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What happened to the Rangers ???

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DeltaBoy

October 01, 2013, 01:18:16 pm
They win 90 + games and miss the playoffs.  My wife is  :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:  They seem to have never recovered from losing to the Cardinals in the World Series.
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McKdaddy

October 01, 2013, 03:02:10 pm #1
#11in11

My Rangers' in-laws have been down in the dumps since the '11 WS, especially with the endings to the '12 and '13 seasons.
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dhornjr1

October 01, 2013, 03:11:52 pm #2
Sports can break your heart.

McKdaddy

October 01, 2013, 03:22:52 pm #3
Quote from: dhornjr1 on October 01, 2013, 03:11:52 pm
Sports can break your heart.

Yes, they can....too many examples to list.
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dhornjr1

October 01, 2013, 03:42:13 pm #4
Quote from: McKdaddy on October 01, 2013, 03:22:52 pm
Yes, they can....too many examples to list.

Oh, God. I could start with Bob Heaton and list literally dozens of others from Little League ball all the way up to the seventh game of the World Series.

dacskc

October 01, 2013, 04:24:08 pm #5
I watched game 6 again last night, it really was unbelievable the way it all unfolded. Had it been a movie, I'd have said nothing could've ever happened that way. I can remember being resigned to a loss thinking that it was a miracle we'd even made it that far and I was actually going to be happy for the Rangers. (like I was for the Sox in '04...they had just endured too much frustration over the years lol) I imagine I could even find it my heart to be happy for the Cubs should fantasy ever translate into reality. Cubs gonna cub; however, cubbery is deeply ingrained.

ErieHog

October 01, 2013, 04:40:16 pm #6
Losing their 2nd best hitter for 50 games at the end of the year definitely impacted that offense.
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Dr. Starcs

October 01, 2013, 05:26:07 pm #7
That and losing three of their top pitchers before the season really began.

I would say losing Hamilton hurt. But the way he played this year, they may have been better off. Cruz suspension put a dent in their power.

McKdaddy

October 01, 2013, 06:16:02 pm #8
Quote from: dacskc on October 01, 2013, 04:24:08 pm
I watched game 6 again last night, it really was unbelievable the way it all unfolded. Had it been a movie, I'd have said nothing could've ever happened that way. I can remember being resigned to a loss.....

I bought gm 6 for my iPad when it debuted on itunes, and watch innings 8-11 about every 3 months.
#11in11
Don't buy upgrades, ride up grades.

"You are everything that is wrong with this place . . . Ban me"

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McKdaddy

October 01, 2013, 06:17:10 pm #9
Quote from: Dr. Starcs on October 01, 2013, 05:26:07 pm
That and losing three of their top pitchers before the season really began.

I would say losing Hamilton hurt. But the way he played this year, they may have been better off. Cruz suspension put a dent in their power.

Agreed. I thought they were loaded for bear in the pre-season, despite losing Hamilton (addition via subtraction).
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DeltaBoy

October 02, 2013, 10:39:09 am #10
The Fort Worth Star Telegram is blasting them today.

http://www.star-telegram.com/rangers/
My Wife grew up in DFW and loves the Rangers all her life. She tolerates my Cardinals.
If the South should lose, it means that the history of the heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers, will be impressed by all of the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision.
-- Major General Patrick Cleburne
The Confederacy had no better soldiers
than the Arkansans--fearless, brave, and oftentimes courageous beyond
prudence. Dickart History of Kershaws Brigade.
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