Who is your substitute team this October?

[ORIOLE33]

I told you that when the playoffs come, the Twins were not going to be no match for the Yankees. 

Houston is my playoff team because I think they’re the only team that’s keeping the Yankees from a title. I don’t believe anybody in the NL, including the Dodgers, will beat the Yankees in a 7 game series. 

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

I told you that when the playoffs come, the Twins were not going to be no match for the Yankees. 

Houston is my playoff team because I think they’re the only team that’s keeping the Yankees from a title. I don’t believe anybody in the NL, including the Dodgers, will beat the Yankees in a 7 game series. 

I don't think many folks thought the Twins were the better team.

[ORIOLE33]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I don't think many folks thought the Twins were the better team.

There were a few that I recalled that said they hit a ton of HR’s and look at their record. 

As good as Minnesota was in the regular season, I never thought of them as anything other than a great regular season team. They “might” win game 3 and that will be it. 

[JR Oriole]

Even the inferior team wins sometimes.  But not the Twins and never against the Yankees.  These Twins are mental midgets when it comes to seeing those pinstripes.....just like every Twins team of the last 18 years.  

[Philip]

 In addition to a really lousy game, the ESPN announcers are just beyond awful 

[Philip]

7 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

There were a few that I recalled that said they hit a ton of HR’s and look at their record. 

As good as Minnesota was in the regular season, I never thought of them as anything other than a great regular season team. They “might” win game 3 and that will be it. 

That is correct, I heard more than one comment to the effect that Minnesota had such a good record because it was in a division with two 100-loss teams. That might be a little bit unfair, but it might also be completely correct.

[Philip]

I’m sorry, but “Smeltzer” Just sounds like a naughty word in Yiddish.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, Philip said:

I’m sorry, but “Smeltzer” Just sounds like a naughty word in Yiddish.

Smeltzer? I hardly know her!

[Philip]

4 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Smeltzer? I hardly know her!

That made me laugh, thanks

[Chavez Ravine]

My default other teams are the Dodgers and Tigers (I have baseball scars).Outside of those two It takes me a few innings or games into the playoffs before I pick teams. And the teams change as things progress. I like to pick a team in each game to root for. I find it more fun than being purely agnostic. It is the best of both worlds: root for a team to win but not really care if they don’t!

So far I am/was a fan of the:

A’s

Nats

Braves

Rays
Twins

I know this is sacrilegious, but I am most lukewarm about the Twins. I don’t know why, but I can’t get excited by them. Plus a dark part of me wants the Yankees to add to their glory so that when we (in some distant, perhaps dystopian future) humiliate them it will be that much sweeter.