Reply #43: Although I was born in SD [View All]

[Zomby Woof]

I grew up a Dodger fan because of indoctrination by my Dad. When he was growing up in the South in the 40's/50's, most kids were either Brooklyn Dodger fans (good) or NY Yankee fans (evil). Occasionally you had Chicago Cubs, or Detroit Tigers fans, because peoples' relatives went up there for work... but in the era before the South had a team of its own in the majors, kids could follow the biggest teams.

He kept with them even after they moved to L.A., and besides, the Padres were still a AAA team when I was born, so it was an easy indoctrination. I like the Pads, but they never fully replaced my childhood faves.

Like you, I prefer NL ball. But yes, a good matchup is a good matchup.