Before each game the Texas Rangers’ relievers walk from the dugout or clubhouse to the bullpen, where they will sit and pass the time until their starting pitcher runs into trouble or runs out of pitches or both.
At some point of late, surely someone out there — or maybe more than one — has wondered when it will all begin to go wrong again. The same likely goes for the rest of the team.
As struggling players and teams are fond of saying, baseball gives them a chance at redeeming themselves the next day after a bad outing.