DALLAS (TNS) — As usual, Christmas shopping snuck up on us. Maybe it’s because we were otherwise occupied trying to fill the copious wish list for those crazy baseball kids over in Arlington, Texas, who’ve been neither naughty nor particularly nice in 2025.
If the Texas Rangers were to get what was really appropriate for their 81-81 season, it would probably be a level.
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