NY Times follow up on Wash's Cocaine use
by t ball on Apr 16, 2010 11:41 AM CDT
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Good story. The players apparently continue to be behind Washington and the clubhouse is unified. If you believe in chemistry I guess this is a good thing.
After the revelation, Washington addressed his players in their spring training clubhouse and told them he did not deserve sympathy. He asked for their honest reaction, and third baseman Michael Young, the six-time All-Star and the leader of a young clubhouse, was the first to stand.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said, according to Washington. "This team has been going in the right direction since you took it over, and you are my manager."
Daniels said the reaction reaffirmed that keeping Washington had been the right call. The feeling grew stronger later that day, when Washington made a round of cuts and players still treated him respectfully.
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yay!
i’m guessing that’s a paraphrase of what young said. unless he had a prepared off the cuff comment
Did young stand on his desk and say "oh captain, my captain"?
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
Every time I hear that...
I think of that chick you bone in the first Mass Effect.
by macromorgan on Apr 16, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
have you played the second one?
/is the first one REALLY worth playing?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 17, 2010 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions
There's a ton of good stuff in there.
A manager should be held to higher standards of conduct, Daniels said, but he also should not be judged by his lowest moment.
That’s pretty profound.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
My view of Wash...
has slowly diminished over the last few years, but he certainly seems to have the respect and admiration of his players. I suppose that’s a pretty big part of being a manager.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I really don't like Wash
at all.
he is monumentally stupid
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
by NothinG on Apr 16, 2010 12:23 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
K
There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher
by Suicide Prince on Apr 16, 2010 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions
your face is monumentally stupid.
She say she are the manager.
by rockin_rangers on Apr 16, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't like him as a in-game manager,
but any manager who can get his players to stand behind him through lousy starts to the season, moronic in-game decisions and illicit drug use clearly knows how to work the room. All I can say is, “He do what he do.” Ugh, just win and all will be forgiven. I’m so shallow.
"Ooooh....I want some fucking pancakes!" son of willamos2
I don’t like him as a in-game manager, but any manager who can get his players to stand behind him through lousy starts to the season, moronic in-game decisions and illicit drug use clearly knows how to work the room. All I can say is, "He do what he do." Ugh, just win and all will be forgiven. I’m so shallow.
awesome.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 17, 2010 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions
What a sweet little story.
Vomit.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I agree - it was a nice story
Hope your stomach virus clears up. Be sure to drink lots of liquids. We don’t want you getting dehydrated. Maybe you should try a saltine.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
if you drink sprite, make sure it's room temp
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I think Warsh has his questionable moments in game
but from everything I’ve gathered the man is an incredible human being. Now does that quality alone mean he is a great manager? Heck no, but he gets players to play for him and I think this is a telling quote. You think you would ever hear Lou Pinella say something like this?
When Washington coached for Oakland, the groundskeeper, who was also a Little League coach, asked him how to make young players better. Show them love, Washington replied. Players only listen if they know you care. <
blockquote>
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
you THINK?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 17, 2010 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Thanks
for posting that t ball. I also particularly liked the Daniels comment quoted above.
I’m not RW’s biggest fan but his teams’ performances have earned him additional opportunity to run this club. Certainly on 1st glance Ryan/Daniels should have accepted his resignation last summer, but sometimes the road best taken is the one least traveled.
by poster formerly known as ncrangerman on Apr 16, 2010 3:25 PM CDT reply actions
Yes
Only on LSB it’s a wonderful positive that Wash used cocaine. I wonder how Buck Showalter would have been treated.
It probably would have helped Showalter
if he took some drugs. Maybe some downers.
"No, I'm not a pessimist. At some point the world shits on everybody. Pretending it ain't shit makes you an idiot, not an optimist."-https://twitter.com/shitmydadsays
Definitely
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
or a cocktail of LSD and coke
I can just see him going out and yelling at second base. Not the ump or the second basemen. Second base. That would be random and fun.
by Black Francis on Apr 16, 2010 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes. it. would.
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Apr 17, 2010 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Apparently,
legend has it, that in Buck’s playing days with the Yankess, he used to walk around the Clubhouse “Buck” naked, hence is nickname. Sounds like a drug problem to me. yeah.
The sticky-icky would have worked wonders
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Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Apr 18, 2010 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Wash needs to go
We need a manager (Bobby V) who has a record of beating the Yankees. Until the Ranger do this, forget going anyplace, this team needs to be built to beat NY!
Hit post too soon
Bobby V, however, is not the answer we’re looking for. I don’t want him anywhere near our young pitching staff.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
Which means squat in relation to his managerial abilites, really.
Ron Washington is: The Bad Manager - Port of Call New Orleans
still
I’m really fed up with our annual swoon dives against NY. This has become a couple of annual events. Perhaps, we can add in the Red Sox as well. We need to be making that our objective, to beat these teams, and get people that care about it. Bobby V is an Einstien compared to Wash. However, we need players as well, and stop trading Teagardens for Lairds etc.
Last year the Rangers
were 3-3 in NY, weren’t they?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Well,
One Season doesn’t win a war, this has been a problem since they were the Senators.
by SanDiegoKev on Apr 19, 2010 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
They've been a much lesser team
in most of the last couple decades, I’m not surprised they’re not winning.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Built to beat NY
For those of us who may recall, that was exactly the impetus behind Hicks signing of one Alex Laliguez. Tommy Boy thought bringing his big 10 pounder to the table would do the trick, to which Georgie Steinbrenner said, “Ain’t it just like a T-sip to bring a 10 pounder to a gunfight”. Or some such. How’d that turn out?
by poster formerly known as ncrangerman on Apr 17, 2010 7:24 AM CDT up reply actions
this confuses me
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 17, 2010 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Just having fun,
nothing serious intended, certainly not toward UT alums. And the 10 pounder has to do with a Ticket bit relating to the A-Rod signing. But the premise is factual. Hicks publicly stated motivation at the time was to bring the Rangers on par with the Yankees, both competitively and financially. And the question was rhetorical of course.
A Stephens
by poster formerly known as ncrangerman on Apr 17, 2010 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Gotta Get Rid of Wash
From very questionable in-game decisions to doing blow, and it doesn’t need to be restated what that looks like with Josh Hamilton on this team. He should have been fired on the spot when he tested positive.
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