Well, hopefully it’ll NEVER get to something so drastic, but…having been originally from a town about 100 miles north of Detroit, it’d have to be the Tigers for me. Sure, the “Motor City Kitties” might only win a pennant every 20 years or so, but it makes it that much sweeter when it DOES happen. (Not to mention that, with the exception of a few rowdy knuckleheads, most of the Tiger fans I’ve met out here seem to be happy to just enjoy a decent season every now and then out of their guys without thinking they’ve got some kind of freakin’ birthright on championships — unlike a lot of Yankee, and lately, Red Sox fans.)

Of course, if we were in the (not-so)”perfect” parallel universe of Fox/ESPN where EVERY team was contracted except for those in the four cities they actually like (New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles), I guesss I’d have to go with the Dodgers then, too, since: (a) they are still on the West Coast; and (b) they are NOT the Angels — who I could NEVER bring myself to rooting for.

But then again, if it ever got to the point that MLB (or any major sports league, for that matter) allowed itself to be dictated to to THAT degree by the flippin’ TV networks, I would most likely cease to be a fan of the sport at the professional level, anyway.

How big was the bag of balls that we got in return for him? Anybody know?

The Dodgers for me. My Dad grew up a Dodgers fan so I’m used to hering of guys like Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Maury Wills, and Roy Campanella.”

My dad was from the northwest, but he too was a Dodgers fan growing up. My mom grew up in the Bronx and so was naturally a Yankees fan, but not a very serious one. I think that I’d have to go with my dad on this one and follow the Dodgers, especially since I just love Koufax’s awesomeness. The Red Sox have been my “backup” team for as long as I’ve followed baseball, but now that they have so many bandwagon fans I’m not sure I want to keep it up.

The Dodgers for me. My Dad grew up a Dodgers fan so I’m used to hering of guys like Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Maury Wills, and Roy Campanella.

Yay doubla for Balentien!!

Will Beltre EVER learn to leave those pitches alone?

I really think this is very close to asking whether Raul will ever learn to get a good jump on the ball. Beltre isn’t choosing to misjudge what pitch to swing at; he’s fooled. He can’t tell. You’re asking him, basically, to learn to guess better at pitches that he can’t judge where they’re going quickly enough.