NLDS Rooting interest poll: Cubs-Dodgers

[Benjamin Grimm]

Who would you like to see win the NLDS?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Just want as good series here. The problem is, Bill Madden wins either way since he thinks its Lou vs. Joe.

[Guest sharpie]

Cubs. Put those 20th Century "curses" (Red Sox, White Sox, Cubs) to rest. If the Cubs win every time the year ends in 08 that's ok with me.

[metirish]

This is a tough one for me as I don't have problems with either team , voted Cubs though but would be as happy for the Dodgers.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm glad that the Cubs drought lasted a full 100 years. (If they do win the World Series, the Series will certainly end on a later date than it did in 1908.)

I voted Dodgers, mainly because the Cubs are a team that I like to see lose.

[Vic Sage]

my general misanthropy makes me root for the Cubs, because if they win the world series, it will mean the end of days is nigh.

[bmfc1]

I surprised myself by voting for the Cubs. Pinella's a jerk but I'll take his over LA because of Joe Torre.

[soupcan]

Big Blue Wrecking Crew.

Tough one.

I was a Dodger fan as a little kid but I wouldn't mind seeing the Cubbies win.

[Guest themetfairy]

[G-Fafif]

I historically hate the Cubs but I downright dislike the Dodgers. The world stands to gain nothing from a Dodgers title. The Cubs thing...who knows? We've never seen it. Going for the unknown (though I'll probably turn on them at some point; I was quietly gleeful at the moment of Bartman).

[Guest AG/DC]

I'm rooting for the Dodgers because Zambrano is a big ape and Pinella is a maniac.

On the other hand, my friend Guiseppe is a high school classmate of Steve Bartman, who reportedlyloves the Cubs all over, and even when he was driven out of town, moved to Cubs territory in Arizona. I'd like to see the guy get off the hook. FOX and McCarver really need to get their share of shit for that.

Edited October 1, 2008 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

AG/DC wrote: FOX and McCarver really need to get their share of shit for that.

Moises Alou, too.

[Guest AG/DC]

I'm guessing you point at Alou for waiting years before letting the guy off the hook.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Actually I blamed him at the time. His reaction was a bit much. If he had just turned around and resumed his position, I don't think everyone would have been as freaked.

I know it's hard to say such things for sure, but as I was watching (this was a rare non-Mets game that I actually watched) I got the impression that the Cubs tightened up after that play and I think if Moises had taken a "no big deal" attitude that might not have happened.

[Frayed Knot]

What I want to know is how the guy in the seat next to Bartman who ALSO reached for the ball and was just as responisble for denying Alou a chance (small chance) at the catch got away with none of the retribution that was heaped on the Harry Potter-faced sap.

It was like the city executed Sacco while letting Venzetti slide.

[Guest AG/DC]

There were more or less a half dozen folks lunging at that ball.

[Frayed Knot]

Oh sure, but two specifically who were in position to make contact with it.
So in assigning just the fans' portion of blame, Bartman gets, at most, 60/40 with the other one.
Instead, it somehow wound up 100/0

[metsmarathon]

how much would it tweak the yankees to see the dispatched joe torre win the whole damned thing?

that said, i think the yankee fans would like it.

so i vote cubs.

[metirish]

="metsmarathon"]how much would it tweak the yankees to see the dispatched joe torre win the whole damned thing? that said, i think the yankee fans would like it. so i vote cubs.

Between Torre and the 84 wins Hank must be pissed.

[Guest Kong76]

Pinella by a nose.

[Valadius]

Cubs. Let them have their championship this year.

[stevejrogers]

I hate both franchises, so tough choice.

Eh, why not a brief stay of execution for the Cubs.

I think Bartman gets most of the grief also because he just looked so dorky with the glasses and radio headphones, so at the time the director couldn't help but zero on him after the fact, as well as fans in his section that had him "tossed". If it was just a normal looking fan, no one would probably noticed or cared.

[MFS62]

KC wrote: Pinella by a nose.

That's the way I feel. I would root for the Taliban over the team that deserted us. The fact that its the Cubs makes it close.

Later

[Guest cooby]

You forgot "who cares?"

[Willets Point]

The only reason I'd like to see the Dodgers succeed is that I like Manny Ramirez and thought he was given too much shit by Boston fans. That said, I've hated the Dodgers since they betrayed Brooklyn (which was 15 years before I was born, so that's a deep-seated hate). Also, I couldn't bear to hear all the Torre glurge.

This decade has been good for ending World Series droughts (Angels, Red Sox & White Sox). So why not this year the Cubs?

[stevejrogers]

Willets Point wrote: The only reason I'd like to see the Dodgers succeed is that I like Manny Ramirez and thought he was given too much shit by Boston fans.

After what he's been pulling the last few years, you don't think he deserves it?

[Guest AG/DC]

"Dorks bring it on themselves. Film at eleven."

[stevejrogers]

The guy sat out with fake injuries, everyone in that clubhouse thought he was a cancer that had to be removed, I mean it got to the point where Francona was all "its either him or me."

Manny deserved the shit he got, and it would serve both him and Boras right if NO ONE offered him anywhere close to what they are asking for.

[Elster88]

I don't care too much. I'm going against Torre and Manny. I still hold a slight grudge against the Dodgers.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

LA- my best man is a huge Dodgers fan who always roots with me for the Mets when his team's out (including in 2006), so I'm rooting for the Dodgers to win it all, even over the Amazin Rays (and despite Torre and Kent).