A day after the Texas Rangers lost the 2011 World Series, at 1 p.m. in Arlington, Texas, general manager Jon Daniels quickly conducted his end-of-the-year staff meeting.
"There was so much going on in the backdrop during the World Series," said Daniels. "Ron Washington's mom was really ill. We got home Friday night and she passed away on Monday. I knew he was suffering through that."
Daniels wanted to get Washington home, so the meeting on Saturday was quick. They didn't talk much about the World Series, a wound still too fresh to dissect. But the one thing Daniels will always remember as they left the meeting was a quote from Bill Walsh that his director of professional scouting, Josh Boyd, shared with the group.