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1-Cubs. Maternal grandfather was from Chicago, I could watch them almost every day growing up and it developed into a hardcore fandom (favorite sports team on my mother's side of the family). Living in central Ohio, I was about a 50/50 Cubs/Reds fan until I was 23 or 24 but that has waned considerably in recent years for many reasons.
I do not understand in the least the Cubs hatred from any fan who does not root for the White Sox or an NL Central team. Comes off as jealousy of the nationwide fan base and that they were on WGN regularly for decades.
AL teams I don't mind rooting for:
- Tigers (they were my favorite AL team when I attended college in Toledo)
- Rangers (sort of adopted them when I lived in Texas from 2007-09; couldn't root for the Astros since they were in the NL then)
- Astros (now that they are in the AL, I am fine with seeing them win and I know a lot of good Astros fans in Houston)
I am fine with the Royals and Twins winning. Small-market Midwestern teams; almost a regional pride thing.
Even though they are in the NL Central, I really don't mind the Pirates. If the Cubs don't win a division title, Pittsburgh is a team I wouldn't mind doing so.
Indifferent: AL East, AL West (other than teams listed above), NL East, NL West
26-Reds. Used to be a fan, as stated above, but that has dramatically changed in the past five years. I admit part of this comes from the Reds having dominated the Cubs the past several years, but from that also came an almost cruel edge from many Reds fans toward Cubs fans that exploded with the advent of social media. I couldn't call myself a part of their fan base anymore, and to an extent I actually enjoy them struggling. I still root for them vs the Indians, however.
27-Brewers. A ton of this has to do with Ryan Braun.
28-White Sox
29-Indians. I do not like Cleveland teams in general, and my dislike of the Indians goes back to the shameless bandwagoning in the late 1990s. Plus Cleveland fans in general have an inexplicable arrogance, as if no other city's fans are nearly as good as them, and I see it on a regular basis.
30-Cardinals
I appreciate that the Rockies never fall south of anybody's indifferent zone. Hooray for mediocrity!
That being said:
1. Rockies
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2. Red Sox (maybe weird because of '07, but they're kind of my AL team).
3-27. A whole bunch of other teams that I feel the same level of "whatever" about
28. D-Backs
29. Giants
30. Dodgers
Padres don't fall at 27 because really, who hates the Padres? And why? That's like hating puppies.
Who on Earth knows their 11th-favorite team? Or their 23rd-favorite team?
Do you also have a 234th-favorite MLB player?
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