The Texas Rangers' Magic Number: ZERO!!!
Usually by the time we start feeling fall, your Texas Rangers have long since raised the white flag. But I'll be damned, tonight in Arlington they're going to raise a championship banner.
Cue Prince, it is indeed time to party like it's 1999.
When Nelson Cruz nabbed a lazy fly ball to shallow left field Saturday afternoon, the Rangers proclaimed themselves "winners" for only the fourth time in 39 seasons of baseball. With a monumental 4-3 victory over the A's, the Rangers won the American League West and got us jazzed for a rarity in these parts: October baseball.
Read Richie's full Sportatorium blog at DallasObserver.com.
