Here's the truth about the Rangers organization.

Letting Ponson go had nothing to do with character, or ethics.  It had to do with a bunch of prissy little boys who have no idea what it takes to get to the big show.  How do you take a great group of hitters, and leave them nothing on the mound? Rangers baseball 101.  My son, who is 14, could manage the Rangers better - because he would want to WIN.

Every year we hear its a "building" year.  I wasn't aware that's how you play the game.  So - basically, the strategy isn't to ever make it to a pennant, its to waste the fans hopes and dreams on running an organization to feed talent into other teams.

We've taken the game of baseball and watered it down into stats and cardboard cut outs of players - sign guys like Ponson as if you are doing the world some great compassionate move, and he starts to win...time to let him go.

Give me Ozzie Guillen.  Give me Juan Gonzales' temper tantrums.  Give me Canseco, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris ( who hated the press & managers ) Pete Rose.  Give me Shrek.  Soriano. You can keep Michael Young, who has no personality, and uses more aids to protect himself while he's hitting, than true hitting talent. GIVE ME JOSH HAMILTON. Give me the 1919 White/Black Sox. Give me Roger Clemens.

All of you in lonestarball comment on Ryan as if he is the immaculate savior of the Rangers...well, if you look at it - the bullpen, quite frankly, couldn't suck any more.  What is supposed to be a 12 man bullpen is comprised of two now.  And any hopes of this team actually making it are ONCE AGAIN dim.

This is why I am a Red Sox fan.  Because they want to win.  They know how to win. 

One of you asked me once if I am a recent Red Sox fan.  Sure, as recent as 1986...when my fellow UT Longhorns fan & Texan Roger Clemens was the Cy Young winner and one hell of a young man...who has used steroids, cheated on his wife, had about 10 bar fights, escaped a few DUIs, and I mean ESCAPED, fought with his teammates - but all the while loved his sons and the game.  I'll take Clemens over Millwood and Padilla anyday.

Baseball is not a science.  Its a game.  For the fans.  For spectators.  And if the Rangers organization keeps running itself the way it does, it won't have any fans.  At least, not like the REAL teams.

Bad bad bad move to release Ponson.  They could have at least sat it out a little and traded him for someone or something....idiots.  I digress.