Tom Hicks knows baseball.....

.....and he knows what the Rangers need...



After meeting with Zito and Boras last week in Texas, in fact, Hicks
was quoted as gushing about the lefthander's intelligence, mental
approach and how he matured into a leader of the A's rotation the last
couple of years.



Let's see Hicks brought us the legendary GM John Hart.He followed that
up with completely outfoxing Scott Boras and bringing in A-Rod at a
rock bottom price.He allowed Hart to bad mouth Pudge enough so that
Pudge walked.Chan Ho Park....what a brilliant move that was.I could go
on but the fact is Tom Hicks is now teamed with Mr.Baseball Art Howe
and finally these two great baseball minds can work together......Start
printing those playoff tickets my friend....

What's the problem with Zito?


According to Tom Hicks evaluation nothing is wrong with Zito.Hicks is
impressed with his mental makeup and Tom Hicks knows baseball.Now if he
can only go out and begin bidding against himself (see A-Rod
contract).Goodness knows that Art Howe got the most outta Zito but he
did forget to set the pitching rotation at the end of the year a few
seasons back so Zito ended up pitching only game 3 or 4 cannot remember
which but that is all minor stuff that Tom Hicks can work out.I can
hear the printing presses cranking out those playoff tickets now.