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03-17-2010, 01:18 PM
Rangers reveal manager's positive test
By Richard Durrett
ESPNDallas.com
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Texas Rangers manger Ron Washington apologized Wednesday ahead of a news conference in which team officials confirmed that he had tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 season.
The story was first reported Wednesday by SI.com. Sources told ESPNDallas.com that Washington will not be fired.
Washington, 57, acknowledged that he failed a Major League Baseball drug test last July. The story said he has passed all of his subsequent tests and the Rangers accepted Washington's apology.
"I did make a mistake and I regret that I did it," Washington told SI.com on Tuesday. "I am really embarrassed and I am really sorry."
Washington said he didn't want to give any reason for the circumstances of his drug use, saying it was "going to sound like excuses."
Washington was hired as manager of the Rangers in 2006 to replace Buck Showalter. He was given an extension last year in June that takes him as manager of the club through the 2010 season.
The SI.com story said Washington told the commissioner's office and the Rangers' brass about his cocaine use before the test results came back positive.
"It was the right thing to do,'' Washington said. "I couldn't deal with the result to come back positive and be a shock to those who've shown faith in me."
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=5003261
By Richard Durrett
ESPNDallas.com
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Texas Rangers manger Ron Washington apologized Wednesday ahead of a news conference in which team officials confirmed that he had tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 season.
The story was first reported Wednesday by SI.com. Sources told ESPNDallas.com that Washington will not be fired.
Washington, 57, acknowledged that he failed a Major League Baseball drug test last July. The story said he has passed all of his subsequent tests and the Rangers accepted Washington's apology.
"I did make a mistake and I regret that I did it," Washington told SI.com on Tuesday. "I am really embarrassed and I am really sorry."
Washington said he didn't want to give any reason for the circumstances of his drug use, saying it was "going to sound like excuses."
Washington was hired as manager of the Rangers in 2006 to replace Buck Showalter. He was given an extension last year in June that takes him as manager of the club through the 2010 season.
The SI.com story said Washington told the commissioner's office and the Rangers' brass about his cocaine use before the test results came back positive.
"It was the right thing to do,'' Washington said. "I couldn't deal with the result to come back positive and be a shock to those who've shown faith in me."
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=5003261