Texas Rangers 2023 - They're Still Shitty?

[gsoda3 3236]

nvm

Edited November 1, 2023 by gsoda3

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

2 minutes ago, MAUFRAIS said:

That other manager seemed pretty good. I wonder what ever happened to that dude?

Still trying to get over .500 for his regular season managerial career. 

[BERT 4351]

41 minutes ago, ballrific said:

First off, congrats on the championship Ranger fans. Second, every Ranger friend I saw last night said they loved Wash. So a slightly better 70 yr old version of Dusty? I’ll take it, I guess

Sure thing, have fun. 

[Fudbelty 2785]

What the fuck. I fell asleep 11-1 and woke up 11-7 and we used LeClerc. Fuck it, a win is a win.

Guess it’s a good reason Burke hadn’t pitched all playoffs.

[MAUFRAIS 6573]

I still love Wash. I was watching Stinefelt last night.

[Constant 6722]

5 minutes ago, Fudbelty said:

What the fuck. I fell asleep 11-1 and woke up 11-7 and we used LeClerc. Fuck it, a win is a win.

Guess it’s a good reason Burke hadn’t pitched all playoffs.

These guys did not have a good time. 

[Ghost of LL 15483]

I love Wash.  I mean, I don't think he's a great in-game manager.  But neither was Dusty Baker, and Dusty has a few more World Series rings than I do.  So what do I know?

Managers should be entertaining.  Billy Martin, Lou Pinella, Sparky Anderson--they were all entertaining.  Tony LaRussa was entertaining; I hated him, but he entertained me in my hatred of him.  The game lacks entertaining managers these days.  And Washington is always entertaining.

[BERT 4351]

2 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

I love Wash.  I mean, I don't think he's a great in-game manager.  But neither was Dusty Baker, and Dusty has a few more World Series rings than I do.  So what do I know?

Managers should be entertaining.  Billy Martin, Lou Pinella, Sparky Anderson--they were all entertaining.  Tony LaRussa was entertaining; I hated him, but he entertained me in my hatred of him.  The game lacks entertaining managers these days.  And Washington is always entertaining.

That's the way baseball go

[ztejas 43263]

8 hours ago, Rimbo said:

I'd like to congratulate y'all on your soon to be first World Series title.

 

58 minutes ago, ballrific said:

First off, congrats on the championship Ranger fans. Second, every Ranger friend I saw last night said they loved Wash. So a slightly better 70 yr old version of Dusty? I’ll take it, I guess

Negged. Both of you. Out of principle and baseball karma. Don't take it personally. 

[Fudbelty 2785]

These guys did not have a good time. 

Well good new is we had the lead to use them. Gave the rest of the bullpen the night off for the most part.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

7 minutes ago, Fudbelty said:

Well good new is we had the lead to use them. Gave the rest of the bullpen the night off for the most part.

They got 5 outs. 

[Billy Pilgrim 1913]

24 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

I love Wash.  I mean, I don't think he's a great in-game manager.  But neither was Dusty Baker, and Dusty has a few more World Series rings than I do.  So what do I know?

Managers should be entertaining.  Billy Martin, Lou Pinella, Sparky Anderson--they were all entertaining.  Tony LaRussa was entertaining; I hated him, but he entertained me in my hatred of him.  The game lacks entertaining managers these days.  And Washington is always entertaining.

I fucking hated Scioscia, don’t know if I’ve ever seen a more punchable face. He was entertaining because he bitched about everything but I hated him.

[mdmost 42860]

27 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

I love Wash.  I mean, I don't think he's a great in-game manager.  But neither was Dusty Baker, and Dusty has a few more World Series rings than I do.  So what do I know?

Managers should be entertaining.  Billy Martin, Lou Pinella, Sparky Anderson--they were all entertaining.  Tony LaRussa was entertaining; I hated him, but he entertained me in my hatred of him.  The game lacks entertaining managers these days.  And Washington is always entertaining.

The Astros fans on this site will go nuclear on Wash's decisions if they hated the same from Dusty this season. It will be wonderful to watch. And yes, Wash is very entertaining, something baseball needs more of. 

 

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

Isn’t Gary pettis their 3b coach as well?

 

[Skipper 6103]

1 hour ago, Constant said:

I’m still seeing $700+ for get in the door seats. 

I bet you can find a great deal close to first pitch.   At least that was my experience game 5 of the WS against San Fran.   I recall paying under face for decent seats.

[Vic Mackey 46934]

I think I should go just to bask in all the glory that is the best fans in baseball according to Smoltz.

[Constant 6722]

10 minutes ago, Skipper said:

I bet you can find a great deal close to first pitch.   At least that was my experience game 5 of the WS against San Fran.   I recall paying under face for decent seats.

I was looking at game 6 in Arlington. Internet blunder. 

[ztejas 43263]

 

 

[gyroprotagonist 2591]

here's hoping we crush  their souls again from jump and Smolz can talk about how great their fans are and lament that we can't play this series 9 more times 'cause the snakes would clearly win them all.  Maybe throw out a random superlative for the Orioles while he's at it.

[Constant 6722]

4 minutes ago, ztejas said:

 

 

[gsoda3 3236]

3 minutes ago, gyroprotagonist said:

here's hoping we crush  their souls again from jump and Smolz can talk about how great their fans are and lament that we can't play this series 9 more times 'cause the snakes would clearly win them all.  Maybe throw out a random superlative for the Orioles while he's at it.

if we're up big tonight and about to wrap it up towards the end of the game smoltz is going to memorialize the teams we played this playoffs and discredit us by saying how great those other teams were and that we managed to catch them at the right time.  

[gyroprotagonist 2591]

and not a single fuck will be given

[Reynolds Woodcock 4668]

1 hour ago, Ghost of LL said:

I love Wash.  I mean, I don't think he's a great in-game manager.  But neither was Dusty Baker, and Dusty has a few more World Series rings than I do.  So what do I know?

Managers should be entertaining.  Billy Martin, Lou Pinella, Sparky Anderson--they were all entertaining.  Tony LaRussa was entertaining; I hated him, but he entertained me in my hatred of him.  The game lacks entertaining managers these days.  And Washington is always entertaining.

Yeah, well, cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[NorthLoop 14088]

35 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

I think I should go just to bask in all the glory that is the best fans in baseball according to Smoltz.

They're so awesome that I could hear them cheering loudly for the Rangers on my phone while trick or treating. 

[Vic Mackey 46934]

12 minutes ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

Yeah, well, cocaine is a hell of a drug.

One of my favorite gifs

 

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

10 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

They're so awesome that I could hear them cheering loudly for the Rangers on my phone while trick or treating. 

Aren’t you a little old to be trick or treating?

[gofuckyourself 8121]

Wash was great, absolutely.

It's just fun seeing Astros fans freak out about it, and doing the sacred duty of needling their anxiety.

Especially if the fuckheads come in here to try to reverse jinx shit.

Get out and go watch your AL West celebration video. 

[NorthLoop 14088]

8 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Aren’t you a little old to be trick or treating?

Zip it or you get an egging. 

[BERT 4351]

47 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

if we're up big tonight and about to wrap it up towards the end of the game smoltz is going to memorialize the teams we played this playoffs and discredit us by saying how great those other teams were and that we managed to catch them at the right time.  

If we're up big and about to wrap it up he can go ahead and say whatever the fuck he wants

[EastTexan 662]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

 

 

Love this kid. He gets it.

Go RANGERS!

Make Smoltz choke on a snek!

[Fudbelty 2785]

[C-Man 27049]

2 hours ago, Skipper said:

I bet you can find a great deal close to first pitch.   At least that was my experience game 5 of the WS against San Fran.   I recall paying under face for decent seats.

SeatGeek has tickets for $216 right now. Bargain for any Rangers fan in Arizona today. Flights out of Dallas are closer to a grand and mostly (if not all) filled up.

[Rimbo 25777]

2 hours ago, ztejas said:

 

Negged. Both of you. Out of principle and baseball karma. Don't take it personally. 

Damnit; they're on to me...

[TrashMaster G 17387]

Things that are awesome today:

1 - Thanksgiving is coming and the family holiday insanity thread is live

2 - Corey F'n Seager

3 - The Astros offseason thread is already up to page 12

4 - The Rangers are about to win their first title, something I have waited almost a half century for (🤞)

[Skipper 6103]

14 minutes ago, C-Man said:

SeatGeek has tickets for $216 right now. Bargain for any Rangers fan in Arizona today. Flights out of Dallas are closer to a grand and mostly (if not all) filled up.

I was close to booking a refundable (credit) SW flight during game 3 when they were more reasonable.  There was still one that left this afternoon earlier this morning but it was sold out as of a few hours ago.

I'm taking one for the team staying home as I'm 0-2 in 2023 in relatively last minute high leverage 24 hour in and out sports trips (Elite 8 vs. Miami and Stars/Knights Game 2)

[C-Man 27049]

11 minutes ago, Skipper said:

I was close to booking a refundable (credit) SW flight during game 3 when they were more reasonable.  There was still one that left this afternoon earlier this morning but it was sold out as of a few hours ago.

I'm taking one for the team staying home as I'm 0-2 in 2023 in relatively last minute high leverage 24 hour in and out sports trips (Elite 8 vs. Miami and Stars/Knights Game 2)

Thank you for your service.

[HRSchenker 2259]

Fuck this shit. One win away from a world championship and this is on the front page? 

[Fudbelty 2785]

It’s called the startle gram for a reason.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

1 hour ago, C-Man said:

SeatGeek has tickets for $216 right now. Bargain for any Rangers fan in Arizona today. Flights out of Dallas are closer to a grand and mostly (if not all) filled up.

I’ve been told by a person who is willing to do such things that if you show up at the airport and go to the desk at spirit and the like, you can get super cheap one way deals as they try to fill up before the doors close.  Maybe they are full anyway from people making their way over, I wouldn’t know. 

[Constant 6722]

9 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

Haters, bruv.

I already have my Astro fan friends and family texting me some variation of resigning that the Rangers will win but we are a fluke and got lucky that we caught the MLB in a down year and playoff teams who were slumping and it's all fluke and luck. Don't mind the sour grapes.

If we win tonight, it will go down as one of the best post season performances in the history of baseball. Possibly 12-0 on the road, individual records set, team records set, and a mowing down of all of the best AL teams and our equal in the NL. 
 

Fuck all the ratings talk. It doesn’t matter.

Edited November 1, 2023 by Constant

[Ghost of LL 15483]

23 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

Fuck this shit. One win away from a world championship and this is on the front page? 

I will never understand why anybody who is not a network executive would ever give a fuck about the television ratings.

Is there some asterisk that would go down in the record books?  Like "*Had low television ratings"?  No?  Then I don't give a fuck.

[Hmbre97 6297]

14 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

Haters, bruv.

I already have my Astro fan friends and family texting me some variation of resigning that the Rangers will win but we are a fluke and got lucky that we caught the MLB in a down year and playoff teams who were slumping and it's all fluke and luck. Don't mind the sour grapes.

I've had a few text me as well. All have gotten the following as a reply

[Skipper 6103]

7 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I’ve been told by a person who is willing to do such things that if you show up at the airport and go to the desk at spirit and the like, you can get super cheap one way deals as they try to fill up before the doors close.  Maybe they are full anyway from people making their way over, I wouldn’t know. 

Flights filled up over the course of the game.  There were still lots of options Tues night but I looked once we got that lead and it had dwindled.  Looked again after and almost everything booked including all connecting options. I think there are going to be a lot of Rangers fans in the house tonight.

[NorthLoop 14088]

Probably plenty of people like me who streamed the game off of my in-law's Spectrum login since I don't have cable. 

[BigDHornfan 6539]

longest fucking day at work ever.

[BigDHornfan 6539]

[gofuckyourself 8121]

When you should be working but it's a potential Series clinching day so I'm trying my hand at a custom gif ... hopefully for use later too.

Edited November 1, 2023 by gofuckyourself

[C-Man 27049]

52 minutes ago, Fudbelty said:

It’s called the startle gram for a reason.

I spent nearly 10 years there and what that paper -- and industry as a whole -- has turned into is downright shameful. When I was there, the columnists were Randy Galloway, Gil LeBreton and Jim Reeves. All were outstanding. (I like Mac Engel as a person. Worked with him on the Stars beat. He's all about driving traffic and getting people upset as it drives clicks, which is what the parent company wants. It's simply not worth reading these days.)

 

50 minutes ago, Constant said:

If we win tonight, it will go down as one of the best post season performances in the history of baseball. Possibly 12-0 on the road, individual records set, team records set, and a mowing down of all of the best AL teams and our equal in the NL. 
 

Fuck all the ratings talk. It doesn’t matter.

Actually, if we win tonight it will 11-0 on the road during these playoffs -- 2-0 vs TB, 2-0 vs BAL and 4-0 vs Houston and (potentially) 3-0 vs ARZ. I think the max you could get under the current format is 13-0 in road games.

 

46 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

I will never understand why anybody who is not a network executive would ever give a fuck about the television ratings.

Is there some asterisk that would go down in the record books?  Like "*Had low television ratings"?  No?  Then I don't give a fuck.

As a life-long Spurs fan, we've heard that similar refrain in each of the five titles that we won since 1999. The excuses changed from the Spurs are boring (defensive powerhouse), they're from the smallest NBA market and/or people were just tired of them. WGAF at the end of the day. They were champs five times over. I'm *hoping* that the Rangers will get their first tonight to make up for the one that got away in 2011.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

Yes we only missed out on a game 3 in tampa and a game 5 in Baltimore.

but a team could conceivably have 14 road games if they didn’t ever have home field. 3, 3, 4, 4. 
 

of course winning all of your road games but still playing the entirety of each series means you are losing all of your home games.  And that would be quite a post season. 

Edited November 1, 2023 by Pato del Muerto

[C-Man 27049]

6 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Yes we only missed out on a game 3 in tampa and a game 5 in Baltimore.

but a team could conceivably have 14 road games if they didn’t ever have home field. 3, 3, 4, 4. 
 

of course winning all of your road games but still playing the entirety of each series means you are losing all of your home games.  And that would be quite a post season. 

No chance of getting a third road game without having a blemish during the first round in this format since all three games of the best-of-3 are in the host's ballpark. You could conceivably get three in the second round and four in the ALCS/NLCS and WS, however. I think that means 13-0 is the best you can do. (But I was told there would be no maths.)