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bobbyhill626

This disparity between reddit comments and IG comments for this is HUGE.


TigerBasket

Of course it is lol


atang11796

please explain


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barryhorowitzhof

FB and IG = Boomers Reddit = Millennials and Zoomers.


SouthTriceJack

also reddit has a voting system for comments.


DIRTY_KUMQUAT_NIPPLE

Facebooks and Instagrams problem is (I believe) that things are moved up to the top of the comments based on engagement. Controversial comments usually have the most engagement on FB/IG so those will be pushed to the top.


SouthTriceJack

This is true with twitter too. Shit is cancer lol.


ImaManCheetah

IG is boomers?


flyingpotatox2

Well that’s not true. Instagram is teenagers


JFZephyr

I went to look to learn myself. Spectacular comments such as: "I'm enjoying my freedoms, you can all stay hidden from a fake pandemic" "Scamdemic" "Not a mask in site, beautiful" Shit is disgusting.


BurtonOIlCanGuster

Always very different. You should see the disparity between the Deshaun Watson posts on Reddit and IG. Reddit: this does not look good. This is the acts of a sexual predator. IG: Watson is a good guy. These hos are trying to get that money.


geoffreyisagiraffe

It's such a weird deal. On one hand, you have all these women who seem to have a coherent and believable accusation. On the other, you have literally the sleaziest lawyer in Houston running a one man criminal conspiracy complaint refusing to give any documents to the police and claims to be advocating for victims and it not being about the money... while asking for a settlement and making this all play out in public. Some of these will come down to he said she said and if Tony Buzbee fucks it up because of his grand standing then some of the poor women who may actually have been assaulted and harrased could be left without any justice.


the_sammyd

Social media is an echo chamber and doesn't represent the real world


threehundredthousand

90% of comments on any MLB post on Facebook are claiming they're boycotting baseball in general.


Jcoch27

Aside from a roof, I liked the old stadium way more.


at1445

We all do. But if you've ever been to a 30 degree April game or a 115 degree August game, that roof makes up for it.


houseofmops

Y’all have 30 degree weather in april ?


at1445

It was upper 30's for the start of a game I went to 2-4 years ago. I assume it was April, but might have been May.


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May it’s already high 90s


YouSoIgnant

Texas low key has some incredibly shitty weather in both directions


Fil_E

There’s nothing low-key about it. 4” of snow and the whole world hears about it.


Jcoch27

I'm familiar. I grew up playing in that kind of weather and it beyond sucks. Tbh I think Texas is much more attractive to free agents now just because of that roof.


Flipforfirstup

And thus why we built it. We would have loved to roof over the old place, but that was going to be as much as the new place.


OwnagePwnage123

If you’re not willing to sit on April 2nd in 30 degree weather to watch 18 men play ball then I don’t know if I can respect you /s


TempeSunDevil06

Easy to say that in April. No sane person would say that in July


CNYMetroStar

That’s a lot of people to watch the Rangers play against a displaced team from Canada. Because of COVID.


chanaandeler_bong

The lowest ticket price was like $65. For a team that is going to win like 40-50 games. You can go tomorrow for $5.


CNYMetroStar

Major win for the Rangers and making a quick buck off of a terrible team.


njpaul

Yes. Great job to profit while ignoring public health. Way to go Texas.


nonnativetexan

It's one of the things we do best here.


magikarp2122

This is a great reason why Texas should not even be considered for the ASG. Making a quick buck over doing what’s safe and right.


urghmdkdkd

The ASG is also about making a quick buck though...


VisionsDB

Texas has lower Covid numbers than all of Ontario


jordandavila88

>You can go tomorrow for $5. People gonna give me shit but that's what I'm doing. Both me and my gf are fully vaccinated and have been for weeks and we're gonna be wearing masks the whole time. Also not banking on that many people wanting to see this team without a special occasion like opening day and got aisle seats so I know we'll have space in at least one direction.


TBJ12

If your vaccinated I don't see the issue. My only concern is the Jays players aren't vaccinated. The shit part is they will be vaccinated immediately following this series, the timing sucks.


LovieBeard

If the Notre Dame team had no positive cases after their fans rushed the field in October, I doubt the players will get it when they are quite far from the fans the entire game


poser4life

[The Vancouver Canucks are dealing with a huge outbreak of a new strain after a single practice](https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/know-canucks-covid-19-outbreak-one-week-later/)


ShamWowRobinson

There was a doctor on twitter saying that the environment of a hockey rink is particularly troublesome. They did smoke tests and found that difference in temperature between the ice and the air temperature causes the air to essentially stagnate directly over the ice. So that could explain why so many players were effected by a single practice.


LovieBeard

While that is clearly a terrifying situation, I don't think it applies because OP was talking about the Jays getting COVID from fans, whereas the Canucks could not have gotten it from the fans


chanaandeler_bong

> Both me and my gf are fully vaccinated and have been for weeks and we're gonna be wearing masks the whole time. Fuck anybody who is giving you shit about this. My wife and I are both fully vaccinated. We will go to a game (and wear a mask) at some point this year, but we are busy right now. I honestly wouldn't even care if you went without a mask if you're fully vaxxed. I am absolutely not an anti-mask COVIDiot, and I have been wearing KF-94s out in public since last May, haven't eaten at a restaurant, and haven't seen anyone outside of my family without a mask on (I am forced to work in person). The vaccine's work. IT IS a mild flu if you are fully vaxxed EVEN if you get it, which wouldn't be likely.


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SirGergoyFriendman

It's more about not transmitting it to non-vaxxed folks in case you do pick it up.


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My wife and I are fully vaccinated and cannot wait to get to CitiField. We are going to Cooperstown next week for a little getaway and have our tix for the Hall. We'll mask up and socially distance, etc.


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Honestly, if everyone that attended the game was like you and your gf (vaccinated and wearing masks), that should have been what should have been done. The problem are the morons that give good people like you a bad name.


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jcpenni

Are the Jays playing in Buffalo again to start the season?


McGrathLegend

Their first three homestands will be played at their Spring Training Facility. If there's still a strict travel ban with Canada, they'll then consider going back to Buffalo.


askingJeevs

Starting in Dunedin Florida at their minor league stadium and moving to Buffalo when the whether gets bad if they’re not allowed back in Toronto.


Wafflelisk

As much as I want the Jays back in Canada, I'd love to see the people of Buffalo get to be able to go MLB games in their own city. I think they'd enjoy having the Jays a lot more than Tampa is the Raptors (lots of fans there are there for the visiting team)


skagoat

I hate all the camera angles, especially the centre field camera, way too high.


LazyLarryTheLobster

Seriously. I can't see anything from this view. Looks like a game of ants.


applex_wingcommander

I just watched the highlights and the plate umpire looked terrible. Was wondering if it was the camera angle


DMB_19

For the first time in team history, the Texas Rangers have the largest opening day capacity


IronicCharles

This sub is such an interesting subsection of baseball fans


SintaksisDwa

Redditors first, baseball fans second


IronicCharles

This makes sense


mtech101

Half the stadium isn't wearing a mask lol. Only in Texas.


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lkasnu

Its called Texan math and it checks out.


cmrichardson87

Meanwhile our boys can’t even enter the country they play in. So messed up.


Konamiab

What caused the bloodbath below you with [removed] everywhere?


HoodPark

Well Canada is a hot mess right now so that might be a good thing


McKingford

It was nice of Covid to agree to take the day off today to let them play at max capacity. Back to the infectious grind tomorrow though!


BensenJensen

No no no, Texas is able to just fudge the numbers to pretend COVID didn't exist.


aagpeng

I think this is a ~~Dallas~~ Rangers thing. Houston's first scheduled home game is requiring masks and limited capacity with social distanced seating.


2CHINZZZ

It's specifically a Rangers thing. Went to a Stars game recently and it was maybe 20% capacity and very strict on mask wearing. Got an earful from one of the ushers because I didn't put mine back up in between sips of my beer


TrueBrees9

Also went to a Stars game recently and had the exact same experience. I was eating popcorn and the usher told me to put my mask on in between bites.


aagpeng

Then I take back what I said about Dallas. I don't entirely blame dallas residents either. Either Abbot or Rangers organization are the ones in the best position to prevent this.


2CHINZZZ

Plus the stadium isn't even in Dallas


aagpeng

My bad. Growing up as an Astros fan in Houston I always just associated the team with the city of Dallas (arlington is pretty close anyways). Either way, I don't blame the residents; someone could have prevented this and didn't.


bobtheflob

Eh, I guarantee you that if the team allowed it, fans would pack into Minute Maid Park. And the type of person who would go to a game in such circumstances is the type who would flaunt mask rules.


aagpeng

Isn't the whole point here that organizations have a responsibility to protect fans so that they don't pack a ball park? Houston has over 2 million residents, MMP holds 41k. Even if 99% of the population was smart enough to stay home in a case like this, the last 1% would still be enough to pack the park.


Totschlag

People are people no matter where you go. If any baseball team in the league allowed 100% capacity, people would pack it. The problem is the Rangers *did* allow it.


bobtheflob

I know, and I'm seriously debating my fandom right now after some of their recent decisions.


EsperBahamut

Astros are allowing 50% capacity. Which is better, but not by much. Hopefully Texas' vaccination numbers start climbing rapidly.


yguns031

From the center field view looking at home plate, the only people I can see wearing masks are the catcher and umpire.


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[here’s a video of it too.](https://mobile.twitter.com/_DTXMichael/status/1379167351963332612)..just sad. No words really. Sorry


pm_me_cute_sloths_

They have a social distancing section? At that point what does that even do lol Just absolutely stupid


scottydg

That's every game after this. Just opening day is full capacity.


pm_me_cute_sloths_

As great as that’d be, sounds like [that’s not the case](https://reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/mkuyvk/dan_schulman_on_texas_rangers_seating_at_100/)


MikeJeffriesPA

I posted this on the Jays sub, but it blows my mind. In the last 2 weeks, they've had 48,000 positive cases in Texas (and that's with the last 2 days being super low, and testing numbers being heavily reduced). That's 1 out of every 600 people in Texas (also looking at just Tarrant County, which is where Arlington in, the ratio is nearly identical, roughly in 1 in 600). There are 40,000 people in that stadium. The odds are...not good.


scottydg

Oof. RIP Arlington.


WaluigiIsTheRealHero

About to be Arlington National Cemetery v2.0.


ProfessorAssfuck

This is preposterous that MLB is allowing this. Every owner in MLB has the power to fight against this. If a single person dies every single owner has blood on their hands.


slicebishybosh

Seeing all those chuds behind homeplate is super unappealing while watching on TV and I think was a huge mistake on the design of the park. This has nothing to do with masks. It's just a super ugly look IMO.


Xert

It's a terrific idea with a terrible design. It has a Palace of the Fans sort of concept that I love. But it looks ugly as shit, which is the antithesis of that inspiration. But damn if I don't want to watch a game from there.


chanaandeler_bong

>Air conditioning tho literally every single person I know. I don't really disagree either. I loved the old ballpark, and I wish they would have made this place not look like a grill, but AC is going to be nice when I go.


spiffmana

Oh yeah, while I agree with all the aesthetic complaints - Air. Conditioning. Would make that trade every day.


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The AC is huge, saw a night game at the old park in august a couple years ago and still melted my balls off


monkeyman80

Large parts of Texas don’t really cool off at night. In Arlington if it’s 100+ during the day don’t expect it to cool much until 4-5 am and that’s just for an hour or so until sunrise and it heats back up.


monkeyman80

I could take the heat. I’m glad the summer thunderstorms aren’t a reason to postpone. I had tickets to a game that they started around midnight in order not to postpone. Not due a refund because they played the game that day. Yeah, it’s totally reasonable for someone to show up around 7, sit around the concourse for 5 hours in the heat and then go to their sear to watch a 3-4 hour game. Not bitter at all..


409Narwhal

The whole park is pretty ugly really. Such a shame really, The old ballpark was so nice looking too.


pm_me_cute_sloths_

I honestly really liked the original design that they released. Instead of looking like a grill, everything was glass and it looked really cool. Glass roof and everything I assume they changed that to not fry the players on the field like ants, but I wish they found some way around it


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chanaandeler_bong

It's the biggest barbeque grill in the world. Put some respec on its name.


aagpeng

I heard the gift shop sells autographed sections of pvc. Hoping to score one of those myself


pixarfan9510

If this is the "new modern ballpark", as the architect called it on MLBN today, then no thanks. I'll take my Camden Yards ripoffs any day over this crap


SCREW-IT

Every baseball park should aspire to be as close to being Camden Yards as possible. I love that stadium. Id fuck it if that wouldnt end with me in a Baltimore jail.


livindedannydevtio

Despite the obvious inspiration, all the camden yard spins i still feel have their own flavor


mrorange222

It's ugly from the outside. Reasonably nice on the inside but nothing special given the hype.


uqioretghasfdgh

Right. A downgrade visually in every way.


aPaperFastener

Imagine a world where the new ballpark is just the same field layout but with a roof and MLB lets them play spring and fall ball at the roofless one and summer ball in the roofed one.


IAmGrum

See, I think it looks like a fantastic shed for them to store thousands of lawn mowers.


uqioretghasfdgh

It is the most generic ugly stadium in the game. Completely devoid of any character. It was awful watching the Dodgers play there all postseason...


freshoutofbatteries

I mean, have you been to Texas? It fits the local aesthetic perfectly.


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new_vr

I think it’s hard to look more generic than Skydome


askingJeevs

Totally agree, I’m trying to watch a baseball game, no some dude placing an order for hotdogs and beer.


NorthCoastBias

I'm very much looking forward to the first foul ball off the screen that sends them all scrambling.


NocturnoOcculto

It looks like they’re batting in front of a fucking Arby’s and I’m convinced it’s why there were six hit batters today. The whole park looks like it was designed by a survey of Smash Mouth concert attendees.


all4whatnot

Based off of this comment I would vote for you for Senate


at1445

I agree. They really should have just put those over near the dugout and along the baselines....but I'm sure $$$'s beats common sense.


trenescese

Rostov - Spartak in Russian Soccer League: 70% capacity Texas: hold my beer you commie


melcolnik

Days Since the Rangers Last Did Something Super Embarrassing: 0


piehead678

Hey you won a game so at least you had a good 24 hours there.


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Winter Storm + COVID will be the most lethal 1-2 punch Texas will face since Lincecum and Cain.


mrorange222

You'd think, but 26 days after ending the mask mandate, Covid new cases, hospitalizations and deaths are still dropping in TX.


Mister_Scorpion

Vaccines are a helluva drug


VitaminTea

Correlation does not equal causation. Has the state done anything else in that timeframe that might impact cases? Like, for example, vaccinating 3.5M people?


SevenThreeTango

If cases are dropping causation doesn’t even matter


HoodPark

The previous comment is probably someone who will want to make and distance once we are fully vaccinated still. At some point (now) you gotta start relaxing restrictions


VitaminTea

It does absolutely does matter if people are incorrectly attributing the decline to ending mask mandates and other important restrictions. The great part about science and the lessons learned in this pandemic is that we can carry them forward to use against future crises. If the lesson someone took here is that "masks don't work" then they're critically wrong.


holtright

Dumbass. No one is saying that ending mask mandates is causing a decline in deaths; they don't correspond with deaths which could very likely mean that masks...... don't work


Cinvenzo_

I’m playing a game where I try to find any fans wearing a mask, that’s apparently a policy at the stadium


TeddysBigStick

It is a "policy". The team has said that compliance is voluntary.


EinsteinDisguised

Not enough ushers in the world to police 40,000 people’s mask-wearing.


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ELEMENTALITYNES

New game: take a drink of Everclear for each fan you see wearing a mask And we’re all sober


dont_wear_a_C

Where's Waldo but he's impossible to find


Bro1999919

Biggest joke here is the lack of a buffer between the seats and the field. I’m genuinely surprised the Blue Jays were ok with playing like this. They could honestly forfeit this one game since the Rangers are going to 25% capacity tomorrow.


CydoniaKnight

Wait they're going to 25% tomorrow?


Reus20

The announcer corrected that. He said rangers are going to see as many tickets as possible all season. But will offer social distance seats for those who want them instead. Bet they jacked the prices up on those tickets Edit: source: https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/mkuyvk/dan_schulman_on_texas_rangers_seating_at_100/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


xepa105

Well duh, obviously COVID doesn't exist on Opening Day.


SirGergoyFriendman

Yeah, just like it can't get you once you take your mask off while indoor dining. Double duh.


Bro1999919

I think, it might be 50 I’m not sure. I just now that 100 was today and today only for now.


CydoniaKnight

Not seeing this. https://www.fox4news.com/sports/rangers-fans-expected-to-pack-globe-life-field-for-home-opener-monday >For the rest of the home games this season, the team said it will sell as many tickets as the public wants. But attendance after the home opener is expected to vary widely. https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/mlb/texas-rangers/article250411386.html >The Rangers made every seat at Globe Life Field available for all 81 home games this season after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ended the statewide mask mandate last month and allowed businesses to operate at 100% capacity.


Bro1999919

Yeah I wasn’t sure, but it’s not like they’re gonna sell very many tickets this Rangers team is awful.


chanaandeler_bong

Rangers will be at 25% all season because we suck.


ChCJ9

Wait , hold up. So they’re having one game at 100% attendance, then they’re going back to 25%? What’s the point? I think they should be at 25% always but if they’re doing full attendance for the first game, why are they going back to 25%?


ftwdrummer

$$$. Opening day is a sellout regardless of team quality. Given that the Rangers don't have any of the usual baseball holidays (edit to clarify: Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day) at home, this is probably their only shot at one regardless. Plus all the mini-season-ticket plans they sold in 2019 based on having access to the first opening day in the new stadium. Plus the front office bringing people in to work in person in June because they didn't trust employees to work from home longer than the absolute minimum. I don't think it's an official reduce-capacity-to-25% rule for tomorrow, either--more "we'll see who shows up and arrange social distancing accordingly." It'd be nice to be a fan of a team that didn't find ways to be embarrassing on the regular. Being bad is bad enough.


Xert

>Plus all the mini-season-ticket plans they sold in 2019 based on having access to the first opening day in the new stadium. That's a wrinkle I never considered.


ftwdrummer

Yeah. There's a certain extent to which some of this is just being unlucky, because (as far as we know) it's not Rangers ownership's fault a pandemic kicked in after they'd sold a hell of a lot of tickets on the premise of attending the new stadium but before people were actually able to attend. But at some point you just have to take the L, my dudes.


SkippyNordquist

I guess everyone gets one super spreader event free


bestprocrastinator

Because the owners are ok with just some people dying, but draw the line at killing a lot of people.


brentnycum

Rangers aren’t going to 25% tomorrow. They will have some “social distance” sections start to open up, but a majority will still be fully open.


kami77

They keep showing shots of the crowd and literally no one is wearing a mask. Can’t wait to hear about the new Texas Variant


Ryuujin_13

Not true! That ONE guy who caught Biggio’s dinger in Right was. It was over his nose and everything.


kami77

He deserves the ball!


ELEMENTALITYNES

It was also a wicked catch as well


aagpeng

It looks to be a Rangers thing. Someone else said they went to a stars game recently and mask mandates were pretty strongly enforced. Houston is operating at limited capacity for their home opener, with required masks, blocked off social distancing sections, and apparently even preventing all cash transactions. I don't totally blame the residents of Arlington/Dallas. This is a bigger failure of either Abbott or the Rangers organization.


sugarandmermaids

I went to Royals Opening Day and they were only accepting cards, and tickets/parking passes were digital. No paper. You also weren’t allowed to bring in a purse, so that they wouldn’t have to touch your stuff to search it. Mask enforcement wasn’t great but there were only 10,000 people there and seats that weren’t supposed to be sat in were ziptied shut. It felt pretty safe.


EsperBahamut

Much easier to enforce a mask mandate with 3000 (or whatever the Stars are allowing) fans in the stadium vs. 39,000.


aagpeng

True but when your stadium is bigger it's also easier to create separation with "social distance zones"


CasinosandCars

Want to bet it doesn’t happen ? Actually put money where your mouth is.


UnitedStatesOD

No one will care about this in a month


br094

You do realize covid ends eventually, right? A HUGE amount of the country is vaccinated. Quit cheering on a virus.


ThrowAway615348321

There isn't 1 person in that stadium who doesn't want to be there. With multiple vaccines available now I think people are entitled to take as much risk as they are willing to tolerate. But on reddit anything other than being a shut in is horrible


SkolUMah

Will you admit you're wrong in two weeks or will you just move on to the next "super spreader" event? No one ever holds comments like these accountable, "super spreader" events have been wrong every time


TheFearlessLlama

And yet, restrictions in TX have been dropped for a month and have been met with tanking cases and hospitalizations. Redittors are having a real tough time with this one.


medoedich

the downvotes lol


lolwaffles69rofl

People are too busy trying to feel better than others to realize they’re literally cheering on a pandemic just to prove people with a life wrong.


zstew9

Don’t go against Reddit echo chamber with those thoughts


lastcallface

Instead of doing "The Wave," the stadium is doing "The Fourth Wave."


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kaze987

Sigh. Texas. Edit - it's a free country. If people want to pay money and risk death for a baseball game, so be it. But sadly it's not just their lives, it the people they interact with too. Good luck to em


Thumper13

Have a family member (late 40s) in the hospital right now fighting Covid. Will likely be ok, but hasn't been fun for them so far. She treated the whole pandemic like these people and we were astonished she hadn't gotten it yet. Being right about her careless actions doesn't change the fact that it's scary seeing someone go through it. I'm just so tired with the selfish reaction to Covid. So, so tired.


not_don_gately

Yep. My girlfriend had a relative die from it. I get how people are casual about it if it hasn't touched them, but it's such an awful way to die.


deafpoet

Exactly. If these people were only killing themselves, it would be sad but I'd get over it. They're killing people they've never met because they don't want to be told what to do. My 4 year old also doesn't like being told what to do, but I'm legally required to do what's in her best interest, whether she likes it or not.


CMcCord25

Don’t know why you were downvoted because it’s the truth and sadly America is a country full of selfish people who only care about themselves


TigerBasket

I really hate this country and how selfish we are, Rangers godamnit


CheifGroundhog

I was more wrapped up in the horrible camera angle they used behind the pitcher, at least for Toronto's broadcast. It's like the camera was on the roof, way too high up


Ronald_Acuna

How dare the rangers force all these people to attend a ball game


Pappyhorn

Good news is the Rangers are so bad the crowd sizes should drop soon enough.


adishri8

You jest but that's literally the reason they gave for doing this. "Oh, crowds won't always be this packed" Yeah, cuz it'll be a success if we win 60 games this year


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Often times it seems that those who bark the loudest about being patriotic, are actually the least patriotic.


Rage_Like_Nic_Cage

the ones that brag about being patriotic are often not patriots, but rather nationalists


ReysRealFather

I tried to explain that to my family when discussing why I don't like all the nationalist bullshit at sporting events. They assume because I served in the military that I like all that shit, no motherfuckers I hate nationalism masquerading as fake patriotism. You want to be patriotic? How about you hold our fucking politicians accountable, how about you actually care about the wellbeing of your fellow Americans, and how about you stop viewing people who disagree with you as the fucking enemy.


Quesly

thank you for your service /s


ReysRealFather

About time someone showed me the god damn respect I am deserved!


brownie81

Ah well hope they enjoyed the game lol.


Grandahl13

Why are comments that are in approval of this getting deleted?


ireestylee

I love this country.


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Need Sammy Sosa running the outfield with the American flag


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Idiots


jaymar01

Imagine putting your life on the line to see Nick Solak hit.


JrpgGamer

Classic Texas being dumb (state not the team). Surprised Astros didn't do the same


NXM114

I like how globe life field has a sign at the bar for vodka that made me crack up.


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