Texas Rangers: Playoff bound?

It has been a few weeks since I wrote so forgive me if my thoughts ramble a little; there is a lot on my mind.  I am also not used to being in this position seeing as how the last time the Rangers were in a pennant race I was 18, but this is the best uncomfortable feeling I have ever had. This last road trip was not too successful, but there was definitely some good that came from it.  We played very well against the Yankees, and lets be honest, if we make the playoffs, then we will play the Yankees; it just always happens that way.  Our starting pitching has started to show a little bit of it's youth.  We have just not pitched as solidly as we did earlier in the year.  I don't claim to be a pitching coach, but I have noticed a common theme in the games where our pitchers struggle. They work too slow. Early in the year Millwood, and pretty much everybody, were working fast, moving through batters, and controlling the pace of the game.&...