This story starts off in 2014, but very briefly. Every employee of the Texas Rangers got hurt in 2014. Players? Yup. Front office personnel? You bet. Parking lot attendants? A valet went down with an ACL tear as he sprinted to fetch a Lexus (ok, he caught a cramp but he was in pain, man).
So when the 2015 season arrived, the fans, players, front office, and especially that valet — he recovered and is now faster than ever — didn’t want to see another injury ever again. Then Adrian Beltre’s thumb decided to get injured.