I was in Texas and guess what we did? We ran the angels down. That's the voice of Ron

Washington, the new manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Once we get

things together and we get these guys together in spring training and start the work,

our whole focus is going to be to run the West down and you can take that to the banking

deposit it.

So... and you can take that to the banking deposit it. A baseball lifer who's gone from scrappy utility player

to the winningest manager in Texas Rangers history

to just another coach in the bigs and now back to the manager's

office.

Well, I mean, I've known Washington near 30 years now, so it's always sort of strange at this stage in both of our careers to actually write pieces about

him because at some point you sort of cross some of those lines and you become friends in some ways.

Senior ESPN journalist Howard Bryant has witnessed Washington's

journey as a reporter and as a friend. So when Wash got the angel's job I was

very hesitant about writing about him because I really don't think I'd

written a word about him in 10 years since he'd left the Rangers. Howard got the opportunity to connect with Wash earlier this season.

So to get a feel for him or what those 10 years were like,

what, you know, sort of where he was at,

sort of what this new challenge is as a 71 year old man doing this one more time and getting that second chance.

You get a lot of nostalgia because he's a pure baseball man and I don't know if all your

listeners Clinton so they know what that means it means that you know the work

coming first in terms of really

granular level and you're trying to combine that

...