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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 07:28 PM
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Anyone else having trouble deciding who to root for in the World Series?
Granted, the teams aren't set yet, but I'm ticked at Chicago and their gift in game 2. Then again, they haven't won in forever...

Sort of would like to see St. Louis win it all--they have the talent, and even with LaRussa's infamous playoff coaching (or lack thereof) they're gonna win it all one of these years, and I'd rather it be now and then my Red Sox won't have to worry about them next year.

As for the Astros--if they had won last night, I would have said they're gonna beat Chicago, because they seemed to pull it out until Pujos. Then again...I have trouble rooting for anything to do with Texas, other than Molly Ivins.
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 08:19 PM
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1. We Texans are to be pitied more than scorned.
The democrats here have been screaming like Noah about the on coming flood. At last some here are beginning to come out of their stupor and realize how manipulated they were.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-19-05 06:50 PM
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4. I'd be more inclined to root for the Astros if they didn't have Roger
Clemens--I don't dislike the guy, but 2 rings is enough.
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enigami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-19-05 04:59 PM
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2. Ahaaaaaa lets see..........
NO !!!!!!!!!!
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-19-05 06:49 PM
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3. You'll be happy to know I have a St. Louis Cardinals towel...
...I think my Mom got it many, many years ago at Marshall's or TJ Max, because it was so damn cheap, and she didn't really care about team loyalty. It's a beach towel--still in good shape.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 12:54 PM
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5. White Sox
American League all the way.

And yes, I'd be rooting for the Angels or Yankees if they'd made it.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 03:01 PM
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6. never root for the white sox
until they make an effort to get Shoeless Joe reinstated.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 03:08 PM
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7. what would the White Sox have to do with that?
Isnt that up to MLB?
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-20-05 03:19 PM
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8. it's his team
the least they can do is ask, make a public statement. Do you really think Bud Selig would punish them for it? The Sox rode Joe Jackson out of town on a rail, and have never apologised for their role. Ergo, I cannot support them.
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imouttahere Donating Member (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 08:42 AM
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9. Geez, you'd think this would be a no-brainer for most DUers...
Houston gave us the Bushes, DeLay, Enron...

I'm having no trouble at all rooting for the Sox. And the people involved in the Black Sox scandal have been dead for decades...let it go, people!!!
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 09:22 AM
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11. So Texas democrats are not welcome on DU?
Can you give me links to this type of message board where we will be?
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imouttahere Donating Member (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 09:30 AM
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12. That's not how it was intended....
but if that's how you interpret my message, there's nothing I can do about it.

After all, it's just baseball.
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 02:01 PM
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13. quote: Houston gave us the Bushes, DeLay, Enron...
This has nothing to do with sports.
That said if you dislike the Astros for other than political reasons I have no beef with you.
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PDittie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 09:13 AM
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10. No. No, I'm not.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-22-05 04:08 AM
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14. UMM can they both lose?
Can I root for the umpires?

I wished for an Angels Cardinals series.

Having said that, I will be rooting for the Astros, except for the days Clemens is pitching, then I will be rooting for a no decision for Roger Rabbit.
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-23-05 12:05 AM
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15. Nope.
There was no gift.

And any Red Sox fan who doesn't root for the White Sox should turn in his or her Red Sox fan membership badge immediately, for you no longer deserve it.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-23-05 01:52 PM
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16. White Sox's all the way! White Sox fan all my life. It's never
been hard for me to decide who to root for in the World Series, I always go with the American League!
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enigami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-23-05 02:07 PM
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17. Go Sox!
They are due, and i'm still mad at the Asstros
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