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Root

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A question asked on Facebook:  how many teams do you root for?

I jokingly replied ‘two per sport; IT folks always have a backup.’  By default one of those teams is a local one.

Let’s do a tally.

Baseball:
Giants
Mets

Football:
Broncos
49ers

Hockey:
Sharks
Flyers

Basketball (kinda sorta):
Knicks
Warriors Lakers Bulls Raptors Cavaliers Michael Jordan
(admittedly, I used to root for basketball players, not teams)

Soccer
Tottenham Hotspur

Teams I have a passing interest in (mostly soccer):
Real Madrid (Zidane and Beckham were on the squad when I started following soccer)
San Jose Earthquakes (local team)
Seattle Sounders (mostly for their XBox 360 jerseys)

That makes 8 plus 3, so eleven teams that I root for.  And except for the two MLS teams, I have jerseys from the other 9 teams.


Sunday

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Unlike previous seasons, when the Giants were eliminated from postseason play, I’m not upset.

They won it all last year, and as another friend of mine put it, nothing will ever take that away from me.

Monday night will be the last game Glenn and I attend this season, and then begins the long months until Opening Day 2012.

I may watch some post season games, and by default I’d have to root for the D’Backs, mostly by process of elimination:

  • Phillies: hell no
  • Brewers: former AL team, Bud Selig’s old team, no freaking way
  • Braves/Cardinals: hell no x 2
  • any American League team: hell no x 4

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It was nice to FINALLY see a live preseason Sharks game on TV, and they beat Vancouver 4-3.

This is the team I want to see win a championship now.

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Halloween is on a Monday this year.  I may just wear my lightsaber on my belt all day at work.  Maybe wear the Jedi robe, too.


So…

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5 games out from the wild card with 5 to play.

Not gonna happen.

We still have 2010.

And the Giants are still World Champions until the end of the 2011 World Series.

Congratulations to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2011 NL West Division Champs.

We’ll be back next year.


Open Letter

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Dear San Francisco Giants,

Please do the noble thing and lose the division *before* going to Arizona.  That way we in the Bay Area be spared seeing them celebrate on their field while y’all are in town.  I know that might mean losing the series and possibly getting swept by the Dodgers, and I would rather see you guys fighting ’til the end.  Mathematically you’re still alive in this, but this is really just avoiding the inevitable.

Repeating as World Champions is tough enough, but the loss of so many key players throughout the year didn’t make that goal any easier to attempt, let alone achieve.

Thanks again for the magical 2010 season.  I will treasure those memories forever.

See you in 2012.

P.S. As much as I like Carlos Beltran, please do not resign him.