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Can Texas take the heat?
Players deny it, management downplays it, fans are confused by it and the media overblows it. But no matter how you feel about the Texas heat, one thing is for sure -- the Rangers are definitely not the Boys of Summer. In its 25-year history, the franchise has seen pennant-after-pennant slip away and are the only A.L. team not to make the playoffs. And it's not that they haven't had their chances. Texas has arrived at the All-Star break in first or second place nine times, only to see their playoff chances go up in smoke in July and August. But is it the temperature, or the pressure of the pennant drive that really gets to them? Read about the issue, check out the numbers in Stats Class, and tell us what you think.
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