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The first bomb by Alvarez made me happy. The second one honestly annoyed me. Because at that point I had a feeling Altuve and Tucker's ineptitude were costing us the game. Wish I'd been wrong. 

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  On 10/16/2023 at 11:48 PM, HOOKEM4 said:

The fact is, we can win this shit. We just need some bats to wake up against starters and no more framber. He is head up his ass fucked right now. El reptile will handle it and we win against Schererville with plate discipline. Fuck aggy little brother.

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This.

we took their best punches.

Lets see how we come out in Arlington.

This team is streaky AF.

Maybe they drop 4 in a row?

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  On 10/16/2023 at 11:50 PM, perfectchaos007 said:

Rangers are playing like the team that have been to the ALCS 7 times in a row. Gotta sweep them in Arlington just to have a chance to steal one more at MMP. 

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Rangers are playing like the better team. And they probably are. 

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  On 10/17/2023 at 12:03 AM, Js1 said:

Rangers are playing like the better team. And they probably are. 

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I think we're very evenly matched. We have a few important pieces who have yet to show up in this series.

Arlington is going to be tough for the foreseeable future. They're gonna be good for a while.

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  On 10/17/2023 at 12:01 AM, Beau Vine said:

Was there really no one on the bench to pinch-run for Abreu in the 8th, or was that just Dusty?

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We dropped Jake Meyers for an extra pitcher this round…but kept Grae Kessinger and Jon Singleton on the LCS roster.

Maybe could have gone with Dubon to pinch run there.

ended up not mattering 

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  On 10/16/2023 at 11:52 PM, Pimphand said:

You wanted to keep Framber in rather than France we saw how that worked out...

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False.   After the 3rd inning, I said it was a reasonable managerial decision to keep Framber in the game for the 3rd inning.  He got one out and then gave up a solo shot.

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  On 10/17/2023 at 12:12 AM, Mo Horn said:

Brantley goes 2-3. No doubt he'll sit the next two games.

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Maybes games 4 and 5 but he’ll be starting against Scherzer. He’s slashing .370/.400/.722 in 54 career ABs against him.

i’m betting there aren’t many, if any, guys with better numbers against Scherzer with that many ABs

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  On 10/17/2023 at 12:26 AM, WBT said:

So Maldy whispered his way to 5 runs allowed and Diaz slammed the door and didn't allow any.  Really makes you think.

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Don't forget Sparks said Diaz was peeking in the dugout to get advice from St. Maldy

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Our shitty bench is killing us. Never should have pinch hit Diaz for Maldonado, should have used Dubon but because the bench after Dubon is so fucking bad, you couldn't waste two players in that position. Dusty has completely killed Diaz's confidence by using him in no-win situations against elite pitching. Bases loaded and no outs, and you bring a cold batter that has poor strike zone judgement against the best pitcher in the playoffs so far. Just a fucking ridiculous decision.

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  On 10/17/2023 at 12:32 AM, HtownHorn said:

Our shitty bench is killing us. Never should have pinch hit Diaz for Maldonado, should have used Dubon but because the bench after Dubon is so fucking bad, you couldn't waste two players in that position. Dusty has completely killed Diaz's confidence by using him in no-win situations against elite pitching. Bases loaded and no outs, and you bring a cold batter that has poor strike zone judgement against the best pitcher in the playoffs so far. Just a fucking ridiculous decision.

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He smoked his last AB down the third base line.

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  On 10/17/2023 at 12:32 AM, HtownHorn said:

Our shitty bench is killing us. Never should have pinch hit Diaz for Maldonado, should have used Dubon but because the bench after Dubon is so fucking bad, you couldn't waste two players in that position. Dusty has completely killed Diaz's confidence by using him in no-win situations against elite pitching. Bases loaded and no outs, and you bring a cold batter that has poor strike zone judgement against the best pitcher in the playoffs so far. Just a fucking ridiculous decision.

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Dude I hear you but you can’t have it be ways… yelling for diaz to play and then bitching when he does.

Regardless. You still take a diaz K in the 5th over a Maldy GIDP

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It’s amazing to me that Dusty has admitted that Maldonado can’t take any meaningful at-bats by pinch-hitting Diaz twice. However, this is the god damn playoffs and you should expect close games which means every at-bat is crucial. We can’t afford automatic outs. Start the kid.

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  On 10/17/2023 at 12:30 AM, dr99 said:
Don't forget Sparks said Diaz was peeking in the dugout to get advice from St. Maldy
It's a wonder how other teams are able to function at all without Maldonado guiding them.
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  On 10/17/2023 at 12:59 AM, Lat22 said:

I’m strangely confident for being down 0-2 and hitting the road. 

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I'm not confident but will be satisfied with the season even if we lose to the Rangers. That's because I've been convinced for months now that this team just isn't repeat champion material. We're still alive mainly because several teams who played better than ours somehow fell by the wayside. It's not as though we came on with a huge rush and got stronger month by month. We're a good team, but nothing about our play tells me we're great. Maybe we make this a close series anyway. 

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  On 10/17/2023 at 1:11 AM, Gut Wagon said:

I'm not confident but will be satisfied with the season even if we lose to the Rangers. That's because I've been convinced for months now that this team just isn't repeat champion material. We're still alive mainly because several teams who played better than ours somehow fell by the wayside. It's not as though we came on with a huge rush and got stronger month by month. We're a good team, but nothing about our play tells me we're great. Maybe we make this a close series anyway. 

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Fuck that.

get greedy.

you aren’t going to like Arlington having scoreboard 

 

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  On 10/17/2023 at 1:12 AM, UTexasFight said:

Fuck that.

get greedy.

you aren’t going to like Arlington having scoreboard 

 

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I certainly hope we win. I hang on every pitch. But I'm not going to lose sleep over it if we don't. Those two titles ease the pain. Without them (and especially 2022), I'd be a lot more worked up. It's just that we're not playing at the level we've seen it takes to be champs. I blame Crane, Baker and several players for that. 

As for having to live with Rangers fans and coverage, I live 1,000 miles from D/FW and don't have any friends or family who care about that franchise. Won't affect my life even if they win the WS. But Philly I think will do that, as it now stands. 

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  On 10/17/2023 at 1:21 AM, Gut Wagon said:

I certainly hope we win. I hang on every pitch. But I'm not going to lose sleep over it if we don't. Those two titles ease the pain. Without them (and especially 2022), I'd be a lot more worked up. It's just that we're not playing at the level we've seen it takes to be champs. I blame Crane, Baker and several players for that. 

As for having to live with Rangers fans and coverage, I live 1,000 miles from D/FW and don't have any friends or family who care about that franchise. Won't affect my life even if they win the WS. But Philly I think will do that, as it now stands. 

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Yeah… I’m with you for the most part.   Last year’s win has made this season feel like house money.   On the other hand, I have a FIL and BIL who are Rangers fans and the BIL has been a bit mouthy already.  So I would like a series win to shut him up.  

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It’s like the rangers are doing something that hasn’t been done. We lost in 2018 and 2020 in the alcs plus two other WS losses. If we lose this we have a great team to annoy fanbases everywhere when we are back in the alcs again.

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