Inbox: Are the Rangers overlooking Gentry?  Beat reporter T.R.
Sullivan answers fans' questions  Inbox: Are the Rangers
overlooking Gentry?  Please explain to me why Leonys Martin gets
most of the talk about the center-field position. Craig Gentry,
in my opinion, has done nothing but prove himself over and over
again. Yet he seems to be second fiddle to Martin. Why is that?
-- Randy M., Dallas  Over the past two seasons, there have been
130 Major League outfielders who have had at least 400 plate
appearances. Of those 130 players, Gentry ranks 15th with a .292
batting average and 16th with a .360 on-base percentage. Combine
that with his terrific speed and defensive ability and it's
obvious that Gentry could be playing regularly for somebody.
Martin hasn't been given anything yet. But one thing he may have
over Gentry is an explosive bat. In 55 games at Triple-A Round
Rock last season, Martin had a .359 batting average, .422 on-
base percentage and .610 slugging percentage. Those are pretty
good numbers despi