Friday a.m. Rangers stuff

Good morning...everyone feeling good today?

Texas won 8-2 last night to sweep Houston.

Anthony Andro's game story talks about the Rangers stepping up and sweeping the Astros.

Jeff Wilson writes that the series could not have gone any better for Texas.

Evan Grant goes through five reasons why the Rangers have surged in the second half.

Gil Lebreton has a column on the leadership the Rangers have in their clubhouse.

Rick Gosselin writes that the Rangers are defying both logic and expectations.

Mike Leslie writes that the 2015 Rangers season all comes down to Jeff Banister, whose brilliance is responsible for the team being in first place.

Josh Hamilton took batting practice yesterday, and hopes to be available to pinch hit before the season is over.

Adrian Beltre has been named the recipient of the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award this year.

The Rangers have started donning masks and inserting themselves in other players interviews.

Stefan Stevenson talked to Eric Nadel about Milo Hamilton, the longtime Astros announcer who passed away yesterday.

The low-A Hickory Crawdads won the South Atlantic League championship yesterday.

The S-T's notes talk about Adrian Beltre, Josh Hamilton and Shin-Soo Choo.

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