\nFirst, it would not be fun to cheer for the Twins. Everybody in those duo-cities, and I mean everybody, seems to be hockey-football fans. It seems you\u2019d have to explain why it is important to use a change-up on a 1-0 count. (I\u2019ll not mention that goofy stadium, or the helmets and colors of their football team.) (By the way, Tony Jones got himself in trouble recently when he tried to use a baseball analogy \u2014 it may have been Chicago\u2019s resentment of a Minnesotan using baseball imagery.)
\nSecond, Toronto. People in Canada don\u2019t play baseball. They\u2019ve begun to descend south, the way deer have in the last three decades, so there is more and more hockey in Minnesota, but still \u2014 their history channel has programs about Wayne Gretzky for cryin\u2019 out loud. Baseball belongs in Canada the way football belongs in Buenos Aires. It\u2019s out of order.
\nThird, LA Dodgers. About the seventh inning, or sooner, someone must start cell-phoning around Chavez Ravine about where Paris Hilton is partying and everyone just starts heading out of the stadium and down to Rodeo Drive.
\nFourth, Texas Rangers. One simple reason: it is too hot down there to go to games unless it is April, May or October \u2014 and baseball happens in October as often in Texas as it does at Wrigley \u2014 which just proves my point. They\u2019ll be exhausted from the heat and we won\u2019t be \u2014 if it happens.
\nFifth, I can\u2019t figure out if it would be the NY Metropolitans or the NY Yankees. Well, I\u2019m lying. I can: the Yankees. How can a person go to bed cheering for a team directed by The Guy Who Put Paradise Out to Pasture With Big Salaries for Free Agents?
\nSixth, Notre Dame. Why? Their fans.
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Sitting here reading and watching the Cubs play the Bucs in Pittsburgh, I got to thinking about how lucky we are to be Cubs fans. I began to feel sorry for everyone else, and then I got to thinking about which set of fans I feel most sorry for. Here\u2019s my list, and you might […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n