# Field your all-time most-hated MLB team **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 5, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480 "2014-10-05T20:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/21 "2014-10-06T18:20:52Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Oh geez **astorian** , thanks for reminding me of Sheffield and Bradley. I saw Bradley have a temper tantrum as a Dodger that made me ashamed of the whole human race. I mentioned him in my list, and for the precise reason you just referred to. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/22 "2014-10-06T18:31:39Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > When it comes to Jeter: he wouldn’t have gotten the time of day from most of the women he dated if he played for the Pirates or Royals. As for his signature plays: > > 1. Giambi didn’t have the sense to slide. > 2. Any player worth a damn makes the effort to get that ball. Ah, you’re jealous. That makes sense. Because there’s not much about Jeter to put him on your most-hated list otherwise. I’m a Red Sox fan (you are too, right?) and he killed us often enough. But it’s because he was good, not because he was a dirty player or anything. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/23 "2014-10-06T18:37:59Z")
OF: Barry Bonds, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams 1B: Chick Gandil 2B: Rogers Hornsby 3B: Ken Caminiti SS: Alex Rodriguez C: A. J. Piersynzki SP: Juan Marichal, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling, Jim Bouton RP: Steve Howe DH: Reggie Jackson Bench: Darryl Strawberry, Chuck Knoblauch, Albert Belle, Hal Chase Manager: John J McGraw Bench Coaches: Larry Bowa, Earl Williams GM: Larry Lucchino Owner: Charles Comiskey ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/24 "2014-10-06T18:56:44Z")
Telemark: Yup, proud member of the Nation. Jeter’s fame derives almost exclusively from being a Yankee during a good run in team history. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/25 "2014-10-06T19:07:50Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > 2B **Pete Rose**. No one else has him on their team yet? Huh. Before I posted this, I did an Internet search using the search terms “Pete Rose Asshole”. 🙂 That pointed me towards this old thread: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432036[](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432036)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432036%5B%5D(http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=432036)) ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/26 "2014-10-06T20:29:17Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Telemark: Yup, proud member of the Nation. Jeter’s fame derives almost exclusively from being a Yankee during a good run in team history. Sure, that and being pretty damn good for 20 seasons. He would have been a star on any team, and probably had a Hall of Fame career as well. Regardless, that might be reasons to envy him but not to hate him. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/27 "2014-10-06T22:37:23Z")
Alex Rodriguez, Jose Canseco (even for non-steroids reasons), Ty Cobb, and a bunch of Yankees. Jeter was probably chosen because he is a non-catty Taylor Swift or less douchey John Mayer. And A Rod is worse. I don’t hate Jeter per se, except for the above reason. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/28 "2014-10-06T22:50:10Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Telemark: Yup, proud member of the Nation. Jeter’s fame derives almost exclusively from being a Yankee during a good run in team history. This makes as much sense as attributing all of Big Papi’s success to steroids. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/29 "2014-10-07T02:54:54Z")
The 1996 NY Yankees. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/30 "2014-10-07T03:11:58Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > This makes as much sense as attributing all of Big Papi’s success to steroids. Many people do. I firmly believe he used part of his first big contract hiring a competent chemist. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/31 "2014-10-07T13:55:58Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > This makes as much sense as attributing all of Big Papi’s success to steroids. Hatred doesn’t have to make sense. It’s even purer, cleaner, and more righteous if it _doesn’t_ make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/32 "2014-10-07T14:22:00Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Hatred doesn’t have to make sense. It’s even purer, cleaner, and more righteous if it _doesn’t_ make sense. Well, I have to give you that one. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/33 "2014-10-07T15:16:56Z")
My list begins and ends with Rafael Palmiero. Even before it turned out he lied to Congress, he was a giant asshole in a dozen ways. Anyone else given a Gold Glove for a position they didn’t really play would have said “thank you, but I humbly decline the award, as there is obviously some mistake.” Palmiero announced he deserved it because he should have gotten other Gold Gloves in previous years but the voters had the nerve to select someone else. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480/34 "2014-10-07T15:30:19Z")
No, hatred doesn’t have to make sense. MOST of the guys on my list have said or done things to make me hate them. But Carlton Fisk? I have absolutely no good reason to hate him. He was a great catcher and SEEMS like a perfectly good guy. Since I hate him soleley for embodying the Red Sox in my mind, I can’t very well complain when Red Sox fans loathe Derek Jeter for no particular reason. He personifies the Yankees to them. Of COURSE they’re gonna hate him! But Jeter also gets a lot of irrational love, so for him, it evens out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/field-your-all-time-most-hated-mlb-team/700480.md?page=1)