Your Texas Rangers!: Official 2009 Thread

[Five-ofan]

Originally Posted by alby

thank you, Nolan Ryan

actually the only thing that worries me about the long term direction of this franchise is nolan ryan. His philosophies pertaining to starting pitching are the same as what made dusty baker worthless as a manager.

[jthig32]

Originally Posted by Five-ofan

actually the only thing that worries me about the long term direction of this franchise is nolan ryan. His philosophies pertaining to starting pitching are the same as what made dusty baker worthless as a manager.

Oh I don't know that I would go that far. I defintely agree that some of Ryan's philosohpies cause a bit of concern, butg I haven't seen or heard anything to make me think Nolan is going to force pitchers to stay out there longer than they should.

In fact I've heard Nolan specifically say that he stays out of coaching decisions. He's more about getting pitchers to put themsevles into shape to the point that they can figure out what their own limjits are.

Now Maddux is also someone who preaches extending pitchers, but I'd be very surprised if we ran into the kind of issues that Dusty Bakers brings to teams.