"The Rangers are itching for Nellie Cruz and Ian Kinsler to get back, and both will rejoin the team next week on the road.But because Vladimir Guerrero recently has reclaimed his menacing stroke, turning Rangers Ballpark at Arlington into his personal playpen again, it seems less and less likely that this team will lose its grasp on first place in the AL West with 34 games to go.Friday night, MVP candidate Josh Hamilton began a three-hit game with a two-out double in the first inning.Vlad immediately followed with an RBI laser shot that tattooed the A's first baseman. Hamilton scored.The Athletics -- closest to Rangers fumes in the standings -- never could catch up. Texas won 7-3 with (count 'em) 15 hits.They saw just how much better Ron Washington's lineup card looks when Vlad has Josh's back, and now as soon as Nellie returns and has Vlad's back... well, you get the idea.More important, it's the manner in which the 35-year-old Guerrero returned from his mid-summer slumber to 1) leave no doubt it's gone and 2) add to his larger-than-life shadow in the clubhouse."