Players of the Week:
September 11-17, 2006: Gary Matthews, Jr.
August 7-13, 2006: Mark DeRosa
April 24-30, 2006: Kevin Mench
August 29-September 4, 2005: Mark Teixeira
May 16-22, 2005: Mark Teixeira
May 2-8, 2005: Alfonso Soriano
June 28-July 4, 2004: Mark Teixeira
Players of the Month:
Pitcher of the Month (May 2005): Kenny Rogers
Rookie of the Month (August 2004): Frank Francisco
Player of the Month (July 2004): Mark Teixeira
Rookie of the Month (April 2004): Gerald Laird
As attention in the Dallas/Fort Worth area moves from baseball to football and whatever other sport there is other than the Rangers who are once again not in contention for anything, Gary Matthews, Junior gives us little fans a glimmer of hope of something for the future. The guy hit over 500 in his little MVP week and hit for the cycle in order, done only 14 times in MLB recorded history. Not shabby, my Ranger fans. I got rid of all the advertisements on my site. I found them annoying and I wasn’t making any money off of them, so I said: PHOOEY! Let’s just leave this to all about sports – PERIOD.
I was happy the Cowboys beat up on Washington, but I still cannot wrap my head around TO. Why is he here after all the garbage that he has done to us? It’s like signing the grim-reaper to a four year contract. TO will still be here after Parcells moves on, and if it was the other way around, I’d be OK with it, but since it is not, it’s a chocolate cake with a time-bomb in it… waiting and going – tick, tock, tick, tock.
Tom Hicks has to buy a caseload of chapstick. He’s going to have to kiss some serious butt with Michael Young about the leadership comments he made. I agree to a certain point that there are problems with leadership, but not leadership within the players. The problem is leadership in coaching style. Micromanagement, effective in numbers in many workplaces, but when the employees ask about how happy they are in their environment, they will tell you it STINKS. And what do players think of Buck’s leadership style? They don’t like it. He ranks second highest amongst managers that players least like several years running. That has to reflect back on him, at least to some degree. I am sure there are some variables, but even when you try to factor them in, well, you get the idea. Margin of error is only going to be but a few percentage points at best. Young isn’t happy. And the domino effect is beginning to be felt with Teixeira. Heaven help us…
As attention in the Dallas/Fort Worth area moves from baseball to football and whatever other sport there is other than the Rangers who are once again not in contention for anything, Gary Matthews, Junior gives us little fans a glimmer of hope of something for the future. The guy hit over 500 in his little MVP week and hit for the cycle in order, done only 14 times in MLB recorded history. Not shabby, my Ranger fans. I got rid of all the advertisements on my site. I found them annoying and I wasn’t making any money off of them, so I said: PHOOEY! Let’s just leave this to all about sports – PERIOD.
I was happy the Cowboys beat up on Washington, but I still cannot wrap my head around TO. Why is he here after all the garbage that he has done to us? It’s like signing the grim-reaper to a four year contract. TO will still be here after Parcells moves on, and if it was the other way around, I’d be OK with it, but since it is not, it’s a chocolate cake with a time-bomb in it… waiting and going – tick, tock, tick, tock.
Tom Hicks has to buy a caseload of chapstick. He’s going to have to kiss some serious butt with Michael Young about the leadership comments he made. I agree to a certain point that there are problems with leadership, but not leadership within the players. The problem is leadership in coaching style. Micromanagement, effective in numbers in many workplaces, but when the employees ask about how happy they are in their environment, they will tell you it STINKS. And what do players think of Buck’s leadership style? They don’t like it. He ranks second highest amongst managers that players least like several years running. That has to reflect back on him, at least to some degree. I am sure there are some variables, but even when you try to factor them in, well, you get the idea. Margin of error is only going to be but a few percentage points at best. Young isn’t happy. And the domino effect is beginning to be felt with Teixeira. Heaven help us…
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