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Five encouraging signs from the Rangers’ successful opening start to the new season

Jose Leclerc couldn't have been much better during the Rangers' season-opening homestand, with three saves and a win. Bob Booth Special to the Star-Telegram

Stranger things have happened than what transpired the past six days at Globe Life Park, where the picked-for-last Texas Rangers finished their first homestand of the season, covering their first six games of 2019, with a 4-2 record.

But series wins over the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros weren’t expected by most, if not all, neutral baseball observers. The Cubs and Astros have won two of the past three World Series.