The inaugural pregame media briefing for interim manager Don Wakamatsu on Friday came only minutes after general manager Jon Daniels addressed the firing of Jeff Banister.
It wasn’t the time to ask Wakamatsu much of substance, and he didn’t have much of substance to offer. Only four hours earlier he was the Texas Rangers’ bench coach, not the manager for the final 10 games of the season.
But, as one former Rangers manager said, baseball doesn’t stop for anybody, and the business now at hand for the Rangers is to find a manager whose style and voice can resonate with the developing players who will shape the course of the franchise.