|  | | Stuff. | | By Jamey Newberg November 19, 2008 | Nothing official yet, but (1) word out of Seattle is that the Mariners will name former Rangers bench coach Don Wakamatsu as their new manager, and (2) word out of Kansas City is that the Royals have obtained outfielder Coco Crisp from Boston for reliever Ramon Ramirez, a set-up type (and former Rangers farmhand) that I was hoping we could land.
Back in August, I’d proposed this deal with the Royals: (a) Jarrod Saltalamacchia, (b) Matt Harrison or Eric Hurley, (c) John Mayberry Jr. or Nelson Cruz, (d) Joaquin Arias, and (e) Zach Phillips (or Carlos Pimentel or Miguel De Los Santos or Geuris Grullon or Julio Santana or Matt Nevarez, whichever lower-level minor league pitcher our bunkmates in Surprise preferred) for Zack Greinke and Ramirez, who probably figures in now as a seventh-inning man in Boston.
It will be interesting to see what the Sox do with Justin Masterson.
Congrats to Wakamatsu, a really good dude.
The high bid on the Guitar Hero guitar controller signed by C.J. Wilson is now $425. Email me if you wish to bid. Go here to check on the bid status: http://forum.newbergreport.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6830
And I forgot to mention that, as always, we will collect new, unwrapped toys at the December 10 Book Release Party in conjunction with the Rangers’ Toys for Tots Drive.
The deadline to add internal non-roster players to the 40-man roster is tomorrow. We’ll catch up then, if not sooner.
Jamey
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| NEWS FLASH! 9/4/2010 7:21:07 AM- Game-Watching Party v.2: Wed., Sept. 8, with Assistant GM Thad Levine
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 Scott Lucas Scott Lucas was born in Arlington, Texas, to Richard and Becky Lucas. He lived mostly in Arlington before moving to Austin, where he graduated from The University of Texas. Scott works for Austin Valuation Consultants, Ltd., and has published several boring articles about real estate appraisal and environmental contamination. He makes a swell margarita and refuses to run longer than ten kilometres. |
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