Brandon McCarthy Should Have Tacos With Me

Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty ImagesThis is the first time I’ve written those words on LSB. It took me a long while to muster the courage to do this. Adrian Beltre is one of my favorite earthlings, and I will miss seeing him on the field (who else will jog in place right after a pitch comes a bit too close?).

Jeff Banister is gone and the Chris Woodward era is upon us. The 42-year-old takes the reigns of his first MLB managerial job after three years in Los Angeles with the Dodgers organization. When the Rangers announced the Woodward hire, I had mixed feelings about it because this hire wasn’t Michael Young (not that Young was going to be the manager). Woodward is young enough to relate to…