To Ron or not to Ron
mlbcenter.com 10/9/2009 — Ranger manager Ron Washington won’t win the American League Manager of the Year Award, but he deserves consideration after leading them to a second place finish for the second year in a row.

Washington Nationals Buy Out Austin Kearns...5 Others Become Free Agents.
federalbaseball.com 17 days ago — More photos » by Lori Shepler - AP Browse more photos » In early 2007, when then-DC GM Jim Bowden signed right fielder Austin Kearns to a 3-year/$17.5 ...

Meet The New Boss . . .
centerfieldgate.com 14 days ago — Same As The Old Boss : Jim Riggleman has been hired as the manager of the Washington Nationals , according to information coming both from the team and from baseball sources. The official announcement is expected to be made sometime on Thursday during a press conference at Nationals Park. ...

Rangers might hire hitting coach today
star-telegram.com 23 days ago — The replacement for Rudy Jaramillo will come from a field of four finalists.

Trades Of The Decade: Colon To The Expos
mlbtraderumors.com 27 days ago — From Larry Walker to John Wetteland to Pe dro Martinez , Montreal Expos talent seemed to head south as quickly as the club could develop it. By 2002, it seemed possible that the Expos were playing their final season in Montreal and the threat of ...

Dallas Sports Roundup – November 10 2009
dallassportsfans.com 15 days ago — Shh! Let the Pacquiao Cotto odds distract all the sports fans out there. No one seems to notice that the Cowboys are flying under the radar (somehow) and sitting atop the NFC East. Are the other Dallas teams following suit? Let’s check in. Dallas Mavericks (4-2, T-1 st Southwest) For the ...

Nationals Front Office Latest to See Pink Slips
maurybrown.com 18 days ago — The job market is tough these days. Reuters just reported that the national jobless rate is at 10.2 percent, a 16 and 1/2 year high. And while MLB attendance was down less than expected (the 2009 regular season ended with 73,418,529 in total attendance a decline of 6.58 percent. See Inside ...

A Mike Rizzo Team We Could Remember
feedproxy.google.com 16 days ago — The Washington Nationals ended the 2009 season much as they began it, the worst team in baseball. Yet here in DC dogged faith abounds in new GM Mike Rizzo. After signing Stephen Strasburg and becoming GM, he has put together much of the personnel to build the organization. But what of the ...

Rangers are the Nationals
baseballmusings.com 10/15/2009 — The Texas Rangers sprang from the failed expansion Washington Senators, and now they’re being run like the first years of the Washington Nationals : I bring that up because I found out Wednesday that those who had enough faith in the team to ...

A Scout's Take on the Desert Dog Nats
voices.washingtonpost.com 20 days ago — You might recall that during my frustrating trip in mid-October, it was difficult to get scouts to discuss players because they hadn't had enough opportunities to see them. I called a scout this week to see if I could get some feedback. This scout, by ...

Rangers in market for right-handed bat — Major League Baseball News 21 days ago
The Rangers are going into baseball's free-agency period hoping to re-sign Marlon Byrd and could come out of it with Jermaine Dye instead.

Diamond hopeful he can shine for Cubs — Major League Baseball News 21 days ago
The Cubs claimed Thomas Diamond off waivers from the Texas Rangers in early September. Never heard of him? The right-hander has stellar credentials.

Texas Rangers hire ex-Rockies manager Clint Hurdle — ESPN.com - MLB 21 days ago
Former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle is the new hitting coach for the Texas Rangers.

Nats claim Slaten off waivers — Major League Baseball News 21 days ago
The Nationals claimed reliever Doug Slaten off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.

Grant: Hurdle must use soft touch with Texas Rangers — dallasnews.com: Baseball: Rangers 21 days ago