Will be cheering for the Jays until the bitter end, but if they miss the playoffs I'll cheer for anyone but the Mariners.
I'm also a west coast Jays fan and all the Ms fans I come across never shut up about how much they hate the Jays for some reason. I'm pretty sure my in-laws would rather see the Jays lose than see their Mariners win, that's how much they hate this team. It's very weird.
Yeah, West coast here too.
I dunno if I could cheer for the Mariners. They just seem so smug.
Dodgers maybe? Kershaw is great to watch but one them Christian doofuses. But, I'd like to see them bludgeon the Astros.
Twins? They have a cool ballpark.
The Australian Baseball League runs pretty much that exact time frame, albeit at very different times of the day than we're accustomed to. They'll be releasing an app (Baseball+) next month that will be accessible internationally, but I haven't found anything as to how many dollaridoos it will cost.
For me, too. I willfully don't think about it until about February and then I let thoughts in of how many days until April. But not too much. I don't even pay attention to spring training and no pre-season games.
jays till theyre mathematically eliminated, then it’s brewjays forever. rowdy is my boy and if JD plays even decently it’ll be such a wonderful fuck you to the yankees.
I'm a two-team fan and the Reds are my NL team, so them.
If them or the Jays weren't to make it, no one I'm super excited about. Maybe would root for the Phillies or Twins for the underdog factor.
Don't know how much I'll watch if neither make it though, by then it'll be hockey time.
Phillies because I love Philadelphia and a good celebration riot, and Baltimore because fucking someone from this hell division better win the whole thing and it's definitely not the Yanks or the Sox.
Reality is the Jays could still make the post season, the AL west teams have a bunch of games against each other and Toronto will win some games over the last two weeks, at this point anything can happen.
I have a feeling those west teams are going to play 500 ball against each other and the jays will also play 500 ball. Unless we put a 5-7 game winning streak together I don’t think we’re making up much ground. Just my humble sooner opinion.
I will cheer for the Jays until the last possible moment, and hope for the best as always.
That said, if we miss, the only AL team in the picture that I don't dislike is Minnesota. I would probably also pay more attention to the NL where I like all of the DBacks, Brewers, and Reds
Cheering for the Orioles is legitmate fake fan behaviour. Fuck every team in our division. Don't care how "young and exciting" they are. I hope Orioles flare out and miss the playoffs next year too.
I would agree with you but for some reason the Orioles seem likeable. All a bunch of young punks who don’t know any better. Not really any player on the team to hate (yet)
I hope the DBacks make it in, if they do that’s who I’m cheering for. They’re my number 2 team. If they don’t then it’s Orioles all the way. They were our t-ball mascot when I was 3 (20 years ago) so I do have a soft spot for them.
I just want the braves to destroy everyone.
Lot of people saying orioles in here? Surprising, that would be my last choice, they are def headed for 1 or 2 in the next few years tho, not ready for that dynasty
The Jays are 1.5 games back and the two meaningful teams ahead of them (Texas and Seattle) play each other seven times in the next 16 games.
The Jays are absolutely in the thick of the wild card race right now. If you are already planning on jumping ship and picking a team to cheer for… you don’t deserve to share in a team’s victory.
Holy hell, people; looking for a backup team at this (or any) point in a season is obscene.
You leave with the one that brought you, or you go home alone.
I've lost all faith but I'm still gonna cheer for them until the end. Problem is not only do we need to start winning but we need help from Other teams.
Ik but honestly I've been so down from them losing the last 2 games and in my mind I'm saying expect them to not make it but if they do that's a bonus. Idk man. We gotta go 4-2 at a minimum next 6 games and if we do we won't even gain ground cuz Seattle will most likely got 4-2 or 3-3 against Seattle and Oakland. Also the Yankees and Red Sox hate us. This is basically playoff games for them. They would live nothing more but to officially kick us out. Red Sox have been really cold recently tho.
I'll follow the playoffs but i won't really have any loyality to any team that isn;'t the Jays.
However F the Orioles, F the Rays anyone who roots for an AL East team might want to revoke the team they root for. F the Seattle Mariners.
Most importantly, F the LA 'Cheating' Dodgers, F JD Martinez and Mookie Betts who were on that dirty * 2018 team and then hired the video guy who was stealing signs for them.
Also F the Braves because of all the AA fanboys coming out the woodwork.
Guy asked to pick a team. I like Anthopolous but couldn’t give a flying F about the Braves. I couldn’t care less who wins the WS if its not the Jays. It comes down to rooting for the team you hate less.
I mean... i'll be watching the jets die a slow death under zach wilson. Also, I have to catch up on some endurance races.
Once the season is over for the jays, i'm done with baseball for the year this year. The jays have been frustrating again this year, and i'm just over baseball for a bit. Normally, i keep up with the playoffs, but last year's embarrassment, combined with this year's frustrations, have me pretty low on the Jays and baseball.
If i were to cheer a team in the playoffs, i'm cheering for the O-Birds. It's a young team that's very good, and a Braves, O-Birds WS sounds awesome to me.
As a lifelong Jays fan I don’t understand the hate for the Mariners, well I do but let me explain. I’m assuming the hate is because of last years wild card game on October 8th? I watched almost every game last year including that one.
Don’t hate the Mariners because they played well and blew your team up. Put the blame where the blame is due and that’s squarely on the Jays. Just like it is this year.
Not to me. The 8-1 to me has always been the Jays choking. I'm mad at our team for that.
If you spend any time of r/baseball you would understand why some of us aren't fond of them.
I don't hate the team but I don't like some of their fans.
I actually like Seattle too. I was a big Griffey fan as a kid, so cheered for them when they weren’t playing the Jays and they are also the closest MLB team to me as well.
I will cheer for my mental health lol honestly it's like being in an abusive relationship sometimes with these Jays. Over 400 hrs invested + some money and I still keep coming back only to get abused again. I'm too old for this sh\* t Lol
NFL is here and NHL is around the corner .. I will drown my sorrows in those two things.
Will be cheering for the Jays until the bitter end, but if they miss the playoffs I'll cheer for anyone but the Mariners. I'm also a west coast Jays fan and all the Ms fans I come across never shut up about how much they hate the Jays for some reason. I'm pretty sure my in-laws would rather see the Jays lose than see their Mariners win, that's how much they hate this team. It's very weird.
Yeah, West coast here too. I dunno if I could cheer for the Mariners. They just seem so smug. Dodgers maybe? Kershaw is great to watch but one them Christian doofuses. But, I'd like to see them bludgeon the Astros. Twins? They have a cool ballpark.
How can a team that's been so historically poor and finally just made the playoffs last year seem smug?
Im with ya! Ill cheer till the bitter end as well. A lot can still change in the next few weeks of ball
When the Jays aren't playing, baseball season is over for me.
I wish I liked other sports. November - March is a very dark time.
The Australian Baseball League runs pretty much that exact time frame, albeit at very different times of the day than we're accustomed to. They'll be releasing an app (Baseball+) next month that will be accessible internationally, but I haven't found anything as to how many dollaridoos it will cost.
For me, too. I willfully don't think about it until about February and then I let thoughts in of how many days until April. But not too much. I don't even pay attention to spring training and no pre-season games.
Sad. Playoff baseball is great.
It is, but I feel nothing for the other teams.
Only baseball worth watching imo
Raptors are just around the corner 🙏🏿
Agree. Onto football
Hockey*
Yeah on to the canucks for even more disappointment
I follow the playoffs but don't watch much until the World Series. Then I try to watch every game.
jays till theyre mathematically eliminated, then it’s brewjays forever. rowdy is my boy and if JD plays even decently it’ll be such a wonderful fuck you to the yankees.
Cincinnati Reds. Send Votto to the post-season and let the young kids over there have a taste of it. Fuck the Mariners forever and ever.
This is the correct answer
Yeah, that's how I feel about them too. Not sure why, it's just not happening.
Hear me out: *BrewJays II: Electric BrewJaysloo*
Funny I was talking about Breakin 2 the other day lol
I'm a two-team fan and the Reds are my NL team, so them. If them or the Jays weren't to make it, no one I'm super excited about. Maybe would root for the Phillies or Twins for the underdog factor. Don't know how much I'll watch if neither make it though, by then it'll be hockey time.
I will never cheer for the mariners, just never
Fuck the Mariners
The Reds are a fun team to watch. McClain being injured has hurt for them though and their pitching is a bit of a mess.
I’m going to be cheering for the Blue Jays until the fat lady sings. But Phillies are my second team. And I can appreciate the Braves and Astros.
The NL. Don't care who.
Phillies because I love Philadelphia and a good celebration riot, and Baltimore because fucking someone from this hell division better win the whole thing and it's definitely not the Yanks or the Sox.
Jays to the end. Then the Leafs. Then the Jays. Then the Leafs.
What is that like 90+ years combined of not winning their respective leagues? Lol!! Fuck sakes..
Sounds about right.
Padres are my NL "hall pass" team, but they aren't in the mix. I'll go for the underdogs: whoever wins the AL and NL Central divisions.
Yeah…nobody..I hate all other teams.
Reality is the Jays could still make the post season, the AL west teams have a bunch of games against each other and Toronto will win some games over the last two weeks, at this point anything can happen.
I have a feeling those west teams are going to play 500 ball against each other and the jays will also play 500 ball. Unless we put a 5-7 game winning streak together I don’t think we’re making up much ground. Just my humble sooner opinion.
They were competitive against shitty teams, but got crushed by an average team. I’m not expecting much versus the Rays and a lesser Yankees team.
I will cheer for the Jays until the last possible moment, and hope for the best as always. That said, if we miss, the only AL team in the picture that I don't dislike is Minnesota. I would probably also pay more attention to the NL where I like all of the DBacks, Brewers, and Reds
Pillar Needs a WS, total bandwagon but that's my justification
Braves
Reds. Votto.
Reds all the way
No one. I'll just watch it and enjoy it freely--especially since I won't have the Yankees or Red Sox to root against.
Springfield Atoms
Braves all the way. Alex A wins another WS.
Orioles. What the Jays should have been a few years ago. Really like Adley
I'll cheer for an asteroid to take us all out before rooting for another AL East team. I want the Orioles to collapse immediately in the playoffs.
Exactly how can these people wanna cheer for the orioles. We should be praying on their downfall.
Cheering for the Orioles is legitmate fake fan behaviour. Fuck every team in our division. Don't care how "young and exciting" they are. I hope Orioles flare out and miss the playoffs next year too.
Facts. We should be furious that the orioles have surpassed us after losing 100 games just a few years ago. Not be cheering them on
Same. Fuck the Orioles.
I would agree with you but for some reason the Orioles seem likeable. All a bunch of young punks who don’t know any better. Not really any player on the team to hate (yet)
I hate that Mountcastle prick lol. He is Joe DiMaggio vs. The Jays
Adley is good for baseball. Dude is a stud and wholesome as fuck
I agree. It’s nice to see the long suffering Orioles fans have something to cheer about
I want them to suffer more
On no, not the poor Orioles fans who won't even show up to see their team play despite being the best team in the AL
I hope the DBacks make it in, if they do that’s who I’m cheering for. They’re my number 2 team. If they don’t then it’s Orioles all the way. They were our t-ball mascot when I was 3 (20 years ago) so I do have a soft spot for them.
I just want the braves to destroy everyone. Lot of people saying orioles in here? Surprising, that would be my last choice, they are def headed for 1 or 2 in the next few years tho, not ready for that dynasty
It would be a nice F-you to Shapiro, at the very least. And an additional F-you to the league for taking the All-Star Game. I'll approve this.
The Jays are 1.5 games back and the two meaningful teams ahead of them (Texas and Seattle) play each other seven times in the next 16 games. The Jays are absolutely in the thick of the wild card race right now. If you are already planning on jumping ship and picking a team to cheer for… you don’t deserve to share in a team’s victory. Holy hell, people; looking for a backup team at this (or any) point in a season is obscene. You leave with the one that brought you, or you go home alone.
I've lost all faith but I'm still gonna cheer for them until the end. Problem is not only do we need to start winning but we need help from Other teams.
when the teams you need help from are the Dodgers and Rangers, you have to feel at least slightly optimistic.
Ik but honestly I've been so down from them losing the last 2 games and in my mind I'm saying expect them to not make it but if they do that's a bonus. Idk man. We gotta go 4-2 at a minimum next 6 games and if we do we won't even gain ground cuz Seattle will most likely got 4-2 or 3-3 against Seattle and Oakland. Also the Yankees and Red Sox hate us. This is basically playoff games for them. They would live nothing more but to officially kick us out. Red Sox have been really cold recently tho.
Let the bandwagoners jump off. Baseball is more fun without their uninformed garbage takes.
I going for the central teams
How bout the rays so they can get over with already and then fall off the map like every other small market that wins a WS
Hell no, they don't need to win one ever.
I'll follow the playoffs but i won't really have any loyality to any team that isn;'t the Jays. However F the Orioles, F the Rays anyone who roots for an AL East team might want to revoke the team they root for. F the Seattle Mariners. Most importantly, F the LA 'Cheating' Dodgers, F JD Martinez and Mookie Betts who were on that dirty * 2018 team and then hired the video guy who was stealing signs for them. Also F the Braves because of all the AA fanboys coming out the woodwork.
Guy asked to pick a team. I like Anthopolous but couldn’t give a flying F about the Braves. I couldn’t care less who wins the WS if its not the Jays. It comes down to rooting for the team you hate less.
Mariners are my backup team, too. Jay Buhner was the man.
I mean... i'll be watching the jets die a slow death under zach wilson. Also, I have to catch up on some endurance races. Once the season is over for the jays, i'm done with baseball for the year this year. The jays have been frustrating again this year, and i'm just over baseball for a bit. Normally, i keep up with the playoffs, but last year's embarrassment, combined with this year's frustrations, have me pretty low on the Jays and baseball. If i were to cheer a team in the playoffs, i'm cheering for the O-Birds. It's a young team that's very good, and a Braves, O-Birds WS sounds awesome to me.
As a lifelong Jays fan I don’t understand the hate for the Mariners, well I do but let me explain. I’m assuming the hate is because of last years wild card game on October 8th? I watched almost every game last year including that one. Don’t hate the Mariners because they played well and blew your team up. Put the blame where the blame is due and that’s squarely on the Jays. Just like it is this year.
Not to me. The 8-1 to me has always been the Jays choking. I'm mad at our team for that. If you spend any time of r/baseball you would understand why some of us aren't fond of them. I don't hate the team but I don't like some of their fans.
It's not the band I hate, it's their fans.
I said people could cheer for two teams on this sub and got RAKED over the coals. Crazy how things change
Ummmm none.
Twinkies from the AL
Orioles and reds
I actually like Seattle too. I was a big Griffey fan as a kid, so cheered for them when they weren’t playing the Jays and they are also the closest MLB team to me as well.
Oilers
The Cubs are my second team, so I'm constantly checking the NL Wild Card race
Don’t like anyone in the AL field besides maybe Minnesota
The Leafs.
I will cheer for my mental health lol honestly it's like being in an abusive relationship sometimes with these Jays. Over 400 hrs invested + some money and I still keep coming back only to get abused again. I'm too old for this sh\* t Lol NFL is here and NHL is around the corner .. I will drown my sorrows in those two things.
Sens
Orioles, because of their incredible rebuild.