2014 MLB Season

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Tomorrow 3/22 kicks off the start of the season as the Dodgers and D'Backs have a short series in Australia.

There were some big signings and moves during the offseason as well as the mega deal Kershaw signed to stay with LA.

Theres another week and a half or so for the rest of the league to start but after this winter (and cold weather to return to the NE nest week) I'm ready for baseball

[A.J.]

Opening Day (aka The Holiest Day of the Year) is the start of the season as far as I'm concerned.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Chapman to start season on DL. He took a missile to the face vs KC in a spring training game.

[cougarjake13]

Totally forgot about those Australia games

[hanso]

Chapman to start season on DL. He took a missile to the face vs KC in a spring training game.

Wasn't long after the league put forth Kevlar caps for pitchers, it's like they saw it coming.

[KnoxHarrington]

I know it's not like the old days where the players had been working real jobs all winter and thus were out of shape to play baseball and needed spring training to get back into shape, but if I were the Dodgers or the Diamondbacks, I'd be pissed about my spring training being cut short by more than a week so I can play in front of a bunch of confused Aussies who have no idea what's going on. "Blimey! Where's the bloody wicket? Did someone just make a 6?"

[WRESTLINGFAN]

If anyone is up at 4am EDT Saturday morning it's on MLB network

[deliciousV]

Chapman to start season on DL. He took a missile to the face vs KC in a spring training game.

Out until at least May. Damnit!

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Kemp and Beckett start off the season on he DL

I think the last full season Kemp had was 2011, Beckett has a thumb injury saw on ESPN LA's payroll is 239.4 million now but it's likely to go down by opening day due to DL and other transactions.

Kershaw got the win today to kick off the season

[hanso]

Beckett sawed his thumb? What power tool accident did Kemp have?

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Haaa ! Hopefully a brand like craftsman which won't break down as much as he does

[spoon]

Good one. U should just not talk.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Max Scherzer and Detroit ended negotiations about a long term extension .
The deal would have averaged about 24 million per year

[Earlshog]

NL West - Dodgers
NL Central - St Louis
NL East - Nats
WC Atl
WC Diamondbacks

AL West Texas
AL Central Cleveland
AL East Yanks
WC Rays
WC Oakland

[hanso]

Matt Moore Rays - Face! (w/ baseball)

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Most valuable teams. Top 3 are Yanks, LA, and Sox



http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/10675840/new-york-yankees-most-valuable-25-billion-forbes-poll-says?ex_cid=SportsCenter

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Tigers and Miggy reach mega deal. 8 yr extension. With the remaining 2 years plus 8 more he will make close to 300 mill

[newport king]

I really cant remember a year that i didnt give a fuck about baseball season. The Mets are really gonna suck. I have no idea when opening day is.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

With Harvey out from what I've been hearing is that 2015 is when the Mets are going to be making the push for October.

Opening day for most teams is 3/31

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Cabreras deal is only going to raise Trouts price if he keeps up his numbers . He could be looking at 2 huge deals throughout his career as well.

[hanso]

Great thing about spring baseball on TV is the cam shots of ladies sitting on the grass mounds.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Trout and Halos agree to 6 year 144 million extension

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Trout's salary breakdown according to baseball reference



2014 $1,000,000
2015 $5,250,000
2016 $15,250,000
2017 $19,250,000
2018-2020 $33,250,000

[spoon]

Lots of great pitching in that phils/rangers game!

Oh and that's the good old mets! Abooo to walking in the tying run.

[ozzie]

Good start so far by Samardzija.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Phils up 11-6 and its only the 6th inning

[joeyballsack]

Is Reyes already hurt ?

[spoon]

came into the game hurt and shouldn't have played

hurt his hammy again in spring training

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Tough loss for Cubbies


Are they wearing another alternate uniform for this year? Their jerseys read Cubs instead of Chicago

[cougarjake13]

Well there goes the undefeated season for the mutts

O well

[ozzie]

Tough loss for Cubbies


Are they wearing another alternate uniform for this year? Their jerseys read Cubs instead of Chicago

They unveiled a bunch of new gear this year.

That one is a new road "alternate". Similar to what they wore in the 1920's.

Being the 100th year at Wrigley, they'll be pulling out all kinds of throwbacks, including this gem from when I watched them as a kid:

http://content.sportslogos.net/news/2014/01/Chicago-Cubs-1978-Throwback-Jersey-2014-590x397.jpg

Terrible.

And from their first year, the 1914 Chicago Federals:

http://content.sportslogos.net/news/2014/01/Chicago-Cubs-Chicago-Federals-Throwback-Jersey-20141.jpg

Etc.

[ozzie]

Tribe have left 9 on base already.

Finding all sorts of creative ways of leaving them stranded.

Thankfully, the A's aren't much better at getting 'em across the plate.

Cle has runners at the corners again... no outs in the 9th.

Time for some small ball...

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Team Allegiances according to location. I know places like NC, FL, VA have a lot of former New Yorkers but it's a surprise to see many fans in LA and MT for example



http://cdn.theatlantic.com/newsroom/img/mt/2014/03/Facebook_MLB_Fandom_Map_1/original.jpg

[spoon]

Based on facebook! Hahahahaaaa! Fucking housewives and their fandom...and of course fucking idiot men who should be ashamed. Fuck facebook and WF with all his top level scientific data.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Stay classy out there in Arlington

http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/10707780/texas-rangers-apologize-fan-trash-littered-statue-honoring-fans-shannon-cooper-stone

[WRESTLINGFAN]

I think home plate might be cursed in Anaheim. Kendrys Morales injured himself after a walkoff back in 2010 when he stomped on home


http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/3/31/5569184/don-baylor-injury-angels

[ozzie]

Stay classy out there in Arlington

http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/10707780/texas-rangers-apologize-fan-trash-littered-statue-honoring-fans-shannon-cooper-stone

People are animals. I run a 21k ft² mfg facility. Any unused flat surface quickly becomes a "shit collector". All it takes is one styrofoam coffee cup to get left on it, and everyone else starts adding to the "pile".

Someone has to be first. If others walked past the statue and it was clean, most won't tend to be the first one to pollute it. But once it starts...

It's inevitable. The only way to prevent it is to eliminate all such areas in the building, including in my own office. My boss was famous for coming in, setting his cup down while sketching stuff on my whiteboard, or reading papers, and leaving it there. Next thing I see is someone's half empty coke bottle. (Or worse, spit cup/bottle. This is Alabama, remember)

Now? Every available surface has been filled or eliminated. There's nowhere in here for anyone to set anything down. He'll do a pirouette, and head to the break area to set it down out there instead.

If they are concerned about people "desecrating" this statue, they should re-build the base with an angled or curved platform. Otherwise, being right by the entrance, it'll keep happening.

[spoon]

people are essentially pigeons/slobs…yet who the fuck cares, it's texas

[cougarjake13]

They unveiled a bunch of new gear this year.

That one is a new road "alternate". Similar to what they wore in the 1920's.

Being the 100th year at Wrigley, they'll be pulling out all kinds of throwbacks, including this gem from when I watched them as a kid:

http://content.sportslogos.net/news/2014/01/Chicago-Cubs-1978-Throwback-Jersey-2014-590x397.jpg

Terrible.

And from their first year, the 1914 Chicago Federals:

http://content.sportslogos.net/news/2014/01/Chicago-Cubs-Chicago-Federals-Throwback-Jersey-20141.jpg

Etc.





Ahhh

Baseballs weird fad with light blue uniforms

[spoon]

Fuck off!

; )

[spoon]

Spanks give houston their first win since september 14th...in other news yank fans all douchebags.

[newport king]

Where's Big Pelf these days?

[ozzie]

Ahhh

Baseballs weird fad with light blue uniforms

When I was a kid living in Illinois, and before Wrigley had lights, I saw almost every one of the Cubs home games on WGN. But because most other stadium had lights, not so many road games.

So when I saw the other teams, they were always in their road uni's.

So, if you had asked young ozzie back then, what the colors were of the other teams, I would have said:

Cardinals? Red, white and Light Blue:

http://www.mlbnewjerseys.com/images/bnewjers/St-Louis-Cardinals-eys600345345.jpg

Phils? Red, white and Light Blue:

http://www.krakov.net/si/images/1979/0528_large.jpg

Reds? Red, white and Light Blue:

https://www.bestsportsphotos.com/image.php?productid=23346

Expos? Red, white, dark blue, and Light Blue:

http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000CjKxAn5wP.o/s/750/750/010813-Raines-11.jpg

Royals, Blue Jays, Etc.

It didn't even dawn on me that this was some weird trend in baseball, substituting the old road grays with light / powder blue. I just thought this was part of their team color scheme, and it didn't even occur to me that there were an inordinate number of teams that were light blue.

Dodgers, Mets, Yanks... all wore gray on the road, and the Pirates didn't wear anything but black white and yellow, and the Astros were the astros no matter at home or road, so why would these other teams wear Light blue if it wasn't part of their team colors?

Just a weird, polyester, elastic waist band period for MLB.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3369/3427954002_bfdbfdd50e_o.jpg

[WRESTLINGFAN]

The A's had some weird color schemes in the 70's Thru mid 80's too.


Never knew if they were going to wear the Yellow or Green jerseys.

[newport king]

Those blue Cardinals jerseys are the shit.

[ozzie]

The A's had some weird color schemes in the 70's Thru mid 80's too.


Never knew if they were going to wear the Yellow or Green jerseys.

They were about like the pirates (except green instead of black)

They had yellow, green and white jerseys and pants, and seemed to randomly mix and match.

http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/images/al_1973_oakland.gif

http://sportsdesignblog.typepad.com/.a/6a01127953797128a4012875b19975970c-pi

http://theinsidemove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/pittsburgh_pirates_display_image1.jpg

Pitt was one of the few teams with alternate hats too. I hated those "pillbox" looking things.

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/924/865/willie-stargell-civil-war-hat_display_image.jpg?1304955782

One of the teams in our "hot stove" league went to that style, and I hated them too.

I moved to Cleveland in 1979, and already hated all things Pittsburgh. But in '79, with the Steelers fourth ring, and the "we are family" pirates crap, it was unbearable.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0511/mlb_g_tekulve_288.jpg

Looking back now... that was a helluva team, and I can't imagine what that locker room must have been like.

http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mGftMlafJeDK76tiYQV2zww.jpg

[ozzie]

Another weird thing about playing hot stove ball in Ohio in the early 80's were the stirrups.

We were issued stirrups with our uniforms.

Just like old 80's basketball shorts, the uniform pants were cut short too. Just covered the knee.

The style was to wear your stirrups where the top arch barely showed.

Something like this would have been marginally acceptable:

http://www.morphizm.com/images/frankrob.jpg

But if you were issued something like these...

http://imagecache5.art.com/p/LRG/9/936/NHTX000Z/carl-yastrzemski--finish-swing.jpg

...then you got your mom (or tried yourself, like I did) to split them at the bottom and add a length of elastic so you could pull them up higher.

Some guys added so much elastic that it showed, and part of their pre-game ritual was to get a marker and color the elastic to match the rest of the stirrup.

The Hawk (Andre Dawson) always had great stirrups:

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0106/mlb_g_dawson_expos_200.jpg

http://www.andredawson8.com/images/ppi_020.jpg

[spoon]

those were the mock stir ups on socks for the hawk and many of his era

stir ups were fucking stupid

[ozzie]

And how ANYONE in Chicago / Illinois could have been a fucking White Sox fan back then, was unfathomable.

That stadium sucked. Their games were on channel 8 (that channel didn't have Ray Raynor, and just basically sucked). And those uniforms...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mTKsB1VkmX8/T67xZ73rAHI/AAAAAAAAA34/ugnFNLNc-dw/s400/1976WhiteSoxUniforms.jpg

http://www.cobrabrigade.com/images/uniformssox.jpg

http://3putt.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/shorts.jpg

Embarrassing.


Maybe I should be posting in the "bored at work" thread today...

[spoon]

Fisk

[A.J.]

those were the mock stir ups on socks for the hawk and many of his era

stir ups were fucking stupid

I liked them or at least the high socks. Made running easier.

http://www.trotnixon.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/trot-nixon-boston-red-sox-7.jpg

I never understood those really long pant legs. Then again, Manny was never the hustler in the field or on the bases.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ARx9kU0fB2M/UNtvSt60MaI/AAAAAAAAB3Y/gzm1IacSOBo/s1600/Manny+Watches+One.jpg

[ozzie]

those were the mock stir ups on socks for the hawk and many of his era

stir ups were fucking stupid

I don't know about that. I'd never seen or heard of "mock" stirrups until this century.

Maybe they were around back then, but I never saw them.

Most of us wore ours way up high like that, either by design, or modification.

They sold stirrups by length. We'd beg our sponsors to get 12" or 15" stirrups so the top would barely show, if at all.

Like these:

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRWxvhnVsF20m5Rqtt2fX7XE4lAU6Ow6 16563EZxZDftEFWuHn3

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yKSo5xPjLpM/S8KYDRttZ9I/AAAAAAAAMIk/1OWaIx62p1k/s1600/dawson-jumbo-2.jpg

[ozzie]

Fisk

Not enough of a reason to root for them.

And every GD game we had to hear about why he wore #72...

Yawn

We get it. Rookie of the year... Yay. #27 backwards... We get it already.

Did I mention their announcers sucked too?

They were no Harry Carry.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

They still have Hawk Harrelson.

"You can put it on the booooooaaaaardddd!!! Yes!"

"He Gone"

Awful

[ozzie]

And does anyone else remember "sanitaries"?

They were those thin, nylon "socks" that we'd wear over our socks, but under the stirrups.

Wore them with our football uniforms too.

My kids have no idea what I'm talking about, and I haven't seen them in sporting goods stores since I was a kid.

I'm curious when they went out of style... or if they did?

http://www.customsportsteamuniforms.com/media/wysiwyg/Nylon_Sanitries2.JPG

If you were on a team with a three color scheme, a lot of times you'd wear colored ones under your stirrups. Or just plain white ones. But no one just wore plain socks under their stirrups.

Tony Gwynn, back in the 80's:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tJN1iec4kXE/TinmtrOc2fI/AAAAAAAAC6M/KIHpnIv11Wc/s800/tony-gwynn-padres-rf-1984.jpg

Looks like some MLB teams wore them recently...

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/725464/126690_athletics_mariners_baseball.jpg

[WRESTLINGFAN]

There's only a few everyday players who will wear stirrups , Bryce Harper uses them sometimes and Ubaldo Jiminez always has them

[WRESTLINGFAN]

I remember the Giants wearing orange sanitaries for a couple of years in the early 80s

[ozzie]

I remember the Giants wearing orange sanitaries for a couple of years in the early 80s

Awesome. Love that look.

http://www.sportsmemorabilia.com/image_php_1067464.jpg

I just always wondered about the origin of the "sanitary" sock. And why we were told to wear them, even if it was white sanitaries over white socks.

It didn't touch your skin, so it wasn't for your protection.

My only guess is that the nylon was easier to clean, and made the uniform look better than the guys wearing their dingy cotton socks with their uniforms?

[spoon]

Not enough of a reason to root for them.

And every GD game we had to hear about why he wore #72...

Yawn

We get it. Rookie of the year... Yay. #27 backwards... We get it already.

Did I mention their announcers sucked too?

They were no Harry Carry.

He hated the spanks sooo much and that's good enough by me! And yes, i have said it a million times, HAWK is simply the worst. "Duck snot".

[newport king]

Harper is wearing the Sanitary and stirrup combo tonight

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Junior Lake wears wrong road uniform


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2016240-cubs-junior-lake-wears-wrong-uniform-in-game-vs-pittsburgh?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national

[WRESTLINGFAN]

So why does Rogers Centre still have turf?

Do the Argos still play there? It's not like the Trop , the roof can open.

That turf is the worse thing for someone like Reyes who relies on quick base running and has a history of leg and hammy injuries

[newport king]

They should teach Reyes a new way to run or something.

[spoon]

Thanks for the no shit news of the day wf

[cougarjake13]

They should teach Reyes a new way to run or something.





I think the mets tried

And he hurt himself anyway

Face it

Reyes is just mr glass

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Hanso must be happy. The Marlins are 5-1, They are scoring a boatload of runs to boot.

[cougarjake13]

He prob is but theyll come back to earth

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Infante hit in face by Heath Bell

Didn't know he got shipped to the Rays, I know Miami sent him to the D'Backs a couple of years ago.

[cougarjake13]

Hes nvr got back to his dominant days as a padre

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Josh Hamilton out 6-8 weeks after trying to beat out an infield hit

[spoon]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=10768154&city=newyork&src=desktop&ex_cid=null

Hey fuck off you hypocritical cunt girardi...man in white, cry like a bitch and it's fucking stupid. Guy on camera using a foreign substance for 2/3 a game and it's a need to know issue ?! Fuck you and your bullshit attitude. Talk about a convoluted and just bullshit response too. And this, "we talked to torre" bullshit has to stop. That means NOTHING and surely doesn't need to be the comment any time the yanks need an in for any reason. Torre better as fuck answer with any team calling too, as a direct line for anyone to bitch or cover up for one team is not unbiased at all.

[ozzie]

Cubs can't buy a fucking run.

Random old Bo highlight just to lift my spirits...

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[foodcourtdruide]

Cubs can't buy a fucking run.

Random old Bo highlight just to lift my spirits...

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uioYnCQzrIY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Omg, what a freakin cannon.

[A.J.]

Bo should have stuck with baseball. The dude was on his way to a great career.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Cubs have the best farm system in all of MLB, I remember hearing that 2016 is when they become contenders.

How many years is Theos deal?

[Dirtbag]

I'm offically rooting for the D'Backs to beat the 03 Tigers futility record.

And anyone that hires Kevin Towers after his inevitable shitcanning should be shot in the face.

[ozzie]

Omg, what a freakin cannon.

My fraternity brother at Auburn used to tell me that the summer before Bo's senior year, the coaching staff mentioned to him that they were thinking of having him return kickoffs that fall. So Bo got Chris Knapp (the kicker) to meet him out at the intramural fields so he could practice catching end over end kicks off a tee.

He ran the first few back to the kicker, but it was hot as piss, so this got old quick. After that, he just started throwing the ball back to him, and was routinely overthrowing him, making the kicker have to chase it down.

The kicker was lining up at the 40, and Bo was catching them at the opposite goal line, or in the endzone. The throws were traveling about 70+ yards back in the air, before he started taking a little off of them.

[spoon]

Sounds like justjon's canon!

[ozzie]

After the hip replacement surgery, while with the White Sox:

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[spoon]

and that WAS flat footed too!

imagine if he got into it!

:lol:

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Mets trade Ike Davis to Buccos

[cougarjake13]

Mets trade Ike Davis to Buccos


Took long enough

[spoon]

Took long enough

well they finally got a decent offer for him as he WAS an 18th pick. sure that means little of late, but he can hit it far when on and had done it in the bigs not too long ago

being where the Mets were and are, there was no need to rush/force it

[epo]

well they finally got a decent offer for him as he WAS an 18th pick. sure that means little of late, but he can hit it far when on and had done it in the bigs not too long ago

being where the Mets were and are, there was no need to rush/force it

Milwaukee was really interested in Ike until the Mets insisted on Thornburg. Then the Brewers spent a lot of time laughing.

[Kevin]

Jesus Christ, Spoon.. 8 walks and 3 wild pitches, ON ONE INNING?

7 runs in 1 hit.

YIKES!

[underdog]

Stanton's Walk Off Grand Slam (http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v32185619/?source=MLB&c_id=mlb&tcid=facebook_embedded_player&gid=2014_04_18_seamlb_miamlb_1)

[spoon]

Jesus Christ, Spoon.. 8 walks and 3 wild pitches, ON ONE INNING?

7 runs in 1 hit.

YIKES!


brutal

need Janssen back asap

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Stanton's Walk Off Grand Slam (http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v32185619/?source=MLB&c_id=mlb&tcid=facebook_embedded_player&gid=2014_04_18_seamlb_miamlb_1)

He hits them far

Wont be a free agent until after the 2017 season.

[underdog]

He hits them far

Wont be a free agent until after the 2017 season.

He's a monster, and he also seems like a genuinely likable kid in his interviews.

[spoon]

He's a monster, and he also seems like a genuinely likable kid in his interviews.

already getting ready for the steal huh

[underdog]

already getting ready for the steal huh

Huh?

[spe5150]

Even though it was at the expense of the Yankees (as so many good jokes are), it still gave me a chuckle so I thought it deserved to be shared...

http://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/1661402_490370131063855_1821399328997887833_n.png

[spoon]

almost my old sig pic…don't worry, Jon's on it!

[cougarjake13]

Milwaukee was really interested in Ike until the Mets insisted on Thornburg. Then the Brewers spent a lot of time laughing.



Well u cant fault em

Esp with the haul the mutts got back for pagan I think it was

Where we got wheeler

[Kevin]

almost my old sig pic…don't worry, Jon's on it!

You should have put legos and droids in it

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Went to PNC for the 1st time since moving to suburban Pitt. Nice park and great view of downtown. They love their bucs here.

[spoon]

Real fans, not u pieces of shit.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

We aren't all bandwagon hoppers

I will say that going to a Pirates game is a much different experience than Yankee Stadium. There aren't a bunch of women just going there to be there like many do in NYC, You're right about the crowd and the gals here are baseball fans.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Farnsworth new Mets closer

[A.J.]

Went to PNC for the 1st time since moving to suburban Pitt. Nice park and great view of downtown. They love their bucs here.

I'm going to try and go up there sometime this year: preferably in September when the Sox play the Buccos or in May when the Nats go there.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Pitt is more than I expected. Living in NYCs backyard for most of my life kind of spoiled me with so much to do.

The new job is in Coraopolis so when I came in to interview it was only overnight stays but I was pleasantly surprised by downtown Pitt

As far as the Nats I'm guessing those are relatively newer fans since the move there was in 05
Do they have a lot of people wearing Expos gear at Nats Park?

[cougarjake13]

Good question


I wonder if the team wear any on like a throwback night

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Mets bring up Bobby Abreu from AAA

[A.J.]

Pitt is more than I expected. Living in NYCs backyard for most of my life kind of spoiled me with so much to do.

The new job is in Coraopolis so when I came in to interview it was only overnight stays but I was pleasantly surprised by downtown Pitt

As far as the Nats I'm guessing those are relatively newer fans since the move there was in 05
Do they have a lot of people wearing Expos gear at Nats Park?

I've heard Pitt is a pretty cool place: especially from my buddies who grew up there. They gave some tips on places to check out. Of course, there is always this guide. (http://theinterrobang.com/2012/03/pittsburgh-the-right-way/)

Every once in a while you'll see some Expos hats and jerseys in the crowd. But the problem down here is that this area is full of transplants: not to mention the long-standing O's fans. So there are a shit-ton of Sox fans (like myself), Yankees fans, Philly fans, etc. who came here to work for the gov't and who pack Nats Park when their teams come to town. Still, the team has attracted a large following over the past few years given their success. And it's a great place to watch a game: better sight lines even than Camden Yards.

But I can't consider myself a Nats fan because I'll always be a Sox fan first and foremost. I can qualify it by saying "they're my NL team" but that wouldn't work either because Yankee and Mets fans hate each other like Cubs-White Sox and Dodgers-Halos. I go to a bunch of games (I was supposed to go last night but got home late from work) and watch them all on TV but I can never buy Nats gear without feeling hypocritical.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

I'm the same way. I'm not going to adopt Pitt as my team. Been a Yankee fan all my life going back to the Mattingly days. I have a couple of Yankee items in my office but not overwhelming amounts. I don't wanna feel like I am this NYC showoff taking over.

I like going to live games, and now getting to see players that I wouldn't get to see in the Bronx is a big plus.

[spoon]

Show off?! Bc u put some shit on your desk?! That statment says a lot of you.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

A Yankee stadium calendar and a 2009 WS ball isn't showing off.

There was one person I used to work with in NY , he was from Philly and his office looked like a Phillies and Eagles sports memorabilia hub

[underdog]

A Yankee stadium calendar and a 2009 WS ball isn't showing off.

There was one person I used to work with in NY , he was from Philly and his office looked like a Phillies and Eagles sports memorabilia hub

First thing I bought for my Miami office was a Patriots rug, so everyone walked by and saw it.

You need a little fan pride sometimes. Lead to some fun bets and them ragging on me when the Patriots lost in Miami last year.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

For hockey. It will be interesting if the Pens and Rangers face each other in the next round