The Dallas Morning News
Texas Rangers third base coach Tony Beasley (27) talks with injured third baseman Adrian Beltre (29) after the last out in the top of the third inning during Game 1 of the ALDS between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News)
SURPRISE, Ariz. - On the day that spring training was supposed to begin with nothing but optimistic news, Rangers manager Jeff Banister stood at the front of a newly-constructed and well appointed conference room, looked out over nearly 50 staffers and told them that perhaps his closest friend in the organization has cancer.