2025 Playoff Preferences

 9 MONTHS IS A GOOD BREAK I THINK

YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, THE PLAYOFFS ARE HERE AND I FEEL COMPELLED TO RANK MY PREFERRED TEAMS FROM "ROOTING FOR EM ALL THE WAY" TO "I'D RATHER GET A ROOT CANAL". WHAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE IS ONE OF THESE POSTS WITHOUT THE BRAVES ON TOP. WITH ALL THE STRESS GOING AROUND MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING?? AT ANY RATE WE GOT SOME NEW TEAMS, LET'S GOOOO

Milwaukee Brewers

1976 Topps Darrell Porter - blue dots variation

GHOST UECKER SHALL LEAD THE BREW CREW TO THE SERIES. NEW PILOTS MAKE IT TO THE BIG DANCE. MASSIVE CELEBRATORY DRINKING IN WISCONSIN, EVEN MORE THAN USUAL. OR MORE LIKELY THE WINNER OF THE 84 NLCS REMATCH GETS HOT AND KNOCKS EM OUT RIGHT AWAY. RIGHT THIS MOMENT THERE IS STILL HOPE SO I SHALL DREAM OF NICE THINGS

Seattle Mariners

1989 Donruss Ken Griffey Jr.

I REALLY REALLY NEED BIG DUMPER IN THE WORLD SERIES. JUST THE MARINERS THERE AT ALL. GOOD LORD I NEED SOMETHING DECENT TO HAPPEN IN THIS ROTTEN WORLD. JUST ONE NICE THING THIS YEAR. PLEASE UNIVERSE, I BEG YOU. ALL THE COOL KIDS WANT THAT BREWERS - MARINERS SERIES. OF COURSE I'VE JUST CURSED BOTH FRANCHISES EVEN MORE THAN THEY WERE ALREADY CURSED, BUT THEY CAN'T GET BOUNCED IN THE WILDCARD AT LEAST

Chicago Cubs

1954 Red Heart Dee Fondy

I FREELY ADMIT THE CUBS ARE TOO HIGH ON THIS LIST. THEY'VE WON A RING IN THE  PAST DECADE AND DANSBY GETTING A SECOND CHIP WOULD MAKE ME NAUSEOUS. I'M MENTALLY STUCK IN THE 80S THOUGH AND THEY'RE STILL LOVABLE LOSERS IN MY MIND. PLUS THEIR PITCHING STAFF SINGLE HANDEDLY DRAGGED MY ASS TO A THIRD PLACE FINISH IN MY FANTASY LEAGUE SO I'M FEELING SOME GOOD VIBES TOWARD THEM RIGHT NOW. GET NICO HOERNER A RING

Cincinnati Reds

2006 Cracker Jack Ballpark Legends II Johnny Bench

I'M STUCK IN THE 80S BUT THEY WON IN 1990 SO IT DOESN'T REGISTER WITH ME. THE'VE BEEN SO CRUMMY ALL CENTURY I'M JUST HAPPY THEY'RE IN THE PLAYOFFS AT ALL. ESPECIALLY WITH WHO GOT LEFT OUT. REDS IN THE WORLD SERIES WOULD BE OBJECTIVELY HILARIOUS, BUT IF THEY WIN THE THING THEY BETTER VOTE JOEY VOTTO  A WORLD SERIES SHARE

Cleveland Guardians

1987 M&M's Star Lineup Joe Carter

JOSE RAMIREZ WOULD BE SO FUN TO WATCH IN A SERIES. HONESTLY I'D BE SUPER HAPPY IF ANYONE IN THE TOP SIX WON THE PENNANT. CLEVELAND DESERVES IT JUST FOR THE NAME CHANGE. PLUS THEY HAVEN'T WON ONE IN A BILLION YEARS AND I ROOT FOR UNDERDOGS. THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LOT OF UNDERDOGS IN IT THIS YEAR

Detroit Tigers

1968 Topps Game Al Kaline

THEY TRIED TO BLOW IT BUT THEY DIDN'T. THE TIGERS GOT A GOOD TEAM WHEN THEY DON'T SUCK. IT'S A NEW SEASON NOW SO MAYBE THEY'LL GO BACK TO BEING THE FIRST HALF TIGERS. I'M NOT SUPER HAPPY MY TOP THREE AL TEAMS ARE ALL IN THE SAME BRACKET BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE THERE IS GUARANTEED TO BE A TEAM I LIKE IN THE ALCS. PLAYING A HORRIBLE EVIL BASTARD TEAM THAT MAKES ME SAD

Philadelphia Phillies

1981 Topps Coca-Cola Phillies Pack with Mike Schmidt on the back

ANOTHER TEAM THAT IS WAY TOO DAMN HIGH ON THIS LIST. TREA TURNER DON'T NEED NO MORE RINGS. HOWEVER, YOU CAN DO A HELL OF A LOT WORSE THAN SEEING BRUCE HOOPER IN THE WORLD SERIES. PHILLY COULD BRING A LOT OF CHAOS TO OCTOBER AND I'M OK WITH THAT. HAIL ERIS AND THE PHILLIE PHANATIC

San Diego Padres

1991 Score Tony Gwynn All-Star

I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY'RE NOT HIGHER?? THEY'VE NEVER WON A DAMN THING, SAN DIEGO'S SPORTS CURSE MAKES CLEVELAND LOOK LIKE THE YANKEES AND THEY'VE GOT SOME FUN PLAYERS. HOW ARE THEY NOT ON THE UNDERDOG SIDE OF THE RANKINGS? MAYBE I JUST FORGOT ABOUT THEM. MAYBE I COULDN'T FIND A NEAT PADRES ODDBALL CARD IN THE BOX I RAIDED FOR PICTURES TO ADD TO THE POST. I'M TOTALLY COOL WITH THEM WINNING THE PENNANT, I'M JUST COOLER WITH SOME OTHER TEAMS BEATING THEM. JUSTICE FOR YU DARVISH THOUGH

Toronto Blue Jays

1991 Starting Lineup Kelly Gruber

ANOTHER TEAM THAT SHOULD BE AT LEAST TWO SLOTS HIGHER. AN ACTUAL FUN TEAM WITH SOME GREAT PLAYERS! ANOTHER UNDERDOG FRANCHISE! THEY ACTUALLY BEAT THE FUCKIN YANKEES! ON THE OTHER HAND I'M SALTY THAT GAUSMAN DIDN'T PITCH LIKE THAT FOR THE BRAVES AND I'M NOT PLEASED WITH ONE OF THEIR WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES. I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THEM IN THE SERIES BUT I'LL BE THE BIGGEST BLUE JAYS FAN IN THE ALDS

Los Angeles Dodgers

1966 Topps Rub-Offs John Roseboro

BIIIIG DROP OFF HERE. SHOHEI SCHMOEHEI, THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A DECADE IS OBNOXIOUS. THEY CAN WIN ANOTHER ONE IN 2032, GIVE SOMEONE ELSE A CHANCE. AS MY LEAST FAVORITE NL TEAM, THEY'RE A DEAD BOLT LOCK TO WIN THE PENNANT. GET THOSE WAGERS IN NOW KIDS

Boston Red Sox

1953 Bowman Tom Brewer

EVER SINCE THEY DISPELLED THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO I'VE HAD NO USE FOR THIS FRANCHISE. HOW THE HECK DID THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS ANYWAY AFTER ALL THE UNNECESSARY DEVERS DRAMA. AT LEAST THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD AT BEATING THE YANKEES

New York Yankees

1956 Topps Irv Noren (altered)

YUCK THE FANKEES. BASTARD JUDGE IS GONNA STEAL RALEIGH'S MVP AND THE DAMN YANKEES WILL BULLSHIT THEIR WAY TO THE SERIES. I DON'T WANNA HEAR THE NUMBER 28 IN MY LIFETIME. BOOOO HISSSS BLECCCCCH. I CAN'T EVEN ROOT FOR MAX, WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU SIGN WITH THE DODGERS LIKE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO

YOU MADE FREDDIE SAD MAX

THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST WORLD SERIES FOR A WHILE, I HOPE IT'S A GOOD ONE (but we all know it'll be the goddamn dodgers and yankees again)

Dodgers over Yanks in Seven