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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yu Darvish ended his first season with the Texas Rangers starting a postseason game. The right-hander from Japan hasnt pitched in October since that wild-card game in 2012.After missing the 2015 season recovering from Tommy John surgery, Darvish will make his AL Division Series debut Friday when he starts Game 2 against the Toronto Blue Jays.Its a great thing for me. Last year ... I wanted to pitch, but I couldnt, Darvish said Thursday through his interpreter. This year, Im physically healthy and Im ready. I can pitch in the game. So Im happy about that.Darvish (7-5, 3.41 ERA) started this season on the disabled list while still rehabbing from the elbow surgery he had during spring training in March 2015. After his season debut May 28 this year, he made three starts before missing another five weeks because of shoulder discomfort.A regular in the rotation since mid-July , Darvish goes into the postseason after winning his last two starts. He allowed one earned run over 13 innings in wins over Oakland and Tampa Bay.Ive been working on my command and stuff, he said. I was thinking too much about commanding my stuff. And then when I was able to fix those mental adjustments, and just a few minor mechanics changes on those days that I was able to work on, and Im in a (good) place right now.Left-hander J.A. Happ (20-4, 3.18) starts Friday for the Blue Jays.Rangers manager Jeff Banister said Darvish is at his best when hes excited. The pitcher has exhibited that emotion at several different times this season.An extremely accomplished pitcher. I feel comfortable with where hes at mentally, physically, Banister said.Darvish hasnt pitched against the Blue Jays since before his surgery. He is 3-2 with a 2.45 ERA in seven career starts against them, with 61 strikeouts in 47 2/3 innings.The 30-year-old Darvish spent seven seasons in Japan before signing a six-year deal with the Rangers that goes through next season. He was an All-Star each of his first three seasons (2012-14), a span when he had 680 strikeouts before getting shut down late in the 2014 season.In that 5-1 loss to Baltimore in the 2012 AL wild-card game, Darvish struck out seven and allowed three runs (two earned) in 6 2/3 innings.Asked how he is different as a pitcher since then, Darvish replied: Both physically and mentally stronger. Cheap China Jerseys . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. Cheap Jerseys . The scientists believe the small earthquake during a Marshawn Lynch touchdown was likely greater than Lynchs famous "beast quake" touchdown run three years ago, which also came against New Orleans during a playoff game. http://www.wholesalechinanflcheapjerseys.com/ . 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The 2012 rookie QB class of Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson went a long way toward changing that thinking.Now Wentz and Prescott are making things look easy.Maybe the Rams should think about letting No. 1 overall draft pick Jared Goff take a snap or two?In case you missed it, here are the other top topics after the NFL seasons third Sunday:`I DONT REMEMBER: Eventful an afternoon as Odell Beckham Jr. had -- he lost a fight with a kicking net , taking a shot to the face from the inanimate object after walloping it with his helmet; he appeared to shed tears on the sideline; he got picked up off his feet in the end zone by nemesis Josh Norrman; he got a pregame warning about his behavior from an official; his Giants lost to the Redskins 29-27 -- he apparently will not be looking back, fondly or otherwise.dddddddddddd Thats because OBJ replied, I dont remember, over and over and over again in response to reporters questions afterward.DO-IT-ALL: Clevelands Terrelle Pryor played QB at Ohio State, tried to stick to that position in the NFL, then shifted to receiver. He had a hand in a bit of everything in a 30-24 overtime loss to Miami, becoming the first player since Frank Gifford 57 years ago with at least 120 yards receiving, 30 passing and 20 rushing in a game. Oh, yeah, and he was in at safety on the final play of the first half, too. Dynamic athlete, Dolphins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said.FITZ-TRAGIC: No magic from Ryan Fitzpatrick this time. He threw six -- yes, thats right, 6! -- interceptions in the Jets 24-3 loss at the Kansas City Chiefs. Somehow, though, that is not a league record. Jim Hardy was picked off eight times in a 1950 game. Perhaps Fitzpatrick (and the Jets fans) can take heart from this: In his next game, Hardy threw for six TDs.ANTHEM DEMONSTRATIONS: Players from more than a dozen NFL teams joined in some form of silent demonstration during the national anthem before games, following the lead of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Among them were four Washington Redskins -- receivers DeSean Jackson and Rashad Ross, cornerback Greg Toler and tight end Niles Paul -- who stood a couple of steps behind the rest of the team on the sideline and held up their right fists.---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '