# MLB: August 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071 "2012-08-01T16:49:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071/421 "2012-08-31T23:16:15Z")
I don’t have strong preferences among the major NL contenders. Probably the Pirates. After that, Braves, then Nationals. I root for the NL (Cardinals fan), but if the winner must be an AL team, I’d go for 1, White Sox, 2, Tigers, 3, Rays. ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071/422 "2012-08-31T23:59:55Z")
Astros hire BP writer Kevin Goldstein, which is sad for people who enjoy 3 hour weekly podcasts and his outstanding and prolific writing, but likely very good for him and the Astros. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071/423 "2012-09-01T01:01:05Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Quick poll-type question as we get ready to head into September. Imagine a world where your team doesn’t make the playoffs (easier to imagine for some of us than others). Who are you rooting for other than your team to win it all this year? To be fair, the team you choose should still be in reasonable contention as of today. > > I’m somewhat torn between the Nats and Orioles, but if pressed, I’d probably go with the Nats. > > Thoughts? [del]The Padres.[/del] Nobody. If the Dodgers don’t make it I stop watching altogether. I haven’t watched a World Series in decades (except the ones with the Red Sox, because the wife used to be a fan.) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071/424 "2012-09-01T02:33:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [del]The Padres.[/del] > > Nobody. If the Dodgers don’t make it I stop watching altogether. I haven’t watched a World Series in decades (except the ones with the Red Sox, because the wife used to be a fan.) I’m the same way. Once my team is out of it, I am done. Almost zero interest. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071/425 "2012-09-01T03:22:36Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Quick poll-type question as we get ready to head into September. Imagine a world where your team doesn’t make the playoffs (easier to imagine for some of us than others). Who are you rooting for other than your team to win it all this year? To be fair, the team you choose should still be in reasonable contention as of today. > > I’m somewhat torn between the Nats and Orioles, but if pressed, I’d probably go with the Nats. > > Thoughts? Because of my wife’s loyalties, I’d make a show of rooting for the Braves, but in my heart I’d be rooting for the Reds. They’ve really won me over during the past couple of months. If there’s a Nats-Reds NLCS, it’s gonna be _fun_. And there’s no way I’d place a bet on the outcome. And as we finish off the August thread, boy howdy, have the Nats dismantled the Cards the past two nights, 8-1 last night, and 10-0 tonight. Meanwhile, the Braves succumbed to the Phils in 10, so the lead’s back up to 6.5 games. And in the junior circuit, the O’s kicked some Yankee butt, and at 15 games over .500, are only 2 games back. Despite having no business being over .500 at all, but this is a team that laughs at its Pythagorean. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071/426 "2012-09-01T03:35:37Z")
(member of the Nation) AL: Tigers or Angels NL: Nats or Bucs ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071/427 "2012-09-01T08:00:16Z")
I’m pulling for the Giants all the way. In the AL, I don’t really have any great preference, but I’ll root for the A’s out of Northern California loyalties. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071/428 "2012-09-01T09:59:32Z")
Got a [September thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664041) cued up for everyone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2012/630071.md?page=21)