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The inevitable September Collapse of the Texas Rangers

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by SooneRockStro, Aug 30, 2016.

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  1. Commodore

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    Got this shot of Yu Darvish right after he served up a 3-run homer to Andrew Benintendi last night

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    #442 tellitlikeitis, Jul 5, 2017
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    I don't care who you are, that's funny right there!!
     
    #444 craigharmann, Jul 12, 2017
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    Yes please. Anything to delay their inevitable blow up and rebuild even further.
     
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    If I had time I'd post that picture of Emperor Palpatine saying, "Good...goooooodd."
     
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    This is like the Astros circa 2007. Still think they can win, oblivious to the reality of their situation. They're gonna be a non-factor for the next 5-10 years at this rate.
     
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    FWIW, they traded for Cole Hamels with a 49-52 record, 8 games out of the division, 4 games out of the 2nd wild card.
     
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  10. Joe Joe

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    Astros are a much better team with a much better record than 2015. From an Astros fan perspective, any resource they or any other AL West team uses on 2017, the better. I don't care if Rangers win the wild card. I'd rather play the Rangers after a trade than an AL East after a trade in playoffs.

    Going for wild card is probably the right decision for the Rangers. Cheering them on is the right decision for Astros fans.
     
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    No.
     
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    The Rangers have a better team than they did in 2015. We shouldn't sleep on them. My hope is they won't be buyers or sellers.
     
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    What about laughing hysterically at them? Is that good?
     
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    Rangers have a smart GM and in a 5 game series, if Darvish and Hamels are on their game they can steal a series from anybody. I'm really hoping they stay away from the WC, and away from us.
     
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    I'd rather lose in the playoffs to anybody other than a flukey wild card Rangers team.
     
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    A team that sweaks into the playoffs with a solid #1 and #2 SP can turn the tables on the better team which is why contrary to some posts others have made, I do not want the Rangers in playoffs and do not want them to upgrade. Id much rather face a team that depends on their batting or relies on pitching depth rather than their TOR guys. Ironically, the kind of team I am describing sounds like the 2017 Astros which is why I dont want us to stand still on the TOR issue.
     
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    "Will Listen" in this context always sound like "Landslide deal in our favor" type of listening.
     
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    Tim Cowlishaw read them the riot act in the Ft Worth paper recently.

     
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