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I can't wait for it to begin even though everyone's predicting the Sawx to finish last in the East.
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| I'm pretty hyped up for the season (really, this is a great time to be a sports fan in general, with the NCAA Tournament, baseball firing up, and hockey getting interesting). I got myself a little gift last night to get ready for opening day, the box set of the World Series from last season (which also has two of the elimination games the Giants survived, and Matt Cain's perfect game). Gotta like SF's chances going into the season. Same formula for the past 3 years. It worked to great effect twice, let's do it again. |
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| I'm pretty hyped up for the season (really, this is a great time to be a sports fan in general, with the NCAA Tournament, baseball firing up, and hockey getting interesting). I got myself a little gift last night to get ready for opening day, the box set of the World Series from last season (which also has two of the elimination games the Giants survived, and Matt Cain's perfect game). Gotta like SF's chances going into the season. Same formula for the past 3 years. It worked to great effect twice, let's do it again. |
My boarder is a Giants fan. He's really psyched about their chances this season. And I've been reading around and they're saying Giants chances are good to at least win the West.
I like their odds too.
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I still find baseball pretty dull but my new boyfriend is a big Giants fan, and I may have promised to sort of adopt his baseball team if he won't fight me on raising our kids as Packers fans instead of 49ers. (I still stand by my argument that the children are raised in the religion of the mother, but whatever.) As a Northern Chicago native, it might be fun to cheer for a winning baseball team for once.
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| I still find baseball pretty dull but my new boyfriend is a big Giants fan, and I may have promised to sort of adopt his baseball team if he won't fight me on raising our kids as Packers fans instead of 49ers. (I still stand by my argument that the children are raised in the religion of the mother, but whatever.) As a Northern Chicago native, it might be fun to cheer for a winning baseball team for once. |
If anything, Chicago has one of the most historic ballparks in the country. Also, I consider Chicago sports fans one of the most enthusiastic bunch of people in the country--far more enthusiastic than most Southern California fans. Boston has the number one baseball fans (Red Sox Nation!), but Cubs are right on their tail in my book.
In my book, I'd rather root for the Giants than the Dodgers any day. I have a soft spot for teams that win it all and don't have to spend loads of cash to do it. I know the Red Sox right near the top of the list of big spenders, but it still irks me when the Yankees were spending out of hand in order to buy a championship. When a so-called mid-market or small-market team takes the prize, well, I consider that a big screw you to the Evil Empire.
You could do worse than rooting for the Giants, I say. Plus, their ballpark is so damn purdy and has tons of character... just like the people of San Francisco.
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| I still find baseball pretty dull but my new boyfriend is a big Giants fan, and I may have promised to sort of adopt his baseball team if he won't fight me on raising our kids as Packers fans instead of 49ers. (I still stand by my argument that the children are raised in the religion of the mother, but whatever.) As a Northern Chicago native, it might be fun to cheer for a winning baseball team for once. |
The best way to start enjoying baseball is to actually go to some games. I can definitely understand it being a tedious sport to watch on television, but it's tough to beat an afternoon (or evening) at the yard. Giants fans are generally a classy bunch, too, so you've picked a good group to hang with.
I cannot, however, endorse anyone being a Packer fan. Boo on that. |
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I've been to games at Wrigley. The sport bores me and has ever since I played softball as a kid, but I'll rarely turn down a day at Wrigley. I told him I'm up for a Dodgers game down here if he wants, or a Giants game if we can make it when we're in NorCal.
And anyone who doesn't love the Green Bay Packers can...well, I'll probably be having this fight with my boyfriend for the rest of my life so I'm gonna pace myself. Suffice to say, I am a shareholder and I will not be moved.
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| I've been to games at Wrigley. The sport bores me and has ever since I played softball as a kid, but I'll rarely turn down a day at Wrigley. I told him I'm up for a Dodgers game down here if he wants, or a Giants game if we can make it when we're in NorCal. |
I'd go to more Dodgers games if it weren't for the horrible parking. Some days it takes almost an hour to just get out of that place. If you go to an Angels game you can get to your car ten minutes after the game is over and be out of the parking garage and onto the freeway in five minutes. It's probably why I've been to fifteen Angels games in the last three years and two Dodger games.
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| I'd go to more Dodgers games if it weren't for the horrible parking. Some days it takes almost an hour to just get out of that place. If you go to an Angels game you can get to your car ten minutes after the game is over and be out of the parking garage and onto the freeway in five minutes. It's probably why I've been to fifteen Angels games in the last three years and two Dodger games. |
I've been promised that I wouldn't have to do any driving, or really be responsible for anything except showing up and getting drunk. I'll probably sleep through most of that time we'll be stuck. Yup, I'm a catch.
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| I'd go to more Dodgers games if it weren't for the horrible parking. Some days it takes almost an hour to just get out of that place. If you go to an Angels game you can get to your car ten minutes after the game is over and be out of the parking garage and onto the freeway in five minutes. It's probably why I've been to fifteen Angels games in the last three years and two Dodger games. |
I've been promised that I wouldn't have to do any driving, or really be responsible for anything except showing up and getting drunk. I'll probably sleep through most of that time we'll be stuck. Yup, I'm a catch. |
I feel the same way about basketball. The abundance of scoring just lends itself to the belief that it ain't as strategic as baseball. Every time I've been to a basketball game I've been bored to tears because they're always scoring.
I think that's why I prefer baseball, hockey, and Premier League soccer--games where defense actually means something. Or maybe I just like my scoring to be in single digits.
But the drinking is nice. With baseball, since it's the only sport without a timer, it's very easy to get a drink (or two) at certain points in the game. Rather than try to guess when it's a good time to interrupt the action, baseball provides more than enough time when the two teams are switching sides. I usually go when my team is pitching every three (or sometimes two) innings. And definitely before the game too.
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I'm taking off of work Monday & Tuesday to watch baseball all day.
As far as the Phillies go, I'm not sure what to expect.
I think they will be better than last season with Utley & Howard looking healthy, as well as Dominic Brown looking like he's finally ready to step up to the hype since he was drafted so high. I expect the offense to be much improved.
The starting pitching being a strength will rely on Halladay. He's struggled in spring, especially with his velocity. Hamels & Lee should be fine. The bullpen is much improved with the addition of Mike Adams.
The division I'm sure will belong to the Nationals, but if things break the Phillies way, perhaps they can beat out a strong Braves team for 2nd place.
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I'm taking off of work Monday & Tuesday to watch baseball all day.
As far as the Phillies go, I'm not sure what to expect.
I think they will be better than last season with Utley & Howard looking healthy, as well as Dominic Brown looking like he's finally ready to step up to the hype since he was drafted so high. I expect the offense to be much improved.
The starting pitching being a strength will rely on Halladay. He's struggled in spring, especially with his velocity. Hamels & Lee should be fine. The bullpen is much improved with the addition of Mike Adams.
The division I'm sure will belong to the Nationals, but if things break the Phillies way, perhaps they can beat out a strong Braves team for 2nd place. |
The Braves being my 2nd favorite team, I have to think they have a chance at taking the division this year. At the very least they should come in second behind their high-powered outfield this year. I'm also liking Medlen and Freeman this year as another year in the majors should only improve their outstanding skills from last year.
However, like always, things are always dicey when you're in a division with the likes of the Nationals and Phillies.
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I'm taking off of work Monday & Tuesday to watch baseball all day.
As far as the Phillies go, I'm not sure what to expect.
I think they will be better than last season with Utley & Howard looking healthy, as well as Dominic Brown looking like he's finally ready to step up to the hype since he was drafted so high. I expect the offense to be much improved.
The starting pitching being a strength will rely on Halladay. He's struggled in spring, especially with his velocity. Hamels & Lee should be fine. The bullpen is much improved with the addition of Mike Adams.
The division I'm sure will belong to the Nationals, but if things break the Phillies way, perhaps they can beat out a strong Braves team for 2nd place. |
The Braves being my 2nd favorite team, I have to think they have a chance at taking the division this year. At the very least they should come in second behind their high-powered outfield this year. I'm also liking Medlen and Freeman this year as another year in the majors should only improve their outstanding skills from last year.
However, like always, things are always dicey when you're in a division with the likes of the Nationals and Phillies. |
I like Freddie Freeman a lot. Went after him in a fantasy baseball draft the other night, so I'm a believer in big things for him. The Braves are stacked, and I'd really look at them to be heading up that division with the Phils and Nats battling for second. |
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Yeah, I have more faith in the Braves doing well this year than my Red Sox, sadly. I wouldn't be surprised if they go all the way this year.
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:49 pm
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| I still find baseball pretty dull but my new boyfriend is a big Giants fan, and I may have promised to sort of adopt his baseball team if he won't fight me on raising our kids as Packers fans instead of 49ers. (I still stand by my argument that the children are raised in the religion of the mother, but whatever.) As a Northern Chicago native, it might be fun to cheer for a winning baseball team for once. |
Whoa, Shannon - it took the baseball thread to see how things are going with this guy. Sounds pretty good!
I respect the Packers and their fans. Great franchise. My first football memory was Bart Starr's quarterback sneak to win the Super Bowl in the snow.
Obviously, no one knows, but I'm feeling an epic Dodger fail and a scrappy Giants win in the NL West.
Did you say you live in NoHo? I was just looking for neighborhoods to hit on my road trip and that was one I didn't know about before. It has something like 26 theaters? Sounds like Heaven for you.
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I'm really liking the Red Sox new prospect, Jackie Bradley. While I don't think he's going to be the next coming of Mike Trout I do think he deserves a shot in sticking with the team out of the gate. It would give fans like me something to root for in the midst of what seems like a rebuilding season.
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| I still find baseball pretty dull but my new boyfriend is a big Giants fan, and I may have promised to sort of adopt his baseball team if he won't fight me on raising our kids as Packers fans instead of 49ers. (I still stand by my argument that the children are raised in the religion of the mother, but whatever.) As a Northern Chicago native, it might be fun to cheer for a winning baseball team for once. |
Whoa, Shannon - it took the baseball thread to see how things are going with this guy. Sounds pretty good!
I respect the Packers and their fans. Great franchise. My first football memory was Bart Starr's quarterback sneak to win the Super Bowl in the snow.
Obviously, no one knows, but I'm feeling an epic Dodger fail and a scrappy Giants win in the NL West.
Did you say you live in NoHo? I was just looking for neighborhoods to hit on my road trip and that was one I didn't know about before. It has something like 26 theaters? Sounds like Heaven for you. |
Heh, I had no idea anyone was interested in an update, not that I have much of one to give since he's been in Europe since he dropped the L-bomb on me and left the country. His trip's only about halfway over now, though he's written me at least one email a day.
I love the Packers because my daddy does, but I think I got so passionate about them because of the fan base, and the fact that the fan base are the owners. Like me.
And yeah, I live in NoHo. I live in kind of the nasty part up north because it's cheaper, but the central/south part has some cool stuff. I haven't been to any of the theatres but there are indeed a million of them.
(This is the only mention of baseball in this post: BASEBALL)
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I used to work in NoHo. It's a nice neighborhood with some interesting restaurants around it. I can't say much else about it because I never really stayed after work in the area.
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Such loyalty considering that playing at ATT will take many homers from his career stats.
They came close to losing Cain last year because they figured they were going to have to pay Lincecum. After signing Cain, Bumgarner came on quickly (mentor relationship) and now Buster (great friends with Cain).
It's strange now that Lincecum is struggling he will get way less than he would have with a long term deal in 2011.
Just can not say enough about the love for this guy here.
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Such loyalty considering that playing at ATT will take many homers from his career stats.
They came close to losing Cain last year because they figured they were going to have to pay Lincecum. After signing Cain, Bumgarner came on quickly (mentor relationship) and now Buster (great friends with Cain).
It's strange now that Lincecum is struggling he will get way less than he would have with a long term deal in 2011.
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I feel good about Buster's deal. That's a guy that totally deserves the money.
I'm also happy Verlander got his $140 million over 5 years deal. I've had him on my fantasy team for 4 years now and I've always considered him the #1 overall starter in baseball today.
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I'm glad the Giants gave Bochy a good deal too. In a way, he's a nice remnant of when the Padres were a decent team, and that's really all I have to hold on to these days. I don't even follow baseball much anymore, yet strangely am into the olden days, and have been actively been collecting baseball cards from like the 60s and 70s. Love those old guys. Dick Allen, Gaylord Perry, Rollie Fingers, as well as some without vaguely sexual names.
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Barring injuries, the Nats are far more stacked than the Braves. I seriously hope to be wrong, but they are my WS favorites.
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| The Braves are stacked, and I'd really look at them to be heading up that division with the Phils and Nats battling for second. |
Barring injuries, the Nats are far more stacked than the Braves. I seriously hope to be wrong, but they are my WS favorites. |
I dunno, the Braves have some blossoming young players all around the diamond and a really strong bullpen. That formula sounds a little familiar to this Giants fan. I hate the Braves an awful lot (went to many a Giants/Braves game way back when at Candlestick), so it is not lightly that I lay praise on them.
No way Washington makes the World Series this year. San Francisco or Atlanta if it ain't SF would be my pick. |
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I don't follow baseball anymore, but I once delivered a TV to Joe Morgan's parents. They live just south of the Colosseum and we had a delivery of a large and expensive TV to a customer named Morgan. My partner wondered if it was Joe or his family, as he had read that they lived in that area, which is a part of East Oakland that you don't deliver many expensive TVs to. We knew we were right when we saw the large oil painting of Joe in his Reds uniform on the living room wall. They were very sweet and told us that Joe treats them nicely and in fact had bought them the TV because he saw the older one they were using during a visit. That was enough to make us forgive them the Reds uniform...
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| The Braves are stacked, and I'd really look at them to be heading up that division with the Phils and Nats battling for second. |
Barring injuries, the Nats are far more stacked than the Braves. I seriously hope to be wrong, but they are my WS favorites. |
I dunno, the Braves have some blossoming young players all around the diamond and a really strong bullpen. That formula sounds a little familiar to this Giants fan. I hate the Braves an awful lot (went to many a Giants/Braves game way back when at Candlestick), so it is not lightly that I lay praise on them.
No way Washington makes the World Series this year. San Francisco or Atlanta if it ain't SF would be my pick. |
I only root against the Braves when they're facing the Red Sox, which, thankfully, doesn't happen that often. I always say they can make it all the way but this year--I don't know--I think the Braves have a chance to go all the way.
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