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The self-realization of Delino DeShields: Now older, he suddenly sounds wiser

ARLINGTON -- With age comes wisdom.

Delino DeShields turned a bit older Thursday and on Friday, sporting a wrap on his newly-fractured right middle finger, sounded a whole lot wiser.

In what has become a disjointed season, DeShields, who turned 26 Thursday, landed on the disabled list for the third time Friday the victim of a fastball that kept running in on him during an abortive bunt attempt a night earlier. It caught just enough of his finger to cause the fracture. The Rangers recalled Drew Robinson to replace DeShields.

Just another in a litany of misfortune in a painful and forgettable year.