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NLDS Rooting interest poll: Cubs-Dodgers

Who would you like to see win the NLDS?

Chicago Cubs	22 votes
Los Angeles Dodgers	6 votes

Benjamin Grimm Oct 01 2008 08:14 AM

Who would you like to see win the NLDS?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 01 2008 08:17 AM

Just want as good series here. The problem is, Bill Madden wins either way since he thinks its Lou vs. Joe.

sharpie Oct 01 2008 08:18 AM

Cubs. Put those 20th Century "curses" (Red Sox, White Sox, Cubs) to rest. If the Cubs win every time the year ends in 08 that's ok with me.

metirish Oct 01 2008 08:18 AM

This is a tough one for me as I don't have problems with either team , voted Cubs though but would be as happy for the Dodgers.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 01 2008 08:20 AM

I'm glad that the Cubs drought lasted a full 100 years. (If they do win the World Series, the Series will certainly end on a later date than it did in 1908.) I voted Dodgers, mainly because the Cubs are a team that I like to see lose.

Vic Sage Oct 01 2008 08:30 AM

my general misanthropy makes me root for the Cubs, because if they win the world series, it will mean the end of days is nigh.

bmfc1 Oct 01 2008 08:32 AM

I surprised myself by voting for the Cubs. Pinella's a jerk but I'll take his over LA because of Joe Torre.

soupcan Oct 01 2008 08:42 AM

Big Blue Wrecking Crew. Tough one. I was a Dodger fan as a little kid but I wouldn't mind seeing the Cubbies win.

themetfairy Oct 01 2008 08:46 AM

G-Fafif Oct 01 2008 09:12 AM

I historically hate the Cubs but I downright dislike the Dodgers. The world stands to gain nothing from a Dodgers title. The Cubs thing...who knows? We've never seen it. Going for the unknown (though I'll probably turn on them at some point; I was quietly gleeful at the moment of Bartman).

AG/DC Oct 01 2008 09:18 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 01 2008 09:25 AM

I'm rooting for the Dodgers because Zambrano is a big ape and Pinella is a maniac. On the other hand, my friend Guiseppe is a high school classmate of Steve Bartman, who reportedlyloves the Cubs all over, and even when he was driven out of town, moved to Cubs territory in Arizona. I'd like to see the guy get off the hook. FOX and McCarver really need to get their share of shit for that.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 01 2008 09:21 AM

AG/DC wrote: FOX and McCarver really need to get their share of shit for that. Moises Alou, too.

AG/DC Oct 01 2008 09:24 AM

I'm guessing you point at Alou for waiting years before letting the guy off the hook.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 01 2008 09:27 AM

Actually I blamed him at the time. His reaction was a bit much. If he had just turned around and resumed his position, I don't think everyone would have been as freaked. I know it's hard to say such things for sure, but as I was watching (this was a rare non-Mets game that I actually watched) I got the impression that the Cubs tightened up after that play and I think if Moises had taken a "no big deal" attitude that might not have happened.

Frayed Knot Oct 01 2008 09:28 AM

What I want to know is how the guy in the seat next to Bartman who ALSO reached for the ball and was just as responisble for denying Alou a chance (small chance) at the catch got away with none of the retribution that was heaped on the Harry Potter-faced sap. It was like the city executed Sacco while letting Venzetti slide.

AG/DC Oct 01 2008 09:29 AM

There were more or less a half dozen folks lunging at that ball.

Frayed Knot Oct 01 2008 09:36 AM

Oh sure, but two specifically who were in position to make contact with it. So in assigning just the fans' portion of blame, Bartman gets, at most, 60/40 with the other one. Instead, it somehow wound up 100/0

metsmarathon Oct 01 2008 12:13 PM

how much would it tweak the yankees to see the dispatched joe torre win the whole damned thing? that said, i think the yankee fans would like it. so i vote cubs.

metirish Oct 01 2008 12:27 PM

="metsmarathon"]how much would it tweak the yankees to see the dispatched joe torre win the whole damned thing? that said, i think the yankee fans would like it. so i vote cubs. Between Torre and the 84 wins Hank must be pissed.

Kong76 Oct 01 2008 04:50 PM

Pinella by a nose.

Valadius Oct 01 2008 05:18 PM

Cubs. Let them have their championship this year.

SteveJRogers Oct 01 2008 05:34 PM

I hate both franchises, so tough choice. Eh, why not a brief stay of execution for the Cubs. I think Bartman gets most of the grief also because he just looked so dorky with the glasses and radio headphones, so at the time the director couldn't help but zero on him after the fact, as well as fans in his section that had him "tossed". If it was just a normal looking fan, no one would probably noticed or cared.

MFS62 Oct 01 2008 05:45 PM

KC wrote: Pinella by a nose. That's the way I feel. I would root for the Taliban over the team that deserted us. The fact that its the Cubs makes it close. Later

cooby Oct 01 2008 06:50 PM

You forgot "who cares?"

Willets Point Oct 01 2008 07:04 PM

The only reason I'd like to see the Dodgers succeed is that I like Manny Ramirez and thought he was given too much shit by Boston fans. That said, I've hated the Dodgers since they betrayed Brooklyn (which was 15 years before I was born, so that's a deep-seated hate). Also, I couldn't bear to hear all the Torre glurge. This decade has been good for ending World Series droughts (Angels, Red Sox & White Sox). So why not this year the Cubs?

SteveJRogers Oct 01 2008 07:33 PM

Willets Point wrote: The only reason I'd like to see the Dodgers succeed is that I like Manny Ramirez and thought he was given too much shit by Boston fans. After what he's been pulling the last few years, you don't think he deserves it?

AG/DC Oct 01 2008 07:52 PM

"Dorks bring it on themselves. Film at eleven."

SteveJRogers Oct 01 2008 08:06 PM

The guy sat out with fake injuries, everyone in that clubhouse thought he was a cancer that had to be removed, I mean it got to the point where Francona was all "its either him or me." Manny deserved the shit he got, and it would serve both him and Boras right if NO ONE offered him anywhere close to what they are asking for.

Elster88 Oct 01 2008 10:35 PM

I don't care too much. I'm going against Torre and Manny. I still hold a slight grudge against the Dodgers.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Oct 02 2008 06:50 AM

LA- my best man is a huge Dodgers fan who always roots with me for the Mets when his team's out (including in 2006), so I'm rooting for the Dodgers to win it all, even over the Amazin Rays (and despite Torre and Kent).

metirish Oct 02 2008 08:50 AM

It's just weird hearing Stockton calling baseball games , I associate him with the Giants. With all the pbp guys sitting out this month I don't know why they couldn't get one.

SteveJRogers Oct 03 2008 10:32 PM

FYI. Ex-Mets on both active squads and coaching staffs Cubs: None Dodgers: Joe Torre, Jeff Kent, Chan Ho Park

G-Fafif Oct 04 2008 04:01 AM

I voted for the Cubs before I'm voting against them. I can't help it. No matter how I try to give them their moment, no matter how big I try to be about the true-blue fans who deserve better (despite the plenty who don't), it always defaults to 1969 in my head and I can't do anything but wish ill on them. I don't like the Dodgers but I'm quite thrilled the Cubs are down 2-0. Then again the Mets have held two-game leads and blown them so I wouldn't write anybody who actually made the playoffs off just yet.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 04 2008 05:53 AM

For me it's not about 1969 with the Cubs, but 1984.

Fman99 Oct 04 2008 06:35 AM

I miss the Cubs-Mets and Pirates-Mets rivalries that disappeared with the realignment of the divisions. So I still hate the dumb Cubs.

themetfairy Oct 04 2008 06:54 AM

The Cubs fans in Wrigleyville were incredibly nice to my son on his birthday. I'm still going to pull for them.

Willets Point Oct 04 2008 11:21 AM

themetfairy wrote: The Cubs fans in Wrigleyville were incredibly nice to my son on his birthday. I'm still going to pull for them. The Cubs fans in Wrigley men's room are far less friendly. Threatening even.

themetfairy Oct 04 2008 12:51 PM

Nobody threatened MK. And he did, indeed, use the Wrigley restrooms. But it sounds like you've got quite a story....

Willets Point Oct 04 2008 07:49 PM

themetfairy wrote: But it sounds like you've got quite a story.... Surely I've told you about the swirly in the trough?

themetfairy Oct 04 2008 08:34 PM

I didn't recall the story. It sounds like there was at least one decent Cubs fan around. And don't call me Shirley!

Mendoza Line Oct 05 2008 01:40 PM

Cubs got eliminated before I had the chance to root for them... I lived in the Chicago area for ten years and never got any grief from the fans. There are plenty of ex-New Yorkers in Chicago, so Cub fans are used to Met fans showing up at Wrigley. The Cubs are an alternate-universe Yankees. They've completely taken over the city, but ownership stays out of the spotlight and doesn't seem to care either way if they win or lose. And the fans take it as a given that the Cubs aren't going to be playing deep into the postseason.