2023 ALCS: Texas Rangers vs. Houston Astros

bochy’s head almost as large in 84 as now

painful but Astros in 5

Houston can lick my *********

Go ****** a ******************

Sure hope so:

https://www.mlb.com/news/max-scherzer-ready-to-pitch-in-alcs-for-rangers

This is as cherry-picked as it gets, but they really do feel like the same kind of hitter.

https://i.postimg.cc/sDGb9sHN/orvarez.jpg

(With, obviously, the same flair for the dramatic.)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

uh is A-Rod going hard on the spray tanner?

Lol

Results are a tie, of course

Joe Davis is in the house

Rangers aggressiveness pays off

Verlander gets out of it, wow

Good game

The only thing that gets me anxious these days is seeing Yordan Alvarez at the plate in the post season. The dudes stoic face and massive frame is just suffocating. He looks like he doesn’t care, like he’d rather be fishing, yet he will hit a bomb on a high fastball outside the zone to take the lead and there’s nothing you can do about it

Honestly just walk him here

Did I just see a lady wearing a “Ran-Gels” jersey? Disgusting

What a pitch

Yeah that was perfect.

...

Couldn't score there, huh

Wow

Verlander giving it up to the 9th place hitter

Oh 2012

Montgomery is dealing

What a performance from Montgomery. Hope he gets through 7 scoreless

That Montgomery/Stratton trade looking very very wise from the Rangers right about now

It was a strike

Verlander being himself

They pull him and do get out of it

And now Montgomery is out

90 pitches, a wise preemptive move

Yeap

uhhh that was not ball 4

Frogbs, your all right

What

Wow

Great play

And he gets doubled up

lmao that was the MLB equivilent of ball don't lie

Here we go

Congrats to the Rangers

I liked that

Only saw a tiny bit, had a Zoom call; I saw the catch and Altuve's screw-up. I still expect the Astros to win...but not if they lose G2.

If the astros get to another world series I am going to be beside myself. MLB's parity in the post season is one of its most special qualities to me, I'm sick of these stros with their golden state-esque post season trips every year

I kinda like baseball dynasties but this team is very unlikeable to me. obviously you have the cheating scandal. then theres MAGA Verlander and the fact that Ted Cruz is a proud fan. I also don't like how overt they were about tanking and bottoming out several years in a row. I know it's the smart thing to do but I also feel there's sort of an honor system thing going on in pro leagues where you don't do that shit for more than one year. oh and did I mention Ted Cruz is a fan

extremely otm. They're just absolutely full of unlikeable blokes from top to bottom. How any baseball fan could cheer for them over the Rangers at this current moment of time is beyond me.

I am a little disappointed how quickly we seem to have moved on from the cheating scandal. yes it's been 6 years, but is that not the MLB story of this century? (actual question, has there been a bigger story? 2004 Red Sox/2016 Cubs?)

has ted cruz actually come out, this week, for the astros?

Astros just trying to prove they don’t cheat at home anymore with these ridiculous home-road splits.

I don’t think he does? It’s only those on the team at the end of the season, right?

if the d-backs win the ws does madbum get a ring y/n

I read that he does

One of the Giants beat writers

What if they were to activate him and bring him out of the bullpen in a Game 7 just to mess with Bochy's head?

Ah, Yordan--I will miss you.

I’m not a fan of the cranky old man, but this is pretty funny

In the hours before another Game 7 for Bruce Bochy today, he got a text from Madison Bumgarner, offering to pitch.

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) October 23, 2023

I wish it was legal by Gardner being activated by the Rangers to pitch against diamondbacks would be an all time post season story, regardless of the result

*bumgarner (I really need to turn off autocorrect!!!!!)

Speechless!

garcia rubbing it in

C'mon, you're entitled: middle finger to the stands.

This is Reggie-Pujols stuff.

Damnit I just turned it off to walk to the homebrew store. What was I thinking!

The cupped ear's almost as good as a middle finger.

there's a homebrew store?!

Clearly payback for Garcia, I can tell--have to suspend him.

Homebrew supplies, truly the best hobby to mix with baseball fandom, and it’s a 5 minute walk from my house so Peach is always happy to get an extra walk down the street ⚾️🍻🦮

I would very much not like getting hit by a Chapman fastball

The only way to make sure is to permanently suspend all astros

I would not like getting hit by any major league fastball.

One more inning!

So who would be in line for the win? I forget the rule on this.

that is, not Scherzer

I'd give it to Garcia...If not, it's up to the scorer to determine who was most deserving (but I don't think Scherzer's eligible unless he goes five).

I suspect it will go to Montgomery.

wow that was a bomb

A homerun here, a grand slam afterwards, then a solo home run… and we’ll have ourselves a ballgame!

well that would at least make it a save situation

Damn thought we were getting bases loaded

Tucker will end this with a great warning-track catch by Garcia.

Woo!!!

Hahaha the colourful backpack!

the W is supposed to go to the most effective reliever, but in situations like this they almost always give it to the first one. in this case yeah it’s montgomery either way

Congrats Rangers

For Torontonians, think I just spotted Hazel Mae interviewing Bochy.

Astros are going to tear down Enron Field in the offseason

JUST IN: Dusty Baker has expressed to multiple inside & outside the Astros organization that 2023 will be his final season as manager, sources tell The Athletic.

◻️ 2x World Series Champion
◻️ 3x Manager of the Year
◻️ 19 years as a player
◻️ 26 years as a manager

Details ⤵️

— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) October 24, 2023

Let Dusty Rest at his (solar) farm

"You don’t tug on Adolis Garcia’s cape."
--unnamed baseball writer