ARLINGTON - When life presents questions begging answers that don't come easily for someone of my pay-grade, I naturally look to The Big Lebowski for philosophical guidance.
Or as the Stranger told the Dude, "Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes, well, the bar eats you."
Friends, in the vernacular, the Rangers have been et.
This came to me Tuesday while watching the locals out at the Globe. They've played exactly one hundred games, and, frankly, I've seen enough. If you thought they were going to be better -- or worse -- you're wrong.