American League Foes

by Neth on Aug 23, 2005 12:11 AM EDT Comment 5 comments

Disclaimer: To the Fates, the Gods, God, or any other higher power looking for excuses to jinx, hex, or otherwise unfairly handicap the Cardinals...this thread is purely about hypothetical oppenents for whichever NL team you select to best represent the league at the Fall Classic. There is no assumption whatsoever, implied or otherwise, that the Cards will be involved.

That being said...

We know they'll get home field advantage, but we don't know who they'll be yet. As I write this, before the night games are decided, there is a 3 way tie for the AL wild card. So...as NATIONAL LEAGUE fans (see above disclaimer), who do you fear most of the potential opponents from the Land Of Pitchers Too Afraid To Swing A Bat.

Poll

Which AL team might win 11 games in October?

LA "Putting LA in our name will get us rings" Angels

5 votes

Oakland "Thanks for Danny, suckers" A's

1 votes

NY "Hey we're totally the Yankees, right?" Yankees

2 votes

Cleveland "Red-skinned people make great cartoons" Indians

1 votes

Minnesota "This was really gonna be our year" Twins

0 votes

Bean-Town "We have nothing left to talk about" Red Sox

7 votes

Chi-Town "Yes, there are TWO perennial losers here" White Sox

2 votes

18 votes | Poll has closed

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I voted for the Cleveland Indians after much soul searching and debate. Frankly, none of the AL teams scare me much and none as much as the NL teams still in the hunt. Florida, Atlanta, and the Houston, in that order scare me more than any of these teams.

Indians I think have the closest thing to a complete team, though I did considering voting for the Angels for awhile. Also, the Indians are hot right now and that seems to be the best predictor of post season success.

Whoever surivives the NL should win the World Series.

by Brock20 on Aug 24, 2005 2:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

by Neth on Aug 24, 2005 7:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I voted for the Yankees

Though they've been down some, I still think they have the talent to make a strong run in the playoffs. The Marlins are still the team that scares me the most, however.

by rob is back on Aug 25, 2005 12:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs