Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels never played the game but he knows how to play the game as well as anyone ever has in our deep fried state.
Among our locals, JD ranks slightly ahead of Donnie Nelson, Rick Carlisle and Jason Garrett in the crucial skill set of "Managing Up."
JD recognized from an early age that winning games is sometimes not quite as important as winning over your boss.
JD has managed up so well that he not only convinced the co-owners of the Texas Rangers that they were better off under his guidance on all personnel matters, which effectively ended Nolan Ryan's presence with the franchise, but to also continually give him more money to do it.