World Series game 7......which team are you rooting for ?.....and why ? ?

[robkas68]

I am actually on a plane getting ready to take off to Houston right now. I am sort of cheering for the Nats but I really don’t mind either team. It isn’t like the Yankees, Red Sox or Dodgers where there is a strong reaction either positive or negative.

[timn1]

I love the Astros as a team but the Nats were great and they deserve it - also it's always fun to see a first-time winner-

[Stampsfan]

I feel somewhat sad and bittersweet. As someone who grew up in Montreal and attended many, many games every year, I’m unsure if I am happy for my old team, or just saddened that the Expos could not get there where my old home town could celebrate.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

I feel somewhat sad and bittersweet. As someone who grew up in Montreal and attended many, many games every year, I’m unsure if I am happy for my old team, or just saddened that the Expos could not get there where my old home town could celebrate.

My feelings exactly in 1965, when my Senators won the AL pennant in Minnesota!

[Tony2311]

Congrats to the Nats and fans - great series!!

Residing in Houston (Cypress, TX) for ~40 years I am a dedicated Astros fan. Two points to last nights game:

1) AJ Hinch taking Greinke with a pitch count of 80, giving up one run, two walks and replacing him with Harris. Although Harris pitched will in the post season, he was used repeatedly.

2) The Astros had their chances: 1/8 RISP, 10 LOB, RISP with 2 out = 5, the entire lineup left 21 LOB.

The only negative IMHO, Soto...He will receive his share of fastballs in the back as to how he plays the game and shows up the opposing pitchers/team. Before anyone jumps on my statement, I do not condone Bregman carrying his bat down to 1B - he apologized and handled it well with the media and fans.

[guy3050]

Originally Posted by Stampsfan

I feel somewhat sad and bittersweet. As someone who grew up in Montreal and attended many, many games every year, I’m unsure if I am happy for my old team, or just saddened that the Expos could not get there where my old home town could celebrate.

MY THOUGHTS ON THE NATS WIN
I have no ill feelings towards the Washington team, they deserved the win, they played hard and never gave up. But it's really a stretch to see many people saying how this was finally a win for the Expos franchise ! The majority of fans in Montreal see absolutely no redeeming value for our baseball history other than the fact that this was a team that was built on the skeleton of another. To create an equivalency between our history and this win being our vindication is absolute rubbish in my opinion. Having sat in Jarry Park and Olympic stadium in the early and late 70's, listening to Ted Tevan religiously, and believing that parade of his would happen, being at game 3 of the 81 NLCS, screaming at Jerry White's 3 run homer, following every game on the radio, when there wasn't 24 hr sports coverage, and a handful of broadcasts, checking box scores in the next morning's paper for late games on the west coast, or falling asleep with a small transistor radio under my pillow. The 80's, the 90's, 1994, 2003 September, and too many other things I could write a book about. All these memories cannot be reconciled with a WS series win by the team in Washington, and never will. BRING BACK MY BELOVED EXPOS TO MONTREAL "NOS AMOURS"