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had gotten a chance to show what he could do here. It seemed like he would be sent down after a set number of games. After Tex was traded, I wish he would’ve been the everyday 1st baseman for the rest of the season and started this season at first.

Alex Gordon batted 232/321/358 with 6HR, 73K,27BB in his first 293 PAs before last years all star break. Almost the exact same line as the Botts. I understand the differences in age, perceived potential, and organizational investment. But can you imagine if KC had cut him midway through last year? Not everyone gets off to a blazing start. Hafner was batting 206/280/392 with 4HR midway through his 2003 rookie year. Milton the brawler Bradley had an OPS+ in the mid 50s for his first 400 ABs.

I’m not crying over it but it seems endemic of the mismanagement that has happened previously with this team.

Considering Jennings, Mendoza, and Ponson/Feldman/Krusty the Clown will be taking up 3 of the 5 rotation spots for the near future.

I never thought of CJ as one to butcher the English language like a hog at first frost, but it happens to the best of us. I guess the brain was flying faster than the mouth could process.

i keep reading he is headed to Chicago with Carlisle our most likely next coach.

FWIW I dont think d’antoni’s offense would work with Kidd. All those pick and rolls work because Nash is a threat to shoot.

I’m thinking about going on record as wanting Donnie but need a little more time to think about it.

are saying that Rick Carsile is the first guy to get an interview..

This is called busting out of a slump…

“For one day, at least, Jack Cust broke out of his slump by going 4 for 4 and hitting a home run.”

I wonder what sort of question he was responding to with that one.

“Does it bother you that every single Ranger fan hates your dirty, stinking, rotten guts?”

... stop sucking.

I sent his my space some hate mail after he let that guy score from second on the infield single…

huh. Didn’t realize that.

Need to see more out of him.

sign guys, have them pitch one game. If the suck, release them. If they do well, trade them. The start-to-start variability of pitchers is so high, that even the bad ones will occassionally have a good outing, netting you a few prospects.

Ryan Drese was mentioned above. Lets get him in here and see what he can do…

you do it backwards?

sorry whip, that was to you dude

...in this town, the media needs results overnight.

but that isn’t the same thing as a great manager.

While the Rangers do need to develop quality pitching, they also are a poor offensive club and a bad fielding club. And if Wash was supposed to turn the fielding around, I haven’t seen it – the only “instinctual habits” the Rangers infielders appear to have adopted recently is a tendency to throw the ball away, fumble easy plays, and not cover 2nd base…

You’re accustomed to your team having a mediocre start and then becoming a steamroller by the ASB. The Rangers have had two bad starts in a row, and while they pitched poorly to begin the year last season, they were making the same kinds of mental errors and stuff that they are this year. What’s more, as I recall the Rangers were a pretty decent defensive team before Washington came (maybe not range-wise but in terms of errors and bone-headed stuff). Something isn’t right with spring training, and who else is responsible for that if not the manager?

I can tell you what will happen. Roughly the same thing that happened last season. They’re in a hole but will play about .500 baseball for the rest of the way. That’ll save Washington’s job and they’ll do it all over again in 2009.

Lose Daniels.
That’s the winning formula.