Another Reader Poll
by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 8, 2009 9:34 PM PDT
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PrintGetting sick of these yet? Once again, I'm just legitimately curious where people stand. Also if you're not a Mariner fan I don't much care for your input.
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I voted Red Sox because Sox/Yanks would probably be the most exciting ALCS matchup.
Although Yankees/Angels is pretty fun, too. I don’t really care that much either way.
Maybe that's what the readers prefer.
I think you should poll them to find out.
by Matthew on Oct 8, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
A few polls and a couple Greatest Hits posts and it's March before you know it!
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
by pdb on Oct 8, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe I'll recycle the World Series posts
by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 8, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Or you could fabricate some sort of awards ceremony and stretch that out over the next couple months
oh wait
Nice Guys Finish Third - My semantics are a waste of time.
by pdb on Oct 8, 2009 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
You should make a poll that says
“I like to molest male kittens because”
with the one answer being “I was touched by Josh Hamilton in my naughty parts” and then everyone that decided it would be funny to answer it will permanently have their answer logged on their user page.
...and now I'm here
I'm always disappointed by the lack of a "Giant asteroid" option
Rocks fall. Everyone dies.
by serotonein on Oct 8, 2009 9:49 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
... But they're playing the Phillies.
Batted .393/.614/.464 for 2009 Diablos, #5 in OBP for PSSBL Rocky Division.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Oct 8, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
That reminds of a terrible ending to a computer game.
Huh.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Meh, I had to think pretty hard about this question a little while ago.
I decided to root for the BoSox on account of the Angels playing in our division, as well as the fact that John Lackey just makes me angry for some unknown reason. Perhaps it’s that he’s good, and as a division rival, I see him be good frequently. That said, it’s not like I’m particularly devoted to pulling for Boston. At this point, I just hope the games are somewhat entertaining.
~Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges~
"Gaming the pole?"
What is that? A new term fror oral?
Uh...Angels?
Thats it, if that many of you voted for the Red Sox I’m done as a Mariners fan.
Carlos Silvelite
Yeah, I did'nt there was such a thing as a 135 Mariner fans...
The 2009 Pregame Picks Winner and Iron Man of Halos Heaven.com
Subject line.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
They must be illiterate.
Also if you’re not a Mariner fan I don’t much care for your input.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
At least he corrected himself on 'think', though.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
blarg..
It’s just a shame that someone has to win!
Fever Pitch vs Angel’s in the Outfield.
I’d rather see the Red Sox win than the Angels, but like the food poisoning/flu comment; it’s like picking the least worst of two horrible choices.
(Go Twins or Roctober – though neither have a shot probably)
I hear if they tie the Mariners get to go onto the next round
by Dewey N on Oct 8, 2009 10:23 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I'm pretty sure the ferocity of a Mike Sweeny hug in the playoffs could cause some mammoth explosions...
Of course, it’s really just a theory and obviously hasn’t been tested. That said, I can’t fathom another team standing against his infectious smile and being lulled into a sense of security right before a bloop single falls in front of them!
~Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges~
I voted for the Sox.
As much as I hate all the douchey Red Sox fans and Dustin Pedroia, I can’t bring myself to vote for the team that sits atop my Hierarchy of Hate. That and they have Vlad Guerrero.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
I don't like any of the AL teams at all
I actually hate the Yankees least of the four, so… yeah.
Go Dodgers?
WHY MUST THE ANGELS RUIN EVERYTHING WE DO
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 8, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
The one phrase that, when uttered, instantly turns the speaker into a douchebag.
FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS! FUCK THE ANGELS!
by Goose on Oct 8, 2009 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
So witty. So clever.
Thanks for reinforcing my opinion of most Angels fans.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
This is needlessly contentious.
...and now I'm here
In retrospect, you're right. I probably should have worded it differently.
I just don’t see the point of his comment, and it came off as another Angels fan being like… well, the majority of Angels fans I’ve interacted with. I’m probably just reading too much into it.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
It was more me just being totally honest about what happened.
I’m a reader of this site, so I sort of just took it from there.
But it’s okay. It took me two weeks just to congratulate the Mariners on their playoff victory over us in the ALCS, so I can sympathize with over-reacting. ;-)
~Till the Halo burns out...
Apologies for jumping the gun.
I need to start saving my GTE-like moments for game threads. I just tend to see red when I see anything to do with halos or Angels.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
It's so hard to choose between two things that taste so delicious.
...and now I'm here
I hate the Red Sox, but not nearly as much as I hate the Angels
My Mariners blog - SodoMojo Twitter Feed, Fuck the fucking Angels!
All I care about is that we DON'T
have to sit through ESPN masturbating themselves over another Sox/Yanks series
So, painfully, LAA… but if the Twins win, then I’d consider Boston instead
Formerly Mariners124M... Username was sorta bland, so I'm changin it up
by BQueezy on Oct 8, 2009 11:39 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Yanks vs. LAD will be the press' wet dream
So many story lines! Torre vs. the Yanks!
Alternatively a Boston vs. LA rematch!
You got slurved!
ABSTAIN!
Fans are typically idiots.
by The Typical Idiot Fan on Oct 8, 2009 11:55 PM PDT reply actions
I really don't get how you can hate the Sox more.
I mean you can hate Sox fans more, and their media coverage more, but I don’t get hating the actual team more.
Easy.
Red Sox.
Fuck the Angels. I can ignore the media circus of the Red Sox winning, but I can’t fucking stand the Angels winning anything the way they do. Think of it this way: swap the Mariners for the Yankees. Who do you think the Yankees fans vote for? It’s about having principles. The Angels are our rivals, not the Red Sox.
I hate both teams equally, or so I thought.
And thinking about it before the series started I couldn’t decide who I wanted to win. While watching today though I found myself rooting for the Angels, for reasons I can’t explain. So I voted for them. I guess I hate the Red Sox more
Angels
It really is a lesser of two evils sort of question, but like the poster above me, I found myself rooting for the Angels without thinking about it. Needless to say, though, should the Twins somehow win their series, I hope to see the Angels die in a fire in the ALCS. But overall, the less East-coast teams are left, the more ESPN will squirm, and the more I will smile.
I am fucking ashamed
210 Mariner fans voted to support Orange County, Chone Figgins, John Lackey, the Rally Monkey, and a fanbase that uses Thunderstx? I mean, Red Sox band wagon blah blah blah, but how could you?
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Oct 9, 2009 3:09 AM PDT reply actions
I kind of like John Lackey for some reason
Does that make me a bad person..?
I hope the moon rocket misses and hits Anaheim.
Fuck the Angels, fuck everything about the Angels, fuck where they are from. Boston is annoying but at least they’re annoying because they have history and they made an amazing story for many years. The Angels are a goddamned Disney movie. And not a good Disney movie, like Ratatoullie or Toy Story or Cinderella or some shit; they are literally Angels in the Outfield.
Fuck them.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 9, 2009 4:16 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
You're cute when you're angry.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Oct 9, 2009 11:07 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I voted Red Sox.
I kind of like the Red Sox. It started in 2003 – there was a fight, and the Yankees started it, and ever since I’ve never been able to hate the Sox the way other people do.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Red Sox
I absolutely hate, hate, hate, hate, hate the Red Sox, but just slightly less than the Angels. Either way I’d rather neither team won and somebody dropped a small nuke on Fenway
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Would people really rather see the Angels win than the Red Sox?
Okay, I fucking hate the Red Sox but they aren’t in our division fucking with our birthdays every year.
I voted for the Angels because I hate the Red Sox
and I really don’t want to see 6 or 7 four hour Yankees / Red Sox games.
But you can avoid watching the World Series, or reading about it on ESPN or other sports-related sites.
If the Angels won, you’d feel it in your heart and soul. It’s that deep feeling of despair that comes with knowing that your hated rivals have won something.
I don’t really like the Red Sox, but that feeling comes more from their fanbase and the constant media barrage. I can appreciate how they run their team, and actually like the majority of their players. I truly hate the Angels, and can’t stand most of the players that have ever donned an Angels uniform.
Say it with me: Washington Capitals. Capitals.
Preserved In All His Greatness - R.I.P. The Reignman 1989 to 1997
Your enemies enemy? That's what you'd call a friend
First of all, fuck the Angels. Second of all, fuck with the might and fury of a thousand gods the Skankers.
That team is fucking repugnant. I don’t understand how anyone can hate the Red Sox more then the Yankees. Or the Angels. But mainly the Yankees.
The Red Sox have already won a bunch so it's numb to me now
The Angels winning would allow them to hold another thing over our head. That and the Red Sox are what we are striving on the field so when they win its almost like future us is winning. Fuck them both over any NL team.
I have to agree
with some of the other commenters saying that this poll needs another option. Possibly “both teams die in a plane crash flying back east”. I generally root for the red sox in situations like this as I tend to favor a team that hates the Yankees. However, I’m a little tired of watching the Angels run away with our division every year and then lose in the first round. Answer, dont care
Well obviously that option would get 99% of the votes
Everybody has a rooting interest. I want to know which team people have forced themselves to root for here.
by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 9, 2009 9:55 AM PDT up reply actions
Angels.
I don’t hate them, I’m just jealous of their success. Sure, when we play them and they wipe the floor with us, I hate them. But it always wears off a little afterwards*. I don’t actually hate anyone in the AL West (*The effects of Lollablueza will never ever wear off, however).
The Red Sox though? One of the few teams I genuinely and actively despise.
☊
Naps loves you too.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Oct 9, 2009 11:09 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I would rather drop both teams off on the Tahoma Glacier wear only thongs and flip flops.
Racer X. You have to love those amarillo hops.
p.s. fuck you angels
Red Sox -- fuck the Angels.
As someone stated aptly before, I can merely tune out of the games if the Red Sox win and they play the Yankees. If the Angels win, that’s a large success for a direct division rival, which is a nono.
Goodbye, Closet!
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHKS!!!!!
I’ve been a fan for as long as I can remember following baseball. HAAAAATE the YankMees as much as I HAAATTE the LALALALALALAs. I hate RSN about as much as I hate the YankMees and LALLALALAs, but I actually LIKE Boston the team…
I want a Red Sox/Dodgers series, with the Dodgers winning it all. And I want the LALALALAs and YankMees to destroy themselves and be wiped off the face of this planet.
SHOW FiFi THE MONEY!!!!
In some ways, they're worse than the Yankees
At least the Yankees and their fans have no delusions about how they succeed year after year; they spend more money than anyone else and most of the Yankees fans I’ve met acknowledge it and don’t particularly care how other people feel about that particular lack of parity. They don’t pretend that’s not the game they’re playing like I have heard many Red Sox fans (often while rationalizing their hatred of the Yankees) do.
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