World Series Matchup Sentiment Poll

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Of all the options available, which World Series matchup would most interest you?

[Ceetar]

Beltran versus the Tigers

[MFS62]

The Orioles make the people of St. Louis wish they still had a two team town.

Later

[G-Fafif]

Not the MFYs versus Not the MFYs.

[Zvon]

I wanna see Ichiro have an amazing series in spite of the fact that Lil Davey Washington slays the goliath Skanks.

[Vic Sage]

Wash v Balt has:
* a regional rivalry,
* 2 teams that haven't been there in recent memory (or ever),
* with both having playoff seasons off of sub-.500 years,
* they are both young and evenly matched,
* Davey Johnson v Buck Showalter, and
* neither team is the Yankmees

[seawolf17]

G-Fafif wrote: Not the MFYs versus Not the MFYs.

This, pretty much.

I went Cincinnati/Texas, because I have good friends who are fans of each.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

I went with the Nationals because I'm a sucker for teams that have never made it to the World Series before and have a lot of friends who are Nats fans. And on the other side I went with the team from my wife's native Michigan.

[dinosaur jesus]

Some nice rematches there: Reds-Orioles 1970, Reds-Tigers 1940, Browns-Cardinals 1944, Tigers-Cardinals 1934, Cardinals-A's 1931. I kind of like the idea of Connie Mack's Athletics trying to turn the tables on Hank Gowdy and the 1914 Miracle Braves. Except that of course I don't like the idea of the Braves in the Series again at all.

Baltimore is the one team I'd really like to see there. And the NL opponent that offends me least is Cincinnati.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Cincinnati-Baltimore. I have two friends who are loony for the Orioles, and they could use a good year. Cincy is just the lesser of four evils to me. Oakland wouldn't bother me either.

[metirish]

I voted Nats and Texas..... wouldn't mind seeing Texas win one of these things.


but seriously, as long as it's not you know who I'm happy.

[Edgy MD]

I like to think of potential matchups in terms of which prominent player's legacy the two teams most fully share.

Baltimore-Cincy: That would be the All-Frank Robinson Series.

Atlanta-Texas: The All-Jeff Burroughs Series?

[Guest Swan Swan H]

I want Washington to make it about as much as I want the Yankees to. Something about those guys absolutely rubs me wrong. If they play the Braves I'll sit on the couch and do the chop.

[Frayed Knot]

I honestly think the Nats are best team I've seen all year - and since Willets asked for cold, hard analysis (as opposed to preference) that's my NL choice.
Then I'll go totally the other way with the AL and go with Oakland (even though I barely know who's on the team) based on them being hot and having pitching even though the pitchers are all rookies and are all 16 years old.



on edit: actually Willets asked for cold, hard analysis in the other thread but I got them mixed up.
Oh well.


Preference? Well ... you know.

[TransMonk]

San Fran vs. Detroit...only because that was my pre-season pick.

I have a feeling there will be an all-time low amount of playoff baseball wathcing in my household this season.

[bmfc1]

I want Baltimore and I don't want Washington. Any combination involving those 2 is fine.

But the way this season has gone, I'm expecting WSH v MFY.

[batmagadanleadoff]

metirish wrote: I voted Nats and Texas..... wouldn't mind seeing Texas win one of these things. but seriously, as long as it's not you know who I'm happy.

Don't forget that the last team in Washington became the Texas Rangers. So there's that. I'd like nothing more than an all Wild-Card series. That's what I usually root for unless the you know who's are a WC team.

[ashie62]

Oakland kids v Washington highly touted kids

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Swan Swan H wrote: Cincinnati-Baltimore. I have two friends who are loony for the Orioles, and they could use a good year. Cincy is just the lesser of four evils to me. Oakland wouldn't bother me either.

This, down to the last period. Exactly.

[seawolf17]

I like to think of potential matchups in terms of which prominent player's legacy the two teams most fully share. Baltimore-Cincy: That would be the All-Frank Robinson Series. Atlanta-Texas: The All-Jeff Burroughs Series?

ATL-BAL: Davey Johnson
ATL-DET: Darrell Evans
ATL-OAK: Tim Hudson
ATL-TEX: Jeff Burroughs (or Kevin Millwood)
ATL-MFY: Who Gives A Crap
CIN-BAL: Frank Robinson
CIN-DET: Sam Crawford (historical); Dmitri Young (modern)
CIN-OAK: Scott Hatteberg (although Joe Morgan spent 1984 in Oakland)
CIN-TEX: Buddy Bell
CIN-MFY: Ken Griffey Sr (because I refuse to give it to Paul O'Neill)
STL-BAL: Chuck Diering or Jim Dwyer
STL-DET: Placido Polanco
STL-OAK: Mark McGwire
STL-TEX: Luis Alicea? Todd Zeile? Darrell Porter? (the least impressive group)
STL-MFY: Enos Slaughter or Lindy McDaniel (long histories there)
SF-BAL: Stu Miller
SF-DET: incredibly, Darrell Evans again
SF-OAK: Vida Blue (or Barry Zito, if you prefer)
SF-TEX: Will Clark or Gaylord Perry
SF-MFY: Dave Righetti, when you include his coaching career out there
WAS-BAL: Davey Johnson again
WAS-DET: Pudge Rodriguez
WAS-OAK: Matt Stairs?
WAS-TEX: Pudge Rodriguez again (although there's obviously Washington --> Texas old time history there)
WAS-MFY: Nick Johnson

Only included current iteration of the Nats, although it's not all that impressive.

edit: Changed WAS-BAL to Davey.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Washington vs. Baltimore. Washington because of Davey Johnson. And Baltimore because of, well, because of Davey Johnson!

[Frayed Knot]

seawolf17 wrote: WAS-OAK: Matt Stairs?

Last winter's Gio Gonzalez trade
Gio from Oak to Wash .... Tommy Milone + Derek Norris (plus minor leaguers) to Oak

Plus this summer's deal sending Kurt Suzuki to Wash [262 ABs w/Oak, 146 w/Wash]

[Edgy MD]

That's some impressive work.

I'd give Atlanta/Yankees either to Sheffield or Phil F. Niekro.

I hate when somebody walks the whole course with a perfectly beautiful one team career and the Yankees drive by in a big stupid limo and drive him the last block --- Niekro, Jose Cruz, Ichiro. (/spits)

I bet they still wonder why they couldn't get Tony Gwynn into that car.

[HahnSolo]

Cincy-Oakland. 40th anniversary of one of the best and most underrated postseasons ever.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Washington vs. Baltimore. Washington because of Davey Johnson. And Baltimore because of, well, because of Davey Johnson!

It hadn't occurred to me that Nationals - Orioles would be Manager Davey Johnson versus his old team. It lends a little extra intrigue to a Chesapeake & Potomac Series.

[Edgy MD]

It's funny that Texas doesn't have a lot of hybrid stars for a franchise that old. The legends of Texas are rarely shared.

NYY-TEX: Alex Rodriguez, obviously

WAS-TEX: Pudge Rodriguez (but also Frank Howard or Ted Williams, if you count Senators)

[HahnSolo]

ATL - TEX -- Mark Teixeira?

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I was thinking of him, but passed, based in part on Burroughs' MVP. Checking now, Teixiera had 20.4 WAR as a Ranger and 5.8 as a Brave. Burroughs was 7.5 in Texas and 5.6 in Atlanta. Teixiera is the better Branger.

Two things I learned about Jeff Burroughs:
1) He was a teenaged Washington Senator who went with the team down to Texas.
2) If you believe in BB-R's defensive metrics, he gave a lot of his productivity back on defense, and if he wasn't hitting at an MVP level, he wasn't helping much at all.

Had a great batting eye, though. Before it was cool to have one, too.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Yeah, I was thinking of him, but passed, based in part on Burroughs' MVP. Checking now, Teixiera had 20.4 WAR as a Ranger and 5.8 as a Brave. Burroughs was 7.5 in Texas and 5.6 in Atlanta. Teixiera is the better Branger. Two things I learned about Jeff Burroughs: 1) He was a teenaged Washington Senator who went with the team down to Texas. 2) If you believe in BB-R's defensive metrics, he gave a lot of his productivity back on defense, and if he wasn't hitting at an MVP level, he wasn't helping much at all. Had a great batting eye, though. Before it was cool to have one, too.

All four of them. I can't find a good shot, but in my mind's eye he's wearing eyeglasses the size of windshields. This pic does not do them justice.

[Edgy MD]

Just became an A's fan.