Teams of Destiny make me nervous

The Rockies make me nervous. They’ve got that team-of-destiny scent to them that I think we had 3 years ago and the White Sox had 2 years ago. Of course, the Tigers had that scent last year, and that didn’t work out too well for them. They are going to be tough though, for non-metaphorical reasons. They have a strong, strong offense, and good defense. Possibly the best defense in the game.

I have no desire to play the 2004 Cardinals with the Rockies as the 2004 Red Sox. I wish I liked the Rockies better. I want to like them, but I have a very hard time rooting for an evangelical fundamentalist team. (Check here for more.) The Brewers I could cheer for whole-heartedly. I can spare a smile for the Mets, or the Mariners, or the Blue Jays. But the Rockies are making it harder with this stuff.

(By the way, I’m well aware that several guys on the Red Sox including Tek our Captain, and including Wake my favorite, are evangelical Christians. The difference is that 1) they’re not in charge, and 2) both Tek and Wake went on the Red Sox Queer Eye Special. They didn’t have to do so [Timlin notably refused to do so, muttering some crap about values.] The fact that they did, shows to my mind at least some more open-mindedness, or at least somewhat less of the homophobia that I find so appalling in most of these particular evangelical sects.)