What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I'm a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams.(SCENE: The Texas Rangers have just won the 2012 World Series, and team president Nolan Ryan joins general manager Jon Daniels for a victory cigar in the GM's office. Atop the desk in the office sits the World Series trophy that Texas just won as they look down on the last few fans filing out of The Ballpark at Arlington, who had stayed late to celebrate with some of the players who had just come out of the clubhouse, soaking wet with champagne.)RYAN: Man, I'll tell you what, Jon, third time's a charm.DANIELS: It sure is, Nolan. It's nice to finally have been handed the trophy instead of watching San Francisco or St. Louis hoist it.RYAN: I have to admit, I didn't think we'd be able to make some of the moves we did, but I guess when Artie made those huge deals for Pujo...
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PLAYERS:
Nolan Ryan,
Jon Daniels,
Joe Nathan,
Tanner Scheppers,
Tiki Barber,
CJ Wilson
TEAMS: Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels
TEAMS: Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels
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