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micky wrote: still on the Tigers bandwagon.... but looking to jump ship

    
What are you talking about! Jump ship! They are finally good again. I have been a Tiger fan my whole life. The good seasons don't come that often, but when they do ...

I am also a Cub fan. That started even before I lived in Chicago. So, I am not used to jumping ship at all.

Gravity Eyelids wrote: I'm a Mett fan. And what a double header today against the Braves. 4-1, and 8-0. Green finally shows us why we picked 'em up as he gets 2 homers, and Reyes amazing as always as he pops one out first pitch of the game.   It's a good time to be a METT fan. [IMG]height=17 alt=Cool src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley16.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>

    I think its the Mets not the Metts
    

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acheron wrote: i don't want to hear any sad stories about baseball from any of you i am a Cubs fan, yes i know, it hurts just typing it

Now that the Red Sox and White Sox have finally won World Series, the Cubs and now the GIANTS () are the resident heartbreakers of baseball.

I'll give you some examples:

Before the 2004 season, Giants GM Brian Sabean makes a deal to send pitchers Joe Nathan, Boof Bonser, and Francisco Liriano to the Twins for catcher AJ Pierzynski.  Joe Nathan turns into an All-Star closer for the Twins, Francisco Liriano becomes the best rookie pitcher this season (12-3 before an injury to shorten his year), and the Twins don't feel Pierzynski's absence behind the dish thanks to the emergence of Joe Mauer, who still leads the AL in batting average this year.  For the Giants, Pierzynski had a very poor season both with the glove and with the bat, and ran into trouble with the fans and other players with his terrible attitude, and it was clear his effort level was low by the end of the season.  That was his one and only season with the Giants.  AJ Pierzynski =

2002 World Series, Game 6, the Giants leading the series 3 games to 2.  The Giants were up 5-0 in the eighth.  Then Scott f**king Spezio hits a three-run homer, Angels take the lead, win Game 6 and then Game 7.

1998 season.  Former Giant Rod Beck closes out a one-game playoff against the Giants.  Cubs win the NL Wild Card, Giants go home.

2004 Season.  Steve Finley eliminates the Giants with a walk-off grand slam, Dodgers win 7-3 after the Giants enter the ninth up 3-0.

1993.  Giants fail to reach the playoffs despite winning 103 games.  Atlanta Braves win 104, winning the NL West.  The Giants become the reason Bud Selig instills the Wild Card.



I could come up with more.  Suffice to say, I feel your pain.

Garion81 wrote: Maybe you should become an A's fan they seem to have done better.

Blasphemy!  Actually, I used to be somewhat of an A's fan as well as a Giants fan, but eventually my loyalties just kind of fell into one place.

One of my first memories was the 1989 earthquake just before the World Series between the Giants and the A's... I was 4 at the time!