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Is Recovery Possible for Rangers?

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One pitch away in the ninth.

One pitch away in the 10th.

Both times, one pitch away from a World Championship, one pitch away from baseball's glory land after four decades of you-know-what.

That one pitch never came. Not once, not twice, it didn't come.

Instead, the Rangers would find themselves on the wrong end of maybe the greatest elimination-game collapse in the history of the World Series.

No, it's not over. A Game 7 will decide it all here tonight.

But after this, after this mind-blowing bullpen debacle, let's just say a mere 24 hours to clear the brain doesn't seem like nearly enough clock time.

From the best moment in franchise history, this Game 6 became the worst moment in franchise history.

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