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***ALCS Texas Rangers v New York Yankees*** (1 Viewer)

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Seriously, I know Hamilton is today's superstar, but you can't keep walking him to get to a borderline HOF.

 
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Great inning. Need Cobra to keep plugging along and keep the bullpen out of it as much as possible.

FYI - I'm fully erect.

 
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Good series guys. Yanks pitching staff is an absolute joke. Hughes hanging curve to Vlad, Robertson throws a "meatball" fastball on 1-2. Dont deserve to win with this horrible staff.

 
bentley said:
Great inning. Need Cobra to keep plugging along and keep the bullpen out of it as much as possible.
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I realize that you Rangers fans have a sky-is-falling mentality after getting sand kicked in your face for the last (however long you've been around)... but go ahead and relax. This game is over. You're the better team.
 
Raider Nation said:
bentley said:
Great inning. Need Cobra to keep plugging along and keep the bullpen out of it as much as possible.
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I realize that you Rangers fans have a sky-is-falling mentality after getting sand kicked in your face for the last (however long you've been around)... but go ahead and relax. This game is over. You're the better team.
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No chance of that. I went to my first Rangers game when I was five weeks old. So, for 36+ years, I've seen nothing but failure. The two books that have been written about the Rangers history are titled "Seasons in Hell" and "The Impossible Takes a Little Longer." And they're perfect summaries of the franchise. I remember 100 loss seasons and trading Ron Darling away for Lee Mazzilli and giving up prospects for Oil Can Boyd and Charlie Hough's no-hitter being ruined by George Wright and the year that Craig Lefferts was the opening day starter and thousands of disasters great and small. I'll be waiting on the edge of my seat for them to #### it up all the way to the last.
 
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^ Guess that's a small taste of what Red Sox fans felt in '86 with Buckner.

But seriously, this is done. And the best part is you'll have Lee for game 1.

 
Impressive run by Texas here. 6 games, 5 of which were pretty much dominated by them.

This is a team that I will have no problem watching win the World Series....fun group

 
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^ Guess that's a small taste of what Red Sox fans felt in '86 with Buckner.
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See, and I've never felt a bit of sympathy for the Red Sox or the Cubs. At least they were good enough to make the playoffs every once in a while. The Rangers have been so bad that they've never really had the chance for dramatic failure or to be lovable losers or have any kind of "curse" that makes for a great story that a lot of people can get behind.
 
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Ranger fans: With that farm and management, you're going to be good for a long time yet. Get used to this sort of thing.

 
Also, there's something poetic about the team that was bankrupt earlier this year beating the Yankees. Also, if the Yankees were mad at the Mariners at the trade deadline for taking Smoak over Montero in exchange for Cliff Lee, how pissed off are they now?

 
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Also, there's something poetic about the team that was bankrupt earlier this year beating the Yankees. Also, if the Yankees were mad at the Mariners at the trade deadline for taking Smoak over Montero in exchange for Cliff Lee, how pissed off are they now?
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Something poetic about that fat piece of #### ####### Tom Hicks not being a part of this either.
 
I wonder if the impact of a World Series appearance might give the Rangers an edge in keeping Lee. Can they even get in the neighborhood of what the Yankees or another big market club would offer? No state tax in Texas, right? That's gotta help a bit.

 
proninja said:
Also, there's something poetic about the team that was bankrupt earlier this year beating the Yankees. Also, if the Yankees were mad at the Mariners at the trade deadline for taking Smoak over Montero in exchange for Cliff Lee, how pissed off are they now?
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I got news for you. Take Lee off the Rangers and put him on the Yankees, and Texas still wins this series.
 
Raider Nation said:
I wonder if the impact of a World Series appearance might give the Rangers an edge in keeping Lee. Can they even get in the neighborhood of what the Yankees or another big market club would offer? No state tax in Texas, right? That's gotta help a bit.
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I read on a Rangers blog earlier in the year that a World Series appearance is worth $30-$40 million to a team. The Rangers would be on the high end since they've never been there. If I can find the article, I'll link it.
 
I'd just like to see this: Take an umpire after a game and show him the ten pitches he totally missed (balls/strikes only.) Compare his calls to the computer and demonstrate that the computer is more correct.

Baseball is a game of statistics. Small differentials define the game, often 3-5 pitches out of 150. So let's just say that it's 5% of pitches that define the outcome of an average game. Add to this another 5% of pitches that are flat-out called wrong (either giving batters or pitchers more chances) and you materially affect the outcome of the game. Now add to totally botched calls such as the ball that hit Swisher tonight. There is commonly more variance introduced by the umpires than by the play of the players. That's just stupid.

Time to introduce video/computers in a way that's as fluid and non-disruptive as possible. I'd rather see an umpire in the booth making quick calls based on one or two video looks than real-time judgement calls made at strange angles on the field.

Yes, Texas is looking good. But don't forget that at a pivotal point in the game tonight the Yankees were awarded a run. Then look at what happened last night on the bad fair/foul call in the NL series. Why with all the technology available does baseball shun it. To me, it's like someone getting a limb amputated insisting on doing it without going under. It's just archaic and wrong.

 
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The economic benefits of a contending season and post-season play are huge to teams like the Rangers that have been out of the playoffs for an extended time. In recent years, the Playoff Boon has visited three franchises that had experienced playoff droughts similar to the Rangers. Attendance for the Phillies, Indians, and Rockies increased by around 15 percent during the season that they initially contended for a playoff berth and then at least held steady and in the cases of the Rockies and Phillies, significantly increased attendance in subsequent seasons.A strong second half for the Rangers could mean a 15-20 percent boost in attendance during the regular season and a corresponding $15-20 million increase in revenues from ticket sales and merchandise as compared to 2009. Add in the $2-3 million in revenue that Nate Silver estimates that teams generate in gate receipts, concessions, and merchandise sales for each playoff game and the Rangers could see an increase of $30 million or more in revenues in 2010 over the $180 million that Forbes estimated for the team in 2009.In his book, Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball, Vince Gennaro estimated that during seasons that follow a playoff appearance, teams generate an additional $20-50 million in revenues via increased season ticket sales, merchandise sales, and television rights. Teams like the Rangers that have been out of the playoffs for a significant amount of time fall at the upper end of that range because they have greater upside for increases in season ticket sales and fan interest. Assuming that is the case, then the Rangers could find themselves generating upwards of $225 million in 2011. With a reasonable number of contending seasons, $225 million could become the organization's new revenue floor.
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This was from an article written right after the Cliff Lee signing. And before Texas signed a fat TV extension.
 
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bentley said:
The economic benefits of a contending season and post-season play are huge to teams like the Rangers that have been out of the playoffs for an extended time. In recent years, the Playoff Boon has visited three franchises that had experienced playoff droughts similar to the Rangers. Attendance for the Phillies, Indians, and Rockies increased by around 15 percent during the season that they initially contended for a playoff berth and then at least held steady and in the cases of the Rockies and Phillies, significantly increased attendance in subsequent seasons.A strong second half for the Rangers could mean a 15-20 percent boost in attendance during the regular season and a corresponding $15-20 million increase in revenues from ticket sales and merchandise as compared to 2009. Add in the $2-3 million in revenue that Nate Silver estimates that teams generate in gate receipts, concessions, and merchandise sales for each playoff game and the Rangers could see an increase of $30 million or more in revenues in 2010 over the $180 million that Forbes estimated for the team in 2009.In his book, Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball, Vince Gennaro estimated that during seasons that follow a playoff appearance, teams generate an additional $20-50 million in revenues via increased season ticket sales, merchandise sales, and television rights. Teams like the Rangers that have been out of the playoffs for a significant amount of time fall at the upper end of that range because they have greater upside for increases in season ticket sales and fan interest. Assuming that is the case, then the Rangers could find themselves generating upwards of $225 million in 2011. With a reasonable number of contending seasons, $225 million could become the organization's new revenue floor.
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This was from an article written right after the Cliff Lee signing. And before Texas signed a fat TV extension.
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Fascinating.
 
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