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As I'm waiting for news to come out of the winter meetings - please no Cantu or Encarnacion - I'm trying to find ways to maintain my last shred of sanity through fabricated baseball fixes. I instinctively pulled for the Phillies in the World Series, and after some thought decided why that was: they took out the Dodgers, they have a couple of ex-Giants about whom I am not bitter, and they represent the National League while not being the Dodgers. So, to extend that, here's my best guess at a Rooting Order, the ranking by which I pull for one team over another.

  1. San Francisco Giants - Of course.
  2. Baltimore Orioles - I lived in Baltimore in the mid-nineties, when the O's were fun and good. The last few years have been tough.
  3. Oakland A's - They're local, they're fun, and Beane really is great. They will go way down this list if they indeed build a stadium that is not walking distance to a bart station.
  4. Saint Louis Cardinals - My father's team. I have an autographed photo of Stan Musial in my living room.
  5. Chicago Cubs - I have come to believe that the Giants will not be allowed to win the World Series until every team that has waited longer 5. gets a title. Every year I root for the Cubs-Indians World Series.
  6. Cleveland Indians - See above.
  7. Milwaukee Brewers - Young, fun team that I can finally root for now that Selig doesn't own them.
  8. Boston Red Sox - Getting a little tired of their eponymous nation, but I still love the way the team is run, and feel quite vindicated for my decade of insisting that, yes, the Red Sox will win a World Series before too long.
  9. Kansas City Royals - For ten years, this was probably the best-run team in baseball. Furthermore, for some reason, all my favorite baseball writers are connected to them.
  10. Minnesota Twins - I love that their organizational philosophy is the opposite of the stat-driven Red Sox method and they still develop good players and win a lot of games.
  11. Pittsburgh Pirates - Thanks for Bonds and Schmidt, and for having a much longer below-.500 streak than we do.
  12. Philadelphia Phillies - What an infield. I wish writers would realize that Ryan Howard can't be the best player in the league when he's only the fourth-best player on his team.
  13. Tampa Bay Rays - This is a fun, young team. They'll be back in the postseason before you know it.
  14. Chicago White Sox - When they won in 2005, it brought us one team closer to being celestially permitted to win the Series.
  15. Seattle Mariners - The only thing that came to mind was Torres for Estes (and another guy). Lots of broken dreams in that one trade there.
  16. New York Mets - The orange is Giant orange, yet the blue is Dodger blue. Discuss.
  17. Toronto Blue Jays - When they were good, they looked like they would be a dynasty, drawing some 4 million fans a year and fielding the best team money could buy. Strange how things change. I guess that means that in fifteen years the Yankees will be holding a bake sale.
  18. Detroit Tigers - LOOK, JACK MORRIS DOES NOT BELONG IN THE HALL OF FAME. IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE. THE GUY WASN'T AS GOOD AS RICK REUSCHEL. STOP IT.
  19. Houston Astros - Their stadium is a stupid gimmick, especially the Useless Mound of ACL Elimination in center.
  20. Texas Rangers - Previously the Washington Senators, currently the Washington Generals.
  21. Cincinnati Reds - I had a ticket to game 5 of the 1989 World Series, but had my hopes dashed when the Oakland juggernaut swept my beloved Giants. Somehow, the next year, I scored a ticket to game 5 of the World Series. I watched that first game anxiously, hoping to avoid another catastrophe. Rijo was brilliant, the Reds won easily, and I exhaled. Finally I would go to the World Series, I thought. It was then that I learned yet another important lesson about the fallacy of hope.
  22. San Diego Padres - I know they're a division rival, but they just seem so "meh" to me. In my mind's eye they will always wear the McDonald's uniforms.
  23. Arizona Diamondbacks - Won a World Series in their fourth year of existence, but at least they did it at the expense of the Yankees. And I've always liked Matt Williams.
  24. Colorado Rockies - Baseball should be illegal in Colorado.
  25. Washington Nationals - I liked them as the Expos. Centerpiece in several nasty baseball business dealings.
  26. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Thunderstix, Rally Monkey, Spiezio.
  27. Florida Marlins - Perhaps the most cynically operated franchise in baseball, the Marlins have never won their division. Of course, they have two championships in the last eleven years. Jerks.
  28. Atlanta Braves - Had we won in 2002, I could have let them off the hook for 1993. Still on the hook.
  29. New York Yankees - Baseball's #1 villain, unless they're your hero. In 1962, selfishly employed a second baseman who was taller than 3'8".
  30. Los Angeles Dodgers - Of course.

What's your rooting order?

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1. Giants
2. San Francisco
3. Anybody but the Dodgers
4. Giants
5. Anybody playing the Dodgers
6. San Francisco

by wilriv21 on Dec 8, 2008 2:57 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

The way it should be…. all the “2nd fave” posts below are all hog wash

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!

by Giant among Angels on Dec 8, 2008 7:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

True.

I don’t think I have a second favourite, just teams that if I’m at a bar and they’re playing I’ll root for them, or I’ll root against them.

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by WalrusMan on Dec 8, 2008 7:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, certain teams i will root against, but i am perfectly contempt watching the (for i.e.) Pirates v. Nationals and not rooting for or against either.

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!

by Giant among Angels on Dec 8, 2008 7:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yea.

In that situation I’ll just watch and enjoy.

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by WalrusMan on Dec 8, 2008 8:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Living out of the area i always purchase the Directv MLB package every season. Last year they added more channels(games) so you can watch any game and listen to the announcers (home or away) of your choice. Some of these schmucks that announce for some teams makes us very grateful to have K&K.

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!

by Giant among Angels on Dec 8, 2008 10:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

“enjoy” is such a relative term here.

by paboperfecto on Dec 9, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

When I’m watching a game like that, I’ll arbitrarily choose a team to root for.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Dec 8, 2008 11:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

1. Giants…..where are we again?

Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil.

by BrianBokake on Dec 8, 2008 3:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Here Are Mine

1) Giants
2) The Team Playing the Dodgers
3) The Team Playing the Yankees
4) The Team Playing the A’s
5-26) I Could Care Less
27) A’s
28) Yankees
29) Dodgers
30) The Team Playing the Giants
 

by giantsrainman on Dec 8, 2008 3:01 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

This

Giants! Giants! HELP US GOD!

by j14 on Dec 8, 2008 3:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

This

But 26 would have to be the Boston Red Sox.

by withclubsauce on Dec 8, 2008 3:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

How much less?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 8, 2008 6:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Fixed

30. 666. Los Angeles Dodgers – Of course.

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by Josh from Hollywood on Dec 8, 2008 3:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Uh, The Giants are #1

then:
2. Brewers — I like the small-market, homegrown team
3. Red Sox — I spent the summer of 1991 in Boston and went to many games @ Fenway. Great city (my #2 “big city”, behind San Francisco), great ballpark.
4. – 28. Irrelevant
29. Yankees
30. Dodgers — and I live in an area where most baseball fans “bleed Dodger Blue”. Vomit. Aack.

Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.

by Giants_Junkie on Dec 8, 2008 3:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

amendment: put the angels @ #28...they're definitely worse than irrelevant

and their fans are obnoxious…
and I hate their new LAAAme name…

Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.

by Giants_Junkie on Dec 8, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I love the LAA

it was a complete bitchslap to 1) orange county and 2) the dodgers, forcing them to go by “LAD” in perpetuity. I still hate the Angels, but that move helps as much as anything.

"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."

by i did my job on Dec 8, 2008 3:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

good point.

Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.

by Giants_Junkie on Dec 8, 2008 4:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Angel Stadium

I live about 1/4 mile from Angel stadium and can hear the fireworks at the beginning of every home game, and after every Angel homerun. I definitely hate the Angels, but i do get free company tickets to the games. The stadium is very nice and the fans are more “mellow” than Giants fans.

On the LAA thing, I once saw a sign on the side of a OC freeway for a car-lube place and their slogan was “Los Angeles Lubricators of Orange County” Angel Fans can blame Arte Moreno for that move “the team who can’t read a map”.

What i think is ironic is that on top of the main scoreboard in right field a huge sign reads: Los Angeles TImes. I think it is funny because the field is in the heart of OC. I also have noticed more and more Angel billboards in the LA area, including downtown.

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!

by Giant among Angels on Dec 8, 2008 7:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I live about 1/4 mile from Angel stadium and can hear the fireworks at the beginning of every home game, and after every Angel homerun.

You must hear fireworks all the time since Disneyland is also right there

by wilriv21 on Dec 8, 2008 8:16 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

The Happiest Place on Earth.... or the most annoying!

Well its 8:22 right now and like clockwork in 1 hr 8 mins they will be booming. It was nice at first, but now it is very annoying. on some nights it sounds like they are shooting them directly into my living room!

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!

by Giant among Angels on Dec 8, 2008 8:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

One the plus side you live really close to Disneyland.

by chilibean_3 on Dec 9, 2008 8:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah but i would have to miss 3 months rent just to take the wife there even with the Anaheim resident discount.

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!

by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2008 6:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

LA Times billboard is understandable. Would you associate your ballpark with the Orange County Register?

"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."

by i did my job on Dec 8, 2008 11:13 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not MY BALLPARK!.... Sorry

I do not read the Register nor the LA times. I read USA Today, sfgate.com, and Mercury News. But most people i work with read the Register (at least the Angel fans do), and the F’N Dodger fans seem to read the Times.

I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!

by Giant among Angels on Dec 9, 2008 6:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

1. Giants
2. A’s
3-28. Everyone else
29. Angels
30. Dodgers

Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.

by SF Pete on Dec 8, 2008 3:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Hmm..

Well I’ll do different levels.

Toppermost of the Poppermost
Giants

Will Root For
Devil Rays
Mariners
Cubs
Brewers

Don’t Care
Orioles
Blue Jays
White Sox
Indians
Tigers
Royals
Twins
Rangers
Nationals
Reds
Astros
Pirates
Cardinals
Diamondbacks

Will Root Against
Red Sox
Yankees
Angels
Athletics
Braves
Marlins
Mets
Rockies
Padres

Would Kill Their Young
Dodgers

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by WalrusMan on Dec 8, 2008 3:13 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, mine fall into similar groups.

Second Fave:

Rockies

Will Root For:

A’s
Mariners
Brewers
Cardinals
Indians
Pirates
Mets

Don’t Care:

Royals
Twins
Reds
Tigers
Red Sox
Braves
Blue Jays
Cubs
Rays
Orioles
Phillies

Will Root Against:

Yankees
Angels
Padres
D-Backs
Astros
Rangers
White Sox
Marlins
Nationals

Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.

by EliminateMe on Dec 8, 2008 3:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Love that you don't even list the Dodgers. Well done.

But isn’t it a little hard to have another NL West team as a second fave?

Giants: World Series Champions...in 2011.

by Giants_Junkie on Dec 8, 2008 3:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

It's not so bad...

…it doubles the chances that a team I don’t hate wins the division. (At least in theory.)

Also, they’re a distant second, so I’m not conflicted when the Rockies play against the Giants.

Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.

by EliminateMe on Dec 8, 2008 3:54 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Rockies

1993! Never Forget!

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by WalrusMan on Dec 8, 2008 3:49 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

also

Neifi Perez, 1998

by rightcenterfielder on Dec 8, 2008 3:57 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

outside of the Giants, I tend to root for players more than teams. For instance, this year I was rooting for the Phillies in the playoffs because Chase Utley is a UCLA alum and somebody I have been a fan of since his days as a Bruin

by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 8, 2008 3:14 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

(1) Giants- Born in SF; I was as Giants fan before I learned to walk.
(2)(a) A’s- We moved to the East Bay when I was about 7. I took an interest in the A’s, but my interest has never been at nearly the level of the Giants.
(2)(b) Tigers- I live in Detroit right now and have lived in Michigan for the last 4-5 years.
(3) Red Sox- I know… disgusting, right? My friend is a hardcore BoSox fan, but roots for the Giants. Through our baseball discussions, I’ve learned about the team, so I’ve taken a bit of an interest in them.

Everyone else, I don’t really care about, unless I root against them… those teams are:

(3) Angels
(2) Yankees
(1) Dodgers

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Dec 8, 2008 3:19 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Still have a small rooting interest for the local team I grew up
rooting for: Mets.

Root against because of the fans more than the team:

  • Red Sox
  • Yanks
  • Cubs
  • A’s
  • They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long

    by bgunn on Dec 8, 2008 3:20 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    In time and thoughts devoted

    Positive thoughts
    1. Giants
    2. Liverpool FC
    3. Sharks
    4. Kings (but gosh they suck) – Golden State Warriors (Tie)
    5. Niners
    HM: Hull City

    Negative thoughts and teams I root against:
    Dodgers
    Angels
    Yankees
    Red Sox
    Lakers
    ManU

    Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.

    by kennv on Dec 8, 2008 3:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    Kings and Warriors tied in amount of your positive thoughts, or how much they suck?

    Scott McClain: Great story, no place on the 2009 Giants.

    by EliminateMe on Dec 8, 2008 3:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    um, tied in thoughts.

    Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.

    by kennv on Dec 8, 2008 4:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    hell yeah Liverpool

    Gerrard to Torres FTW!

    Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil.

    by BrianBokake on Dec 8, 2008 7:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    Feed the Scousers,
    Let them know it’s Christmas time,
    Feed the Scousers,
    Let them know it’s Christmas time,

    Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

    by PacBellBoozer on Dec 9, 2008 1:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    Boring fact of the day – I like within walking distance of Liverpool’s ground. I don’t support them though, as i support a lower league team from where i grew up.

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    by GiantFan on Dec 9, 2008 4:45 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    Mine

    1. Giants
    2. Twins (My best friend is from Minnesota so the Tinkies became my AL team and the Giants became his NL team)
    3. – 28. Everyone Else
    29. Angels (May they burn in the hell)
    30. Dodgers (Of course)

    by Keenlow on Dec 8, 2008 3:22 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    My list

    1) Giants

    4) Warriors

    7) Cal Sports
    8) San Diego Padres (now that they are worse than the Giants)

    by NeifiChicken on Dec 8, 2008 3:23 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    1. Giants

    I also kinda like the Brewers, Tigers, Devil Rays, Indians and Royals (mostly because of Poz on the last one)

    I dislike the Diamondbacks, Yankees, Red Sox, Rockies, Padres, Astros and Angels.

    9001. Dodgers

    The rest, I don’t think about very much.

    Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
    PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

    by jponry on Dec 8, 2008 3:35 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    1) Giants
    2) Red Sox
    3) A’s
    4-27) Everyone else
    28) Angels
    29) Yankees
    30) Dodgers

    by walkoff baltimore chop on Dec 8, 2008 3:39 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    1) Giants
    2) A’s
    3) Mariners
    4) Twins
    5) Royals
    6) Brewers
    7) Indians
    8) Blue Jays
    9) Padres (yup)
    10) Rays
    ….
    22) Texas
    23) Houston
    24) Mets
    25) Colorado
    26) Jankees
    27) St. Louis
    28) Florida
    29) Angels
    30) Dodgers

    The Denker bus is now bound for San Diego. Those who were passengers on it are now angrily stranded at a gas station in Modesto, CA. Not much about baseball here .

    by oldjacket on Dec 8, 2008 4:03 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    I forgot about the Braves. My dislike for them has faded over the years. I think I hate them slightly less than the Mets now.

    The Denker bus is now bound for San Diego. Those who were passengers on it are now angrily stranded at a gas station in Modesto, CA. Not much about baseball here .

    by oldjacket on Dec 8, 2008 7:38 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    Mine (note the underdog love)

    1 – Giants
    27.0 – Rays
    27.1 – Indians (my wife’s family is from NE Ohio)
    27.2 – Rockies
    27.3 – Red Sox
    27.4 – Brewers, as long as they have Ryan Braun
    27.5 – Cubs (loveable losers)
    27.6 – Twins (good club run very well)
    27.7 – Orioles (bad club run poorly, they deserve better; black & orange!)
    27.8 – Nationals (DC should have a team – I hope they take root there)
    27.9 – Mariners
    28 (tie) most of the rest
    29 – A’s (carpetbaggers! scalawags! closet Raider fans! green&gold ugliness!)
    30 – Dodgers

    Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.

    by Lyle on Dec 8, 2008 4:11 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    Using WalrusMan's format

    Toppermost of the Poppermost
    Giants

    Will Root For
    Devil Rays
    Brewers
    Royals
    A’s

    Don’t Care
    Orioles
    Blue Jays
    White Sox
    Indians
    Tigers
    Twins
    Rangers
    Nationals
    Reds
    Astros
    Pirates
    Cardinals

    Will Root Against
    Red Sox
    Yankees
    Angels
    Braves
    Marlins
    Mets
    Rockies
    Padres
    D-Backs
    Cardinals

    Would Kill Their Young
    Dodgers

    (not much different, I just can’t stand the Deuchebacks, and I hate the A’s less than many around these parts)

    STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

    by UnleashTheGore on Dec 8, 2008 4:26 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    whoops

    forgot the M’s…they’d go in the “Don’t care”

    STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

    by UnleashTheGore on Dec 8, 2008 4:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    I can understand..

    Both stances. I hate the A’s just because they’re the A’s and so many of their fans have this thing where they hate the Giants and their fans. I don’t mind A’s fans except for them being annoying. (Note: Not talking about all, but some.)

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    by WalrusMan on Dec 8, 2008 4:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    Oh..

    And D-Backs. My Aunt lives in Tucson so she semi-roots for them and mainly roots for the Giants. So they get shoved in.

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    by WalrusMan on Dec 8, 2008 4:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    Love
    Giants

    Like
    Indians
    A’s (usually)
    Rays
    Phillies

    Dislike
    Rockies
    Red Sox
    Braves
    Padres

    Hate
    Dodgers

    I am indifferent toward everyone else.

    There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
    comics | art | Nattowear | McFAQ I & II

    by Natto on Dec 8, 2008 4:28 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    Oh yeah, Angels go in “Dislike” category.

    There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
    comics | art | Nattowear | McFAQ I & II

    by Natto on Dec 8, 2008 4:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    The Cards are definitely in the “I wish they would all die” category.

    by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 8, 2008 4:42 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    1987

    Nevar forget.

    Speed, defense... and an almost fanatical devotion to getting picked off.

    by SF Pete on Dec 8, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    “The Cardinals are dead!” – Jon Miller

    by rightcenterfielder on Dec 8, 2008 7:10 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    this

    The Denker bus is now bound for San Diego. Those who were passengers on it are now angrily stranded at a gas station in Modesto, CA. Not much about baseball here .

    by oldjacket on Dec 8, 2008 7:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    BEST FANS IN BASEBALL!

    /deer head
    Bay City Ball

    by xanthan on Dec 8, 2008 8:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    Love:
    Giants

    Like:
    Mariners
    Indians

    Hate:
    Dodgers
    Diamondbacks
    Rockies
    Angels
    Red Sox
    Cubs

    Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts

    by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 8, 2008 5:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    I just realized I have more in the hate category than like and love combined. I guess I’m just a hateful person. Oh well.

    Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts

    by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 8, 2008 5:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    Hateful

    but at least your bird can sing. Or wait, is that my bird?

    Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.

    by Lyle on Dec 9, 2008 6:26 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    I have a bird who whistles.

    I have a bird who sings.
    I have a bird won’t do nothing.

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    by WalrusMan on Dec 9, 2008 6:46 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    Meaning he does everything!

    by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 9, 2008 7:39 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

    1. San Francisco Giants, Duh

    2. Baltimore Orioles, the orange and black of the AL

    by Cainer on Dec 8, 2008 5:39 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    The only baseball team I really root for consistently is the Giants. After them, my order changes from year to year based on the players on each team (although there are some teams I refuse to root for: dodgers and yankees especially, usually A’s and nl west team, Angels, white sox). Right now, I kind of like the Jays and Indians, maybe the rays, mariners, brewers, possibly marlins are ok.

    If I can’t decide based on players, things like gm/owner/announcer (*cough*whitesox*cough*) come into play

    Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
    Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa

    by raisingcain on Dec 8, 2008 5:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    First these guys…

    Photobucket

    Then these guys…

    Photobucket

    Then everyone else.

    Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.

    by PacBellBoozer on Dec 8, 2008 11:52 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    I only root AGAINST teams. Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, Arizona, Seattle, the other Los Angeles, Oakland, Texas, Colorado, plus whoever makes my shitlist. There is just so much ill will to go around!

    by satyricrash on Dec 8, 2008 11:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

    I gre up watching the Braves on TBS, so i’ve always liked them. Plus I was just a wee little boy when the horrific events that everybody can’t seem to forget occurred, So yeah, I can’t exactly hold a grudge.

    by cheno on Dec 9, 2008 12:46 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

    Giants
    A’s
    Indians
    Mariners
    Rays
    Brewers
    Royals
    Orioles
    Twins
    Blue Jays
    Pirates
    Nationals
    Rockies*
    Padres*
    D-Backs*
    Reds
    Tigers
    Marlins
    Red Sox
    Cubs
    White Sox
    Cardinals
    Mets
    Phillies
    Astros
    Rangers
    Braves
    Angels
    Yankees
    Dodgers

    • Non-Giant NL West teams fall to bottom if there are playoff implications.

    "Just another ahahahaha... laugher."

    by capnk on Dec 9, 2008 8:24 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

    No chants or incantantions

    1. Giants
    2. Rox
    3. Tigers
    4. Twinks

    27. D-backs
    28. Padres
    29. Dodgers
    30. Angels

    Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.

    by tk on Dec 9, 2008 2:32 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

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