Ron Washington: The real-life, baseball version of Morgan Freeman.
MLB.com has a Q&A with Rangers skipper Ron Washington. Most of what they cover is nuts and bolts stuff, but toward the end they get into Washington’s philosophy and how he’s dealing with a young team experiencing a lot of growing pains.
“It was tough from the fact that we put some young players in some tough situations as far as being able to succeed,” he said. “But the rest of it, I’m a teacher. I believe I’m a teacher. That was the situation I was put in, and I believe in my ability to teach. Everybody wants to be put in the perfect situation, but it doesn’t always happen in life. I trust the message I send is correct. It’s what’s put in front of you every morning, but it’s no tougher than anything else I’ve ever experienced in this game.”
They also talk about the future of the catchers corps, and Washington sings the praises of Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Washington also looks like he was created by God to look exactly how an old baseball player should look.
The Yankees Are Better Than You And Also Have Nicer Boobs
The Yankees have hit upon a solution to Derek Jeter’s chronic grounding into a double play, which is to make sure absolutely no one is on base when he comes up.
Joe Girardi is considering putting The Captain at the top of the order, thus ensuring slightly fewer rally-killing GIDPs at critical moments.
Jeter swears it is fine, really, he’s not mad.
“It’s exactly the same unless somebody’s on base,” Jeter said. “Some particular inning whoever is hitting ninth leads off and gets on base, then it’s back to hitting second.”
Girardi liked what he saw earlier in spring training when Damon batted second so catcher Jorge Posada, who is coming back from right shoulder surgery, could hit first and get extra at-bats.
Shortly thereafter, he headed towards A-Rod’s padded room with a switch and an angry look in his eye.
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