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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
I can get behind watching some things with no rooting interest. Heck, sometimes it's actually easier for me to watch with no rooting interest.
I actually thought about this for a bit, why the diff in my gut reaction to Pit/Bal compared to Pit/Oak.
The first is the nostalgia factor I mentioned. '71 matchup is at least arguably the first WS I can clearly remember watching ('70 is fuzzy at best).
You might think, then, that I'd have some attraction to Oakland because of my clear recollections of their '72-'74 teams. Except that I realized those aren't what I think of when I think of Oakland now. Instead it's Canseco, McGwire, et al. That's what's come to represent the franchise to me. And that's a negative connotation that drops my interest.
The second is the "who?" factor. Keep in mind, I've played fantasy baseball online pretty much since it was invented I think -- and I'm a waiver wire hot streak picking up fool -- so it's not like I don't have at least fair name recognition for a decent number of players. I looked at the A's current season stats, there's literally 3 players in their top 8 (AB's) that I can't swear to ever having heard of before today, a 4th I had to check to make sure he was who I thought he was.
With Baltimore, there's 1 guy that rings no bells, but there's also a very familiar former Brave (McLouth) and a former Georgia Tech star (Wieters).
There was probably a time (Twins-Cardinals series comes to mind) when I might have been more interested just because it's the WS. Those days are gone for me, and have been for a number of years now.
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Its interesting - I can name 15-20 players on almost any major league team (excluding the Marlins, and even that if I push it) with up to 40 Giants (in the org) - but I'd love to see a Pirates - A's series, for example - I have emotional connections to both those teams, or to TB (because I like the philosophy). I guess whichever baseball team I'm watching, I find something to root for one way or another, and I like the game enough that I will always watch the WS.