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Los Angeles Dodgers 0 votes

Pittsburgh Pirates 6 votes

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Baltimore Orioles 3 votes

Detroit Tigers 2 votes

Kansas City Royals 5 votes

Los Angeles Angels 0 votes

Oakland Athletics 4 votes

Mets – Willets Point
Sep 30 2014 09:13 AM

Which team do you most want to win the 2014 World Series?

d'Kong76
Sep 30 2014 09:25 AM
Re: Postseason Rooting Interest

Took Pirates, but could just easily go with KC. As
unlikely a match up this is for a World Series con-
test I would watch every pitch with great interest.
Some other match ups, not so much.

Ceetar
Sep 30 2014 09:27 AM
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Really as long as it's not the Nats.

Not really feeling the Cardinals either.

TransMonk
Sep 30 2014 09:51 AM
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Give me the Royals.

Fman99
Sep 30 2014 10:09 AM
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Generally prefer to see teams that have not sniffed a WS in many moons -- KC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh.

Fuck the Nats and fuck the Cards.

seawolf17
Sep 30 2014 11:11 AM
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Fman99 wrote:
Generally prefer to see teams that have not sniffed a WS in many moons -- KC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh.

Fuck the Nats and fuck the Cards.

Picked the Royals, but I'm with fman here,

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2014 11:14 AM
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The A's; but any of the Wild Card play-in qualifiers, because in my mind I suppose, that'll show how wrong it is to allow so many baseball teams to qualify for the playoffs.

Benjamin Grimm
Sep 30 2014 11:33 AM
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I don't think anyone is going to get that message. Someday a third-place team will win the World Series, and few people will care.

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2014 11:34 AM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
I don't think anyone is going to get that message. Someday a third-place team will win the World Series, and few people will care.


Totally agree. But I'd get some personal satisfaction from another Wild Card WS champion.

metirish
Sep 30 2014 11:37 AM
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A's, Royals, or Pittsburgh , voted for Oakland though.

Gwreck
Sep 30 2014 11:42 AM
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I really don't understand all of the hate for the Nationals. They are to me, easily the most benign of our division foes. They have committed no major atrocities towards our fanbase or team, other than winning a disproportionate number of games.

I understand the douchebag factor (Werth, Harper) but they've got a long way to go until they are become nearly as loathsome as the Phillies, Braves or Marlins.

That said, I'm still rooting for Pittsburgh.

Ceetar
Sep 30 2014 11:44 AM
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Gwreck wrote:
I really don't understand all of the hate for the Nationals. They are to me, easily the most benign of our division foes. They have committed no major atrocities towards our fanbase or team, other than winning a disproportionate number of games.

I understand the douchebag factor (Werth, Harper) but they've got a long way to go until they are become nearly as loathsome as the Phillies, Braves or Marlins.

That said, I'm still rooting for Pittsburgh.


Isn't the in-division, douchebag factor, and the idea that they manhandled us this season enough?

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2014 11:49 AM
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I think that the Marlins new stadium, uniforms, and total roster turnover erases their old douchebag image. They get a clean slate with their re-branding.

Florida Marlins = dicks.
Miami Marlins = cool.

Gwreck
Sep 30 2014 11:59 AM
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Ceetar wrote:
Isn't the in-division, douchebag factor, and the idea that they manhandled us this season enough?


Getting beaten by a division rival isn't a reason to hate them, it's a reason to want your own team to get better. Unless they are somehow douchebags in the way they are beating you; but I don't see that having happened.

Ceetar
Sep 30 2014 12:00 PM
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Gwreck wrote:
Ceetar wrote:
Isn't the in-division, douchebag factor, and the idea that they manhandled us this season enough?


Getting beaten by a division rival isn't a reason to hate them, it's a reason to want your own team to get better.



uh..isn't it both? that's usually how sports work.

Am I supposed to tip my hat to the Nats and be all "oh, it's alright, you guys were just better?" cause, fuck that. it's not like they're playing the Yankees. screw 'em.

Benjamin Grimm
Sep 30 2014 12:03 PM
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Well, to a certain extent, familiarity does breed contempt. But I don't really see any teams in this post-season that I would root against, other than St. Louis.

A Pirates-Royals World Series would be nice. (It sounds like a strange matchup, but the two teams did win pennants in consecutive years back in 1979 and 1980.) That said, I'm not really rooting for anyone. If the Mets aren't in it (and they usually are not) I pretty much tune out the post-season.

Edgy MD
Sep 30 2014 12:07 PM
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batmagadanleadoff wrote:
I think that the Marlins new stadium, uniforms, and total roster turnover erases their old douchebag image. They get a clean slate with their re-branding.

Florida Marlins = dicks.
Miami Marlins = cool.

Yeah, I guess it could work that way, if I didn't think their stadium was garish, their uniforms clownish, and their roster turnover more of the same chump-and-dump.

metirish
Sep 30 2014 12:15 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Well, to a certain extent, familiarity does breed contempt. But I don't really see any teams in this post-season that I would root against, other than St. Louis.

A Pirates-Royals World Series would be nice. (It sounds like a strange matchup, but the two teams did win pennants in consecutive years back in 1979 and 1980.) That said, I'm not really rooting for anyone. If the Mets aren't in it (and they usually are not) I pretty much tune out the post-season.



and this year some of the game are on FOX Sports 1. I know I used to have that channel but I pared back on my cable recently,I imagine quite a few people do not have it.

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2014 12:23 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
batmagadanleadoff wrote:
I think that the Marlins new stadium, uniforms, and total roster turnover erases their old douchebag image. They get a clean slate with their re-branding.

Florida Marlins = dicks.
Miami Marlins = cool.

Yeah, I guess it could work that way, if I didn't think their stadium was garish, their uniforms clownish, and their roster turnover more of the same chump-and-dump.



And a scoreboard like one oughtta be.

metsmarathon
Sep 30 2014 12:27 PM
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oh come one, now, its not even a rectangle.

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2014 12:29 PM
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Ceetar
Sep 30 2014 01:11 PM
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metsmarathon wrote:
oh come one, now, its not even a rectangle.



hehehe, let's make it weird shaped just to be a little edgy. Cause our owner is an Artist!

Mets – Willets Point
Sep 30 2014 01:35 PM
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Gwreck wrote:
I really don't understand all of the hate for the Nationals. They are to me, easily the most benign of our division foes. They have committed no major atrocities towards our fanbase or team, other than winning a disproportionate number of games.

I understand the douchebag factor (Werth, Harper) but they've got a long way to go until they are become nearly as loathsome as the Phillies, Braves or Marlins.

That said, I'm still rooting for Pittsburgh.


I'm with Gwreck on this. No loathing for Washington. And I can support them as underdogs because the franchise has never won a World Series, nor a pennant. They're currently third on my list of teams I'd like to see win the World Series this year after Pittsburgh and Kansas City.

Now in future years if they have a title or two under their belts AND the Mets are actually competitive AND the Nationals keep eliminating the Mets, then I'll totally be against them.

Edgy MD
Sep 30 2014 01:44 PM
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Loathesome is as loathsome does. I got little phil ill will.

What did they ever do to me, 'cept play good ball when I'd rather the Mets did?

They had a nice run, but they earned it and did it around a home-grown core. Wish they beat the Yankees a few more times, but that's too bad.

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2014 01:50 PM
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I don't hate any of the division rivals. I'm supposed to blame them because the Mets can't finish in first more than once in 26 years? I know where to direct the loathing.

Vic Sage
Sep 30 2014 01:58 PM
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i root for the Billy Beane's Athletics, so i don't have to hear morons talk about the fact that Oakland's failure to win a championship somehow "disproves" the efficacy of quantitative statistical
analysis.

Ceetar
Sep 30 2014 02:02 PM
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I reject the notion that I shouldn't hate the Nats or division rivals because I should instead hate the Mets cause they sucked. I actually enjoy my team.

Screw 'em all. From #natitude right down to fire sales and lifetime contracts for aging slugging first basemen and overrated familiar outfielders.

Edgy MD
Sep 30 2014 02:05 PM
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Vic Sage wrote:
i root for the Billy Beane's Athletics, so i don't have to hear morons talk about the fact that Oakland's failure to win a championship somehow "disproves" the efficacy of quantitative statistical
analysis.

Love to see post-season ball in that park, too.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Sep 30 2014 02:06 PM
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How about a little love for Motown and the Detroit Tigers! The Mets won a World Series more recently, with Tigers not winning a World Series since the Bless You Boys team of 1984. It's our turn!

Detroit is the Comeback City in the Comeback State!

Pluses:

You are guaranteed to see Kate Upton in the stands when Verlander pitches.

Max Scherzer has different-colored eyes -- look it up -- and went to the University of Missouri.

Did you know that Detroit's downtown residential occupancy rate is now above 90 percent? It's the hip place to live!

The Tigers take the field to Kiss' "Detroit Rock City!"

Sometimes state leaders are asked to throw out opening pitches or attend their games, and their staff members need to be nearby to handle the press.

Curtis Granderson is a former Tiger, and we like him!

Miggy!

Tigers DH and sometimes catcher Victor Martinez wears No. 41, just like Tom Seaver did!

Tigers fans hate the Yankees. Really. No love for them at all.

The old Tiger Stadium field is still there, and you can go play catch and run the bases.

The Tigers have no alternate jerseys, though they sometimes appear as Los Tigres and the Detroit Stars.

Prince Fielder? No longer on the team.

Michiganders are happy people and they are even happier when the Tigers are in the World Series. Good things happen when Michiganders are very happy in the mid to late fall. Really good things.

Minuses:

None! Nothing bad happens when the Tigers are in the World Series.

There is room on this bandwagon! Come aboard!

d'Kong76
Sep 30 2014 02:10 PM
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Mets Guy in Michigan wrote:
None! Nothing bad happens when the Tigers are in the World Series.

Well, um...

Frayed Knot
Sep 30 2014 02:11 PM
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Mets Guy in Michigan wrote:
How about a little love for Motown and the Detroit Tigers! The Mets won a World Series more recently, with Tigers not winning a World Series since the Bless You Boys team of 1984. It's our turn!!


Now all they need is a closer and a SS

Edgy MD
Sep 30 2014 02:11 PM
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Mets Guy in Michigan
Sep 30 2014 02:14 PM
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Did I mention Kate Upton comes to the games?

Ceetar
Sep 30 2014 02:34 PM
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Mets Guy in Michigan wrote:
Did I mention Kate Upton comes to the games?



oh, and didn't someone leak nudes of them both recently or something?


I'm down with the Tigers though. Feel like they've been "almost" there a couple of times.

the only negative is them not slapping the Cardinals around in '06.

seawolf17
Sep 30 2014 02:50 PM
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Plus, Joe Nathan.

Ceetar
Sep 30 2014 02:55 PM
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seawolf17 wrote:
Plus, Joe Nathan.


one of my least favorite types of hot dogs.

Zvon
Sep 30 2014 03:56 PM
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Voted Bucs but for the A.L. I'd go Royals.

TransMonk
Sep 30 2014 05:17 PM
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Ceetar wrote:
the only negative is them not slapping the Cardinals around in '06.

This. Still haven't forgiven them for that.

Ashie62
Sep 30 2014 05:42 PM
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Oakland, my brother picked up on them in the handlebar years.

Edgy MD
Sep 30 2014 05:49 PM
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KC's alright, but I don't really trust a team without a secondary color.

themetfairy
Oct 01 2014 08:58 AM
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With Oakland out of it, I'll pull for the Tigers. My boss, who has been very good to me, is a lifelong Tiger fan, and I have nothing else to go with at this point.

Lefty Specialist
Oct 01 2014 09:09 AM
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You know, after last night, it's hard not to root for the Royals.

G-Fafif
Oct 01 2014 09:12 AM
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Not the Cardinals.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Oct 01 2014 09:31 AM
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themetfairy wrote:
With Oakland out of it, I'll pull for the Tigers. My boss, who has been very good to me, is a lifelong Tiger fan, and I have nothing else to go with at this point.



Welcome aboard the bandwagon, MF!!! It's a good place to be! Is your boss a former Michigander?

themetfairy
Oct 01 2014 09:43 AM
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Mets Guy in Michigan wrote:
themetfairy wrote:
With Oakland out of it, I'll pull for the Tigers. My boss, who has been very good to me, is a lifelong Tiger fan, and I have nothing else to go with at this point.



Welcome aboard the bandwagon, MF!!! It's a good place to be! Is your boss a former Michigander?


No, but his father was a big fan of Hank Greenberg.

Lefty Specialist
Oct 01 2014 11:24 AM
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Tigers are guilty of making me annoyed at them for being a team so easy to beat that the Mets could easily have been 2006 World Champions.

A pox on them and their 90% downtown residential occupancy rate.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Oct 01 2014 11:34 AM
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Lefty Specialist wrote:
Tigers are guilty of making me annoyed at them for being a team so easy to beat that the Mets could easily have been 2006 World Champions.


Tell me about it. I had tickets to Game One of the series!

Lefty Specialist wrote:
A pox on them and their 90% downtown residential occupancy rate.




Ninety percent! That's impressive. We've reversed 60 years of decline by facing our persistent problems, restoring vital services for residents and protecting the city's jewels such as the Detroit Art Institute and Belle Isle -- Michigan's newest state park.

Lady Liberty officially is on board. Join us!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 01 2014 01:07 PM
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That Tiger-love just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.

Mets Guy in Michigan
Oct 01 2014 01:23 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
That Tiger-love just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.


Royals have actually won the World Series more recently! Tigers in 1984, Royals in 1985.

That was the epic I-70 series against the Cardinals. I was going to Mizzou at the time, and Columbia is right smack in the middle of the state. it was pretty intense.

Mets – Willets Point
Oct 01 2014 02:28 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
That Tiger-love just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.


You can call them Queen Bee.

Lefty Specialist
Oct 01 2014 04:51 PM
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Plus, Kansas City has a 92% downtown residential occupancy rate.

And the entire country of South Korea rooting for them.

Frayed Knot
Oct 01 2014 05:21 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
That Tiger-love just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.


I already like this better than 'Eye of the Tiger'





Also, how many 61 year olds are looking as good as George Brett these days?
I bet he can still hit.

Ashie62
Oct 01 2014 06:00 PM
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Ashie62 wrote:
Oakland, my brother picked up on them in the handlebar years.


Gone in 5 hours.

Lets go Royals.

Lefty Specialist
Oct 01 2014 06:52 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:

Also, how many 61 year olds are looking as good as George Brett these days?
I bet he can still hit.


Mets – Willets Point
Oct 01 2014 07:09 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
Also, how many 61 year olds are looking as good as George Brett these days?
I bet he can still hit.


All in the pine tar.

Mets – Willets Point
Oct 01 2014 07:14 PM
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Not looking good for the Pie Rats.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 01 2014 10:14 PM
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Looks like this good-time Buc revue just reached its closing numb-arrrr.

That Crawford slam-- I'm not sure when I last heard a crowd as quiet in an instant, outside of Game 7, '06.