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I'm rooting for the Blue Jays (Original Post) malaise Oct 20 OP
I hate you... Wounded Bear Oct 20 #1
Hehehehehe malaise Oct 20 #3
Politics have nothing to do with it for me... Wounded Bear Oct 20 #4
I can see that malaise Oct 20 #5
They play their spring training games rzemanfl Oct 20 #2
I'm rooting for BOSSHOG Oct 20 #6
I disagree jmowreader Oct 20 #7
I'm a cricket, tennis and football (FIFA) fan😂 malaise Oct 20 #9
I root for the teams who don't have a huge advantage with Tribetime Oct 20 #8
I like GB Packers for their malaise Oct 20 #10
You might think of it this way: Oeditpus Rex Oct 20 #24
I don't have a dog in this fight, but Seattle is the only team NEVER to have played in the Series. rsdsharp Oct 20 #11
This is all politics for me malaise Oct 20 #12
Rooting for the Mariners because I'm a native. Also, Seattle is solidly BLUE Coventina Oct 20 #13
I lived in the Matenela Hotel right next to the Holiday Inn for some years GenThePerservering Oct 20 #37
Yankees fan so I hate them both but rooting for Canada! nt Blasphemer Oct 20 #14
Been to your stadium malaise Oct 20 #16
Old or new stadium? Blasphemer Oct 20 #17
Old malaise Oct 20 #18
Awesome! nt Blasphemer Oct 20 #34
I'm cheering for Seattle EnergizedLib Oct 20 #15
Sure i agree, but i also think it isnt gonna matter.. Volaris Oct 20 #19
ROFL because it sure looks so malaise Oct 20 #21
Rooting for Canada but like Mariners too Tree Lady Oct 20 #20
Dodgers look malaise Oct 20 #22
Go Dodgers! rollin74 Oct 20 #23
I went to tap "Rec" but accidentally tapped "Alert." Oeditpus Rex Oct 20 #36
Of course it won't go through Polybius Oct 21 #43
no harm done rollin74 Oct 21 #45
so is it the Blue Jays against the Dodgers for this World Series ??? Jack Valentino Oct 20 #25
not only that rollin74 Oct 20 #28
Almost certainly Oeditpus Rex Oct 20 #35
No 'triumph' in baseball has ever happened Oeditpus Rex Oct 20 #33
As long as the Cubs were eliminated, so am I. greatauntoftriplets Oct 20 #26
Raise your hand if you think Oeditpus Rex Oct 20 #27
Interestingly, the Mariners had more Canadian born players (2) than the Blue Jays (1) Wiz Imp Oct 20 #39
Congrats to the Blue Jays! Initech Oct 20 #29
Ballroom Boy throwing ketchup. Kingofalldems Oct 20 #30
I'm waiting for the all caps 3am tweet thingy Brother Buzz Oct 20 #31
Yep malaise Oct 21 #44
Me too! FM123 Oct 20 #32
I'm glad the Jays won. Swede Oct 20 #38
It's a lose-lose situation for Trump. edbermac Oct 20 #40
Very happy malaise Oct 21 #41
I hate both teams for what they did to us Polybius Oct 21 #42

malaise

(292,348 posts)
3. Hehehehehe
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 07:59 PM
Oct 20

Word is that my rooting for a team or player isn’t necessarily a good thing.
Still, I want Canada to win.😀

jmowreader

(52,875 posts)
7. I disagree
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:10 PM
Oct 20

I like the Mariners, and it's time for them to FINALLY win the pennant. If the M's weren't in it...yeah, go Jays and fuck Trump.

malaise

(292,348 posts)
9. I'm a cricket, tennis and football (FIFA) fan😂
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:13 PM
Oct 20

I want Canada to win for politics😀

Tribetime

(7,031 posts)
8. I root for the teams who don't have a huge advantage with
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:11 PM
Oct 20

Sky high payrolls while other teams are expected to compete on a fraction of the payroll. Cleveland fan here haven't won since 1948 despite numerous playoff appearances

 

Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)
24. You might think of it this way:
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 09:27 PM
Oct 20

The New York Mets had a gross income of $444 million for 2024 and spent $400 million on 2025 payroll -- 90 percent, the highest in baseball

The Miami Marlins had a gross income of $317 million for 2024 and spent $86 mollion on 2025 payroll -- 27 percent, the lowest in baseball.

It isn't only that some clubs have more to spend than others, but that some spend the least they can on personnel, or simply underpay them so the owners can make more.

rsdsharp

(11,750 posts)
11. I don't have a dog in this fight, but Seattle is the only team NEVER to have played in the Series.
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:18 PM
Oct 20

Unless you count the Brewers who have been in once, and started in Seattle as the Pilots.

Coventina

(29,083 posts)
13. Rooting for the Mariners because I'm a native. Also, Seattle is solidly BLUE
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:19 PM
Oct 20

And, a beautiful city.

GenThePerservering

(3,146 posts)
37. I lived in the Matenela Hotel right next to the Holiday Inn for some years
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 10:42 PM
Oct 20

A little old place with 10 rooms. Used to take the monorail to work if I didn't ride my bike.

That was back in the day and it's still there - low income housing now, I think.

I'm a Mariner's fan, but it's OK if the Blue Jays win, because I'm also a big Canada fan. I'd just like to see our team win - it's been a roller coaster.

EnergizedLib

(2,917 posts)
15. I'm cheering for Seattle
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:21 PM
Oct 20

But the Canadian team winning the World Series would be a big middle finger to the felon, I think.

Volaris

(11,358 posts)
19. Sure i agree, but i also think it isnt gonna matter..
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:40 PM
Oct 20

LA is gonna turn the world series this year into the second Massacre at Cannae, no matter who they play

Don't get me wrong, I'll watch. I love playoff baseball, and I love watching worthy playoff pitchers, do what they do.

Tree Lady

(12,977 posts)
20. Rooting for Canada but like Mariners too
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 08:41 PM
Oct 20

Don't care who wins. Hoping they beat dodgers, need new team to win.

But Dodgers with 4-0 and lots of rest time will be hard to beat.

rollin74

(2,268 posts)
23. Go Dodgers!
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 09:11 PM
Oct 20

Last edited Mon Oct 20, 2025, 10:12 PM - Edit history (1)

most MAGAts hate both Canada and L.A. So they'll be upset either way

 

Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)
36. I went to tap "Rec" but accidentally tapped "Alert."
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 10:38 PM
Oct 20

I didn't select any of the alert categories, though, so maybe it won't go through

Polybius

(21,415 posts)
43. Of course it won't go through
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 04:11 AM
Oct 21

Even after selecting a category, you have to click "I believe this post breaks this rule" for it to go through.

Jack Valentino

(4,275 posts)
25. so is it the Blue Jays against the Dodgers for this World Series ???
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 09:29 PM
Oct 20

Assuming that is the meaning of this post, I sympathize with your sentiment---

but since the star player of the Dodgers, a star pitcher who also hit three home-runs in a playoff game,
is actually a Japanese citizen rather than an American....
should he hire private security to protect him from ICE ???

(Yeah, I presume he is legally justified to be playing baseball in this country---
but since when has 'legally' mattered to the Nazi-Gestapo Trump administration??)


Surely the Canadian baseball fans have ample justification to hope for victory in this year's WS,
but if the Dodger's eventually triumph due to the skills of their Japanese star player.....
I don't think I will be unhappy whichever way the series goes

(if I am blessed enough to actually VIEW any of it!---
Will any broadcast network show it this year??)


((That Dodger's Japanese pitcher and homerun slugger is something else!!!! ))




rollin74

(2,268 posts)
28. not only that
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 10:03 PM
Oct 20

but I'd be willing to bet A LOT that the Dodgers have the largest Latino fanbase of any MLB team out there as well

 

Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)
35. Almost certainly
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 10:31 PM
Oct 20

And the white supremacist fans hate it.

Miami may have a larger percentage of Latino fans, since much of its population is Cuban and Cuba is baseball-mad. But then, the Fish have about 22 fans because the owners won't spend their money on0 quality players.

 

Oeditpus Rex

(43,094 posts)
33. No 'triumph' in baseball has ever happened
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 10:16 PM
Oct 20

because of one player, especially over an entire season and playoff series. Everyone on the field, and even in the dugout, contributes something.

This is probably the most important thing for fans to know about the game.

Tw -- hus nane us Shohei Ohtani

greatauntoftriplets

(178,592 posts)
26. As long as the Cubs were eliminated, so am I.
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 09:47 PM
Oct 20

Love the idea of a Canadian team winning the series. It'll piss drumpf off.

FM123

(10,335 posts)
32. Me too!
Mon Oct 20, 2025, 10:15 PM
Oct 20

Just got back from Toronto, O what a wonderful place! Hard to come back to the States, especially FL.

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