GDT: 2023 ALDS: (1) Baltimore Orioles vs. (5) Texas Rangers

[Filthy Dangles]

Jesus that was 4 hour game….first pitch feels like days ago

 

[Say Hey Kid]

WS? Rangers in 4

 

[John Price]

Rangers HR!

 

[John Price]

Rangers 3 run home run. It is now 6-0!

 

[GKJ]

Orioles getting skunked out of the playoffs before they can even get in it.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

I knew the Rangers would give the O's an incredibly tough series but I never expected this...

 

[SwordsgoneWild]

What a beatdown. I thought the O's would put up a fight. I've never been so wrong about a series. Props to the Rags.

 

[EpochLink]

It's a wrap for Baltimore, damn.
They had a good season, just the post season is a different kind of animal.

They'll be back.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

What a beatdown. I thought the O's would put up a fight. I've never been so wrong about a series. Props to the Rags.

Rangers are mediocre. Orioles are worse.

Trending towards the final 4 teams being teams that no one cares about. Could be the least watched final 4.

 

[SwordsgoneWild]

Rangers are garbage. Orioles are worse than garbage.

The O's just weren't prepared in the slightest for the postseason ,it would seem.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Rangers > 1927 Yankees

 

[Terry Yake]

orioles are a classic case of a young, inexperienced team running into a more experienced group. also helps that the rangers are managed by one of the all time great playoff managers

 

[GKJ]

So the best division in baseball is going to exit the playoffs having gone 0-7

 

[John Price]

Dribbler to 1st, the Rangers get out of it.

 

[JWK]

Bochy doesn't know how to lose in the playoffs or something?

 

[John Price]

Orioles season ends.

 

[SwordsgoneWild]

I hope we win tomorrow. A Silver Boot/ Lonestar series would be nuts.

 

[BMOK33]

I sort of feel Houston and Atlanta if everything holds as is will go like 8-0 or 8-1 vs TEX and ARI

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Rangers bullpen is still an issue, could haunt them if they stop blowing teams out

Who can you trust in late inning high leverage situations other than LeClerc

Def not Chapman, and Will Smith was relegated to mop up guy a while ago

 

[GKJ]

Orioles season ends.

They say stuff like this ‘plenty more on the way’ and if they get 3 shots it’s a lot before owners decide they don’t want to spend money. And Peter Angelos really looks like he doesn’t want to spend money.

 

[Dr Pepper]

So the best division in baseball is going to exit the playoffs having gone 0-7

Apparently.

Never would've predicted that, given the long stretch this division went through with every single team pushing for a playoff spot until the final weeks at least.

Out with a whimper come playoff time.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Feel bad for O's fans. Best team in the league for stretches this season.

That said, the future is bright. O's are back.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

https://www.si.com/mlb/2023/10/11/rangers-bruce-bochy-raises-question-clubhouse-speech-austin-hedges-number

Rangers catcher Austin Hedges has their magic number needed to win the WS written on his butt.

 

[piqued]

As an extremely casual Rangers fan, it was pretty damn cool seeing a home playoff game in Arlington again. That place was rockin