The baseball season is winding down, which means the annual tradition of rookie dress-up is starting to take over major-league clubhouses.?The Texas Rangers rookies took part in the tradition on Thursday, sporting some interesting costumes on the team flight to Oakland.?Nomar Mazara wore a diaper and?Hanser Alberto saved the day as Wonder Woman. There was also an abundance of milkmaid-style dresses and some scattered fairy-tale characters.?The Rangers should be able to maintain that loose, fun attitude heading into next week: Their magic number to clinch the AL West is only two.?-- Alex Tekip Zack Collins Jersey . -- Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis was charged Thursday with driving while intoxicated, a day after he was suspended for an NFL substance-abuse policy violation. Cheap White Sox Jerseys . "Trying to breathe," he said with a grin. Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots on Monday night, including all 22 in a hectic middle frame, his heroic performance propelling the Leafs toward an undue point in their final game before the Christmas break. https://www.cheapwhitesox.com/1204e-mark-buehrle-jersey-white-sox.html . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Lance Johnson Jersey . Francis told several hundred members of the European Olympic Committees that when sport "is considered only in economic terms and consequently for victory at every cost . George Davis Jersey . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers observed a moment of silence before their game Friday night to honor five police officers killed in a sniper attack in downtown Dallas, which is about 20 miles from their ballpark.About 150 Air Force recruits lined the base lines after a previously scheduled induction ceremony that included a flyover by the U.S. Air Force after the national anthem. Players and coaches from the Rangers and Minnesota Twins stood outside their respective dugouts.The Rangers asked everyone in attendance to pause and remember those who have lost their lives in tragic events across our nation in the last week, including those of our community who last night were injured or tragically lost their lives in the line of duty.Seven other officers and two civilians were wounded in the attack in Dallas, which took place during a protest over this weeks killings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.During the moment of silence, with a color guard staged behind the pitchers mound, all the video boards and ribbon signs in Globe Life Park went dark.Before their home game Friday night, the Astros and Houston police also observed a moment of silence for the fallen Dallas officers.Joey Gallo, one of the top prospects with the Texas Rangers, recalled in an Instagram post earlier in the day when he and teammate Nomar Mazara were stopped by a police officer walking down the street in downtown Dallas earlier this year.The two young players werent in trouble.dddddddddddd The officer, Patrick Zamarripa, recognized them and wanted to take a picture with the two.Zamarripa was one of five police officers killed in Dallas.Gallo, now playing at Triple-A Round Rock, posted the picture and relayed the story of the meeting while asking for prayers for Zamarripa and all the officers and families affected by the tragedy.It was definitely a first for me and Nomar to have an officer, a true hero, want to meet us, Gallo wrote in part. Ill never forget how kind and down to Earth he was. We ended up having a 15-minute conversation about sports with him. He was an avid Rangers fan. But more importantly a great person, and family man.Rangers manager Jeff Banister, whose team has the best record in the American League, said the last thing on his mind throughout the day was the game. He was still thinking about what happened in downtown Dallas on Thursday night when the Rangers were finishing up the first game of the weekend series.I went to bed last night watching it. Woke up this morning watching it, Banister said. No disrespect. Were going to go out and play a baseball game because thats what were here to do. Our guys are going to play (hard). But I guarantee you this, this game was the last thing I was thinking about when I woke up this morning. ' ' '