The Latest Breaking News from Marcus Semien

CHICAGO – The sport is beautiful. The business can be cruel.

CHICAGO — Here’s what you need to know about the impact of baseball’s big rule changes: Action and offense is up; game time is down. The latter significantly.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Just as you would expect for a team that spent $300 million over the winter redoing the starting rotation: The lineup is apparently unstoppable.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Upon his hiring as the general manager of the Texas Rangers in 2001, John Hart famously said, “The landscape is littered with train wrecks that have never made the postseason.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Mariners manager Scott Servais calls J.P. Crawford “a thinker. He doesn’t get credit for that.”

Few players combined for power and speed like the longtime Phillies shortstop.

ARLINGTON, Texas — They have all but perfected this part. On Thursday afternoon, on the airy concourse at Globe Life Field, marched a procession of Rangers ticket sales reps, marketing execs, front office officials and a gaggle of players who have been using the place for offseason workouts.

DALLAS — Let’s just call this Rangers’ winter spending spree — apparently an annual event now — what it is. It’s a heck of a lot of fun. From a business standpoint, it could evolve into a nightmare but let’s not go all glass-half-empty while owner Ray Davis is throwing…

Yes, five years is a lot. But no one is as good as the former Mets ace when he’s healthy.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jose Suarez kept the Texas Rangers and the Angel Stadium crowd on their toes in his final start of the season.

And now the number is one.