October 4th, 2011
The Texas Rangers once again are AL West Champions and with each new advance they bump it up a notch to take on a new challenger. My call is that the Tigers will beat the Yankees tonight which means the Rangers and the Tigers will face each other.
Both of these teams are quite good but I think Beltre showed us tonight just what kind of surprises the Rangers can put up when they need to. This Rangers team has the ability to spur each other into action when they need it the most and I think that is what you will see when the Rangers and Tigers face off with each other.
Hamilton remains the 3rd highest batting average with Beltre 2nd and Gentry having the highest in the AL Division Series. The Tigers will be a hard match up but I am sure there will be some big surprises once again.
To read more about the Rangers and their advance to the ALCS please read these very enthusiastic fans and bloggers of the Texas Rangers who both happen to live here in Tyler.
The Hague Sports
The Ranger Report
Tags: Alcs, baseball, Bloggers, Division Series, Enthusiastic Fans, Face Off, Hague, Highest Batting Average, Match, New Challenger, Notch, Rangers Team, Sports, Surprises, Texas Rangers, Tigers, Yankees
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January 23rd, 2011
Texas Rangers are not allowed to draft or recruit midgets to play on their baseball team.
Due to a rule established in 1951 when the St. Louis Browns were able to obtain an easy walk by placing a midget at the plate to bat this trick is no longer an option.
So power sluggers like Josh Hamilton, Michael Young, and Kinsler will have to make things happen at the plate in more conventional ways and forget about using midgets to gain extra runs.
What do you think? Is this a bad discriminatory baseball rule? Is this rule similar to women not being allowed in some states to be firefighters because of weak upper body strength?
When are discrimentory laws and rules crossing the line into the realm of lunacy politically correct liberal land? Even many midgets and women can understand why rules and laws like these exist but PR propaganda has a strangle hold on about half the population in America.
Tags: Baseball Team, Bat, Crossing The Line, Extra, Firefighters, Josh Hamilton, Kinsler, Liberal Land, Midget, midget baseball, midget on baseball team, Midgets, Population, Propaganda, Sluggers, St Louis Browns, Strangle Hold, Texas Rangers, Upper Body Strength
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January 4th, 2011
These bracelets and necklaces circling the globe are nothing new but are being repackaged and marketed in such a way that I cannot walk down the street anymore without hearing someone say “power balance” “Phiten” or “balance necklace/bracelet”.
What are these things that athletes and even our cherished Texas Rangers are wearing? Two of the Texas Rangers pitchers by the names of CJ Wilson and Neftali Feliz wear the Phiten necklace. This balance necklace is supposed to have micro titanium sphere zones in the center.
In Uganda where there are still primitive tribes wearing nothing but leather flaps over their genitals you will see most of the tribal men and women wearing rubber bracelets manufactured in China. The medicine men in the tribe sell them to their tribe to assist in warding off evil spirits. This would be a spiritual balance bracelet.
The bracelet receives powers from the shaman medicine man in the tribe but the Phiten bracelet somehow offers athletic ability through titanium sphere zones. In the case of the Phiten bracelet there are no prayers or rituals chanted over the bracelet.
You would think when wearing the Phiten necklace or bracelet you would be dealing with a much more scientific technology but instead the titanium sphere zones are just a way to make you a believer. The Uganda tribes believe in their bracelets because of the rituals and chanting supposedly done on the bracelets which is just another excuse to give to people similar to saying they have a titanium sphere zones that have magical powers.
The sphere zones somehow are supposed to increase CJ Wilson’s atheletic ability but this is nothing more than push button marketing where doing nothing gets you your dreams and more.
The truth is CJ Wilson spent years and years practicing pitching to be as good as he is. The necklace gives him no competitive edge other than as a placebo.
A good counter test subject is Cliff Lee who is also a Texas Rangers pitcher. Cliff Lee does not wear one of these necklaces and performed much better over the year than did CJ Wilson.
Also take a look at the extraordinary Texas Rangers pitcher Neftali Feliz. He wears some type of balance necklace as well. I am not sure if it is a Phiten necklace but it just goes to show how much superstition is in sports excellence.
It does not matter how smart or gifted you are there are people who will believe in these balance bracelets and necklaces regardless of how much evidence is out their to show that they are scams.
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January 3rd, 2011
I walked into my local pharmacy in Lindale Texas the other day to see the notorious Power Balance bracelet for sale on the front counter. They were selling it for $19.95 which is usually the price I see it for at other places.
Right next to it was another bracelet called the Phiten Sporting Bracelet. This one claims some different health benefits such as the ability to enhance circulation and promote relaxation in the arm, wrist and shoulder.
I couldn’t believe a pharmacy was selling this considering I put places like the pharmacies in a scientific category in my mind that isn’t necessarily a business accustomed to selling wacko science products.
For instance I usually see ear candles in wellness and herb type stores but rarely do I see ear candles fro sale in my local pharmacy.
The new Phiten sporting bracelet is 100 % silicone which I don’t understand would be touted as being such a great benefit. If they were to say it was 100% made out of gold I might buy it.
These Phiten bracelets have embedded micro titanium sphere zones in them. What is a micro titanium sphere zone? I don’t know and I am sure that is what Phiten hopes many people will think as well so as to let peoples imaginations run wild and come up with their own scientific explanation.
A fun fact about the Phiten brand bracelets is that some pretty big sports stars use this brand. CJ Wilson with the Texas Rangers wears a Phiten necklace and pitches on a professional MLB pitching mound. And it’s not just him that wears this type of thing. Pretty much all the pitchers wears these necklaces accept for Cliff Lee who has now left the Rangers to play with the Phillies.
The balance bracelet enthusiasts and believers out there that are quick to give testimonials on all the ways the bracelets have healed their bodies as well as go into how the bracelets work in a pseudo science kind of manner.
So for those who prefer micro titanium balls in their bracelets over hologram stickers here is another bracelet for you.
Tags: Balance Bracelet, Balls, Circulation, Ear Candles, Enthusiasts, Health Benefits, Hologram Stickers, Imaginations, Lindale Texas, Mlb, Mlv, Necklaces, Pharmacies, Phillies, Phiten balance Bracelet, Phiten Bracelet, Phiten Bracelet scam, Phiten Bracelets, Phiten Necklace, Pitchers, Pitches, Power Balance, Pseudo Science, Relaxation, Science Products, Scientific Explanation, Silicone, Sphere, Sports Stars, Texas Rangers, Titanium, Wellness
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November 18th, 2010
The Hague sports started as nothing more than a blog written by a Stephen F. Austin State University student. As Nathan Hague, along with Luke Johnson, began to do podcasts, (internet radio shows) they began to expand, and they opened a new website www.thehaguesports.com.
The show started with Nathan Hague, the host of the show and sportswriter who prides himself on his many interviews of big named athletes. Along with Nathan was Luke “Ocho-Cinco” Johnson, who is known for his love of two things, the A&M Aggies and Brett Favre. Joining them later on were Stephen Todd, known for his self-proclaimed nickname Stevie-Westside, and Ben Dieter, one of Texas Rangers’ most loyal fans. Jason Hague is a frequent guest on the Hague Sports, who brings a little more sarcasm to the show, and has an ongoing argument with Luke Ocho-Cinco about who is the best quarterback of the NFL.
The Hague Sports covers many college and professional sports. The biggest subjects covered by the show are college and professional football, college and professional basketball, and professional baseball. One of the most popular traditions of the show is the “Drama Queen Award”. This award is given to someone involved in the sports world that starts drama or causes a fuss. A few of the cast members nominate a different person involved in sports and they vote on who has caused more drama, and crown them that weeks Drama Queen.
The show and articles on haguesports.com are quite entertaining, and always up to date with the news in the sports world. It is fun to tune in to hear the cast members give each other a hard time and place fun bets on game picks. The cast gives a whole new perspective on sporting events.
Tags: Aggies, Ben Dieter, Brett Favre, Cast Members, Drama Queen, Frequent Guest, Hague, Internet Radio, Jason Hague, Luke Johnson, Most Loyal Fans, Nathan Hague, New Perspective, Professional Baseball, Professional Basketball, Professional Football, Professional Sports, Queen Award, Sports World, Sports Writer, Sportswriter, Stephen F Austin, Stephen F Austin State University, Stephen Todd, Texas Rangers, Tyler Texas
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Texas Rangers not allowed to put midget on their team
January 23rd, 2011Texas Rangers are not allowed to draft or recruit midgets to play on their baseball team.
Due to a rule established in 1951 when the St. Louis Browns were able to obtain an easy walk by placing a midget at the plate to bat this trick is no longer an option.
So power sluggers like Josh Hamilton, Michael Young, and Kinsler will have to make things happen at the plate in more conventional ways and forget about using midgets to gain extra runs.
What do you think? Is this a bad discriminatory baseball rule? Is this rule similar to women not being allowed in some states to be firefighters because of weak upper body strength?
When are discrimentory laws and rules crossing the line into the realm of lunacy politically correct liberal land? Even many midgets and women can understand why rules and laws like these exist but PR propaganda has a strangle hold on about half the population in America.
Tags: Baseball Team, Bat, Crossing The Line, Extra, Firefighters, Josh Hamilton, Kinsler, Liberal Land, Midget, midget baseball, midget on baseball team, Midgets, Population, Propaganda, Sluggers, St Louis Browns, Strangle Hold, Texas Rangers, Upper Body Strength
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