I'm rooting for Houston in the World Series only because

[PCIntern]

Chuck Todd is (ostensibly) a Nationals fan.

And as a lifetime Phillies fan I despise the Astros...for many reasons.

[spooky3]

1. Hey, please give a thought to all the DC-area DUers!

We offset Toady! And DC hasn’t had a team in the World Series since the 1930s. And wouldn’t it be fun to see a team refuse to drive a few miles to have hamberders at the White House, if they win?

You can also sing along to Baby Shark.

[PCIntern]

4. I'm sure there are nice fans...

But he’s such a smarmy prick.

[GoCubsGo]

21. Karl Frisch is a Nats fan.

Stephanie Miller Show fans know who I'm talking about. (Google him.) He more than cancels out that cretin.

[blaze]

19. I'm a bandwagon Baby Shark Nats fan!!

[spooky3]

23. I am, too! nt

[Gothmog]

2. Go Astros

[Initech]

3. I'm an Angels fan.

My team is an absolute dumpster fire of an organization. My only hope is that Arte Moreno gets booted for how he handled the Tyler Skaggs SNAFU (very poorly so far).

But that said I need a team to root for and Jose Altuve is currently my favorite player for having knocked out my mortal enemy, the Yankees. Go Astros!

[Croney]

6. This Red Sox fan feels the same way.

[Initech]

13. You guys at least have a World Series.

We haven't even so much as made the playoffs in 6 years.

[asiliveandbreathe]

15. Excellent fav player Altuve..and any team that knocks out the Yankees..

And American League team..go Houston..Red Sox Fan heah!!!!

The toad..is an arse....

[walkingman]

5. Take It Back - Go Astros!

[madinmaryland]

7. I'll be rooting for the Canadian team (Expos) vs. a former National league team.

It’s the second time in three years a National league team has played a former National league team.

[PCIntern]

8. I know: it's weird.

I recall eight teams in each league. “Life was simpler back then”
😁

[madinmaryland]

16. IIRC, weren't there ten teams in each league from 61-68 with

69 being the year they had 12 teams with two divisions in each leagues? I remember 68 with Bob Gibson and Denny McClain.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

17. MLB went from 8 teams per to 10 teams in 1961

Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, Houston Colt 45's and NY Metropolitans...…………

[rurallib]

30. And the Cubs were out of the pennant race by early May

Do you remember the college of coaches? As a former Cub fan, I sure do.

[Blue_true]

32. Eight teams in each league? When was that? nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. I didn't give much of a shit until an Astros staffer yelled "Thank God we got Osuna!" at four women

out of the blue in the locker room. Now I want them to lose.

[PCIntern]

10. That's as good a reason as mine is

Perhaps they’ll both lose...

[gratuitous]

12. I think that's a better reason to cheer for the Nationals

After all, teams can't choose who roots for them. But they can control their rosters and their front office personnel, like the aforementioned assistant general manager, Brandon Taubman.

Now, maybe Taubman's jubilant outburst in the flush of victory was just support for a player. A pitcher who had just blown a save in the top of the ninth inning by giving up a two-run gopher ball. A pitcher the Astros had traded for while he was serving a suspension for domestic violence. And Taubman really didn't mean to yell his jubilation at four reporters who happened to all be women. And maybe Taubman really was sorry, more than the "sorry if anyone was offended" language in one of his two statements the team issued.

But I'm unpersuaded about Taubman, so go Nats!

Link to ESPN story here.

[kairos12]

34. On hearing that I say go Nats. I was raised in Houston.

That assistant GM should have been fired today.

[Brother Buzz]

11. I'm rooting for Nationals in the World Series only because

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool National league fan. I became a National League fan the year the Giants moved to San Francisco and the Pacific Coast League dissolved.

That being said, I'm a little bummed Dusty Baker isn't skippering the Nats; would have, could have, should have been.

[Kurt V.]

14. i always go national league. Probably bc i was born in STL.

[UniteFightBack]

29. THIS. nt

[GoCubsGo]

18. I'm rooting for the Nats.

Just because I want to see them give the big middle finger to Bryce Harper.

It's also always nice to see a team that has never won before win it.

[NastyRiffraff]

22. Heh. I wonder what Bryce is thinking now

He wanted to be on a winning team He'll be watching the World Series on TV, or from the stands.

[PCIntern]

24. He's thinking this:

330 MILLION DOLLARS

[spooky3]

25. I'm sure he can console himself checking his bank balance. But hope I'm wrong... nt

[NastyRiffraff]

20. I don't care who Chuck Todd roots for

I'm a Nationals fan.

GO NATS!

[Ohiogal]

26. Houston already won the WS recently

So I’ll root for the Nats.

Sorry, Michael Brantley. I’m gonna root for Yan Gomes’s team.

[NurseJackie]

27. Go Nats!

Let's put more curly W's in the "win" column! ⚾🧢

[UniteFightBack]

28. That's crazy. I always will root for the National League team anyway. GO NATS! nt

[BlueSpot]

31. You don't like the guy ...

But you're letting him make your decisions for you?

[Blue_true]

36. Who said that hatred breeds reason? nt

[stopbush]

35. The Yankees aren't in the WS, so who cares?

[onenote]

37. so you dislike Chuck Todd more than you dislike Ted Cruz, John Cornyn, GW Bush

All Astros fans.

Maybe you should rethink the reasons for rooting or not rooting for a team.

[PCIntern]

38. It was a joke...

Jesus. I’m a Phillies fan so I hated Mario Cuomo?

[bpj62]

39. Lifetime Washingtonian here

I grew up during the 33 year absence of baseball in Washington and one of my greatest joys was the day that we got a baseball team back in DC. Win or lose I am going to enjoy the excitement of the World Series. BTW George Will is a big Nationals fan. Has seats on the first base side and keeps score. Not pretentious at all and says hello to anyone who greets him.