On a night of snap-crackling energy at the Garden opener, during which the Rangers flashed their speed and their skill, it was their mindset as articulated by the brilliant Henrik Lundqvist that was most encouraging.
"It was such a big game for us...
Andy Pettitte didn't think center fielder Brett Gardner had a chance in Hades to come up with the low liner off the bat of the Twins' Denard Span, the game's very first hitter yesterday.
Gardner not only thought he could get it, he knew he could, and did...
Rhode Island guard Jimmy Baron had read all the scouting reports on his own game, heard that he was a one-trick pony. But the deadeye shooter's one chwyt is so good, it just might get him into the NBA. "That's what I do," Baron said after taking...