World Series 2022--Pick A Side

[bmfc1]

Not who you think will win but who do you WANT to win? You gotta pick, you can't say "F 'em both".



Astros: CON: They cheated in 2017 et al.

Houston is in Texas.

Ted Cruz is a fan.

PRO: They beat the Yankees.

They aren't the Phillies.

They have one ex-Met, even if you've forgotten about Rafael Montero.

Dusty Baker has never won a World Series (see the next post)



Phillies: CON: We hate them. They hate us more.

Do we really want to hear "the Mets play the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies"? (Hearing "the Mets play the National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies" will be tough enough.)

PRO: They aren't the Astros.

They beat Atlanta.

NL East solidarity!

"Abbott Elementary" is a good show.

Bryce Harper winning a Series will piss off Nationals fans.

They have two ex-Mets, Zack Wheeler and Noah Syndergaard. Make it three: I forgot about Brad Hand.

The 6th seed in the NL playoffs, the last team to make it into the playoffs, shouldn't win the World Series.

Edited October 23, 2022 by Guest

[G-Fafif]

A ring for Dusty.



https://bttalks.com/dusty-baker-tributeThis story makes an Astros' victory more than palatable.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Phillies. So I can read and watch moronic World Series takes about how the Astros choked and lack character all because they lost the WS despite having the better regular season record. All this after having read and watched moronic playoff takes all month long about how the teams with the better records lost to teams with lesser records. But we've been through this already.

[Fman99]

Phuck no

[metsmarathon]

astros, easy. but i'll be rooting hard for wheeler and syndergaard to have great personal successes.

[kcmets]

I want the Astros to win because I took them to win it all and I want

my one-hundred cranebucks prize. Wanting and seeing Philly phans

crying in their Yuengling will just be an added bonus.



¡'stros in six!



#lgm #ygb #ymdyf

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

I think the Astros will roll over them like they've pretty much rolled over everyone else. But I have to stick to my NL East loyalties.

[DocTee]

Gotta go with the Senior Circuit.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Astros. I don't want to be surrounded by Phillie Mania.

[TransMonk]

Easy. The Stros.



Philly fans are almost as obnoxious as Yankee fans.

[duan]

tough to do put picked the Astros.

Though I did catch Harper's homer last night live and it was a pretty dandy moment.

[Edgy MD]

I picked the Phillies, and then I read the pros and cons and I quickly defected to the Astros.



I can't root for Bryce Harper, and it just felt gross pretending to for a minute there.

[Benjamin Grimm]

=bmfc1 post_id=111843 time=1666585846 user_id=73]
The 6th seed in the NL playoffs, the last team to make it into the playoffs, shouldn't win the World Series.

[vtmet7]

this is a tough one...but out of all the teams that were left once the Mets/Guardians were eliminated (It was my "ideal" matchup), I can live with the Phils vs Astros...



The way that I look at it: disappointed that the Mets and Guardians were eliminated; but at least the smug Braves; over-budget/over-worshipped Yanks/Dodgers; and annoying Cards/Pads were also sent packing (Pads: Mets always seem to struggle vs them, plus their uniforms are uglier than shit, every single one of them; Cards: need I say more?)...



the 'stros got caught, but it's not like anyone other than Yankees/Braves/Dodgers fans don't believe that they have been equally as guilty of doing things that were morally corrupt in building "winners"...at least the Astros don't choke vs the Yankees like most other AL teams do...



the "biggest losers in sports history"? so many reasons to hate the Philthy phillies...but at the same time, are any of the current players/management to blame for my phillies angst?

if you think about it, they have a bit of Mets in them:

Wheeler/Syndergard: coulda/shoulda be doing this for the Mets;

the 2022 Phillies like the 1973 Mets were under-achieving until something snapped mid-season;

in the case of the Mets, it was Tug McGraw "mocking" M Donald Grant. https://newyorkmets.medium.com/ya-gotta-believe-5c7ad4e3683dhttps://newyorkmets.medium.com/ya-gotta-believe-5c7ad4e3683d

in the case of the Philiies, it was the firing of Joe Girardi. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bryce-harper-appears-to-take-shot-at-joe-girardi-after-phillies-sweep-first-series-since-firing-manager/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/bryce-harper-appears-to-take-shot-at-joe-girardi-after-phillies-sweep-first-series-since-firing-manager/

[vtmet7]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: =bmfc1 post_id=111843 time=1666585846 user_id=73] The 6th seed in the NL playoffs, the last team to make it into the playoffs, shouldn't win the World Series.

It really is absurd that a third-place team, one that finished 14 games out of first place, is in the World Series.

[TransMonk]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: =bmfc1 post_id=111843 time=1666585846 user_id=73] The 6th seed in the NL playoffs, the last team to make it into the playoffs, shouldn't win the World Series.

It really is absurd that a third-place team, one that finished 14 games out of first place, is in the World Series.

[Ceetar]

Astros all the way. Astros are good. They have good players. The phillies are scum and rivals. It's a no-brainer. Imagine rooting for PHiladelphia anything? lol. The Phillies are like, the textbook definition of biggest losers.

[vtmet7]

from the phillies wiki page:



As of October 1, 2022, the team has played 21,203 games, winning 10,019 games and losing 11,184.[9]



the Phillies are a team historically associated with futility, being the first American sports franchise to amass over 10,000 losses; the team holds the world record for most ever losses by a single team in all of professional sports.[10]

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

If we go back to the springtime and the who-do-we-fear threads I think I'd have said Philly because they really do have a nice lineup. Then we played them only to discover they cut too many corners and looked like a wilpon era Mets squad.



Just the damage they've done to Girardi's reputation as a leader of men is impressive and I have a lot of friends-- including Josh who passed away suddenly this summer and would have been on cloud 9-- who love the Phils so I'm going with them. Go Phillies. I said it.

[Lefty Specialist]

I like that the Nats won the World Series AFTER they dumped Bryce Harper. I'd like his ringless streak to continue.



Better the Astros than the Yankees. I'll be banging my trash cans for them to win in 6.

[The Hot Corner]

I went with the Astros, not really a fan, but at least they're not the Phillies.

[Ceetar]

As a rule I think I'd always root for the AL in the World Series unless New York is involved.

[kcmets]

Right, that rooting for the Senior Circuit and NL East loyalty is completely

lost on me. Aside from the Cardinals 'birds on the bat' logo I can't think of

one nice thing to say about any other National League team.



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[Fman99]

=Ceetar post_id=111895 time=1666643450 user_id=102]
Astros all the way. Astros are good. They have good players. The phillies are scum and rivals. It's a no-brainer. Imagine rooting for PHiladelphia anything? lol. The Phillies are like, the textbook definition of biggest losers.

[batmagadanleadoff]

=Ceetar post_id=111895 time=1666643450 user_id=102]
Imagine rooting for PHiladelphia anything? lol.

[vtmet7]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=111920 time=1666702943 user_id=68]
=Ceetar post_id=111895 time=1666643450 user_id=102]
Imagine rooting for PHiladelphia anything? lol.

[Ceetar]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=111920 time=1666702943 user_id=68]
=Ceetar post_id=111895 time=1666643450 user_id=102]
Imagine rooting for PHiladelphia anything? lol.

[Bob Alpacadaca]

I'm a National Leaguer through and through. I'll pull for the Phillies.

[ashie62]

Phillies. I hope my relatives get a championship

[whippoorwill]

I'll be rooting (such as it is) because I'm still not over the 1986 Astros