What to root for?

by guayzimi on Sep 19, 2007 8:21 PM EDT

What does a baseball fan care about when there is zero chance his/her team will achieve any success? My quick and dirty list:

Five ribbies and seven runs for Pujols so he can keep the streaks going

A continued collapse by the New York Mets

A division crown for the Milwaukee Brewers

Batting crowns for Placido Polanco and Edgar Renteria, two all-time favorites

No pitching triple crown for Jake the Snake Peavy - one of the least likable characters in baseball

Wainwright finishing the season without any elbow owwies (why not just shelve him now?)

How about it? Am I forgetting anything obvious?

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It seems to me that we should just shut

Albert down for the year. He's earned his chance to not have his body destroyed any further.

by Valatan on Sep 19, 2007 9:09 PM EDT reply actions

The cards to lose

so we can get the best draft pick possible!

Really though, I would never "root" for the cards to lose but when they do, now that they are not in the race I just see it as a better draft position next june.

by El Hombre on Sep 19, 2007 9:27 PM EDT reply actions

good one

not that we'd draft a stud HS pitcher with the pick, anyways, though.

by silent_bob on Sep 20, 2007 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions

I didn't know Peavy was unlikeable

I know he is one of the fiercest competitors in the game, and that can rub people the wrong way though.

Let me get this straight...Rowand over Pujols??? Really, Tony?

by cardzfan24 on Sep 19, 2007 9:34 PM EDT reply actions

I can't find many of the articles

But it seems Peavy is always having things like these come up:

http://minorleaguetown.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=padrespeavy&prov=st&type=lgns

Didn't he sucker punch DLee also?

by RedbirdRay on Sep 19, 2007 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions

me thinks chris young sucker punched dlee.

by stlcardinalsfang on Sep 19, 2007 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions

You're right

It was Young.

by cardsgirl95 on Sep 19, 2007 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions

It was in that brawl

that stemmed from Young/DLee...

maybe I am making it up.

by RedbirdRay on Sep 20, 2007 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions

agree

i just get frustrated because the umpires "assume" he's a great pitcher and therefore give him breaks. I'd take him on my team anytime.

"but the rain is so real, lord; and the rainbows pretend..."

by SleepyCA on Sep 20, 2007 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Agree

Peavy is one of my favorite pitchers in the game. Now that the Cards won't be facing them, I'm definitely going to be rooting for the Padres come October.

On with the youth movement!

by aet15 on Sep 20, 2007 3:12 AM EDT up reply actions

On my team

I'd take him on my team in a heartbeat also. He's on my fantasy team. He's definitely a gamer.

I was just pointing out that he does have a reputation as one of the least likeable players in the game as was stated.

When he got arrested at the airport, he told airport security to "Go find him a real cop".

A lot of people would consider his mimic-ing of Duncan's accent later as racist. Radio hosts have lost thier jobs over such affairs.

Recently, Soriano posed after he hit a shot off of Wells in a game. Peavy talked a bunch of crap about it to the press. He wasn't involved in the play, but just had to run his mouth about how Soriano doesn't play the game the right way. I kinda agree with him...but I don't think running your mouth to the press about it is playing the game the right way either. And, he's made comments like that on multiple occassions.

by RedbirdRay on Sep 20, 2007 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

I wish the Mets no ills

On the other hand I would like to see the Red Sox collapse.

500- What it takes enough to win at Rummy, at Indy and in the NL Central.

by Zubin on Sep 20, 2007 12:33 AM EDT reply actions

I got nothing against the Mets...

we gave them a crushing loss last year. As long as neither the Cubs or Red Sox make it to the WS then i'm happy.

Miller sucks.

by Ankiels Missing Curveball on Sep 20, 2007 9:09 AM EDT reply actions

And....

Cheer on anybody who is playing the evil empire. I love Joe T, but I hate the yankees. I'll cheer on just about anybody who plays the yanks (the exeption being the red sox). Dooms day (is that one word or two?) for me is if there is a cubs vs. yanks championship. If that happens, then football season comes one week earlier for me.

Save the Kipper don't make him go back out there.

by gibbyfan on Sep 20, 2007 10:23 AM EDT reply actions

I used to hate the Yanks

but my hate for the hypocrite Sox fans trumps my hate for the Yanks. Joe Torre is a class act, and I actually find myself rooting for them sometimes.

I'll be rooting for Cleveland to come out of the AL this year, however.

by silent_bob on Sep 20, 2007 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions

The way that Yankee fans

are total idiots w.r.t. Jeter and A-Rod cements my need to cheer against the Yankees.

by Valatan on Sep 20, 2007 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Forget rooting against the Yankees

I want them to destroy Boston.

by sdrone on Sep 20, 2007 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions

You forgot to root for

the Cubs to win the division maybe even the division series and then be utterly destroyed in the championship series 4 games straight

In 1 game, Zambrano only goes 5 innings with 9 strikeouts, 6 walks, 4 runs allowed in 120 pitches.

In another game Lilly gives up 27 runs in 2/3 of an inning while the defense commits 12 errors. Zambrano spontaneously combusts in the dugout; Michael Barret suddenly appears and douses him with water, which turns out to be a webgem and the youtube video of the decade.

by sdrone on Sep 20, 2007 12:18 PM EDT reply actions

Although that would would be phenomenal...

I think it would be even more embarrassing for them not to make it after spending all that cash for Marquis. Plus, they're better off without the bragging rights of a Central Champs, much less a NL Champions.

Time to bring up the prospects.

by CraveCase on Sep 20, 2007 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions