1. Mets
2. Braves
3. Marlins
4. Yankees
5. Rangers
My most hated teams usually are Division Rivals or Geographical Rivals. The Nationals don’t make the cut because they haven’t been good yet and when they were the Expos I just felt bad for them. The Pirates haven’t been good in so long, I’d like to see them win a few. They would have made this list in the early 90s when they were in the same division as the Phillies and winning the division. I think the league boundaries in baseball help the Orioles out here, I’ve always kind of liked them.
Only four teams really qualified for the hate designation. So I went through the list and the Rangers were the only team that stood out for that fifth spot. Not even sure why.
For some reason I really don’t care much about the Marlins. Don’t know why. The Rangers are a complete non-factor for me too, so my 5 would probably look like this:
1. Mets
2. Braves
3. Yankees
4. Red Sox
5. Marlins (by default)