This just in from Dallasblog.com
The Texas Rangers have hired Hall-of-Famer Nolan Ryan to be their president. There will be a press conference to announce the move at 3pm today. But there is more to the story. … and while I’m something less than an enthusiastic Rangers fan, we’ve got our hands on that “more’’:
Larry Legend of our 75-Member Staff spearheads our digging up of some interesting and as-yet-unreleased aspects of the Nolan Ryan hire. …
1) Hicks went to Ryan out of desperation because he has been getting hammered publicly.
2) Ryan might be getting a piece of the Rangers in this deal.
3) And this is the BEST and most significant thing: Nolan Ryan will be assuming COMPLETE CONTROL of the Texas Rangers franchise, meaning he is to run BOTH the business side AND the BASEBALL side.
There’s hope yet!