Baseball fans! Who's your team?

[Bennyboy]

Do we have every team represented here on DU? Why are they your team? Chances in 08?

[soleft]

1. Yankees

They are my team because Thurman Munson is one of my heroes.

They may get the wildcard again this year. Depends on young pitchers and Arod.

[maseman]

119. Go Indians!

I'd say the Tribe can make it to the playoffs in the Wildcard. Detroit will be quite good this year. Boston will be tough again. Spring training is here!

[WCGreen]

124. I have a Thrumon Munson rookie Card...

[IndianaJones]

2. Yanks. nt.

[flvegan]

3. Red Sox.

Chances? Anything can happen, but from where I sit they look pretty good.

[Bennyboy]

4. Los Gigantes!

No Bonds this year. Wonder how things are gonna work out without the big bopper in the lineup... Great young pitching but no big bat.

But they have been my team forever. used to go the Stick and watch Willie, mcCovey, Cepeda and all of them play.

[Drum]

5. Yankees.

I've lived in NYC 19 years...they're my home team now.



But regardless, I'm psyched to see anybody playing ball again. Investigations and soap-operas and cities' rivalries be damned...it's a great game.

:)

[MrCoffee]

6. Go 'Stros!

Because Houston is the awesome, and I was born a 'Stros fan.

[Seeking Serenity]

86. Amen, brother!

Testify!

[TZ]

7. Washington Nationals

Can't wait to see the spiffy new ballpark on the DC waterfront.
I'm guessing they are gonna be kinda mediocre. Hopefully not last place..:-)

[Pogue.Mahone]

75. YUT!!!

same here! it's gonna be hard for them to beat camden yards!

[Ishoutandscream2]

83. Favorite NL team. Baseball belongs in DC

Can't wait to see how the new ball park looks.

[quip]

8. Win, Twins!

[Chan790]

9. Go Sawks!

The Boston Red Sox. They are my team because...okay, you're all going to laugh...I was infatuated with Mo Vaughn and Roger Clemens when I was a kid. Chances in '08...better than Mike Huckabee's. Okay, that's not much of a wager. Chances that the Red Sox win the World Series 10 more times before the Yankees win another one. 100%.

Actually, I have a confession to make. I actually root for two teams: the Boston Red Sox and whomever is playing the Yankees.

[ceile]

10. Astros!!!!

I'm a native Houstonian, that's why. Chances in 08....let's see....well, they won't come in last in the NL central, but other than that I don't want to make a prediction. Might jinx 'em.

[KatyMan]

56. Aboslutely

The 'Stros are where it's at :) Born in Philly, but grew up in Houston, spent many many hours in the Dome..
So I guess I'm an Astros fan first and foremost, but a Phillies phan by upbringing. I will, however, always take the Stros over any other team :)

[Mutley]

11. Baltimore Orioles

*sigh*

They are my team because I lived in Baltimore when I first became interested in baseball. The very first major league game I ever went to was at Camden Yards the first year it opened. That was pretty much it for me.

They've done not so well the last several years. I'm waiting for a good team again like they had in the late 90s.

[PRETZEL]

12. Lifelong Pirates fan,

hopefully things will be a little better this year.

btw, for all Steelers fans out there, Myron Cope passed away either last nite or this morning. He was a Steeler broadcast institution.

RIP Myron

[Westegg]

85. Long-suffering Buccos fan, too..

...but old enough to remember the World Series victory in '79, and even '71 (though I was a wee lad).

Ah, Myron Cope! One of a kind. Grew up listening to him. His voice will be in my head forever. As will the voice of Bob Prince, the Pirates announcer of my youth. There's some nice writing about Myron in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today. Sorry I can't supply the link just now.

[PRETZEL]

116. I read it this morning,

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08059/861127-66.stm

Truely great tribute to a great man.

Same for Bob Prince. Way too many people didn't realize just how much he did for the city.

[RockaFowler]

13. Florida Marlins

Hey we get a stadium in a few years!!! Of course we sold off the best player (again) in Cabrera, so hopefully Uggla and Ramirez will fill the whole left behind.

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. Us old-timers say 'ball club'

Since 1965:

[MediaBabe]

72. Dodger Blue

Something abut the loyalties of childhood... they can't be changed. Dodgers have always been my team for all the reasons of the fifties and sixties. I don't even know who is playing now but I still recall who played then.

[Oeditpus Rex]

77. Like this guy?

As I wrote in a thread last night, a boy never abandons his heroes.



Oh — Maury Wills was in the radio booth a couple of innings ago. :)

[MediaBabe]

79. Like that guy! *grin*

Who worries about steriods or hgh when ya have real heroes to calm the mind?

[Oeditpus Rex]

82. I'm gonna tell this story yet again

for like the kajillionth time. But it's one of my favorites.

In the mid-'80s, I did photography for the local Class A ball club (Mariners' affiliate). One day, the Bakersfield Dodgers were in town, and I was in the press box a couple of hours before the game, talking with my friend Buddy, the PA announcer. The Dodgers were on the field, doing their running and stretching and whatnot, and I looked into their dugout — and there, all alone, stood a gray-haired Sandy Koufax. (For two or three years, he was the Dodgers' roving minor-league pitching instructor.)

I stood there saying something like "Abbadabbadabbadabbadabba..."

Buddy, who was wonderfully gregarious and knew about everybody in the California League, said, "Go talk to him. He's a nice guy; I talked to him."

I couldn't do it.

A few years later, recounting the episode in a newspaper column, I wrote, "It would've been like an altar boy being granted an audience with the Pope."

[MediaBabe]

89. What a memory!

Remains in the heart forever. I just revel in the way oldtime baseball makes me feel good.

With all the animosity and strife and way too big money, and not much team loyalty from the players (or player loyalty from the owners, it goes both ways) I wonder if today's youths are being fulfilled with the same kind of feelings and memories. Be a real shame is they aren't.

[BrotherBuzz]

73. Giants vs Dodgers - baseball's greatest rivalry - spanning two coasts

I've been a Giants fan from the moment I heard the news on the radio, "The Giants are coming to town".

Oeditpus Rex, I look forward to another baseball season, and reading your insights and thoughts on the game. Were you a baseball scout in a previous life?

I also enjoy our friendly rivalry immensely.

[Oeditpus Rex]

78. It wouldn't have been as much fun all these years

without the along 101 — and between rooms in my house; my dad was a Giants fan. :D

I never really had the hate, though — well, wait. There was that one time at the end of the '71 regular season, when the Giants won the NL West by one game over the Dodgers, and in the post-game interview on KTVU, Dick Dietz blurted out, "DODGERS CAN GO TO HELL!" I seriously wanted to crawl through the teevee and strangle him.

Ironically, two years later, Dietz was a Dodger.

(He was also involved in one of the weirdest things I ever saw on a ball field, and of course it happened in a Giants-Dodgers game. It was in '68, when Drysdale was going after the record for consecutive scoreless innings. The Giants loaded the bases late in a game, Dietz came up and Drysdale hit him, but the plate ump — Harry Wendlestedt — said Dietz didn't try to get out of the way. There was a huge fuss, of course, but the ruling stood, Dietz popped up and Drysdale got out of the inning and went on to get the record.)

[momophile]

15. National League Champs, the Colorado Rockies!!!!

still smiling from last Fall!

every team has a chance, the Rockies proved that!

[JTG of the PRB]

32. Here's a video for you!

The quality is pretty low, but it was shot from the stands. The emotion is captured just right!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtpUoVxX5j8

[siligut]

16. Chances? I love baseball for the fun!

The Seattle Mariners and the Cleveland Indians are my favs. Great fun when they play each other because I can be excited no matter who is at bat. Whoo Hoo Baseball season!:bounce:

I love the community Ichiro has created at Safeco, though I guess the Indians have a better team this year.

[HERVEPA]

17. Phillies (nt)

[dembotoz]

18. brewers

just maybe.... this year

[AllegroRondo]

25. Im with ya, go Brewers!

they got a good shot this year. Cards are totally rebuilding, Cubs not looking too good. who else is left?

[meow2u3]

19. Mets

LET'S GO METS! No, there won't be a repeat of '07, where key injuries contributed to the meltdown.

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

132. From your lips to God's ears.

I can't take another meltdown......

[Swede]

20. Let's go Blue Jays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjdqEo2NiWM

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

21. Pirates

They are already done.

[Richardo]

43. Being a Pirates fan takes character and fortitude....

...anyone can root for a good team. :patriot:

[Yavin4]

48. Are You Bartcop? n/t

[KitchenWitch]

94. Ah, being a Pirates fan is much like being a Vikings fan.

I feel ya.

:patriot:

[Phillycat]

22. Sox and Phils.

[Iggo]

23. The Choking Dogs.

Although some really old people from Brooklyn might call them the Bums.

[SeattleGirl]

24. Mariners

And I have no idea what their chances are this year.

[Wetzelbill]

120. I second that, love the Mariners

not sure about their chances.

[opiate69]

127. Thirded..

As for their chances this year, I think their pitching staff will be pretty good, but I still have absolutely zero faith in Sexon and Beltre, so I fear lots of lackluster offensive peformances..

[Shakespeare]

26. The Oakland Athletics are DEAD to me now.

Fucking Billy Beane decimated the team over the break. I hate that man with a white-hot passion.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

And yes, this time there IS crying in baseball. Totally justified.

[KitchenWitch]

95. I have hated Billy Beane for years...

And I am a Twins fan. I guess I resent the press he has gotten via the Moneyball thing. He was not the only GM that had a lot of success with a low payroll. I always felt that Terry Ryan of the Twins never got credit for how "efficient" moneywise his payrolls were.

[Shakespeare]

104. Scutaro. Kotsay. Haren. SWISHER.

All gone. Why even bother watching anymore? x(

I began hating him when he traded away Eric Byrnes, for no apparent reason except that he seemed to resent Byrnes' status as a fan favorite. That one broke my heart, too.

The Moneyball thing gets a lot of lip service, but has he won a series yet with his method? NO. Totally overrated.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

I really am just sick about it.

[KitchenWitch]

106. ...

:hug:

[rpannier]

113. But the plus side to Beane and part of the reason why he may have received more coverage is...

Beane came OUT and that is very rare in sports that anyone is out and still actively involved with a team.

Most athletes that come out, are retired and have no links with any teams any more.

[KitchenWitch]

117. There are two Billy Beanes - the one that is out of the closet is NOT the A's GM

[rpannier]

122. Really???

Thank you for the correction.

I always thought there was only 1.

My mistake...
Thanks

[Shakespeare]

118. No, Billy the manager isn't gay.

Or if he is, he's so deep in the closet he'll never come out.

No, Beane's just an asshole.

[rpannier]

123. I always thought there was only 1 Billy Beane

As another person pointed out there are two...

The one that is gay is not the GM

Thanks for the correction

[sasquatch]

133. Cincinnati Reds

And yes Pete Rose should be in the hall of fame.

[Bennyboy]

27. we gotta have more fans than this....

My second choice is the A's. Not sure about them this year either.....

[Initech]

28. The, um, ANAHEIM Angels!

Anaheim =/= Los Angeles and I'm sticking to it.

[bertha katzenengel]

61. Hear, hear!! GO, HALOS!

The world should know that Anaheim's not even in L.A. County. That name makes me miserable.

Damned owners....

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

134. Love the Halos

I've had season tix for a few years now.....the Mets are still my favorite team ('m from Queens) but I HATE the Dodgers, and wanted a local team to root for, so the Angels are it.

I agree with you about the ANAHEIM name.

[Mojambo]

29. Should be pretty easy to figure. n/t

[av8rdave]

30. Texas Rangers!

[MilesColtrane]

110. I'm right there with you brother.

At this point (45 years old) I'd just like to see the Rangers play in the World Series, never mind winning it all.

Have you ever read "Seasons in Hell" by Mike Shropshire?

Forget sports, it's one of the funniest books of ANY genre I've ever read.

If you were around for the historical clusterfuck that was the 70's Rangers, it's only icing on the cake of sorrow.

[av8rdave]

115. I'll have to read that

I've only been living in Tx for 20 years, so didn't become a Rangers fan until the late 80s. I missed the frustration of the 70s, which I guess I should be thankful for.

By now, I've sort of gotten used the pattern of strong-season-until-the-allstar break!

[argyl]

128. Rangers fan here.Play in the World Series?I'd like to see them win one postseason

matchup. They've only been in three(Hell,it took them over 20 years to even play in a postseason game) and had the misfortune to get in the way of the '90's Yankees each time. Won the first game and then lost nine straight.

[JTG of the PRB]

31. Colorado Rockies, baby!!! LET'S GO ROX!!!

I got myself tickets for Opening Day on April 4... I am BEYOND excited!

[KitchenWitch]

33. Twins....probably second or third in their division this year.

Maybe a wild card bid.

[joeybee12]

34. You get 3 guesses!

The first 2 don't count!

[JTG of the PRB]

36. The Yankees?

:hide:

[joeybee12]

37. As quoted in the Simpson Movie...I'll give you a fourth, because

I like to see you hurt yourself!

[JTG of the PRB]

38. LMAO!

Well played, well played!

:applause:

[joeybee12]

52. Thanks...even Homer got it right on the fourth time...so...your answer is...

....????

[Highway61]

35. Sox

hands down

[jakefrep]

39. Indians

[Auggie]

64. Same

Those will be some series against Detroit

[1gobluedem]

40. Detroit Tigers!

Who's YOUR Tiger?

[Fox Mulder]

41. Minnesota Twins

[WritingIsMyReligion]

42. Red Sox, always.

Chyeahhhhhhhhhh Bosox!

:woohoo:

[we can do it]

44. Go Tribe

[WeRQ4U]

45. Twins...

They got rid of an all-star center fielder and the best pitcher on the planet for a bag of balls and 6 packets of GIANT sunflower seeds.

My guess is that they may struggle. I think they'll cover the Royals and .500 would be a success.

[KitchenWitch]

96. I think that bag of balls may be in arbitration.

[GOPisEvil]

46. St. Louis Cardinals

:thumbsup:

[darkstar]

55. Hey yeah , same here. Haven't been keeping up.

How are things looking? Did hear the Speizio story yesterday, though. Sad. Lots of outstanding warrants in LA. Cards let him go...

[LSdemocrat]

93. Yup. Same here.

[JimGinPA]

136. Me Too

Born In St. Louis, grew up in Southern Illinois. I live in PA but I get MLB Extra Innings every year so I can watch them.

[SoxFan]

47. RED SOX!

[rockymountaindem]

49. AL: Red Sox. NL: Rockies

The World Series was hard to watch.

[Ikonoklast]

50. The Tribe

Can't wait to get down to The Jake





I like our chances.

A lot.

Wahoo!!

[Auggie]

65. I can hear John Adams now...

[Ikonoklast]

68. It's only his teeth chattering

Too cold for the big drum today, by golly.

[Auggie]

70. LOL -- I hope we don't a repeat of last year

[Doc_Technical]

51. Seattle Pilots

n/t

[KitchenWitch]

97. You mean the Milwaukee Brewers!

:P

[MissMillie]

53. Red Sox--I love my Boston Dirt Dogs!!!!!

A team that has learned that you play best when you're having fun.

I thrilled that we kept Lowell and left A-rod where he was. I think it's absolutely no mistake that A-rod has NEVER played in a World Series game.

[RebelOne]

54. I'm not a baseball fan, but since I live in the Atlanta area,

I would have to say the Braves.

[BeachBaby]

57. Phillies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BOSSHOG]

59. Go Fighting Phils

I'm looking forward to a great competitive year..

[unsavedtrash]

58. Atlanta

:woohoo:

[THUNDER HANDS]

60. The New York Santanas

weeeeeeeeeeee

[KitchenWitch]

98. ...

:cry:

[Mad_Dem_X]

62. Whomever is playing the Braves.

Hate the Braves. :mad:

[Thirtieschild]

63. Braves

Will always remember 1991

[KitchenWitch]

99. This Twins fan will never forget it either!

Best World Series EVAH!!!!

[quip]

129. Correct!

:pals:

[Pacifist Patriot]

66. Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox may they never go to the Series at the same time.

[SteppingRazor]

67. I root for the teams that are from the places I've lived...

so, I root for the Dodgers, the Rockies, the Cardinals and the Marlins.

Through sheer coincidence, they're all NL teams. Fuck the DH! :P

[tigereye]

69. sadly the long suffering Pirates

:(

[Richardo]

76. See post #43, tigereye

:hug:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7514621&mesg_id=7516955

[tigereye]

125. I did, my friend

:hug:

:cry:


maybe this year will be better!

[MediaBabe]

71. Dodgers!! Mariners, Braves...any game on TV, any game on radio

In that order. I'm pretty much a generic baseball fan. If it's baseball, I like it. I haven't the energy to get specific about players and stuff. I just like it, sorta like background music.

[Oeditpus Rex]

80. I think I'm gonna like you

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

105. Welcome to DU ...right teams , wrong order...I can deal with that

:hi:

[smitty]

74. Brewers!

2008 will be their year!

[Ishoutandscream2]

81. The Devil Rays. Yes, I know, they're now the "Rays"

but they'll always be my Devil Rays. Bless their hearts.

[Seeking Serenity]

87. "Bless their hearts"

LOL

:rofl:

[LSK]

84. White Sox

[Seeking Serenity]

88. American League sucks!

Down with the DH!

Abomination! Apostasy!

[MediaBabe]

90. Hahahaha

Some things never change. Abolish the DH! Why did they ever come up with that, anyway?

[Blue_Tires]

91. This year the Mets will steal manhoods and eat babies

[KitchenWitch]

101. That is only because you got OUR pitcher!

:hi:

[x-g.o.p.er]

92. Let's go Cardinals!

clap clap clapclapclap!!!

[pinniped]

100. AL~ Red Sox, NL~ Cubs

.

[CatholicEdHead]

102. Minnesota Twins of course

Is there any other team in MLB? I thought not.

/piranha baseball

[ileus]

103. LA

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

107. My #1 team is...

The Cleveland Indians. I'm a native Buckeye, so I've gotta represent! They came oh-so-close last year, and I think they will only build on that this season. Go Tribe!

For the record, my NL team is the Cubs. I lived in Chicago for 7 years, and am married to a die-hard Cubs fan.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

108. Go Psillies!!

Looks OK for this year if, as always, the pitching holds.

A lineup tailor-made for the bandbox in South Philly. Power, speed and very good defense.

Everybody hits! Woohoo! :D

Dear Brad Lidge, get healthy and stay there.

94-68 is possible.

[Spirochete]

109. Seattle Mariners

They're from my state. They'll probably do better this year.

[reyd reid reed]

111. Guess...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dQPiCi38po

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

135. Everyone's entitled to a bad century......

What are the Cubbies' chances this year?

[rpannier]

112. White Sox

[UrbScotty]

114. DETROIT TIGERS!

[mtnester]

121. Go Reds! We might have better pitchers! Brandon Phillips re-signed!

Now if we can only trade Griffey back to Seattle. Or maybe someone will take the Donkey.


Maybe pujols will get the hamstring pull.....maybe bill lee will get the hamstring pull...maybe maybe maybe

Sigh...hope is eternal

[OmahaBlueDog]

126. Brew Crew

for one reason -- Bob Uecker! I love his broadcasts (yes, I know -- he bats for the other side, politically). Today, as I've done for the past 2 seasons, I spent the $15 so I could listen live to every other MLB broadcast.

I grew up liking the Orioles and the A's. I hate the Yankees worse than Rush Limbaugh and Dennis Miller, combined.

[abq e streeter]

130. Cubs, but White Sox too

I know, this is unheard of in Chicago, but I always figured that both teams are "Chicago' and neither hardly ever win anything,so only rooting for one and thereby cutting already slim odds in half was just mathematically unsound. But I also can root for a team who's play I admire such as last year's Rockies, and have in fact been to more Rockies games in person than Cubs and Sox combined in last several years...As far as why the Cubs are my team, I was born into it; never had a choice. Allegedly they're supposed to have a real shot this season; but a true Cub fan is a pessimist deep down.

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

131. I'm Schizo

I live in SoCal and have season tix to the Angels, my second-favorite team, but you can see who my favorite team of all is.....(I'm from Queens).

They play each other in June, so I'll be mighty conflicted.

However, there is ONE team I hate more than any other team in all of sports:

YANKEES SUCK!!!!