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Rangers Hire Ex-Astro As New Manager
« on: November 06, 2006, 07:43:59 pm »
Ron Washington. Good for him. Only 7 games as an Astro.
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Re: Rangers Hire Ex-Astro As New Manager
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2006, 02:24:10 pm »
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Ron Washington. Good for him. Only 7 games as an Astro.




I remember him as the SS for some mediocre to really crappy Twins teams in the mid-1980s.  Then he left just before they surprisingly won it all.

I honestly don't remember his 7-game stint with the Astros.  He was called up from Tucson in the middle of June, didn't start any games.  He was 37.  After a few weeks the Astros outrighted him back to Tucson and purchased the contract of OF Mark Davidson, another scrub I had mostly forgot.

The Astros either got rid of Washington because he was old and couldn't hit any more, or because he was African-American.  Damn 'necks.
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Re: Rangers Hire Ex-Astro As New Manager
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2006, 12:58:20 pm »
I'll always remember Ron Washington for one thing, ending Cal Ripken's consecutive innings streak (at 8,243!!!)
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