One more time fellas, jam that Creed and we don't have to listen to it again until next postseason!!

My history of, "My Team," winning is not good! I am still cautiously optimistic for this year.

I did enjoy the Cowboys and Bulls in the 90's, but would not have kept me up at night if they lost.

Dallas Mavs losing to the Heat was a punch!

Dallas Mavs beating the Heat was amazing

Since living in BR for 20+ years, I became a Saints fan. The Saints winning in 2010 was special.

The Mavs winning and Saints winning, again, wold not have effected me much if they had lost.


There are several sports teams that mess with my sleep when they stink it up in big games...

A&M Football
A&M Basketball
A&M Baseball
Rangers

My son and I have a comment for A&M sports. Even when things are going well, "Don't get too excited, we are about to sprinkle a little Aggie on this!"

Please Rangers...make me lose sleep for a good reason!!!

shack009 said:

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Would love to have him back next year also at the right price. He would be the 5th outfielder behind Carter, Leody, El Bombi, and Langford.

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Right, that's what I meant by "if it works out". Wouldn't blame him for going elsewhere if someone offered him a multiyear deal for more than we are willing to go. I can see the Rangers offering him a one year deal for decent money for a journeyman type outfielder. Unless we need the cap room and give the 5th outfielder job to someone like JP Martinez and then it would only be a low-budget deal ("serf" as DallasAg likes to say).

I would assume Lankford starts the season in the minors, then hopefully gets called up a few months into the season. In that scenario, we could keep both Jankowski and Martinez on the opening roster.

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shack009 said:

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Would love to have him back next year also at the right price. He would be the 5th outfielder behind Carter, Leody, El Bombi, and Langford.

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Right, that's what I meant by "if it works out". Wouldn't blame him for going elsewhere if someone offered him a multiyear deal for more than we are willing to go. I can see the Rangers offering him a one year deal for decent money for a journeyman type outfielder. Unless we need the cap room and give the 5th outfielder job to someone like JP Martinez and then it would only be a low-budget deal ("serf" as DallasAg likes to say).

I would assume Lankford starts the season in the minors, then hopefully gets called up a few months into the season. In that scenario, we could keep both Jankowski and Martinez on the opening roster.

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You know what they say about assuming. Guy mashed his way through the minors in 2 months and he will mash in spring training and it will be impossible to keep him off the opening day roster. He's about to turn 22, so he's older than Carter.

At that point it would be good to have Jankowski, because you wouldn't want 3 rookie outfielders in the OF in Carter, Langford, and Martinez.

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Mr Gigem said:

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For some reason during this postseason, I haven't really been able to really celebrate these wins. Even the walkoff in Game 1. I smiled, hugged my wife, then went to the postgame reception to enjoy some food and drinks.

I guess I see it as there has been so much work put in up to this point, and the job's not finished yet. Maybe once the deal is done, I can exhale and celebrate properly.

Baseball has always been number one in my life. I consider myself lucky to be in the position that I'm in. And doubly lucky that I have a partner in life who is just as passionate about baseball as I am. She jokes (I think) that if I ever leave the Rangers that she will divorce me.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to the game tonight. I'm sure I will be a wide range of emotions as we hopefully close this thing out. I like our chances with Evo on the mound and the motivation these guys seem to be playing for - Adolis, Mad Max, deGrom.

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I've kind of been the same. 2011 WS loss was soul crushing. When I realized the Rangers weren't going back to the World Series anytime soon. My interest in baseball as a whole dropped. And then I started to get kind of into it again and then the Bautista home run happened. I've never followed a baseball season as closely as this one and I feel like I'll be able to enjoy baseball a lot more again if the demons of 2011 are finally put away.

I grew up a San Antonio Spurs fan and they had some soul crushing losses. The Derek Fisher buzzer beater and choking the 2013 finals away, but in both cases the Spurs came back the next year to win the title. The 2011 loss is the only heartbreak loss that has never been resolved in my sports fandom and feels like it has lingered forever. If we can win tonight it will be the most satisfying sport's championship I've gotten to experience as a fan.

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Seems similar to some points in my sports existence.

All my life I've been a rabid rabid Cowboys and Aggies fan. Emotionally invested, completely devoted. The Rangers were always my favorite team in mlb and I'd go to 3-4 games a year from College Station and I was dedicated but they took a backseat to the Cowboys and Aggies.

My worst Cowboys moment was the 94 NFC championship loss at SF. I was beyond devastated by that loss but was back full force by the next season. However the 2016 Cowboys season did something to me. I was so so hopeful and that loss to GB which I attended was so painful, a part of my emotional investment in the Cowboys died that day forever. Still love em, just not like I was before (some here might remember how active I was on Cowboys threads in football other ). Now I watch em but don't get too attached at all.

The 2011 Rangers disappointment drove me from being a pretty dedicated Rangers fan to more of a casual one. Still love em, but not like it used to be.

The Aggies these days have my heart and soul. I so badly wanna see a championship here . I'd trade 10 Super Bowls and 10 World Series for one Aggie national championship.

ryanhnc10 said:

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As a team the Rangers hit for the cycle within the same inning. Last time that was done in the World Series was the 1991 Braves

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It was a natural cycle too, if memory serves.

Early to mid 90's Rangers, loved Johnny Oate's and the teams he fielded.... just to watch the bats always go dormant against the Yankees (thank you John Charcoal Burkett for the one win)

Then, we had Wash and a team that felt like it'd run through a wall for him, just to come up short....

It's time....

Whether it leads to a win or loss I dont know, but Im expecting Eovaldi to have a great start today.

If we can jump on Gallen early we'll see a pen that is depleted past Ginkel, Thompson, and Sewald. So, we have to get to Gallen early. The game is ours if we do that. Otherwise, it will be a low scoring affair and we'll have to grind out a win. Not our best strategy but it can be done.

#Go and Take it!!

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Teslag said:

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If the Rangers win one of the next three Dallas will become only the 8th city to win a Super Bowl, NBA Finals, World Series, and Stanley Cup.

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How many cities have teams in all four sports? Nine?

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Sixteen

Phoenix
Atlanta
Chicago
DFW
Detroit
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New York
Philly
Washington
Cleveland
Denver
Las vegas (soon)
Miami
Boston
Pittsburgh

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Atlanta's NHL team is gone, yes?
Phoenix hasn't won an NBA
Rangers miss the WS
Detroit missed a SB
LA who? franchises have come and gone but the Kings have won one.
Have the Flyers won a cup?
Washington Bullets ever won a title?
Miami lacks a SB and Stanley cup (I think)
Have the Pirates ever won a WS? maybe way back when there were like 6 teams?

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Have the Flyers won a cup? Yes, 2.

Washington Bullets ever won a title? Yep. 1978.

Have the Pirates ever won a WS? 5. Most recent in 1979.

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Have the Pirates ever won a WS? 5. Most recent in 1979.

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That was the "We Are Family" team, right? Willie Stargell, Kent Tekulve. IIRC, they beat the Os.

Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Philly
Washington
Boston

Six cities have won a championship in all four leagues since 1967. That's when Super Bowl started, and all of the leagues expanded.

DFW can join them tonight.

In my early days right out of college and running construction crews, my boss would say to always flap.

so, let's Finnish Like A Pro!!! and get to flapping boys.

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Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Philly
Washington
Boston

Six cities have won a championship in all four leagues since 1967. That's when Super Bowl started, and all of the leagues expanded.

DFW can join them tonight.

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What is Miami missing? Was playing this game with a coworker earlier, and we came up with Miami in our list

Florida Panthers never won a title

birdman said:

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Florida Panthers never won a title

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Glad you posted this bc I almost said something real dumb. Tampa and Miami are not the same cities.

birdman said:

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Florida Panthers never won a title

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Arlington Peagles can

NukeAg10 said:

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I watched the game last night on mute, and followed the thread, but didn't post. The only game I've posted on is game 2, so I will continue with the winning formula, hopefully. Need to take care of this tonight, and finally bring a World Series title to Arlington.

If this goes back to Arlington, I just hope that ridiculous banana suits aren't back bc both game they were there the rangers got lit up.

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I'm so torn tonight. Due to trick-or-treating last night, I saw the Rangers score 0 runs. But I saw all 7 of the DBacks runs scored...


I'm tempted to watch regardless. As my buddy says about the Aggies, "If I can't watch them win, then nobody can".

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Have the Pirates ever won a WS? maybe way back when there were like 6 teams?

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MLB isn't the NHL.

The last time the National League had as few as six teams was 1878.

When the World Series was first played (1903) both the National League and the American League had eight teams each.

The Pirates World Series Championships are rather scarce and scattered but they have won five tittles; 1909, 1925, 1960, 1971 & 1979.