SURPRISE, Ariz. - The game has been over for 45 minutes. The Chicago Cubs' bus left 15 minutes ago. The regulars who played and exited in the middle innings are about to roll back into Mesa. Or, knowing Phoenix traffic, at least on the outskirts of Tempe.
Yu Darvish, though, is in the Rangers clubhouse.
He is hugging pitching coach Doug Brocail and telling him how much he misses him. GM Jon Daniels and the clubhouse attendants have been chatting with him. Now, he is laughing with Shin-Soo Choo, then accidentally knocks over Choo's stash of bats, leading Elvis Andrus to yell "in the box!