So Nippert is now the Rangers' ace yeah? :-)

The 26-year-old Nippert was 1-1 with a 5.56 ERA for the Diamondbacks last season but struggled this spring,

Don't his numbers from last season also count as struggling?

Maybe this spring he has been struggling with his faith, or struggling against the chains of capitalism, or struggling to come to terms with adulthood.

Well, his wife did give birth today...

"The 26-year-old Nippert was 1-1 with a 5.56 ERA for the Diamondbacks last season but struggled with sleep deprivation this spring,"

"The 26-year-old Nippert was 1-1 with a 5.56 ERA for the Diamondbacks last season but struggled with not burning his Eggos this spring,"

"The 26-year-old Nippert was 1-1 with a 5.56 ERA for the Diamondbacks last season but struggled with bouts of hysterical pregnancy this spring,"

ok, i'll stop

The 26-year-old Nippert was 1-1 with a 5.56 ERA for the Diamondbacks last season but struggled with 'Piper At the Gates of Dawn' this spring. "I just couldn't get into it," said Nippert, "maybe Syd Barrett is just over-rated."

My only memory of Nippert comes from a Double-A game against the Smokies.

At the plate, Nippert got a called strike three for the first out of the inning, and let out the loudest F-bomb I've ever heard.

I never knew pitchers took so much pride in their hitting.

Hmm, he looked like a potential breakout guy not so long ago at all..

If someone can get through to him, there's a damn fine prize waiting.

At the plate, Nippert got a called strike three for the first out of the inning, and let out the loudest F-bomb I've ever heard.

Loudest F-Bomb I've ever heard was I think in Milwaukee? by Chris Carpenter...because I heard it on TV. It was a blowout so the crowd was quiet and there weren't too many people there in the first place. Carpenter left a 1-1 curveball above the strike zone and before the pitch even hit the mitt, all you heard was him screaming "****" with a pump of his fist in anger. The announcers couldn't even ignore it and said something along the lines of "I think he was saying 'Truck'". They showed a replay and it was one of the funniest faces I've ever seen.

Having watched him with the dbacks, he's a very highly talented pitcher--great stuff--just can't seem to avoid the bats. If something clicks, he could be a great pickup.

Carpenter left a 1-1 curveball above the strike zone and before the pitch even hit the mitt, all you heard was him screaming "****" with a pump of his fist in anger. The announcers couldn't even ignore it and said something along the lines of "I think he was saying 'Truck'". They showed a replay and it was one of the funniest faces I've ever seen.

Was it inside? Maybe he was just yelling "duck."

Oh Goody.....I was afraid Brandon Medders wouldn't make the roster.

My personal favorite in terms of profanity was a game in Toronto in which Tony Phillips got tossed. He was standing in the dugout, right next to one of the camera bays, and unleashed a string of obscenities so impressive that even his teammates were backing away a little. In order to try and cover it up, the announcers started talking at an increasingly loud volume, but they couldn't:
a) overwhelm his impressive volume, or
b) do anything about the incredible close-up, which meant that even if you couldn't hear him, you could read his lips.

It's just another reason why I miss having Tony Phillips as an active player.

Some random Rangers game on TV, they cut to the dugout cam while slipping to commercials. Dean Palmer had made an error, I think, and the camera showed a glove flying into the dugout and slamming into the back of the bench while you heard a very, very loud off-camera "####!" There was abject silence as Palmer entered the shot, and then it went dark before the first commercial.

Gentlemen, the winner is Mark Lemongello. You have no idea how disappointed I am that youtube does not seem to have this video.

Lemongello looked like he might become something pretty good -- 215 IP, 102 ERA+ at age 21. He had a pretty curveball. I don't know which of his handful of seasons it was, but they were playing at Wrigley and the umpire was squeezing him like nobody's business. He threw gorgeous curveball after gorgeous curveball and the ump consistently called them balls. And he lost it.

Now I think this is before directional mikes -- or at least WGN had enough sense not to point them anywhere near players. So the things he screamed on the mound are perhaps lost to history. After he was ejected and he's heading towards the dugout, he turns and raises not one but both middle fingers high and is screaming "#### you" at the umpire. I believe "#### you #######" but it is for these reasons that one wishes it was on youtube. The other reason was poor Jack Brickhouse ... I can't remember what he said but, at the time, it seemed unintentionally hilarious.

This sounds like a thread for Greg Maddux School of Reflexive Profanity.