A Message From Jon Daniels' Desk

by JakeStrait on May 19, 2006 5:08 PM CDT

Buck,

I can't stress enough how important this weekend is to our ballclub. I know that it is just 3 of 162, but you may not realize that we could knock a team out of "the Race for Roger" this weekend. The Astros were just destroyed by the Giants for 3 days. Roger's former team is falling fast in the standings and we need to continue that trend, so I would suggest you manage like you are down 3 games to 1 in the World Series. I know you are saying, that is a little drastic, but please understand, the best chance we have to make it to the Series lives there in Houston, and if we can humiliate his hometown team, I think it will knock them out of "the Race". There would still be 3 teams there for Roger to choose from, but how do you think it would look to Roger while he is on that Exercise Bike, if Oswalt was getting rocked tonight.

You also have a built in excuse for replacing Phil Nevin in the clean-up spot with Hank Blalock. {Oh by the way, if Nevin is the 1st off the bench to pinch hit, instead of Gerald Laird, you will be fired. Why, because you said today on Norm's show that Phil could catch if you needed him to, so, I don't want to hear about any situation where you could possibly lose the extra catcher.}

In Closing, do your best and absolutely no CJ Wilson this weekend.

Jon

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I thought

it was more about the Silver Boot!

by Mike Simonek on May 19, 2006 5:10 PM CDT reply actions

Ermm...

if I wanted to read fake memos to/from Rangers personnel, I'd read the Newberg Report... <rimshot>

by benmor78 on May 19, 2006 5:24 PM CDT reply actions

BTW...

that's just a joke, Jamey.

by benmor78 on May 19, 2006 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions

i was tired of buck

speaking on the ticket and nothing really coming out of his mouth

"It gets late early out there." - Yogi Berra

by JakeStrait on May 19, 2006 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions

by miles on May 19, 2006 7:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Buck failed to get the memo

Go Spurs! *runs away quickly*

by carterman on May 20, 2006 12:25 AM CDT reply actions

How many

games have Buck cost us this year?

Off the Top of my head

The Seattle Game /w the Everett HR because Buck chose CJ Wilson of all people.

The Two Oakland Games, one with Wilson giving up shots to Swisher and Chavez and the other with Buck using Coco despite his shakiness and the fact that Coco has been used in 3 straight.

The Other Oakland game where Buck left Padilla to get back-to-back-to-backed.

The Minnesota game where Buck left Padilla in after two hit batsmen and a walk in one inning.

The Yankees game where Buck pulled Koronka to prove a point and then exhausted our pen.

THe Game tonight.

Shit, that's a lot of games. And I have even TALKED about stone-hands Barajas.

by FirebatM3 on May 20, 2006 1:06 AM CDT reply actions