Polling LL!! Who's your most hated team.
by dpseadv on Oct 18, 2008 3:07 PM PDT
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Lot of talk lately about the most hated team. The big bad wolf. The evil empire. Talk is talk, lets put it to the LL community and settle this thing.
I'm limiting my choices to the teams I feel are the most hated, this isn't a basket primary, this isn't a two party deal either. If there's a team you feel is deserving and is not represented, put it down for a write in!
Save your rhetoric! Vote!
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I'm savoring this moment. 100% Yankees. Unfortunately it won't last.
How I loathe the Yankme’s. Steinbrenner and his progeny. The entitlement, their history. The notion that the road to the World Series leads through them.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Oct 18, 2008 3:12 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't doubt for a second including them didn't cross my mind.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Oct 18, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yankees.
It has to be the Yankees. Even though the Boston fans have probably been worse in the last couple of years than Yankee fans have ever been, the Yankees are pretty much always going to be the team to gun for.
It’s got to be some combination of the pinstripes and no names on the back, Jeter’s bad (but well respected) defense, Showalter’s comments about Griffey’s backwards hat, Paul O’Neill, the ’95 playoffs, the Jeffery Maier incident, the 2000 & 2001 playoffs, and the extreme salaries.
I remember Griffey at one point saying he’d rather retire than play for the Yankees, because of how they treated him when he was a kid and his dad was playing there.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 18, 2008 3:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Lately the Angels have been dominate, but for most of my formative years it seemed like it was the A's.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Oct 18, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have never hated the As except for in 1989, but that was due to the Bay Bridge series.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 18, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My only memory
from 1989 is the first time I rode a bicycle.
by brayden04 on Oct 19, 2008 1:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I figured.
I mean, you’re in grad school and I’ve been out of college for a little bit. So we probably aren’t too different
by brayden04 on Oct 19, 2008 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had my first legal beer in Germany in 1989
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by PositivePaul on Oct 19, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was a senior in High School
And the A’s may have been my most hated team that year.
by Sec 108 on Oct 19, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I used to hate the A's more than the Angels too.
I’m actually surprised I haven’t seen more people agree in this thread.
by Double06 on Oct 19, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They've flip-flopped.
But I hate them both more than I do the Yankees and Sox.
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by PositivePaul on Oct 19, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yankees
- The 2000 ALCS
- The 2001 ALCS
- Their POS Stadium
- Their POS new stadium
- Derek Jeter, who is infinitely more intolerable than any Red Sock
- Their payroll
- Anyone with the last name of Steinbrenner
- Something tells me that even today, they have more bandwagon fans than RSN
- Jeff Maier
- The arrogance of their fans
- The hyping of every single mediocre NYY prospect
- Not entirely unrelated to the last point, ESPN
- Feeling bad for the Mets
- The team’s obnoxious history
- The fact that their fans care more about Boston than they do their team
- A-Rod. Screw you if you say I should be over hating him by now.
- Batteries thrown at Jay Buhner
- Paul O’Neil
by katal on Oct 18, 2008 3:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap! Between you and 2R & 2L's, somebody's keeping track!
Paul O’Neill, what a crybaby. Probably Steinie’s illegitimate son.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Oct 18, 2008 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
The fact that every big-name free-agent comes down to a discussion of will it be the Yankees or that signs them.
by TheEmrys on Oct 19, 2008 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know if you know this, but there is a "warn" feature that moderators can use
by Fogel on Oct 19, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That speaks to one person
this speaks to many
by Jeff on Oct 19, 2008 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see how this is misuse
I was giving you a warning!
by Graham on Oct 19, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why don't I get warnings like this?
Mine usually say things like, “you’re an idiot,” and “Don’t be mean, you’re not Graham,” and “leave, and never come back.”
I’d love some variety.
I suffer for baseball so damn much.
by Taylor H on Oct 20, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Philadelphia Phillies
Knobs are polished by the Media constantly.
Victorino and Rollins are shit-talkers and get upset if anyone else does.
Their fans are the worst in baseball.
They’re poised to win back to back to back MVP awards with none of the players winning deserving it.
For this poll I’m picking the Yankees.
"I got my pregnant wife (the Yankee fan) with me. Hoping my kid learns to kick her everytime the Mets score." -Schifftis-
by future on Oct 18, 2008 4:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
LAAAAAAAAAA
In addition to what they’ve done to the Mariners in recent years, I’m bitter that they were so terrible while I was a fan of theirs as a child, and jealous of their present success. Thunderstix. Rally Monkies. Bandwagon SoCal fans. K-Rod.
Their exit from the post-season this year was delightful.
by Omerta on Oct 18, 2008 4:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Angels-#1 most hated team. Red Sox-1.a
I no longer hate the Yankees.
by Goose on Oct 18, 2008 6:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy shit this poll is way closer than I expected.
At 63 votes anyway.
by Double06 on Oct 18, 2008 7:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate both the Yankees and Angels
but I guess the Yankees a hair more, because if those two met in the postseason I’d want the Yankees to lose more.
Many reasons to hate those two teams, some already listed, but most of all the Yankees for their undeserved (anymore) smarmy sense of entitlement and the Angels for their perceived “scrappiness” and the fact that they turn out to be wimpy pushovers for the Red Sox, etc.
by Sam Regens on Oct 18, 2008 9:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The angels are OK
They don’t have an ungodly budget (yankees) or horrible fans (red sox). They understand how to play the game and the M’s are just the unlucky team that has to get beaten by them. a lot.
by Flamefox111 on Oct 18, 2008 9:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Neither of these are true
They don’t have an ungodly budget (yankees) or horrible fans (red sox).
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Angels
Shitty fans. Division rivals. Mostly annoying players. Douchebag manager.
by Mariner John on Oct 18, 2008 10:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
SOX
It’s not that I really hate the any of the Red Sox at all personally, it’s that I hate everything the Sox represent (media bias, huge payroll, soulless fan bandwagoning)
by Simon Phoenix on Oct 19, 2008 1:06 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
All the same reasons
Except I do hate many of the Red Sox personally:
Youkilis whines perpetually
Crisp starts shit
Pedroia for…well I just don’t like Pedroia
Papelfag for that retarted stare shit he does before every pitch
by staplemaniac on Oct 19, 2008 1:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only Red Sox player I liked was traded to the Dodgers
It didn’t take me long to start hating Bay, either.
by discovolante on Oct 19, 2008 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Angels closely followed by the Sox.
I don’t have much problem with the Yankees, but then again I have been witness to wins from both HoRam and Washburn against them so they don’t seem so scary to me after that.
I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.
by EnglishMariner on Oct 19, 2008 4:42 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
My PISTL Scale has changed...
1) Angels
2) Oakland
3) Yankees
4) Boston
5) White Sox
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by PositivePaul on Oct 19, 2008 7:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I despise the Angels, partially because of how overrated some of their players are.
Torii Hunter, GMJ (who’s been playing at his actual talent level thank God), Garrett Anderson, etc. At least they dumped Kotchman for 2 months of Tex. Imagine if Raul went to LA……
And, of course, they’re our division rivals. Texas and the A’s are too cute to hate.
by Abominable Snowman on Oct 19, 2008 9:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
In second place is the Padres. Oh, those hated Padres.
by Abominable Snowman on Oct 19, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least we always beat up on them
9-game winning streak whooooooooooo!
by katal on Oct 19, 2008 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shouldn't Cleveland be on this list?
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by MarkE on Oct 19, 2008 8:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I kind of like Cleveland, probably because Indians isn't PC.
But I wouldn’t question your choice for an instant, there are no wrong answers! Unless you actually like the Yankme’s, then I will be forced to hunt you down. Just kidding. Maybe.
"Sorry I hit you in the helmet Hank, I meant to hit you in the neck." Stan Williams to Hank Aaron.
by dpseadv on Oct 19, 2008 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not really
I have dislike for the teams in the poll. It’s just that I figure Mariner fans have more actual history with Cleveland than the others.
I don’t have the history to really appreciate how baseball rivalries develop, but having read into Mariner history I’d have thought that 1995 against Cleveland would have ignitied something.
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Sponsor of Jamie Burke's baseball-reference page
by MarkE on Oct 20, 2008 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find it hilarious that the most vehement hate for LAA comes from LL's SoCal users and Gomez so far
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 7:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Born and raised in Vegas too so go figure
by Gomez on Oct 20, 2008 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly
the greatest hate comes from those far south of Seattle
by seattlebruin on Oct 20, 2008 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate the Angels with a firey passion and I have never lived in Southern California.
Central Valley. But I don’t hate the As.
by NOLAmarinergirl on Oct 20, 2008 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
For the sake of the poll
I would have to say its a toss-up between the Empire and the Nation. Both represent all that is wrong with sports…buying championships, bloated payrolls, healthy dose of East Coast bias, loud and obnoxious fans (and loud, obnoxious and dynastic ownership in the case of the Empire), etc. However, since I am a fan of the national league, overall I would rate the Cardinals and Mets as my absolutely most hated teams. The Cardinals because they are the regional rival and I am sooooooo sick of hearing they have the best fans in baseball…bull. They’re just as much slobbering, lazy drunks as the rest of us…well, me at least. The Mets because of an irrational hatred born 4 years before I was linked to a stupid superstition, drug addled former superstars coddled by management and media in the 80s, and that POS stadium of theirs that is finally coming down in a blaze of choking glory.
Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.
by snowyman28 on Oct 20, 2008 12:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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