Declare Your World Series Rooting Interest

and the greatness that is brian wilson, i’m pulling for the rangers.

though i have no true idea why. vlad prolly has something to do with it.

because they’re the perfect example of the oddities of baseball. The Rangers have done a fantastic job building their organization, using modern metrics to dictate who/how they draft and trade. They deserve a ton of credit.

But the Giants are just this hodpodge of mess that no one thought would ever work (save for the starting staff) and are guys that were truly on their last baseball legs (Uribe, Burrell, Huff, Ross, Torres). The 2010 Giants are proof positive that unlike football, basketball and hockey (where the best teams usually do win), any team can go crazy one year and win it all. The wonder of baseball, the randomeness of it is what makes the sport as a whole so inticing and utterly frustrating at the same time.

I’m really excited to see this WS, I feel it’s a baseball Yin vs Yang. Looks like a great series on paper, I just hope it plays out that way in reality.

Doesn’t hurt that Buster Posey is mighty easy on the eyes, either.

I have to root for Uribe and Brian Wilson. Two of the best interviews in baseball for completely different reasons.

Plus:
Uribe
Rowand (though not as much)
SSS LeftCoasters

I happen to be in Dallas during the first 3 games of the ALCS and I must say that the city reminded me a lot of our run through the 2005 playoffs. There’s the same sense of careful optimism and the feeling of ‘Oh shit, we just beat a team in ALDS that we werent supposed to.’ . The same ‘Oh shit !!’ feeling after losing Game 1 of the ALCS ( In our case, it was losing to a team playing 3 games in 3 nights in 3 time zones, if i am not mistaken).

Everyone was nervous for game 2, like we were cuz we didnt know what LA had waiting for us.
I don’t know about y’all, but Texas was nice to me :)

so he can pawn in when his money runs out after his baseball career.

Living in TX with several Rangers fans who I’ll be watching the games with, it’s just easier that way. But Lincecum is one of my favorite pitchers to watch, I’ve established a recent affinity for Brian Wilson, and would like to see Uribe get another ring. I’m rooting for good baseball more than anything

It had nothing to do with me and where my loyalties lie…

as previously explained, one of my best friends here in Seattle is a SF native and a huge fan, so I’ve come to know them well over the past few years simply from shooting the shit every day and getting together regularly to watch each other’s teams on my mlbtv. He keeps up with the Sox for me too.

Add Uribe, Legend, Lincecum, and Wilson to the list of reasons.

Hope they can keep up offensively. Hope Cody Ross’ fairy dust doesn’t suddenly dull and I certainly hope their pitching stays dominant for the series.

Really excited for S v Q Series 2010!

and finally settled on the Rangers. Honestly though, this is one of the rare years where I can truly say that if the team I’m pulling for doesn’t win, then I won’t be too upset.

The Rangers have built their team literally from the ground up, never been to the World Series until tonight. I would love for them to win their first World Series (and Texas’s first) in their first attempt.

That said, however, I won’t be upset if the Giants win, like it was said above, they’re a hodgepodge of players. I never even expected the Giants to make the World Series. They haven’t won it since 1954. If they win it, that means there’s another drought of at least 50 years or more busted, which would make three since 2004.

Prediction? All in all, I’m betting it goes seven, with the Rangers winning.

Goes against all emotion, since Willie Mays is my all-time hero, Uribe/Legend/etc. Sox ties, and Brian Wislon being my current favorite interview. And I hate that every time Nolan Ryan is interviewed in his office the picture of him laying the wood to Ventura is discussed, since it’s hanging in his office.

But Texas is American League. Gotta dance with who you brung.

Oh, and all 18 (so far) of you who voted “none – the Sox are my team” – should go work for a union. Fer Chrissakes, step outside yourselves! This is not CHINA.

we havent had one of those in the WS for a while

I also hate Texas and most things Texas. I feel that a Giants championship would stick it to Barry Bonds. It would mean that another drought would fall which makes the Cubs streak all the more massive. Plus I was at a Giants/Cubs game in 04 where a group of Bartmans sat a couple of sections over and my wife asked me if they were all Cubs fans…got quite a chuckle from that. Most important reason though is the one, the only Oohh Oohh Tribe

I’ve been cheering for them since the beginning of the year since they employ a good number of hefty guys (although one of them got traded to the rangers). Throw in the Uribe love i have and that does it. I usually cheer for the AL- not this year though.