If we end up stomping through the playoffs again, everyone will be like, ‘Wow, what a bummer.’

The article doesn’t say it, but I like to pretend that Wilson put on his best Keanu Reeves impression for the final sentence.

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