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We'll try to get one of these up per day. No promises on analysis, word count, or anything.
New York Yankees
Reasons to root for:
- Alex Rodriguez's redemptive storyline.
- Dustin Ackley, who I still kind of feel non-hateful things for.
- The fact that this is the least invasive, obtrusive, loathsome, Jeter-filled, media slobbered over Yankee team in 2 decades. They're even kind of underdogs.
Reasons to root against:
- The Yankees.
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- WAAAAHHHHH Why do they always get better?
- The horrible atrocity that is New Yankee Stadium
- The Yankees
- It's 213 feet down the right field line
- Derek Jeter
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The Houston Astros
Reasons to root for:
- Not the Yankees
- Cinderella Story
- No World Series titles
- Jose Altuve is small
- Tal's Hill
- Go Smart Baseball People Persons
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Reasons to root against:
- Talented youth is insufferable youth
- All youth is insufferable youth
- Smart Baseball People are dicks to high schoolers
- Two years ahead of schedule. No one likes a showoff.
- Luis Valbuena
- Dallas Keuchel's stupid beard
- Getting rid of Tal's Hill
- AL West hated foes
- Enron
- Trains are an outdated, inefficient, and antiquated mode of travel.