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It’s a damned good thing that I don’t own the Texas Rangers baseball franchise.

Ron “Crackhead” Washington would not have gotten the chance to manage Game 7.&#160 He would have been fired tonight.

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4 responses to “On Ron “Crackhead” Washington”

1. Supreme General Rayegun says:

   October 28, 2011 at 4:17 pm

   Wasn’t Washington’s fault completely. His pitchers’ had TWO chances to end the game but failed to produce. THAT is not Washington’s fault IMHO. Not to mention the defense for BOTH teams was shoddy at best, and even I who watch maybe one baseball game a season could see by the third inning that the winner was gonna be whoever could get their defense to stick.

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2. LC Purple Raider says:

   October 30, 2011 at 12:03 am

   Oh, Jebus Cheeseandcrackers. Let it go.

   He got you to a game 7.

   He got you to 2 World Series in a row.

   I’d take that in a heartbeat. My wife would take that in half a heartbeat.

   BTW: my wife’s team is the Cubs. Consider yourself blessed.

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3. Darth Venomous says:

   October 30, 2011 at 1:21 am

   Oh, Jebus Cheeseandcrackers. Let it go.

   He got you to a game 7.

   That’s part of the problem.&#160 It shouldn’t ever have gotten that far.&#160 (And please don’t say that you thought Texas had so much as a snowball’s chance of winning the seventh game after that&#160 debacle.)

   But let me ask you a question:

   You’ve got two left-handed pitchers.&#160 One of them got his ass handed to him in Game Three.&#160 Lost his composure after an ump’s shitty call and opened the floodgates.&#160 Didn’t even get out of the sixth.

   The other lefty shut the Cards down the next night.&#160 Cold.&#160 Eight-and-a-third innings of one of the best non-Nolan Ryan pitching performances in Ranger history.

   Now, thanks to the weather, the second lefty will have had full rest in case of a Game Seven.

   Which lefty do you start?

   This is my problem with Ron Washington.&#160 In all his time here, he has never&#160 demonstrated the ability to handle a pitching staff.&#160 Not consistently, anyway.&#160 So here he goes and uses the shutdown lefty in Game Six – not what I’d’ve done, but Texas is up, and I understand the desire to slam the door on St. Louis.

   So tell me why Washington pulled Holland after only two innings.

   Now.&#160 Fast forward to the 10th.&#160 Texas has just re-taken the lead on Hamilton’s first home run in the playoffs.&#160 The Rangers have been given a reprieve.&#160 Washington again makes an idiotic decision – two, actually.&#160 He pulls Feliz – not the move I’d’ve made, but if you win, Feliz has all winter to rest, so why not leave your best reliever out there and give him another shot?&#160 But no, Wash has to pull him.

   Enter stupid decision number two.&#160 Washington goes with 41-year-old, soft-tossing lefty Darren Oliver, when he had hard-throwing lefty&#160 Michael Gonzalez left in the pen.&#160 Again, you’re two up, let’s end it there.&#160 But Oliver only got one out. and put the two men on base that wound up re-tying the game.

   And I don’t need to tell you about what Mark Lowe did.

   (EDIT:&#160 And mind you, this is after&#160 Wash has said that, Come Hell Or High Water&#153, Harrison is his Game Sever starter, No Matter What&#153.&#160 I knew, as soon as I heard that, that if they didn’t win Game Six, they weren’t gonna win the series.&#160 No.&#160 Rocket.&#160 Science.&#160 Involved.)

   He got you to 2 World Series in a row.

   That’s the other thing.

   This year wasn’t about just getting there.&#160 This year was about winning it.&#160 Last&#160 year was just about getting there.

   And what if Texas somehow lucks out and gets back there a third year in a row?&#160 Will it be okay to have just gotten there?&#160 Been there, done that.&#160 Get there and lose next year, what’s the excuse then?&#160 If I’ve seen the movie twice now and know how it ends, do I really want to see it again?

   I’d take that in a heartbeat. My wife would take that in half a heartbeat.

   BTW: my wife’s team is the Cubs. Consider yourself blessed.

   I understand completely about the Cubbies, but I’m not really concerned about them right now.&#160 (Although, IYAM, they should throw Wrigley’s entire fortune into trying to get there next year, in case the Rangers make it three-in-a-row.)

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4. LC Purple Raider says:

   October 30, 2011 at 3:45 pm

   “I understand completely about the Cubbies, but I’m not really concerned about them right now. (Although, IYAM, they should throw Wrigley’s entire fortune into trying to get there next year, in case the Rangers make it three-in-a-row.)”

   1. Wrigley owning the team was part of the problem, he never spent any money on the team.

   2. The Tribune co, spent just enough money, so that they could put on their financial statements that the Cubs were an entertainment expense.

   3. Ricketts is still trying to make a go of it in an antiquated stadium. Take Ricketts vast fortune and build a baseball palace in the western suburbs and reap the rewards and perhaps a WS will come.

   And I do understand your frustation.

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