It's never easy to say goodbye to a legend like Ryan. He brought a lot of credibility when he ended his career with the Rangers. He became a fixture sitting next to the dugout, specially those priceless TV pictures with President Bush.
Let me be honest: Daniels deserves the job. He is a fantastic baseball executive. He is also in the mainstream of the new numbers approach to scouting and player development.
Some will say that Daniels pushed Ryan out, a Rangers' version of Jerry Jones firing Coach Landry back in '89.
I don't see it that way.
Good luck to Nolan Ryan. I hope that MLB uses him for PR like it does with Henry Aaron and Joe Torre.
Last, but not least, let's not forget that Ryan is 67 and people usually do slow down around that age.
Thank you Nolan. I'm sorry that you did not get to hold that World Series title!
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