Rangers Manager is a COKE head
The Rangers manager Ron Washington tested positive for Cocaine. Not sure a coke head can out manage our Lasagna head.
Poor Rangers fan. This one won't die soon.
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Ron Washington to Josh Hamilton:
“I learned it by watching you!!”
by Higz on Mar 17, 2010 10:44 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
First comes coke,
then cums hot model wife,
then baby,
and then Homerun derby.
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Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
by DAD OF VLAD on Mar 17, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
What?
That explains why he looks like a model
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Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
I am sure it was a result of all the heavy criticism he received from Lone Star Ball last
season for his poor managing.
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I've heard he is a players manager
I just hadn’t heard he was a playa’s manager.
You see what I did there?
Funny?
Not even a little?……I give up.
This isn't 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.
I feel no pity for LSB after their asinine Torii Hunter thread.
They had this coming.
"You gotta have nuts." - Torii Hunter / Part-Time Nemesis of the HH Reply Function
by Commander_Nate on Mar 17, 2010 11:58 AM PDT reply actions
Not for LSB
But at least Washington manned up and notified MLB and Rangers front office before the hot potato came out.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
+1
He screwed up, but then he did the right thing. Knowing the test would show positive for cocaine, he went Ranger management and MLB to tell them of his usage.
He didn’t try to blame someone else.
He didn’t try to explain it away.
He has passed every test since.
Given the way he handled it, he has earned redemption. Whatever his demons, he appears to be facing them. I respect the guy for his honesty.
The black tiger woods
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by DAD OF VLAD on Mar 17, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
It's against the rules, he shouldn't have had to notify nothing
if I fail a drug test
1) I loose my job
2) I get investigated, maybe(most likely) charges are taken against me
3) I am screwed
Yeah. I am with you.
Get busted using cocaine but step forward and man up, then Ok…
…set him up with some counseling…
…make sure that he and his family are situated properly…
…close out all remaining financial obligations…
…and fire him.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
Ok, then, so you are ...
condoning that the world is unfair to you by making it unfair and unyielding to others? That’s a bit like saying that since you were hit as a kid, your own kids should get hit as well.
I’m not saying he should or shouldn’t keep his job, I’m just saying that your logic is a bit extreme.
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by LazorkoRules on Mar 18, 2010 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions
All depends on what type of job you have
My job. They give no chances. One and done, son. No room for testing the party favors. No way would you tell my boss, and then get away with it.
At 57 he should know right from wrong. He is in charge of millions of dollars worth of company property, and he goes and “try’s” something for the first time. Him being the one man that oversees a employee that had past(continuing?) drug & alcohol problems.
He’s not a player. He is the manager of the team. The Leader. How is he supposed to lead in the Bud Selig way … never mind.
There are some types of employement where I can understand a "one and done" policy...
…where public safety may be severly impacted, or may result in great financial harm or distress to the employer (I don’t know if that applies to your type of employment or not). If that’s not the case, then I believe your employer’s policies are a bit too harsh.
I’d assume the purpose of an employer’s anti-drug policies are;
1) Protect the company.
2) Prevent alcohol/drug use/abuse.
It seems to me part of the “prevention” would be to encourage employees that screw up to come forward as Washington did and deal directly with thier problem(s). If they screw up again, or if they’re caught in the act, then adios.
The other thing to consider is that they gave Hamilton a "second chance".
Be kind of hypocritical of the Rangers to axe Washington for the same offense.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
Sorta.
I would agree with eyespy that you’d expect a bit more from;
1) The team’s de facto leader.
2) A guy that’s 57 years old. Shouldn’t he have this desire out of his system by now??
Regardless, I still think he earned a second chance with the way he handled the situation.
He’s alos earned a huge spotlight for the balance of his managerial career. If he falters again, I suspect he will be fired, never to manage in MLB again.
Who said life is fair? Did I miss the memo?
If somebody else wants to give him a second chance, I have no problem with that. But, in my mind, this is the kind of thing that requires a LOT of mistakes on his part, not just one. A lot of decision-making goes into something as serious as this, and he had multiple chances to NOT do what he was doing in the first palce, and passed them all up.
His role in his organization comes with more responsibilities than lessor roles. He is, essentially, the captain of a $70 million annual investment at sea. Anybody that sets aside that much responsibility, makes that many errors in judgement to end up doing what he did, and subjects a $70 million dollar enterprise to that much risk, is gone.
I don’t wish him harm. I hope things work out for him, even if elsewhere. But now it is my judgement at stake and my judgement says that I need to do better in that role. And Washington just made the decision for me.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
First Hamilton.
Then Washington. Who’s next? Benjamin Franklin?
by TheQuestforMerlin on Mar 17, 2010 12:53 PM PDT reply actions
Cocaine? He must have that it was 1980
It’s like yo mang….
"You gotta have nuts." - Torii Hunter / Part-Time Nemesis of the HH Reply Function
*thought
Sorry, I think my body is naturally producing alcohol because it knows what day it is and what’s going to happen to it after work…
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by Commander_Nate on Mar 17, 2010 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
jumping to conclusions
I think there’s a difference between someone who’s been caught using cocaine and a “coke head”. Not everyone who drinks beer is a drunk, so until we know more I think it’s not really fair to call him a “coke head”.
Certainly, it’s possible that he’s abused cocaine (and personally I’d guess it’s likely), but to put “coke head” in the subject is a bit out of line, imo.
obviously doing it once does not make you a coke head.
Although I do not agree the headline is out of line. Not everything has to be literal imo.
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
I find it VERY hard to believe
that a 57 year old man just tried coke for the first time.
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
Totally plausible.
I can envision that Wash heard that he had a random drug test about to take place. And then, using that incredibly perfect timing he has show his whole managerial career for pitcher management, he slowly walked out to his car with his hands in his back pockets and broke out his kit.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
I would also have to wonder
about what kind of judgement a 57 year old who “tries” coke for the “first time” has. I think the man should be given another chance as this was the “first time” he was caught. But the Rangers organization had better be looking at him with the stink-eye cause this guy’s judgement is flawed.
Blind Snort Test
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by DAD OF VLAD on Mar 18, 2010 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions
1) Why are they drug-testing managers? 2) Doing lines at 57??? Awesome!
So, officially, the 57-year-old manager of the Texas Rangers is a bigger cokehead than the 41-year-old editor of the country’s premier libertarian (i.e., free the drugs!) magazine. That’s some kind of great.
good point
Why do they drug test managers? Is the coke going to give Washington a faster reaction time when he decides to pull a pitcher? Is it going to give him some extra “pep” in his step as he walks out to the mound? If that’s the case, then technically he’s helping speed up the game (no pun intended), which is what MLB wants, right?
They test the rest to make sure there are no bad influence's
Major league managers, coaches and other clubhouse personnel have been subject to drug testing since 2008, when MLB adopted the measure as one of George Mitchell’s recommendations as part of his report regarding steroid and drug use in baseball. MLB mandates that any non-playing personnel who either fail a test or admit to drug use be subject to counseling and a substance-abuse program developed by a doctor approved by baseball.
Wow
I think of the poor batboys and girls who get drug-tested before they even reach the age of getting drug-tested for a real job.
No bad influences?
You mean like Mickey Hatcher?
Captain, there are doubt's...
by Match Day 5 on Mar 17, 2010 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
that's just wrong
Mickey proved last season that he knows where his place on the team is. That’s right … right behind Bobby, listening like the rest of the team.
THE REASON THEY DRUG TEST THE MANAGERS
1. KEEP the clubhouse free of any element of drug subculture
2. KEEP the manager free from getting so addicted he throws a game for a loan from a bookie to help him get some more sniffy-sniffy.
3. KEEP the beer sponsors happy with their legal monopoly
3. KEEP the beer sponsors happy with their legal monopoly
But you know if they served cocaine at angel stadium, arte would make sure we would have the lowest priced and BEST coke available.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
by clover_black on Mar 17, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He'd probably put Abreu, Izturis and Rivera in charge of that during the winter...
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by Commander_Nate on Mar 17, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe I should just pipe down
Before I get run out of town on a rail. but this is cracked up. I heard about this today from a white lady while I was getting ice with my cola at Krystals. Let me be blunt, this totally blows for Rangers fans.
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by Slasher52 on Mar 17, 2010 2:44 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Screw the Rangers
they can go blow themselves
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by princeton11loveshalos on Mar 17, 2010 4:22 PM PDT reply actions
Vlad has to be wondering WTF he got himself into now.
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Enough to have kevin Milwood
Being the starting day pitcher
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If I didn't already know I'd say he must be snortin' something!
Happy Birthday to the ground!
by Monkeyspanked on Mar 18, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Shade? And fraud? For Texans that would be Kenny-boy Lay hoisting a mai tai with cocktail umbrellas.
"God watches over drunks and third baseman." - the Immortal Leo Durocher, predicting the coming of Brandon Wood...
Ranger's officials became concerned when they saw this car in the team parking lot
by XYZ123 on Mar 18, 2010 10:51 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
Don Ron with the Magic Wand
Pimping the Rangers aint easy
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Sorry not named after Guerrero...but would be cool
by DAD OF VLAD on Mar 18, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions
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