Who to Cheer for in the Playoffs?

by Tom Dakers on Oct 9, 2009 9:00 AM EDT in Fun

So since I really don't have a team to cheer for in the Playoffs this year, I thought I'd find out which teams had Canadians or former Jays or Expos on their team to help me figure who to cheer on. Now for some teams it really doesn't matter, I'm not cheering for the Red Sox unless they are playing the Yankees and I'll never cheer the Yankees unless they sign at least two of my kids to play for them.

Tomorrow we'll take a look at how some of these guys are doing in the playoffs for their teams.

Boston Red Sox

Jason Bay, Trail, BC

Minnesota Twins

Jesse Crain, Toronto, ON

Carl Pavano, Expo

Orlando Cabrera, Expo

Los Angeles Angels

Maicer Izturis, Expo

Juan Rivera, Expo

Vladimir Guerrero, Expo

New York Yankees

A.J. Burnett, Blue Jay

Chad Gaudin, Blue Jay

Eric Hinske, Blue Jay

Colorado Rockies

None

Los Angeles Dodgers

Russell Martin, East York, ON

Casey Blake, Blue Jay

Orlando Hudson, Blue Jay

Philadelphia Phillies

Scott Eyre, Blue Jay

Pedro Martinez, Expo

Miguel Cairo, Blue Jay

Matt Stair, St. John NB-Blue Jay-Expo

Jayson Werth, Blue Jay

St. Louis Cardinal

Chris Carpenter, Blue Jay

Blake Hawksworth, North Vancouver, BC

Trevor Miller, Blue Jay

Troy Glaus, Blue Jay

Yeah the Yankees have 3 former Jays. Turncoats all of them. Red Sox have one decent person on the team. The Twins have a couple of ex-Expos and a Canadian and the Angels have 3 ex-Expos. Of course I'm cheering for the Twins and Angels, but then they are playing the Evil Empire and the Minions of the Devil respectively. So they don't need Canadian content, although, I sort of consider Minneapolis a Canadian town in sprit at very least.

There is no one on the Rockies I want to cheer on. The Dodgers have a good Canadian boy and a couple of former Jays, but the Cardinals have a Canadian and 3 former Jays. Clear edge to the Cardinals. The Phillies though have three former Jays, an Ex-po, and the trifecta in Matt Stairs, a Canadian that played for the Expos and Jays.

So this little exercise didn't help me much. I'm cheering for whoever plays the Yankees or Red Sox. And I'm cheering Cards over Dodgers (not that that will help them, Matt Holliday needs to learn how to catch a fly ball) and I guess Phillies over Rockies but without much enthusiasm I'm afraid.

Or, you could give me a good reason to cheer for one of the teams?

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meethinks if the jays and expos kept all those players it would be Toronto vs Montreal in the WS this year. Go Canada!!

by syc on Oct 9, 2009 10:08 AM EDT reply actions

So it will take 2 of your kids to cheer for the Yankees not just one?

I could see it now Tom’s house at thanksgiving and his son proud as can be in his new Yankee’s Jersey and Hat, Tom scowling and not saying a word. And everytime the kid tries to say something Tom starts to Boo.

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Oct 9, 2009 10:39 AM EDT reply actions

And cheering for the Phils?

NEVER!

Life as a Toronto Sports Fan?... *sigh*... It is what it is...

by JohnnyG on Oct 9, 2009 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Dodgers

When in doubt, go with the team that you can make fun historical arguments about, and get to what will be Vin Scully’s last WS broadcast. Also, you have to admit, they are fun to watch. Say what you want about ManRam, you can tell he’s enjoying himself in postseason, and that’s appealing.

I’d say the Twins, but they’re deadmeat in all likelihood. I’m still hanging on to my prediction of a 3-2 upset of the Yankees off the bat of Mauer, but that’s in defiance of reason or logic. The downside of the Twins making the series would be a metric ton of columns in Toronto media about how salary doesn’t matter in being competitive.

by dexfarkin on Oct 9, 2009 11:46 AM EDT reply actions

Agree...

Nothing could ever get me to root for the Yanks….NOTHING…

I would go with the Dodgers too – as the Twins are most likely toast.

This is almost as bad as deciding who to cheer for when the Leafs didn’t make the playoffs – there was always a big argument in our house about which other Canadian team should be substituted. I would routinely pick Montreal just to watch my husband blow a gasket…..LOL

by Ms_Canuck on Oct 9, 2009 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

I reserve my cheering for when the Leafs get eliminated from playoffs, and I get the option to watch something else while at the bar.

by dexfarkin on Oct 9, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm cheering for everyone against the Yanks and Bosox

And this has nothing to do with them being divisional rivals. I don’t want to see them rewarded for buying a championship which is something only a handful of teams could do.

I’d love to see a Minnesota team win, but they are as unlikely to win the 2009 WS as the Jays are. They would in all likelyhood need to beat the Yanks and Sox, both teams they can’t compare to talent wise because of a lower payroll….and this angers me.

RIP Bodhi - Not tragic to die doing what you love. You want the ultimate thrill, you gotta be willing to pay the ultimate price.

by craig in calgary on Oct 9, 2009 12:14 PM EDT reply actions