Baseball's Final Four: Who do you Hate Less?
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 15, 2009 7:57 AM PDT
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On now: A look at this season's Final Four
5PM: Open Thread - NLCS Game 1
9PM: Scrapbook Memories - 1989 World Series, Game 2
Coming in November: A's Decade (2000-09) in Review. Something even the kids can enjoy!
While A's fans bemoan the fact that it's been three long years since their team last appeared in the ALCS (obligatory historical reference), this season's League Championship Series' offers a smorgasbord of storylines, which I may or may not get to before I step into a meeting.
In the Senior Circuit, we have the first NLCS rematch since the St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros traded pennants back in 2004-05 (on their way to getting swept in the World Series). Which reminds me of another thing that drives me crazy about ESPN newscasters. When they say something like "It's the first time this has happened since...", I expect it to be from a long time ago. But it's almost always recent. And they say it like it's been forever! "...since 2006!" And yes, I realize that depending on the feat, three years can be an eternity. Don't ruin this for me.
Things happen in cycles, don't they? The Phillies and Dodgers first met in 1977, then again in '78, and once more in 1983. But until they hooked up last season, it had been a while since either had stood on the porch of the World Series (LA, 1988; Philadelphia 1993).
The Dodgers, of course, have not won it all since The Year We're Not Allowed to Talk About, which has restored my faith in a higher being, while the Phillies are trying to become the first National League team since the 1995-96 Atlanta Braves to make back-to-back trips to the Fall Classic, and the first NL squad since the 1975-76 Reds to hoist that pretty trophy in consecutive seasons.
In fact, no Major League club has held the title for more than one season since the New York Yankees of 1998-2000. And as they are quick to remind us, that really is forever in the Big Apple. For the first six seasons of this decade, either the Angels or Yankees made it this far, but never together; this is the first time they will meet head-to-head in the ALCS (the Angels have twice defeated the Bronx Bombers in Division Series play, in 2002 and 2005).
Anaheim is the sentimental pick, but surely there is no shortage of Nick Swisher fans here, and I am guessing the TV people are hoping for an LA-NY Classic.
But I am sticking with the team I rooted for last year: the Phillies. Who do YOU like?
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Well, let's see here.
Yankees: OMFG NO I FUCKING HATE THE YANKEES.
slegnA: OMFG NO I FUCKING HATE THOSE THOUSAND OAKS DOUCHEBAGS.
Dodgers: OMFG NO I’M SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT ANDRE ETHIER, FUCKING LET IT GO PEOPLE.
I guess I’m rooting for the Phillies.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
im pulling for
whoever is playing the stinking Angels
"I Will Not Relent, I Am Driven"... Clutch
Bring Back The Bash!!!
by Shippee33 on Oct 15, 2009 8:20 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
youve
never met a phillies fan before have you?
these are the most miserable playoffs ever. not one team any reasonable person can even be slightly soft towards. no orioles, padres or indians.
Phillies Fans
I know four of them and they’re all cool.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on Oct 15, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
For me it's the Phillies
followed by the Dodgers
I can’t stand the Yanks
I can’t stand the slengA
so all I can say is GO NL!!!
PREPAREDNESS_Because those goddamn zombies aren’t going to kill themselves
Is there an E?
None of the above?
by Beane is my hero on Oct 15, 2009 8:29 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
I vote like you
I prefer teams from California, because I’m in California.
But otherwise, it’s kind of like looking at a two-car wreck as you drive by: it doesn’t have an immediate effect on you no matter which car got the worst of it. You simply take it all in, and drive on…!
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Oct 15, 2009 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
The only virtuous thing
about the ALCS is that either the Yanks or the Angels have to lose. As much as I loathe the AL East Beasts, I reserve my deepest animosity for those nearest to me. Funny how baseball mirrors life, isn’t it? I can tolerate the Yankee’s hoisting yet another Championship (28, 27, 101st…..whatever) much more easily than I can stomach yet another wave of Angels hats washing over my home town region.
Never mind the blue beast of antiquity, as long as the NL is playing, I’ll be rooting for them.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
that is why, unfortunately,
i am pulling for the Angels in the AL. living in jersey city, i can’t imagine having to stomach yankee fans gloating. if i lived in cali, it might be different…
i don’t remember following the 1988 season (turned 6 in august of that year), but i definitely remember 1989 being the beginning of my A’s love. i was sure that they’d destroy the giants, and they delivered. point being, it does make my stomach turn quite a bit whenever the 1988 WS is mentioned, and also whenever i see a replay of gibson, but i don’t hold any ill will toward the dodger franchise. and i do like torre, ethier, manny, thome, and casey blake (who might be my favorite NL player).
the phillies, on the other hand… philly is a loser city when it comes to sports. they are sooo bitter about their loser crown, which is why it killed me that they shed it last year. i do like their players, but i hate the idea of philly bringing home back to backs. then again, that would bring even more misery to the mets fans around here, which would be terrific… haha i sound so bitter.
so i’m rooting for the dodgers, but aside from them, it’s a decision of who to root against, in descending order of level of dislike:
1. yankees
2. angels
3. phillies
let’s see a freeway series. at least there will be some daylight during WS games.
BK: This guy is on fire, he is really smokin'.
KenKo: Oh yeah, Bill? What's he smokin'?
Iggles fandom is by far the worst
Phillies, Sixers, and Flyers fandom can be annoying, but Philadelphia is a football town and I have a really hard time dealing with all the Iggles love. So part of my parochial desire for the Phils to win again is to make this place less football-centric.
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
I'm rooting for the Phillies
My advice for the ALCS, which was the same for the slegnA-Red Sox series: hope the road team wins a lot so that you can watch fans suffering.
Either the Yankees or the slegnA will lose — that’s good news. And then the one that doesn’t lose can go on to lose (hopefully to the Phillies) in the Series.
God, I’m such an optimist!
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Couldn't have said it better myself.
I really like the root-for-the-road team advice in the Yanks-slegnA series. Much as I hate to see either of them win, the thought of LA/Anaheim/Whatever and Bronx fans sufferin’ still has the power to warm the old cockles.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 15, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Agree fully with what mikev posted above
Here are three votes for the team from our nation’s first capital.
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
Goin' with Philly
…but on the way, I’ve decided that I hate the Angels just a teeny bit less than I hate the Yankees. Maybe it’s the Adenhart factor. I just can’t bring myself to root for the Yankees, Swisher notwithstanding.
Losing this team would be a huge failure for this city and an affront to Oakland’s great sports legacy.
Same here
Maybe it’s the Adenhart factor, maybe it’s the fact that I loathe the Yankees 100x more than any other team in baseball, but I’m rooting hard for LAA. I’m also rooting, surprisingly, for the Dodgers, because my backup plan to the Yankees losing in the ALCS is for Torre to beat NYY in the WS.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Re: Rooting for Torre to beat the Yankees
The great meta silver lining of this final four is that it leads the great minds of AN to invent new and creative variations on Schadenfreude.
And, like Nico, when push comes to shove, I hate the Yanks worse than the slegnA. Luckily, NY is hosting, so I can also follow Nick’s root-for-the-road-team rule. slegnA in seven! Let’s go whoever will make the faces on my tv screen look unhappy!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 15, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
yes, torre over the yankees would be awesome
BK: This guy is on fire, he is really smokin'.
KenKo: Oh yeah, Bill? What's he smokin'?
The Adenhart factor is gone
After they drenched his jersey with champagne and beer post their ALDS win. Simply tasteless.
Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.
by methodrampage on Oct 15, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I disagree with you, doctor.
I think it was sweet. They would have drenched him had he been there, so they drenched the jersey in absentia.
Although if you’re a military person and see it from that point of view, I understand where you’re coming from.
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 15, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a bit different as the whole thing was caused by a drunk driver.
If Adenhart had passed by a different means, the jersey champagne shower would have been cute. I understand why they did it, and I don’t really have a problem with it…but had they thought about it before they did it (doubtful, being caught up in the excitement of clinching and whatnot), they probably would have realized that it looked really bad from a “don’t drink and drive” media standpoint.
Lay down, black gives way to blue.
Lay down, I'll remember you.
In fairness, though, the saying isn't "don't drink and clinch."
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
The association between alcohol and Adenhart's death is the issue
Celebrating their achievement and rememberance of Adenhart by getting drunk seems classless. I’ve got no problem with them celebrating with champagne or beer or any other type of alcohol as long as they didn’t decide to use Adenhart’s jersey as a bar rag.
Don't sweat it. I'm illiterate.
by methodrampage on Oct 16, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Put the World Series on the West Coast
I can see why Philly would be a popular choice with A’s fans. But as someone who lives in the Eastern time zone and never sees or even hears much about baseball played west of the Mississippi, I think the horribly imbalanced major leagues deserves an L.A. World Series (if the baseball gods permit, let’s keep it on the West Coast for the next decade, with the A’s getting in on the mix).
Each year the playoffs reminds me that major league baseball is broken and needs a radically new collective bargaining agreement. Just watch the baseball ratings versus that other national past time. Heck, these days the Series will probably draw less than a bicycle race (nothing against those…).
chronic
new agreement, a lot of fixing
I am DISMAYED that the playoffs could extend all the way to OCTOBER TWENTY_FIFTH!!!
before you even start the World Series. Add a little rain and cold, and “Mr November” will be the call once more…
Revolting GREED! The World Series GAME SEVEN should be NO LATER than October 9.
That is all.
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Oct 15, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Much to my surprise, I'm rooting for the Angels
A lot is the Adenhart factor. And they don’t have K-Rod anymore.
But some is that they are in our division. I’m sick of ESPN hyping the Yankees. I’m tired of ignorant crap about how the AL East is the far stronger division, when, by record, the AL West is.
Baltimore is awful. The Yankees went 13-5 vs. them, Boston 16-2. The As went 5-1. Let the As play Baltimore 18 times and they probably finish above .500.
I don't get the "Adenhart factor"
I don’t want to sound like an insensitive a-hole, so let me say this to begin with … I’m very sorry that accident happened and I’m very sorry for his family — a tragic, sad loss. That being said, what does Adenhart’s death have to do with his employer(s)? It was where he worked. Period. The Angels get no “extra” love from me because somebody that worked for them died tragically. Feeling badly for Adenhart’s family is an entirely different thing than rooting for the team he played for. Nope. Won’t do it.
Just like I didn’t root for the Yankees in 2001 — and I really resented the notion that because of 9/11, I was “supposed” to root for NY. That’s complete nonsense.
That being said … I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again … I really want a Yankees-Dodgers Series so that Red Sox Nation or Giants fan has to spend the winter reaaaaaallly pissed off that their bitter rival hoisted another banner.
I needed a team so I wouldn’t turn into one of the eighty million pink hat-wearing Bud Light-drinking mulleted idiots at Fenway.
The human beings who worked with Adenhart went through the tragedy personally
They’ve been through a lot and one tends to have more empathy, and less enmity, towards those who have been through a lot; that’s what it has to do with his employer(s).
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Right Brain note:
Winning one for the Gipper can work, if there’s really a Gipper.
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 15, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Their splashing beer all over his jersey after winning the division tends to lessen my sympathy for the current slegnA
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
by Nick on Oct 15, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
At least they didn't also throw a set of car keys onto the wet jersey.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
I agree with this entire post...
…except the part about a Yankees-Dodgers Series. Personally, I’d like to see the Phillies repeat because I hate every god damn team left in the postseason.
Member of the AN community since January 2005.
by baseballnut020 on Oct 15, 2009 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I do like Joe Torre, though
Of course you know it’s a lame post-season when you’re rooting for managers.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Hey
As long as Anaheim goes home disappointed I’m happy. If both SoCal teams get bounced then 2009 was a good year.
Member of the AN community since January 2005.
by baseballnut020 on Oct 15, 2009 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
And yet you're rooting for Mickey Hatcher to be the AL Champion hitting coach??!?
"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s
Hatcher + post-season = PTSD
A simple equation to explain my life.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
Dodgers
I don’t hold any ill will against the Dodgers for 1988. In fact, other than that series, I’ve always rooted for the Dodgers to spite the Giants. So let’s do this, LA. F U Giants!
Wisconsin's #1 A's fan!
I want the teams I hate least to beat the teams I hate most
because it’s all about HATE HATE HATE!
Nuke the world!
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
I'm rooting for the Phillies v Angels WS (wow, that will be a lot of red)
I hate the yankees.
The team I will root for to win the WS, in order
Phillies
Dodgers
Angels
Yankees
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
More or less agree....
Though I honestly don’t know if I could force myself to root for the Dodgers in a slegnA-Dodgers series. Hopefully it won’t come to that. I’m pulling for Philly all the way. And the Torre factor would make rooting for the Dodgers to beat the Yankees pretty damn easy.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 15, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Think about it like
You’re not rooting for the dodgers, you’re making sure the slegnA don’t win.
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Oct 15, 2009 3:11 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'll never EVER root for the Angels
so Yankees/Dodgers with LAD winning, why? I love me some Manny, that crazy sumbitch! I bet he’s smoking a big fat blunt right about now hahaha
so that's why he's not hitting...
Ganja is for pitchers!
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 15, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
This is exactly how I feel too. More Manny is never a bad thing.
by mk on Oct 15, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I should clarify
That I had to work out my feelings from 1988 with my mom, because she was crushed along with the Eck (whom she is still in love with) in Game 1. She told me it was okay to root for the Dodgers…mostly because “Dennis is still a looker,” if that makes any sense.
by mk on Oct 15, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Your mom's wrong.
Go with your original feelings.
In case you need it, here’s a reminder:
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 15, 2009 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
jeez
go ahead and twist it a little…
BK: This guy is on fire, he is really smokin'.
KenKo: Oh yeah, Bill? What's he smokin'?
No matter how many times I see this,
it still pisses me off
Yeah, those did not make me feel very good
Sorry, Manny. You’re on your own, buddy.
by mk on Oct 15, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Dodgers all the way!
I’ve always been an A’s fan first, and a Dodgers fan when they aren’t playing the A’s (hey, I was raised True Blue, thanks dad!). So I’m clearly pretty giddy about LA’s chance to get to the World Series. I’ll be watching every Dodger game, and if they get to the Series (baseball gods willing), I’ll be doing my damndest to get tickets to Game 3 down in LA.
Over in the AL, I feel really dirty cheering for either team. But, with Swisher on the Yankees, and me hating the Angels most of any baseball team…gotta pull for the Yankees.
Sometimes the impossible can become possible if you're AWESOME!
by ZeroIndulgence on Oct 15, 2009 11:32 AM PDT reply actions
The who-does-it-piss-off factor
Yankees: pisses off the Red Sox fans. Not bad. But it makes Yankees fans happy.
Angels: pisses off the Giants fans who are still bitter from 2002. But offset by also pissing off A’s fans rather directly.
Dodgers: pisses off Giants fans and possibly Angels fans. Win. Except for 1988. Fail.
Phillies: pisses off…no one? Mets fans, maybe?
So. Dodgers over the Yankees in the WS. PIssed off: Red Sox fans because Yankees advanced and the Manny factor, Giants fans, Angels fans, Mets fans to some extent (not that I care, but it makes the Phillies redundant), and fewer A’s fans than some of the other options.
Phillies!
AL who cares? I HATE both teams. I would love to see the Yankees lose in the WS. My wife and I met in Philadelphia and it’s a great city and I really like Kentucky Joe. I’m going for the repeat.
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." -Jessica Rabbit
by A'sfansince1970 on Oct 15, 2009 11:58 AM PDT reply actions
No, that doesn't make you bad at all....
Rather charming I would say.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
my question is...
are you enjoying the aural qualities of the whining,
or reveling in the emotional ill-at-ease that causes the whining in the first place?
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 15, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I love you.
Both.
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 15, 2009 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
After the A’s, I am for any of the west coast teams over the east coast teams!
by A's Fan in Virginia on Oct 15, 2009 12:29 PM PDT reply actions
Two Answers and a Question
Answer #1: Which series makes for the easiest t.v./radio listening for us on the East Coast? Would a freeway series give us some nice evening ballgames, or would an east coast series let us settle in for afternoon ball? I don’t know how they schedule times, but perhaps just watching/listening is more important than the actual teams.
Answer #2: Although the Yanks payroll attitude is frustrating, my dad reminds me that payroll does not equal winning. Cf. the Mets. When I listened to the series with Minnesota (and who couldn’t root for them?), I couldn’t help but appreciate how hard and excellently many of the individual players went at it. There’s some joy in watching baseball players perform at the very highest level. So whereas I cannot root for our division rivals, and I don’t know I’d root for the Yanks in the WS, I won’t be unhappy seeing them get there, if they play well.
Question #1: My daddy also taught me, “always root for the underdog.” When I am without any other preference, I always fall back on this. But that leaves open the question: Who is the real underdog(s) in these serieses? Your opinions will be much appreciated. Not based on record alone, that is. I guess Slegna & Philly, but what about Dodger pitching, and Philly as the defending champs?
I think the Phillies are kind of automatically not the underdog,
in that they’re the incumbent champ everyone’s “gunning for.” So I feel I’m rooting for the undersdog in pulling for a West Coast WS.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
You're just makin' excuses.
Face it. You’re rootin’ for this:
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 15, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Imagine a wire his right hand is clenching.
The wire connects two ends of the Grand Canyon and the facial expression reflects acknowledgment of certain demise once the grip weakens.
Now it’s not so bad!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 15, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think you mean
“the wire is strung between opposite, distant sides of the Grand Canyon, and this man is equally distant from each terminus (not to be confused with the California town of “Terminus”, which is slightly below sea level)."
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Oct 15, 2009 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
That town is "Terminous, California"
I had the spelling wrong.
"It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics. " GB Shaw
by One won lost won on Oct 15, 2009 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
STOP showing that EVIL picture!
It may be irrational that I hate an entire organization for someting that happened 21 years ago but hey I’ve never claimed to be rational. Go Phillies!
Absolutely love these matchups....
Big names, big teams…should be great baseball.
Pulling for Yankees for sure and then Dodgers since local and will be going to a game.
"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est
Not that I'm rooting for the Yankees...
…just against the Angels, so we’re clear ;-)
"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est
by baseballgirl on Oct 15, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going Dodgers for it all
"Bobby Crosby at third is a bit of an adventure. And not like, here’s some hidden treasure, what fun. More like, gah! poison ants!" --alea iacta est
by baseballgirl on Oct 15, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
BOOO!!!
BEAT L.A.!
BEAT L.A.!
BEAT L.A.!
Member of the AN community since January 2005.
by baseballnut020 on Oct 15, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Chant for Dodgers fans in a freeway series (yuck)
BEAT L.A.! (of Anaheim)
BEAT L.A.! (of Anaheim)
BEAT L.A.! (of Anaheim)
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
I was going to ask you to pick me up a program
but I have a feeling that it will have a picture of The Guy That Ruined My Life somewhere.
I'm here to talk about the past.
yes!!!
Are you gonna get a Manny dred-wig?
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Oct 15, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Being in LA and all...
And hating the slegnA with a passion, the default is the Dodgers. I’m hoping for a Hawaiian Gardens Angels of Santa Fe Springs loss to the NYY, then the Dodgers take it in six. Also, I’m hoping for some genius managing by Torre and a bone-headed move by Girardi that makes Torre look over and be like “learn from a pro, kid.”
Where’s Trainman, I know he’s with me on this too!
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
I am rooting for the Dodgers
Fuck the slegnA and the Yankees and Philadelphia because they are getting greedy.
I have no problem with the Dodgers and could care less what happened in 1988. This is 2009.
I gotta root for Swisher
I hate the Yanks, but I love Swisher. So, I’ll be rooting for the Yankees this year.
Angels – Hate
Dodgers – Don’t really care
Phillies – They won last year, but don’t really care
Yankees – GO SWISH!
I don't mind if the Yanks win
They’re bound to win #27 some day. I’d just rather they win it now than in 2011+ when the A’s are supposed to be WS contenders.
Member of the AN community since January 2005.
by baseballnut020 on Oct 15, 2009 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I will root for the Yankees
when Hell freezes over into the shape of a strawberry snow bunny.
Besides, ain’t nothin’ funny ‘bout Death and the Halos have actual Angels on their side this time, in addition to as-yet-living pitchers who will make the Yankee hitters’ minds spin. What said it to me was Bad Vlad and his post-winning-hit interview, when he said through the translator how humbled they all feel to be doing what they’re doing for their deceased teammate and friend. So I look for the Dreaded Red to make fairly fast work of the Payroll Plunderers, lets say Northridge Nephilim of Van Nuys in 5, 6 at the mostest. Look for Torii Hunter to do some typically radical gathering in CF and also to go wild with the stick on the Jabbas and Hugheses.
In the NL it seems more uncertain to me, with this rematch and all. In my little gay heart of hearts I would like an all-LA WS, if only so the ESPNs and East-Coast-centric media would have to stay up and pay attentiion and pretend there is life west of Wyoming. But these Phils, man, hmmmm they really impressed me vs. the Rockies, tearing up the Street like one of those pneumatic drill things that wakes you up in the morning when they are doing construction, usually mere inches from your bedroom window.
The Dodgers are formidable as well, obviously Manny, Andre “what might have been” Ethier en fuego, Christ their big stick off the bench is only a certain Hall of Famer who can hit it further than Babe Ruth, jeebus. This series is really a toss-up but I can’t help but think that Torre’s got this one, although it’ll surely take the full series to do it. So I go for the all-LA World Series, Dodgers in 7.
As for the Finals, well like I said the Angels are going to Heaven, whether we around here like it or not, and looking back it really was obvious on Day 3 of the season what was gonna happen, at least in that 20/20 emptastic hindsight. So I predict the Los Angeles Angels of Adenhart in 5 games…. yikes! is it March yet???
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
An all LA series would make FOX queasy which is always good
One year if the Brewers ever faced the Royals in the WS (I know the odds are a trillion to one) I think Joe Buck’s head would explode and his comb over would fly high into the night air.
I’m rooting for the Phillies as they are the less of the other 3 evils but I think the Dodgers will win that series in 6 games
In the ALCS I think the Angels will win in 7 tight,close games. In the end I’m with the emperor in that I see the Angels winning but I think it’ll take 6 games.
This post as usual for my posts should be ignored because I’m the guy who picked the Red Sox to win the whole thing in a earlier post.
sirbed this is so great
One year if the Brewers ever faced the Royals in the WS (I know the odds are a trillion to one) I think Joe Buck’s head would explode and his comb over would fly high into the night air.
Thanks for that image to accompany my afternoon pizza here, ROFL. I think if the Brewers and Royals played in the WS FOX might show Yankees-Red Sox highlights from 2001, wit color commentary from Aaron Boone. If, FOX forbid, WE ever made it to the Finals, omg they might just show a test pattern or static. What we need is an Oakland Athletics-San Diego Padres WS, which would get ratings that might even outstrip those Cubic Zirconia ads on QVC.
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
by emperor nobody on Oct 15, 2009 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
A's vs. Marlins
Would compete (poorly) with reruns of “Mythbusters”
But we’d all love it!
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Oct 15, 2009 3:30 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
dude... Mythbusters...
They could have a special baseball edition where they could see how many licks it takes Bill James to get to the center of a Tootsie pop.
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by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 15, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
think of the award-winning and endearing advertising
that could accompany such programming around an A’s-Marlins WS…. in my mind’s eye I see a classic, retro-type Reese’s spot in which Billy Beane accidentally gets his chocolate in Joe Morgan’s peanut butter.
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
by emperor nobody on Oct 15, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was thinking more like Ricky Nolasco and Cliff Pennington in those roles
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Oct 15, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Never, no in 5 languages
Yankees, nunca, nein, nyet, non, no!
rooting for tight games!
excellent pitching and lots of homers! are those mutually exclusive? I don’t care!
btw, anyone got a reccomendation for a good bar to watch the games at in the east bay?
hmmm.. I'm rooting for bad weather and low ratings
something has to cause MLB to devise something other than “We copied the NHL, because the regular season is too boring.”
No World Series until…November? !!!!!!!!!!!
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by One won lost won on Oct 15, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
a Freeway World Series would be fun but I think the stress would kill me so I’m going to say Dodgers over Yankees in the WS
Basically I want the Dodgers to win no matter what, I dislike both AL teams and I’m mostly neutral about the Phillies except for the fact that they knocked the Dodgers out last year
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