Official World Series Thread

I like the Rangers chances.



Buzz told me to

GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!

💪

Let's go, Rangers!

From a longtime Astros fan….GO RANGERS ! Bring it Home to Texas

Yup

Longtime Astros fan here too. Garcia's antics soured me on the Rangers. I'll watch football like normal this weekend.

Would sure love to see it! The D-Backs closers looked pretty rock solid last night.

Yup

UGHHH need to refill my prescription

Throw all that out the window.

Eovaldi starting tomorrow night.

Scherzer has a cut on his pitching thumb. Says it will hurt but not affect his pitching. Yeah, right

Just got offered two tickets 12 rows up behind the Rangers dugout. Wonder if my 9 year old will choose the WS game or deer youth opener.

I honk you gotta go WS. May never happen again.

100%!

They need to get this won in time to suit up for the cowboys so they have a shot

This.

WS

I got to go the last time the Rangers were in the WS with the same friend before my son was born. Tough for me to stomach sitting in $10K+ seats, but he said he's not selling them if I go or not. Was an awesome experience last time, but everyone stood the entire game. Not sure my son will get to see much of the game.

Anyone hear what thinking was on Eovaldi vs Montgomery for game one?
Montgomery pitched too much Mon night?
A certain matchup favored him?
Bochy just thinks he’s better?
Better equipped to come back later in series?
??

Found this in my closet last night.

The Rangers were to only team that refused to participate in that this year. So I guess you will be cheering for the DB’s.

man I like it

This official?

Not wasting the precious content I bring on unofficial threads

LMK

Yup, official.

Hmm

Sounds official

I’m a sorry loser but I’m also a sorry winner

Whats the official difference between an official thread and a not official thread?

Official threads are official, others aren’t

Simple math

What kind of math is involved?

I will likely watch the first couple innings on my phone until my kid gets done with halftime show then radio on the way home just in time to watch the 8th and 9th innings.

I was feeling really good but the closer to the game we get I am second guessing myself. They have 3 bullpen arms that have almost been perfect all post season. Rangers got to get to the starters early because runs may be hard to come by in later innings. Our bullpen...well...not perfect. Im afraid it may come down to the bullpens and we certainly do not have the advantage.

Ginkel has a NASTY breaking ball… talk about falling off the table

no cake walk here

LET'S GO!!!!!

How do you watch in on your phone? Im kinda low tech here.

I have youtubetv app I can watch it on tv, phone or iPad

Hulu

LET’S GO RANGER’S!!!

He choose World Series!

Very cool!!

Got a Michter’s Old Fashioned, My Father double toro, and my No. 1 Rangers fan…..ready to go!

Ranger fans just booed every Arizona player and coach that was introduced.

Stay Classy.

Gosh, I think that’s the first time, in the history of sports, that has ever happened.

Yall have fun!

I can’t be there this weekend either, hopefully next weekend.

Evaldi has that splitter going in the first inning.. LET’S GO!!

He’s in fine form.

Good choice.

What the heck. GW bounced the first pitch!!!

He knows better than that. He’s been warned.

I would still pick him before Fauci.

Gallen is rattled.

Doing our part!!

Awful quiet on this thread right now...

Go Rangers!

Awesome

Not watching. How’s it going?

Not great. 5-3

Rangers left a couple on base in bottom of 8th.

One more short. Down. 5-3

I guess we have to run it all back in the bottom of the 9th. It is 5-5

WOW!

Boom 💥

SEAGER!!!!!!!

Looked like the rangers 40 year old bat boy had that last at bat.

This place was rockin when Seager went yard

Yea, that was pretty bad.

That’s game.

EL BOMBI !!!

Wow. Why would they even pitch to Garcia?

Maybe they were tired and wanted to go to bed...like me.

No complaints here.

Go Rangers.

he took Bob Marley DEEP

So happy right now… GO RANGERS!!!

This is the happiest guy. He didn’t have to bat again.


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Couldn’t have picked a better first World Series to take my son to. Glad he choose the game over hunting. What a game!!

Wow!!!!!! Great to be a Rangers fan right now. Sorry I missed y’all last night. Ranch owner and guests at lease last night and didn’t have tv going. Finally back over to our camp house to tv for bottom of 8th on. What an amazing finish. I love Seager(and Carter), and Garcia is amazing. What a team effort though.
GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!

Man Im with you. I started drifting off in the 8th. Seager woke me up. Didnt end up getting to sleep until 2am bc I was so pumped.

What a game!!! Unbelievable. We had such a great time!!! Go Rangers!!!

Wow…sorry I didn’t watch the game to the end. What a finish!!!

So AWESOME!!! He will be a baseball fan for life now… what an experience!

You guys all had great seats as well!

I was at the Cruz GS game v Detroit game 2. This was even louder and more important win. It was a crazy scene and worth ever penny. We came home and watched the 9th and 11th inning again before being able to sleep.

We did some pre gaming with our friend Mark Elfenbein.

Awesome picture sir

[quote=BarneyWho]Couldn’t have picked a better first World Series to take my son to. Glad he choose the game over hunting. What a game!!




Memories made that will last you both a lifetime

Love the family pics fellas, great stuff! Hopefully that ending will take the steam right out of Arizona.

So great.
What memories.

this is what it's all about

My thought also.

I wondered the same thing. I bet he's pitched around the rest of the series.

Great stuff, y'all!

GO RANGERS!!!!!

3 bananas behind home plate tonight.

Surely that’s kids, right?

Looks like it. No dancing bananas while Rangers pitching.

LET’S GO RANGERS… Clap Clap … Clap Clap Clap!!!!

Doesn’t seem to be bothering the DB pitcher.

Arizona pitcher is pitching a very good game.

We aren’t aggressive tonight and it’s so frustrating. When it’s 31 you know he’s gonna be coming to you with his best pitch. SWING THE FRIGGIN BAT!!!

Arizona pitcher is also getting a lot of calls that are not strikes.

Looks like the ump is playing no favorites.

Rangers are not getting the same pitch calls by the ump.

Stick a fork in them tonight.

every ump assigned to the world series is horrible. they are all ranked in the bottom 1/3 of umps on accuracy. I will say the inaccuracy is going both ways.
but tonight small ball basics is winning.

Arizona’s pitching has been great tonight. They’ve got a few more calls than we have, but that’s part of it. Overall they have done a fantastic job pitching. And their offense gets the ducks off the pond… lots of 2 out damage to the Rangers.

7-1

A very one sided game, for many reasons.

Wow 16 hits. That’s incredible in a WS game.

Perez really sucks

9-1 final score.

I picked Texas in 6. I change my mind. Pitching wins and we don't have any. They put so much pressure on the base pads. They basically beat our two best pitchers. We got lucky in game 1. I think Arizona wins in 6, maybe even 5.

Rangers have fine pitching and it's how they made it this far overall. It's only the FIRST lop-sided loss for them in the post season. The plate umpire was not very good at all but he was so for both teams. The difference was the Diamondback hitters swung at balls that were going to be called strikes. The Rangers did not. Arizona adapted. Texas did not.

I hope everyone knows the box on the TV DOES NOT define the strike zone. The umpire does. The plate is the width and the height is suggested in the rule book. Officials see and call them their way. People do not understand rules of the runner's baseline either so it's no big deal.

now let's get ready for the next one.

I had a dream last night that Texas loses 2 games in Arizona, comes home and loses game 6 at home. Hopefully my dream is wrong, usually they are.

Not the FIRST lopsided loss in post season. Astros won 10-3 in game 4 of ALCS.

Caught me. I actually wrote "second" until I looked at the scores and missed that one. So my correction to my own post was incorrect. Still, hard to say the Rangers pitching is at fault with a 10-4 post season record ... two close losses and two blow outs and TEN wins.

When the Rangers don’t hit they don’t hit. They go to the plate trying to be a hero instead of the next man up

Probably has a lot to do with the opposing pitcher wouldn't you think?

In some nebulous way, yes. But in a real and practical way ... no. Astros had "better pitching" and a "better bullpen" too and they are sitting at home. When the Rangers hit, they win and their pitching is good enough to beat another midget (X2) team with a REALLY old guy.

If the opposing teams pitcher is on his game as a hitter you can expect probably one pitch per at bat that you can really handle. You better not miss it, foul it, etc, therefore hitting suffers tremendously. Just the way the game works. Whoever has the best pitching that particular day/series wins.

This is good info from someone with the experience to know.

Merrill Kelly pitched 7 great innings and for the most part had the Rangers completely off balance at the plate. IMO the lack of offense by the Rangers was just as much about Kelly having great stuff and hitting his spots than the Rangers just not showing up..

Tonights winner may determine the Champion, just read where the winner of Game 3, when the the series is tied 1-1, in a 7 game world series wins it all 68% of the time. Thats a huge percentage. One thing is for sure, if Semien and the bottom half don't get going they don't stand a chance.

100% of the teams who win game 7 win it all! I think the Rangers proved that in the ACLS when down by 3 games.

Rangers have been good on the road, hopefully that trend continues.

Scherzer tonight

Go Rangers!!!!!!!!

Hope they get an ump that sees pitches the same way for both teams.

Any lineup changes?

Ahah. Just read Garcia and Carter switching 3 and 4 holes.

yep

nerves kicking in

Let’s go Rangers.

Didn’t hear any DB fans booing the Rangers as they were introduced. Classy fans.

They are looking good tonight!

Boom...!!!

Max got some defensive help to erase that lead off double and now Seager deposits one in the right field seats!

why do they keep chanting "lets go D bags"?

That’s all I see when I see their uniforms.

Well, this sucks.

scherzer and garcia hurt

Come on guys!!!

Great win RANGERS!!!

Hell yeah! Rangers need to win on the road. I don't want to drag a TV along with me on Fri/Sat.

Tomorrow’s game will be interesting. Texas needs some more bats to wake up!

I can’t believe the guy ran through a stop sign with no outs. Talk about critical mistake!!!!! How can that happen at this level and on that stage. REALLY glad that played out like it did.
Go Rangers!!!!!

The last ump was bad both ways. Oh look, this one missed a call in the bottom of the 9th and made up for it with a bad call the other way.

Waiting to hear about Garcias MRI results

Yea, thats a bit of a concern. Scherzer being out is a loss but not much as Garcia. Gonna be hard to win without him. Hopefully he is tough and plays through it.

Garcia is not listed in the lineup.

Dang.

Karma.

What a joke.

What did Garcia do for the Karma?

Cocky slow walking bat slamming show off that pushed Maldanado almost starting a brawl.

He's good, but his attitude sucks. Karma.

GO RANGERS!

I saw the home run in question. To me, I thought he threw his bat and was directing all his emotion towards his teammates

Is that not acceptable display of emotion?

Astro fans, am I right!

I guess to me and many others, it kinda all goes back to how we were taught sportsmanship growing up playing baseball. If you slow walked, slammed or threw your bat, slammed or threw your helmet in the dugout, couldn't take a hit and started a brawl, coach would bench your azz IF you didn't get thrown out by the ump.. Period. Didn't matter who you were.

Obviously not that way today, but whatever. I don't hate Garcia (like some hate Altuve because of his looks or he's really good). I just don't like his attitude. Garcia is carrying this team and emotions are high, I get it. I don't wish harm on him and I want the Rangers to win. It's that simple.

The little guy said Garcia is out for the remainder of the series.

That’s to bad. He’s a good player and was trending to MVP. Sucks to play 162 plus games and get hurt in WS.

There’s one! Let’s Go Rangers!!!

Now We’re Talking!!!

KaBOOM!!!

Big inning.

Rangers 5
Snakes 0

Segar 2 run HR.

Sweeet baby Jesus, thank you

10-0 in the 3rd inning......

Who is this Garcia guy?

Sorry….you’re right.

Karma…..

A 30 year old, making less than $1m and carrying the team on his shoulders a lot the season while others are making $20-80m a year. I’d have attitude too

Damn, Rangers I see you!

They look loose and inspired. Garcia fueling from the bench. Jung made it happen early. Jankowski on fire. This team deserves the series win.

Yes they do

I hear you, but disagree.

The Altuve story is a good one, should check it out. That is an American baseball story. No self honor.

Road warriors killing it! Giddy yup!

As is the Garcia story.

Everyone on this thread knows your opinion of him….

But,are you certain Maldonado had no hand in any of this, going back to that game in Houston?

Of course you are….that’s what homerism is.

Tell me more. Altuve’s base salary this year was $26m. Remind me where there’s no self honor

He dog slapped the [censored] out of that one.

"Of course you are….that’s what homerism is."


Negative. Not homerism at all and none of us know what was said or not said. It's about what was done. You ever been hit by a fast ball?


Never in the history of Altuve has he ever been a dick to any player regardless. This drama queen representing Texas aggravates me.

Garcia is a bad [censored] buck but you gotta put some reins on him, or will start breaking bones the next 2 years and never be the same.

TLew. He (Altuve) played for basically free for years. Just for the love of baseball, not for the love of money unlike most.

Hater's gonna hate, whatever. Has donated quite a bit since actually getting paid for playing ball.

This is about the Rangers though, and winning the WS.

Good for him. Guess he just kept playing for the love of the game and Dusty gave him a cool $26m without him saying it's what he deserved.


Maybe you could say him and Garcia have more in common than you'd like to admit

They have nothing in common. If you can't see that then I dunno what to tell you.

The difference between these two are night & day.

Let's go!

Damn Skinner, Tlew is cool. You need to throw away the shovel here lol You do not like how he did it but I get it, it went down like that and is what it is.

T Lew might be cool but Garcia is trash.

At the end of the day, none of this matters.

I wouldn’t have done that

Will say it one more time...

[censored] Garcia.

I just do not see it. Vlad got popped for doing stuff like that. I think Vlad is trash but I would not put him in the same pool.

It's all good Josh, skinner is just a Houston fan putting his team (and its players) on a pedestal.

Happy to see the bats heat up and the good guys pick up the win tonight!

Not really bud. The only people that I've ever put on a pedestal are dead.

This is sports......

Great series to watch my friends.

The Astros have been good. They have a compromised championship. Altuve is a great player. One that has killed the Rangers.

But, apparently, to some, turnabout is NOT fair play.

Regardless of what they say…..

It is, very much so.

Skinner, you know I love ya and mean no offence. Altuve has cars made by manufactures I cannot afford lol.

Great win tonight. A must win for Arizona.

One more to go.

Let’s Go Rangers!!

Altuve is an amazing player and appears to be an excellent teammate and person. He has been a Rangers killer this year. Love them or hate them, the Astros made the Rangers better this season. Once the Rangers beat the Astros, they were ready to beat anyone.

Broke a few WS records and hasn't been caught cheating. No real reason to bring up the losers in this topic any longer.

Would it be against league rules to inject pain meds into that muscle group?

Wow, what a win. I had originally picked Texas in 6, then after game 2 changed to D Backs in 5 or 6, but this team keeps finding ways to win. Jankowski stepped up big time. He is patient at the plate and gave us some offense. Garcia was 0-8 since the game winner home run and will go on hitless streaks, so maybe it was a blessing in disguise Garcia was out. Seemed like everyone else knew it was time to step up with him out. But, they did that when he got hurt during the regular season too. Lets win one more and my life long misery as a Rangers fan can finally end!

Possibly end it tonight???? What do ya'll think?

I doubt the MLB will let that happen.

I hope it goes back to Texas so they can win it at home.

I just want them to win, I don't care where they do it.

It would be cool to win it at home. But, will take it asap.

Zero doubt Rangers are best team in baseball. Even with 2 top
Players out.

I don't want them to lose anymore games, teams have come back from down 3-1. I feel uneasy about it, seen a few DFW area writers already planning a parade and talking about how this team has already won it. I hope that doesn't come back to bite them in the rear.

^^^this^^^

This is the correct answer. Lets go RANGERS!

I get this feeling too. Watching the D Bags score 7 runs very easily last night as a statement they ain't rolling over. They are a lot like the Rangers. Very tenacious and resilient. I hope the Rangers close it out tonight but won't be surprised if they have to bring it back home.

UGHHHHH nerves kicking in already. Where are my pills.......................

There is no more money if Rangers win tonight, advertising, gambling…etc.

Correct. Kick em while they are down. Put them away. Insane for a fan to hope they have to play another game.

agree get it done tonight PLEASE !!!!

Hope so, that way indont have to buy tickets to game 6

Little man and company is going down tonight!

PLAY BALL!

Oh man. Talk about living dangerously.

LET’S GO RANGERS!

Eovaldi…

Another commanding performance.

My vote for MVP.

Rangers need to start hitting. Champagne is waiting.

They need to make Gallen work a little harder.

Let’s go!

Texas lucky it’s not 6 to 0.

Ice water in his veins

Eovaldi….Houdini.

Great pitchers duel tonight. Eovaldi pitched his guts out. 5 scoreless is most likely it for Eovaldi. The Ranger bats need to find a way to get to Gallen. He is dealing.

I agree!

Eovaldi is a stud.

Dbags have to be thinking….What the….

Gallen got a no hitter. Impressive.

Correction. No hitter gone

Make that six scoreless for Eovaldi. Seager broke up the no hitter and Carter looks like the real deal. Rangers on the board. 1-0

Things are looking good!

Chapman scares me… dude has no control

Let's get some hot bats! Need insurance!

Rangers in five.

I swear it looked like he was being escorted from the dugout
at the end of the 7th. Could be wrong.

To the 9th we go!!! What a pitching duel

They're gonna keep us on pins and needles to the very end!

Might have. In his defense, he did find the strike zone for us when it mattered

Game over

Wow

Hot bats!

HOLY CHIT

Let's go!

good inning

And BOOM goes the DYNAMITE!!!

Incredible

Three outs away.

Was just a matter of time till Semien’s bat woke up and it couldn’t have come at a better time these last two games.

Shutout!

All is right in the world!

Awesome!

World champs!!

Well there ya go!
Well done Rangers!!!

Awesome.

Yes sirrrrrr

So happy right now…What a season!!!

Well...how bou dah!

This couldn't have ended any better!

Send the Astros home, and then go win it all!

Yes it is. I don't have to drag a TV to the lease this weekend!

Lol.

Anyone know when the parade is?

Heard that it will be this Friday.

Great game, baseball like it is supposed to be.Way to go Rangers.

Changing of the guard in the AL West. Rangers World Champions!!! Bochy did a heck of a job managing the team through a slew of injuries! Bringing up the rookie Carter made an impact. Seager showed why he makes the big bucks.’ I’m an Astros fan but started pulling for the Rangers when they called BS on gay pride night in their stadium. Only team in MLB that had the stones to say we are not doing that mess in their ball park.

After almost 50 years of going to, watching and listening to games, they finally bring it home. I remember the days of sitting in the cheap bleacher seats at Arlington Stadium.

Me too. Back in the day, they had a pretty good bat night. Could get in for nothing.

Kinda feel bad forgot he guy who missed the ball in the outfield

Roll, I felt bad for nelly cruz much moreso than this guy. His team didnt score a run, they were already losong at that point. His error didnt cost them the game.

We turned the house Red & Blue for the Rangers

Classy team. Congratulations Texas Rangers World Series CHAMPIONS

NEVER thought I would ever see it here

Congratulations to all you guys that have been lifelong Rangers fans. I know it's been a grind following and watching them all these years. Happy for you guys!

Congrats, Rangers!

Any one interested in a Frisco Roughrider Authentic Championship Ring let me know, it was a front office person ring, it has Texas Rangers Afflitation

My grandparents were HUGE Rangers fans.....They would have been ecstatic!!!

They listened to the games on the radio when they weren't on TV.

Never thought I’d be able to say it

The Rangers are finally World Series champs!

What a season, unbelievable season!

They are my team, I pull for all the DFW teams but the Rangers have been my main team

I remember an uncle and I talking in 1995 vs the Yankees when John Burkett won, we thought then we had a team that could win it LOL….

But finally, they are the CHAMPS!!!

It was not a grind ... we are fans. They weren't supposed to be ready to win for another year or two. Funny how this didn't seem to be a better team than the mid-90's teams or the 2010/2011 team but this team pulled it off.

Never been so happy to be wrong. I was surprised by some of the strike calls we did get.

This team has the horsepower to be relevant for the next 3-5 years with Seager and Semien under contract control. They need to get stuff going with Lowe, Garcia and Heim contract wise as I believe those 3 become player contract controlling in 2025 after 4 full seasons of MLB. They keep those 3 and re-up Eovaldi, Heaney, Montgomery and Sborz, skies the limit. Believe they locked in LeClerc before 2022 to either 3 or 5 years.

Re-up Dunning too, if Martin Perez wants to walk, let him.

Great One !!!

Don't forget DeGrome if he can make a comeback from his surgery

All I can say is WOW! I have been a Rangers fan my whole life because my Grandfather was. Nolan Ryan was my hero and a to this day I remember him and my mom taking me to see Nolan pitch against the As at the old Arlington Stadium. I remember thinking how cool that place was to only now realize it was a dump and wouldn't even make a good minor league park. I honestly thought I would never see this but its pretty cool. I sent out a message to my staff and students to wear Rangers gear and they showed out today! Got my 2011 Rangers WS hat and Michael Young Jersey on today!

I didn't know that, but count me in as well. Not only do I appreciate this practice, I applaud it. Way to go Rangers.

A fan since they played at the old Arlington Stadium. I was in High School. Some of my buddies worked out there. If you never sat out there in that sun on those hard azz bleachers you missed something special.
Anyone remember ten cent beer night?

Lot of ups and downs, mostly downs. So close in 2011.

Victory for my Texas Rangers at last.
How sweet it is.

Almost 50 years waiting for this day. Used to go to Arlington sradium. Still have some of the give aways. I remember Lone Star beer in waxed cardboard cartons like milk cartons. It was always hot. Hots dogs and popcorn were favorites.

My son and I toured the new old stadium before it was opened. We stood at home plate together.

Happy I was around to see it.

Perez is good insurance. Keep all the pitching you can. Hard to believe we accomplished this WITHOUT Degrom and an ineffective injured Mad Max. Next several years the Rangers have the makings of a dynasty. Bochy has a chance to add a couple more rings IMO.

True but the whole league will never undo this...

X2

Way to Rangers!

Thumbs up to these 26+ guys, Bochy, the owners and Chris Young for the great year.

Those dudes had one hell of a well deserved party lasting way into the night! Finally can say, World Champs!

I think they have Garcia for two more years but Id have to check. Eovaldi is good for next year, Heaney is on a player option for next year, Montgomery is a FA as of Monday and will demand a huge contract that the Yankees will overpay for. Scherzer will be back but it looks like at his age staying on the field may be an issue. I read that they are now a possible front runner for Ohtani, which I don't think is a good idea, he won't be able to pitch for another year and thats a contract that will limit your ability to sign other players, but he would put rears in the seats. deGrom should be back around August, Id start him in the bullpen but that won't happen. They have some young pitchers in the farm systen that have real potential as does this kid from Florida, who may push Taveras to be trade bait. Overall they have a great core and should be competitive for a few years.

Can’t forget about Jack Leiter from Vanderbilt. I believe he is still in our system and should be a great pitcher for us as well moving forward.

Would have been nice if Mark Holtz could've been around to see this run.

Yup and glad Eric Nadel got to do and see one. Spent lots of hours over the years listening to him.

Hello Win Column would have been great from Mark Holtz

100% spot on.. For the guys that are still around, it had to be a special moment.. For Eric Nadel, Chuck Morgan (wish the team could’ve won at home, but I get it..), for John Blake.. those guys have seen more bad baseball around here than most of the rest of us. For them, I couldn’t be happier-

And God Bless Mark Holtz, he has to be smiling from heaven today..

And Norm Hitzges (even though I loathed listening to his radio show he was there with Holz on HSE).