Of course anything can happen, but if I am Boston or Cleveland, I really do not want to face a team that has won what -- is it 21 of 22 now?
I lost track... heh
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Of course anything can happen, but if I am Boston or Cleveland, I really do not want to face a team that has won what -- is it 21 of 22 now?
I lost track... heh
Think so. I believe the Rockies are now close to beating a record for wins set in 1936. I'm looking forward to this Series more than any I've watched in recent years. It's going to be fun.
What I do face with some dread is next season. If the NLW was tough this season, what's the division going to be like next year, with four, maybe five, competitive teams?
That and both NLCS teams are fairly new and have young fan bases, so there aren't many transplants around the country that care about them. That's not Phoenix or Denver's fault, but it is what it is.
Spoken like someone who's never lived here. You can't equate the entire west coast, or even California, or even southern California with just Hollywood. It would be like me claiming that the east coast is just like Manhattan.
There clearly are differences with west coast fans, but every part of the country is different from the northeast. Factors for best coasters:
1) Until about 50 years ago, there were no pro teams west of St. Louis. Family traditions of rooting for a particular team just haven't been around as long.
2) A huge percentage of us are transplants or only second-generation residents whose families rooted for teams in another part of the country.
3) East coast media-bias ignores most sports teams outside the northeast. ESPN seems to have just recently noticed that the Rockies are a pretty good team. Those of us who track the NL West could have told you that a while ago. On the other hand, I knew already that the Indians were good whether I wanted to or not.
4) Time zone differences mean that it's much easier for someone here to watch a night game from the east coast than vice-versa.
5) As a general rule, we're a lot more laid back, less hostile and less argumentative than, say, New Yorkers. What they see as lack of passion is really just picking more important things to argue about.
6) We have no local tabloids that make up crazy crap about our local athletes, at least not at the level as in Boston or NYC. This is probably just a journalistic reaction to #5.
7) Maybe this just applies to Socal, but it's so sunny here that it's hard to be as angry or arrogant as a lot of NY fans often seem to be. If I heard someone do these kinds of rants in person, I'd probably think, "Geez, what's this guy's problem?"
Well said. I grew up in the Northeast, as a Mets fan. But even then, we knew that Yankee fans were a different breed. Being a Mets fan (in those days, at least), was a kind of personal statement. It was partly about not being a Yankees fan. I don't know what it's like now, but back then it didn't matter that the Mets played like crap in a blue and orange stadium in a place appropriately called Flushing Meadows. At least we weren't Yankee fans. The Mets didn't owe us nuthin' else.
The West Coast fans are a little different, but so much as some might think. Both the Dodgers and the Angels draw some of the biggest crowds in the game. I've been to plenty of sellout games at Dodger Stadium and people stand up and cheer just like at any other ballpark. The rivalry between the California teams is as intense as any East Coast rivalry. The main difference is that the fans on the East Coast don't know about it, or maybe don't care to.
That's a huge factor,for me anyway,as to why I'm not able to catch as many west coast games. A couple years ago I got the baseball package for the dish. When you're up at five in the morning,it's tough to watch games that get over after one in the morning night after night.
Congrats to the Rockies on an amazing run, they look very, very good.
...Now hopefully Cleveland will get things done over in the ALCS. I think they are fully capable of taking the series. It's weird having Kenny Lofton back again, I remember him well from the '95 season. Now if only we could get Julio Franco back for the ultimate reunion...
...Now hopefully Cleveland will get things done over in the ALCS. I think they are fully capable of taking the series. It's weird having Kenny Lofton back again, I remember him well from the '95 season. Now if only we could get Julio Franco back for the ultimate reunion...
Now if only we could get Julio Franco back for the ultimate reunion...
Carlos Baerga can't be too busy these days either.
Some of them even stay for the 7th inning!
I've been to a Dodgers-Angels game in Dodger Stadium.
It was a fun game, but it was a snooze fest.
No energy at all.
You could also make the argument that a lot of NY fans were pissed off when the Dodgers and Giants left NY. Since both of those teams were transplants to the west. A lot of old timers did not like the fact that they moved.
It's pretty well-documented that the original Mets fans were mostly former Dodger and Giant fans who couldn't bring themselves to root for the local AL team. And the Mets' new owners knew this would be the case: the Mets' colors are a combo of the Dodgers' and Giants most prominent colors!
That's also a bit of a cliche. The Dodgers and the Angels aren't in the same league, so the game you saw was either an exhibition game or an interleague game. Most of both are a snooze. But at least you had a "fun" snooze. Pleasant dreams!
Some of those old-timers are even still alive. What's your point?
They're very capable..People may forget the Indians won 93 games two years ago.Were it not for a rough couple last weeks at the end of 05,it may have been much different..Fun team to watch for sure..Tho the guy beating the drum gets tedious at times
Lineup just came out..Ellsbury not in..Bottom of the lineup is Crisp-Lugo-Mirabelli..Francona's getting ripped already here,lol...
Fun team to watch for sure..Tho the guy beating the drum gets tedious at times
I was born with the sound of the drum in my ears, so for me its part of the game. He buys a ticket for the drum, so it has a right to be there.
I was born with the sound of the drum in my ears, so for me its part of the game. He buys a ticket for the drum, so it has a right to be there.
A ticket for the drum??Damn..Is he at every game?
Couldn't agree more. I really want to see them win the entire thing.
The trajectory of the ball was too high.
You're reaching. You've even seen them stand up and cheer? Must be the same thing as in Boston.
The tradition here is just so much more ingrained than it is out there. You can't help but be indoctrinated from the age of 5 and live it for the rest of your life. LA is a lot of things, but it's not that, in any way.
They stole the Indians video footage too. Maybe they should give it back to the Red Sox.
Looks like the Red Sox found the Byrd Feed.
They stole the Indians video footage too. Maybe they should give it back to the Red Sox.
Looks like the Red Sox found the Byrd Feed.
So how about them Yankees?