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A few days ago I wrote about some talk amongst baseball scouts that Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington's rear end was starting to get awfully warm from that seat he's sitting on, and after the Rangers got absolutely rocked by the Tigers for the second straight night on Wednesday to the tune of 19-6 (they only gave up 10 runs on Tuesday) I wouldn't imagine that Ron's seat is getting any cooler.

Still, despite the fact that everything seems to be going wrong for the Rangers right now, and that they have the worst record in the American League at 7-15, team president Nolan Ryan isn't about to start making drastic changes just for the sake of doing something.

"You don't want to see your team get so far down in the standings that you don't think it's realistic you can get back in the race," Ryan said by phone while tending to personal business around the state while the team is on the road. "I think giving the organization an opportunity to play better is something that I'm trying to be patient with."

"You watch each and every game and try to evaluate what's going on at that point in time and what you're seeing, and then you make a decision on what you see," he said.

"If you're not competitive in your division where they feel like you're in a pennant race, they want to see responses from you that they at least feel like you're addressing their concerns. I understand that. Patience is hard to preach to your fan base when you haven't done well for a period of time like we haven't."

So I guess this means Nolan's not going to come out of retirement anytime soon.

As I said in the earlier post, not all the Rangers struggles should be pinned on the shoulders of Ron Washington. His general manager, Jon Daniels, has to be held somewhat accountable for the way things are going as poor Rangers fans have to see John Danks and Edinson Volquez pitch well for their current teams. Both of whom were traded away by Daniels in the last two years.

Still, the Rangers didn't just bring Nolan into the fold to help sell tickets or anything, they want him to help turn this franchise around. So though he's not going to be making any rash decisions right now, if things don't turn around quick, both Washington and Daniels may find themselves searching through the want ads in the near future.