This isn’t the finish line, but it does feel like Frank Shorter entering the stadium.
And that’s no impostor joining him on the track.
It’s Hamels, Perez, Holland, and Lewis, against Correa, Altuve, Springer, and Rasmus.
And Kazmir, McHugh, Keuchel, and McCullers, against Choo, Beltre, Rougie, and maybe, just maybe, Prince.
If Springer didn’t catch the ball, Texas would be a half-game up right now.
But that doesn’t matter, either.
It’s 14 of the remaining 20 at home for the Rangers, and 10 of 19 on the road for the Astros, but whatever happens in these four in Arlington and then the three in Houston in a week and a half could make the rest a good bit less pivotal.