Bret Boone has a good first day on the job. His employees showered him with gifts.

Josh Smith brought him three singles. So did Adolis Garcia. Joc Pederson, the poster boy for getting hitting coaches fired, offered up two hits. Two. In one game! Recently, it took him two week to collect two hits. Evan Carter, in his first game of the season, got two hits. One off a lefty.

It was as crazy as cats and dogs getting married.

Sixteen hits in all. Two of them actually went for an extra-base. What other teams are calling “doubles.” In fact, every starter got a hit other than Josh Jung.

Bret Boone’s first day in the Rangers dugout was a success. His hitting philosophy already taking root. Now, all he has to do is see if the Rangers can venture out and hit a ball over that long wall that runs along the outfield. separating the playing field from the spectrators.

Maybe that’s like the corn in Field of Dreams. Maybe that’s all a myth. Maybe Bret Boone can ease their pain.

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