The 'Who are you rooting for' thread

I guess in order of preferred teams this postseason:
Twins
Cardinals
Rockies
Yankees
Phillies
Angels
Red Sox
Dodgers

I’m actively pulling for the Twins. Among the Cardinals, Rockies, Yankees, and Phillies, I either don’t care or am sick of them for some reason—Cardinals, don’t care, and Rockies, Yankees, and Phillies all have reasons for me to dislike them. Angels are still bastards, and if it comes down to a Dodgers/Red Sox WS I’ll set myself on fire.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2009 9:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

that's pretty much me

except drop the Yankees down to the 8th circle with the Dodgers, those two are my ‘set myself on fire’ world series

by Kalk on Oct 7, 2009 6:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really have no freaking idea. I can’t pick a favorite out of those eight at all. I think I would have pulled for the Tigers if they’d made it in.

Who do I think will make it? Well, the Twins are probably the hottest team in the AL. I’ll pick them to upset the Yankees and the Red Sox, in that order.

I could see any of the four NL teams win the pennant, but I think the Cardinals are the best bet.

So put me down for Twins vs. Cardinals, with the Cardinals taking the Series. Not really rooting for them, though, if that makes any sense.

No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball

by Skaldheim on Oct 6, 2009 9:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I just want competitive games.

STL or MIN are meh for me. I refuse to pull for any other team besides these two.

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by Giant among Angels on Oct 6, 2009 10:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Me?

I’m just rooting for the dodgers to lose in the biggest, most humiliating way possible.

by Merope on Oct 6, 2009 10:03 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

THIS. One hundred times this.

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And I tweet (more often than I blarg).

by can of corn on Oct 7, 2009 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

NL West TempestTeapot

Run away with your division , succeed in the playoffs and then pull an ’07.

Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.

by victor frankenstein on Oct 7, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Twins, Cards, or Phils (in that order). Anything else and the season doesn’t count anymore for me.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2009 10:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

1. Twins
2. Whoever is playing the Dodgers

As for the rest, I think I’d be most willing to root for the Cards and Angels. Otherwise, ugh.

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"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster

by jponry on Oct 6, 2009 10:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m “meh” on the Twins. I’d be okay with the Cards and Angels playing in the WS – doesn’t matter to me who wins out of the two.

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And I tweet (more often than I blarg).

by can of corn on Oct 7, 2009 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

How can you be meh on the twins

after last night’s game?

Man, that was friggin’ incredible.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Oct 7, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Any team that is not the Dodgers, Rockies or Yankees.

I’d prefer the Twins. I like underdogs, I love Joe Mauer, I really like Ron Gardenhire and I think it’s fun to watch teams struggle to catch flyballs at the Metrodome.

After the Twins, I’d say the Cards. Love Poohholes, and LaRussa and Duncan. Then it’s a tossup between the Phillies, Red Sox and Angels.

The Dodgers, Rockies and Yankees however can all suck it!

by Hobbes2d on Oct 6, 2009 10:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Twins and Cards. I’m not even rooting for either of them, they both are just the lesser of…eight evils. I’m only watching the postseason to get the last of my baseball fix before winter.

by pwoper on Oct 6, 2009 10:17 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Twins … Mauer Power. That and the Dodgers and Rockies opponents. If both of the West teams make the NLCS I don’t know if I’ll be able to watch.

by Wonderful Terrific Monds on Oct 6, 2009 10:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Rooting for the cardinals I guess, by default. In the AL I’ll root for the angels (It would be too painful for me to see the twins and their worse record than the giants win anything more)

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by raisingcain on Oct 6, 2009 10:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

RED SOX ALL THE WAY

yes, i’m serious.
2. twins
3. cards
4. phils, i guess
5. angels
6. SCREW THE REST OF THE THEM

by sfoakbay on Oct 6, 2009 10:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You. me and two others go with the Red Sox.

Oh and I HATE the bandwagon Red Sox fans. They could drop dead.

"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings

by SFGuy on Oct 6, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Im the opposite of a bandwagon Red Sox fan

I used to really like them before they won it. They were my sort of AL team. Now that theyve won it twice though?… ehh.

by kvdp12 on Oct 7, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They are less enjoyable now but wouldn’t you love it if the Giants won 2 of the next 4??

"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings

by SFGuy on Oct 7, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Red Sox, 'cause

They hired Bill James
John Henry is the perfect owner. Rich, gets stats based analysis, smart, ignores traditional baseball wisdom, sort of geeky but married a hottie
Kevin Youkilis. Don’t you wish the GGOW were our 1B?
Pedroia. Ditto our 2B?
Okay, they’re rich, and we should properly hate rich teams. No real baseball fan could ever possibly root for the Yankees, unless (shudder) they’re playing the Dodgers. But most of the Sox talent base has not come through overspending.
2004? Biggest hit of that season? Bill Mueller’s single, right? Biggest SB? Dave Roberts, right? I tell you, there’s a Giants/Sox nexus. And I mean beyond Darren Lewis.

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by Giantsfan4life on Oct 7, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Word

by SnowLeopard on Oct 8, 2009 4:29 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Red Socks - they are my #2 team (I was born in Boston)

However, I don’t invest emotional energy into any team other than the Giants (they drain all that I have each and every year). Since the RS have won twice recently, I wouldn’t be too upset if the Twins got a shot. I HATE the other two AL teams, especially the Yankees.

NL: Whoever is playing the Bums. Other than that, I don’t really care… although I’m also still a little pissed about the snubbing of Pablo in the ASG.

by Jakespaar on Oct 8, 2009 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess my order would be

1. Twins
2. Cardinals
3. Phillies
4. Angels
5. Rockies
6. Yankees
7. natural disaster or terrorist attack cancels World Series
8. Red Sox
9. Dodgers

by FluLikeSymptoms on Oct 6, 2009 10:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

IAWTC

although I place the Yankees up top, you pretty much nailed it from 7-9

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by natteringnabob on Oct 7, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

cardinals/twins
…
…
……………
yankees
phillies
red sox
angels
rockies
dodgers

by kingofthacove on Oct 6, 2009 10:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This, but with the Angels above the Yankees. I think the Adenhart story makes it a little heart-warming.

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by boonitez on Oct 6, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll admit

If they won in his honor, it would be less disgusting.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2009 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They won the World Series the last time one of their teammates died.

/seriously, not being flip here. Just pointing out something.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who died in the year that shall not be named?

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2009 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t remember his name. I’ll find it.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 7, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shit, man. I swear to god I’m not making this up. But I can’t break through the much more recent / numerous Adenhart articles to find the ones I’m trying to get. I’m going to a meeting now, but I’ll try to fulfill this later.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 7, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you thinking Darryl Kile on the cards?

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Oct 7, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

No.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 7, 2009 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Anyway, according to Google I’m a psycho and this didn’t happen. According to me, Google is full of noise and shit. Either way, my searches are coming up nil. I am fairly positive that I haven’t been making this up for 7 years, though.

/stews in own juices.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 7, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You didn't need Google

Any of us could’ve told you that you’re a psycho.

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by EliminateMe on Oct 7, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s very possible that the name I’m thinking of is Randy Burden. If it is, I had my timeline confused, as he died in December of 2002.

I still have a smidge of conviction that there was somebody, very likely a minor leaguer in their organization, who died before the season began, but in reality there is like a 99% chance that I was thinking of Burden all along and just screwed up my dates.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 7, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe they had a Sandra Bullock momemt (Like in that movie premonition)

I R 5

by say hey nation on Oct 7, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t think it was a player. I think it was Gene Autry. I remember constant cutaways to Mrs. Autry and lots of talk about what a great owner he was and never saw a championship, etc…

"Matt Cain will save the children, but not the Dodger children" - I realize this is someone else's signature but I wanted to emphasize it because it is so damn genius on several levels at once.

by I own a Kayak and I'm not sure why now on Oct 7, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I remember that too. That and Jack Buck also dying that year, wrt the Cards.

I'm thinking but nothing's happening.

by JRPhillips on Oct 7, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That’s what I remember, too, even though Gene Autry apparently died in 1998.

I still believe in Bowkermania.

by rightcenterfielder on Oct 7, 2009 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yankees
~~Red Sox~~
Twins
~~Angels~~
~~Dodgers~~
~~Rockies~~
~~Phillies~~
Cardinals

Of those three:
1. Cardinals
2. Twins
3. Yankees

by deuce deuce on Oct 6, 2009 10:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

IAWTC

by taliesin on Oct 7, 2009 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

1. Twins
2. Cardinals
Angels slightly above the rest.

by Lobsterkite on Oct 6, 2009 10:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Angels? ANgels? ANGels? ANGEls? ANGELs? ANGELS? Those muthaphuckin angels? GAH LACKEY IS STILL ON THE TEAM SPREADING EVIL????

Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?

by TexasRanger on Oct 7, 2009 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

The Bless You Boys Post Game Thread

All the posts are like: Lets all have pride that our boys fought hard to the very end, it was a great season blah blah blah
I can only imagine what our Post-game thread would look like if that were the Giants

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by GrahamCrakalaka on Oct 6, 2009 11:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Swearing
Macros
Penis jokes
Recipes
Random posts by rxmeister

So, business as usual.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 6, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Remember the thread after the extra inning game in Denver?

It’d probably be something like that times 10.

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by Natto on Oct 6, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What extra inning game in Denver?

"BUSTER POSEY
HE SAVES PANDAS!" - sadison bummedgarner
His name's Clayton, not Danny.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 6, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know what? Screw you and your topic thieving. You don’t get a post tomorrow, either.

by Grant on Oct 6, 2009 11:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

tear

Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.

by GiantPain on Oct 6, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope. Not apologizing. Now I have to think of a new topic, which is almost impossible.

Actually, it’s been a while since I opened the site to see my next day’s topic covered. It used to happen all the freaking time.

by Grant on Oct 6, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps, in keeping with the bay area theme, a list of fading celebrities who the Giants could use to improve their offense.

Why do San Francisco teams insist on having terrible offenses? Frank Gore and Pablo Sandoval can't do it all.

by GiantPain on Oct 6, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You could make a post about Ted Williams’ head.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 6, 2009 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, I was watching ridiculously stupid late night ABC news segments on stuff. You can also ramble for a half hour about why saying OMG is going to make us all burn for eternity. You’d be shorter than ABC News’ segment on the same topic by roughly 45 minutes.

Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.

by howtheyscored on Oct 7, 2009 12:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

talk about whether or not Michael Crabtree can play shortstop

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
"AT LAST I AM A PARENTS." - Buster

by jponry on Oct 6, 2009 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know what you should write about? The new MLB.tv camera options — their pros and cons, what it reveals about how we’ve silently become dependent on what TV production crews do when we watch a baseball game, and so on. While the new options were great, I was GREATLY missing replays and other things I’d never realized I’d counted on so much on in a regular broadcast but was now SUDDENLY DENIED.

by non sequitur on Oct 7, 2009 12:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The lack of in-game info — count, score — was killing me. But I just kept GameDay up at the same time.

by Grant on Oct 7, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I inquired about playoff MLB - TV coverage.

They pitched that crap to me and , having already been stuck behind one of “four different camera angles!” I waved it off.

I’ll be catching some games but not live…hey , ten bucks is four loaves of bread! Still , I don’t think waiting 90 minutes will detract from the games any.

Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.

by victor frankenstein on Oct 8, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

1. twins
2. angels
3. cards

Proud Son of Tobias

by deebrizz on Oct 6, 2009 11:37 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Twins are the only team I dont hate up there

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SCIENCE

by CB30 on Oct 6, 2009 11:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Red Sox
Cardinals
Angels
Phillies
Yankees
Twins
Rockies
Dodgers

"BUSTER POSEY
HE SAVES PANDAS!" - sadison bummedgarner
His name's Clayton, not Danny.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Oct 6, 2009 11:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Interesting.

Why are so many of us into the Twins. Besides our covetous longing for Joe Mauer in the orange and black.

"Matt Cain will save the children, but not the Dodger children" - I realize this is someone else's signature but I wanted to emphasize it because it is so damn genius on several levels at once.

by I own a Kayak and I'm not sure why now on Oct 6, 2009 11:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

oh the actual question

Twins
Cardinals
Phillies
Angels (I remember 2002 like it was yesterday)
Red Sox (assholes)
Yankees (assholes)
Rockies (purple assholes)
Dodgers (no explanations needed)

"Matt Cain will save the children, but not the Dodger children" - I realize this is someone else's signature but I wanted to emphasize it because it is so damn genius on several levels at once.

by I own a Kayak and I'm not sure why now on Oct 6, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

this

by kornstar2004 on Oct 7, 2009 1:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cuz

they are a thrifty small market team with home grown players. They do it the way we all wish we did it.

by SnowLeopard on Oct 7, 2009 12:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They do it the way we all wish we did it.

That’s what they said?

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Oct 7, 2009 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Twins (I like Mauer, Morneau and Nathan)
Cardinals ( I like Pujols and Carpenter)
Yankees(I HATE everyone else more then them)
Red Sox (Won it twice recently)
Phillies (I Hate Werth, Victorino, Manuel, P.Martinez, P. Feliz and Utley)(Utley for staring down dirty)
Angels(2002)
Rockies
Buuuuuums

by kvdp12 on Oct 7, 2009 12:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The American League is odious, and I don’t want to keep hearing how superior that league is to ours. The D——s are odious and evil to boot, and should be ground into the dust and compost whence they came. But I would accept any other NL team, and for reasons that others have put forth, would like the Cardinals best of all. Finally, though, my Giants baseball season ended when Sandoval hit his HR and Wilson blew away the Padres the other day; so although as a matter of curiosity I will read about the playoffs and WS in the newspaper, I won’t watch or otherwise follow any of the games.

by campanari on Oct 7, 2009 12:07 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm in the anti-AL camp

My rooting order goes something like:
Rockies
Phillies
Cardinals
Twins
Red Sox
Angels
Yankees
Bubonic Plague
Dodgers

I could almost root for the black death over the Yanks, too. It’s a close call.

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by EliminateMe on Oct 7, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

root for the rats

or the fleas, as opposed to the virus, and it will feel less disgusting.

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by natteringnabob on Oct 7, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m rooting for the Rockies, I could never muster up the hate for them because I have been rooting for them to beat the dodgers, I had an insane pipe dream of the Rockies winning the division and the Giants the wild card.

Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?

by TexasRanger on Oct 7, 2009 12:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Humidor, stupid mascot, Troy Tuloshitzki.

"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings

by SFGuy on Oct 7, 2009 12:19 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like Troy though cuz he went to Long Beach State, my dad teaches there, I practically grew up there. I can’t really hate any dirtbags, not even Giambi.

Congrats to my soul mate and birth brother Zach Wheeler on being drafted into greatness. Should I just buy my Wheeler jersey now, or wait till my next birthday?

by TexasRanger on Oct 7, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tulowitzki F bomb

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 7, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My least favorite baseball teams are the Dodgers, Angels, Yankees, and Rockies, and they all made the freaking playoffs. I always root for the NL team in the World Series (unless it’s the Dodgers), so I hope the Phillies or Cards beat the Twins in the WS. Between the Phillies and Cards, I’d have a mild preference for the Phillies because I have good friends who are Phillies fans, but I don’t really care that much.

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by neurofarm on Oct 7, 2009 12:18 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Not meaning to be insulting

but I cannot understand being a Giants fan and not hating the Angels, and I cannot understand being a baseball fan and not hating the Yankees.

Red Sox
Twins
Cardinals
Phillies
Angels
Yankees
Dodgers
Rockies

by SnowLeopard on Oct 7, 2009 12:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I basically agree with this

However, I’d put the Rockies above the Angels, Yankees & Dodgers.

by Jakespaar on Oct 8, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I detest the Twins, and of course the dodgers, yankees, angels, and rockies.

I am indifferent to the Cardinals.
I like the Red Sox.
And aside from victorino, I don’t hate the Phillies. I like the Red Sox more, but I want the NL to win. Hence, I guess I’m supporting the Phillies. If the Red Sox win, I am fine with that. If the Cardinals win, I’m ok.

If any of the others win, god dammit, I hate this game.

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by Mayor of 311 on Oct 7, 2009 1:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Why do you hate the Twins? I understand the other four but why the Twins?

"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings

by SFGuy on Oct 7, 2009 1:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Twins are totally evil. Let’s see:
1) totally ran off and abandoned a good baseball town in the dead of night
2) strong armed Minnesota tax payers into not 1 but 2 publicly financed sweetheart stadium deals in 20 years
3) could have had the original Camden Yards but didn’t even shortlist HKO’s awesome design and then went ahead and built the greatest monstrosity in baseball history.
4) despite being owned by one of the 10 richest men in America consistently take revenue sharing payments and stick them into ownership pockets rather than the product on the field.

Personally I find the Yankees a much more heroic enterprise than the Twins who represent everything I find craven and evil about the sport. That their FO operates intelligently inspite of all the evil above and around them does not, imo, redeem the franchise for its sins.

My Bucardo is better than yours.

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by Roger on Oct 7, 2009 8:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

hating another team

for their owners is a little silly. My roots run deep in minnesota so the twins are my number two team. And I’ve gotta say, over the years, they have been an extaordinrily fun baseball team to watch.

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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Oct 7, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, ownership gets too much of a blame pass in America for my taste. I like focusing all my hatred at the money boys — frees up my appreciation for talent and the game. Really, other than the LA teams I don’t think I’ve ever had a dislike for any pro team or player in any sport. Maybe Pete Rose, but that’s about it.

My Bucardo is better than yours.

A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.

by Roger on Oct 7, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bill Romanowski is the only player upon whom I wished injury. Still do, actually.

Kobe is close, though.

Schadendodgerfreude 2009!

by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 7, 2009 4:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dunno

ownership and FO are kind of for the team’s own fans to hate.

we do a good enough job of hating ours.

I hate enough opposing players that i have no more room or need to hate opposing management and ownership who i can’t even see.

Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Oct 7, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But you’d have to admit that, for instance, there’s a large contingent of people who hate the Yankees because they hate Steinbrenner, or who focus their Cowboy hatred on Jerry Jones, right? Or probably hated the Niners because of Eddie D. It’s not that unusual really, I just flip the criteria and hate the Carl Pohlens and David Glasses (or, in another direction, Art Modells) of the world, because in the end I think they’re money grubbing ways hurt the sport that I love significantly.

Just to give one obvious example (and I say this with some trepidation because the horse has been beaten so badly), but clearly the steroids scandal was to me the natural result of a climate of encouragement from owners who liked the increased attention and revenues that a game based on constant long balls provided. The money’s really all they ever thought or cared about, and we ended up sitting in a cesspool. I don’t blame one player for using in that environment, they’d have been fools not too. I blame the people who created the environment — clearly ownership. (or maybe I should have just gone with Comisky creating the Black Sox scandal — time sooths out the controversy).

My Bucardo is better than yours.

A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.

by Roger on Oct 8, 2009 4:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also as a taxpayer, I think publicly funded stadiums are an outrage. BTW, I just recently came across something I’d never seen before — first publicly funded stadium in American sports history was Milwaukee County stadium (built in the 50s in an ultimately successful attempt to lure a team) and was the brain child of none other than Bud Selig.

My Bucardo is better than yours.

A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.

by Roger on Oct 8, 2009 4:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tony Bruno says

are an outrage

You have never been more right. Corporate welfare FTW!

Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."

Nobody puts Bengie in a corner!

by natteringnabob on Oct 8, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Condolences, btw, Mr. Nabob.

My Bucardo is better than yours.

A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.

by Roger on Oct 8, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can see why you think people like Glass and Pohlen ruin the sport and to an extent you’re right, just for some reason in my mind i can’t be convinced to hate a team for some old white guy that never sees the field.

As for the publicly funded stadium i do not feel bad at all for those in Bloomington or Eden Prairie. They have tons of money and have tried many times to sustain some kind of tourism outside of the twin cities and somehow, with the largest mall in America, they still manage to garner no interest from the outside world and they’ve pretty much ruined that mall.

Other than that, I agree, although partially publicly funded stadiums that rely mostly on private investment can be alright.

Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Oct 8, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I hated the Cowboys before Jerry Jones owned the team. I remember hearing a quote when someone asked why the roof was missing on Texas Stadium. The answer was “So God would watch America’s Team” (as if God is a Cowboys fan)

"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings

by SFGuy on Oct 9, 2009 2:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

they also said that they would keep the roof open for the new stadium's opener this year, so god could watch them

judging from the result, it’s safe to say he hates them

by Tim LinCyYoung on Oct 9, 2009 2:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree with Roger, and raise 1987

Carl Pohlad (and his heirs) could have paid cash out of his own money for the ballpark, but extorted one out of the public. He pockets the revenue sharing money he gets, despite being a multi-billionaire (billion with a ‘b’).

In 1987, that crap team limped across the finish line with 85 wins, and then went on to win the WS. Now, people say, “well, good for them, they got a ticket to the dance, and they won games, and they won the tournament, and you can’t blame them for winning in a system that they didn’t invent.” And that’s all true and fair enough. But I will forever hate them for it.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Oct 7, 2009 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I like your style

Tommy Joseph is the Dingerzball Wizard

by SoFa King Mike on Oct 7, 2009 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cardinals – Carpenter/Wainright are an exciting 1-2, Pujols is likeable, and the team went out and got what they needed at the trade deadline (Holliday).

A team winning like this forces the Giants to think, “hmph, if we just added another big-time hitter for Pablo, we got something.”

Other than that, go local sports team – Angels.

by DrJ Funk Master Deluxe 3000 on Oct 7, 2009 3:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I have some degree of personal animosity towards the Rockies, Yankees, Angels, Red Sox, and Dodgers. Plus I don’t want to see Philly winning back to back series. I guess that means you can sign me up for an Cardinals v. Twins World Series. I feel like I have more heartfelt desire for the Twins to succeed then for Cardinals, but I’m also sick of the fake baseball playing AL kicking the NL’s ass every year.
Overall, I guess my rooting order is:
Cardinals
Twins
Phillies
Angels
Yankees
Red Sox
Rockies
Dodgers

Wisconsin: Famous for dairy, Ryan Rohlinger and not much else.

by Scottsdale on Oct 7, 2009 6:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I was rooting for the Tigers because my wife’s from Detroit and that’s our deal — she roots for the Giants, I root for the Tigers. Now I’m at a bit of a loss, I kind of like the Twins, but I can’t stand watching games in that stadium. I don’t really want to see the Phils win back to back because that really does start to get you into the historical category (want to save that for the Giants).

I guess I’m just rooting for good baseball throughout. But in the end, I fall back on enjoying the pursuit of greatness, so I’d like one of the great teams to win it. That puts me rooting for the AL I guess, since that’s clearly where the greatest teams are this year. And specifically, I guess I wouldn’t mind seeing the Yankees win this year, as strange as that is to say. They’re clearly the quality team of the year, and I like seeing the best team win the championship. I’m sick of wild cards and 82 win division champs showing up in the World Series.

My Bucardo is better than yours.

A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.

by Roger on Oct 7, 2009 6:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

yeah, that’s got to be one of the worst stadiums outside of Oakland.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Oct 7, 2009 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They should just build a new one for next year.

GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.

by groug on Oct 7, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m going to pull some strings and make this happen.

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Oct 7, 2009 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Phillies for the free tixs and twins

I R 5

by say hey nation on Oct 7, 2009 6:57 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Not the Dodgers

I have a list and it’s similar to everyone else’s. But the Dodgers can’t win. I’m going to watch every playoff game I can because I love baseball. But not the Dodgers games. I don’t care if I miss out on them losing in humiliating fashion. The odds of me spending 3 hours out of my life to watch the Dodgers win a playoff game is enough for me to abstain from the game. I’ll enjoy most of the playoffs as it’s another chapter for baseball. But I’ll take greater pleasure in seeing the boxscore of a Dodgers loss more than anything. That 2 seconds of baseball information will be enough to keep my warm & peaceful throughout the winter.

F**k the Dodgers.

El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."

by ResDog on Oct 7, 2009 7:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I might watch a dodger game, especially if I see the score elsewhere and its like10-0 Not Dodgers leading the Dodgers

I R 5

by say hey nation on Oct 7, 2009 7:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So if all goes according to your guys’ plans, both Joe Nathan and Pedro Feliz will own World Series rings.

/sets self on fire

I’m hoping for the Plutonians to make their first appearance since 2002 so the Series can get canceled again.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Oct 7, 2009 7:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Pretty depressing set of teams this year.

Actively Rooting
1. Twins

Meh
2. Cardinals

Holds Nose
3. Phillies
4. Red Sox
5. Angels

Vomitorium
6. Rockies
7. Yankees
8. Dodgers

by ben p on Oct 7, 2009 8:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Very nice.

I’d switch the Red Sox and Angels, though.

P.S. The GIS for “Vomitorium” is not nearly as disturbing as one might think.

"El once, chico. Eleven."

by Juan Primo on Oct 7, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You can say that again.

El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."

by ResDog on Oct 7, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Vomitorium wasn’t really used for vomiting.

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory

by Natto on Oct 7, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it was used to “vomit” crowds from stadiums

I R 5

by say hey nation on Oct 7, 2009 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice.

I’d switch the Red Sox and Angels, though.

P.S. The GIS for “Vomitorium” is not nearly as disturbing as one might think.

"El once, chico. Eleven."

by Juan Primo on Oct 7, 2009 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I tried to anagram "vomitorium"

And one of the results was “vomitorium.” That word is actually in my anagrammer’s lexicon.

Others: I’M OUR VOMIT and I RIM TO OVUM

Anagram of "suck it Russell Martin" = TRUER SKILL: SCUM STAIN

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That 2nd one is hilarious

and grody to the max, as I might have probably not said around 25 years ago.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Oct 7, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"I do NOT talk funny! I am so surrre!"

Ya know...ignorance really IS bliss.
Well - I do , anyway.

by victor frankenstein on Oct 8, 2009 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does anyone else think the Yanks are bush league for having the series start today? I know its a competition and every advantage counts, but I want to see real baseball, not some tired and wary players playing against a rested and good Yankees team.

I R 5

by say hey nation on Oct 7, 2009 9:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nah.

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
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by Natto on Oct 7, 2009 10:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I JUST WANT TO HATE THE YANKEES!

I R 5

by say hey nation on Oct 7, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t care.

Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.

by satyricrash on Oct 7, 2009 9:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

1) Twins
2) Cardinals
3) Phillies
4) Yankees
5) Angels
6) Red Sox
7) Rockies

I know you nerds know NOTHING about the real game of baseball, or any other athletic endeavor requiring teamwork under physical stress.
Mr. F! | comics | art | New Nattowear | Unofficial McImage Directory

by Natto on Oct 7, 2009 10:10 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Twins or Angels, I guess. F those who are not named. And the Braves. I dont care if they’re out or not.

Plotting the ultimate demise of Gore51 (never met him, I dunno he could be swell) so as to adopt Kyle Nicholson.

"I don’t know much about sabre-stats but there’s nothing better than white tea and poptarts first thing in the morning" - tk

by Whiteteaandpoptarts on Oct 7, 2009 10:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I want all four stadiums to randomly explode so that the Giants, who have the best record among non-playoff clubs, win the world title by default.

Anagram of "suck it Russell Martin" = TRUER SKILL: SCUM STAIN

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 7, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This is obviously the choice.

Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.

by satyricrash on Oct 7, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Rooting for a Twins / Dodgers World Series

Where the Bums blow an 8 run lead in Game 7

by sfmaynard on Oct 7, 2009 11:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m rooting for a 3 game sweep out of the playoffs for the Dodgers. Followed by God smiting all the Dodgers and their insufferable fans immediately after.

I'm thinking but nothing's happening.

by JRPhillips on Oct 7, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm with you

Dodgers getting as far as game 7 of the serious involves way too much happiness along the way.

Meet my new son: Sundrendy Windster, on the Curacao-SF express (via Arizona).

by EliminateMe on Oct 7, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I root for "Whomever" vs. Dodgers

Nothing more fun than a Dodger choke.

by hokysmksbw on Oct 7, 2009 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m rooting for next year.

I'm thinking but nothing's happening.

by JRPhillips on Oct 7, 2009 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Twins

But I have rooting interests in every playoff series.

"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent

by Yoyo on Oct 7, 2009 12:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Cards over Twins

I can’t stand AL baseball in general and 3 of my 4 least favorite teams in the playoffs come from the AL. That leaves me with the Twins even though I don’t think they’ll make it (and I still like Nathan even though he’s been gone for years).

As for the Cards, I find it hard to not like them given the NL contenders… but… I’d still root for the Phils or Rox over any AL team except the Twins.

And… if it comes down to the Dodgers v Yanks or BoSox… I’ll watch football even though MLB is my favorite sport by a wide margin.

by karl m on Oct 7, 2009 2:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Twins!
Cards.
uhhh Phillies
Rox I guess
shit…umm
Red Sox
fuckin Yankees
goddamn Angels
special place in hell Dodgers

go rowand

by lincypoo i wuv u on Oct 7, 2009 2:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Rooting for the original Abe Lincoln of the SF Giants, Peter Fleas

Felicitations, malefactors! I am endeavoring to misappropriate the formulary for the preparation of affordable comestibles. Who will join me!?

by MetalFaceDoom on Oct 7, 2009 3:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I’m glad the Cubs and Indians didn’t make it so there is now no chance for the Giants to move up in the drought years this season.

"All I know is right now, you comeback and do you dwell on that? I think you're man enough to take it, you're man enough to chew on it, to spit it out and you learn from it. ... I think winners let it go. I think losers dwell on it and talk about it all week and that screws you up for the next opportunity going forward." - Mike Singletary after the 49ers loss to the Vikings

by SFGuy on Oct 7, 2009 4:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Good point. I said a while ago in some GDT or other that the Indians are the only AL Central team that Giants fans have any reason to cheer against.

Schadendodgerfreude 2009!

by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Oct 7, 2009 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was once those guys win then it’s our turn?

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Oct 7, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

AJ

El Presidente Larry Baer's epitaph
"Nothing important ever happened without me."

by ResDog on Oct 8, 2009 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Twins

and a giant meteor that hits Chavez Latrine.

by imovermyhead on Oct 7, 2009 4:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Phillies, Cardinals – either one – the other two. well I don’t need to explain, do I?
don’t care about the AL – whatever -

Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.

by timmeh on Oct 7, 2009 4:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Rooting for?

I’m not rooting for ANY of those teams…. but I can tell you who I’m rooting against. Watching every game the Yankees and Dodgers play, hoping they get creamed in the most embarrasing way, breaking and surrpassing every Error record ever set, striking out looking, …. ect.
Speaking of, Jeter is at bat …..

by SFGfanatic on Oct 7, 2009 5:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I hope the Yankees and Dodgers lose every game, ever.

"I never watched baseball on TV. It's slow and boring. I'm not a fan. Never was." - Jeff Kent

by Yoyo on Oct 7, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This would be good

by Jakespaar on Oct 8, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

eh well if I had to pick, I’d say St. Louis. The Twins aren’t bad either I could live with myself if they did it. I still hold a grudge against the Angels, the Phillies are whatever, I hope Boston and New York burn in hell. I think I’d kill myself if the Dodgers and Yanks went to the series….

please giants...don't make me cry like I did in 02....
Well Timmy...you make me cry tears of joy.

by sanfrankid on Oct 7, 2009 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I am rooting for the Angels I suppose.

I live relatively close to Angel Stadium, so I get a chance to see them ~10 times a year. Despite 2002, they are a fairly likable team. In addition, I get free tickets to the Angels sometimes (for example, I scored free tickets to tomorrow’s game.) The further they go, the better the chances that I get free tickets to some exciting playoff games.

That said, I won’t be rooting too hard for them. Just slightly more than the rest of the teams.

by sunnyd100 on Oct 7, 2009 10:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Twins

And then when they get eliminated in the first round, I will shrug and not hurt too much.

GROUGTHINK ALERT
The first Chester Arthur fanboy ever.

by groug on Oct 7, 2009 10:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Twins

They’re really the only team who don’t annoy me like the others do.

Since they’ll get eliminated fairly easy though, out of the remainders I’d like the Angels to win just because of how they handled the Adenhart situation. The players and the organisation did an amazing job and it would be really nice to see them win one for him.

After that though. Bets are off.