81.   Rangers manager Jerry Narron has already had a successful year even before spring training starts.

82.   Rangers manager Jerry Narron said he might return Everett to center field, possibly as early as this weekend.

83.   Rangers manager Johnny Oates agreed that the slam helped Gardner.

84.   Rangers manager Johnny Oates asked not what his lineup could do against Seattle Mariners left-hander Randy Johnson.

85.   Rangers manager Johnny Oates had an encouraging word for those Anaheim fans who get the idea Texas is unbeatable.

86.   Rangers manager Johnny Oates has adopted one part of the plan and will try to save Henneman for ninth-inning save situations.

87.   Rangers manager Johnny Oates is direct, blunt and honest.

88.   Rangers manager Johnny Oates is taking a traditionalist stance on interleague play, saying that he opposes the plan but would favor elimination of the designated-hitter rule.

89.   Rangers manager Johnny Oates preferred to give Radke all the credit.

90.   Rangers manager Johnny Oates refused to say the series had been a step backward for his team.