Seeing as my father is from Boston I support all the local teams (Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and the Bruins)
Despite the fact that I am English, and enjoy football and cricket, I also like to watch those Yank sports too.
(Not to do with baseball I know but I thought I'd add it here)I hate being the only Patriot fan on this side of the Atlantic, everyone supports the Dolphins(because dolphins are cool and its Miami) or the Raiders( "'cos their symbol is wikkid innit!!!")
MonsE - This is how my perfect post season would go:
ALEast - Red Sox ALCentral - Kansas City (gotta root for the underrated team) ALWest - Oakland (always hated Seattle & Anaheim, texas is never in it)
NLEast - Don't really have a choice... Braves NLCentral - St. Louis NLWest - Don't have a choice on this either... Giants
Now, the wildcards:
ALWildcard - Yankees (or Seattle would be close) NLWildcard - Cubs (or Florida)
So then my first round of playoffs would proceed like this:
Oakland vs Yankees Red Sox vs KC
Cubs vs Braves St. Louis vs Giants
With Oakland & the Red Sox proceeding to the ALCS and Cubs & St. Loius proceeding to the NLCS
Then, I honestly don't know which teams I'd root for, but I bet we'd be in for some good games. Probably the Cards would defeat the Cubs...
Cubs bullpen sucks, they have great starters.. St. Louis just has such a powerful hitting lineup and the cubs at times refuse to hit. Cubs could win if Prior, Wood, and Clement pulled out one of their sweet pitching gems on the Cards. Also, the Cardinals pitching isn't to shabby either.
I'd got with Cardinals over the Cubs for NLCS
and with Oakland vs Red Sox I'd probably go with the Red Sox to win that (++East team bias++ <i>There is a west division??? who knew</i>
St. Louis Cardinals fans are pretty cool though, and they are a real sports town with fans that go if they win or lose (like the Cubs). That's how I judge a city's sports fans: if they bother to show up when their team sucks. Wrigley field (where the Cubs play) is packed every single game, even though they last won a championship in <b>1908</b>(!).
Also, I simultaneously hate/am jealous of the Cards fans for having Albert Pujols, who may be our generation's Joe Dimaggio. On the other hand, we have Mark Prior which is our generation's Cy Young, so suck it redbird wussy girls! Did I mention that I drove to Zebulon, North Carolina just to see Mark Prior pitch a Double-A game for the West Tenessee Diamond Jaxx, against the Zebulon Mudcats? So did ESPN... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
edit: Albert. not sure what I was thinking... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
1) ALBERT Pujols 2) I'm obsessed with Mark Prior too, even before he got called up. I was constantly keeping up with him to see when he'd finally get called up. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Although, I wish he pitched in a Cardinals Uniform <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
Woo, kick-booty post Cri.tical. I do have to point out that the last time the hard-hitting Cards met the Cubs though, they lost to use 4 out of 5 games in the series... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
ANd yes, our bullpen. Gah. Everytime I see Kyle Farnsworth come onto the field I start hyperventilating. We need to trade his no-pressure-taking **** to some team that only sees him throwing the ball 101 miles an hour (and doesn't see that batters usually hit it 101 miles out of the ballpark).
There was some talk this week on chicagosports.com of possibly making Kerry Woods into a closer due to his injuries. Yes, a closer. As much as I love the idea of him opening, the thought of us having our first really amazing closer since Lee Smith makes me all tingly...
You may have fixed albert, but you still haven't fixed Pujols <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--MonsieurEvil+Sep 8 2003, 03:32 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Sep 8 2003, 03:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Everytime I see Kyle Farnsworth come onto the field I start hyperventilating <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> hahaha Everytime he comes in the throws a 103 mph fastball strikes out some guy, then next gives up a bomb of a homerun. Also.. how about Antonia AlfonSUCKa ? (As my cub-loving friend calls him). That guy has been horrible since 2 years ago <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> Can't say the same thing about Jason Isringhausen, can ya ?
Bah. I wasn't all that upset when he Alphonseca got suspended for 5 games - it pumps up the team to get vengeance (on some of the most terrible umpiring I've ever seen in my life), and it keeps him away from batters.
But Farnsworth did you prove you don't charge him on the mound unless you are bringing a half-dozen friends. He beat Paul Wilson's ***, and deservedly so. Definitely a different cubs team this year than in the past - arguments, suspensions, a lot of hit batsmen, just generally getting the energy level up. Dusty Baker has been playing this team like a violin, and IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII like it.
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Yankee Fan for a while longer. At least until I break up with her.
Despite the fact that I am English, and enjoy football and cricket, I also like to watch those Yank sports too.
(Not to do with baseball I know but I thought I'd add it here)I hate being the only Patriot fan on this side of the Atlantic, everyone supports the Dolphins(because dolphins are cool and its Miami) or the Raiders( "'cos their symbol is wikkid innit!!!")
Damn it Dad why couldn't you be born in New York?
ALEast - Red Sox
ALCentral - Kansas City (gotta root for the underrated team)
ALWest - Oakland (always hated Seattle & Anaheim, texas is never in it)
NLEast - Don't really have a choice... Braves
NLCentral - St. Louis
NLWest - Don't have a choice on this either... Giants
Now, the wildcards:
ALWildcard - Yankees (or Seattle would be close)
NLWildcard - Cubs (or Florida)
So then my first round of playoffs would proceed like this:
Oakland vs Yankees
Red Sox vs KC
Cubs vs Braves
St. Louis vs Giants
With Oakland & the Red Sox proceeding to the ALCS
and Cubs & St. Loius proceeding to the NLCS
Then, I honestly don't know which teams I'd root for, but I bet we'd be in for some good games.
Probably the Cards would defeat the Cubs...
Cubs bullpen sucks, they have great starters.. St. Louis just has such a powerful hitting lineup and the cubs at times refuse to hit. Cubs could win if Prior, Wood, and Clement pulled out one of their sweet pitching gems on the Cards. Also, the Cardinals pitching isn't to shabby either.
I'd got with Cardinals over the Cubs for NLCS
and with Oakland vs Red Sox I'd probably go with the Red Sox to win that (++East team bias++ <i>There is a west division??? who knew</i>
St. Louis Cardinals fans are pretty cool though, and they are a real sports town with fans that go if they win or lose (like the Cubs). That's how I judge a city's sports fans: if they bother to show up when their team sucks. Wrigley field (where the Cubs play) is packed every single game, even though they last won a championship in <b>1908</b>(!).
Also, I simultaneously hate/am jealous of the Cards fans for having Albert Pujols, who may be our generation's Joe Dimaggio. On the other hand, we have Mark Prior which is our generation's Cy Young, so suck it redbird wussy girls! Did I mention that I drove to Zebulon, North Carolina just to see Mark Prior pitch a Double-A game for the West Tenessee Diamond Jaxx, against the Zebulon Mudcats? So did ESPN... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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edit: Albert. not sure what I was thinking... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
1) ALBERT Pujols
2) I'm obsessed with Mark Prior too, even before he got called up. I was constantly keeping up with him to see when he'd finally get called up. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Although, I wish he pitched in a Cardinals Uniform <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
ANd yes, our bullpen. Gah. Everytime I see Kyle Farnsworth come onto the field I start hyperventilating. We need to trade his no-pressure-taking **** to some team that only sees him throwing the ball 101 miles an hour (and doesn't see that batters usually hit it 101 miles out of the ballpark).
There was some talk this week on chicagosports.com of possibly making Kerry Woods into a closer due to his injuries. Yes, a closer. As much as I love the idea of him opening, the thought of us having our first really amazing closer since Lee Smith makes me all tingly...
Edit: Fixed Albert. I smoke too much crack...
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hahaha
Everytime he comes in the throws a 103 mph fastball strikes out some guy, then next gives up a bomb of a homerun.
Also.. how about Antonia AlfonSUCKa ? (As my cub-loving friend calls him). That guy has been horrible since 2 years ago <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Can't say the same thing about Jason Isringhausen, can ya ?
But Farnsworth did you prove you don't charge him on the mound unless you are bringing a half-dozen friends. He beat Paul Wilson's ***, and deservedly so. Definitely a different cubs team this year than in the past - arguments, suspensions, a lot of hit batsmen, just generally getting the energy level up. Dusty Baker has been playing this team like a violin, and IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII like it.