AgGrad99 said:

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2. That weak-ass bullpen turned out to be our savior in the end... I still want Will Smith DFA'd two days ago, but damn...those guys came through when no one outside of Bochy had faith in them...

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This will never ever ever make sense to me.

They cost us so many games throughout the season, only to show out in the playoffs. I mean...there were so many occasions throughout the year, where if they could just get one more strike, we win the division in the end. But now, it doesnt even matter...they balled out when we needed them.

It's awesome, but makes zero sense.

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What does make sense is that the bullpen, and the pitchers in it, evolved throughout the season. I think it was Trevor Plouffe on Talkin Baseball last night that said a bullpen is a living, breathing thing. That was definitely the story of our pen. The guys we trusted earlier in the season couldn't be trusted at the end. And the guys we had little faith in (I'm looking at you Josh Norz and Jose LeClerc) were almost automatic. Chapman didn't change at all, though.

The night we won the World Series. #WentAndTookIt pic.twitter.com/6IJ2mFVwW5

— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) November 2, 2023

Just some old tweets for some good laughs

And the Rangers still won’t win a World Series in 2023 👌🏾 https://t.co/lCkbruPJdP

— Jay Pops TAMU Football(5-3)(3-2)SEC/Texans(3-4) (@JayPops5) July 27, 2023

The worst Astros season in seven seasons beats the best Rangers season in a decade

Think about that

— Astros 2024 Champs (@AstrosOptimism2) October 1, 2023

WINNERS WIN TITLES. pic.twitter.com/ikd0oHV0QJ

— Houston Astros (@astros) October 1, 2023

This is why no one takes you seriously

— FAX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFAX) October 9, 2023

"That's the only thing that makes it easier for the Mets fan. He wanted to leave. He chose the Texas Rangers who won 68 ballgames a year ago. He doesn't care about winning, he doesn't care about having his number up there"

- @sal_licata on Jacob deGrom leaving the Mets pic.twitter.com/LK3kgWipmq

— SNY (@SNYtv) December 3, 2022

Maybe you’ll win 70 games this year

— B.W. Carlin (@BaileyCarlin) December 3, 2022

Haha. What bullshit. DeGrom went for the money. The Mets are in a much better position than the Rangers to compete for anything.

— Patches O’Houlihan (@ScullyNYR) December 6, 2022

The Rangers spent $556M on Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Jon Gray.

That what you guys want?

— Slavko Bekovic (@SBekovic) May 19, 2022

AgGrad99 said:

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Could that have been any more timely?

It's so crazy how that switch flipped, out of nowhere.

It definitely made it exciting throughout, because I rarely thought a lead was safe.

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That's baseball. Happens all the time that things just fall into place for a team. In this case, the Rangers were unlucky during the season and it worked out for them in the postseason.

And yeah, think about the Rangers bullpen in the playoffs during big moments-

-Held a 3-2 lead against Baltimore
-Held a 2-0 lead against Houston
-Held a 5-2 lead vs Houston (let it get to 5-4 but held)
-Blew a 4-2 lead vs Houston, Leclerc being the culprit
-Kept a 5-3 game close enough vs Arizona to come back in the 9th and win in the 11th. Held them scoreless for 6.1 innings and gave up only 2 hits over that stretchh
-Held a 3-0 lead vs Arizona, only letting them make it 3-1
-Held a 1-0 and 5-0 lead vs Arizona to clinch

Not to mention the times they held big leads like the 11-1 lead in game 4, but that's expected.

I still have the game used bat that Curtis Wilkerson handed to me after he finished taking BP some time in 1984. I am a lifelong Rangers fan, I turned 50 at the trade deadline this year. While I was confident going into the series against the Diamondbacks, I am still in a bit of disbelief in what I saw last night! Just amazed that they finally have a WS banner to hang.

From someone who has been a season ticket holder for over a decade, I didn't really cry or scream or any of that.

I'm just relieved that now Game 6 from 2011 DOES. NOT. MATTER. ANYMORE.

Yes they do. pic.twitter.com/PkEnjTpBS0

— Coach Chollie Strong (@USFChollyStrong) November 2, 2023

Wow

walton91 said:

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Parade route, sorry if already posted

Arlington, it's finally time for a championship parade! Starts at 1 pm Fri near home plate, loops west and north around Holtz Lake and back around Choctaw Stadium. This time the victory parade isn't in Dallas. It's for the Texas @Rangers pic.twitter.com/65YEc5LETa

— Bud Kennedy / #ReadLocal (@BudKennedy) November 2, 2023

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That is the route but. Check the link I posted earlier. Rangers website says 12:15 start time.

This is for the entire Metroplex!

Join us tomorrow: https://t.co/VzCrJsBe0J pic.twitter.com/yNm3BtkuGS

— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) November 2, 2023

How ironic:

Rangers went 11-0 on the ROAD in the postseason teams they beat in order:

R-Rays
O-Orioles
A-Astros
D-Diamondbacks

CC @Jo3Bets

— WORLD SERIES CHAMPION RANGER NATION (@Texrangernation) November 2, 2023

Did last night really happen, or am I still asleep and dreaming?

It happened. Enjoy this moment.

Get out to the parade early tomorrow and yell your ass off for these guys

LFG!!!!! https://t.co/E8fK0kjBWP

— Johnny Manziel (@JManziel2) November 2, 2023

Teslag said:

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Sphere in a Vegas last night

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Thanks for the new wallpaper!

Every NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL team in the state of Texas has won a title...

...except for one pic.twitter.com/ZgXQnh159E

— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) November 2, 2023

Okay this is funny

Go #Rangers - Go Metroplex! pic.twitter.com/pgmcDuDWgW

— Tony Fay PR (@TonyFayPR) November 2, 2023

Who knew Jonah Heim's dad played for the Rangers in the 70s

Congratulations to the Texas Rangers on their first World Series win. Always a franchise that I have enjoyed. pic.twitter.com/fN1BpV7XiN

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) November 2, 2023

EVAN CARTER WITH A NEW MLB RECORD!

Carter with his 9th double of the postseason, most ever in a single postseason. Of his doubles, 3 have come off of Gallen.

— Jared Sandler (@JaredSandler) November 2, 2023

And he can barely buy a beer, just insane man.

I'm just here to claim my contribution to the winning effort. I have this gift that when I legitimately talk **** about a player, they immediately begin performing well. I lambasted the team for using Sborz late in the season. That guy was nails in the playoff. Probably deserves honorable mention for MVP.

An emotional Marcus Semien embracing his family/loved ones after the Rangers win their first World Series Title ever.

The biggest moments are never too big for the great ones, even when they’ve struggled.

That’s what Semien proved Wednesday night. #GoAndTakeIt

(@newsgoose) pic.twitter.com/ra8Ltb0SO4

— Sam Gannon (@SamGannon87) November 2, 2023

walton91 said:

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Who knew Jonah Heim's dad played for the Rangers in the 70s

Congratulations to the Texas Rangers on their first World Series win. Always a franchise that I have enjoyed. pic.twitter.com/fN1BpV7XiN

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) November 2, 2023

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I love those jerseys

We're kinda like the movie Major League
Get beat up to end the regular season to lose our division and decide to win the whole thing
Garcia was our Cerano
Chapman and Sborz was wild thing
Bochy and Maddux were Skipper and pitching coach

We're the butt of jokes in MLB but actually had talent and some young players who were unknown
Evan Carter could play outfield and run the bases

We go get Max Scherzer and he gives us his all until he injured himself
Jankowski has to come in after Garcia pulls his back swinging for the fences and can't play and break open Game 4

Creed Higher is our locker room montage soundtrack when we want to stop the losing streak

Benches clear in Arlington.

Do you think Abreu hit Garcia on purpose?pic.twitter.com/0ktrWL9rOM

— Baseball’s Greatest Moments (@BBGreatMoments) October 20, 2023

Talk in the last 24 hours or so of this thread has been the overall solid play by the bullpen regulars, namely Sborz and LeClerc.

I was done with both of them back in late August, which had been compounded by the efforts of Smith and Chapman.

I think LeClerc gained some new found confidence going into the playoffs.
For Sborz, I think it was said he had been dealing with some injury for a large part of the year, so he was placed on the IL in early September and was reinstated that last week of the same month. Don't know if it was physical rehab, rest, a mental adjustment, or all three, but he really nailed it in the playoffs. It was awesome to see him come into games in the postseason and pretty much lock down the batters he faced.

The bullpen we all feared would show its face in the postseason based on the regular season was quite a strength for this club in the end, and for the players, Bochy, and Maddux, they executed their respective tasks to near perfection.

I went ahead and stitched together Eric Nadel's call with the video.

The Texas Rangers are World Series Champions! #WentAndTookIt #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/Usrd9MY6KZ

— Jamie Plunkett (@FrogPreacher) November 2, 2023

The Sphere in Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/pJMrWjE53T

— Dallas Texas TV (@DallasTexasTV) November 2, 2023

I still vaguely remember watching the rangers first playoff games in Yankees stadium in the early 90's as a kid. I remember the giants pitching staff shutting us down and choking us out like an anaconda attacks its prey in 2010. I remember the last second collapses in St. Louis in 2011.

I remember the Banister / Odor led rangers getting pantsed by the Blue jays in 2015-2016. I remember the rebuild that for awhile didn't seem to be working or coming together.

I remember the Dodgers winning a championship in our stadium.

THEN…..

I remember the rangers signing semien and Seager. Then Degrom. Then Eovaldi. Then Heaney.

I remember the rangers bringing in Bruce Bochy.

After all that, everything just seemed to finally come together and click at the right time. I'll admit that I thought we were done after game 5 of the ALCS, but the team went to Houston and emphatically kicked their ass.

This has been a season to remember. Even if we get more World Series championships, it probably won't feel better than our first. Enjoy every second of it.