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Nachos Grande favorite MLB teams from #30 - #1.
Throughout the offseason (and possibly beyond depending on time...especially since I didn't do any of these posts during the month of February, whoops!), I thought it’d be interesting to rank the Major League Baseball teams in terms of how much I like and/or dislike them. Of course, everyone knows my favorite team is the Reds, and probably everyone knows what my least favorite team is too…and so I’ll be writing up the team reports in an arbitrary order to keep things interesting. In the end, you’ll have my entire list.
#29. Boston Red Sox
Despite the fact the Red Sox rank one spot above last place on my favorite teams list, there is a lot to like about the Red Sox for anyone who is a fan of baseball. The Red Sox are steeped in tradition, curses, and, of course, one of the most overblown rivalries in all of sports.
Team pros:
Team cons:
While the old time Red Sox were lovable, the modern Red Sox are closer to Yankees 2.0 than they are a team that most baseball fans can root for. Heck, even the so-called Yankee/Red Sox rivalry has been overblown...especially when players are now going from the Yanks to the Sox or vice-versa (Damon). i also find many of their players hard to root for...especially Papelbon (for reasons that I can't exactly explain, maybe it's just too much exposure from ESPN and the ilk).
Overall:
I think it's been said somewhere else by someone else, but rooting for the Red Sox is kind of like rooting for the house to win in a casino. When you are a team that can treat money like its no more valuable than Monopoly money, it completely destroys an otherwise level playing field... However, I now view the Red Sox as a necessary evil that helps keep the equally loaded New York Yankees at bay. It's sort of a super-expensive checks-and-balances system that only two teams participate in.
Finally, of all the teams on the list, the Red Sox are the most likely candidate to move up my list of favorites, especially if they cut back on their free-spending ways. As I said, it's hard for a true baseball fan to not at least respect the tradition that Boston brings to the table, especially with their ballpark!
Nachos Grande Ranks MLB:
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6. Detroit Tigers
7. Baltimore Orioles
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13.
14.
15. Arizona Diamondbacks
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19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26. San Francisco Giants
27.
28.
29. Boston Red Sox
30.
Throughout the offseason (and possibly beyond depending on time...especially since I didn't do any of these posts during the month of February, whoops!), I thought it’d be interesting to rank the Major League Baseball teams in terms of how much I like and/or dislike them. Of course, everyone knows my favorite team is the Reds, and probably everyone knows what my least favorite team is too…and so I’ll be writing up the team reports in an arbitrary order to keep things interesting. In the end, you’ll have my entire list.
#29. Boston Red Sox
Despite the fact the Red Sox rank one spot above last place on my favorite teams list, there is a lot to like about the Red Sox for anyone who is a fan of baseball. The Red Sox are steeped in tradition, curses, and, of course, one of the most overblown rivalries in all of sports.
Like many baseball fans, I actually rooted for the Red Sox (especially when they were playing the Yankees) for many years. The Red Sox of the 1980s weren't all that good - so rooting for them wasn't difficult.
The Red Sox (prior to winning the World Series) were basically the American League's version of the Cubs - plenty of chances but no glory... Of course, a couple of World Series titles later and everything has changed...
As I mentioned before, the history and tradition of the Red Sox is amongst the longest, and certainly most storied, in all of baseball (second probably only to the Yankees...a common theme for the Red Sox I'm afraid). The Red Sox have had plenty of great players over the years, including one of my favorites:
While the old time Red Sox were lovable, the modern Red Sox are closer to Yankees 2.0 than they are a team that most baseball fans can root for. Heck, even the so-called Yankee/Red Sox rivalry has been overblown...especially when players are now going from the Yanks to the Sox or vice-versa (Damon). i also find many of their players hard to root for...especially Papelbon (for reasons that I can't exactly explain, maybe it's just too much exposure from ESPN and the ilk).
Overall:
I think it's been said somewhere else by someone else, but rooting for the Red Sox is kind of like rooting for the house to win in a casino. When you are a team that can treat money like its no more valuable than Monopoly money, it completely destroys an otherwise level playing field... However, I now view the Red Sox as a necessary evil that helps keep the equally loaded New York Yankees at bay. It's sort of a super-expensive checks-and-balances system that only two teams participate in.
Finally, of all the teams on the list, the Red Sox are the most likely candidate to move up my list of favorites, especially if they cut back on their free-spending ways. As I said, it's hard for a true baseball fan to not at least respect the tradition that Boston brings to the table, especially with their ballpark!
Nachos Grande Ranks MLB:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. Detroit Tigers
7. Baltimore Orioles
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9. Colorado Rockies10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15. Arizona Diamondbacks
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26. San Francisco Giants
27.
28.
29. Boston Red Sox
30.
I'm glad they beat out the Yankees, but even as a Red Sox fan I admit that these are hard times.
ReplyDeleteThe one thing I will say is that the "players switching teams" thing has been around forever. There's a sons of sam horn wiki thing about it here: http://www.sonsofsamhorn.net/wiki/index.php/Red_Sox_players_who_also_played_for_the_New_York_Yankees
This is a cool idea (even if, as you say, it wasn't your originally), keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI must say that I enjoy watching the Sox. I'm a big fan of a lot of their players: Lowell, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Drew. I think that a lot of players resurrect their careers in Boston (Bill Mueller + JD Drew just to name a few)
ReplyDeleteI say MLB should relocate or create a team in Providence, RI. It's one of the US's most populated cities. Tap into that market a little bit more, and hopefully make things in the Northeast a little bit more interesting.