- Commissioner’s statement on Ventura, Marte
- Ronnie O’Sullivan: Masters champion ‘felt so vulnerable’ in final
- Arron Fletcher Wins 2017 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event ($140,224)
- Smith challenges Warner to go big in India
- Moncada No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Braves land 2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Kingery makes MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- New Zealand wrap up 2-0 after Bangladesh implosion
- Mathews, Pradeep, Gunathilaka to return to Sri Lanka
- Elliott hopes for rain for Poli
Blue Jays, Rangers focus on winning, not past
- Updated: October 6, 2016
ARLINGTON — There is a time to settle scores. This is not it. That’s the bottom line for the Rangers and Blue Jays.
“This is the playoffs,” Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre said. “You know how difficult it is to get where we’re at right now?”
Game Date Time Matchup TV Gm 1 Oct. 6 4:30 p.m. TOR @ TEX TBS/SN/TVA Gm 2 Oct. 7 1 p.m. TOR @ TEX TBS/SN/TVA Gm 3 Oct. 9 7:30 p.m. TEX @ TOR TBS/SN/TVA *Gm 4 Oct. 10 TBD TEX @ TOR TBS/SN/TVA *Gm 5 Oct. 12 TBD TOR @ TEX TBS/SN/TVA *- If necessary | All times listed ETShop for postseason gear: Rangers | Blue Jays • Complete Postseason coverage
Down the hallway in the visiting clubhouse at Globe Life Park, the message was the same.
“I’m not looking for revenge,” Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista said. “I’m looking to win ballgames. That’s entirely what my focus is on. Hopefully, I get to keep it there.”
Sure, there’s bad blood between the Rangers and Blue Jays. Neither team runs from that fact.
“There’s no secret the two teams don’t like each other,” Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Pillar said. “They don’t like what we did to them last year. We don’t like the way they responded.”
But something far more important is at stake. Something players dream about their entire lives — a World Series championship.
This American League Division Series that begins at 4:38 p.m. ET on Thursday is more than a rematch of last year’s postseason. It’s about a crack at winning a ring. Seasons are too long and too difficult to get sidetracked by anything else at this point in the season.
“We have our mind on getting to the World Series and winning it,” Beltre said. “We don’t have our mind on trying to fight somebody or thinking about what happened three months ago.”
On the other hand, things do …
