The Rangers gave Ron Washington a contract extension through the 2014 season:

Ron Washington has the third longest tenure of any manager in Ranger history, and currently sports a 427-383 career record. He’s in position to pass Johnny Oates for second on the Rangers’ all-time games managed list in early May, 2013, and to pass Bobby Valentine atop the list in 2014.

I was long a Ron Washington doubter, and expressed my belief that Jon Daniels had screwed up his first managerial hire. I’ve come around on Washington, though, and I’m glad he’s here managing the Rangers.

It’s tough to argue with success. He took the Rangers to their first World Series, and came very close to winning it all in his second try. He’s the first manager to win back-to-back AL titles since Joe Torre in 2000-2001. It’s nice to see that success rewarded.