KFDM COOP Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 Texas Rangers Fire Buck Showalter Rangers fire Showalter 10:13 AM CDT on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 By EVAN GRANT and RICHARD DURRETT / The Dallas Morning News The Rangers have fired manager Buck Showalter, club sources confirmed Wednesday. The Rangers' top management troika met Tuesday night at the estate of owner Tom Hicks to discuss the future of Showalter. A Rangers official confirmed the meeting, but the club offered no statement about its outcome. Via e-mail, Hicks declined to comment. General manager Jon Daniels did not respond to e-mail questions. Showalter, who finished his fourth season with the Rangers on Sunday, had been signed through 2009 with a club option for 2010. He is still due between $5 million-$6 million in salary. Daniels said in mid-September that he had "no plans to change managers at this time." There have already been four managerial changes in the majors. Florida dumped first-year manager Joe Girardi on Tuesday and replaced him with Atlanta third-base coach Fredi Gonzalez. San Francisco, Washington and the Chicago Cubs have also dismissed their managers but have not named replacements. In his four seasons, Showalter had produced one winning season, 89-73 in 2004. The Rangers have not finished higher than third in the AL West. But that streak dates longer than Showalter's tenure. Showalter is 319-329 since joining the Rangers. It is his third managerial stop, following stints in New York and Arizona. Both clubs won the World Series in the season after Showalter left.
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