Who should suffer more?

by thenerdhater on Oct 1, 2008 8:13 AM PDT Comment 71 comments

So Padres fans hate two franchises more than any other right? The Dodgers and the Cubs.

Since those teams are playing each other, who do you root for to make it to the next stage to get eliminated by the Phillies/Brewers?

On one hand, it'd hurt a lot to make it to the playoffs only to get eliminated right away. On the other hand, it's gotta sting to be one series away from the World Series and not make it. Of course, Padres fans must root for that fate for both the Dodgers and the Cubs, but who should get which fate?

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THE MARINERS!!!!!!!

I hate the Mariners more than any franchise in history. They are our mortal enemies.

by Dalton on Oct 1, 2008 8:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Seriously...

Plus, In addtion to the Mariners, I also hate the Giants, and to a lesser degree, the diamondbacks.

I just hate cubs fans… which is different.

by pjbno4 on Oct 1, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I want the Dodgers to lose to the Cubs

and then the Cubs to lose in the NLCS – because seeing the Cubs get so close and then having it ripped away from them is fun.

by Winfield's Ghost on Oct 1, 2008 9:26 AM PDT reply actions 5 recs

Smooth Jazz is gonna be so "mad" at you.

Sadly, I agree. Things need to go back to normal out here.

With a name like Smuckers, it has to be good!

by friarinchicago on Oct 1, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Totally Agree

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 1, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Amen

Totally Rec’d

by sqrunt on Oct 2, 2008 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is the 20th anniversary of the Dodgers

not winning a playoff series. Celebrate.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 9:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I have to choose the Dodgers in this situation

Because the earlier the Cubs are eliminated, the earlier the media can shut the hell up about this being their year.

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly

by Boilermaker19 on Oct 1, 2008 9:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I just want to see

Crying fans.

Bonus points for Phillies fans, but they’re more likely to get angry before they get weepy.
Icing if it’s Cubs fans in game 6 or 7 of the NLCS, after Kerry Wood pulls a Brad Lidge and gives up a jack to like, Prince Fielder.
Red Socks fans are old hat, but would still be fun to see again.
Rays fans are likely to be big weepers, since this is CINDERELLA’S YEAR.

I don’t really expect much from Brewers, Angels, Dodgers or White Sox fans.

Either way, I don’t care whose fans, but as long as they’re shedding tears, I’m happy. I have to admit, their nationally-televised, public misery is kind of a turn-on.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 1, 2008 9:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I want the Cubs to lose first!

As Boilermaker19 says it might shut up the media plus I don’t want to hear how they came close or they’re getting closer each year.
PLUS I want Joe Torre to stick in there a little longer to stick it to the Yankee organization who completely and utterly, totally dissed him in their big ceremony closing their park.

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 1, 2008 10:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Why do we hate them?

Quite embarassing, but I don’t know why I’m supposed to hate those 2 teams (I have an excuse that Israel is quite far away). Please help me know…
:-)

by itay n. on Oct 1, 2008 10:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Free pass (maybe) on the Cubs thing...

But to not get the Dodger part…even in Israel…is unforgivable.

by Drama on Oct 1, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Indeed

over here in Belgium I always talk to people with Dodgershats how much the Dodgers suck. Rarely do they have any clue what I’m talking about.

by sixpakfrombelgium on Oct 2, 2008 5:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

So let me know about the Cubs

..and I’ll watch reruns of this season as punishment for the Dodgers thing

by itay n. on Oct 1, 2008 11:15 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The media forces the Cubs down our throats which causes a lot of people to resent them. Because they haven’t won a World Series in 99 years, it’s apparently DESTINY for them to win it this season.

Plus, their fans are horrible, rotten people who take over ballparks, drink, fight, be unruly, unsightful, smelly, fat, and make live games unpleasant, because there are eleventy-billion people with underdog-cheering, inferiority-loser-complexes who think they are Cubs fans all over the United States.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 1, 2008 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cubs fans

are just obnoxious type fans and they take over ballparks when their team is playing…and that’s very true in SD.

by thenerdhater on Oct 1, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

C.U.B.S.

Completely Useless By Springtraining

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 1, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

true

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 1, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

reruns of this season?

That’s excessive.

by Drama on Oct 1, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here in America

We have rules agaisnt cruel and unusual punishment

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 1, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But in certain 'bays' in or around the nation of Cuba...

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i don't know, i have a beef with the Yankees

and Doyers. those are my two hated teams.

that being said…

the cubs are also douchy douchefaces.

my only nightmare is a cubs-sawks WS and then the incessant ranting of Joe Buck during each game about curses and other awful things.

he might be the only thing in baseball i hate more than Jeff Kent…

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 1, 2008 11:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Cubs vs. Socks WS

Joe Buck and Steve McCarver . . .

You know that analogy that when a hungry lion attacks a herd of gazelle, and is so overwhelmed by the gigantic buffet in front of them, it can’t quite focus on any one gazelle, and scrambles around, and miraculously, all the gazelle get away without any casualties?

Yeah, that’s what would happen to Buck and McCarver if the WS ended up being Cubs/Socks.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 1, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is Steve McCarver

worse than his brother Tim?

by thenerdhater on Oct 1, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

haha

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 1, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

I clearly mixed up Steve Phillips with Tim McCarver – kinda like not being able to tell the difference between if someone left vomit or fecal matter un-flushed in the john.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 1, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i can't find the Buck to the Future video anywhere online

but if you find it, you must watch it. its hilarious.

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 1, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's a sign

I just went to this work function, to commemorate the kickoff of the MLB Playoffs on TBS, and they were doing all this cheesy stuff, but I got this box of Cracker Jacks. In honor of Major League Baseball, the “toy” was nothing but a little stat book (one out of 34), and I open it up, and much to the dismay you guys would have, it was the Dodgers edition.

“The Los Angeles Dodgers have won eight of their last nine World Series games played.”

You know what that means, right?
Dodgers are getting swept.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 1, 2008 12:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

A Curse On Both Their Houses!

But more curses on the Cubs. I wont be cheering for the Doyeurs either. Ick.

If it ended up being a Cubs/White Sox WS, then the White Sox would get absolutely positively NO love from the media. Because this is “the Chubs destiny”-yada, yada, yada.
It’s kinda like the year the Blow Sox finally won. I dont even remember who they beat because it was ALL about the Blow Sox. Blow Sox Nation was incorrigible.

Teh Phiwwis are gonna win the first round then run over whoever survives.

Chicks Dig the Bullpen.

by eastbaysd on Oct 1, 2008 2:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Can't we just all agree to hate the Red Sucks and their fans?

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 1, 2008 2:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

yes

"Real baseball should be played in the daytime, in the sunshine." - Lou Gehrig

by C8LIN B on Oct 1, 2008 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that's a given

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Oct 1, 2008 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I take it all back

What just happened to the Cubs, I don’t wish on any team or their fans.

I’m only rooting for the Dodgers to lose from here on out.

by Winfield's Ghost on Oct 5, 2008 9:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

cub lover

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 5, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cub dumpster

What happened to the Cubs, I would wish on them over and over again.

by thenerdhater on Oct 5, 2008 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, like "Groundhog Day"

If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly

by Boilermaker19 on Oct 6, 2008 5:53 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

Bill Murray was in the audience during one of the games, and one of the “awesome” TBS announcers made the reference.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 6, 2008 6:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed.

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 6, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You?

I keep e-mailing Dex and jbox… maybe they’ll listen to me next Monday.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Oct 6, 2008 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You like the Cubs AND Manny Ramirez?

and I’M the one who should be banned?

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 6, 2008 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What?!?!

I NEVER liked the Cubs and I’m trying really hard not to like Manny.

www.PadsAndEnds.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Oct 6, 2008 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

"trying really hard not to like manny?"

seriously?
cuz i try really really hard to not hate him

I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone.

~*Chicks Dig 3rd Basemen*~

by iLOVEkouz5 on Oct 6, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i'll admit it

i kinda like Manny

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 7, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

dude.

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 7, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i know i know

did you read Simmons’ 9000 word article on him though? it was pretty good, made it a little hard to hate the guy…

plus, i also have a hard time hating on one of the top 5 RH hitters of all time. he’s just so damn good man.

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 7, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bill Simmons?

Dude…

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

by sdsuaztec4 on Oct 7, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You know

How Cookie Monster is kind of a civil, friendly creature when casually interacted with? That is, until you put a plate of cookies in front of him, which unleashes this animalistic manic fury within him, and he goes absolutely insane; not only does he devour the cookies, he inhales the plate the cookies were on, and usually proceeds to eat the table that the plate that held the cookies was set on to.

Yeah, that’s kind of the same thing with Bill Simmons, and bringing up Manny Ramirez, Pedro Martinez, Curt Schilling, and/or the Boston Red Socks.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Oct 7, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah true that

he has also become DECIDEDLY less funny over the span of the last five years or so. used to be hysterical. now, ehhh not so much.

but the article was good, none the less.

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 7, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pinche Red Socks

Please beat them Rays, Please.

by The Kipper on Oct 6, 2008 9:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

agreed

ruined my night.

Thank goodness that's over!

by ABY on Oct 7, 2008 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Angels deserved to lose

I hate teams trying to be all sneaky and run their way to runs. Man up and play baseball. Hit the freaking ball. Don’t be afraid. Baseball is a simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. You don’t prance around the bases like a bunch of jackasses trying to get thrown out. Stupid Angels. Have fun playing golf.

Homer: Ohhhh, The Denver Broncos.
Marge: Whats wrong with the Denver Broncos?
Homer: Marge you just don't understand football.

by Wonko on Oct 7, 2008 12:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

Wonko is wronko again.

The squeeze play is the ultimate man up….you have the pressure of making contact on one pitch….the timing of the runner not to give away the play..etc. I LOVE the squeeze.

Are you saying things like the Hit and Run aren’t part of real baseball too?

by thenerdhater on Oct 7, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Yup

Just dumb ways to get out. The point of the game is to avoid outs.

Homer: Ohhhh, The Denver Broncos.
Marge: Whats wrong with the Denver Broncos?
Homer: Marge you just don't understand football.

by Wonko on Oct 7, 2008 8:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The point is not to avoid outs

it’s to score runs.

by jbox on Oct 7, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

what?

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 7, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs

Less people getting = More Runs

Also, the team that gets out the least often, will usually score the most runs.

Homer: Ohhhh, The Denver Broncos.
Marge: Whats wrong with the Denver Broncos?
Homer: Marge you just don't understand football.

by Wonko on Oct 7, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I bet you can't prove that

by thenerdhater on Oct 7, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well I could start by saying

That team that never got out would score an infinite amount of runs. That’s a start.

Homer: Ohhhh, The Denver Broncos.
Marge: Whats wrong with the Denver Broncos?
Homer: Marge you just don't understand football.

by Wonko on Oct 7, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ahhh

stupid logic

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 7, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

ahhh

I see you are not a math fan.

Homer: Ohhhh, The Denver Broncos.
Marge: Whats wrong with the Denver Broncos?
Homer: Marge you just don't understand football.

by Wonko on Oct 7, 2008 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

nope

math is for nerds. i only am a fan of “awesome” and denominations thereof

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Oct 7, 2008 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why would you want runs

when the point is to not get outs?

by jbox on Oct 7, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Because they are one in the same

Homer: Ohhhh, The Denver Broncos.
Marge: Whats wrong with the Denver Broncos?
Homer: Marge you just don't understand football.

by Wonko on Oct 7, 2008 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

WRONG

It’s “one and the same.”

by Winfield's Ghost on Oct 8, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Funny

I was thinking that as I left the computer. “Did I write ‘one in the same’ or ‘one and the same’, because I’m pretty sure it’s ‘one and the same’. I’m sure that’s what I wrote.”

WRONG!

Homer: Ohhhh, The Denver Broncos.
Marge: Whats wrong with the Denver Broncos?
Homer: Marge you just don't understand football.

by Wonko on Oct 8, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs