A year ago on this date, I wrote a million words wrapping up the miserable 2014 season.
Today is better.
With Shawn Tolleson now having pitched four straight nights for the first time in his career, and Sam Dyson doing so for the first time since joining the Rangers, and Keone Kela’s availability a massive Stanley Cup-level mystery — he hasn’t pitched since Tuesday despite having not allowed a run in the seven and a half weeks following his return from the minors — it wouldn’t be any surprise if the game plan for the Angels at noon is to lay off Colby Lewis’s slider, drive his pitch count, and make the bionic 36-year-old work.