Marty Byrde said:

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Spend your time worrying about something that matters. And for the record, the city of Dallas and metroplex has been fully supportive of Houston and other communities affected via donations/shelters/man power. So not sure where you're headed with that.

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Cool dude... my entire family and loved ones live in south Houston. I grew up there and lived there for nearly 25 years. Everyone I know and everything in my hometown has been affected greatly by this storm so I've spent more time than you can imagine worrying about what matters this past week. Hop off your high horse, bud.

Lucky #007 said:

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I appreciate it. They're all good for the most part. Brother and stepdad's parents took on water but everybody was safe.

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Truly glad to hear it. T&Ps for them and for you. BTHO UCLA

irish pete ag06 said:

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Great example of how a classy organization operates. Keep defending your garbage front office though, rangers fans.

Aggie8587 said:

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Not at all. Who knows what they were going to do. But why did people/teams/organizations all over the US start offering aid to Houston right when the storm hit but not our neighbors to the north?

Then the Astros come to them, obviously in need of help and with a truly viable solution, and the Rangers refuse.

THEN, two days later, the Rangers office says "wow, look at all this support Houston is receiveing from everyone across the country, including the Cowboys. We should probably do something too."

That doesn't seem a little off to you?

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Exactly this. I appreciate the donations as do all houstonians... but they could have done the right thing to begin with.

I don't think Jacksonville really has any "home" games. I think they just have some games they play in Jacksonville. At least when they are not in London.

Exactly this except for the timeline being made up

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irish pete ag06 said:

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gigem1223 said:

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You Houston snowflakes are absolutely ridiculous. You guys act like The Rangers offered nothing and turned their back on their southern neighbors. When we both know that's complete bull***** Your ownership screwed your team and put them in an even more awful situation. By all means though, keep using The Rangers as your scapegoatwhile they keep whipping the Astros ass on the field. Reid Ryan is perfect for y'all.

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You're the one that seems triggered right now. HTH.

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Triggered after watching the Rangers out score the Astros 20-3 the past 2 nights? You bet.

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Did those 2 games makes up the divisional lead? Math isn't my forte.

sounds like most of the dallas fans on here are pissed at the Ryans for leaving and coming back home. I have said all along, I believe that this is all a result of behind the scene stuff from the days that Nolan and Daniels had their major differences, which resulted in Nolan saying to hell with it and coming back home.

Yall havent been near as good with Daniels in charge. From the first day Nolan started getting involved with the rangers and putting an emphasis on pitching is when you started getting good. Now that he has been gone, yall have not been near as effective. Kinda sounds like Daniels took a page out of the Jerry Jones playbook.

His ego got to big for himself and he ran off a baseball legend. If Jerry had kept his ego in check back when he had his college buddy winning superbowls for him, he might have several more.

None of that will ever come out in public though and that is fine. We will just go on and recover and keep playing into October.

Yall remember when one of your announcers made headlines for making fun of us Astro fans for acting like we had won the world Series at the all star break. Keeping it classy!!

Win with class, lose with class. We are all going to have both of those days and seasons. Just dont be an Ass about it

gigem1223 said:

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irish pete ag06 said:

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gigem1223 said:

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irish pete ag06 said:

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gigem1223 said:

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You Houston snowflakes are absolutely ridiculous. You guys act like The Rangers offered nothing and turned their back on their southern neighbors. When we both know that's complete bull***** Your ownership screwed your team and put them in an even more awful situation. By all means though, keep using The Rangers as your scapegoatwhile they keep whipping the Astros ass on the field. Reid Ryan is perfect for y'all.

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You're the one that seems triggered right now. HTH.

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Triggered after watching the Rangers out score the Astros 20-3 the past 2 nights? You bet.

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Did those 2 games makes up the divisional lead? Math isn't my forte.

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That division lead ain't gonna mean **** when you're one and done. But congrats on the first half AL championship.

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Still leading the AL actually, at the 80% mark. Is 80% greater than half? Once again... math.

I don't know that what the Jaguars are doing is really a good comparison. Yes, it's a great gesture. But not really the same. NFL players are gone at most probably 2 days for away games. So three away games in a row is really not big deal. Can't compare it having 12 straight road games in baseball

As for the timeline of when the Rangers decided to contribute $$$. There is a lot going on, especially trying to figure logistics for getting team to and from St. Pete. The good news is the Rangers ARE donating to the relief effort, and donating a lot

At the end of the day, both teams were making decisions that they represented the best interest of their own organization. I cannot believe this series is not being held in Arlington. I truly believe both could've worked together to create some sort of charity drive.

Do I think the home series could've been swapped? Yeah. It would've been a logistical nightmare in the short term with our ticket holders, but wouldn't have been the end of the world. It likely would've worked itself out in the long term.

In fairness the Astros came and took the AL West flag the rangerettes had for the last couple of years.

cap-n-jack said:

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In fairness the Astros came and took the AL West flag the rangerettes had for the last couple of years.

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Yes, the Astros have had a great year. The point is that when they waved that flag, they hadn't accomplished a thing and the Rangers actually came back and won the division that season. Astros are good and got off to a great start that has allowed them to weather the injuries and maintain their lead. As Astros fans were quick to point out after the Rangers were knocked out by Toronto last year after having the best record in the AL, it doesn't mean a thing if you don't win a pennant.

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Yall remember when one of your announcers made headlines for making fun of us Astro fans for acting like we had won the world Series at the all star break. Keeping it classy!!

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The Astros had a "come and take it flag" when you hadn't accomplished a thing. Let's not act like this is one-sided.

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The Astros organization had the come and take it flag?? Can you point me to this please. I missed that. I saw where some fans did but not an actual member of the Astros organization.

I get this thread is about ribbing each other, but there is no way you are going to convince many on here that it is the same when a member of the actual organization says that or it comes from one of the fans.

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RetiredAg said:

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Yall remember when one of your announcers made headlines for making fun of us Astro fans for acting like we had won the world Series at the all star break. Keeping it classy!!

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The Astros had a "come and take it flag" when you hadn't accomplished a thing. Let's not act like this is one-sided.

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The Astros organization had the come and take it flag?? Can you point me to this please. I missed that. I saw where some fans did but not an actual member of the Astros organization.

I get this thread is about ribbing each other, but there is no way you are going to convince many on here that it is the same when a member of the actual organization says that or it comes from one of the fans.

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Lucky #007 said:

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I appreciate it. They're all good for the most part. Brother and stepdad's parents took on water but everybody was safe.

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League city took a beating. This whole area got the most rainfall of any region of Houston. Glad you and yours are ok.

Just got back to my place in Nassau bay today. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

gigem1223 said:

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agswin1988 said:

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Win with class, lose with class. We are all going to have both of those days and seasons. Just dont be an Ass about it

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Classic coming from an Astros fan. Did you not read this thread for the first half of the year?

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Oh I read this from time to time. So you are saying that just because he did it I am going to do it also?? Kind of sounds like my kids and yes I do remember this is a good natured ribbing thread.

Also, don't get me wrong. I have no issue with the flag. That it backfired, as a Rangers fan, is hilarious. But this is a game and I have no problem with the back and forth. Let's not act like this is a one-way issue.

That said, I would have waited until actually accomplishing something before waving a flag like that, but as I said, it's a game. Have fun with it.

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You must be the funniest kid in the whole 7th grade

so a person in a costume that is there purely to entertain customers is the same as the voice of an organization??

Nuke LaLoosh said:

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A lot of straw man arguments going up in defense of the Rangers' selfish decision. Not a single one of you really thinks the rangers did the right thing. Not one.

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Can you point out the straw man arguments? As I said, I don't think either side was necessarily wrong, but both could have been "more right". There was a hint of self-interest on both sides.

Can we get this back to actual trash talk instead of hyperventilating over something utterly irrelevant given the situation here in Houston? You know, maybe talking about the Rangers outscoring the Astros 20-3 in the first 2 games of the series.

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so a person in a costume that is there purely to entertain customers is the same as the voice of an organization??

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He's employed by the Astros and was given access to the field by the Astros, and the flag was likely paid for by the Astros.

I have no issue with them doing that. My point is that both sides engage in "trash talk", even the organization themselves. A Rangers announcer...Orbit...or this:


Let's not act like only one side does it. Thats the issue.

And all this could've been avoided if your president/ gm not made the dumbass decision to play this series at the Trop. Tuve needs to be asking Reid Ryan that same question, not Hinch.