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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm rooting for Houston in the World Series only because
Chuck Todd is (ostensibly) a Nationals fan.
And as a lifetime Phillies fan I despise the Astros...for many reasons.
spooky3
(34,458 posts)We offset Toady! And DC hasnt had a team in the World Series since the 1930s. And wouldnt it be fun to see a team refuse to drive a few miles to have hamberders at the White House, if they win?
You can also sing along to Baby Shark.
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)But hes such a smarmy prick.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Stephanie Miller Show fans know who I'm talking about. (Google him.) He more than cancels out that cretin.
blaze
(6,362 posts)spooky3
(34,458 posts)Gothmog
(145,321 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)My team is an absolute dumpster fire of an organization. My only hope is that Arte Moreno gets booted for how he handled the Tyler Skaggs SNAFU (very poorly so far).
But that said I need a team to root for and Jose Altuve is currently my favorite player for having knocked out my mortal enemy, the Yankees. Go Astros!
Croney
(4,661 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)We haven't even so much as made the playoffs in 6 years.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)And American League team..go Houston..Red Sox Fan heah!!!!
The toad..is an arse....
walkingman
(7,628 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Its the second time in three years a National league team has played a former National league team.
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)I recall eight teams in each league. Life was simpler back then
😁
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)69 being the year they had 12 teams with two divisions in each leagues? I remember 68 with Bob Gibson and Denny McClain.
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,577 posts)Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, Houston Colt 45's and NY Metropolitans...
rurallib
(62,423 posts)Do you remember the college of coaches? As a former Cub fan, I sure do.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,357 posts)out of the blue in the locker room. Now I want them to lose.
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)Perhaps theyll both lose...
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)After all, teams can't choose who roots for them. But they can control their rosters and their front office personnel, like the aforementioned assistant general manager, Brandon Taubman.
Now, maybe Taubman's jubilant outburst in the flush of victory was just support for a player. A pitcher who had just blown a save in the top of the ninth inning by giving up a two-run gopher ball. A pitcher the Astros had traded for while he was serving a suspension for domestic violence. And Taubman really didn't mean to yell his jubilation at four reporters who happened to all be women. And maybe Taubman really was sorry, more than the "sorry if anyone was offended" language in one of his two statements the team issued.
But I'm unpersuaded about Taubman, so go Nats!
Link to ESPN story here.
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kairos12
(12,862 posts)That assistant GM should have been fired today.
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)I'm a dyed-in-the-wool National league fan. I became a National League fan the year the Giants moved to San Francisco and the Pacific Coast League dissolved.
That being said, I'm a little bummed Dusty Baker isn't skippering the Nats; would have, could have, should have been.
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Just because I want to see them give the big middle finger to Bryce Harper.
It's also always nice to see a team that has never won before win it.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)He wanted to be on a winning team He'll be watching the World Series on TV, or from the stands.
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)330 MILLION DOLLARS
spooky3
(34,458 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I'm a Nationals fan.
GO NATS!
Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)So Ill root for the Nats.
Sorry, Michael Brantley. Im gonna root for Yan Gomess team.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Let's put more curly W's in the "win" column! ⚾🧢
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)BlueSpot
(855 posts)But you're letting him make your decisions for you?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)onenote
(42,714 posts)All Astros fans.
Maybe you should rethink the reasons for rooting or not rooting for a team.
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)Jesus. Im a Phillies fan so I hated Mario Cuomo?
bpj62
(999 posts)I grew up during the 33 year absence of baseball in Washington and one of my greatest joys was the day that we got a baseball team back in DC. Win or lose I am going to enjoy the excitement of the World Series. BTW George Will is a big Nationals fan. Has seats on the first base side and keeps score. Not pretentious at all and says hello to anyone who greets him.