Lockhart Line 3.18 Sports News - Washington shares regret but Rangers are class act!!

The Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington rocked the local area with the news that he'd tested positive for cocaine use last summer and expressed a signficant amount of regret for his stupid actions but the story is how classy the Texas Rangers handled not only the positive test but the way they have allowed manager Washington to keep his dignity! Lockdawg lets his thought be known and invites everyone to logon and share their views as well on the situation.

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Rangers season of hope rapidly coming to familiar end

The 2009 Texas Rangers were able to shake off a slow April beginning then burst onto the baseball scene with youthful exuberance stirring up very realistic playoff dreams for this season. After 75 wins and a fourth-place finish in his first season as Texas Rangers skipper 2007, Ron Washington led the Rangers to an improved 79 wins and a distant second place finish to the Los Angeles Angels last season. Remarkably, the Rangers appeared poised to make a serious move in the race for either the American League (AL) West Division or the fluky AL Wildcard but, as luck would have it poor hitting, inexperience on the mound coupled with miscues in the field have all but dashed any playoff hopes for this season. After last night's 6-1 home defeat to the Oakland A's the Rangers are now a full five games out the wildcard race and six games out of the division race with only 18 games remaining, rapidly bringing the 2009 campaign to an all too familiar end for fans.

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