ARLINGTON, Texas — Baseball, conventionally, isn’t an instant gratification sport. It’s a long season; a grind that’s glorified. It’s 162 games, and after Friday night’s series-opening loss to the Atlanta Braves, the Rangers were only 20 games through it.
As Rangers manager Chris Woodward would later put it, a 6-14 record in that span wasn’t time to abandon ship, but it was time to turn it around.
So Woodward, searching for a spark, made a promise on Friday night: the next day’s lineup would have some changes.
