The Best Skipper the Texas Rangers ever had gets chocked up talking about the Managers of the Texas Rangers that came before him.
Manager on Manager: Jeff Banister remembers Johnny Oates The Rangers honored the 1996 team today with a pre-game ceremony and dinner event. That team, of course, was the first Rangers team to make the playoffs, and it was led by manager Johnny Oates, who shared AL Manager of the year awards with Joe Torre of the Yankees. Oates passed away in 2004, succumbing to brain cancer.
