Rangers Still Doing Their Thing

There are many things that one learns when taking in the opening weekend of the Major League Baseball season, but if there is one thing we should take away from Opening Weekend, its this:

The road to the World Series in the American League still runs through Texas.

Despite all the offseason talk about the Boston Red Sox and their free agent signings, the Texas Rangers are still the team to beat, and they showed it in their opening series against the Red Sox. Earning a sweep of the series, the Rangers hit 11 home runs on their way to early AL dominance.

Here's the thing about the Rangers: we've always known they can hit. Dating back to the A-Rod days, scoring runs was never the problem. It was always a lack of pitching that plagued the Rangers. So now that they have just a little bit of pitching (which is arguably more than a little bit with the young arms they have), they become a very dangerous team. They went to the World Series last year for a reason, and that reason seems to be holding true so far in 2011.

Make no mistake - Boston will be fine. In fact, they'll be more than fine. But for now, it's Texas that holds the reins, and this weekend's confirmation was a marvelous thing to behold.