Hey Orioles fans, who do you hate?

Hate:

Yankees
Phillies
Dodgers
Nationals
White Sox (but really just Ozzie Guillen)

Cheer For:

Cardinals
Marlins
Braves
Any upcoming young team competing for the divison (Reds in 2010, Rays in 2008)

Orioles got a 1 (Love the most). Usual suspects (Red Sox, Yankees) got 9s (Hate the most). Angels also got a 9; not really sure why I hate the Angels and their fans, but I do. Rays and Rangers got 3s. Most everyone else was a five or lower.

No team got closer than 5 except the Orioles (1). A couple of 9s (Yanks and Boston) and a couple of 8’s (Atlanta and Toronto, although the Jays are really just a legacy pick at this point). The Braves are far-and-away the most popular team here among the locals (with Boston and NY dividing the transplants) and I’ve always resented that.

Oh, and screw Pittsburgh. I hope they’re bad forever. If the Penguins and Steelers have taught us anything its that the Pirates are one good year away from having their gear worn by every bandwagoner in every food court in America.

for the Tigers, Twins, A’s, Rangers, Mets, Phillies, and Orioles. I really only like the Rays in that they are competitors who aren’t the Yankees or Red Sox, and I really only hate the Yankees, White Sox (Hawk Harrelson!), and Red Sox (in that order). Everyone else basically got 5s. I’m indifferent to a lot of teams.

And if we weren’t judging teams based on their uniforms or mascots, I’d probably take the Rangers, Orioles, and Twins and everyone else would be a 5 (except the three unholies). If we weren’t judging by their fanbase, then I’d knock the Red Sox off the list, too.

this was tough for me. In 1993 when EVERYBODY was a phillies fan (previously O’s fans), Joe Carter hit that home run and I was the happiest kid in school the next day welcoming back all those bandwagoners. During that run I just decided that I didn’t like them because they took all the O’s fans away. Being in philly the past 12 years and having attended many games (for the love of the game of course), they have grown on me. I gave them a 3 even though my 13 year old self is calling me a sell-out-shit-face-dick-wad. Somebody needs a time out.

I got an error when I tried to submit, so it might not have gone through… Anyway, obviously the Orioles are a 1 and the Yankees are a 9. I can’t get myself to love or hate any other team. I had to really think of reasons to rate teams below a 5… that team’s announcer is annoying; those guys scored 30 runs against us that one time; Cito warmed up Mussina in that All-Star game and left him in the bullpen. Other than that, most teams got 4’s. I feel like a share a comraderie with all these teams, because, just like me, they hate the MFYs.

Mostly because where I live they have tons of fans and always had a knack for the come from 9 runs behind in the 9th inning win. See also 1989.

I put Atlanta and Pittsburgh as 2’s.

I had a 2nd cousin who played in the braves farm system when I was a kid so that explains them.

When I was about 8 or 9 I had dreams of playing outfield, and Pittsburgh had the best one with Van Slyke, Bonds, and Bonilla. (I was born in 79, so missed out on the Os rivalry with them). This led to the unfortunate situation of me also being a bit of a Steelers fan in the late 80s/ early 90s.

For my “hate,” it’s really all about NYY (9), BOS (8), and WAS (8). I think I put the Jays and Rangers at 6, but other than that most teams were 4s or 5s.

My grandfather was so happy in ’87 & ’91, so that naturally filtered into my young mind.

In effect giving us Bell, Tillman, and AJ for buh-dard helps

It seemed like every game my dad and I went to for about 6 years was against Seattle, and the Orioles would win but Jay Buhner would hit a home run.

I’ve already forgotten all my scores and if I did this form five times in a row I’d probably have five different results.

9 for the Yankees, 8s for the Red Sox and Mets

And the rest I do not care about. I only gave the Os a 1 and used 4 as the middle ground (i.e. indifferent). Yankees, Sox, and Phillies get top honors.

its possible for me to hate the Red Sox anymore than I already do. All of my roommates are from the Boston area and they are the most atrocious fans of all time. They cared about baseball before the curse was broken, and now they think the world should bow to them while no longer following any day-to-day action. I hate the Celtics, I hate the Patriots and I loathe the Red Sox. I can go so far as to say I would give the Red Sox a 10 and the Yankees the standard 9.

I do have a lot of love for the Braves. Living in Richmond I saw a ton of Richmond Braves games over the years and saw a lot of big league talent up close. Pretty cool as a kid to get Chippers autograph, made them my official NL team. I also must admit having a contender to root for during this sad stretch of baseball has been nice.

There are teams I like besides the O’s, but none better. (In no particular order, Atlanta, Twins, Seattle).

There are teams I have liked in the past. (Tigers, Giants, Pirates,Red Sox’s)

There are a bunch of teams I really don’t care about.

There are teams I don’t have any problem rooting against (Mets, Red Sox’s, Dodgers).

Finally there are the Yankees. I love watching Baltimore beat MFY. I like watching other teams beat them. But I also respect them. No need to hate them, just beat hell out of them.

I probably need a PS here for Boston. I remember the 67 WS and can still name most of the starting lineup for the Sox. (I was a Senators fan back then.) The Sox were always a team I had no trouble rooting for, unless they were playing my team. But that seemed to change after they won the World Series. I suspect some of this is due to what I’ve picked up here, as I don’t run into a lot of Red Sox’s fans in the Pacific NW. But they are a team I love watching the O’s beat even more than the Yankees, with the difference being i don’t respect them.

My mom taught me never to hate anyONE therefore the Yankees were an 8 and that little sh*t Jeffrey Mayer made them a 9.

My hatred of PHN goes beyond my hatred of the Dallas Cowboys, beyond my hatred of the Edmonton Oilers (it’s an Islanders thing, you wouldn’t understand), and even beyond my hatred of John Cena. And here’s why…

Pre 2004 the attitude was, “We DEMAND that the entire country feel sympathy for us!” Much different from the Cubs’ attitude which is, “Yeah, we suck, but we have a legit excuse to get drunk off our asses in the middle of the day.”

And now they STILL demand sympathy! “Look at who’s in our division, how can we compete? Wah, wah, wah!” And that’s not just the fans, that’s from Theo & the FO! Acting as though they have a Royals-like budget to work with. Rats pretending to be mice.

And finally, Bill Simmons is more of a prick than each and every Yankee fan on the entire planet combined.

Seriously, I was more enraged at the Cards’ loss in the ‘04 series than I think I ever was at any O’s loss.

But for all the fine memories before that, going back to ’75, the 1st year I got into baseball I say, Thank you Tony Perez. Thank you Bucky Dent. Thank you Mookie Wilson. And thank you Aaron Boone.

Boston, Yankees, Braves, White Sox, Cubs, Angels, Rangers, A’s, Cardinals, and the Nationals.

Teams I like: Orioles, Mets, Mariners.

cause i hate that guy as much as i hate Bryant Gumbel when it comes to announcing

The unusual suspects were disliked, but I hold hard onto the idea that as an O’s fan I should dislike every AL East team. The O’s obviously got the only “1” but the other teams that ranked ok:
‘Stros
Phillies
Mets
Rangers
A’s
Cards

The rest either rec’d 5s or above.

Hate: Yankees, Blue Jays
Dislike: Cardinals, Pirates (fuck Pittsburgh)

Like: Mets, Phillies, Tigers, Red Sox in the post-season

True Love: Orioles

Ashamedly having an affair with: Rays

Strangely and inexplicably affectionate towards: Royals

If they started to do well I’d cheer them on: Pirates, Reds (maybe this year?)

Am growing increasingly comfortable with because I like to watch baseball and they’re on TV a lot: Nationals

Hate them due to collateral damage caused by their “fans” from Lutherville and Alexandria: Red Sox

Hate them because my family on one side loves them but are morons about baseball and therefore talk down to me because they think they are so much better off than me: Cubs

Hate: Yankees

I cannot hear the name of the Michigan State basketball coach — “Tom Izzo” — without thinking of Snoop Dogg saying “Tomato.”

-http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/steve_rushin/08/11/word.play/index.html?eref=sihp

I have no real strong feelings either way. I dislike the White Sox mainly because their TV announcers annoy the crap out of me. I mean they are pretty much the worst. I like the Rays and Twins probably more than any other teams (other than the O’s). I slightly still dislike Detroit from back when they were AL east rivals, and I slightly like teams like the Angels and Seattle for past successes against the MFY/PHN, and for Griffey, but that’s pretty much it. I guess I like the Mets a bit more than being indifferent, and I guess I feel the same about the Phils now because my best friend is a fan and he’s put on a happy face with the O’s for me for years, but I really don’t care. AL east baseball is pretty much all I live and die with.

i really dislike the pirates because of 1979
they made me cry when i was 9 and that’s bullshit
you don’t make little kids cry!

but I really like the Rays. They’re everything the Orioles should be – young, talented, sticking it to the Yankees and Red Sox…..

Ever since that Washington Post All Star story with the stupid “Strasburg got snubbed” headline I just can’t respect that team.

Thank you.

Do you hate democracy?

i thought i should mention that it should be “WHOM do you hate?” (emphasis added)

Gave the Rocks a 3…

Glad to see some older fans comment about the Pirates. I’ll never forget 1979 and will never like the Pirates no matter how bad they are.

But as long as I can remember, I have two favorite teams:
the O’s,
and whoever is playing the Yankees.

As for like – how about the Giants. Same colors as the O’s. Rooting for them is the next best thing to rooting for the Orioles.

MFY, PHN, and The Nats. (Only because of Rob Dibble, people who think they are awesome because they were Oriole fans and are Nats fans, and the other people who only know Strasburg..)

“They’re kind of like the Orioles of the NL Central”. Thanks, Stacey. I really encourage all Orioles fans to get behind the Reds in the pennant chase this year.

The St. Louis Cardinals always fall beneath the radar in terms of teams you love to hate, but their fans are dicks in passive aggressive ways. They’ve been hiding behind the ‘friendly Midwesterner’s’ label for too long. They think they’re conscience of the game and are the final word on every issue of the game.

Pure arrogance in St. Louis.

I already had a strong hate for the Blue Jays but Cito’s treatment of Mussina in the 93 All Star Game put me over the top. I hate the Jays every bit as much as the Yankees.

1 – O’s
2 – Phillies (I really don’t get all the Phillies hate, but it’s true that their fanbase has gotten a lot better since they moved from the Vet to CBP.)
3 – Rays (They’re what I want the O’s to be, and they can keep the Yankees out of the postseason.)
4 – Twins, Royals, Rangers, Athletics, Mariners, Reds, Brewers, Pirates, Giants
5 – Tigers, Braves, Marlins, Astros, Padres, Rockies, Diamondbacks
6 – Blue Jays, White Sox, Indians, Angels, Nationals, Cardinals, Cubs
7 – Red Sox, Dodgers
8 – Mets
9 – Yankees

and LaRussa is their Billy Martin, and Carpenter is their Clemens.

MFY, PHN, obviously. Buying Yankees tickets this year felt like I just signed a long term contract to gas up with BP exclusively. But I got to see the Rays beat their ass badly

This may start a flame war, but kind of like the Rays a little. They are like the O’s, but we have more payroll and a nice park that fans would like to go to.

Also, you gotta give the Twins some love for having a rivalry with the MFY.

I like Philly because I grew up watching them.

I hate the Rangers and the Astros for the reasons above and I hate just about everything in Texas.

Marlins, starting to become interested since the only live pro baseball nearby is their AAA affiliate, and their strength is in their youth. OTOH, Loria.

I mean, I want to drop Hawk and Dibble into a vat of hot oil like the rest of you, but IMHO that has nothing to do with the team, it’s the network. And I’m not going to like LAD because of Vin Scully, but I may watch their games occasionally. Manny is still a dick and they still have a bunch of dick fans wearing LA hats/jerseys.

By that logic, someone who only watched baseball on Fox would hate all baseball teams because of Buck/McCarver

I would like to point out that the headline is grammatically incorrect.

The Yankees, the White Sox, the Cardinals, the Twins and the Dodgers.

I don’t think I need to say why I hate the Yankees.

I hate the Cardinals and White Sox because I’m also a Cubs fan.

I hate the Dodgers because of their sweeping the Cubs in 2008.

I hate the Twins cause they replaced the Orioles in Rochester as the Red Wings’ parent club and slimed the reputation of one of my favorite players to get him traded, not to mention I’m a Tigers fan and they’re always knocking us out of the AL Central lead.

The 4 teams I love the most, in order, are:

the Orioles (from the association with the Red Wings for 40 years),

the Cubs (exposure from WGN games),

the Tigers (grew to love them from living in Detroit in 2003),

and the Padres (rooted for them since 1999 when they appeared in the World Series).