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apocalypsosI'm not watching the playoffs, but I've been following them just out of curiosity. I'd root for the Yankees if I didn't have a dozen reasons not to. My grandfather, who I adore, is a Red Sox fan. The Yankees always win everything. Where's the fun in that?
I like underdogs. It's fun when they win. Sure, it's fun when the better team wins, but when the underdog comes out ahead ... man, is that a great feeling, if you give a damn about them at all.
Hmm. Methinks I need to watch Miracle this morning. I'm in that kind of mood.
(Go, Red Sox! The Yankees need to be taken down a notch, and if anybody should do it, it should be you guys. :))
EDIT: A Yahoo poll asking Your gut feeling: Yankees or Red Sox? has the Red Sox winning with 63% of the vote. C'mon, guys. *crosses fingers*
I like underdogs. It's fun when they win. Sure, it's fun when the better team wins, but when the underdog comes out ahead ... man, is that a great feeling, if you give a damn about them at all.
Hmm. Methinks I need to watch Miracle this morning. I'm in that kind of mood.
(Go, Red Sox! The Yankees need to be taken down a notch, and if anybody should do it, it should be you guys. :))
EDIT: A Yahoo poll asking Your gut feeling: Yankees or Red Sox? has the Red Sox winning with 63% of the vote. C'mon, guys. *crosses fingers*
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Date: 2004-10-20 05:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-20 06:03 am (UTC)For entertainment purposes, you can't beat that with a stick or anything else.
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Date: 2004-10-20 06:09 am (UTC)I also add that if the Sox don't win, my boyfriend will delve into a catatonic state and I'd prefer to have him healthy & communicative :).
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Date: 2004-10-20 06:18 am (UTC)And I had to love the quote I saw from Curt Schilling when I was reading about the game: "I'm not sure I can think of any scenario more enjoyable than making 55,000 people from New York shut up." Hee. *giggles*
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Date: 2004-10-20 06:20 am (UTC)I mean, the man had stitches put in his ankle, which desperately needs surgery, so he could pitch. He's a hero.
Sniff-if only Mitch Williams hadn't blown the save in 1993 . . .
And A-Rod should be fined, suspended, tarred and feathered . . .
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Date: 2004-10-20 07:20 am (UTC)You can find the evil or annoying in every team if you look. Last year's lovable underdog Marlins had the worst owner of all- Jeffrey Loria, who shouldn't ever be allowed near a baseball team again. But hey, what do we care? Steinbrenner (who is a bastard, just to make things clear) makes the best symbol, so we'll stick to cursing him.
If I had a rolling eyes smiley, I'd use it right now. As it is, I'm still cheering for the Yanks. Because they're my team and all that. :)
-blue
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Date: 2004-10-20 07:38 am (UTC)To someone who pays marginal attention at best to the team, it is very, very frightening.
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Date: 2004-10-20 09:29 am (UTC)1. Stephen King, one of my favortie authors, likes them.
2. They're one of seven professional sports teams in the US whose name does not end in an "s." (The Miami Heat, the Utah Jazz, the Orlando Magic, the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago White Sox, the Colorado Avalanche, and the Tampa Bay Lightning.)
These reasons are probably very silly and juvenile, but then again, so is most sports.
And you might find this amusing.
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Date: 2004-10-20 09:52 am (UTC)indeed, it is scary here in 'H-town'.
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Date: 2004-10-20 10:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-20 10:54 am (UTC)(and, er, probably a bunch of other WNBA teams)
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Date: 2004-10-20 11:53 am (UTC)The list that I got those teams from didn't have any female teams. Sorry for the error, both on their part and mine.
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Date: 2004-10-20 12:22 pm (UTC)I always have problems figuring out what the singular of some of those are. Do you have one Boston Red Sock? Red Sok? What about the Jazz?
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Date: 2004-10-20 12:43 pm (UTC)The best team names ever, though, was in this one online comic: The Fighting Cocks (as in roosters) and the Panthers. The puns are indeed as bad as you fear they are. http://www.drdevious.com/index.php?strip_id=38
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Date: 2004-10-21 01:53 pm (UTC)