2023 WS Game/Discussion Thread: 2021 100+ Game Loser Edition
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I wish Chase field Security good luck trying to chase down someone like Max Scherzer if he wants to go for a swim
I wish Chase field Security good luck trying to chase down someone like Max Scherzer if he wants to go for a swim
ITP owned tonight’s thread, first post this afternoon, second post after the first run scored:
He is not.
Yes it was.
I gotta say: the "it's been 51 years in Texas and 62 years as a franchise" call made me happier than anything else. Wherever the team may be and whoever is on the team who I may not like, I love when long-suffering fans finally get a taste of glory. It's a little piece of 2004 in another part of the world, and that's pretty nice.
Time to stare out the window and wait for spring.
Time to stare out the window and wait for spring.
Only player in history with 3 WS wins in a row with 3 different teams. Clearly the Sox need to acquire this guy for 2024.
I grew up in Dallas and have many fond memories of sitting in the old aluminum frying pan that was Ranger stadium in the 70s and 80s. Saw some great players from Jim Sundberg to Buddy Bell to Oddibe McDowell to Ruben Sierra. Some real stinkers too like Pete Incaviglia. But the Rangers always had spirit, as fourth fiddle to the Cowboys, the Mavs, and high school football. Plugging away in Arlington, low expectations always met. I was there for Nolan Ryan’s 5,000th K game. So happy for them. Well-earned and clearly the best team in the post season this year.
Those Sierra Franco years, particularly ‘89, were fun to watch, too bad they didn’t go far.
How did that team only win 83?
19-20 year old Sosa and Juangone on the bench too
edit: oh yeah, Bobby the Fifth
How did that team only win 83?
19-20 year old Sosa and Juangone on the bench too
edit: oh yeah, Bobby the Fifth
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Four of those five have won their league pennant, which is just as big an accomplishment as winning the World Series was for the first 60 years it was played. The Mariners are the most suffering of all, having never made a World Series appearance. That's despite winning 116 games one season and having Junior, A-Rod, the Unit, and Edgar all in their primes at other times.
Matt Bush...World Series Champion. Unbelievable story
Twenty years after being drafted #1, multiple drug and alcohol issues/suspensions and three years in prison, Matt Bush is a World Series Champ.
You can't make this stuff up.
Twenty years after being drafted #1, multiple drug and alcohol issues/suspensions and three years in prison, Matt Bush is a World Series Champ.
You can't make this stuff up.
I mean, unless I'm missing something, he was horrible for MIL this year (over a 9 ERA), was released, picked up by TEX on a minor league deal, activated for the final two regular season games (didn't pitch) and not for any of the postseason rosters, so didn't throw a pitch for TEX this year.
If you did make it up, hopefully you'd write a final chapter where he actually got on the field at some point.
I searched for info on 2022:
“As he did in 2017, Astros owner Jim Crane ordered more than 2,000 rings when the team secured the 2022 title, so all the organization's employees would receive one.”
Julio was my best friend's favorite player, so after Cleveland traded him away, my friend's dad would take us up to see a game whenever the Rangers were in town. I remember a Charlie Hough vs John Farrell slugfest that year, which Cleveland won thanks to home runs by the immortal Brad Komminsk and Paul Zuvella. The Rangers were lucky to win 83 games while relying on 60+ starts from Hough and Bobby Witt. They did have a young Kevin Brown though and I saw a young Kenny Rogers come in from the bullpen.
It's crazy. He gets a ring and a partial share I assume and did absolutely nothing. Wild life.
Some fun Rangers facts from Jayson Stark in the Athletic:
https://theathletic.com/5026439/2023/11/03/rangers-2023-world-series-facts/
https://theathletic.com/5026439/2023/11/03/rangers-2023-world-series-facts/
Edit: I saw this in the article's comments, weird wild stuff:
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