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In Jason Grilli, Rangers bullpen finds something it's been looking for for a long time: A mentor

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ARLINGTON -- Jason Grilli’s first official act as new Rangers bullpen whisperer, mentor and occasional reliever Monday was to set the tone and take care of some unfinished business.

He shook Ernesto Frieri’s hand.

The last time they met, it was under far different circumstances. Just traded for one another with Grilli going to Anaheim and Frieri to Pittsburgh, the two happened to both change planes at Chicago’s O’Hare airport and both felt a call to nature at the same time.

“I was standing there [at a urinal] and there’s this guy at another one looking back at me,” Grilli said.