Social Media Reaction to Rangers Hiring Bruce Bochy

The Texas Rangers hired their 20th full-time manager, in this case three-time World Series champion Bruce Bochy.

The Texas Rangers announced the hiring of Bruce Bochy as their new manager on Friday. Quickly, reaction came in on social media. 

Dave Stewart reacted to the hiring. Stewart pitched for the Rangers from 1983-85 after being acquired in a 1983 deadline deal that netted the Los Angeles Dodgers Rick Honeycutt. Stewart didn't ascend until he joined the Oakland Athletics a few years later. He won three World Series championships as a player. He also served as the pitching coach of the San Diego Padres under Bochy, including the team's run to the 1998 World Series.

The hiring of Bruce Bochy is a game changer for the Rangers. He comes in the door with tremendous value!! Chris Young congratulations on your first impactful move.

— Dave “Smoke” Stewart (@Dsmoke34) October 21, 2022

Howie Rose, the play-by-play voice of the New York Mets reacted to the news. The Mets are the current employer of former Rangers manager Buck Showalter. 

Wow. Bruce Bochy is back. Good for the Texas Rangers. Good for baseball. These senior citizen managers really do know what they’re doing. Baker, Showalter, Melvin, Francona are difference makers. There’s more to managing than being a technocratic clerk in servitude to the geeks.

— Howie Rose (@HowieRose) October 21, 2022

T.R. Sullivan, a long-time Rangers beat write for both the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and MLB.com, noted just how big the hiring was in the contest of the history of the Rangers (as did this column at Inside the Rangers). 

Three biggest "name" hirings in Rangers history: Billy Martin in 1973...Buck Showalter in 2002...now Bruce Bochy.

All 3 came with Rangers at the lowest points in club history.

Rangers currently have 6 straight losing seasons...

4 straight before Martin and 3 before Showalter.

— TR Sullivan (@Sullivan_Ranger) October 21, 2022

Chris Vannini, who covers college football for The Athletic, once covered baseball. He had a witty comment about Bochy's cranium. 

Bruce Bochy has the biggest head I've ever seen in person, back when I covered baseball. He had a 8 1/8 hat size, one of the largest in MLB history.

This is my baseball analysis. https://t.co/N2KTj6EdA2

— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) October 21, 2022

One social media user posted a throwback to Bochy's playing days with the Houston Astros. 

Congrats to the Texas Rangers on hiring future HOF manager, Bruce Bochy. That’s massive.

Tell him to bring back the stache tho pic.twitter.com/Rb9oLkZZrn

— Shawn Spradling (@Shawn_Spradling) October 21, 2022

The Rangers expect to formally introduce Bochy at a press conference on Monday at Globe Life Field. Bochy and Rangers general manager Chris Young go back to San Diego, as Young played one season for the Padres under Bochy.

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