Rangers hire Bengie Molina

[nate]

 

Texas Rangers verified

COACHING UPDATE: The Rangers hired former catcher Bengie Molina as first base coach & catching instructor.

 

Damn, would have loved to have him back in the org.  No idea how good of a coach he is though.

[gotbeer]

Wait, I thought you needed experience before becoming a coach.      

 

Guess he didn't want to come back to the org, since he knows the bestest catching coach is already here.  

[nate]

Actually he has been coaching with the Cardinals apparently.  Catcher coach and assistant hitting coach.

[Agalloch]

Booooo

This hurts to see him coaching our enemies.

[Jimmag]

Guess we will have to settle for Jose.

[CardsFanVegas]

He was assistant hitting coach for STL last year.    Guess this is a promotion from that.   Figured he would stay with his little brother Yadi but he did play for Texas in the past.

[ELEVEN]

I don't really know why, but this pisses me off. 

[Eric]

When the Angels released B-Mo with a "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out," it was apparent he was never going to come back to the team in any capacity.

[mtangelsfan]

When the Angels released B-Mo with a "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out," it was apparent he was never going to come back to the team in any capacity.

 

While I'm cranky we didn't get Molina back either.  I don't think anything is apparent at all except for your preconceived ideas.

[Lhalo]

I want the Molina that is still playing.

[Punk]

[YouthofToday]

His squat angle when he was in the Show was off by .0004 degrees.

[Kenny]

Bengie.  How could you?

[Second Base]

Really thought we might bring him back in a pinch runner role. 

[disarcina]

Well, perhaps we can hope that Bengie will be a first base coach who is also tasked with teaching the Rangers how to run the base-paths.

[Homebrewer]

Counting the days until Mathis is hired as Scioscia's very special assistant.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Counting the days until Mathis is hired as Scioscia's very special assistant.

 

We haven't had a designated gumball dispenser since he went to Toronto.

[Homebrewer]

Mike's been in mourning since the day he left. Maybe bringing him back would help MS focus on winning, rather than just moping around, lost, blubbering... able to merely, meekly, turn pages every sad day.

Of course things wouldn't be the same for Jeffy since Napoli's mom is now a Boston fan.

Oh the humanity..

Edited November 13, 2013 by Homebrewer

[Tank]

His squat angle when he was in the Show was off by .0004 degrees.

Those of us who remember those days will never forget that obvious flaw.

[Eric]

While I'm cranky we didn't get Molina back either.  I don't think anything is apparent at all except for your preconceived ideas.

 

LOL yeah, it was apparent, especially after B-Mo spoke about how he was released from the team.  VERY apparent.

 

 

"The way they let me go without a notice, without calling me, that said a lot," the Gold Glove catcher said Thursday, three days after agreeing to a $5 million, one-year contract with Toronto. "That's what really hurts me."

 

 

"I think I built a good relationship with them," he said. "They never let me know. They just threw me like a piece of trash."

 

 

"I don't think I did one thing to disrespect them at all for all those years," Molina said. "If anything I went out of my way for them. I even helped them get Bartolo Colon onto that club. I gave him a call. I called a couple of guys for them. And now when I needed a call, they never called me."

 

Edited November 13, 2013 by Eric

[nate]

B Mo wasn't released by the Angels.  He wasn't re-signed.  We had Jose and a young catcher named Jeff Mathis who was playing very well in AAA.  At the time I thought it was ridiculous that we let him go for two years 3 million but whatever.

[jshep]

B Mo wasn't released by the Angels.  He wasn't re-signed.  We had Jose and a young catcher named Jeff Mathis who was playing very well in AAA.  At the time I thought it was ridiculous that we let him go for two years 3 million but whatever.

 

And I've been trying to forget that ever since.

[Eric]

Released, not resigned, whatever. He was still VERY pissed at the way the Angels dealt with it.

[Lhalo]

B Mo wasn't released by the Angels. He wasn't re-signed.

"We fixed the glitch."