SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Rangers outfielder Justin Ruggiano had never seen a tornado before. That changed on the night of Dec. 26, when the most destructive of a series of tornadoes came within a few miles of his home on the east side of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
"I was watching on a hill," Ruggiano said. "The tornado touched down in Sunnyvale and I watched it for about 12 miles. I watched it go across I-30. You could see it when there was lightning and then it would disappear. Then it got across [Lake Ray Hubbard] and it would hit those transformers.