An early summer series between sub-.400 and a sub-.500 team might not seem like a big deal, but not when the Washington Nationals are visiting the Texas Rangers.
Not when the Nats are playing in Texas for the first time in 17 seasons, and only the second time since Washington Senators’ owner Bob Short moved his club to a minor league ballpark between Dallas and Fort Worth after the 1971 season.
Short has been dead for 30 of the 50 years since he moved the Senators to Texas, and he still stinks.
On behalf of millions of kids whose hearts Short ripped out after we had fallen in love with Frank Howard, the Senators and baseball, that 50th anniversary patch on the Rangers’ sleeves is galling.