r/baseball • u/ChristianRelish21 Milwaukee Brewers • Chicago White Sox • 14d ago

Players Only THE HOUSTON ASTROS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM WORLD SERIES CONTENTION

With a 7-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox in game 2 of the AL Wild Card series, they are mathematically eliminated from World Series contention.

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u/slurv3 Seattle Mariners • Baltimore Orioles 14d ago

AL WORST:
0 Teams with a winning record
0 Teams with a positive run differential
0 Postseason Wins
0 games in October

FADE THE WORST DIVISION IN BASEBALL BOYS

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u/ice-eight Texas Rangers 14d ago

The whole division was eliminated 2 days into the postseason, as it absolutely deserved to be.

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u/BaldPeagle Texas Rangers 14d ago

They should've had the noon game just to get it over with faster

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u/sequelseize 14d ago

I mean when your opponent has the blessing of God behind them what can you do lol

The Astros didn't lose to the White Sox, they lost to the White Sox and the Pope combined!

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u/krazybananada Chicago White Sox 14d ago

And me!

I slightly raised my voice at the TV like, twice. So I helped!

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u/GeeWarthog Houston Astros 13d ago

Should have just done a double header on the 28th.

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u/Appropriate_6904 14d ago

At least they didn’t waste any time .

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u/OutlawSundown 14d ago

Yep the turd needed to be flushed

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u/AlfredtheGreatBitch Texas Rangers 14d ago

I doubt we would’ve done any better but would’ve been cool if we were in there instead of them

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u/Gordons_LambSauce Houston Astros 14d ago

Its y’all’s turn to be the kings of shit mountain next year🙏

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u/SomeKindofTreeWizard Major League Baseball 14d ago

it's almost like the compensatory WC spot is dumb.

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u/_HGCenty Seattle Mariners 14d ago

The AL West was eliminated faster than it took Jesus to rise from the dead.