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Should You Root for the Texas Rangers?

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:00:04 +0000

If you’ve been following Puckett’s Pond, you’ve read the arguments about why you should or shouldn’t root for Arizona, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, New York, and Philadelphia. We are running out of playoff teams. If you have not decided who to root for yet, the Texas Rangers may be your last choice (unless the Rays, Giants, or Cardinals somehow sneak into the playoffs, in which case we’ll make the case for each of them).

And that recount I demanded when the Twins were eliminated from the playoffs hasn’t happened. I’m trying to hire a team of theoretical mathemeticians who can come up with a formula that still gives them a chance, but I’m starting to lose hope. So let’s see what the Rangers are up to instead.

Fansided has a Texas Rangers site: Nolan Writin’. If you’re interested in following the boys from Arlington on their postseason run, you should check it out.

Why Should You Root for the Rangers? (more…)

Should You Root for the Philadelphia Phillies?

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:20:07 +0000

Let’s continue our search for a team for Twins fans to root for. Previously, we’ve investigated Arizona, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Milwaukee, and New York. Now it’s the Philadelphia Phillies’ turn. For some insight into the heart and soul of a Phillies fan, we turn to Justin Klugh, Senior Editor for That Ball’s Outta Here, Fansided’s own Phillies blog:

If you waited outside a Turkey Hill in the Delaware Valley and asked people why they should root for the Phillies in the post season, they would probably elbow you in the stomach while muttering, ”What do you mean why? Because they’re spectacular. Just… do it. Why were you not doing it before?”

Then I remember the appearance we have through the national media; how most see us as rabid carnivores who wake up in the morning, snickering at the thought of the next child we’ll inevitably puke on. How, in turn, we’ve poisoned the image of the Phillies themselves by being serial killers in faded red jerseys. How that’s kind of unfair, considering bad things happen everywhere and Philadelphia isn’t the epicenter of mankind’s suffering that it is sometimes portrayed as; I mean, how could it be. Have you heard about our baseball team? (more…)

Should You Root for the New York Yankees?

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:57:56 +0000

As you may know, the Twins will not make the playoffs this year. As you may also know, Puckett’s Pond has been reviewing each of the eight teams that WILL make the playoffs, making the case for and against each one so you can decide if you want to root for one of them. Because it’s a lot more fun to watch postseason baseball when you have a team to cheer for. If you haven’t already, please check out our articles on Arizona, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, and Milwaukee.

Next up: the New York Yankees. Andrew Corselli is the Senior Staff Writer for Yanks Go Yard, and he was nice enough to provide an argument in favor of his team.

The reasons Twins fans should root for the Yankees are really quite simple:

1) You can’t root for someone in your own division. That ixnays the Tigers.

2) As far as the Wild Card goes you can’t root for the Red Sox, they’re the New Yankees™. Do you really want to root for the Rays? Really? REALLY? (more…)