the Rangers sweep the Twins?

It’s awfully late at night. I figure the announcement would be in the morning or early afternoon.

I was fortunate enough to be visiting grandparents in Richardson and went to the game the day Bobby Valentine got fired. I first heard it on the radio on the way to the game.

listening to the Rangers on the radio when it was announced that Don Zimmer was fired. I was only nine years old. I wasn’t supposed to be listening to the radio at night, but I was. I felt sorry for him that he was being fired.

with that brendan morrow one timer, NOW it’s officially a good DFW sports day

STARS WIN IN OT!!!!!!!!!

Up 1-0 in the series!

As much as I like the guy and want to see Wash gone, how do you promote the 3b coach immediately after 2 guys get gunned down at home. Might want to wait a bit longer…

Like just about everyone else here, I expected Wash to get fired today – seemed that all signs were pointing that way. But, I don’t follow Grant’s line of thinking though, he seems to presume they might have made a decision but will wait for Monday, a better transition day. That just seems odd. If they had decided to fire him they would have done it this afternoon – if they have dedided to fire him but want to wait until Monday, their plans could potentially be foiled by a Rangers sweep of Minnesota. I’m not saying that Wash won’t be fired on Monday, but I think that with two well played games this weekend, he will buy himself some more time.

Broussard. I was a big supporter of his at one time. He’s in a slump and I’m sure if he just played solely against RHP, it would just be a matter of time before his numbers were fine. But he is mentally not all there. He lost track of the count during the game tonight and thought he had a walk, which seems innocent, but is just the kind of lapse that this team doesn’t need right now. He also roamed out of position and made an error on a ball that Kinsler could have made an easy play on. For this and the many other mental mistakes he has made, I’d be somewhat surprised if he wasn’t DFAed on Saturday.
Broussard’s 4 MIL contract is a sunk cost. He is extremely unlikely to ever build any trade value. For example, Dan Johnson, a comparable guy, is younger and makes league minimum and has recently cleared waivers. If teams don’t want Dan Johnson for nothing, why would they pay for Broussard. I’d bring Shelton up to split time with Botts at 1st and like LSJ has pointed out, Shelton could be the third catcher to give the team the option of occasionally DHing Salty.

the Rangers don’t have the stones to pull the plug on Wash before Memorial Day. It’s just not going to happen. I wish they’d start moving this team in a new direction ASAP, but don’t count on it.

(1) Will the team give an immediate response to pull themselves out of this mess?

(2) Will the team have a sustained response?

If the Rangers play emotional and focused baseball (which is what I’m guessing that Nolan means by “competitive”) through the weekend, then Wash gets a pass to see how they’re doing after a month or so.

...and one day before his 50-something birthday…

if the Rangers sweep… i’d like to see him stay a bit longer…