Ron Washington
Ron Washington
Ronald "Ron" Washingtonis a former Major League Baseballshortstop and current third base coach for the Oakland Athletics. He is also the former manager of the Texas Rangers whom he took to the World Series in 2010 and 2011. Prior to managing the Rangers, Washington coached in the New York Mets and Oakland Athletics organizations. He is one of only three MLB players, along with U L Washington and Frank White, who were products of the Royals Academy...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth29 April 1952
CityNew Orleans, LA
broke cried hard hold left outside ran says touched wife wrong
I left out of here and ran over there, and got him outside in the hallway. I broke down and cried a little bit. I don't cry. My wife says there's something wrong with me. I hold it in. But it was hard to hold it in yesterday. That really touched me.
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I still hope I made a good showing when I talked to them. I hope I impressed them.
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I got to see him, he looked very peaceful. I guess when he met his maker, he decided he didn't want to come back. I've been talking to his family, and I'm just numb right now.
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I had it above the fireplace. I came back and found it down the hall, near the bedroom.
might slow
He might be a little slow on some stuff, going right and left. Anything routine, he's going to make.
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If it looks like New Orleans won't be coming back, then we're going to have to move somewhere else. And I have no idea where that's going to be.
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He was a lot of fun. He woke up in the morning smiling and he went to bed smiling, and in between, he took care of business. ... He was special.
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My hope is to drive down there one of these days and see more services like it was when I grew up.
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Whenever one of those styles is needed, I know how to use it. If I have to take it to the opposing team, I will. If the team is going well, I'll kick back and watch them play. If my offense is struggling, then I have to do something to help get them over it. You adjust to whatever the situation is.
anymore bars help
You can't be out in those bars with any regularity anymore because you ain't got help now.
coming developed talent tough
To me, we have to find a way to keep Freddie. I know they have some tough decisions, but we developed him and you don't get that kind of talent coming through the organization that often.
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It is remarkable, but if you know the makeup of Mark Ellis, you knew he was going to make it. I'm not surprised. It's obvious he's put it all together. He has an unimpeachable work ethic. What's happening for him now, he earned. That's how you like to see ballplayers have success. He's special.
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I told them when they were doing it, I can take care of my family. But they insisted. I realized, when I talked to other people about it, they said, that's all you can do is say thank you. You can't have no pride with something like this.
store
As long as I can remember, that store had been there.