“Has anyone told you yet?”



Jon Daniels has a glint in his eye, the sort of mischievous look that says “the game is afoot.”



“No,” I reply. “That’s why I’m asking you.”



He does not break eye contact, but smiles. “Good luck!”



It’s a rare secret in modern baseball that can withstand even a few weeks, much less a few years. In this era of social media and infinite sources, only a few mysteries remain. How did A.J. Burnett get a black eye? Who smashed Sammy Sosa’s boombox? Who complained about Adam LaRoche’s son in the locker room, prompting LaRoche to retire? (Bonus revelation: according to one source, the answer to the last one was “Like, everyone, but primarily Jimmy Rollins.”)



The 2013 Rangers had two such mysteries. One of them (Did Tanner Scheppers get jumped in a Cleveland bar?) was solved in short order. The other? Well, the other has...