Texas Rangers 2023 - They're Still Shitty?

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

Damnit, son. 

[DigDug 1,709]

Fu cking no contact, that's awful

[DigDug 1,709]

best thing that could have happened to Lowe

[gofuckyourself 8,690]

Damn. Almost a wild pitch and run.

Bring them in Jung.

[gofuckyourself 8,690]

Fuck. Probably ball 4. But close.

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

Fuck. 

[gofuckyourself 8,690]

Yuck

[gofuckyourself 8,690]

Well, this is fucking stupid.

[DigDug 1,709]

At the exact time Houston took the lead.  It's like watching a slow motion horror movie.

[gofuckyourself 8,690]

Wow. Just fucking wow Taveras you fucking moron.

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

Sweet fucking jesus, Leody. 

[Wally Pryor 5,314]

Welp, fuck.

[DigDug 1,709]

You got to be fucking kidding me.  Fucking hell

[AbeFroman 2,946]

Have we hit anything solid today, at all?

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

The bottle? 

[gofuckyourself 8,690]

Just now, AbeFroman said:

Have we hit anything solid today, at all?

Semien hit a sharp single last inning, which was wasted.

[DougO 5,257]

This game is going exactly as I anticipated after they shit it all away last night.

Edited September 30, 2023 by DougO

[Firemans4Horn 18,312]

Welp

[Bozo_Casanova 26,688]

Fuck everything. Last night was the night. 

Edited September 30, 2023 by Bozo_Casanova

[gofuckyourself 8,690]

This sucks.

[Firemans4Horn 18,312]

This game reminds me of game 7 against the cardinals. A wet fart of a game where the Rangers came out half defeated from the first pitch. 

[DigDug 1,709]

Fuck this night, maybe getting a little earlier start next two days will help.

[gofuckyourself 8,690]

I'd say unbelievable. But it isn't, really.

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

Quadruple fuck. 

[gofuckyourself 8,690]

Fucking wasted Jordan's great game last night. Offense and stupid fucking management. Fucked around and finding out.

[Zepol87 9,263]

God damnit

[DougO 5,257]

Fuck these assholes. They're done. 

[SameSame 1,712]

They are collapsing right in front of our face.  About to have all offseason to talk about how they couldn't get 1 game the last week.

[NorthLoop 14,304]

Welp

[Firemans4Horn 18,312]

I made this country western ballad on Chat GPT:

 

(Verse 1)

Well back in ‘72, in the heart of Texas blue,
The Rangers stepped on in, with promises anew.
Lovers of the game, with hearts big and bold,
Thought they’d found their forever, or so the story's told.

(Chorus)
But those who thought it’d last, have been fooled again and again,
Love with the Texas Rangers, seems it just can't win.
Astros shine brighter, Mariners sail ahead,
While lovers of the Rangers are left with tears to shed.

(Verse 2)
Whiskey in the glass, memories of the past,
Dreams of pennants flying, but they never seem to last.
Every season starts, with hopes held so high,
But by the end, it's another long sigh.

(Chorus)
‘Cause those who thought it’d work, have been fooled one more time,
With the Rangers, love's an uphill climb.
Astros got the spark, Mariners ride the wave,
But Rangers lovers, they just brace for the grave.

(Bridge)
Lonely nights in Arlington, where hopes used to dance,
Looking at the scoreboard, waiting for that chance.
But heartbreak's the anthem, playing year by year,
Another love song for the Rangers, another lonely tear.

(Verse 3)
Silver boots and cowboy hats, stars shining in the night,
Rangers' lovers still believe, holding on so tight.
But history keeps repeating, like a sad old refrain,
With every season ending, in just more pain.

(Chorus)
For those who thought they'd found the one, been fooled by the Texan sun,
Astros blast off, Mariners set the pace,
While Rangers and their lovers, can't seem to find their place.

(Outro)
So here's to the heartbroken, since nineteen seventy-two,
Hoping for a miracle, for the red, white, and blue.
May one day the Rangers, finally find their way,
Till then, it's just another sad song to play.

[SameSame 1,712]

That song may be the only thing worse than this game.

[DigDug 1,709]

Good time for Sborz, 8 to nothing

[Sgt Hulk 14,094]

Why am I a fan of this team 

[Skipper 6,325]

23 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

This game reminds me of game 7 against the cardinals. A wet fart of a game where the Rangers came out half defeated from the first pitch. 

It's going to be 3 days of game 7.   Last night was absolutely the regular season equivalent of game 6.  Why I was so damn pissed.  We have absolutely no pitching left. Who is even starting tomorrow?? Obviously, from the starter perspective, a lot of that is just shitty luck.  But beginning with not bringing Dunning in for the 8th Weds with a lead despite only throwing like 85 pitches, leading to Chapman in the 8th setting up a back to back, then Leclerc (with a 5 fucking run lead) in the 9th, thus resulting in the shit show of decision making yesterday, Bochy fucked this team.

[DougO 5,257]

Young essentially traded away an impressive rookie starting pitcher in exchange for the most painful ending to a season humanly possible. Season was over the second Chapman entered last night's game.

 

[HRSchenker 2,293]

I swear to god I've never experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows of a season like this before. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26,688]

This shit is the essence of what it is to be a fan of this team. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,312]

1 minute ago, HRSchenker said:

I swear to god I've never experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows of a season like this before. 

2012 was way worse. We had a World Series contending team (we definitely do not this year) and shitted it away to a bad A’s team. Core of our best team ever broke up a few weeks later. 

[gsoda3 3,309]

Young essentially traded away an impressive rookie starting pitcher in exchange for the most painful ending to a season humanly possible. Season was over the second Chapman entered last night's game.
 

We did not trade away an impressive rookie starting pitcher

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

And that was only the second-dumbest sentence in that post. 

Please, please don’t watch the next two games, you old fuck. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,312]

4 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

13 minutes ago, DougO said:

Young essentially traded away an impressive rookie starting pitcher in exchange for the most painful ending to a season humanly possible. Season was over the second Chapman entered last night's game.
 

We did not trade away an impressive rookie starting pitcher

Ragans put up 2.5 WAR in half a season in KC. If he wasn’t a rookie he was about 3 innings over the minimum last season. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,893]

So I think the path to the playoffs for Texas if they lose out is for Houston to win out and Toronto to win at least one more. Then we get the 3rd wc on a tiebreaker with sea, despite them having just beaten us 4 straight to end the season to tie at 89 wins.  
 

so yeah, buy up those playoff tickets. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

Season was over before bot 9 even started last night, old man told us. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

Heaney v. Castillo tomorrow, 6:15. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

And we’re on big boy Fox so everyone can see. 

[Skipper 6,325]

So Heaney tonight.  Who do we throw tomorrow?  I knew it was awful but saw 1 for 25 with RISP this road trip.  JFC.  Offense is going to have to break out and score 10+ one of these games to have a chance to win.

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

‘Teen or Aledo tomorrow, that’s all we got. 

[Wally Pryor 5,314]

1 for 27 if you want to feel worse. That's per Grant.

Sunday? Hedges should be plenty rested. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

Dunning could technically go a couple tomorrow too, but not much longer. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16,064]

Here’s the real funny shit about tonight. If Andrew somehow magically goes 7, that changes his player option from $13M to $20M. Now, the odds of him going 7 are slightly less than Wally posting something useful, but that would be some shit if he cruised through 6 on a real low pitch count.