u/Entire-Stick-9842

Hi sorry im new here, kind of in the middle of a meltdown rn and looking for help kind of desperately.
My special interest is Texas Rangers baseball and I do not live in Texas anymore so i have to rely on a VPN to have access to the regular rangers broadcasting network, Victory Plus. Which also costs $100 a season.
Sometimes the network will glitch and i will not be able to watch the game, or it will be on a service I don’t have and can’t afford and I can’t find a login from a friend.
So for whatever reason the game is inaccessible to me. Which makes me have a meltdown.
I try to watch every single game (there is one nearly every day for 6 months) and I keep a scorebook (basically I record every play in a notebook)
When I can’t watch the game I melt down. I see red. I want to scream and my muscles tense up like I want to hit or rip something. This lasts really until I gain access to the game in whatever way I can (if I don’t end up gaining access I get horribly depressed)

This is bound to happen semi regularly since there are 162 games in 6 months. And it’s really hard to deal with these melt downs when I had been melt down free almost for years before I started watching every game. I don’t know how to stop these from happening or at least calm myself down during them
I end up calling my dad and yelling or freaking out online and I don’t like that I do that because I don’t like being angry

does anyone have any advice

Obviously previous ones are Kyle Seager & Khris Davis, who would yall consider ranger killers now?

I think we’ve done pretty well against like trout and judge for instance…ohtani likes to homer off us, but those are all really good players on their own. Any “normal” players that just really have our number that you can think of?

It’s not a stolen base right? Is it just scored as a regular advancement?

Mostly referring to balls hit to the outfield…infield is pretty obvious lol

I’m a huge baseball fan (from DFW so I’m a rangers fan, sorry) like I watch every game & keep score, go to Seattle when tx is in town to watch the games, played as a kid, etc.
I really want to find local friends who are also into baseball, no matter what team you root for!
I’m also looking forward to the women’s pro softball league (Portland has a team! The cascades, league debuts this summer!), so if you’re interested in that too that’s even better!
I’d be down to go to some hops & pickles games and the occasional mariners game, otherwise looking for folks to watch games with and/or just text about baseball/be moots on ig etc

For filtering purposes: im a gay trans man and very far left politically. As long as youre chill with that we’ll get along.

***I am specifying QUEER because my general experience as a gay trans man is that I feel safest and most comfortable around other queer people. Straight cis people, this is not a slight against you. You are not being oppressed by this post. Trust me you don’t want to hang out with me if you’re the type of straight person who is offended by this. Please don’t be a big baby about it in the comments.

My last few pairs of jeans have been old navy (men’s, daily wear, usually slim straight cut, straight size/not plus or tall) and the crotch/inner thighs have ripped (like, BIG rips, not repairable) within 6 months or less of buying.
I’m very low income and don’t have $$ to keep buying new jeans all the time, but I also don’t have a ton to invest in jeans that will last…can anyone recommend a brand that I can get some mileage out of that won’t break the bank? For reference, I can’t really spend more than like $75-$100 on one pair.

For context I’m in the US (Portland, OR) but I might consider buying online if the return process (for if they don’t fit) is easy enough.

Sorry I’m brand new to keeping a scorebook, this is only my second game doing it - how do i score Josh Smith’s error at 2nd base in the top of the 4th? Is it two E4’s? One to get to first base, one to get to second? Or just one for both bases? The way they said it on the broadcast confused me

Just bought my first scorebook & am wanting to start recording games with it since I watch pretty much every texas rangers game…is there a community or subreddit or chat or anything remotely similar for folks who score rangers games? I know almost nothing about keeping a scorebook even though im a lifelong dedicated rangers fan so id love a community if there is one!