Do you Ranger fans believe Buck Showalter should have been..

Yes. Simple fact is that it was time for a replacement. Nothing against
Buck. He is an upstanding guy, but baseball is a business and when the team
isn't doing well then it's time to change leadership. It's unfortunate.
Sometimes it's just bad luck.


"Blannie" <blannie.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do you Ranger fans believe Buck Showalter should have been fired? I am
> a huge Buck Showalter fan since he was the Yankee Manager. I quit
> being a Yankee fan since George Steinbrenner 'fired' him [in my eyes]
> I followed him to the Dbacks but stayed with the Dbacks when he was
> fired from there too. However, my heart followed him to the Rangers.
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> I truly believe the Rangers will win the 2007 World Series.
>
>
> James from Ridgewood, Queens NY
>
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On 16 Oct 2006 12:59:58 -0700, "rocky" <rockyahmann.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I put him behind Johnny Oates but ahead of Bobby Valentine and Doug
>Rader.
>Anyone heard about Oates lately? How's his cancer fight going?


Johnny is managing in that great dugout in the sky.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2004-12-24-oates-obit_x.htm
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"rocky" <rockyahmann.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> I put him behind Johnny Oates but ahead of Bobby Valentine and Doug
> Rader.
> I think the manager is just a scape goat for a losing team anyway.
> The front office brings in the players and the pitchers pitch and the
> batters bat. Anything that a manager does beyond setting the line up
> and pulling a pitcher is done behind closed doors.

There's no question the manager becomes a scapegoat, and expectations vary
- look at Oakland this week.

> I'd like to see Rudy Jaramillo get the nod as manager. He's been with
> the team for what must be 15 years. Anyone have any complaints with
> Ranger bats over the last 15 seasons?

Well, this year - yes. In the past few years, in fact, situational hitting
has been less-than stellar. Big numbers, sure, but not always at the right
times and matching the situation.

> Anyone heard about Oates lately? How's his cancer fight going?

I hope that was real curiosity and not an attempt at a joke.

-Jeff
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Jeff Edwards wrote:
> "rocky" <rockyahmann RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:1161028798.547073.117430@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>
> > I put him behind Johnny Oates but ahead of Bobby Valentine and Doug
> > Rader.
> > I think the manager is just a scape goat for a losing team anyway.
> > The front office brings in the players and the pitchers pitch and the
> > batters bat. Anything that a manager does beyond setting the line up
> > and pulling a pitcher is done behind closed doors.
>
> There's no question the manager becomes a scapegoat, and expectations vary
> - look at Oakland this week.
>
> > I'd like to see Rudy Jaramillo get the nod as manager. He's been with
> > the team for what must be 15 years. Anyone have any complaints with
> > Ranger bats over the last 15 seasons?
>
> Well, this year - yes. In the past few years, in fact, situational hitting
> has been less-than stellar. Big numbers, sure, but not always at the right
> times and matching the situation.
>
> > Anyone heard about Oates lately? How's his cancer fight going?
>
> I hope that was real curiosity and not an attempt at a joke.
>
> -Jeff


For some reason, I don't remember him passing. He definitely put up
the best results of any manager in TX history.
Now I'm sad.
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