Roy Oswalt, Go Home

Mark it down. I've said it. He's finished.

Roy Oswalt will not pitch again this year for the Texas Rangers. I predict it. And I sure as heck hope it happens that way.

Oswalt has been a cancer for this team. I know it's been this way since he's been yanked from the rotation. And something tells me he has been like that from the moment he got to Arlington.

Nolan Ryan was actually wrong about something. About $4-$5 million wrong on this one. This was Ryan's deal. He lobbied to have the guy signed. And after earning a $100,000 for pitching two innings and giving up two home runs, I sure hope we are done with him.

Oswalt had a little success early on. But since then, the guy's done nothing. And when he refused to go back out in Kansas City a couple of months ago after a few innings of work, the guy should have been canned.

Jon Daniels tried to trade him earlier on. And good for him. I think the team recognized they made a mistake in signing him. And they tried to do something about it.

Well you can definitely do something now. Call it an injury. Tell him to go home to Mississippi and that his services are no longer needed. I could have done better than that dude did yesterday.

We can't take anymore of it. We're in a pennant race. And I have the sneaking suspicion that our clubhouse can't take anymore of his whining and complaining, very evident on TV, especially for our young guys.