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I hate it when the World Series isn't worth watching. But this may be the worst one in ... well, a lot longer than I've been watching the World Series.

The Yankees and the Marlins would be uninteresting, even if it weren't for the fact that we know the Cubs and the Red Sox aren't there.

It's he Marlins' victorious return, after buying themselvess championship rings with a team of players they were just borrowing from other teams for a year, so they could gloat at how quickly their lame expansion team made it big. The Yankees, who perennially buy themselves good teams, have lots of money and lots of wins but no soul.

I hope they're all happy. They stole our magic.

It doesn't matter if it's curse or coincidence or choking or Bartman's fault. This is what we're left with, and it sucks.

Current Mood: disappointed

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From:

writerdog.livejournal.com

Well, lame or not, I'm a rootin' for them Fish to win it all again. I'm doing this for a couple of reasons -- first and foremost is I'm hoping George Steinbrenner blows a freaking headgasket on National TV and takes a header out of his personal private box. Not only would this make for an interesting dramatic TV moment, it'd be damn good for baseball (heck maybe the Commissioner of MLB, Bud Selig, could try and reach out to save Big George and get tangled up with him as they plummet to their respective deaths -- after all they've done everything they could to kill baseball, it's about time baseball returns the favor...

And after the crappy way the Cininnatti Reds treated Jack McKeon (hey Reds fans you could've made it to the Series if Jack had stayed your manager), a Marlins win would be poetic justice.

If you can't have lovable losers like the Cubs and Red Sox playing each other, the next best thing is rooting against the big, bad Yankess -- no matter who they play.

From:

cosmolinguist

Around here, there's a fairly common sentiment (you can even it find on t-shirts) that goes "My favorite teams are the Vikings and whoever's playing the Packers." I'm like that about baseball; I always hate the Yankees. They are evil and no fun at all, and it goes without saying that I will always cheer for whoever is playing the Yankees.

Few things would make me happier than for your scenario of the untimely demise of Steinbrenner and Selig to happen, just like that. The World Series would be good then, no matter what!

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paninogirl.livejournal.com

...let's root for the Marlins to crush the Yankees! I heard yesterday that they've been to the World Series 6 out of the past 8 years. C'mon, that's no fun.

I'm not even a fan of baseball, and I will still rooting for the Cubs and the Red Sox. I rooted for the Cubs because they haven't been to the World Series in so long, and I was rooting for the Red Sox because I always support the teams in Boston (after the Minnesota teams, of course) because I have a long-time, sports-fanatic friend who lives out there.

O'well...life will go on...at least for me. :)

From:

cosmolinguist

The Yankees are never fun. Their owner, George Steinbrenner, is a bully with a seemingly unlimited budget, so he can get any player he wants. And he can, because the Yankees have this tradition of excellence, people want to play for them.

The Yankees are about everything bad--materialism, selfishness, narcissism--whereas there are people who've spent whole careers with teams like the Red Sox or the Cubs, though they don't get the same money or glory or fame, because they love it. And there are fans who've followed those teams their whole lives without getting the satisfaction of a championship parade in Boston or the south side of Chicago, but they love them anyway, unconditionally. That's dedication.

The Yankees had a lot of the great heroes of baseball, back in the day, but now they have a legacy of fairweather fans, of bullies, of evil soulless corporate America, and that is why we hate them. It's sometimes fun to hate them; it shows that we do recognize goodness when we see it.

But still, I'd rather be rooting for the Red Sox or the Cubs than hating the Yankees right now.

From:

paninogirl.livejournal.com

Thanks for informing me a little bit more on the history of the Yankees/baseball in general. As I mentioned earlier, I'm not a big baseball fan, so I was definitely interested in what you had to say.

And I agree -- I'd much rather be rooting for the underdog than scouling at a team that embodies all that is wrong with society.

From:

cosmolinguist

Even hating the Yankees gets old after a while--and you're right, they have been in a disproportionate number of World Series. I'm bored with them. Death to Yankees! I probably won't bother watching the Series, but I am, of course, hoping the Marlins win.