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Kumar Rocker? Projected late first-round pick Kumar Rocker? Really?The Texas Rangers could have played it safe on Sunday. They could have stuck to the script, passed out some victory cigars, and crowed to the press about how they’d just taken another step toward contending in the AL West. They would have been telling the truth too, or at least as much of the truth as could be expected in one of the most uncertain undertakings in pro sports: the Major League Baseball draft.Instead, the Rangers did something that stunned an entire sport. Something that may define the careers of a whole bunch of front office executives and possibly the next decade of baseball in Arlington.With the third overall pick, with loads of seemingly can’t-miss talent…

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