Golden Moment

The Rangers (led by PR director Gregg Elkin) surprised manager Ron Washington during a touching pre-game presentation with Oakland third baseman Eric Chavez on Saturday night. Here's the background: After winning the Gold Glove following the 2004 season, Chavez handed the award over to Washington (then Oakland's third base/infield coach) as a form of gratitude for all of his hard work. The trophy was lost along with many other of Washington's valuables when Hurricane Katrina hit the manager's Louisiana home.

Around two weeks ago, the Rangers came up with the idea of replacing the lost Gold Glove and having Chavez hand the replacement to Washington while Oakland was in town. It happened Saturday and take it from me, the first person to talk to Washington after he received the trophy, Washington was touched. He kept repeating "There's no crying in baseball." You are right Mr. Washington. No crying in baseball. Watery-eyes? I think that's ok sometimes.