Washington Selected as Rangers Manager

[Molina00]

I was fully expecting it to be Wakamatsu with all the reports I was hearing about him being the favorite. A poll on the Rangers website also showed Trey Hillman as the fan favorite with 60% of the vote and Washington with just 8%.

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[brewersfan19]

hhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmm...........interesting move.. that sort of came out of no where! well, we will see what he can do for your team!

[A'sDiehard]

Not sure if it's a good fit but it sucks to see him go. Billy Beane has way too much power in the Oakland A's organization IMO and letting Wash go was a bad move.

[catman]

Ron Washington was a hustling utility player that got the most out of his limited talent when he played. I hope he can instill that attitude into some of the Rangers' players that are blessed with abundant talent.
He was always a great student of the game and should be able to help the players when they are having slumps, both offensively and defensively.
I like the move for the Rangers and agree that the A's will miss him. He'd have been a good replacement for Macha, but they seem to want to make a clean break from him and his administration.