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Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob Latz delivers during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros at Globe Life Field on Sunday, July 12, 2026, in Arlington.<\/p>\n
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Sign up for the Sports Roundup newsletter<\/a> to receive exclusive content from Sherrington every week. Read an excerpt from this week\u2019s newsletter below.<\/p>\n Kevin Sherrington’s A La Carte<\/p>\n \u2014 Best story of the Rangers\u2019 first half is Jacob Latz<\/a>. Deserved a spot in the rotation, took one for the team by going to the bullpen and turned himself into an All-Star closer. One of the main reasons this club still has a playoff shot.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u2014 Remember when the Rangers could have nominated several candidates for Home Run Derby? No park was too big back in the day. Do you think the Globe could have held Josh Hamilton?\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2014 So let me get this straight: The Rangers\u2019 first-round pick<\/a> is a kid who played on the same team as Skip\u00a0Schumaker\u2019s son last year? Did their second-round pick come from a carpool?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u2014 World Cup play proved that real grass could survive even in a closed environment like\u00a0JerryWorld<\/a>. NFL players prefer it, too, but it\u2019s simple economics to owners. Turf holds up better for set-up of stages, etc., on the field. Rangers came to same conclusion at the Globe. They like 365-day income. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u2014 The Mavs\u2019 first pick, Morez Johnson Jr., looks like he\u2019d be all-world as long as the NBA gives him 10 fouls a game<\/a> like they do in Vegas. He\u2019ll have to rein it in a little once the season starts.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u2014 Long before he moderated Cotton Bowl press conferences and became a fixture in both SMU as well as Cowboys press boxes, Peter Irwin was a star drummer at Hillcrest. Died last week at 84. Memorials may be made to the Hillcrest High School Band or Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep.<\/p>\n Story time: Our Evan Grant recently decided to take up golf again after a 30-year hiatus and sought yours truly as his accomplice, which is how I ended up in the emergence room on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n Evan could have picked Tim\u00a0Cowlishaw, SportsDay\u2019s most gifted golfer, who, unprovoked, once challenged me to a match using only a 5-iron and a putter. He could have used a pickleball paddle and still won. Evan may have heard that story and made him think twice.<\/p>\n Anyway, we met at Stevens Park Golf Course on a blistering Friday morning where we were joined by a former postal carrier and firefighter, both retired. Pretty fair golfers. Gentlemen, too. You couldn\u2019t hear so much as a giggle during my\u00a0backswing.<\/p>\n Evan created a sensation when he birdied the first hole, a par-4. Frankly, I\u2019d have retired on the spot and taken up something less daunting. Nuclear engineering, maybe.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Pretty soon the thrill had worn off and a scene straight out of \u201cApocalypse Now\u201d had set in. We staggered to the finish, bid farewell to our patient partners and adjourned to S&D Oyster Co., for an extended rehabilitation. And that might have been the end of it, I suppose, if not for the nasty rash that developed a few days later.<\/p>\n Admitting nurse: \u201cHave you been in any trees or shrubs lately?\u201d<\/p>\n Me: \u201cI played golf the other day.\u201d<\/p>\n Nurse: \u201cHow do you get in trees and shrubs playing golf?\u201d<\/p>\n Me: \u201cWhen you play like I do.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n On a related note, I have also spent both a birthday and Father\u2019s Day in the ER. Working my way around the holidays, apparently. Seems like a vote for the sedentary life. \u00a0<\/p>\n More from Sherrington<\/p>\n \u2014 Mark Cuban\u2019s history with\u00a0Mavs makes petitioning Adelsons over ‘handshake deal’ a head scratcher<\/a><\/p>\n