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When Tattooing Your Team Goes Wrong, Texas Edition

The Texas Rangers were really, really close to winning the World Series. Couldn’t have been closer without doing it. One strike away, twice over. It’s a crushing way to miss out on being world champions for players and fans alike…especially if you give yourself an ill-advised, permanent reminder of just how close your team came without sealing the deal:

Oof. The only reason this premature text alert is worse than that tattoo is because the text alert was sent out to many, while this fan did this only to himself (and it appears to be in a spot where others won’t usually see it). Still, this required actual thought, time, and money. It wasn’t an idle mistake – this was premeditated. He really thought it was a goo idea to get this done before the Rangers actually won it all.

Oh well – at least the Rangers were close. The fan above could even opt to add the word “Almost” to the tattoo – while it would immediately become just about the saddest sports tattoo ever, it would also be factually accurate. One other overzealous fan of a Texas team might well not even come close to being right with their body art:

Like…just…dude. Sure, the Texans aren’t bad this year – they’re 5-3, they lead their division at the moment – but it’s still half the regular season. What if they fall apart? What if Arian Foster gets hurt again? What if they suffer the fate that every team in the NFL but one will suffer? It seems likely. It’s one thing to have faith in your team…it’s another to make an insanely high level of faith in your team into a permanent part of your person. Even the overconfidence is bigger in Texas.