Second Favorite Team

[Hammerin Hank]

You can tell by almost everyone's moniker, avatar, or sig line who their favorite team is but who is your second favorite MLB team you root for? I know many don't have a second favorite but if you had to choose who would you follow?

[Ravenlord]

Cubs or Pirates

[Hammerin Hank]

I'd have to choose between the White Sox, Athletics, and Devil Rays. I've been following the Sox longer so I'll vote for them.

[Bob Hannah]

Baltimore.

Hey Hank, where's Washington?

[RuthMayBond]

I gotta admire what the A's & Twins have done on little payroll

[Ontarioguy]

I thought it was the White Sox, but I'm not so sure anymore

Expos will always be #1...

[ElHalo]

I follow the Red Sox more than any other (non-Yankee) team, and I like most of the guys on that team (with the notable exceptions of Schilling and Ortiz). I watched a lot of Tigers baseball growing up, so I have a soft spot for them. But I'd probably have to say St. Louis. My favorite teams of all time were the Gashouse Gang Cards of the 30's, who featured my favorite all time player (Pepper Martin) and my favorite all time pitcher (Dizzy Dean). I loved Vince Coleman and the Herzog Cards of the 80's, and though I for some reason can't stand Scot Rolen, I like the current team (would like them more if Ankiel pitched there). So I go with St. Louis.

[Mattingly]

Originally Posted by Bob Hannah

Baltimore.

Hey Hank, where's Washington?

He must've used Montreal instead. I wonder how Ontarioguy feels about this.

Me, it's between the BoSox and the Metsies.

[Ontarioguy]

Originally Posted by Mattingly

I wonder how Ontarioguy feels about this.

I thought I was ready to move on to the Chisox but it just doesn't feel right. There are other factors aswell, such as my stubborn pride. I refuse to pay $$ to MLB to earn the rights to online audiocasts.

I can either quit on MLB, or jump on the Yankee bandwagon, since I get a local station just across the border in upstate NY and I get WCBS clearly at night.

I'm really lost right now, I like baseball too much to just ditch it but I'm not sure I can adopt.

I had been frequenting this sight much less lately, but it's getting warmer and in recent days I've been posting more. I'm starting to miss baseball. Baseball has a pretty tight grip on me and the idea of listening to Yankees baseball on a daily basis isn't as repulsive as it once seemed.

It's tough no matter what happens...

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Next to the Yankees I have had three other favorite teams.

The Expos
The Braves
The Mariners

In the early nineties I admired the Braves because they build a team out of their own farm system. Other teams can take that as an example.

I have always had a soft spot for the Expos and Mariners.

[csh19792001]

Originally Posted by Hammerin Hank

You can tell by almost everyone's moniker, avatar, or sig line who their favorite team is but who is your second favorite MLB team you root for? I know many don't have a second favorite but if you had to choose who would you follow?

Great idea for a thread!!

I'd have to go with the Cardinals- they've got the tradition (1882-present), the integrity (many of their stars evinced it, as have their loyal fans), and the success (20 pennants, 9 World Championships)- not too shabby for a non NY, midwest/relatively small city franchise. I also am a big fan of Pujols, Rolen, Edmonds and company, in addition to the Cardinal historical heroes.

[west coast orange and black]

the orioles.

i was taught to appreciate the defense end of it: robinsons, blefary, blair, johnson, aparicio, belanger, buford, et al.

it was only later did i realize that the orange and black thing would be running thread in my life.

[Mattingly]

Originally Posted by Ontarioguy

I thought I was ready to move on to the Chisox but it just doesn't feel right. There are other factors aswell, such as my stubborn pride. I refuse to pay $$ to MLB to earn the rights to online audiocasts.

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I'm really lost right now, I like baseball too much to just ditch it but I'm not sure I can adopt.

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It's tough no matter what happens...

You and your fellow Montrealers (is that right?) may consider just becoming baseball fans. You could also visit thte Brooklyn Dodger forum, asking how forumers there felt about baseball when their team left. It would be interesting seeing how they'd followed it, despite seeing their familes' and friends' beloved palace/castle of many years being torn away right their very eyes.

While I've never experienced this and can't personally relate, I'd be devastated if the Yankees ever moved, and can at least try my best as a baseball fan to relate to you guys, as I've tried doing here under CE and in the past under BBF's Expos forum. I can only try.

Yeah, it can be tough. There's the NY Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston/Milwaukee Braves forums for teams which have ceased to exist. You may try asking how they've felt.

If you'd like, I could also post something here, asking for fans of other teams how they'd felt about the loss and how they followed baseball. Or either of us could do so in the individual team forums.

Au Revoir, Les Expos: 1969-2004: RIP

[Bluesteve32]

I was looking for anyone playing the A's, Mariners, Rangers and Dodgers.

[Aa3rt]

After the departure of the Senators, I could NEVER bring myself to follow the hated Orioles.

I started following both the Red Sox and White Sox from afar. Now that the Red Sox have won a World Series, I'll be following the White Sox more intently.

[Aegis]

My favorite teams are the Braves and Red Sox. After that, it's the Phillies, Orioles, and Tigers. I'll probably be focused on the latter three the most at the start of the season.

[Clockwork]

Since the Phillies usually spend most of the time making me mad, I root for the Orioles because there not that far away and I hate the Yanks and the Sox, and I usually root for the success of the Expos/Nationals despite them being in the Phils' division. I'd like to go down to RFK this year to see a Nats game.

[antihipster]

I bleed red, as I am a Cardinals fan all the way. No second fave here.

[bigtime39]

Originally Posted by west coast orange and black

the orioles.

i was taught to appreciate the defense end of it: robinsons, blefary, blair, johnson, aparicio, belanger, buford, et al.

it was only later did i realize that the orange and black thing would be running thread in my life.

My wife has noted that I spend half my life dressed for halloween!

[bigtime39]

Behind the Orioles, I'm always rooting for whatever team is playing the Yankee$...I'll now have to transition from feeling sympathy for the vagabond Expos to at least some positive feelings for the Nationals.

[rudy]

It was always the Expos. And now that they are gone, I have to get a new NL team. I think I'll make it the Cubs, only because I have been rooting for them to make it to the World Series for years, if only just to experience it (like I rooted for the Red Sox for the past number of years when the Jays were eliminated from contention, although now that they've won it, I could care less for them)

[Yankee Pride]

Obviously Yanks are my best , but this year with El Duque and Contreras on the White Sox , I'll have to say Chicago as my 2nd favorite. I love cuban baseball!!

[Ontarioguy]

Originally Posted by Mattingly

You and your fellow Montrealers (is that right?) may consider just becoming baseball fans. You could also visit thte Brooklyn Dodger forum, asking how forumers there felt about baseball when their team left. It would be interesting seeing how they'd followed it, despite seeing their familes' and friends' beloved palace/castle of many years being torn away right their very eyes.

While I've never experienced this and can't personally relate, I'd be devastated if the Yankees ever moved, and can at least try my best as a baseball fan to relate to you guys, as I've tried doing here under CE and in the past under BBF's Expos forum. I can only try.

Yeah, it can be tough. There's the NY Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston/Milwaukee Braves forums for teams which have ceased to exist. You may try asking how they've felt.

If you'd like, I could also post something here, asking for fans of other teams how they'd felt about the loss and how they followed baseball. Or either of us could do so in the individual team forums.

Au Revoir, Les Expos: 1969-2004: RIP

Thanks for the concern Mattingly. I remember a while back, Jackie42 told us things really won't get any better, there will be days where you just get depressed again. That's been happening to me every now and then during the winter months.

From what I can tell, most of the BRK. fans have casually adopted the Mets. Not out of true love for the Mets, but just to follow a team in particular and MLB with it. I think that may be what happens with me and the Yankees.

By the way Mattingly, 'Montrealers' is correct. Trivia: Montrealers in french is 'Montréalais'

[BalsaWoodKeyBoard]

I think that like most Chicago natives, although we may blow a lot of hot air about the rivalry, I'd be pretty happy to see the White Sox win too. I really hold nothing serious against them...except during a 3 day period two times a year....

[Donnybrook @ Second base]

I like the D Rays, I kinda feel bad for them, and they have a cool hat.