Which sport team do you prefer....

[qtlaw]

Reflecting on carnage after the SB debacle, was thinking at least it’s hoops time but then it’s not like last 5 yrs with Ws. So thinking it’s pitchers and catchers reporting time but that’s a dead end too (Giants). I guess I’d rather have Giants contending over the others because baseball was/is my first love And it’s the summer sport.
You?

 

[Songbird]

The Missouri Jayhawks are a good rings team.

 

[CD Boogie]

Reflecting on carnage after the SB debacle, was thinking at least it’s hoops time but then it’s not like last 5 yrs with Ws. So thinking it’s pitchers and catchers reporting time but that’s a dead end too (Giants). I guess I’d rather have Giants contending over the others because baseball was/is my first love And it’s the summer sport.
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I still prefer the NFL. The games are only once a week over a four month period, so it's a relatively easy sport to follow closely. Plus fantasy football. Still, March Madness is tough to beat, too.

 

[swingline]

When a season ends, I generally care not at all about it until that sport starts again. I don’t care about the minute of offseason crap, especially the NFL.

I will, however, enjoy the Chiefs SB victory for a while.

 

[DanOregon]

It is odd - I don't think any league comes close to day in day out fan interest like the NFL. I'll tune in to the NBA for the conference semis after a team has won a couple of games. I'll follow the first and last weekend's of March Madness and the last two days of the Masters. And it's an Olympics year so that will be fun. But that's maybe a month of intense fan interest between now an Labor Day.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

When a season ends, I generally care not at all about it until that sport starts again. I don’t care about the minute of offseason crap, especially the NFL.

The wall-to-wall coverage of each sports' offseason is weird to me. Yeah, yeah, content, content, content. But I can't imagine there's that much interest in the NFL OTAs or NBA summer league. Could be wrong, I guess.

It's also why I think the XFL will flop - again. Super Bowl is over ... people are ready to watch basketball and baseball and hockey for a bit. We need a palate cleanser.

 

[Cosmo]

To the question ... I'd take the Caps winning over any of the teams I follow. By a large margin...

 

[forever_town]

The NFL used to be appointment TV for me. I'd watch the 1 o'clock game, the 4 o'clock game, then the Sunday night game and the Monday night game.

Ever since the league began sounding off against the players for kneeling, I've watched a grand total of two NFL games from start to finish. One was the Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl.

College lacrosse has become for me what the NFL used to be. I've literally rearranged my work schedule around lacrosse games.

 

[Moderator1]

Caps. Not even close. As much as I enjoyed the Nationals winning the World Series, it didn't compare to how I felt when the Caps won the Cup.

Something about the Stanley Cup. Greatest trophy in sports.

 

[Huggy]

Blue Jays and it isn't even close. And I say that as a guy who has made his living in hockey for the last 20 years.

 

[forever_town]

Caps. Not even close. As much as I enjoyed the Nationals winning the World Series, it didn't compare to how I felt when the Caps won the Cup.

Something about the Stanley Cup. Greatest trophy in sports.

See? The Caps winning the Stanley Cup didn't move me the way the Nationals did.

Sure, I enjoyed the hell out of the Caps breaking the curse, but there was something about the Nationals last year. Perhaps it's because of how they kept having to battle back and "stay in the fight," but to this day, anytime I play "Vindicated" by Dashboard Confessional, I invariably think of Nats highlights and then I start tearing up. And I don't usually cry.

My connections to Maryland lacrosse and Maryland men's soccer are MUCH more personal.

 

[SFIND]

Don't "prefer" any team. My desire to be a fan of any organization died shortly after I got into this industry. Saw enough behind the curtain to wonder how anyone can, but I guess indoctrination in youth is tough for most to break.

As far as sports go, basketball. I could skip just about everything else, including football.

 

[HanSenSE]

San Francisco Giants. As bad as this summer is expected to be, I'll still watch it listen every chance I get. Compare with my indifference to watching the struggles of the Warriors and the Sharks (and wanting to learn more about hockey as well). I enjoy football in season, but can't work up two ****s about the combine, draft, minicamps, ect. But baseball is there every day.

 

[Scout]

I’ve had teams I cheer for wins SBs, Stanley Cups, NCAAs, NBA final and even do a Final Four run... It’s football with college hoops a close second.

Maybe the lose and go home nature of the other two make it more exciting for me? Maybe? Maybe it’s the anticipation of the next game building? Dunno...

I have never experienced a legit NCAA football run under the new system, but I’m guessing that it’s equally enjoyable.

 

[Tarheel316]

San Francisco Giants tops for me. But I’m a Bay Area guy who roots for both San Francisco and Oakland teams. In the NBA, it’s the Celtics but that even has a Bay Area connection. My parents went to high school with Bill Russell’s first wife.

In the NCAA, of course it’s the Tar Heels. That’s a good thing in basketball, though not this season.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Phillies are the team I root for and follow. Eagles a well-beaten second in that regard. Naturally I follow all the Boston teams, but living here I can hardly avoid that. That doesn't mean I root for them, just that I have more information on them.

 

[I Should Coco]

It's funny. I used to get a kick out of spring training, because it meant baseball and summer were on the way. Even though my team, the White Sox, usually sucked, I always associated baseball with summer, a great time of the year. And part of the charm of fall was postseason baseball, even if my team wasn't involved. It was fun to watch the best in the game square off.

Even in the 1990s, when I was in my 20s and literally didn't own a TV for several years, I would find my way into a sports bar or visit friends to watch the MLB playoffs. I distinctly remember the cool moment of Joe Carter's home run sailing out of the stadium as people went crazy in the Airliner, an Iowa City bar.

Fast forward to the 2010s (and now 2020), and baseball's no longer part of my leisure time. Haven't attended a MLB game since 2010, never watch games on TV, and rarely tune in on the radio any more (if so, it's just as background noise).

It takes an effort for me to watch even the MLB playoffs — in large part because I don't have cable TV, and I'll be damned if I pay those parasites at MLB.TV one dime of my money. The only playoffs on "free" TV are the World Series, and between the length of games and not following the season/playoff series much, the interest just isn't there.

So to answer the question: After football season ends, I follow college basketball through the NCAA tournament, and watch the majors in golf and (occasionally) tennis. That's it anymore.

 

[TwoGloves]

U.S. Ryder Cup team. That's about all I cheer for anymore.