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Link?  source?  something?  Don't write posts like that

by Jgaztambide on Oct 4, 2006 11:02 AM EDT reply actions  

found this on espn.com
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2612495

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Buck Showalter is out as the manager of the Texas Rangers, ending four seasons in which he was never able to get a team with several young All-Stars above third place in the AL West.

Texas was 80-82 this season, its sixth losing record in seven years since last making the playoffs in 1999. Showalter was 319-329 with the Rangers, his third managerial job, and still had three seasons left on his contract.

Showalter was the AL manager of the year only two years ago, when after AL MVP Alex Rodriguez was traded in the spring the Rangers remained in playoff contention until an 11-inning loss in the 158th game of the season.

The Rangers were 89-73 in 2004, the fourth-best record in team history and an 18-win improvement over 2003. They finished only three games back in the AL West, but still in third place behind the division-winning Angels and Oakland.

But the Rangers weren't able to build off the momentum of that unexpected playoff chase. They backtracked last year with only 79 victories, and were only one game better than that this season.

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press

by swede on Oct 4, 2006 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions  

haha
Millwood...then who?  Koronka, Rupe, Volquez, Tejeda, Rheinecker?  I see your logic, but that crew wouldn't be my choice in that division.

The Angels will win uncontested for the next 3 years.

by Azteca on Oct 4, 2006 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions  

Pure tongue in check...
After Buck left the Yanks, they went on their WS roll...

After Buck left the Snakes, they won...

After Buck leaves the Rangers, they will, NO, it doesn't work like that

Millwood, Padilla (resigned), um, wait for Danks and Hurley?

by cooper7d7 on Oct 4, 2006 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

Eaton
I bet they re-sign Eaton in the 2-week window.  With his injury history and performance concerns (he was good, but not great when he pitched this year), I doubt he'll expect to get a huge payday in free agency.

And Daniels needs to show he can build a staff, and that they got something more than Aki Otsuka for Chris Young.

by Yakker on Oct 4, 2006 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

Piniella
If they bring in someone like Sweet Lou Piniella they will win the west and be a World Series contender.

by JFP on Oct 4, 2006 1:35 PM EDT reply actions  

Lou
Not with their current pitching, they won't even win the West, not even with Sweet Lou. He'd be ripping his hair out, turning beet red and chucking bases all over the infield, just like he did in Tampa Bay...
"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." -Red Barber

by e 6 on Oct 4, 2006 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Lou
Well, at least that would increase their attendance.  Who wouldn't pay to see that??

by Yakker on Oct 4, 2006 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Exactly
also they need someone to come in and fire them up, someone to take them to the next level.

by JFP on Oct 4, 2006 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

if they bring in Lou
every pitcher except 2 on that staff will undergo Tommy John or be out of baseball within 2 years.  

He is the second worst manager of pitchers in the last 20-30 years behind Dusty.  And he was a catcher...just amazing.

They don't have the staff for him to run through the buzzsaw.

He could maybe get Detroit, Minnesota or Cleveland a title by chewing up their bullpens and rotation, but those are about the only teams with enough pitchers to feed to the machine. I guess maybe the Brewers, Dodgers and Marlins in the NL. You need at least 10 capable starters and 5-8 great bullpen arms to end the season with 3 starters and 3 relievers for good ol' Lou.

by roaddog on Oct 4, 2006 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

Catcher?
He may have caught some balls, but he did so in the outfield where Sweet Lou played when he wasn't DHing.

by FunWithHeadlines on Oct 4, 2006 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

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