Just like old times...

Listening to Royals vs. A's.  It's remarkable how similar Ned Yost is to Ron Washington.

Incidentally, Rangers General Manager Jon Daniels dropped what probably could be considered a bombshell on ESPN, where he mentioned that Washington's resignation would probably be a benefit to the team going forward.  Of course, he could be referring to all sorts of things.

". . . having seen the last few weeks, having seen the change in the energy and atmosphere, I do think it had an impact. Tim [Bogar] should certainly get some credit for that, but sometimes I do think that a change is beneficial. I told Wash this and I’ve told you guys this before, I was hoping he’d be the only manager I ever hired. I was hoping it would be an even longer-term partnership, it was already eight years which is a long time in today’s game. So I was not going to make the move this winter. Since it was effectively made for us, I can look back now with some perspective and say ultimately, it may be for the best."

Daniels is referring to the level of play enjoyed by the Rangers following Washington's resignation.  Small sample size, correlation does not equal causation, so on and so forth...but it seemed pretty obvious that the guys were playing with a different attitude.  There's also a bit of an implication in the statement that firing Washington was on the table, just not this year.  And further the implication that in hindsight, Ron probably needed to go.

Well, better late than never.

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