Posted on 10/09/2016 5:25:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Cards were the best baseball team on earth at the end of last season. They didn't make it past the divisional series.
I’m going Cubs, too!
(Since my Angels went down in flames, the Marines fell just short, and my new team, the Diamondbacks, never realized the season had started.)
It proves your league was, by far, the toughest, and that your team could qualify as the true “2nd best” in the country.
Our minor league team, the Peoria Chiefs was a Cubs affiliate for years, now they're a Cardinal affiliate. Many big name major league players and managers have Peoria roots.
Last year the Cardinals had the best team in baseball, but the Cubs knocked them out in four games. For us Cub fans, that was almost as good as winning the World Series. Most Cub fans this year were relieved we didn't have to play the Cardinals in the NLDS.
This year, the Cubs have it all together. Only 9 more wins to go, but we're all nervous as hell.
Last year the Cubs won the wild card and then took the Cards in four straight. Then they ran into the Mets buzz saw.
Giants won two of their last three WS titles as wild cards.
Tell me about it. They shouldn't have held Gordo at third in game seven.
100+ MPH...HERE IT COMES!
I don’t understand how a guy lives 36 years in Chicago and is still a Cardinals fan. For me, much of the fun in sports is rooting for the home team. If one lives in a market without one, then fine, choose who you like. I was a Dodgers fan until my family moved to Houston. I had never lived in a city with major leage sports. It took a few years, but I became an Astros fan since the early 70’s. If I moved to a different city with a major league team, I’d eventually get into the spirit and root for my new home team.
Red Sox fan here——I’ve been rooting for The Cubs since 2004.
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Which is why I have adopted the Diamondbacks... but, since they're National League and my Mariners are American League, I can root for both since the odds of them meeting in the World Series are next to zero...
My son, is a Stiller fan {for over 50 years} lives in Annapolis, MD, is surrounded by redskin and little black bird fans and will never waver.
Being a real fan doesn't change because you move to a different city.
Does Houston really have pro sport teams?
Yeah, I don’t mind having a fall-back favorite. Back when I was a football fan, I’d sometimes have a 2nd favorite due to liking certain players. I’m not a Diamondbacks fan, but I think Goldschmidt is one of the most solid players in baseball. It’s really exciting when the local team does well and makes the playoffs, and eveybody wears the team’s shirts to work.
I am a Cubs fan and root for the Cardinals when they are in the post season but only when it is not against the Cubs.
I am third generation Cubs fan, my five and three year old grandsons(if they follow tradition) would be fifth. Go Cubbies!
Hey, anybody can have a bad century!
and with Joe Madden being an old Angel you have to root for him
“”””For me, much of the fun in sports is rooting for the home team. “”””
What a strange thing to say. I grew up in Chicago and have been a Cubs fan my whole life. Now I live in CT. See you seriously suggesting I become a Yankees fan or a Mets fan?
That’s why I have so many “favorite” teams! So many former Mariners and Angels are out there doing great things, it’s hard not to root for their teams.
The exception would be A-Rod, he’s still persona non grata in Seattle even after all these years.
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