Proposition Joe said:

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investorAg83 said:

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Kind of random question but had an Astro fan mention some controversy around Hurricane Harvey and us refusing to switch home and home dates…a Google search confirms it but I don't remember any of it. Did JD give any other reason other than being concerned about season ticket holders??

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Astros wanted to swap their series which was 3 days away with the series Texas had at home in late September.

Texas said they were happy to host and give 100% of the gate to Houston, but trying to tell a bunch of ticket holders who had tickets for a near sold out series late September "actually those games are now in a few days" wasn't logistically possible. And that's ignoring it's basically trading a home series the last week of the season in a potential pennant race, which also would have caused a 12-game road trip in the last 2 weeks of the season.

Ironically Reid and the franchise showed their true colors as rather than take 100% of the gate and a much shorter trip for a 3-game series in Arlington, they opted to play the game 1000+ miles East in Tampa Bay at a "neutral field".

So while finding it unfathomable that Texas wouldn't want to put themselves at a disadvantage in a pennant race, Houston opted to take the exact same approach and decline playing closer to home -- giving up well over $500K in gate revenue they would have received from the series in Texas that could have gone to Harvey victims.

And the went to the press and framed it as "Rangers don't care about hurricane victims"... Apparently neither did the Astros.

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This is exactly right. But I suspect some Astros "fans" won't see it that way

Rangers Foundation also donated $1million to relief

vander54 said:

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Scherzer says he's ready to go. Anyone have insights on what CW says?

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Bochy was on The Ticket this morning and stopped just short of confirming his availability. He said he likes to inform the pitchers first before making a public announcement, so clearly Max will be back.

Danny Vermin said:

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Dude, have you not seen urban cowboy or are you too young?

That's John Travolta btw

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I think he knows that. He's say switch JR for Walker Texas Ranger.

Great write up. You can ignore any Astros fan that grasps onto that whole episode, they tend to be the unhinged ones.

Danny Vermin said:

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Dude, have you not seen urban cowboy or are you too young?

That's John Travolta btw

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Do you not know who JR is?? Or are you too young??

Chipotlemonger said:

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Great write up. You can ignore any Astros fan that grasps onto that whole episode, they tend to be the unhinged ones.

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Yep. Rangers did nothing wrong there, but Astros management decided to try the Rangers in the Houston media, knowing full well they could bend the story to make Texas look bad in light of a hurting city. As a Rangers fan with a flooded house, I thought Texas management acted responsibly, and playing at the neutral site probably made the most sense. I had long since forgotten the details, though, because it was a big nothingburger. Playing at the neutral site was ultimately a reasonable business compromise between professionals, but Houston chose to pander to an emotionally fragile populace.

...and a few more words about the whole tanking scheme. During those years, the Astros weren't on tv in Houston, either, unless you had Comcast. I THOUGHT, even with a terrible team, that little kids still need to see the Astros, and not being on tv put them out of peoples' minds. Baseball is a sport you learn as a child, or you'll probably never love it. You can't just introduce it to a 12 year old easily. So I assumed that Houston would lose a lot of fans in the long term as a generation grew up without baseball.

I was WRONG. When Houston started winning, they won so big that people couldn't help but be fans. All those kids that had missed years of baseball were now huge fans. That's fine, but the problem is that too many of them are insufferably ignorant, like the 18 year olds who've never watched a football game until they got to campus, but scream their lungs out from the top of the 3rd deck to fire Jimbo, etc.

If you can talk about Joe Morgan, Jose Cruz, Mike Scott, and the Killer B's, that's awesome. A lifelong connection to the home team is a wonderful gift, especially from a father to a son.

Oh, and because I'm from Fort Worth, I don't care for Dallas much either. For the record.

I'd be good with no Gray. Haven't had faith in him since June. Bradford pitched great against the O's. He could probably pick up a few innings if scherzer makes a start.

gigem1223 said:

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I'd be good with no Gray. Haven't had faith in him since June. Bradford pitched great against the O's. He could probably pick up a few innings if scherzer makes a start.

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I'd be okay with Perez in the 8th inning role. He throws strikes and gets grounders.

the best part about about the astros fans constantly running over here to the Rangers thread…. win lose or draw….. they still have to live in the ****hole that is houston! Congrats ****ers!!!!

alvtimes said:

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the best part about about the astros fans constantly running over here to the Rangers thread…. win lose or draw….. they still have to live in the ****hole that is houston! Congrats ****ers!!!!

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That hurts. Sure, it's the hottest place in the US, but it's paid my bills for 25 years, and MD Anderson and Texas Children's Hospital have been there for my family.

And we bought a beach house in Bolivar a few years ago. If any of y'all are looking for a discounted rental, send me an email. Houston has some interesting things, even if it's not on anybody's destination list. I saw some 35 lb redfish on the Fish Bolivar FB page yesterday.

Atm94unc98 at the google

Heading to Houston tomorrow morning from Mount Pleasant. Wife and I will be yelling for our Rangers. BTHO western Louisiana!

GigEmRangers75455 said:

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Heading to Houston tomorrow morning from Mount Pleasant. Wife and I will be yelling for our Rangers. BTHO western Louisiana!

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That reminds me. One of my good buddies calls us south Oklahoma. So what a matchup. South Oklahoma versus western Louisiana

I know the coonazz have their problems, but the astros are their closest MLB team. Why are we suddenly insulting Louisiana like that?

Ok this break is too long. It's f'n time for baseball!

Scherzer feels good. Asked him if there was more life on his fastball Wednesday.

“It was a weird sim game; I don’t usually pitch hungover.”

Touché

Sounds like everybody pretty much in agreement he’s good to go for ALCS. Rosters must be set by Sunday 10am CT

— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) October 13, 2023

Sorry if this tweet was already posted. It amused me though.

New poll shows who the country is rooting for in the ALCS pic.twitter.com/Rv0lgM3NBU

— Writing For the Rangers (@WritingRangers) October 14, 2023

Obviously not 100% true but probably pretty damn accurate.

Texas Rangers are undefeated in playoff games during weeks following Aggie football losses this year

(Bear with me here guys)

Michael Cera Palin said:

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Texas Rangers are undefeated in playoff games during weeks following Aggie football losses this year

(Bear with me here guys)

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Silver lining... I like it! Woof, Aggie football is hard to watch these days.

Michael Cera Palin said:

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Texas Rangers are undefeated in playoff games during weeks following Aggie football losses this year

(Bear with me here guys)

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They are also undefeated in playoff games following wins (Arkansas).

It's nice to have rangers baseball since aggie football is a let down this season as usual!