TEXAS NOW ON AUTO-PILOT
BY PAT DORWIN
SPORTSWRITER
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
WHEN THE MESS STARTED, THE RANGERS WERE IN THE MIDST OF CRAWLING THEIR WAY BACK TO RESPECTABILITY, MOVING TO WITHIN EIGHT GAMES OF .500.
THIRTEEN GAMES - AND 13 LOSSES LATER, TEXAS HAS SEEMINGLY THROWN IN THE TOWEL ON SEASON TWO-2010.
"I WOULDN'T REALLY SAY THAT," SAID TEXAS PLAYMASTER LEE GANNON. "OK, MAYBE I WOULD."
GANNON IS THE MAN ULTIMITALY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RANGERS' PLAY ON THE FIELD. IN THE MIDST OF THE LOSING STREAK, GANNON DECIDED TO GO TO FAST-FORWARD MODE.
"I FAST-FORWARD EACH HALF-INNING TO JUST OUR AT-BATS," GANNON SAYS. "OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT BEEN WORKING WELL."
GANNON WILL ALSO FAST-FORWARD ENTIRE GAMES AT TIMES (ALTHOUGH NOT DURING STREAKS) AND WILL FF TO LATER INNINGS TO SEE IF TEXAS CAN PULL WITHIN A COUPLE OF RUNS, THEN PLAY IT OUT.
THE STREAK INCLUDES LOSSES TO THE ROYALS (12-4), MINNESOTA (4-2, 10-9 AND 10-1), THE WHITE SOX (6-1, 9-1 AND 10-7) TAMPA BAY (5-2, 8-1 AND 15-1) AND THE MARINERS (4-1, 13-6 AND 10-3, WITH THE SERIES FINALE COMING UP).
"THE LOSING STREAK SHOULD HAV STOPPED AT 12, BUT A PS3 GLITCH DIDN'T SAVE ROOKIE PITCHER ROBERT RAY'S STRONG SEVEN INNINGS IN HIS FIRST MAJOR-LEAGUE START," GANNON SAID.
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