OKCAg2002 said:

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I'm planning on going to GLF for game 4, but I haven't bought tickets yet. Anyone ever wait until the last minute to buy on StubHub, TickPick, Game Time, etc.? SRO tickets are around $140 a piece right now. I wouldn't wait until first pitch to buy one of those, but I'm thinking about waiting to buy for an actual seat.

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Day game ticket prices will fall on game day on secondary market. Night prices will hold steady. Any chance of Rangers clinching will inflate prices.

I TexAgs so I know thing's

so what you’re saying is the state of Texas - where the Texas Rangers play - is an Astros state. got it 👍 https://t.co/8dYvU6BEwi

— Sarah Griffith (@sk_griffith) October 18, 2023

Texas A&M said:

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so what you’re saying is the state of Texas - where the Texas Rangers play - is an Astros state. got it 👍 https://t.co/8dYvU6BEwi

— Sarah Griffith (@sk_griffith) October 18, 2023

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Oklahoma obviously rooting for their in state team

There is zero denying that the moderation has changed - I would just like to know why?

What was deemed as not over the line for the last several years on this thread has suddenly become over the line. Did personnel change? Did a certain group of posters complain? Did the guidance change?

I don't really care - the pictures are what they are and don't actually add a ton of value. But they were a sort of fun aspect to this multi year thread, and it feels strange to see it change suddenly.

Also - baseball has always been superstitious, so the timing is suspect.

[As we've already noted. Very few rally pics over Games 1 & 2 were taken down. A few crossed the line and those were taken down. The posts that caused the most issues were the thread derailing posts that began talking about moderation and passing conspirancy theories that all rally pics were taken down and it must mean that the moderators or the TA staff are all secretly Rangers fans and don't want the Stros to win. This is all ludicrous. This thread is for Stros fans to talk about the games. Rally pics will be allowed as long as they don't cross certain lines. We think grown adults should be able to deduce what crosses the line on a public forum. -Staff]

I took a detour to their thread this morning. Marvin & Farmer are leading the charge!

The Porkchop Express said:

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I took a detour to their thread this morning. Marvin & Farmer are leading the charge!

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Thats a t sip, on an aggie message board, refering to aggies that way.

And I got banned for calling them trailer park trash.

This is why I hate this time of year. Things devolve into madness.

Let's just stop whining about it. None of this really matters at the end of the day. Let's get a win tonight and get back in this thing.

Okay only Astros talk from here on out.

Here is some good ole Dusty hate material to get us back on track.

From MLBs all rookie team

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Our all-rookie teams:

FIRST TEAM

C: Yainer Diaz, Astros
Only two rookie catchers in the past 30 seasons had 300 plate appearances and a higher OPS+ than Diaz's 128: Buster Posey in 2010 (133) and Adley Rutschman in 2022 (131).

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Gotta bat Brantley in front of Yordan, need to increase the likelihood somebody is on base when Yordan is up.

Both the Cardinals and Yadier Molina have expressed interest in having Yadi join the team's coaching staff in an everyday position, per @katiejwoo pic.twitter.com/5abfWFtuTz

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) October 17, 2023

Astros have done the same with Maldonado. Can't speak to what capacity or to what extent.

Well that's a nice big ole nugget you just dropped. I'd be in great favor of that.

The Porkchop Express said:

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I took a detour to their thread this morning. Marvin & Farmer are leading the charge!

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If you don't have haters, you aren't doing something right

Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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The Porkchop Express said:

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I took a detour to their thread this morning. Marvin & Farmer are leading the charge!

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If you don't have haters, you aren't doing something right

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How can they hate on you. You make the most down to earth fact based and stats shown analysis on this damn site!!

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Truth hurts. They're soft.

Also, the years of making them call me daddy might have built up some resentment.

If it was up to me...

Altuve
Brantley
Yordan
Bregman
Tucker
Abreu
McCormick
Pena
Maldonado

My only concern would be how double play prone Bregman is... but I think it's a risk worth taking.

The Porkchop Express said:

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I took a detour to their thread this morning. Marvin & Farmer are leading the charge!

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Tell ya what, unlike South Platte and other Rangerettes that denigrate an entire fan base because of a few hooligans, I called out one coward for hitting my wife. I was very specific. But, if they want to support cowardly behavior and reinforce their beta male status, I guess I should take them at their words.

As Mrs. Marvin said- you're an *******!

So now run back your thread and hide behind your keyboards like cowards do!

Today's mission is to A get to Scherzer or B get Scherzer out of the game. If we do that then I am going to feel very good about the game and the impact it will have for tomorrow's "bullpen" game.