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The Kenny Rogers Imbroglio
Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks demands that Kenny Rogers apologize to the organization before any type of reunion can take place - should that apology go both ways?
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Baseball Time in Arlington: The Kenny Rogers Imbroglio
BBTF's Baseball Primer NewsblogBaseball Time in Arlington: The Kenny Rogers Imbroglio Tom Hicks ticking people off everytime he opens his mouth? Well I never! Now, is Hicks justified in his demands for an apology from Kenny? Possibly. But at the same time, it’s pretty clear that the organization committed their own share of faults as an already tense situation between the two sides escalated out of control. Regardless of whichever high-ranking members of the front office hierarchy “leaked” those aforementioned rumors (a regime that was led, of course, by the unmitigated failure known as John Hart), it ...

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