Should I feel bad?
by joe t on Oct 2, 2009 9:58 AM PDT
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When trying to decide whom to root for this weekend between the Rockies and Dodgers and furthermore into the playoffs, I find myself rooting for some kind of natural disaster that doesn't hurt any spectators or any players/coaches (save perhaps Tommy Lasorda). Perhaps I can root for swarms of bees. Are there any bees in St Louis? Can I root for the cockroaches in Philly to overtake the field?
God, I pretty much hate all of these NL teams and watching more Boston-NY AL crap bores me as well. Can I root for bees and cockroaches to attack Bud Selig?
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WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 2, 2009 10:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Turn off your mind , relax and root AL
It is the Yankees
It is the Yankees
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 2, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
lay down all beers
surrender to the bong
there is no hangover
there is no hangover
Turns out you can spell Ugnio Vlz without 4 E's
by The Gene Hackman on Oct 2, 2009 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't help it
I want the Rockies to lose very very very very badly. REALLY, very badly.
A girl on the interwebz and fan of the pantaloons.
Real men don't wear batting gloves.
by GiantsBabe on Oct 2, 2009 10:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
moreso than the dodgers?
"The mind plays tricks on you. You play tricks back! It's like you're unraveling a big cable-knit sweater that someone keeps knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting..."
~~Pee Wee
by WithTechron on Oct 2, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
way more than the Dodgers. I have personal, vindictive reasons for this.
/reveals dark side of self
A girl on the interwebz and fan of the pantaloons.
Real men don't wear batting gloves.
by GiantsBabe on Oct 2, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ex-husband a rockies fan?
No one here gets out alive.
by Bond16 on Oct 2, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol, no, I don’t have an ex-husband. I guess it’s not THAT personal and vindictive, it’s just that my saddest moments as a Giants fan this year involve the Rockies.
I feel they stole our wildcard from us. I don’t respect them as a team. Their stadium with its’ high altitude is a joke. I respect no-hitters and shut-outs way more than homeruns. I have an irrational hatred for purple mascots that try and distract our pitchers. Their uniforms are ugly. They suck. I want them to lose so they know what it feels like to be us.
I realize many of these are irrational and silly.
A girl on the interwebz and fan of the pantaloons.
Real men don't wear batting gloves.
by GiantsBabe on Oct 2, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not at all silly
I owe a lot to the city of Denver, and I love Coors Field, but the Rockies can still DIAF as far as I’m concerned. For all of the reasons you listed, and more.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 2, 2009 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
one of those reasons being recent displays by their fanbase
Fuck them.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 2, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THIS
I hate the Rockies this year, I was pretty much indifferent to them before, but I feel they spoiled our playoff chances the most. I know I should be looking at the Giants for their own failure, but I need to put the blame on someone other than them right now.
I will be watching the playoffs and rooting for the Rockies and Dodgers to be eliminated.
by pwoper on Oct 2, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This
I am hoping the Cards and Phillies both sweep in the NLDS.
"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent
by Yoyo on Oct 2, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
To blame another team for the Giants not being playoff bound
is taking responsibility away from the Giants themselves.
We failed , they didn’t. Sorry , but them’s the facts.
That the Rockies played phenomenal ball since hurling Hurdle to the curble is not something to beat them over the head with , ALL teams play for the same objective – some simply play better than others , and succeed at arriving at the common goal while others don’t.
Of course there are those vagaries known as Stinker and the Fogroom , but why beat a dead dinosaur? If I was idiotically and irrationally sentimental I’d be rooting for a second collapse on baseball’s biggest stage for them that cheated on so many levels and insensitively took what’s rightfully ours , heh heh. Feel freely.
I will not recognize Los Angeles as anything other than the epicenter of plague. Brad Penny has been successfully disinfected in my eyes.
Oh hey , St. Louis. Well , there’s your NL team you can guiltlessly back , unless you’re sickened by WINZ bias in the CY voting and damn the entire team for that.
I can not bear to see Shane Victorino succeed.
C’mon , what’s wrong with backing the Yankees? Shouldn’t spending billions more than strapped teams have its benefits? And engineering a stadium to promote home runs then making it impossible for the common man to afford to be there to witness them?
But here’s the stone clincher for backing the Yankees – they’re Boston’s rivals. Those damned cheaters…Selig should just award both previous Boston championships to the opponents which were…um…oh no , not again…where’s th’parity?
Having completely forgotten that the AL had a third division I have switched my prodigious powers of jinxitude to the support of the Tigers – because if there’s a town that needs something to rally around it’s Detroit.
Post – Giants ambivalence is somewhat of a relief , frankly. If I can afford a television I’ll watch baseball. Maybe you’ll do the same?
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 2, 2009 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh , did I forget someone?
Contraction , people.
It happened right after the 2002 strike.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 2, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still hate STL from the Oquendo days.
And the Rockies have annoyed me since 1993, this year is only the latest in their long history of being a goddamn nuisance.
Go Twins or Tigers.
Please hit better, Randy Winn.
by oldjacket on Oct 2, 2009 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As soon as I decided I really want to support the Tigers, for their history and the predicament of Detroit and I do believe they have orange in their colors, they started to lose.
But I do think I’ll be AL Central either way. I do like the Twins. Little Big League!
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Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
by shanghaijim on Oct 2, 2009 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree that hating the rockies for winning a slot that we failed to win is lame.
That is why I hate the rockies on separate grounds. Namely, their horrible sportsmanship (well nigh cheating) of their dipshit mascot dancing in the pitcher’s field of vision behind home plate… but mysteriously, only when the opponent is pitching; games with the speed gun (yes, the visiting pitcher should ignore that stuff and be made of sterner stuff, but that doesn’t excuse the rockies’ organizational crappy intent); and what I believe is the disparate humidification of the balls that visitors get and the home team gets.
And the religious-based sanctimony of a decent sized chunk of their fans. Puke.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Oct 2, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perfectly fine
I still feel intense rage, the likes of only JCB might know, at the way they laid down the entire ‘93 season to the Braves. Realy if you can’t beat a divsion rival once just why shouldn’t your franchise be made a AAA team?
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Oct 2, 2009 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As a passionate Giants fan..........
I will be rooting for the Rox in the postseason. My philosophy is that I root for any team in the NL West not named the Dodgers because we have to represent. There’s no reason for me to hate the Rox other than the fact that they were better than us this season.
by Carmelballin on Oct 2, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What about the humidor shenanigans? Or sending their crappy mascot down to try and influence the game? That said, I agree with Vic – the Giants’ giant failures are solely their own.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 2, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How did I miss the Mayor’s comments when they were directly below the comment i was replying to? Long day at work… yeah, that’s the ticket.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 2, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am with you. I detest their horrible sportsmanship that comes close to cheating (distracting mascot behind home plate when opponents pitch; screw with speed gun; possibly screw w/humidification of balls)
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Oct 2, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i agree, there are NO teams i want to root for in the playoffs this year.
i mean, i GUESS the cardinals or something… but i’m fairly indifferent.
by HOLDEMUPwuzzBANNED on Oct 2, 2009 10:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Really?
I pretty much like all MLB teams except for:
Red Sox
Yankees
Dodgers
Padres
Astros
Marlins
by AmorVincitOmnia on Oct 2, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Padres. Astros and Marlins??
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Oct 2, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have always found them boring.
Plus their uniforms are stupid.
I forgot to add D-Backs as well… Cuz they’re the worst offender in that category.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Oct 3, 2009 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd love to ask the Blank fanbase ...
…what their take is on the fact that two clubs tossed their managers early on yet only one succeeded afterward.
But alas – I live amongst them , and value my skin.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 3, 2009 4:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will root for whoever makes it out of the AL central, especially if it’s the Twins.
by snafu on Oct 3, 2009 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the bees are morally defensible
Personally, though, I don’t have anything against most of the teams in the playoffs. Other than the Dodgers, of course. And then the Yankees. Well…and the Angels. The rest are pretty low on my hate-o-meter.
Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).
by EliminateMe on Oct 2, 2009 10:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nah. Not worth it. I will under no circumstances root for the Dodgers; as a religious person I abhor evil in every form. The Yankees bore me. The RedSox and Cardinals are well-run teams with passionate fans – what’s not to like about that? I just wish we were in that same category.
"The part of the roster where most of the money is spent, though, is on free agents and guys acquired through trade — guys Sabean did play a big role in acquiring. And they are not good. When you get 2/5 of a pitching rotation for free, you would think you could do better with $76 million than to field the league’s worst offense."
-Taliesin September, 2009
by Lyle on Oct 5, 2009 6:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
postseason and offseason wish list:
1. dodgers, yankees, bosox all lose in the first round.
2. losing prompts all three to overspend in the offseason
3. giants re-sign bengie, sign freddy, and marco scutaro release renteria and trade for bj upton
4. randy johnson comes back as a bullpen coach
5. tim alderson turns out to be ok, not great
by Benjamoats on Oct 2, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
you lost me after “re-sign Bengie”
by NeifiChicken on Oct 2, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
typo
giants re-sign bengie resigns to the fact he will not be catching for the gigantes next year
FTFY
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by GiantsFanInExile on Oct 2, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, I hate everyone.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 2, 2009 11:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's true
She called me a whore.
WHY IS BOCOCK?!
by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 2, 2009 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you ate my cereal
Thus, whore.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 2, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus, Lars will do whatever you want if you fork over enough money.
Utter frustration and futility.
by Johnny Disaster on Oct 2, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
point
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 2, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought Baron was going to hit in the lips during the Mcc meet up night
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Oct 2, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you’re like Switzerland, your Neutral, you hate everyone equally?
That’s it! Katie bar the door for this 79 win team is star crossed! And I am loving it.
by daveinexile on Oct 2, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you got the first you’re.
No one here gets out alive.
by Bond16 on Oct 2, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 2, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But you’ll extradite fugitive film directors, right?
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Long ago they came west over the mountains, and I have rooted for them years uncounted; and together through many ages of this world we have fought the long defeat.
by shanghaijim on Oct 2, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 2, 2009 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In one of the more amazing opinions on the case the mother of the girl involved felt she was snubbed for a role in one of his films and had her daughter willfully and intentionally (and clotheslessly!) seduce Polanski into a hot tub.
Gawd , you Californians…
/looks at cacti clogged landscape , cries softly
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 3, 2009 12:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would say I’m surprised and disgusted, but I’m merely disgusted. Humans do so much fucked up shit I can’t even be surprised by it anymore.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 3, 2009 8:59 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
had her daughter willfully and intentionally (and clotheslessly!) seduce Polanski into a hot tub.
wait, what the fuck? that isn’t what happened.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 3, 2009 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/takes jponry gently by the hand
In one of the more amazing opinions
Unless , of course , I am once again at the bottom of the chasm
/waits for a rope , a bucket , lotion , a poodle , a copy of the Enquirer , ANYTHING…
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 3, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, you were saying that someone’s opinion is that her mother had her do that?
Because that was not entirely clear from your original comment.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.
by groug on Oct 3, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, if that’s what you’re saying, that’s fine, but it read more like you were saying that was what happened. My apologies for jumping at you, this is kind of a touchy subject for me.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 3, 2009 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess I can safely toss out "sarchasm".
Hell no , I wasn’t there , nor would I authenticate presumption.
I borrowed that from comments on the case somewhere else in the virtual ether (SFGate?) …my apologies for the muddled verbage and the aggravation.
Still , this is bizarre. Apparently the victim is also lobbying for dismissal.
Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.
by victor frankenstein on Oct 3, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s no surprise that she is. It also doesn’t make a lick of difference as to whether he should be subject to justice or not.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster
by jponry on Oct 3, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...
I want the Rockies to lose as badly, if not worse, as their trip in the World Series. Or should I say massive beat down?
by Knowshon Ciron on Oct 2, 2009 11:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
NOT THE BEES!
AHHHHHH!
I still believe in Bowkermania.
by rightcenterfielder on Oct 2, 2009 12:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The gap between 2 & 3 is huge.
1. Tigers/Twins
2. Phillies
3. Cardinals
4. Angels
5. Rockies
6. Yankees
7. Red Sox
8. Dodgers
El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."
by ResDog on Oct 2, 2009 1:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Phillies?
Ick. It’s like they chose only teams I hate for the playoffs this year…
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by boonitez on Oct 2, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
cardinals>phillies
red sox>than other playoff teams
by sfoakbay on Oct 3, 2009 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can I root for bees and cockroaches to attack Bud Selig?
pretty sure i said that exact statement when i was shrooming in yosemite…everybody laughed heartily, though they knew nothing of bud selig
Les Plack = more chicks
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by Headhunter Rollins on Oct 2, 2009 2:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"Can't Stand" Index
First, I’ll watch all 3 in San Diego this weekend and hope we sweep. Second, I’m a diehard Giants fan and don’t really follow anyone else except for the A’s because they’re local. Third, although MLB is my favorite sport, I can’t stand the style of ball they play in the AL… the DH just isn’t my thing… it changes the strategy too much and eliminates the occasional thrill like Carpenter’s 6 RBI day.
But… I have to root for someone during the playoffs, so I’ll revert to my personal “Can’t Stand Index” which is led by the Dodgers with the Yankees a very close second… then comes Boston followed by Colorado (note – Colorado’s spot rotates year-by-year based on which team knocks us silly during the regular season)… 5th on this list is the AL in general (except for the A’s… see earlier comments).
Given this, I’m hoping the Cardinals (because Puljos had a Bonds-like year) take the Twins (my AL favorite because of Joe Nathan) in the World Series. And if the Series ends up with the Dodgers vs. Yanks or Boston… I’ll watch football.
by karl m on Oct 2, 2009 2:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate victorino but otherwise don't hate the Phillies.
I hate the dodgers and rockies, and dislike the Cardinals. I dislike the Phillies less than I dislike the Cardinals, so they’re my team for the postseason.
And if, in their travels, the dodgers or rockies encounter a flesh-eating bacteria that persists in their locker rooms for a couple of years, well, nature is an awesome force.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Oct 2, 2009 2:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
same
If Victorino is out, they’re not that bad. Plus, I like seeing Feliz enjoy some baseball success, and for Mets fans to get even more apoplectic about their team’s implosion.
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by GiantsFanInExile on Oct 2, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ooooooh! I LIKE that parlay of inflicting pain on Mets' fans! I like how you think, GFIE.
And Braves fans, for that matter.
Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.
by Mayor of 311 on Oct 2, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I rooted against the US during the World Baseball Classic because Victorino was on the team.
If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.
by SFGuy on Oct 2, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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