Showalter fired

[AZZenny]

Put your money NOW on Rangers to win the WS in 2007!!

Showalter fired as Rangers manager

Associated Press
Oct. 4, 2006 08:20 AM

ARLINGTON, Texas - Buck Showalter is out as the manager of the Texas Rangers, ending four seasons in which he was never able to get a team with several young All-Stars above third place in the AL West.

Texas was 80-82 this season, its sixth losing record in seven years since last making the playoffs in 1999. Showalter was 319-329 with the Rangers, his third managerial job, and still had three seasons left on his contract.

Showalter was the AL manager of the year only two years ago, when after AL MVP Alex Rodriguez was traded in the spring the Rangers remained in playoff contention until an 11-inning loss in the 158th game of the season.

The Rangers were 89-73 in 2004, the fourth-best record in team history and an 18-win improvement over 2003. They finished only three games back in the AL West, but still in third place behind the division-winning Angels and Oakland.

But the Rangers weren't able to build off the momentum of that unexpected playoff chase. They backtracked last year with only 79 victories, and were only one game better than that this season.

 

[Dback Jon]

So, we need to hire Buck, keep him for a year or so, then fire him, and win the WS in 2009!!

 

[Mulli]

Oh man, that will be so perfect, if the Cubs pass on Girardi and bring in Buck. Please please please , baseball gods make it so.

 

[Stallion]

Congrats to the Rangers.

 

[BC867]

Put your money NOW on Rangers to win the WS in 2007!!

Ain't that the truth?

The problem is that you have to put up with his obsessive-compulsive behavior before turning the team over to someone who can take them all the way.

 

[Dbacks4Ever]

I still think he's a good baseball guy that wears out the clubhouse...especially veteran players.