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3 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

This is unbelievable.  Wasteful, even.

I've never been to that stadium but by all accounts its pretty nice.  No need for a new one.  

It’s hot outside in Arlington in the summer, so they need a dome, is their reasoning.    They should’ve though of that in 1994 when they built the current stadium.   

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Let’s  tear it down and trade everyone away so we can build around prospects like Carlos Arroyo. 

It’s a buyers market out there. Teams just aren’t coming off top prospects. We’re obviously battling for the 2nd WC spot at best. That’s better than a tank.    

I don’t think you guys remember how long a 162 game season when you’re out of it from day one. 

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Just now, sportsfan8703 said:

Let’s  tear it down and trade everyone away so we can build around prospects like Carlos Arroyo. 

It’s a buyers market out there. Teams just aren’t coming off top prospects. We’re obviously battling for the 2nd WC spot at best. That’s better than a tank.    

I don’t think you guys remember how long a 162 game season when you’re out of it from day one. 

I do. I grew up in it. Gary Rajesch is good at his job, whereas Joe Jordan and whoever preceded him really weren't. 

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12 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Let’s  tear it down and trade everyone away so we can build around prospects like Carlos Arroyo. 

It’s a buyers market out there. Teams just aren’t coming off top prospects. We’re obviously battling for the 2nd WC spot at best. That’s better than a tank.    

I don’t think you guys remember how long a 162 game season when you’re out of it from day one. 

It ain't been that long.

Some of us were hoping to avoid this but the FO ran face first into it.

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1 hour ago, Frobby said:

It’s hot outside in Arlington in the summer, so they need a dome, is their reasoning.    They should’ve though of that in 1994 when they built the current stadium.   

It wasn't as hot in 1994.  Global warming.  xD

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15 hours ago, Number5 said:

Aw come on, that was pretty funny.  :)

All I know is, I was stationed in Texas in the summer of 1973, and it was pretty doggone hot.

I spent most of the '70's in the DFW region.  Yep, pretty hot.  Watching a game in Arlington Stadium was like watching baseball in a cast iron skillet.

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14 minutes ago, 24fps said:

I spent most of the '70's in the DFW region.  Yep, pretty hot.  Watching a game in Arlington Stadium was like watching baseball in a cast iron skillet.

Why that wasn’t foreseeable when they built the Ballpark is beyond me.    

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19 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Let’s  tear it down and trade everyone away so we can build around prospects like Carlos Arroyo. 

It’s a buyers market out there. Teams just aren’t coming off top prospects. We’re obviously battling for the 2nd WC spot at best. That’s better than a tank.    

I don’t think you guys remember how long a 162 game season when you’re out of it from day one. 

And then what? What happens in 2019 and beyond?

I'm not willing to trade 5+ years of disaster for 1 year of maybe competing for a WC spot. That you seemingly believe that this team is incapable of doing a rebuild right is a separate issue from whether or not they should rebuild.

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