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Rangers turn heads
with winning streak
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The eyes of Texas are on the
Rangers.
Since leaving Washington in 1971,
the Texas Rangers have been a team
in search of a pennant and an iden
tity. The Rangers are playing like
they may find both in 1989.
Texas’ 10-1 record represents its
best start since moving to Arlington
17 years ago.
“When you’re off to this kind of
start, there’s nobody who isn’t doing
a great job,” Manager Bobby Valen
tine said. “That’s obvious. We’ve also
been lucky. We’re swinging the bats
and believing.”
The Rangers are due for some
luck.
The Washington Senators turned
into the Texas Rangers in 1972. The
name may have changed, but the
team was still bad.
Ted Williams was the manager
and his team finished last in the
American League West at 54-100
and the top pitcher was Rich Hand
at 10-14.
Williams didn’t care much for the
Texas heat — or the Rangers’ losing
— and left to do some fishing.
Since then, Whitey Herzog, Billy
Martin, Frank Lucchesi, Billy
Hunter, Pat Corrales, Don Zimmer,
Darrell Johnson and Doug Rader
have tried without much success to
turn the Rangers into winners.
In 1977, Eddie Stanky managed
the Rangers for one game and de
cided he had seen enough.
The Rangers have also had a
problem grooming any real stars
that Texas could call its own.
Frank Howard, Ferguson Jenkins,
Gaylord Perry, Bert Blyleven, Doyle
Alexander, Bobby Bonds, A1 Oliver,
Bert Campaneris, Bucky Dent and
Sparky Lyle all played in a Texas
uniform. But they all found stardom
with other teams first.
Along the way, the Rangers let
Ron Darling, Walt Terrell and Dave
Righetti get away.
Buddy Bell, Jim Sundberg and
knuckleballer Charlie Hough are the
closest the Rangers have to old fa
vorites.
Hough was purchased from the
Los Angeles Dodgers on July 11,
1980 and has been part of the Rang
ers’ rotation since 1982.
Hough, 41, was the winning
pitcher Sunday as the Rangers won
their eighth consecutive game with a
9-6 victory over Detroit.
“Our pitching has been good,”
Hough said. “But I like the way our
offense has taken advantage of it.”
The Rangers were a disappoint
ing 70-91 under Valentine last sea
son and General Manager Tom
Grieve went to the winter meetings
and made five transactions involving
17 players in three days.
Grieve also signed Texas hero No
lan Ryan to a two-year deal worth $2
million.
Ryan has already helped sell some
season tickets and last week he
struck out 15 Milwaukee Brewers to
set a club record in only his second
start as a Ranger.
“Having Nolan around helps ev
eryone on this team,” Valentine said
of the 42-year-old right-hander.
The Rangers also added first
baseman Rafael Palmeiro and sec
ond baseman Julio Franco.
Franco entered Monday night’s
game against Milwaukee leading the
Rangers with 13 RBIs and Palmeiro
had nine.
“On an individual basis, I don’t
know if this is a better club, but the
ability to produce is better,” Hough
said. “We’re getting clutch hits.
When we get guys on base now,
we’re not hitting into double plays.”
Hough got the season off on the
right note when he shut out Detroit
on opening day. No Texas pitcher
had ever thrown a complete-game
shutout in a season opener.
Valentine took over for Rader in
1985 and the following season man
aged the Rangers to a surprising sec
ond-place finish at 87-75.
But he had losing records the last
two seasons. Valentine must win this
year if he doesn’t want to join the
long list of former Ranger man
agers.
“I think players like Ruben Sierra,
Pete Incaviglia, Scott Fletcher and
Steve Buchele have all matured and
are ready for big seasons,” Valentine
said. “We’re not going to overpower
anybody so we need contributions
from everyone.”
The Rangers are a combination of
young players who want to win for
the first time and veterans who want
to win again.
“This can bring excitement,” In
caviglia said of the streak. “This is
important to us. I think it’s impor
tant to Texas. We think it’s our turn,
and we have the horses to do it.”
Smith erases doubts
with strong return
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Erase any
doubts about Ozzie Smith coming
back. The St. Louis Cardinals short
stop is back.
Smith, who missed the Cardinals’
first seven games this season because
of a rib-cage injury, debuted with a
flair in two weekend games against
the New York Mets.
He had five hits in eight at-bats as
the Cards won both Saturday and
Sunday.
Smith singled twice in St. Louis’
victory Saturday, his second hit set
ting up the winning run in the 10th
inning. On Sunday, after the Cardi
nals trailed 2-0, his three singles ig
nited another comeback.
It wasn’t until shortly before Sat
urday’s nationally televised game
that team physician Stan London
gave Smith permission to play.
“Actually, it was about five min
utes before the game,” Smith said. “I
told Dr. London that I’d done all the
things that he’d asked me to do —
throw on the run, turn the double
play and all those things and I didn’t
feel any pain.”
Still, Manager Whitey Herzog had
reservations about Smith being re
ady.
“The doctor said he was all right,
but you always worry,” Herzog said.
“(But) the first play he made he
landed on his side. If he didn’t get
Ethiopian wins
BOSTON (AP) — Abebe Mekon-
nen of Ethiopia, who missed the
1988 race because of his nation’s
boycott, won the 93rd Boston Mar
athon Monday as Juma Ikangaa of
Tanzania was runner-up for the sec
ond consecutive year.
Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway, the
world’s fastest women’s marathoner
and the 1986 winner in Boston, won
her race easily in 2:24:33. She holds
the world record of 2:21:06. The
course record of 2:22:43 was set in
1983 by Joan Benoit Samuelson.
hurt, then he’s not going to get
hurt.”
Smith said he did nothing ex
traordinary in his rehabilitation.
“I’ve been riding a (stationary)
bike, which is the only thing that I
could have done,” he said.
First baseman Pedro Guerrero
said Smith’s return, which sent fill-in
Jose Oquendo back to second base,
boosted St. Louis’ mood.
“It’s a lot different for us with Oz
zie at shortsop and Oquendo at sec
ond base,” Guerrero said. “It
seemed like we went out there to win
the game. We battled to extra in
nings, and we played great defense.”
Smith, after a postgame rubdown
he received at home Saturday night
from his wife, came back Sunday
with a two-RBI performance.
“As long as I can play without any
pain, then everything is fine,” Smith
said. “I guess it goes to show that
winning is much more than really
being able to make a big play or get a
big hit. It’s being able to help your
team from a psychological stand
point, and hopefully I did that.”
“When you play a ballclub such as
the Mets, with their outstanding
pitching, anytime that you can beat
them it’s very positive,” Smith said.
“Our goal right now is to try to win
as many games on this home stand as
we can. I think that will give us a big
boost.”
Boston race
Marguerite Buist of New’ Zealand
was a distant second.
Mekonnen’s 48-second margin of
victory was much larger than the
one-second margin of Ibrahim Hus
sein of Kenya last year, the closest
Boston Marathon ever.
Mekonnen’s time of 2 hours, 9
minutes, 6 seconds was the seventh
fastest in Boston Marathon history
as he won his sixth marathon in his
last seven outings.
John Treacy of Ireland was third
for the second straight year.
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