Texas Rangers 2023 - They're Still Shitty?

[shadow_operative2.0 16181]

You kids hold it down. Rangers at 6:40, Stars 8:30 tomorrow. 

[cactusflinthead 27626]

You know where I am gonna be 

[DougO 5261]

Mudholed.

[Pato del Muerto 53332]

5-1 against last year’s pennant winners?

of course, neither of them has started off well.

Edited April 17, 2023 by Pato del Muerto

[CowtownHorn 5126]

38 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

5-1 against last year’s pennant winners?

of course, neither of them has started off well.

[Voldemort86 2259]

6 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

5-1 against last year’s pennant winners?

of course, neither of them has started off well.

Because they played us…..duh

[Scary Stranger 1722]

Listening to the ESPN crew slob all over Houston got old, fast.

[Fudbelty 2801]

[Elmer_Fudd 22960]

First two games @ KC are same pitching matchups as the final two games last week.  deGrom vs Lyles and Eovaldi vs Keller.

[Fudbelty 2801]

I sure hope these aren’t real. Fucking barf.

[Fudbelty 2801]

Puke

[ztejas 44114]

[Zepol87 9308]

[Pato del Muerto 53332]

[ztejas 44114]

4 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

Looks better there with the socks and shoes.

[DougO 5261]

Rangers merged with the White Sox?

[mdmost 43851]

Those suck so badly. 

[DougO 5261]

Rangers wait until they are dominating their division to decide to be dressed like a minor league team.

Dalarlington fecalcats. 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

"April 21 is a vital date in the history of Texas baseball."

 

There are like a dozen follow-ups possible to that.

 

What?

Why?

Is any date a vital date?

What history of Texas baseball?

Is there a single person that hears April 21 and it triggers some 'oh yeah, that's the day [something something texas baseball]'

[mdmost 43851]

The TX looks like it says FX. What's with the dumb line in the middle of the X?

[Newdoc 3508]

21 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Looks better there with the socks and shoes.

I would agree if he was going to an aerobics class in the 1980’s.

[idigTexas 2321]

32 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

I would agree if he was going to an aerobics class in the 1980’s 1880s.

 

[gsoda3 3358]

dallas eagles?  ft worth panthers?  i've never heard of those teams and i've followed the rangers quite closely since 1990.  

[ztejas 44114]

38 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

I would agree if he was going to an aerobics class in the 1980’s.

I didn't say it looks good. 

[Zepol87 9308]

7 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

dallas eagles?  ft worth panthers?  i've never heard of those teams and i've followed the rangers quite closely since 1990.  

Yea that’s the problem not many fans are going to know shit about this. I only know of these teams because of my grandpa and uncles

[Post Oak 20551]

I hate them. I knew I would. Overall, I've never been impressed with the Rangers' branding.  

[Ghost of LL 15664]

Eh--it's one game out of my life that they're wearing this stupid shit.

[DFW Horn 6637]

34 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Eh--it's one game out of my life that they're wearing this stupid shit.

TEXAS RANGERS 2023 CITY CONNECT UNIFORM SCHEDULE

Friday, April 21 vs Oakland Athletics
Saturday, April 22 vs Oakland Athletics
Friday, April 28 vs New York Yankees
Friday, May 19 vs Colorado Rockies
Friday, June 2 vs Seattle Mariners
Friday, June 16 vs Toronto Blue Jays
Friday, June 30 vs Houston Astros
Friday, July 14 vs Cleveland Guardians
Friday, July 21 vs Los Angeles Dodgers
Friday, August 4 vs Miami Marlins
Friday, August 18 vs Milwaukee Brewers
Friday, September 1 vs Minnesota Twins
Friday, September 8 vs Oakland Athletics
Friday, September 22 vs Seattle Mariners

[DFW Horn 6637]

Word, yo. Are the Rangers marketing to the Crips or Bloods with these unis? /noracist

 

[HamsterHookah 112]

1 hour ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

"April 21 is a vital date in the history of Texas baseball."

 

There are like a dozen follow-ups possible to that.

 

What?

Why?

Is any date a vital date?

What history of Texas baseball?

Is there a single person that hears April 21 and it triggers some 'oh yeah, that's the day [something something texas baseball]'

TEXAS SPIRIT

OUR ORIGIN STORY IS ONE OF OPTIMISM, RESILIENCE AND PASSION – THE SAME STEADFAST SPIRIT WE SEE IN OUR FANS AND ON THE FIELD. ONE DATE IN TEXAS HISTORY REFLECTS THIS SPIRIT: APRIL 21.

APRIL 21, 1836

THE DAY TEXAS GAINED INDEPENDENCE AND IS COMMEMORATED EVERY YEAR AS SAN JACINTO DAY.

APRIL 21, 1868

THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL GAME IN TEXAS.

APRIL 21, 1972

THE FIRST HOME GAME OF THE TEXAS RANGERS.

APRIL 21, 2023

THE ON-FIELD DEBUT OF OUR CITY CONNECT UNIFORMS.

[HamsterHookah 112]

9 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Word, yo. Are the Rangers marketing to the Crips or Bloods with these unis? /noracist

 

Good googly moogly. The demographics they are targeting in that ad are beyond me, I wonder if the data and analytics are saying that those demos (cholas and neck tattoos and urban/graffiti afficionados over a narration by a k104 DJ) are what will fuel the growth and revenue of the Rangers and baseball?

That said, I agree that the Rangers uniforms have always sucked from a design perspective and I don't like the baby blue or throwback either. I guess give me the Red-and-White from the Kenny Rogers/Rusty Greer/Will Clark/Tom Heinke era.

Edited April 17, 2023 by HamsterHookah

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

39 minutes ago, HamsterHookah said:

APRIL 21, 1868

THE FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL GAME IN TEXAS.

https://www.astrosdaily.com/history/before/

 

Quote

The first reported baseball game in the Houston area was played on April 21, 1868, when the Houston Stonewalls shellacked the Galveston Robert E. Lees 34-5 on the San Jacinto Battleground before a crowd of more than 1,000 people.  While no formal leagues existed at the time, the game was billed as a "state championship game."

very near and dear to my heart as a rangers fan.  

[DFW Horn 6637]

2 hours ago, HamsterHookah said:

That said, I agree that the Rangers uniforms have always sucked from a design perspective and I don't like the baby blue or throwback either. I guess give me the Red-and-White from the Kenny Rogers/Rusty Greer/Will Clark/Tom Heinke era.

The baby blues are okay, IMO, but they'd be better with their standard blue caps. Rangers word mark should be blue, too, bc the white gets washed out.

[DFW Horn 6637]

4 hours ago, Fudbelty said:

Puke

It's the midnight blue pants that really make these uniforms bad. An all-cream ensemble would be passable. Not my favorite, but not ridiculous like these.

[Herbie Hancock 7452]

These are almost as bad as the Frank Catalanotto/Vicente Padilla sleeveless grays with the dry fit blue tee underneath. Almost.

[shadow_operative2.0 16181]

Adolis chillin'. 

[Jameslaw121 4485]

What station is it on?

[shadow_operative2.0 16181]

Bally+, 676-1 on Direct. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16181]

Ha, their 3B sucks. 

[Radical Larry 28814]

Dozier having some fielding issues.

[shadow_operative2.0 16181]

Fucking BOOM! 

[Radical Larry 28814]

There’s the Lyles I remember.

[shadow_operative2.0 16181]

Marcus yack. 

[Herbie Hancock 7452]

Marcus likes to party

[Elmer_Fudd 22960]

Well shit deGrom left the game.

[Ignatius 4125]

Not watching the game, did they say why DeGrom left?

[shadow_operative2.0 16181]

Not yet. 

[ConferenceRoom 6210]

No word yet. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16181]

Right wrist soreness 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

Pulling injury prone ace in a no hitter is a good sign.