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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Adrian Beltres decisive grand slam came shortly after the Texas Rangers ended a 24-inning scoreless streak -- and three batters after Shin-Soo Choo was possibly lost for the season with a fractured left forearm when he was hit by a pitch.The news on Choo, who is headed to the disabled list for the fourth time this season, dampened a 5-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night following consecutive shutout losses at home to Detroit.Hes such a key part of this ballclub, this organization, manager Jeff Banister said of his right fielder, who started this game as the designated hitter in his regular leadoff spot. You feel terrible for him personally and obviously its a gut punch but one that were going to be challenged with.Martin Perez pitched seven strong innings for his first win since late June.Beltres 100th home run at Globe Life Park, which went about a dozen rows above the 14-foot wall in left field, came against former teammate Ross Detwiler (1-1) in the fifth inning with Texas trailing 2-1.Following the pitch from Detwiler that hit Choo, Ian Desmond and Carlos Beltran singled to set up the 10th career slam for Beltre.Choo checked his swing as the ball hit an area near his left wrist, and he immediately dropped to one knee. He left after spending several minutes talking to an athletic trainer and was replaced by Nomar Mazara.The 34-year-old Choo has been limited to 45 games by calf and hamstring strains and lower back inflammation. Team spokesman John Blake said the injury was similar to one sustained in April by catcher Robinson Chirinos, who missed two months.Somebody you played with last year, somebody thats your friend, you hate for that pitch to get away from you, said Detwiler, who opened 2015 in the Texas rotation but was let go after starting 0-5. Its not a good sign when you get pulled out of the game.The AL West-leading Rangers -- the first AL team to 70 wins -- were an out shy of 25 straight scoreless innings when Elvis Andrus lined a single to right in the fourth.Perez (8-8) gave up five hits and two runs -- one earned -- with six strikeouts in seven innings. He had gone 0-4 over eight starts since a 6-2 win against Boston on June 26.The left-hander set a Texas record with his 32nd groundball double play, an inning-ender by Brett Eibner in the fourth. C.J. Wilson had the previous mark of 31 in 2011. Perez got another one to end the sixth.Matt Bush struck out two in a perfect eighth, and Sam Dyson got another double play in the ninth for his 27th save.Coming off eight shutout innings in a 1-0 win over Baltimore in his first big league start this season, Detwiler held the Rangers scoreless for three innings but didnt make it out of the fifth. He gave up seven hits and five runs in 4 2/3 innings.Ryon Healy led off the second with his sixth homer to give Oakland a 2-0 lead.REPLACING CHOOThe Rangers will recall outfielder Ryan Rua from Triple-A Round Rock to take Choos spot on the roster. Mazara, a rookie who emerged the first time Choo got hurt this season, will see time in right. The leadoff spot was mostly a mix of Jurickson Profar and Delino DeShields during Choos third DL stint with the back injury.BELTRES BLASTThe homer was Beltres 19th of the season and gave him 432 for his career, breaking a tie with Cal Ripken on the career list. 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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- If you want to know the impact of this years Basketball Hall of Fame headliners, dont check the record books or even the NBA jersey sales in China. Simply think back to the first week of August.In what was once a dead zone on the NBA calendar, LeBron James graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, and Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant led off Pardon the Interruption Aug. 4-5. Yes, the NBA now merits year-round discussion.This was not mere accident or circumstance. This was the culmination of almost a quarter century of blending hip-hop, reality TV and international marketing into the NBA mix, three trends represented by Shaquille ONeal, Allen Iverson and Yao Ming. The trio helped take the NBA beyond the realm of basketball games and into the world of pop culture. Keyword: world.All three players are internationally famous, as much on their own accord as from the groundwork laid by those who came before them. Shaq, Iverson and Yao became known for themselves as much as their game. The NBA emphasized stars in the eras of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan, and they leveraged that platform into brands.Shaq, Iverson and Yao went beyond branding; they helped make the league personality driven. They set the stage for the likes of LeBron and Stephen Curry. Its no longer just about how these guys play. Its about who they are and where they go.Although Shaqs 1996 free agency didnt have the same buildup and crescendo as a live-televised Decision, it was still big enough to overshadow the start of the Olympic Games in Atlanta and alter the NBA landscape. (And with three championships plus a fourth trip to the NBA Finals, Shaqs signing with the Los Angeles Lakers remains the most successful free-agency acquisition in sports history.)And Shaq had all the movies, hip-hop albums and endorsements to go with it. He was the first basketball big man with a personality to match his jersey size. Before him, centers tended to run the gamut from aloof to arrogant. Then Shaq came along -- a gigantic goofball -- unafraid to let his guard down and make faces during interviews or break-dance on the court.And whenever anyone questioned his ways or motives, he had a one-word response: Marketing.For one, it was to prove to my college professor that big guys could sell, Shaq said. And two, they was giving that money away, right and left. And three, it was an opportunity for me, young guy from the projects, medium-level juvenile delinquent to be on TV. Its a great feeling, to have your momma at the crib, seeing you on a commercial. Forget the game, but just seeing you in a commercial or a video ... thats why I did it.During Thursdays Hall of Fame press conference alone, Shaq:Said emcee Eddie Doucette, the longtime NBA play-by-play announcer, had a sexy voice.Made a big show of helping Yao put on his huge Hall of Fame jacket.Invited Morgan Platt, a 12-year-old girl visiting the Hall with her family, up to the stage with him. When he noticed her Michigan State sweatshirt he called over Spartans coach Tom Izzo, a fellow inductee, to pose for pictures.Looked crushed when Sheryl Swoopes mentioned her fiancé, then he stood up and got in a boxing stance.Im not sure theres a better ambassador, Izzo said later. Hes about everything. When you look at his police work, when you look at his basketball work, when you look at how he handles people ... I just love being around him.Technically, Yao might be a better candidate for the title of ambassador. He did handle the pressure of being the first overall No. 1 NBA pick to come directly from a foreign country with grace. And he helped make China a profitablle and productive place for everyone from Kobe Bryant to Stephon Marbury.ddddddddddddYao had funny comments throughout his playing career, including his epic podium walk-off line to Ron Artest: See you in the club. But he put the thoughtful side on display in the public portions of Thursdays activities. Yao gazed up through the atrium at the pictures of the games greats near the top of the sphere-shaped Hall of Fame and said that for once, I feel so small. It was a nice touch, and a good way to summarize what the moment meant to him.But soon after, he couldnt help himself when Shaq was grumbling about the start to an ESPN roundtable discussion being held up because Iverson was running behind.He must have been at practice, Yao said.Ahh, A.I. His fans will be happy to know hes still very much the Allen Iverson we remember, running behind and dressed informally, in shredded jeans and a Yankees cap. His willingness to embrace the role of antihero made him heroic to so many. He was proudly, even defiantly, hip-hop at a time when the genre was still entering the mainstream and sports culture on the heels of the Fab Five. We will miss him at the mic as much as we miss him on the court.Even Doucette referred to Iverson as a man who has changed the cultural aspects of basketball through the years.I asked Iverson where that comfort with being himself came from. He thought for a long time. Then he gave an answer that was so good, so completely Iverson-esque, that well just close this column by running it in full. And when youre done, just remember that the NBA got to the place it is today in part because Iverson long ago reached this place within himself:I always looked at it, and I always felt like ... why isnt it cool being you? Whats wrong with being you, with your flaws, with your mistakes, with the way you look, with your financial status, the way you talk? Whats wrong with that? God gave you all of those things. Thats how He wanted it to be. So why are you ashamed of it?Now, when it comes to basketball, yes, I wanted to be like Mike. Yes. Didnt everybody that played basketball, after he arrived? Everybody wanted to be like Mike. But I didnt want to be him, I didnt want to talk like him, I didnt want to dress like him. I felt that it was cool being who my mom loved, who [my coach] loved, who my sister loved, who my girl loved, who my children love. Like, thats cool to me. Now as a basketball player, I would rather be Michael Jordan status when it comes to basketball. I would trade that part in -- you know what it means. If I could have my choice, yeah, I would want to be Michael Jordan, basketball-wise.But it was never no problem with me being who I am and being the person that I am. Like, I love my daughters and my sons being who they are and feeling good and comfortable about who they are. I love my kids loving the fact that their daddy is their daddy. Now, theyre at that age now where hey can read the newspaper, and they can read old articles and go to YouTube and look at old things that happened in my life. And Im not ashamed. Im not going to apologize for it. Those are mistakes that I made in my life, just like the mistakes that theyre going to make in theirs. I wont judge em. Ill always love them for who they are.I was always just cool with who I am. Why not? Thats disrespect to my mom and my dad, the people that raised me, for me to have a problem with me, trying to be somebody else that Im not. Im cool with the person they raised. Im cool with that. ' ' '