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 he

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.Tyler Lydon Jersey . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. Paul Millsap Nuggets Jersey . MLS Commissioner Don Garber and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez also will attend the session, which was announced Monday. The league has discussed placing its next two expansion teams in Miami and Atlanta. http://www.authenticnuggetsproshop.com/Alex-English-Jersey/ . LUCIE, Fla. Jamal Murray Jersey .ca NBA Power Rankings, ahead of the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. Carmelo Anthony Jersey . With Parker having a quiet game for once, Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw provided the scoring as France won its first major basketball title by beating Lithuania 80-66 on Sunday. It was a victory that ended a decade of frustration for Parker and a talented French generation, which lost the final against Spain two years ago and took bronze in 2005.The top 25 teams in The Associated Press college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last weeks ranking:Record Pts Prv1. Villanova (57) 8-0 1613 22. UCLA (2) 9-0 1478 113. Kansas 7-1 1458 44. Baylor (6) 8-0 1437 95. Duke 8-1 1389 56. Kentucky 7-1 1274 17. North Carolina 8-1 1234 38. Gonzaga 8-0 1198 89. Indiana 7-1 1103 1310. Creighton 8-0 1003 1011. Louisville 7-1 901 1412. Saint Marys (Cal) 6-0 899 1213. Xavier 7-1 784 714. Virginia 7-1 758 6115.ddddddddddddWest Virginia 6-1 729 2516. Butler 8-0 691 1817. Wisconsin 7-2 655 1718. Purdue 6-2 485 1519. South Carolina 8-0 476 2020. Arizona 6-2 320 1621. Florida 7-1 285 2422. Cincinnati 7-1 258 -23. Notre Dame 8-0 197 -24. Oregon 7-2 175 2325. Iowa St. 5-2 95 19Others receiving votes: Syracuse 45, Southern Cal 43, Ohio St. 40, TCU 33, Florida St. 18, Virginia Tech 11, California 10, Maryland 9, Valparaiso 7, Wichita St. 5, Temple 3, Michigan St. 3, Minnesota 1, IPFW 1, UNC Wilmington 1. ' ' '