It’s 10-0 Rangers, btw.
If you hate the Rangers, I’d suggest avoid watching television for the next 5 or 6 months.
I’ve had a while to stew on things up here.
I don’t don’t really have any angst about it. Anymore at least.
The sting of the Astros defeat is subsiding.
I know a few “true” Rangers fans.
Most around here could not have named 3 players on the roster before May.
The most obnoxious ones are the ones who just
hate anything to do with Houston.
They can still eat a bag of dicks.
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I don’t even think about the Rangers unless it involves the Astros.
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I’m in amongst them.
At least for now.
At least Garcia won’t win it.
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Just remember they spent half a fucking billion dollars just to get past the worst Astros team in the last 7 years in 6 games.
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This, a half billion to be competitive with us
Ahem. 7 games.
Their middle infield cost them half a billion dollars and that’s why there is no Rangers fan anywhere that feels as good about their victory as I felt about the Astros in 2017.
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That 7th game never happened…
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You think the snakes ended up wanting those unearned runs back?
The Rangers are the current longest streak in MLB without ever having won a title. Their fans are as excited as anyone. I mean, a fan can’t feel any more than I did in 2017 either, but they’re feeling it. At least the ones who are paying attention.
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No matter what the Astros payroll had been in ‘17, I can’t imagine thinking “this is great, but I wish it hadn’t cost Jim Crane so much.”
Exactly. I couldn’t care less if it cost $5 or $500 million. The busted knuckles from hitting them on the ceiling fan while jumping up and down was totally worth every nickel. And the victory cigar was tasty.
Buying a World Series isn’t as easy as is sounds, as the Yankees have proven dozens of times.
However, the talking point is how awful the Rangers were two years ago and look how great they are this year is so fucking stupid it makes me miss finding out Juan Soto’s age 26 times a game.
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Fortunately for me, I have no connection to Texas so this doesn’t particulatly sting. Just the regular sting.
I imagine you guys are going through what I would go through if it had been the Mariners.
Here in Washington state, I can’t go anywhere in public without seeing a few Mariner’s hats (not as many as Seahwks but they are there) and getting cross eyed looks and sometimes comments about my Astros hat.
FWIW I have 17 of them. Most are retired and hanging on my office wall but there are still 5-6 still in rotation and I don’t leave the house without one unless its business or date with my wife.
Come to think of it, feels like time for a new one.
No one cares
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I blame society, not the game. The game is pure, it’s man Manfred that corrupts.
ETA: For clarity.
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This is it. The spunky underdog story is about as far removed the truth as it can get. If you spend the money they have you should get better, you should win, unless you’re stupid and bad at your job.
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It’s not unlike the narrative with the Phillies, and such unknown homegrown discoveries as Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, and J.T. Realmuto. How do they keep finding these diamonds in the rough that everyone else overlooks?
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