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[piteus]

I really am happy for the Nationals. That’s awesome for them. However, I feel like that really opened the door for the Cardinals to go to the World Series.

Oh well... the AL team will probably win it anyway.

Strasburg, Scherzer, and Corbin give them a chance. They can even go to Sanchez with confidence.

Remember, the Nationals had a better record than the Cardinals this year.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Root for the Astros. They're the best bet against a Cards/Yankees deluge of insufferability.

AL champ's going to win it anyway.

 

[clydesdale line]

Root for the Astros. They're the best bet against a Cards/Yankees deluge of insufferability.

AL champ's going to win it anyway.

I want an upset dammit lol. I actually like the Nats chances against the Cards (not that I particularly mind seeing the Cards win anyway as a Sox fan) moreso than the Rays chances against the Yanks. But the Rays have arguably the best analytical system top to bottom in baseball. You just never know.

 

[Sarava]

It would be funny if the Nats won the World Series the year Harper leaves. But I'm probably rooting for the Cardinals to win it all at this point. Touch matchup though, as Washington has been white hot.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Strasburg, Scherzer, and Corbin give them a chance. They can even go to Sanchez with confidence.

Remember, the Nationals had a better record than the Cardinals this year.

Dodgers had 13 more wins than the Nationals. Means nothing.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

It would be funny if the Nats won the World Series the year Harper leaves. But I'm probably rooting for the Cardinals to win it all at this point.

Dude. Gross.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Dude. Gross.

Most Sox fans couldn't care less about the Cardinals.

The only team I actually care about winning the WS now is the Yankees. Can't stand the Yankees. It can be anyone else, and I won't care in the least.

 

[Ace Rothstein]

As a Sox fan, the one thing that turns me off from the Cardinals is that their fans are also Blues fans. Really well run organization though and I'll be pulling for them if the play the Yankees.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Most Sox fans couldn't care less about the Cardinals.

The only team I actually care about winning the WS now is the Yankees. Can't stand the Yankees. It can be anyone else, and I won't care in the least.

Right. I understand that. But there's a difference between not caring less and actively rooting for them. It's not going to happen, but I would love to see a Nationals-Rays match-up. How wild would that be?

 

[piteus]

Dodgers had 13 more wins than the Nationals. Means nothing.

So then why do you think the Cardinals have a better shot to beat the Nats than Dodgers?

Did you say that or am I confusing you with another poster?

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

So then why do you think the Cardinals have a better shot to beat the Nats than Dodgers?

Did you say that or am I confusing you with another poster?

That was me. I just think the Dodgers are a better team, though I do like the pitching for the Nationals.

Also, I think it helps that the Dodgers have been through this before. I honestly could see a situation similar to the 2015 Cubs, where the Nationals kind of lay an egg in this series after such an emotional series win against the Dodgers.

 

[Kurtosis]

Why anyone would ever root for a team from St. Louis is beyond me.

Lavine is going to be an all-star this year.

 

[AmericanDream]

another one bites the dust - Gabe Kapler gone from the Phillies...

 

[No Fun Shogun]

But I'm probably rooting for the Cardinals to win it all at this point.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Most Sox fans couldn't care less about the Cardinals.

The only team I actually care about winning the WS now is the Yankees. Can't stand the Yankees. It can be anyone else, and I won't care in the least.

Actually, a lot of Sox fans enjoy the Cardinals winning just a little bit because of the Troll Factor. There's a group of Sox fans that like to see Cub fans miserable.

I actually agree with the Cardinals/Blues stuff, but trolling Cubs fans takes the cake. I can put it aside for a month in October just to ruffle feathers.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Actually, a lot of Sox fans enjoy the Cardinals winning just a little bit because of the Troll Factor. There's a group of Sox fans that like to see Cub fans miserable.

I actually agree with the Cardinals/Blues stuff, but trolling Cubs fans takes the cake. I can put it aside for a month in October just to ruffle feathers.

The Cardinals are exactly the team that Sox fans from like Mount Greenwood want the Sox to be. Grindy, quiet, lots of white dudes, and cheap, but still spend enough to make it work.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Friends don't let friends root for St. Louiers to be happy.

The equivalent would be Cubs fans rooting for the Tigers. I get it, I actually kind of like them even, but rubbing Sox fans' noses in the success of a Detroit team is a bridge too far for me.

Save the schadenfreude rooting for Cincy/Milwaukee/Pitt and Minny/KC/Cleveland. Hate the crap pizza towns.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

The Cardinals are exactly the team that Sox fans from like Mount Greenwood want the Sox to be. Grindy, quiet, lots of white dudes, and cheap, but still spend enough to make it work.

Exactly. I've been saying that for years.(without the lots of white dudes thing)

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Actually, a lot of Sox fans enjoy the Cardinals winning just a little bit because of the Troll Factor. There's a group of Sox fans that like to see Cub fans miserable.

I actually agree with the Cardinals/Blues stuff, but trolling Cubs fans takes the cake. I can put it aside for a month in October just to ruffle feathers.

Classic Sox fan mentality right there.

 

[piteus]

I think the Bulls will surprise this year. They shoot much better, pass the ball, and try on defense. I need to see more ... but the first 2 preseason shows a vastly improved team. Disregard the results. The Bulls were experimenting with their rotations and pplayd their scrubs in the 4Q. The rotation players DESTROYED the Pelicans last night. The Bulls had too much fire power.

Felicio is the human tank machine. Any team looking for high draft picks should trade for Felicio. His WAR is -20.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

I can get down with the Brewers but f*** the Cardinals and all of the 'BFsIB'.

I'll be sick if this team flukes its way to another title.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Exactly. I've been saying that for years.(without the lots of white dudes thing)

Trying to be specific for the specific person I have in mind.

 

[ChiHawks10]

Actually, a lot of Sox fans enjoy the Cardinals winning just a little bit because of the Troll Factor. There's a group of Sox fans that like to see Cub fans miserable.

I actually agree with the Cardinals/Blues stuff, but trolling Cubs fans takes the cake. I can put it aside for a month in October just to ruffle feathers.

It's petty, and ridiculous, IMO. I don't cheer against the Cubs unless the Sox are playing the Cubs. I don't ever cheer for a rival of the Cubs, just because they're the Cubs. None of that petty nonsense makes sense to me. It's still a Chicago team, and cheering for another city over the Cubs, just because they're the Cubs, is not gonna happen, at least for this Sox fan.

I wouldn't say "a lot of Sox fans enjoy the Cardinals winning" I would just say it's the petty, immature portion of the fanbase, and that portion is likely not even close to a majority.

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

Classic Sox fan mentality right there.

Not ashamed. I can be rational with Cub fans at times but sometimes its just funny when they fail and the Cards do well. I don't even really care about either the Cubs or the Cardinals I just find it amusing.

 

[ColdSteel2]

Trying to be specific for the specific person I have in mind.

We all meet those Sox fans. “They need to get players that I can understand their names, you know what I mean?”