Search:

It’s that time of year when the Texas sun beats down unmercifully, its hottest rays ostensibly targeting the home dugout at Rangers Stadium in Arlington.

Usually you can count on baseball’s obituary writers to move the Rangers to the top of their lists. When July arrives, Texas’ American League team has historically already departed as far as the pennant race is concerned.

There was no reason to expect anything different when the Rangers stumbled out of the starting gate in the spring. Even the spectacular resurrections of outfielders Josh Hamilton and Milton Bradley we...