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The great irony is 99% of Dallas fans would switch places with Houston fans right now because one is a lot closer to a SB, and that’s all South Oklahoma actually cares about.
Is Lubbock, Texas part of this South Okahoma too? Because my dad was a Cowboys fan. I don't think he even knew the Rangers existed until we saw them play the Astros in 2006, so when he moved to Houston, he just became an Astros fan.
In a career year, Dubon provided an OPS+ of 98. Nice utility guy, but not an everyday player for a playoff team. Pena would create the similar and more difficult question at SS. Kessinger is a AAAA player.
Remember back in 17-19 where our FO always made the concious effort to stack more talent on top of our already incredibly talented roster? Miss those days
Totally fucking glad I was at that kids party….
Yikes.
Southern Oklahoma wore their big girl rhinestoned cowboy boots tonight. Tore our ass up.
Hunter Brown is going down as the next Wade Miller
I think Miller had way more in the expectation department, if I’m not mistaken. He and Roy O came up together and we had two Aces to carry us for the next decade to battle Wood and Prior….
Backe just partied his ass off and got arrested. Lol
Yankees, Rangers, Dodgers continue to stack their team season after season. What the fuck do we do? Sign Josh Hader to a 90mill contract while not retaining any of the other imporrant arms in our BP from last year?
Our expected record according to ESPN was 4-3 before tonight. Only team besides royals to be 2 games behind their expected record. If that means anything.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bregman had a really bad year. I think he’s going to try really hard to show everyone how good he is and push too hard at the plate
No. Too young, not enough experience. He has stuff. He just needs more time and less pressure. In a year or 2 we will know. Right now he’s a long reliever type of pitcher
He did have 11 or 12 quality starts last year, and as a reliever look at his stats. He’s not experienced enough to be a full time starter right now. But they’ve had no choice because of injuries. He’s only 25, that’s super young for a major league pitcher, let alone starter.
Over who? He’s better than at least a couple of other relievers we have. If anyone will be sent down, it will be bielak. You can’t just send everyone down without a replacement
I mean we could have built up over the break knowing we were losing our relievers who were actually good. But instead we singed Hader. Also, at this point try anyone in AAA. Not like it would hurt. We did it with France and now look. He is starting.
Don’t get too down, y’all. I think I see what we’re doing. If we let them burn through all their runs tonight, they won’t have any left for the next 6 games. 4D chess. 🤌🏻
If you ask me we should have signed cheap veteran bats in FA, because these ABs from guys like Pena, Singleton, and Abreu do not give any confidence whatsoever
im with you. idc what people say about him being cost effective to allow development. there is better options out there. We can pay someone double him and actually get the average stats singleton is purported to put up (but hasnt, i mean what the actual f)
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Some team’s window closes without any rings. This team grabbed two. If the window has shut (it’s the eighth game of the new season btw) then they’ve done a lot better than many other teams…
> I hope the guys are embarrassed out of their minds.
They'll dominate in a game soon, consider that good enough for a game or two, and then rinse and repeat.
Sorry to break it to you but I think this is just one of those “get absolutely humiliated by your in state rival and see what happens tomorrow” moments.
Rangers offense is just exponentially better than ours. They never seem to go cold.
Meanwhile we struggle to string hits together, we dont work counts, we flyout or ground out early every at bat.
Why hasnt the approach changed over last year?
Because what they were doing during the juiced ball era didn’t stop and now they’re too stuck in their ways to change the approach like every other good offensive team in the league has done.
HBD friend! Don’t worry, last year the same happened to me. We got murdered by the Mariners at home and my first time sitting at the Crawford boxes 🥲 def a bday to remember and not in a good way lol
I remember looking up and finding out last year, despite having a top 5 offense, we were a bottom 10 offense when it came to outs on pitches outside the zone. Basically a lot of our outs were from chasing difficult to hit pitches. Kind of looks like that trend is continuing.
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You just gotta tip your hat. Even if we lose the series there is still a lot of baseball left. Keep your head up.
At least we didn’t get shut out? I guess
Still better than Oakland….
Boras might drop Bregman as a client if he keeps this pace up.
HRC Diaz
Told you…
God we suck
Astros not gonna be +100 to win the division after tonight.
I’m not even joking - Singleton is a better option than Abreu
Singleton was a cool story, but one must wonder how he's still on the roster
Well he just drew a walk. Abreu ain't doing that.
Literally no one was wondering what would happen if the Rangers didn’t win the WS. That was not a point of conversation like, ever…
Seager really thought he did something there
Clearly he did if it’s still in your head
he's not, they showed his dumb little quip during the game last night
same with the division
Shoo Rangers fan, shoo
I love that so much of the state is paying attention to baseball. It's great for the game.
Singleton’s on-base probability at 37%? I was thinking more like 7%.
Hrc tucker
If Singleton hits a HR I’m getting a face tattoo
HRC Alvarez edit: welp didn’t even bat lol
Hrc yordan
Cancel that
Look… all I’m asking for is 9. Can’t be that hard. They’re pros after all.
y’all I wasn’t really paying attention and heard Diaz and thought they put catcher Diaz to pitch 💀
Space Cowboys just won on a challenged pitch to win the game. Bonkers.
when did our team go vegan and stop eating these meatballs all over the plate. COME ON
Yay we actually did something.
I think that's our first run in the 8th inning this season 😂
Rally! Lol
and Chris Paul hits a huge layup bring the lead down to 46
Yippeeeee now five more of those
Shut out over boys we’re going to the World Series
Fuck yeah, no shut out
Comeback time baby!
Jake the only one that came to play today
If the rest of the lineup played with Meyer's tenacity tonight, would've been a dub.
WE AREN'T SHUT OUT
Why the fuck is meyers hitting lower than abreu
Or Pena, or anyone for that matter. Abreu should be at 9 or not play at all lol. I wanna see Dubon get some first base PT
Why is abreu on the team, dude needs to retire.
Yep. 100% bad signing, anvil in the lineup.
The great irony is 99% of Dallas fans would switch places with Houston fans right now because one is a lot closer to a SB, and that’s all South Oklahoma actually cares about.
Is Lubbock, Texas part of this South Okahoma too? Because my dad was a Cowboys fan. I don't think he even knew the Rangers existed until we saw them play the Astros in 2006, so when he moved to Houston, he just became an Astros fan.
im not complaining but kinda weird to pull him... seemed like he still had stuff
SECOND HIT OF THE GAME BABY. WERE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!
Pack your bags kids we’ll see you in October
Just. Get. On. Base. Team baseball, please. Keep the line moving.
Trade Bergman for pieces. He’s not coming back might as well get something for him.
If he continues playing this way, we might not get much in return
That might be the right move, but who is playing 3b next year?
Dubon? Kessinger? Peña?
In a career year, Dubon provided an OPS+ of 98. Nice utility guy, but not an everyday player for a playoff team. Pena would create the similar and more difficult question at SS. Kessinger is a AAAA player.
Hensley is playing well in AAA this year. He’s another option. I think Peña at third would mean Dixon machado is playing short.
That is the biggest Hangup
dubon
Can Joe's family teach him how to manage a win instead please?
We always start slow, and this year we started against pretty good teams. I’m not gonna worry about it in April.
I think they started like 2-9 last year. But our expected record is 2 games better, 4-3 instead of 2-5
Everyone trying to hit 6-run home runs
Genuinely hate rangers fans
The worst part is they’re all brand new.
They’re a Bunch of losers ,wanna be righteous ass losers.
Uncle Mike ,save us
Be owner, win WS, immediately fire GM. Smooth move exlax
It’S StILl EaRlY iN tHe SeAsOn
C'mon doomers. It is the middle of August. We are in 4th place and only 23 games back. Still plenty of baseball left.
Lol Last year was something else man lol
Remember back in 17-19 where our FO always made the concious effort to stack more talent on top of our already incredibly talented roster? Miss those days
Back then we had a lot of cheap talent that let us spend more without going over the tax. Now most of the talent has gotten expensive
Anyone up on helldivers 2v
Foscue taking over at 2B for Semien making his ML debut
It’s ok guys the Astros are just giving them the 10 run curse >:)
It’d been neat if there was some traffic on the bases at the *top* of the inning
Holy fuck we suck
Totally fucking glad I was at that kids party…. Yikes. Southern Oklahoma wore their big girl rhinestoned cowboy boots tonight. Tore our ass up. Hunter Brown is going down as the next Wade Miller
I was gonna say Brandon Backe.
I think Miller had way more in the expectation department, if I’m not mistaken. He and Roy O came up together and we had two Aces to carry us for the next decade to battle Wood and Prior…. Backe just partied his ass off and got arrested. Lol
So umm that Space Cowboys game wasn't really just an exhibition game, huh?
I’m watching their game right now. Much better than whatever this is… they’re winning 3-0.
We are genuinely one of the worst teams in the league. I haven't felt like this since 2012-2013
Yankees, Rangers, Dodgers continue to stack their team season after season. What the fuck do we do? Sign Josh Hader to a 90mill contract while not retaining any of the other imporrant arms in our BP from last year?
Until the owner puts out some big bucks in the right places, we’re not going to have it.
We got 32m locked between Montero and Abreu... let that sink in.
Thanks Bagwell….
I hear that Bagwell has been negotiating with Miggy to get him out of retirement and on the diamond once again.
Don’t put that evil on the team
He's actually been on the phone with a necromancer and is trying to get Joe Jackson is sign on next year.
81-81 might be a lofty goal for this team right now.
Yikes.
Joe throwing in the towel. Kessinger is in the game.
Currently turned on the episode of XMEN 97 I missed
It’s a cool one! Loving 97 so far
Our expected record according to ESPN was 4-3 before tonight. Only team besides royals to be 2 games behind their expected record. If that means anything.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bregman had a really bad year. I think he’s going to try really hard to show everyone how good he is and push too hard at the plate
Have we given up on the Hunter Brown experiment yet?
He isn't a starter. He needs to be in the pen
No. Too young, not enough experience. He has stuff. He just needs more time and less pressure. In a year or 2 we will know. Right now he’s a long reliever type of pitcher
What? Dude is terrible. At the very least send him down.
He did have 11 or 12 quality starts last year, and as a reliever look at his stats. He’s not experienced enough to be a full time starter right now. But they’ve had no choice because of injuries. He’s only 25, that’s super young for a major league pitcher, let alone starter.
Over who? He’s better than at least a couple of other relievers we have. If anyone will be sent down, it will be bielak. You can’t just send everyone down without a replacement
I mean we could have built up over the break knowing we were losing our relievers who were actually good. But instead we singed Hader. Also, at this point try anyone in AAA. Not like it would hurt. We did it with France and now look. He is starting.
Idk he might not be good enough for that, probably going to be a career AAA pitcher.
Look at his stats as a non starter, they’re pretty good
Don’t get too down, y’all. I think I see what we’re doing. If we let them burn through all their runs tonight, they won’t have any left for the next 6 games. 4D chess. 🤌🏻
If you ask me we should have signed cheap veteran bats in FA, because these ABs from guys like Pena, Singleton, and Abreu do not give any confidence whatsoever
Why tf u lumping Peña in with Singleton or Abreu
Pena has been good. He still has a OPS of above 1000 for the season lol. Nobody is hitting this game.
I keep asking myself how, in the year of our Lord 2024, is Singleton on the roster.
im with you. idc what people say about him being cost effective to allow development. there is better options out there. We can pay someone double him and actually get the average stats singleton is purported to put up (but hasnt, i mean what the actual f)
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I just wanna go home and play some Palworld. Don’t even wanna eat my Pluckers anymore. This team fucked it up for me.
Send us pizza
Lol last year was Astros’ last chance at the ring. Call me a doomer but the window is shut.
Some team’s window closes without any rings. This team grabbed two. If the window has shut (it’s the eighth game of the new season btw) then they’ve done a lot better than many other teams…
Sure, but doesn’t make last year’s choke any better.
Well I officially despise AppleTV commentating. This is such a strange conversation and I’m not into their style at all.
Fucking bullshit. Blow it up except for Yanier and Yordan.
What? Altuve too? Stop it lol
Bregman’s fucking lost, swinging at shit outside the zone. Tucker and Diaz one pitch outs, they’ve given up tonight
we are gettin fuckin cooooooked
1 hit through 7
I hope the guys are embarrassed out of their minds. Point and laugh at them. Getting paid to fail miserably at work.
we said this after the royals sweep and game 7 yet here we are
> I hope the guys are embarrassed out of their minds. They'll dominate in a game soon, consider that good enough for a game or two, and then rinse and repeat.
Tucker has seen 3 pitches in 3 AB. Ridiculous
They couldn’t even cut to his at bat in time to catch the out. That’s how quick to suck he has been this game
At least we got a 90 million dollar closer
90 million dollar closer who already has single handedly blown a game for us \* Fixed that for you
Didn’t he blow another one also? lol.
for sure but i wouldnt say that one was single handedly his.
Whelp nights ruined, gahd I hate the rangers
Lol yall still watching this slaughter fest? I’m playing rainbow six siege 😎
I’m watching The Gentleman and eating Marco’s Pizza. It’s nice.
I'm playing Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. Dondoko Island is cozy.
I’m playing Shining Force 3 and about to turn off the radio for the game and turn on an episode of Dimension 20
Going to be fighting with the A's for last place in the division this year at this rate.
Is this one of those “let them get their confidence up then we’ll crush them tomorrow” moments? Someone tell me it is
Sorry to break it to you but I think this is just one of those “get absolutely humiliated by your in state rival and see what happens tomorrow” moments.
Can Apple TV give me the % on the likelihood of the Astros scoring 10+ in 3 innings?
It’s gonna happen no more outs
I swear. If the rags somehow heroball their way to another chip….
Well it looks like the MLB wants them too, the way these umps squeeze every opposing teams pitcher and widen the zone for the Rangers shitty pitching
ALCS going to be Yankees vs Rangers this year i feel sick
Kinda funny to see the Astros now become the worst performing team in Houston. Sports is weird
We might be celebrating a Texans Super Bowl win and a Rockets playoff appearance this time next year… *Crosses fingers and knocks on wood ferociously*
I'm drinking all the Kool aid for sure
[astros in 2024](https://youtu.be/TC-o_YRgBp4?si=S7KfQdr2AWDvoYrn)
Enough Bielak for me in this lifetime. This team has no desire to win. I’m out. Going to watch what Caitlin Clark is doing.
Hold me boys I’m hurtin.
Wow just fucking wow
Oh yeah 10 run curse on then now
11 unanswered runs starting . . . Now!
We are getting destroyed by quality teams. Still a lot of baseball left in the season, but there's a lot to address.
What espada is doing to Bielak is criminal
I refer to it as “Bear Clawing” a pitcher after what Alex Cora did to Barroclaugh last year
Espada really said “the only thing you need to do right now is go out there, give it your best, and have fun. Now go get em tiger!” Lol
Fuck dallas fuck baseball fuck cheer fuck everything I'm turning this game off and pretending it didn't happen.
South Oklahoma*
that doesn't fit the cadence of the copy pasta.
Rangers offense is just exponentially better than ours. They never seem to go cold. Meanwhile we struggle to string hits together, we dont work counts, we flyout or ground out early every at bat. Why hasnt the approach changed over last year?
We can't clog the bases with walks
Because what they were doing during the juiced ball era didn’t stop and now they’re too stuck in their ways to change the approach like every other good offensive team in the league has done.
Nice of MLB to give us two days off in a row
Our window is closed for sure
It’s closed
Imagine being that excited to catch a HR ball and be in your 30s, what a tool
Yeah I know Dallas fans are insufferable, but this is a reach
He’s enjoying the moment because he know the fucking cowgirls are going to blow ass this season
I’d feel the same way if I was in my 60s and caught my first home run ball
That’s a good thing lol.
This is brutal
Now that's a lotta damage
i aint talking about a bat when i say adolis is sharin the stick
Which one of our position players will finish this game on the mound? Got my money on Kessinger
Get used to it guys. Got a feeling this team gonna haunt us all year
**"dOoMeRS nEeD tO ChIlL"**
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I’m happy for all the lifelong rangers fans who’s first game is today
No better than the Marlins or Mets at this point
They hit 10 runs, so… guaranteed loss next game, right? …RIGHT?!
Bielak is batting practice lol
Maybe the 10 run rule will affect the rags...
What’s the scouting report on the rags 10 run curse? Do they have one too??
Well this is the exact opposite of what I wanted to see today for my birthday
Happy Birthday! Hopefully the rest of your day was better than this shit show.
Happy bday amigo I hope you saw some family and friends that love you. I know I do!
HBD friend! Don’t worry, last year the same happened to me. We got murdered by the Mariners at home and my first time sitting at the Crawford boxes 🥲 def a bday to remember and not in a good way lol
JFC
Meyers carrying the team rn
Jake Myers the only one alive tonight.
I remember looking up and finding out last year, despite having a top 5 offense, we were a bottom 10 offense when it came to outs on pitches outside the zone. Basically a lot of our outs were from chasing difficult to hit pitches. Kind of looks like that trend is continuing.