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[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Word is the Rangers will soon commence selling everything not nailed down. Brad Wilkerson might come cheap.

Fans of clueless liar managers should check out rookie Ranger skipper Ron Washington by the way. The following quotes are all from the same interview:

]"When you lose, the heat falls on the manager. I can take that. What I don't like is my players being put in the middle of it. You'll never find where I threw a player under the bus."

]"I've always said if there's someone to blame, blame me, 'cause I'm in charge. I can handle that. But anybody watching baseball, and watching our games, there ain't no way that they can say that Ron Washington is the reason."

]"I'm no fool. I know you're judged on wins and losses. We're not winning. So when you're not winning, you take heat, and I can live with that."

]"I'm only as good as players perform. If players don't perform, I get stuck with it, but I can live with that. That comes with the job. But that certainly don't take away from my knowledge, or my approach and what I know to be right. I'm about one thing: right and wrong. Not about the other [bull]."

[TransMonk]

I'm not expecting Alou back anytime soon, if at all. Certainly not before Chavez is ready. Can we rely on a Gomez/Ledee platoon until August?

Milwaukee's got a surplus of outfielders. Kevin Mench could be had for a bag of balls and some pine tar. Geoff Jenkins would probably not be completely out of the question either...though we'd have to part with major league middle relief.

[Guest Edgy DC]

TransMonk wrote: Can we rely on a Gomez/Ledee platoon until August?

Based on what I've seen, hell no. That said, if Beltran were hitting like the MVP candidate of last year, I wouln'td mind platooning Bobby and Cindy Brady out there. No one spot is the issue.

Oh, and bat Captain Redass second please. I don't know that it'll help, but do it for me.

[metirish]

Adam Dunn is apparently on the market,owed a boat load of money though,plus he'd not do a whole lot for the OF defense.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Over to New Orleans for a moment, the Daily News reports today that Ambiorix Burgos has been shut down because of elbow pain.

[Guest Edgy DC]

[Centerfield]

The Buck Showalter Principle says that the Rangers are supposed to win the World Series this year.

[seawolf17]

Wilkerson reminds me of Rich Becker. I didn't like Rich Becker.

Checking out B-R.com, Wilkerson basically is Becker, but with twice the power. Wilkerson struck out 116 times in 320 ABs in '06. Yowza.

[metirish]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Word is the Rangers will soon commence selling everything not nailed down. Brad Wilkerson might come cheap.

Things not going according to plan in Texas

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