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Mr. Bator what is your involvement with the Astros Ranger game tonight?

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Hopefully Texas.  the trashtros 

It’s Texas

It’s under. I bet under 8.5 -105.

Thank you Mr. B!  Always appreciate the play.

The Rangers have won all of their playoff games, and they did it by a dominating 32-12 tally. Meanwhile Astros have a losing record at home! Seems obvious what to do here.

l like the Astros to win behind Verlander. He’ll pitch his 5 or 6 effective innings and then hand it off to the bullpen to save the win for him.

Jose Abreu failed to glove that ball off the bat of Evan Carter and that led to the game’s first run. The Astros are lucky that Marcus Semien couldn’t straighten one out with the bases loaded.

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I like the stros here too MrB. As long as they keep it close, Houston has the advantage as soon as the pens get involved 

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 Thanks for sharing your thoughts, i always like to hear your perspective.

He loves this attention

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Regardless of whether that is true, he has provided valuable insight during these MLB playoffs and recommendations that have 

Mr Bator is in playoff mode 

There is no reason to try and poke the bear. Whether you tail his picks or not, there are many who appreciate the information he provides. 

Don’t project YOUR daily thirst for attention onto me. If I wanted attention I’d start a thread every day. You know, like you do.

Hmm, the quiet ace Jordan Montgomery was relieved after retiring the first batter easily in the top of the 7th. He threw just 90 pitches. Here comes the shaky Rangers bullpen (which has actually been stout in their five playoff games).

The 7-8-9 slots in the Astros batting order made no noise as expected. Let’s see if Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman, and Yordan Alvarez can pull their weight in the bottom of the 8th.

I wonder if Bruce Bochy is even THINKING of bringing Aroldis Chapman into this game. I hope not.

Hector Neris did his job, facing four batters and getting four outs. 

Josh Sborz did a good job finishing the bottom of the 7th, so Bochy gave him a shot in the 8th. But, he walked Altuve on a borderline pitch and now he’s gone.

And here’s Chapman. Oh my…..

Astros backers just got teased by Bregman’s high fly ball that was caught in front of the wall in left center by Evan Carter. Carter is playing great defense in this game in addition to doubling in the 2nd inning and scoring Texas’ first run.

Chapman def had flashbacks with Yankees on that swing 

You ain't kidding  !  That looked like it was gone, and may have been in most parks 

Bregman just missed that. It really is a game of inches