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 |  Subject: Kinsler: 0-162 for Rangers, 'sleazeball' Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:18 pm | |
| http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/10548784/ian-kinsler-detroit-tigers-hopes-texas-rangers-sleazeball-gm-jon-daniels-go-0-162 - Quote :
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Former Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler clearly won't be pulling for his old club now that he's with the Detroit Tigers.
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"I hope they go 0-162," Kinsler told ESPN The Magazine's Robert Sanchez recently in a story published this week. "I got friends, and I love my friends, but I hope they lose their ass."
Rangers manager Ron Washington said Kinsler's comments wouldn't impact the team and that he was always someone who "spoke his mind."
"We won't go 0-162," he said. "Guaranteed."
Washington added: "We've got to take this and deal with reality. We're not a bad team."
Kinsler's comments surprised some Rangers players, and although many declined comment, a few players spoke up.
"I don't think he's going to get what he wants," pitcher Tanner Scheppers said. "I have all the respect in the world for Ian. He's taught me a lot, but he's now with the Detroit Tigers. I wish him luck and I wish luck for everybody."
In the story, Kinsler vents about his frustrations with the Rangers, citing issues with the team and general manager Jon Daniels. His disdain for Daniels is clear, as he calls him a "sleazeball" and blames Daniels' ego for pushing Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan out the door.
"It's not worth defending," Daniels said. "I'm really proud of the group we've got here, the decisions we've made, the people we have in place and what we're building. Based on how he feels, the trade is probably a good thing for all parties involved.
Former teammates brushed aside Ian Kinsler's recent comments about wanting the Rangers to go 0-162 this season. "No matter how good a friend you are," Texas left-hander Matt Harrison said, "once you step in between the lines, all that goes away."
"Obviously, he's a competitor. That's part of what it's about. I hope our players are pissed about that. I do. I think we'll find out what we're made of, and how we go about our business and handle our business."
Kinsler said in the story that he was asked to bear too much of a leadership role with the team after Michael Young left and didn't like being asked to move to first base in 2013 to make room for middle-infield prospect Jurickson Profar (something the Rangers didn't do after Kinsler voiced his reluctance). He also didn't like how he was informed of his trade to Detroit, something Daniels said he wasn't happy about, either.
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| | Subject: Re: Kinsler: 0-162 for Rangers, 'sleazeball' Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:41 pm | |
| lmfao
rangers should be good this year tho. |
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| | Subject: Re: Kinsler: 0-162 for Rangers, 'sleazeball' Wed Mar 05, 2014 2:20 am | |
| They're gonna bean him. Several times.  |
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