Impartial observers love the drama that comes with playing in the MLB playoffs. Fans of the teams involved, though, generally prefer to keep things as easy as possible, and Lone Star Ball is thankful that the Rangers won in the way they did over the Rays this afternoon:
Rangers Fans: Game 1 Win Over Twins Was Just The Right Kind Of Comfortable
Similarly, today, with the Rangers' first playoff game in 11 years, I wasn't interested in an "instant classic." I didn't want big swings in WPA and Neftali Feliz coming in to close out a one run game. I wanted the Rangers to get up, stay up, and let me forget about 1998 and 1999.
That, they did.
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The first Ranger playoff win in 14 years, the second playoff win in franchise history, felt pretty good. I'm looking forward to seeing playoff win #3 tomorrow afternoon.
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