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Buck Showalter wins AL Manager of the Year!

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Buck Showalter has won the AL Manager of the Year award! Congratulations to Buck!! I can’t think of a manager more deserving. Granted, he’s my home team manager, so I tend to be biased towards that, but for a manager that took a team that was expected to lose 100+ games and have them up for division lead with less than 10 games to go in the season – that’s a MAJOR accomplishment. Here’s a few news stories about this:

Roster Transaction

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  • P Juan Dominguez activated from 60 day DL
  • P Ricardo Rodriguez activated from 60 day DL [

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Kenny Rogers wins AL Pitcher Gold Glove!

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The Gold Glove Awards were announced today. Texas pitcher Kenny Rogers won the Gold Glove for pitcher, but Mike Young lost to Jeter. :(
That’s Kenny’s second as a Ranger. Here’s a couple of links about it:
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World Series – Yankees LOSE!

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All I’ll say about the World Series is this. Damn. It’s great that the Yankees were at home, but the way they got left at home was legendary! Go Sox! :)

Ken Caminiti dies

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Former Ranger Ken Caminiti has died of a heart attack at the age of 41.
While I personally feel bad when people die, I can’t help but feel his was of his own doing. He was consumed by his drug addiction, and it killed him.

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Roster Transaction

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  • OF Chad Allen outrighted to AAA
  • C Ken Huckaby outrighted to AAA
  • P Michael Tejera outrighted to AAA
  • P Ryan Wing claimed on waivers from Chicago
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G162: Rangers shut out Mariners in season finale, 3-0

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The last game of the season ended on both a bright note and a scary note. Unfortunately, they’re the same thing. Chan Ho Park pitched the way he should have been pitching. Which means we’ll probably try and go with him again next season. Damn. On the other hand, he pitched really well again in a park that he always pitches well in – Seattle. I wonder if something could be worked out where we send Park to Seattle for something. Park does well there, Seattle has to know that. Park went 7 innings, gave up no runs on 2 hits (3 BB/3K). A stellar performance (unfortunately).
Francisco Cordero got his final save of the season, his 49th. A record breaking season for him, as no Ranger reliever has ever had that many saves. He looked good, and fans seemed to like it when he came in. I think we have this position solved for awhile. :)
We didn’t have a lot of offense ourselves, but we had enough to get three runs across. Texas 2-4, but didn’t score, or get an RBI. Nix had a HR, and Huckaby had a double. Mike Young drove in the other two that Nix did not. As I said, not a lot of offense, but enough.
And the season comes to a close. By every account, this was a huge success, we didn’t drop out of the race until after Game #158 of the season – a major accomplishment. Buck Showalter should be manager of the year.
I also sincerely hope that Rudy Jaramillo comes back next year. He’s a great portion of our success, and I would hate to have him leave. As I’ve said before, if he left to get a manger’s job, I can’t fault him for leaving for that. However, if he leaves and becomes a hitting coach somewhere else, then I’ll be pissed. If he takes a lateral move, it means the Rangers didn’t do enough to keep him.

Rangers beat the Mariners, 3-0

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The last game of the season ended on both a bright note and a scary note. Unfortunately, they’re the same thing. Chan Ho Park pitched the way he should have been pitching. Which means we’ll probably try and go with him again next season. Damn. On the other hand, he pitched really well again in a park that he always pitches well in – Seattle. I wonder if something could be worked out where we send Park to Seattle for something. Park does well there, Seattle has to know that. Park went 7 innings, gave up no runs on 2 hits (3 BB/3K). A stellar performance (unfortunately).
Francisco Cordero got his final save of the season, his 49th. A record breaking season for him, as no Ranger reliever has ever had that many saves. He looked good, and fans seemed to like it when he came in. I think we have this position solved for awhile. :)
We didn’t have a lot of offense ourselves, but we had enough to get three runs across. Texas 2-4, but didn’t score, or get an RBI. Nix had a HR, and Huckaby had a double. Mike Young drove in the other two that Nix did not. As I said, not a lot of offense, but enough.
And the season comes to a close. By every account, this was a huge success, we didn’t drop out of the race until after Game #158 of the season – a major accomplishment. Buck Showalter should be manager of the year.
I also sincerely hope that Rudy Jaramillo comes back next year. He’s a great portion of our success, and I would hate to have him leave. As I’ve said before, if he left to get a manger’s job, I can’t fault him for leaving for that. However, if he leaves and becomes a hitting coach somewhere else, then I’ll be pissed. If he takes a lateral move, it means the Rangers didn’t do enough to keep him.
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