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'You don't hear that a lot': How Chris Woodward's message to Rangers differs from what they heard in recent years

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- It was a strange day in the Arizona desert. Hail rained from the sky. Stranger still: Baseball players talked openly about anxieties and failures.

See, the new-age baseball isn't all about technology and data.

There's a healthy dose of self-awareness.

This was the topic of the Rangers' team talk Thursday before the rain chased them inside and a deluge of pea-sized hail pelted the spring training complex. In a sport that remains results-driven and one in which "success" often means only failing 70 percent of the time, the idea was to make players more aware of separating the process from the results.