A year and two days ago, we woke up to a fading race that sported a Rangers team that had lost 10 of 12, and 18 of 24.
The club was nine back in the division, and seven back in the Wild Card race.
Seven games back for a Wild Card spot, that is.
And six teams back.
That night, there was a magical baseball game that made no objective sense.
Matt Harrison threw six shutout innings.
In Coors Field.
It was the second game he’d pitched in more than a calendar year.