The playoffs are here! October baseball! Rally caps, angry managers, champagne, ever so slightly cooler weather! That crazy adrenaline rush with the crack of the bat!
Wait…the Mets aren’t playing again until Spring? Well &@$%!!!
But just because our team is caput for the season, doesn’t mean we have to ignore all the exciting baseball being played. I know from personal experience that it can be brutally difficult to choose what team to root for in the playoffs, if I can’t choose the Mets. I’m sure you’ve all felt the same pain and frustration, so the good folks at Real Dirty have compiled our own list of who to root for and who to hiss at based on the individual votes of all 56* Real Dirty authors. (*sarcasm)
The list begins with our favorite playoff team, and concludes with a team that should spend all of eternity shackled in the darkest depths of hell, never again to see daylight..never again to hug their loved ones..to kiss their children. A team that embodies all that is unholy and corrupt in this depraved society of ours. A team created directly from the nether-regions of Satan himself; left with a deep stain of the devil’s red. Oh…wow…got caught up with myself. Sorry about that…here’s the list:
1. Angels
2. Rockies
3. Twins
4. Dodgers
5. Cardinals
6. Red Sox
7. Yankees
8. Phillies
My top two teams were the Rockies and Twins, so I’ll stick with them. However, if you’ve had a hard time deciding whom to root for, Real Dirty likes the Angels. The Yankees and Phillies had a rough battle for most unliked team…though you may be surprised to know that one author voted the Yankees his favorite playoff team, and one voted the Phillies his second favorite! I have to be honest though, if it’s Yanks v. Phils in the World Series…I’m an all out Yankees fan for a week.
Who are you cheering for or against this October?
33 comments
CaseStreet
10/8/2009-9:14am at 9:14 am (UTC -4)
Like Fred would say, “Let’s Go Dodgers!”
The Dodgers have been my 2nd fav team since the start of the season. I really like the look of the team. Here’s why:
-They have a very balanced lineup with good supporting staff (Blake, Furcal, Loney and Ethier) around the stars (Manny, Kemp and Martin).
-They play small ball but have the power threats, too.
-Very good bullpen and rotation with one of the best staff ERAs.
-Torre, Mattingly and Bowa
-GM traded for Belliard, Garland, George Sherrill
-And finally because of Mannywood!
stickguy
10/8/2009-9:20am at 9:20 am (UTC -4)
anyone but the phillies. please?
I happen to live inPhilly country, and I am already massivley sick of the hype. Can’t even watch the local news without being bombarded with it. I was hoping for a repeat of 2007 but no such luck.
Maybe the dodgers or cards can take them out in the NLCS? Doesn’t look like Colo. is going to put up much of a fight (not enough SP).
ALthough it will be fun to see saturday, since the weather forcast is for 29 and snow at game time!
The Yanks of course are my 2nd least favortie, but I don’t really care. I don’t have any close friends or relatives that are stained by them, and don’t watch NY media, so it wil lhave little to no impact on me. Besides, they don’t even get credit, since with the massive payroll, they are “supposed” to win!
My favorite is the Red Sox. Mostly because I don’t care for any of the other teams (theough I would root for the ROckies or Twins, since I aleays go with the cinderella or underdog). But I have always lie the Sox, and have friends in Boston, and mostly, it really, really ticks off the Stankee fans!
I will not watch 1 second of a yankee/phillie WS. If only 1 team is playing, I will check in occasionally to see if they are losing.
trs86
10/8/2009-9:25am at 9:25 am (UTC -4)
Yankees I am like you I couldn’t really care less. Seriously, what does it even matter if they win? Their fans are obnoxious and arrogant and will continue to be to the same degree if they win again.
Phillies fans on the other hand need this WS.
Kingman 26
10/8/2009-9:26am at 9:26 am (UTC -4)
What is with the apostrophe in Yankees today?
The Yankee’s WHAT??
trs86
10/8/2009-9:27am at 9:27 am (UTC -4)
LOL, for some reason I always have with them.
trs86
10/8/2009-9:28am at 9:28 am (UTC -4)
Grammar police over here. LOL.
Kingman 26
10/8/2009-9:39am at 9:39 am (UTC -4)
Sorry! America just seems to have a problem of epidemic proportion with excessive apostrophes.
Not sure what motivated me to be a jackass about punctuation…I will go back to just being a jackass about the things I normally am a jackass about.
trs86
10/8/2009-9:40am at 9:40 am (UTC -4)
I still have NO CLUE what you are talking about? LOL.
Kingman 26
10/8/2009-9:47am at 9:47 am (UTC -4)
Damn, my eye’s must be seeing thing’s.
Kingman 26
10/8/2009-9:25am at 9:25 am (UTC -4)
Damn, was my pick of the Phils second included? And they still finished last? LOL!
And why the apostrophe in Yankee’s? The Yankee’s what?
CaseStreet
10/8/2009-9:26am at 9:26 am (UTC -4)
Yankees Suck!
Kingman 26
10/8/2009-9:29am at 9:29 am (UTC -4)
Now THAT’s what I’m talkin’ about!
prismo
10/8/2009-9:28am at 9:28 am (UTC -4)
What apostrophe? You need glasses man…
And yes, your vote was included. And before the final author voted, the Phillies were only second to last…but Mrbabyface voted for the Yanks as his top pick, so they “shot up” to second to last ahead of the Phlunkies.
Kingman 26
10/8/2009-9:48am at 9:48 am (UTC -4)
Hey, and Red Sox magically became two word’s in the list of team’s!!
trs86
10/8/2009-9:33am at 9:33 am (UTC -4)
What apostrophe? I have NO CLUE what you are talking about. LOL.
Kingman 26
10/8/2009-9:42am at 9:42 am (UTC -4)
LOL!
I do wear glasses!
metsgirl31
10/8/2009-9:32am at 9:32 am (UTC -4)
I’m rooting for the Angels…secondary to that, anybody but the Phillies. Even if that means rooting for the Yankees.
prismo
10/8/2009-9:37am at 9:37 am (UTC -4)
AbtP 4 lyfe
metsgirl31
10/8/2009-9:38am at 9:38 am (UTC -4)
+1…used to live near Philly…can’t root for them under any circumstance.
metsfan4decades
10/8/2009-10:24am at 10:24 am (UTC -4)
Rooting for the Phils or Yankees? Not in this lifetime…
But…if it comes down to the two of them in the WS then I’m with you on this. There is no way I can root for the Phils. So rather than say I’ll be rooting for the Yankees, I’ll just say I’m rooting against the Phils.
Splitting hairs, I know. But it makes me feel better.
LOL.
wannybackstra
10/8/2009-10:28am at 10:28 am (UTC -4)
If the Yanks play the Phils in the WS I’ll have to hope there is a hockey game on the telly.
GravediggerHebner
10/8/2009-10:48am at 10:48 am (UTC -4)
I’d watch anything that loosely qualified as a sporting event over a Yanks-Phils WS: curling anyone? I know there is a channel in my satellite package that shows horse races 24-7. I’ve never watched it yet, a Yanks-Phils series might introduce me to it.
CaseStreet
10/8/2009-9:36am at 9:36 am (UTC -4)
Looks like a West Coast WS.
trs86
10/8/2009-9:42am at 9:42 am (UTC -4)
I am just waiting for Cerrone to come over and vote for the Dodgers and Cardinals in the WS.
prismo
10/8/2009-9:45am at 9:45 am (UTC -4)
Francesa’s writing in for Brandon Inge.
Kingman 26
10/8/2009-9:48am at 9:48 am (UTC -4)
HAHA!!
wannybackstra
10/8/2009-9:55am at 9:55 am (UTC -4)
Have to root for Colorado and Minnesota until the Yanks or Phils move on and we have a new team to root for.
darknova306
10/8/2009-10:02am at 10:02 am (UTC -4)
Only postseason NL team I can root for is the Dodgers. I know some very obnoxious Rockies fans, and the ‘Rocktober’ slogan bothers me to no end. The Cardinals still make me sick after ’06. And the Ph%$#@es are the personification of evil.
In the AL, I couldn’t care less as long as it’s not the Yan$#es. Though I do love the underdog story, so the Twins would be my favorite until they get bounced.
Also, I heart apostrophe’s.
darknova306
10/8/2009-10:04am at 10:04 am (UTC -4)
Even if it is the Bronx Bums, what’s a 27th ring gonna do? Their fans can’t really get anymore annoying than they already are.
trs86
10/8/2009-10:08am at 10:08 am (UTC -4)
Exactly.
metsfan4decades
10/8/2009-10:35am at 10:35 am (UTC -4)
‘Cause I want them to start losing years in a row, not even make post season years in a row. Then when all their older fans die off, the younger ones wouldn’t be as obnoxious – HAHAHAHA.
Mr North Jersey
10/8/2009-11:49am at 11:49 am (UTC -4)
it is good to see more polls on TRDMB.
CaseStreet
10/8/2009-1:21pm at 1:21 pm (UTC -4)
A Rockies v. Twins WS would get 0 attention