Would You Rather...

by Jordan_Ming on Jan 2, 2012 12:50 AM PST

Would you rather is like, my favorite game ever, because I get to choose whatever I want, but I'm only given two options so I don't have to think too hard about it. I have a hard time making decisions...

Anyway, I was thinking about the Padres at work today and how many times they've missed out on winning it all. Those close seasons and how great they are, despite the choke jobs at the end. Would I rather have those seasons, or would I rather have one season where my team doesn't choke and goes on and wins it all? So, I have a question for everyone:

Poll

Would you rather...

The Padres win one World Series in your lifetime, and come in last place ever other season for the rest of your life?

23 votes

Or the Padres have 2010 type seasons for the rest of your life?

10 votes

shut up jordanming ur dum and the podrays should trade for padroya

16 votes

49 votes | Poll has closed

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Shut up, and trade for Paydroya!

Gotta beef up that linwup!

Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...

by sdchicken on Jan 2, 2012 2:24 AM PST reply actions 1 recs

Get the Trophy

because 2010 wasnt first place either. and if you ain’t first, you’re last!!!!!

Scowling at Padres Losses since 1981

by Nater Tater on Jan 2, 2012 5:38 AM PST reply actions

My brother got that game for Christmas, but I haven't played it yet.

When I game, it’s Settlers of Catan.

I’ll take the championship eight days a week.

"Chris (Denorfia) is the scrappiest player I've seen since Shoeless Joe Jackson." -Lee 'Hacksaw' Hamilton

by The Kipper on Jan 2, 2012 10:00 AM PST reply actions

So.... given that we have NEVER won a World Series

I kinda feel like going in that direction… but the remainder of my life… 50-100 years (maybe more) would really suck.

So, I kinda feel like going in the direction of “just missing” each year.
But honestly, if you were to say… 1 world series win followed by 5 years of last place ball, I would vote for that. Maybe even 10 years of last place ball…

Also, Chargers sucked this year. Are they going to fire the GM and Norv? I kinda wish they would… talk about a badly under performing team. Those years with LT, Gates, and Rivers (all at their peaks…) and nothing to show for it. :(

by Zen Blade on Jan 2, 2012 10:37 AM PST reply actions 1 recs

World Series Championships are like potato chips.

You can’t have just one. I’d rather see:

Would you rather

1. The Padres get a WS appearance once every five years, but finish last the other four,
OR
2. The Padres WIN one WS each decade, but have losing records the other nine years.

I’d take (1) because the Padres were liable to win several during my lifetime. And the wait for a winning season is shorter.

by wegotballsley on Jan 2, 2012 1:16 PM PST reply actions

None of these apply to me

since the World Series is in October and I’ve been on record for at least a dozen years guaranteeing I’ll be dead some point before September 10, 2012.

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

by TheThinGwynn on Jan 2, 2012 2:16 PM PST reply actions

yeah, you're boned.

Can I have your stuff?

by Zen Blade on Jan 3, 2012 4:23 AM PST up reply actions

It's all yours, every last bit of it.

Congrats, you just scored a few tiny punk rock band shirts, some baseball cards and a weird-ass cat. Keep your fingers crossed that I get a new pair of shoes by then; like me, these ones don’t have much life left in them.

Sorry but my brother already called dibs on keeping my body, getting it taxidermied and using it as a coat rack.

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

by TheThinGwynn on Jan 3, 2012 1:25 PM PST up reply actions

In discussions like these,

I always think of the Tigers. For a long time, they won a WS about once every 20 years, or so. 1945, 1968, 1984 …Each generation had their one championship, regardless of how the team performed in the other years.

Of course, losing the WS in 2006 put an end to that.

On the very next play Venable soiled the sheets again

by strummer on Jan 4, 2012 5:33 AM PST reply actions

I'm sure you're not "dum" or dumb, Jordan

But look how much less frustration there is in your third option. I had to vote for it. I wouldn’t be happy with either of the first two. Neither one would be enough.

by playingwithinmyself on Jan 5, 2012 1:39 PM PST reply actions