http://www.mlbinjurynews.com/2012/09/the-texas-rangers-are-living-through.html
<br><br>I can't/won't agree with the author's conclusion that the Rangers seem "destined" for the Series again ("destiny" usually involves "magic" and all that., of which there's been a notable lack this year, no Bengie Molina cycle or Josh Hamilton capping off Dead Fan week with a walkoff upper deck blast), but this is as good a look as I've yet seen (and outside the local media, the only look I've seen) at what kind of season it's been as far as dealing with injuries, and to which I can only add that the stat-heads and such get all boogedybooped about Ron Washington's decisions and stuff, but hell, Wash has managed this team through all this as well as anybody could, if not better. If it were just about numbers, hell, that's business, not life. Michael Young's fallen off a cliff this year? Yep. Bench Michael Young? No, because you're playing with humans, not statistical simulations. A manager who doesn't have a good read on his team's psyche/intangibles/etc will be named Bobby Valentine & end up likewise.
<br><br>That, and that Jon Daniels is the kind of GM that just makes you want to say "thank you". The young man does his homework and plays his game as well as the players have come to play theirs. Success or failure in the crapshoots be damned, for day-to-day effort/results, what more can you realistically ask for?