What I mean by this is that most of us are Red Sox fans, so if I ask "What is your favorite team", most people here will say the 2004 Sox or maybe the 2018 Sox and a few would say the 2003 or 1986 or 2013 or 2007 teams. There's a lot to choose from, but it's still pretty boring topic that has been done to death.
The question I have, is what is your favorite team that isn't the team you root for?
For me, it's the 1990 Oakland Athletics and I'm not sure any other team comes close: McGwire at first, Randolph at second, Weiss and Lansford rounding out the infield. In the outfield you had prime Rickey in left, Hendu and 1990 NL batting champ Willie McGee splitting center and Canseco (or it may have been his twin Ozzie) in right, and rounding out the DH is Harold Baines (with Seinfeld favorite Ken Phelps in the mix!) Starting pitchers were great: Stewart, Welch, Sanderson, Moore (he sorta sucked TBH) but that staff (and Curty Young) made 159 out of 162 starts that year. The bullpen may have been better with Eck leading the charge. According to BBref, no one in the bullpen had an ERA north of 3.00.
I still can't believe that they lost to the Reds that year.
The question I have, is what is your favorite team that isn't the team you root for?
For me, it's the 1990 Oakland Athletics and I'm not sure any other team comes close: McGwire at first, Randolph at second, Weiss and Lansford rounding out the infield. In the outfield you had prime Rickey in left, Hendu and 1990 NL batting champ Willie McGee splitting center and Canseco (or it may have been his twin Ozzie) in right, and rounding out the DH is Harold Baines (with Seinfeld favorite Ken Phelps in the mix!) Starting pitchers were great: Stewart, Welch, Sanderson, Moore (he sorta sucked TBH) but that staff (and Curty Young) made 159 out of 162 starts that year. The bullpen may have been better with Eck leading the charge. According to BBref, no one in the bullpen had an ERA north of 3.00.
I still can't believe that they lost to the Reds that year.