Disappointing news from spring training, where the first juicy controversy has fizzled.
That’s right — there apparently will be no uniform war at Rangers camp between ex-Giants Matt Moore and Tim Lincecum over No. 55.
Moore wore 55 for the better part of six seasons with the Tampa Rays. He was then traded to San Francisco where Lincecum’s No. 55 is regarded as a holy integer. Moore, ever agreeable, took 45. When he was traded to Texas he believed he could slide back into his familiar double-nickel. Then the Rangers signed Lincecum.
“It’s not like it’s something I have to have,” Moore said.