Ignorance and poor decision-making, not cocaine, will be the downfall of Ron Washington as manager of the Texas Rangers. After yet another heartbreaking 7-6 loss in a game the Rangers should have won against the Boston Red Sox, it is hard not to find fault in Washington's style of game management.
Anytime a team goes from leading 6-2 to losing the game by a run, fingers begin to be pointed. Five runs and a degrading loss later, fingers should be pointed at the manager.
Structure and proper strategy are valuable facets of the game of baseball. No one disagrees with that. When the strategy overrides common sense, however, it becomes a major flaw in the way the game is played.
With that being said, here are some incredibly questionable choices that display the underlying problems with Washin ...
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