Your personal five no-trade teams

[GAME05]

a poster here mentioned Hart's limited no-trade clause with his new contract, which got me thinking: if you just signed with the Brewers and got a five-team no trade option, which five teams would you pick and why?

 

i'll go:

ChicagoNL--seemingly nasty clubhouse atmosphere and the whole "i'd be a Cub" thing.

Baltimore--owner will have them committed to losing forever, and i don't want to play for a loser. i think Pittsburgh will win a division crown before Baltimore will.

Philadelphia--seemingly the least forgiving and meanest fans in baseball. i wouldn't enjoy getting boo'ed by my own fans during an inevitable slump.

Tampa Bay--no fans, terrible stadium and destined to move to a new city in the future.

Phoenix--everything about it seems great, but i'm not sure i'd enjoy spending my summer in what is probably the hottest baseball city.

[Funketown]

For me it would come down to cities for the most part.

 

Los Angeles Dodgers: I don't want to live in Southern California.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: I don't want to live in Southern California.

San Diego Padres: I don't want to live in Southern California.

Florida Marlins: I don't want to live in Miami.

Atlanta Braves: I don't want to live in Atlanta.

[trwi7]

Cubs

Yankees

A's

Cardinals

Braves

[Hofbraunhaus]

Cubs

Orioles

Blue Jays

Astros

Royals

[dadofandrew]

Both NY teams, both LA teams, and TOR.

[Gobias Industries]

Cubs - just despise them

Twins - hate Gardenhire.

Angels- hate Scioscia.

Rays- hate their stadium, also despise that part of Florida.

Astros- Houston is hell, imo.

[davego]

New idea for a thread, interesting!

 

-Cubs

-Royals

-Pittsburg

-Baltimore

-Toronto

 

Cubs is just my bias, after that I picked teams that seem least likely to win.

[NeedMoreFans]

Both New York teams-- I would hate every minute of my life being scrutinized by the media.

Pittsburgh--they would probably trade me for prospects anyways

Tampa--No fan support, and an owner who is not in it for the long-haul

Florida--No fan support, hate humidity in the summer

[Bikeage77]

pittsburgh - never a contender

kansas city - never a contender

seattle - never a contender / and it's always raining

chicago cubs - obvious

baltimore - haven't you seen the Wire?

[Bikeage77]

Funketown - San Diego? Really? That's probably the most perfect weather you'll get everyday of the year. I think I'd love it there, which is kinda why I don't wanna visit....I think I'd wanna move there

[razzzorsharp]

Tampa, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Oakland, and Kansas City

 

5 Places I would like (besides Milwaukee)

 

Colorado, San Diego, Toronto, San Fransisco, and Seattle

[jerichoholicninja]

New York Mets

New York Yankees

Chicago Cubs

Chicago White Sox

St. Louis Cardinals

 

Two cities I never want to live in and an organization I would never want to play for (unless they offered me a lot of money).

[bucks2281]

Good topic.

 

Angels

Dodgers

A's

Marlins

Nationals

[Brewer Fever]

Rays

Pirates

Royals

Mariners

Indians

[thablingster]

Pittsburgh Pirates - No thanks.

Washington Nationals - Riiiiight.

Kansas City Royals - Just having to commute to/from KCI would make me not want to be traded to Kansas City.

Cleveland Indians - Meh.

Florida Marlins - Insert comment about humidity here.

[Polish Falcons]

Arizona Diamondbacks: not a fan of Phoenix, this team, or the reality that people can't really be outdoors during the day in summer because of the heat.

Houston Astros: don't want to be in Houston, Texas

Texas Rangers: don't want to be in Arlington, Texas

Washington Nationals: not a baseball town

Chicago White Sox: I have long standing dislike for this organization. If in Chicago I'd rather play at Wrigley even though I hate the Cubs as much as any other Brewer fan.

 

Teams I would most want to play for would be the Brewers, Red Sox, Giants, A's, or Mariners. Unfortunately I don't think I'm about to be drafted :/

[MJLiverock]

Houston - - one of the worst cities in America

Cubs- - fans are jerks, stadium is a dump and there always seems to be infighting on the team

Cleveland - - never been there but it just seems like Milwaukee v2.0 and honestly if I wasn't a Brewer Fan Milwaukee wouldn't be a destination I would want to go to.

Baltimore - - i have friends from Baltimo' and even they hate it there.

Tampa - - the city is fine but that stadium is just depressing. Nothing like going from a beautiful sunny day to inside someone's basement.

 

 

Where would I like to play

Seattle - - favorite city in America. The summer's are awesome and sure it rains in November and December but their annual rainfall is about the same as Chicago. Very nice stadium and city.

Dodgers - - historic team, nice weather, no reall pressure because if the team is good then fans are happy, if not no one really gets too worked up.

Texas - - Dallas/Arlington is a decent big city, nice weather,

San Diego - - great mid sized city, nice ball park, weather,

Boston - - a few years in the pressure cooker of expectations, history, and contending year in and out would be fun.

 

All of the team to play for also are not precluded from winning their division by combinations of other teams, payroll, management,

[Roscoe Chill]

New York Yankees

New York Mets

Washington Nationals

Baltimore Orioles

Pittsburgh Pirates

[RockCoCougars]

Toronto, Yankees, Mets, Phillies, Orioles

[nate82]

Yankees, Red Sox, Mets, Royals, and Pirates.

[RightFieldCoder]

Cubs - Personal hate.

Miami - They don't seem to want to win.

Baltimore and Toronto - too hard to win in that division

Royals - Too far away from winning.

[yoshii8]

I'd play for anyone that would want me. However, if I had to pick it would probably be: Nationals, Royals, Pirates, Cardinals and Reds

[GAME05]

i was curious how many people would say the Yankees, but i'd definitely be fine playing for them because i'd be practically guaranteed a Championship if i was there for five years.

[danzig6767]

Pittsburgh

Toronto

Baltimore

Kansas City

Cubs

 

I've always been very competitive and the first four teams seem like hopeless causes to be in the playoffs anytime soon. Cubs are the only baseball team i hate and don't want to ever see them win it all, just like the Vikings in football.

[Patrick425]

Like yoshii, I would play anywhere that would pay me millions to play a game. I hate the no trade clause. Just play the game hard where ever you end up and stop whining.