Further evidence of an improbable season keeps piling up: The Rangers may have been outnumbered by the Astros at the All-Star Game, but the impact the organization made on the outcome was as big or bigger.
Joey Gallo's first-pitch, pinch-hit home run provided what proved to be the winning margin.
And Mike Minor's replacement was named MVP.
Genius, is what it was.
And here we criticized the club for looking clumsy in the handling of Minor's status before the All-Star Game -- he's starting Sunday/no, he isn't -- and costing Minor a chance to pitch in his first midsummer classic.