Randy Galloway of the Star-Telegram (Fort Worth) reports that the Texas Rangers were blackmailed by an ex-employee who was fired after the season and made demands on the club in exchange for keeping quiet about his knowledge of Ron Washington's failed drug test.
Per the article:
"Some of his demands were met, but the club balked at personally giving this person a glowing letter of recommendation and also refused at least one other item. By January, word leaked that the former employee was bad-mouthing Washington around north Arlington."
The article goes on to indicate that the team does not absolutely know how Jon Heyman at Sports Illustrated got the information for his story but they have a real good idea.
You know, while fine on paper sometimes that "freedom of speech" thing ain't so great.
If I was the team president Nolan Ryan, I would name the thug. Well, I take that back. Nobody from the Rangers would do it but a local columnist would.
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2 comments:
Quite the catch-22. Fire Ron and the blackmailer wins. Keep him and a lot of folks will never let it die. Hope Ryan and Daniels are ready for this.
I think he is on a short leash no doubt and I agree this one is going to be tricky.
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