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(64,629 posts)J/K. Mariners fan here.
malaise
(297,935 posts)Word is that my rooting for a team or player isnt necessarily a good thing.
Still, I want Canada to win.😀
Wounded Bear
(64,629 posts)malaise
(297,935 posts)😀
rzemanfl
(31,464 posts)in the town I live in so I am too.
BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)SPRING TRAINING IN PHILLIE
jmowreader
(53,394 posts)I like the Mariners, and it's time for them to FINALLY win the pennant. If the M's weren't in it...yeah, go Jays and fuck Trump.
malaise
(297,935 posts)I want Canada to win for politics😀
Tribetime
(7,145 posts)Sky high payrolls while other teams are expected to compete on a fraction of the payroll. Cleveland fan here haven't won since 1948 despite numerous playoff appearances
malaise
(297,935 posts)ownership structure
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)The New York Mets had a gross income of $444 million for 2024 and spent $400 million on 2025 payroll -- 90 percent, the highest in baseball
The Miami Marlins had a gross income of $317 million for 2024 and spent $86 mollion on 2025 payroll -- 27 percent, the lowest in baseball.
It isn't only that some clubs have more to spend than others, but that some spend the least they can on personnel, or simply underpay them so the owners can make more.
rsdsharp
(12,093 posts)Unless you count the Brewers who have been in once, and started in Seattle as the Pilots.
malaise
(297,935 posts)Coventina
(29,937 posts)And, a beautiful city.

GenThePerservering
(3,707 posts)A little old place with 10 rooms. Used to take the monorail to work if I didn't ride my bike.
That was back in the day and it's still there - low income housing now, I think.
I'm a Mariner's fan, but it's OK if the Blue Jays win, because I'm also a big Canada fan. I'd just like to see our team win - it's been a roller coaster.
Blasphemer
(3,624 posts)malaise
(297,935 posts)😀
Blasphemer
(3,624 posts)😀
Blasphemer
(3,624 posts)EnergizedLib
(3,146 posts)But the Canadian team winning the World Series would be a big middle finger to the felon, I think.
Volaris
(11,794 posts)LA is gonna turn the world series this year into the second Massacre at Cannae, no matter who they play
Don't get me wrong, I'll watch. I love playoff baseball, and I love watching worthy playoff pitchers, do what they do.
malaise
(297,935 posts)Oh Canada- trouble😀
Tree Lady
(13,384 posts)Don't care who wins. Hoping they beat dodgers, need new team to win.
But Dodgers with 4-0 and lots of rest time will be hard to beat.
malaise
(297,935 posts)Invincible
rollin74
(2,331 posts)Last edited Mon Oct 20, 2025, 11:12 PM - Edit history (1)
most MAGAts hate both Canada and L.A. So they'll be upset either way
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)I didn't select any of the alert categories, though, so maybe it won't go through
Polybius
(22,117 posts)Even after selecting a category, you have to click "I believe this post breaks this rule" for it to go through.
rollin74
(2,331 posts)the post is still there
Jack Valentino
(5,250 posts)Assuming that is the meaning of this post, I sympathize with your sentiment---
but since the star player of the Dodgers, a star pitcher who also hit three home-runs in a playoff game,
is actually a Japanese citizen rather than an American....
should he hire private security to protect him from ICE ???
(Yeah, I presume he is legally justified to be playing baseball in this country---
but since when has 'legally' mattered to the Nazi-Gestapo Trump administration??)
Surely the Canadian baseball fans have ample justification to hope for victory in this year's WS,
but if the Dodger's eventually triumph due to the skills of their Japanese star player.....
I don't think I will be unhappy whichever way the series goes
(if I am blessed enough to actually VIEW any of it!---
Will any broadcast network show it this year??)
((That Dodger's Japanese pitcher and homerun slugger is something else!!!! ))
rollin74
(2,331 posts)but I'd be willing to bet A LOT that the Dodgers have the largest Latino fanbase of any MLB team out there as well
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)And the white supremacist fans hate it.
Miami may have a larger percentage of Latino fans, since much of its population is Cuban and Cuba is baseball-mad. But then, the Fish have about 22 fans because the owners won't spend their money on0 quality players.
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)because of one player, especially over an entire season and playoff series. Everyone on the field, and even in the dugout, contributes something.
This is probably the most important thing for fans to know about the game.
Tw -- hus nane us Shohei Ohtani
greatauntoftriplets
(179,343 posts)Love the idea of a Canadian team winning the series. It'll piss drumpf off.
Oeditpus Rex
(43,094 posts)the Toronto Blue Jays are made up of Canadian players.
Wiz Imp
(10,405 posts)Initech
(109,263 posts)Kingofalldems
(40,366 posts)Brother Buzz
(40,405 posts)malaise
(297,935 posts)😀
FM123
(10,385 posts)Just got back from Toronto, O what a wonderful place! Hard to come back to the States, especially FL.
Swede
(40,070 posts)I hope the Mariners go all the way soon.
edbermac
(16,487 posts)Canadians or Californians will win the Series.
malaise
(297,935 posts)That is all😀
Polybius
(22,117 posts)Us as in us Yankees.
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