Your three favorite baseball teams (including year)

[philliesfan]

As a Phillies fan I would say:

1980 Phillies
2008 Phillies
1977 Phillies

[Balticfox]

1960 - Pittsburgh Pirates
1964 - St. Louis Cardinals
1957 - Milwaukee Braves

The above teams of course all beat the New York Yankees in the World Series. Being a Yankee hater defined my interest in baseball as a kid. As a result I never developed a single favourite baseball team above all others.

Right now the list of my favourite baseball teams stands as follows:

1) Pittsburgh Pirates
2) Detroit Tigers
3) St. Louis Cardinals
4) Toronto Blue Jays (My antipathy to having a team made up of largely Americans and Latinos claiming to represent Canada faded after I started cheering for knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.)
5) Baltimore Orioles
6) San Francisco Giants
7) Philadelphia Phillies

The Cleveland Indians were my favourite team but they're now gone as are the Oakland Athletics who were right up there in my top three. And of course the Milwaukee Braves disappeared decades ago.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

The above teams of course all beat the New York Yankees in the World Series. Being a Yankee hater defined my interest in baseball as a kid. As a result I never developed a single favourite baseball team above all others.

I rooted for the NYY in 1996. I was upset about the Braves beating the Indians the year before. I just wanted ATL to lose. By 1998, I had come to hate the NYY, because I was rooting for Seattle. I moved from Montana to Spokane WA in 1996. Got tickets to the kingdome to see the Mariners. The Mariners of course were pretty good by the end of the 90s, but they couldn't get past the evil empire. In 2001, with Randy Johnson pitching for AZ, it felt like poetry, it was beautiful, that a former Mariner would help take down Goliath. Ever since then, I still root against ATL and NYY. Of course, now I root against Houston too!

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[Vintagevault13]

Reggie Jackson is my favorite player, so that will explain the first two. I am from Georgia, so that explains my third.

1974 Oakland A's
1977 New York Yankees
1995 Atlanta Braves (one of the all-time great pitching staffs)

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by todeen

...because I was rooting for Seattle. I moved from Montana to Spokane WA in 1996. Got tickets to the kingdome to see the Mariners. The Mariners of course were pretty good by the end of the 90s, but they couldn't get past the evil empire.

I really liked the Seattle Mariners when they had their trident logo:



Since they changed it I've liked them a lot less. Nonetheless now that the Oakland Athletics are no more, the Mariners are easily my favourites in the AL West.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

I really liked the Seattle Mariners when they had their trident logo:



Since they changed it I've liked them a lot less. Nonetheless now that the Oakland Athletics are no more, the Mariners are easily my favourites in the AL West.

One of my favorite things about vintage cards is seeing the logos/uniforms from the '70s and earlier. This Mariners logo, those striped Astros uniforms, the collared White Sox shirts, etc.

[Steve D]

1. 1984 Padres
2. 1998 Padres
3. 1976 Padres


Steve

[cgjackson222]

Great thread!

1) 1986 Mets - I'm from Long Island, not far from where the Mets play. What a bunch of characters.

2) 1947 Dodgers - Great bunch of guys around Jackie. So glad they chose this team to integrate.

3) 1971 Pirates - Very cool group, and World Series champs.

Honorable mention: 1951 Giants, 1948 Indians, 1975 Reds.

[TUM301]

1975 Red Sox
2004 Red Sox
1970 Reds tied 1969 Mets

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

As a Phillies fan I would say:

1980 Phillies
2008 Phillies
1977 Phillies

I'm with you on the 1980 and 2008 teams. 1977 was probably their best team from that era, but unfortunately the playoffs didn't go too well.

[DodgerMike22]

1988 Dodgers
2017 Dodgers
2024 Dodgers

[Beercan collector]

1934 Cardinals
1967 Cardinals
1982 Cardinals

Took 67 over 64, Bob Gibson three complete game wins - giving up three runs.
Tough to leave out 2006 and 2011.

[philliesfan]

I choose the 1977 Phillies because of the memories of the Phillies and my father. He was a big Phillies fan. I was 16 at the time and he was ill with cancer and heart conditions.

He passed away in 1981 so at least we enjoyed the World Series together. To this day, I can still remember sitting in the living room with him when the final out was made.

Bob

[Casey2296]

-
Fun question and tough decisions, these are the teams I would have loved to follow during that season.

1. 1905 NY Giants
Mattys 3 WS shutouts

2. 1924 Senators
Johnson gets his WS

3. 1931 Homestead Grays
Gibson & Paige

Honorable mention:

4. 1954 NY Giants
Willie Mays catch and WS

5. 1909 Detroit Tigers
Cobb & Wagner WS

6. 1917 Chicago White Sox
Joe Jackson WS

[Mark17]

1963 Twins (best grouping of my favorite Twins players)
1968 Tigers (interesting group of various personalities)
1970 Orioles (great team, and all of them likeable)