which means that Michael Young is unhappy about something. He is becoming the Rangers answer to Greg Ellis.

Grant’s interpretation of that makes sense. Obviously Rudy knows he’ll have some nice offers.

That said, I didn’t realize Jaramillo had been here so long. And the team offense numbers have been posted around in comments already.

Part of Rudy’s unemployment is on young starting position players, the catchers especially, and Ham’s nadir of a slash line. I’m okay with making a change, though.

..do so many people get caught up in the very binary, black or white, he’s either a good coach or he’s not. Why would Durrett imply that the Rangers think Rudy has “lost it”?

Are these people so out of touch with reality that they don’t understand the very real and regular scenario where someone who is good or even excellent at their job is simply no longer a fit for where they are? Good people move on to new positions all the time, and sometimes lesser qualified and lesser talented people come along and do that job better because they’re a better fit.

Also, since when is the blanket endorsement of a coach proof positive that a coach is still the right fit for a team? Go poll the Cowboys locker room and see how many players would like to get rid of Wade and bring back Parcells. I imagine the number would be very low. Because those players are comfortable and enjoy not having their asses chewed. It’s obviously not the same relationship with a hitting coach, but there’s certainly the possibility that some players love Rudy simply because he doesn’t push them out of their comfort zones. And I think we all know that some players need to be shoved out of their comfort zones.

Millwood loved Mark Connor. Still speaks very highly of him. I don’t think anyone, media or otherwise, is willing to quibble with getting rid of Connor now.

If someone in the media wants to disagree not giving Rudy a longer contract, fine. But if they’re only defense is that he’s a good hitting coach then they need to give it some more thought. That’s not a final answer on whether someone should remain in their current position.

I’m certainly not in “the room”, but from an outsiders perspective it seemed that Rudy only did 1/2 his job. When it comes to teaching and correcting swing mechanics, there may not be anyone better. That said, it seems he completely ignored teaching “Approach”. If he had stessed a better approach it would have had to have rubbed off a little, and we wouldn’t have seen so many hitters (Byrd) swinging at the 1st pitch after a four pitch walk, or trying to hit a 3-run HOUR down by 1 in the 9th.

Of course, the new hitting coach, like Maddux, is likely to benefit from circumstances a bit. Several players underperformed in 2009, and if just a couple regress in a positive direction he’ll look good.

All I heard was a chicken squacking, but i think he said something about Sosa and OBP…

I am going to call and bring up the Baines trade again, because that is so topical.

to compare Jaramillo to myself and others who are part of this country’s unemployment statistic is asinine.

Even if he did come back for one more season and the teams offense didn’t improve. He would still have 4 or 5 teams lining up for his services. Even at the age of 60.

But on further thought, he wanted the security of a longer than one year deal. Has not been contacted by any other clubs yet, as his contract does not expire until the 31st.

the reason the OBP was better was because Milton Bradley and Ramon Vazquez set the tone. This years leadership, like FOTF and Byrd, are not particularly patient players.

He talks about how others have claimed that Davis said he “didn’t connect” with Rudy although Galloway never saw this statement. Also, he spoke to Davis who said he loved Rudy. Despite all this, Galloway still asks Young about an alleged statement by Davis Galloway doesn’t even know whether it happened and all indications point that it didn’t.

Yeah, from 1994-2008, in most years this team’s offense was far better than its pitching. But it was always a flawed offense; a one-dimensional approach that yielded a large RS/G but with a high variance and a poor outlook against teams with really good pitching.

Case in point, the playoff experiences of 1996, 1998, and 1999. Note how good the Rangers pitching was in those years, and how BAD the offense was. Other than Juan Gonzalez in 1996, I don’t think any Ranger hitters ever showed up for the playoffs.

My point is that Rudy’s style, while successful for 16 years, succeeded in creating hitters able to put up gaudy stat lines but without the disciplined, consistent approach necessary to win it all. The best hitters under his tutelage: Juan, ARod, Pudge, Young; they were going to put up near HOF numbers regardless of who their coach was. With the average hitter, Rudy bulked up the line, trading OBP for SLG and added huge variance to this offense. I’m happy he is leaving.

The offense this year was bad. Considering the talent level in the lineup, it was downright horrible. It is silly to fire Mark Connor for failing with no talent, when Rudy fails with that much talent. Tim Cowlishaw is just wrong. The Rangers today are much better than they were two days ago.

I read that dribble as a poorly veiled shot at you [and your constituents], Newberg [and his], or both.

Did anyone read it differently?

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it’s how to make an offer they know will be refused.

There is one way they can contact him directly before the end of the month. Ask the Rangers / Daniels for permission. And the Rangers should allow the Cubs and any other National League team to start negotiations with Rudy immediately to put this behind them.

and I’m sure someone has said this in a post somewhere on here is…

If the players didn’t want Rudy gone, they should have performed better. If they would have hit, Rudy would probably still be here.

He’s known for his reclamation projects: he turned Byrd, De Rosa and GMJ around. Bradley had a career year here, although I don’t think that had much to do with Rudy. And DeRo actually had his best year after leaving.

But there are failures, too: Hidalgo, Nevin, Sosa, Jones, Shelton, Broussard to name a few.

And for some guys his influence might be negative:

• Tex has been a better hitter since he left
• Soriano was better before and after the being here (except for this year)
• Wilkerson was better before he came here.
• Blalock got worse every year he has been here
  • Is Kinsler on the same path?
• Hairston had his worst season here
• Salty hasn’t hit like he was supposed to
• Davis has declined under Rudy (SSS)

Sounds like their exact modus operandi for free-agent ace pitchers.

Like who?

Hope it doesn’t crash too hard…

Is he in there? Is he ok? will he survive? stay tuned.

old daughter. Cant remotely imagine watching this play out if my kid was in there, This is a parents worst nightmare, being responsible for your child’s death

here we go

Jesus, get the kid outta there!!!

if the kid ran and hid once the balloon took off because he knew he would be in trouble.

I keep picturing that cute little boy scout kid that has been in the news the lost couple of days….

unless kid runs like Usaine Bolt

That neighborhood must have had a lax HOA. That ballon shit would never fly in my bario.

shit out

family was on the show Wife Swap…..

hiding in the attic. I was hoping that’d be the case.

That Galloway quote would be a nice replacement for no one obsesses about the Rangers. That’s a Red Badge of Courage.