# Help me pick an AL team to follow this year

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-an-al-team-to-follow-this-year/575744>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 23, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-an-al-team-to-follow-this-year/575744 "2011-03-23T18:01:44Z")\
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**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:** [March 24, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-an-al-team-to-follow-this-year/575744/41 "2011-03-24T19:21:25Z")

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> [@spark240](#):
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> Oh, sure. I just don’t know how you can love a team and bet against them, which to me means rooting against them.

The bet is double-or-nothing from last season, which, I think, makes it a total of 10 cents at risk. Does that help? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-an-al-team-to-follow-this-year/575744/42 "2011-03-24T19:21:52Z")

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> [@jsgoddess](#):
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> They are my team through an accident of birth, and I have an inherited love of underdogs, but no. Don’t be an Indians fan. YOU’LL REGRET IT!

[Marlene Dietrich] What am I to do? Can’t help it. [/ MD]

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