Hamels said the Rangers came out ranked No. 1 by he and his wife in an exercise they went through once it became apparent that the Phillies were going to trade him as a part of a major rebuilding.
“We took all 30 teams, even the Phillies, and had 50 questions, each of which had a point system,” he said. “It had a lot of variables that were positive not only to the game, but to my family and to values as a person who doesn’t play baseball.”
The Rangers were ranked No. 1, ahead of his hometown Padres or the Dodgers or the Angels, all based in Southern California. Ahead of the Yankees or Cardinals or Giants, teams with championship legacies.
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