If that's the case it would be no different for the Astros so the point is moot.
Astros or Rangers: Convince Me
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Huh
The problem with an experienced team is that they sometimes get tired late in the game and have trouble closing them out.RetiredAg said:
You want to watch a older, more experienced players fighting to get back to the WS? Then the Rangers may be your team.
Really great choice, TyTy!
Simple..If you are gay you are a rangers fans..If you a red-blooded American male Astros.
HTH
HTH
All you need to know is the Astros are the only Texas born & bred team. The Rangers are just carpet baggers from Washington DC.
If you have to be convinced, then spend your money on the rangerettes. We don't need you.
irish pete ag06 said:
Really great choice, TyTy!
Furlock Bones said:
Texags is literally the only place i've ever seen where Rangers fans try to convince people that the vast majority of their fanbase aren't johnny come latelys. I say that knowing how big of a fan my grandpa (RIP) was of the Rangers.
Exactly, anyone outside DFW area is probably a post 2010 rangers fan, Living in Austin Ive seen the turnover once the Astros purposely started tanking it and the rangers got good for the first time in their franchise history
friscodick said:
Astros, natch.
It's not too late. We'll let you change your mind and hop on the bandwagon.
Wait. What happened? I thought Astros fans were real fans who don't cotton to bandwagonners.
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It's simple. You pick the Astros because they're going to be good this year - and you get to laugh at the rangers fans when they suck.
Problem solved.
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It's not too late. We'll let you change your mind and hop on the bandwagon.
Houston fans HATE bandwagon fans.
Nope. LordTyTy needs to stick with the Rangers through impending rebuild. Go through a 100-loss season as an active fan. Stick around to when they are good again.
I'm just a nice guy, I guess. We all need second chances.
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Lucky #007 said:E said:
The Astros are going to be way more fun to watch this year
I've heard that before.
You boys had to be right eventually.
NM. Didn't see the "he chose poorly" meme was posted.
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What's even more worrisome, however, is the continued struggles of the team's cable network. CSN Houston, which also broadcasts Houston Rockets games, does not have carrier deals with DirecTV, DIsh Network, AT&T U-verse, and other TV providers, thus cutting out a sizable chunk of Astros fans both in Houston and across the country.
Derp.
Bump bump...friscodick said:
Hope you're happy now that their true colors are shown.
Ag_07 said:
Hope you're happy now that their true colors are shown.
Colors can be important.
Rangers are blue and red and white.
Astros have white blue and orange.
All the mouthing off today on the rivalry thread is reaching pathetic status.
What is pathetic is the goal tending by the Ranger fans. You know, sometimes you just do things because it is the right thing. Or at least decent people do. Baseball Gods are a fickle group so we shall see. I personally hope the Rangers get booed when they take the field tonight. And as I stated in the other thread, I have pulled for the Rangers in the past. No more.
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You guys are sheep if you think the rangers should have switched with the Astros.
A) Astros are not the city of Houston, helping them does nothing for Houston.
B) switching would have given the rangers a 13 game road trip at the end of September when they still have an outside shot at the playoffs. No team should be expected to do that.
C) the Astros management is a bunch of dirtbags for trying to hold the rangers' feet to the fire on this and going public just because it would look bad (because people are sheep) when I guarantee they would have done the same if the shoe were on the other foot.
D) rangers offered them home field in Arlington (bat in the bottom, where white unis, and take the gate) which would have been better for both teams than flying off to Tampa, but the Astros said "wah, wah, wah, there's a storm, give us what we want or we will throw a fit, go to the press, and make you play in Florida." Despite the fact that it lessens the rangers chance to make the playoffs.
The Astros are a BUSINESS of millionaires and billionaires they are not the people of Houston or Dickerson or Katy. They don't need help and the rangers shouldn't be expected to help them at their own cost.
Help Houston, not the Astros.
Edit: I live in Houston, so I've seen and known the magnitude of this.
A) Astros are not the city of Houston, helping them does nothing for Houston.
B) switching would have given the rangers a 13 game road trip at the end of September when they still have an outside shot at the playoffs. No team should be expected to do that.
C) the Astros management is a bunch of dirtbags for trying to hold the rangers' feet to the fire on this and going public just because it would look bad (because people are sheep) when I guarantee they would have done the same if the shoe were on the other foot.
D) rangers offered them home field in Arlington (bat in the bottom, where white unis, and take the gate) which would have been better for both teams than flying off to Tampa, but the Astros said "wah, wah, wah, there's a storm, give us what we want or we will throw a fit, go to the press, and make you play in Florida." Despite the fact that it lessens the rangers chance to make the playoffs.
The Astros are a BUSINESS of millionaires and billionaires they are not the people of Houston or Dickerson or Katy. They don't need help and the rangers shouldn't be expected to help them at their own cost.
Help Houston, not the Astros.
Edit: I live in Houston, so I've seen and known the magnitude of this.
Specialized said:
You guys are sheep if you think the rangers should have switched with the Astros.
A) Astros are not the city of Houston, helping them does nothing for Houston. The Astros are Houstonians. Their families, homes, and belongings are all in Houston.
B) switching would have given the rangers a 13 game road trip at the end of September when they still have an outside shot at the playoffs. No team should be expected to do that. With not being able to get home the Astros now have a 19 game road trip. All while being away from their homes during a disaster. But better not mess with the Rangers playoff chances right?
C) the Astros management is a bunch of dirtbags for trying to hold the rangers' feet to the fire on this and going public just because it would look bad (because people are sheep) when I guarantee they would have done the same if the shoe were on the other foot. Holding the Rangers feet to the fire? Really?
D) rangers offered them home field in Arlington (bat in the bottom, where white unis, and take the gate) which would have been better for both teams than flying off to Tampa, but the Astros said "wah, wah, wah, there's a storm, give us what we want or we will throw a fit, go to the press, and make you play in Florida." Despite the fact that it lessens the rangers chance to make the playoffs. But with the condition the Rangers still get their games and get their money. But think about the Ranger season ticket holders that would be inconvenienced. Oh yeah...The don't have home whites since they cant get back home. Playing in their warmup threads.
The Astros are a BUSINESS of millionaires and billionaires they are not the people of Houston or Dickerson or Katy. They don't need help and the rangers shouldn't be expected to help them at their own cost. Again with this? The don't need help because they're millionaires? You're right as far as financially but come on.
Help Houston, not the Astros.
Edit: I live in Houston, so I've seen and known the magnitude of this.
The bottom line is that it was made as a business decision when there were circumstances that (in my opinion of course) dictated it be made with a different set of criteria.
dermdoc said:
What is pathetic is the goal tending by the Ranger fans. You know, sometimes you just do things because it is the right thing. Or at least decent people do. Baseball Gods are a fickle group so we shall see. I personally hope the Rangers get booed when they take the field tonight. And as I stated in the other thread, I have pulled for the Rangers in the past. No more.
What's pathetic is what dozens of aggies have said to each other today in regards to decisions made out of our control.
We are all Texans and have been able to help each other in our most desperate hour.
It was said very well over on the trash talk thread. I'll leave it at that.
AG07
Astros wouldn't have been home regardless. Rangers couldn't do anything to affect their long road stand right now. All they could do is give themselves a long road stand at a less opportune time.
Asking a team to voluntarily create a 13 game road stand during a wild card chase is silly. If you deny that, you're just denying it because you're an Astros fan.
And yes holding their feet to the fire. Taking this to the public was an attempt to shame the rangers into capitulating because they knew there was no logical reason. Only sentimental ones.
Astros wouldn't have been home regardless. Rangers couldn't do anything to affect their long road stand right now. All they could do is give themselves a long road stand at a less opportune time.
Asking a team to voluntarily create a 13 game road stand during a wild card chase is silly. If you deny that, you're just denying it because you're an Astros fan.
And yes holding their feet to the fire. Taking this to the public was an attempt to shame the rangers into capitulating because they knew there was no logical reason. Only sentimental ones.
Typical Rangers attitude. Business of scumbags.Specialized said:
You guys are sheep if you think the rangers should have switched with the Astros.
A) Astros are not the city of Houston, helping them does nothing for Houston.
B) switching would have given the rangers a 13 game road trip at the end of September when they still have an outside shot at the playoffs. No team should be expected to do that.
C) the Astros management is a bunch of dirtbags for trying to hold the rangers' feet to the fire on this and going public just because it would look bad (because people are sheep) when I guarantee they would have done the same if the shoe were on the other foot.
D) rangers offered them home field in Arlington (bat in the bottom, where white unis, and take the gate) which would have been better for both teams than flying off to Tampa, but the Astros said "wah, wah, wah, there's a storm, give us what we want or we will throw a fit, go to the press, and make you play in Florida." Despite the fact that it lessens the rangers chance to make the playoffs.
The Astros are a BUSINESS of millionaires and billionaires they are not the people of Houston or Dickerson or Katy. They don't need help and the rangers shouldn't be expected to help them at their own cost.
Help Houston, not the Astros.
Edit: I live in Houston, so I've seen and known the magnitude of this.
If you love being butt hurt all the time and bashing other cities in your own state, then the Astros are for you.
Seriously I don't get it. I grew up in west Texas and moved to DFW for a few years. I never heard anyone there speak poorly of Houston or its sports teams. Houston HATES Dallas. I guess because DFW has had so much more success in sports and the Metroplex is actually a nicer place to live.
Seriously I don't get it. I grew up in west Texas and moved to DFW for a few years. I never heard anyone there speak poorly of Houston or its sports teams. Houston HATES Dallas. I guess because DFW has had so much more success in sports and the Metroplex is actually a nicer place to live.
Really because I had never heard anyone in Houston speak ill of Dallas, but every time I've ever been to Dallas in my Astros cap someone always comments in a rude way.Heismenberg said:
If you love being butt hurt all the time and bashing other cities in your own state, then the Astros are for you.
Seriously I don't get it. I grew up in west Texas and moved to DFW for a few years. I never heard anyone there speak poorly of Houston or its sports teams. Houston HATES Dallas. I guess because DFW has had so much more success in sports and the Metroplex is actually a nicer place to live.
It's like we have our own completely different personal experiences, but since that is how we see the world we must believe the entire city is like that.
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Really because I had never heard anyone in Houston speak ill of Dallas
LOL...people in DFW are so delusional all your sports teams blow.Quote:
I guess because DFW has had so much more success in sports and the Metroplex is actually a nicer place to live.
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