Comments on: Rangers grant Astros permission to interview Thad Levine http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/29/rangers-grant-astros-permission-to-interview-thad-levine/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sat, 18 May 2013 22:04:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: stex52 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/29/rangers-grant-astros-permission-to-interview-thad-levine/comment-page-1/#comment-227724 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:10:22 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=99798#comment-227724 Probably in Fort Worth (or points west). In Houston, not so much.

]]> By: WhenMattStairsIsKing http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/29/rangers-grant-astros-permission-to-interview-thad-levine/comment-page-1/#comment-227699 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:23:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=99798#comment-227699 I’d like to imagine interviews in Texas involving chew, listening to Alan Jackson records, wearing snakeskin boots & cowboy hats and calling the interviewee “son.”

]]> By: stex52 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/29/rangers-grant-astros-permission-to-interview-thad-levine/comment-page-1/#comment-227674 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:48:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=99798#comment-227674 All of the initial talk in the Houston press was about either dragging Friedman in or bringing Hunsicker back. I have no idea what the interest of either guy is. Friedman was supposed to be a hometown boy and there is the discussion about the viability (fans-wise) of the TB franchise. Hunsicker did a good job at Houston while he was there, although he stripped a lot of prospects out for playoff runs that didn’t go far in the end. Therein lie a lot of Houston’s present problems. My gut feel is that this guy with Texas is a lot more likely.

But as I said in another thread, a GM will not be a lot better than his organization for drafting and developing players. Ed Wade completely rebuilt that, but I haven’t seem much come out of it yet.

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