Comments on: Baseball Preference Rankings

By: kosmo

kosmo — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:46:19 +0000

Well, a lot of the advanced defensive metrics indicate that Jeter isn’t a particularly good fielder (in spite of the Gold Gloves). Not a ton of power, either. Not that SS generally have a lot of power, but this generation’s crop does.
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By: motocross suspension

motocross suspension — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:51:57 +0000

If you are a baseball fan, how can you not like Derek Jeter. the guy is a class act and he knows how to win. Very confident and has the necessary swagger needed to play the game. Go ahead and hate they Yankees, but Jeter is a stud!
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By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:39:47 +0000

I don’t know how anyone not a fan doesn’t list the Yankees #30 and the Red Sox #29.

The constant coverage of the two teams and the detestable players each team keeps on its roster (A-Job, Damon, Jeter…Ortiz, Steroidia). They aren’t as annoying as years past but still aren’t any fun to follow.

While I’m biased as a fan of both the Royals and Pirates, I’m not a fan of the Nationals but would root for them any day against those two teams.

I don’t “hate” on the “winners” as I have no problem with the Phillies, Tigers, Rays, Angels, or most other recent winning clubs.

The Cardinals don’t rank high for me simply because LaRussa’s ego combined with Pujols ego are enough to go round for all of baseball – but I’d still leave them in the teens or 20s.
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By: kosmo

kosmo — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:16:52 +0000

Evan – I’m that way with most sports, but not baseball, track, or luge. In the case of baseball, I’m a fan of baseball first, the National League second, and the Rockies third.

Tyson – but the TOR GM says chances of a Halladay deal are very slim. You’re not suggesting that he’s simply trying to gain leverage by making this statement …
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By: Tyson

Tyson — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:26:00 +0000

For me I truly am not a big baseball fan, but the two teams I cheer for most are the two closest in proximity: Toronto (go Canada) and Minnesota. When I was younger my family and I would go to Minneapolis for a week every summer and a baseball game would be included, so the Twins became and have stuck as my favourite. Plus I admire how team management, on a tight budget, year in year out seems to be able to put out a team that competes and has made the playoffs a few times the last few years. Been tough watching guys like Santana leave though. Feels like it is happening all over again with Halladay.
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By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:10:59 +0000

Interesting idea. My problem with sports in general is that I follow “my” teams, and am fairly indifferent towards other teams, unless they are a team I dislike (Mets, Yankees, and increasingly the Red Sox), or a team that is in a pennant/playoff race with a team I root for. There are some teams, though, that are hard to dislike, such as the Cardinals. That’s probably because they are rich in tradition, AND have really good fans who aren’t obnoxious (OK, I admit, that is quite a statement coming from a Philadelphia sports fan).

I think other teams that drop on my list are teams like the Rays and Dodgers, who seem to have large numbers of apathetic fans or bandwagon jumpers. The Rays drew nobody until into the playoffs last year, and then everybody was a fan. And I know there is tons to do in L.A., but it was shameful to see the empty seats in the playoffs last year. In Philly, I know people who payed hundreds, and even thousands, for tickets, while my cousin (a southeastern PA transplant in CA) was able to easily get tickets for the Phillies/Dodgers series.

Maybe the attitude of the fans shouldn’t affect my view of a team, but when we’ve waited so long for a winner, I just shake my head when I see fans not appreciate their teams.
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