The 17-12 Rangers

OK. It's only May 5th but the Rangers are in first place at 17-12. What I love is that the starting pitching has been impressive during the 6 game winning streak.

OK. The Rangers swept Tampa Bay and Baltimore, two of the weak AL sisters. Yet, this is what you have to do to win. You beat up the weaker teams and then split with the big teams.

The Rangers have a big test coming up. They play the NY Yankees at home, then move on to Boston and New York.

Texas has built up a little cushion at 17-12. They can go 4-5 or 5-4 against NY and Boston and still sit pretty in the AL West.

Speaking of firsts, Millwood pitched a complete game with 100 pitches last night. You don't see a lot of those anymore.