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<p>According to Astros president Reid Ryan, the team approached the Rangers about swapping their home series against each other. Ryan wanted the Rangers to host the Astros for the series starting Tuesday in exchange for Houston getting the Sept. 25 series scheduled to be in Arlington. The Rangers declined that proposal.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Astros?src=hash">#Astros</a> &amp; Rangers will play their upcoming series at Tropicana Field in St.Petersburg, Fla because Rangers refused to play ball w/the Astros <a href="https://t.co/h5TSfWmCCf">pic.twitter.com/h5TSfWmCCf</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/902286991504617473">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Rangers were willing to take a home series from Houston but not give one back in return, and Rangers general manager Jon Daniels didn&#8217;t exactly make matters better with his justification for turning down the Astros&#8217; proposal.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rangers GM Jon Daniels on <a href="https://twitter.com/1053thefan">@1053thefan</a> says switching home series wouldn&#39;t be fair to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rangers?src=hash">#Rangers</a> fans who had tickets to September series.</p>
<p>&mdash; Alex Del Barrio (@alexdelbarrio) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexdelbarrio/status/902312785870282753">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Rangers play 81 games at home, and by late September, they&#8217;ll likely be eliminated from playoff contention in the American League. Putting the interests of slightly inconvenienced Rangers fans over helping a team from a city full of people dealing with real problems came off as incredibly tone deaf. It&#8217;s not a good look, and for that, the Rangers are hearing it.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Please remove the Texas from your jerseys <a href="https://twitter.com/Rangers">@Rangers</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Hill (@Hill713) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hill713/status/902293155084689409">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Classy as always, should be absolutely ashamed. Greed never takes off days, apparently. Stay strong <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Htown?src=hash">#Htown</a>! We hope to be home soon. <a href="https://t.co/ZnkmZ3HVWQ">https://t.co/ZnkmZ3HVWQ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Lance McCullers Jr. (@LMcCullers43) <a href="https://twitter.com/LMcCullers43/status/902301548843220992">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Compare that to the thousands of Astros fans dealing with actual things that are unfair right now&#8230;</p>
<p>&mdash; Jenny Dial Creech (@jennydialcreech) <a href="https://twitter.com/jennydialcreech/status/902313128763035648">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rangers come out of this looking awful. Some things are bigger than sports. <a href="https://t.co/cJevBspK3H">https://t.co/cJevBspK3H</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Charean Williams (@NFLCharean) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLCharean/status/902292628900859905">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Delete your team. <a href="https://twitter.com/Rangers">@Rangers</a> <a href="https://t.co/AtcKNsULfP">https://t.co/AtcKNsULfP</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Matt Thomas (@SportsMT) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsMT/status/902293067075551232">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shame on you <a href="https://twitter.com/Rangers">@Rangers</a> <a href="https://t.co/ywlj2cz2ho">https://t.co/ywlj2cz2ho</a></p>
<p>&mdash; WinColumnSportsCA (@WCSportsCA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WCSportsCA/status/902324928694837248">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Don&#39;t forget the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Astros?src=hash">#Astros</a> stepped up for Katrina victims. I chronicled their efforts in a chapter of my book on 2005 NL champs. <a href="https://t.co/vpIeBP1lPK">pic.twitter.com/vpIeBP1lPK</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) <a href="https://twitter.com/OrtizKicks/status/902324032376360960">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This across from Minute Maid.  That&#39;s the most tone deaf comment I&#39;ve heard today. <a href="https://t.co/TT4giwyOYP">pic.twitter.com/TT4giwyOYP</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Heber (ā/&#39;beə/) (@HeberLinares) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeberLinares/status/902316471157760000">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Live look at the Arlington <a href="https://twitter.com/Rangers">@Rangers</a> PR department <a href="https://t.co/8iDXd1Qat0">pic.twitter.com/8iDXd1Qat0</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Hill (@Hill713) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hill713/status/902324827201179648">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Rangers have just become the most classless, selfish organization in all of sports. I thought Texans were supposed to stick together!!!! <a href="https://t.co/lC9wvOvy0t">https://t.co/lC9wvOvy0t</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Aaron Alvarado (@AaronAlvarado21) <a href="https://twitter.com/AaronAlvarado21/status/902323925211914241">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Never rooted against the Texas Rangers before. Now (despite Cole Hamels) I will. Strongly. <a href="https://t.co/zZnSa74X8r">https://t.co/zZnSa74X8r</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Glen Macnow (@RealGlenMacnow) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealGlenMacnow/status/902322235582685184">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Don&#39;t associate &#39;Texas&#39; in front of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rangers?src=hash">#Rangers</a> name anymore. Losers. <a href="https://t.co/CwVzUzTtcg">pic.twitter.com/CwVzUzTtcg</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jordan Dowsy (@SwaglsDead) <a href="https://twitter.com/SwaglsDead/status/902324477790433280">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/Rangers">@Rangers</a> you are terrible people trying to exploit a disaster with massive human suffering. Screw you and your sorry team. <a href="https://t.co/LItNrnrVy3">https://t.co/LItNrnrVy3</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CLE Info Minister (@CLEInfoMinister) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLEInfoMinister/status/902320759560957956">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jeez stRangers. Zero words for this. <a href="https://t.co/hC13R0qW1v">https://t.co/hC13R0qW1v</a></p>
<p>&mdash; patrick (@PatDStat) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatDStat/status/902287517482967045">August 28, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow. Not cool <a href="https://twitter.com/Rangers">@Rangers</a> <a href="https://t.co/3vy9FOoreg">https://t.co/3vy9FOoreg</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Connie O (@freegirl1) <a href="https://twitter.com/freegirl1/status/902325030956273666">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maybe take the time you squabble about a f*king baseball series and go help some people instead. Just a thought. <a href="https://t.co/Sx28gWEa8K">https://t.co/Sx28gWEa8K</a></p>
<p>&mdash; John Barchard (@JohnBarchard) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnBarchard/status/902323077429780480">August 29, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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