ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bruce Bochy will turn 70 next year during his 28th season as a big league manager, and really isn't thinking beyond that. He just knows where he wants the Texas Rangers to be, especially after they failed this season to even make the playoffs in defense of the World Series championship they won with him last year after he came out retirement. “I’m still hungry to get back.
Yeah, I’m disappointed, just like all of us. That’s why I got back in the game,” Bochy said Tuesday. “That’s what drives me.
It’s still there, and that’s where I’m at right now. ..
. We’re working to get this thing back to where we want to be, and that’s getting back to the postseason and winning the championship.” Bochy has completed the first two seasons of his three-year contract with the Rangers.
In his debut, they went from six consecutive losing seasons to their first world title — and his fourth . Now they are coming off a 78-84 season in which they dropped below .500 for good on May 21.
Without elaborating on his contract, Bochy said he is where he wants to be and is happy. “It couldn't have worked out better,” he said. “We've talked about my situation, believe me, and this is where I will end up.
” Bochy's 2,171 career wins are eighth all-time and the most among active managers, 574 more than Bob Melvin in his 21st season. Bochy managed the San Diego Padres from 1995-2006 and San Francisco from 2007-19, winning World Series titles with the.
