35 Years of Misery & Counting
Gee, a former manager who led his old Rangers team to two straight AL championships, is beloved by players everywhere and still wanted to manage is somehow picked up by the Angels instead of the Mets, who instead with a guy with no experience. Is there not something wrong with this picture?
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Of course, considering the makeup of most sports journalists, there’s one obvious answer. But let’s give them the benefit of the doubt. The Mets are looking for a manager and every baseball scribe out there seems to think that Brewers manager Craig Counsell, a guy with a pretty good resume, but who never even managed a team to the World Series,is the one and only answer. And that’s where Ron Washington comes in. You see, the former Rangers manager also has a pretty good resume, having managed a team to the WS…twice. And his overall record as a manager (664 wins – 611 losses) is on par with Counsell’s (707-625). Yet Washington (who’s loved by every player out there) doesn’t even make the ‘Honorable Mention’ list when it comes to possible candidates. This despite the fact that Washington (the current Braves 3rd base coach) is on record stating that he still wants to manage and his resume demands that he at least get an interview.
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