So many Rangers fans seem to be frustrated with the team. Not frustrated with their first-place status. Not frustrated with their nine all-stars. But frustrated . . . yet we all don't know what is so frustrating about the team.
It hit me yesterday: I think we're frustrated because the Rangers overachieved for the past few years. Last year, the Rangers overachieved by making it back to the World Series and almost . . . well, anyway. Year before that, the Rangers overachieved by simply making it to the World Series. They were nipping at the hills of the Rangers and the playoffs for a couple of years before that, far above expectations of die-hard Rangers fans.
This year, we're not overachieving. But then again, how could we? Seems to me that nothing short of a 115-win season would qualify for overachieving this year. Currently, we're six games up on the Angels, hopefully seven after the game I'm watching right now. We're kicking butt with one of the best records in the majors. Yet Rangers fans, even those of us who have rooted for them for more than just the last two years, feel like we should have at least five or six more wins than we currently do.
The Rangers have spoiled us. So simply doing what they should isn't doing much for us this year. And, really, I guess nothing will, for years to come now . . . short of a World Series championship.
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