What baseball team should i support?
St. Louis. 2nd only to the Yankees in titles (10). Friendly fans. Knowledgable. Support their team (3.55 Million in a 2.5 Million area). Always a sea of red. In the playoffs 6 times in the last 8 years. What more can you ask for?
Which baseball team should I support while living in London?
A2A. Unless you have some kind of a tie (friends or family in Atlanta or New York, for example) to a particular team, there's no need to choose. Teams like the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers (now Los Angeles) and Chicago Cubs have a storied past, with such great names as Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, and Mickey Mantle. You can't go wrong following those. For that matter, check out videos and documentaries of the great players of the past. That will give you some real appreciation of the history and heroes of the past. Especially note the integration of the Negro League with MLB in the 50s and 60s. Equally as important is your access to the game broadcasts. Which team's broadcasts can you receive in London? Can you get WGN (Chicago), WOR (New York) or TBS (Atlanta)? That may determine who you follow the most. Since you're a fan, I'm assuming you know the rules, and maybe you've even played before. If not, just watch any games to learn how baseball is played. Hopefully you'll gain a real appreciation for baseball's gracefulness, heroes, skill, drama, and heartache. If you just can't grasp the skill level required, note that many pitchers can throw a fastball between 90 and 100mph. Find a local batting cage and check your speed, throwing as hard as you can. If you can throw 60mph, I'll be impressed. Enjoy the game.Update: I've been watching the Ken Burns' series, and it is absolutely excellent. I'm on the "4th inning" now. Highly recommended. If you want to learn about the history of baseball, this will provide more information than you could ever imagine.
Can someone support a baseball team that is not their hometown team?
Support the team you like following.I was born in Miami way before the Marlins, and well before cable TV. I grew up a Red Sox and Orioles fan because they were on TV on lot on Saturdays. Then I moved to Atlanta and saw a lot of bad baseball in the early 80s but I was a Braves fan since I had a home team. I never really got into the Marlins, and it did not help that they were named after the state, and not the city, though they will be the Miami Marlins next year.With football I followed the Dolphins in Miami of course, it was the 70s, they were great, then we had the Marino era, and while I'm still a Dolphins fan, sometime after Arthur Blank bought the Falcons, I started following them more. The Dolphins are still my AFC team, and the Falcons are my NFC team. In a SuperBowl between them, I'd root for the Dolphins.I went to Georgia State University which had no athletic teams. My favorite college football team is the University of Miami. I hear that makes me kind of a douche though, lol. But I kept with them after their period of "thug" dominance. I remember them losing big in Louisville under Coker and to LSU in the Peach Bowl under Coker. I think I'm a real fan because I stayed with them through their period of decline and here I am waiting for this year to start so we can get revenge on FSU for what they did last year with the stomping at home.Being a fan is complicated. I think people kinda dislike "fair weather fans" who only follow a team when they are winning. If you are a fan of the team, then you do the research, learn the history and follow them year in and year out through thick and thin and nobody could much say anything about that.Now, if you are a Yankees fan in Philadelphia, well... lol.
I have just moved to US. I want to support a baseball team, which one should I pick and why?
It kind of depends on how big of a fan do you wish to be and how much suffering you are willing to take and how much money are you willing to part with.The local team is a good choice if you are going to subscribe to cable since then you will be able to see all the games on the tube. You can also go to those games as desired, and probably all of them will be on local radio too.If you don’t have much use for cable or don’t care for the local team, it might be easier to be a non-local fan in which case you can get the mlb app and subscribe to watch or listen to games on it. (the audio works for all games, but the video is blacked out for all games in the local market and certain games on Saturdays for Fox.) Be sure to read what is blacked out before you subscribe as there might be some blackouts I missed.If you live close to a ballpark, but opt to be a remote fan of another team, the local blackouts may give you an incentive to go to the games when your team is playing the local team in your town, or maybe hit a sports bar when they play each other in your teams’ stadium.The non-local team option allows you to be a true American fan and jump on the bandwagon of whoever is winning or if you like some suffering maybe you can become an Orioles fan like me.I should mention a drawback to being a remote fan, its not so fun to be at a game when your team is beating the local team, especially a wild card playoff game or your team winning the post season series. Just have a non-denominational shirt on or with you just in case when that situation might arise.
I have just moved to US. I want to support a football team, which one should I pick and why?
There are several ways to approach this, so you can pick the method that suits you.Geography. Pick the local team. If you are in say Miami, congratulations you can be a Dolphins fan and if you want to support teams across several levels, then the Dolphins for the NFL, Miami Hurricane among the power college programs and Florida International Panthers in the so-called Group of 5. If you are in an area not near an NFL team pick a local college and could even find enjoyment following a small regional team that plays in Division II or III or Division I FCS.Aesthetic reasons. You like the dark blue and orange combo of the Denver Broncos then that can be your team (also opens up the Boise State Broncos in college football). I’m a Denver Broncos fan and Kansas City is a big rival but I have to admit I like their home uniform. Like red and black? That gives you the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL, Texas Tech and Arkansas State and Cincinnati just off the top of my head. I don’t like the University of Texas but I happen to think their road uniform is one of the best in college football.Mascot. According to Wikipedia the 12 most common team names in college athletics (across divisions) of four-year college teams (exclusive of names with attached adjectives such as “Blue”, “Golden”, “Flying” or “Fighting”): Eagles (76), Tigers (46), Bulldogs (40), Panthers (33), Knights (32), Lions (32), Bears (30), Hawks (28), Cougars (27), Pioneers (28), Warriors (27) and Wildcats (27).So maybe you want something unique. There’s the Arkansas State Red Wolves, New Orleans Saints, Nashville Titans, Arkansas Razorbacks, Texas Longhorns, Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, etc. If you plan to pursue citizenship in the US, maybe you want to be a New England Patriot. If you like Edgar Allen Poe then maybe the Baltimore Ravens are for you.Maybe a favorite team from back home in another sport can inspire you. If you are Tottenham fan then the South Carolina Gamecocks or Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are for you. Real Madrid fan? Then maybe the Minnesota Vikings.Player. As you research you may find some major players are interesting. Go to youtube and search the player’s name and add “interview” to the search so you can watch them answer questions and see if that is someone you want to follow and adopt their team.
Which MLB team should I support?
I think the first question you need to answer is if you like the NL or the AL more. The American League plays a lot quicker and a lot more powerbased than the NL, mainly because of the DH. The game have a lot more offense because the pitcher doesn’t hit, and they are usually a run scoring contest. The National League is a little different. YOu can see teams using small ball like bunting, because the pitcher is in the lineup. There are a lot more pitchers duels and the managers have a harder decision on when to pull a pitcher and when to substitute. I am a STL Cardinals fan and I prefer the NL.As for teams the two AL teams I recommend are the Houston Astros and the Kansas City Royals. The Astros have been rebuilding for the last couple of years, and are getting ready make a push deep into the playoffs. They have exciting players like Jose Altuve and had a good rivalry with the Cardinals until the Astros switched leagues. They also have a little thing going on with the Texas Rangers in the last couple of seasons. The Royals were good a couple of years ago, but they have kind of dropped off a little bit. They play like a National League team, which is why I like them. They also have a good history with a couple of World Series and players like Bo Jackson.The NL teams get a little bit harder. I think any choice in the NL Central is solid, except the Cardinals and Cubs because people will think you are a bandwagon. The Reds, Brewers, and Pirates all are classic teams that have a chance to be decent the next couple of years. Other than that, you could be a Giants or Dodgers fan because they have a really good rivalry between them, but they both are pretty bad this year. The Diamondback and Rockies are good underdog teams, but they since they haven’t been around for long, they don’t have much of a rivalry going.Good Luck with your choice, and have fun watching the MLB
Should i stop supporting my team?
Wow. Your team hasn't won a World Series since 2003? And before that it was all the way back on 1997? Sorry, but as a Cubs fan you get absolutely sympathy from me. I'm 48 years old and haven't seen them even win a pennant in my lifetime. My father is 84 and hasn't seem them win a World Series. As a matter of fact, the last time they won a World Series was the year my grandfather (who would be 107 years old if still alive) turned 5 years old. I'd love to be able to say they have won 2 World Series in the last 14 years! I think you need to decide WHY you are a Marlins fan. Given that you've talked about the new stadium I will guess you live near Miami. And as previously stated, the Marlins will always be the team that you will hear the most about. I say stick it out. You can still be a Marlins fan and appreciate other teams that are good. But in my opinion you can only truly be a fan of one team. I'd say tough it out for at least a little longer before you decide to jump on some other team's bandwagon, And who can say what will happen to the team you jump to? If you become a Yankees fan are you going to jump to another team the first time they miss the playoffs? Or will you become a Rangers fan and then see them do the same thing the Marlins have done after winning by busting up the team?
If your from Tennessee what MLB team do you support?
Which ever one you want. even though most people have there favorite team from thier home town or state, it's not always that way. You do have a choice in the matter. By I agree with the first answer. Come to the dark side and the evil empire. Be a Yankee fan, Your either with us or against us. Closest MLB city to you geographically is either the Kansas City Royals, or The Atlanta Braves.