I'm not writing today.

So, what, you think I’m gonna write every day?

Just because there’s another victory to recount and celebrate, another series not lost, with two opportunities to plug it into the win column?

I’ve got a life, you know.

(Debatable.)

Cole Hamels was outstanding . . . blah blah blah . . . Ian Desmond was tremendous . . . yeah yeah yeah . . . Prince Fielder is coming out of it and so is Shawn Tolleson and Adrian Beltre is a damn treasure and the Rangers are damn good . . . how many times do you want this stuff reissued?

I could sit down this morning and talk instead about the historical significance of the Rangers’ record and their division lead or the makeup of this 25-man roster or that Ryan Rua story I’ve been wanting to write or the “unplugging” effect or Ronald Guzman and Travis Demeritte going to the Futures Game or Ryan Cordell MVP’ing the Texas League All-Star Game, or I could roll out a TROT COFFEY or deliver another quip in the developing Joe Girardi Joke Series or give you a heads-up about Newberg Report Night (circle August 14 on your calendar for now) or the new Newberg Report T-shirts that Paul Ylda designed and that you can buy right this second if you want, or I could say something stupid like kick-ass baseball is kick-ass.

But maybe I could use a break every once in a while. Did you think about that?

Someone suggested last night that if I take the day off from writing and then Texas loses tonight, it’s on me.

That’s fair.

Yeah, I’m baseball-superstitious.

No mismatched socks this season, but I’m making up for it with daily mismatched quads.

Not that I’m planning on bringing those back in 2017.

I’m not going to write today.

I’m just not.

Let’s go, Nick Martinez.

Give me something to write about tomorrow.

Great baseball is great.