It was five years ago today.
Talks between the Mariners and Yankees hit a snag, with Seattle making some sort of reference to the medicals on AA second baseman David Adams’s ankle that DeAndre Jordan would have approved of, and Texas swooped in and made Justin Smoak available once and for all, shipping the first baseman along with righthander Blake Beavan and Josh Lueke and AA second baseman Matt Lawson to Seattle for Cliff Lee and Mark Lowe.
Five years ago today.
So much Rangers history since.
Including an ALDS clincher that year — the Rangers’ first ever — at Tampa Bay, ending with Cliff marching toward Bengie as the final ball in play catapulted in the direction of Elvis’s glove.