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Last night the Rangers made the Red Sox look like a Federal Bank with no security guards.  Like a junkyard with no dog.  Like an FAO Schwarz with no talking tree.  

Ignore that last simile, the reality is they are a baseball team whose primary catcher throws out less than nine percent of all the runners that dare go on him.  Eight times in last night's contest Texas felt fully confident they could swipe second (and once third) from Jason Varitek.  While all the blame should not be solely placed on the captain's shoulders, Brad Penny moves like molasses to the plate, Varitek was unable to gun down runners even when he knew they were going to take off.  There were pitchouts and fastballs away that just didn't seem to make a difference.  

Regardless the Sox have to shake this loss off and focus on taking the series this afternoon behind Tazawa and his filthy stuff opposing hitters haven't had a sniff of yet.   

Articles

On a slow, slow Sunday that will most likely be highlighted by Tiger Woods' 15th major (third tournament victory in a row, six on the year), here's the Globe's Extra Bases blog which gives you today's line-up and other important what have you's.  

Jeff Wilson at Star-Telegram.com has a nice piece on Texas's rookies and how the future's looking bright for the Rangers organization.  

And those are the only two articles on the internet worth reading.  If you're still searching for more, just watch Tiger...or Ian Kinsler being a pussy