Can the fictional baseball team, The Bad News Bears beat any local neighborhood team, or school team?
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Your question is odd but I would say no. The BAd News bears LOST in the finals and can not beat any other team
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The Bears because I'm from Chicago and we're delusional when it comes to our sports teams and believe they're amazing no matter what (GO Cubs!!!!)
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This is a good question.  You can toss in Giants vs. Dodgers, too -- after all, they packed their rivalry and took it to the other Coast.\n\nHowever, despite the long history between Chicago and St. Louis, it is lost on most Americans, especially those outside those regional areas.\n\nAnd, as many of the responses have indicated, the rivalry between NY and Bsn is deeply rooted.   Geographically, it seems they're just next door.  And, more importantly, so many pennant races have gone down to the wire between the two clubs.\n\nChicago has not had great teams, year in & out.  When St. Louis went to the Fall Classic, they didn't square off with Chicago to get there.   The (loveable) Cubbies were often eliminated.   And, when Chicago was fighting for a pennant recently, they didn't have to get past St. Louis.\n\nOn the other hand, the Yankees and Red Sox are always 1-2. And, they've squared off in memorable playoffs and post-season encounters to get to the World Series.\n\nClearly, the answer is Yankees / Red Sox, which may also be THE greatest rivalry in all of professional sports.
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Not the Vikings!! I live in Minnesota, that would be big news if that was true.
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Cubs win.\n\nwhite sox lose.\n\nThat would be better.
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That's not such a good idea. It's almost pathetic to cheer for your cross-town rivals just to have some fortune in your baseball life.\n\nI NEVER rooted for the Braves when they made the playoffs. Go METS in '06!
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No contest!\n\nPolar bear would win every time. They are much bigger and really, really mean...
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Bear + Real = Burial\nBase + Ball = Baseball
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Better at breaking hearts... Cubs.\nBetter at finally winning the big one... Sox.\n\nI still love the Cubs.
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Absolutely behind u on that.Some of these smaller cities have but one news paper,so naturally NY would dominate.Besides there is a lot of money behind them and they want to keep their jobs.It has been biased from day one.If these smaller franchise could spend money on players like the Yankees have, they wouldn't have won all those championships.
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The Chicago Cubs.... damn that Steve Bartman!!!
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Absolutley not.  No one can beat south jersey.  England?  Please, they are softer than my pillow.  New Yorkers?  They got number, but ultimatley no match for the most dangerous city in the country, Camden.  Texas?  Only two things come from Texas, steers and queers, and I ain't fighting anything with horns growin' out if it's head.  Anywhere else is pointless to compare, Brazil? No, that simple, you have the market cornered on hot chicks, let leave it at that.  The only people or things that could beat South Jersey, are \nA)  Whatever town Kimbo Slice lives in.  \nB)  A town full of gorillas and/or Grizzly Bears\nc)  God
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As already mentioned, the Colorado Rockies are the closest major league team - though at about 500 miles, it's hardly close.  They do have a minor league team, the Salt Lake Bees, that is the AAA-level affiliate of the Angels.
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what a horrible question b/c everyone is going to say that their hometown hs football team is the best...Like I can say The McKeesport Tigers are the best, or The Snider Panthers are.....
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Baseball,Football,basketball
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Chi Cubs 6, Cincinnati 5\n\n Greg Maddux threw fewer pitches than usual, and got another milestone win. Ryan Dempster threw a lot more than usual, and got a heart-pounding save.\n\nIt takes a lot of the unusual to beat the Cincinnati Reds these days.\n\nMaddux beat baseball's hottest team for the third time this season, and Dempster survived a scare while closing out the Chicago Cubs' 6-5 victory Friday night, ending the Reds' eight-game winning streak.\n\n"Ain't never easy," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "Dang, it was a tough one. We needed this one badly. We were due to win one of these."\n\nThe Cubs emerged from a three-game losing streak with Henry Blanco's three RBIs and a short but solid performance by Maddux (7-5), who has beaten the Reds three times this season. He gave up four hits, including solo homers by Adam Dunn and Scott Hatteberg, in 5 1-3 innings.\n\nADVERTISEMENT\nMaddux's 325th career win broke a tie with Nolan Ryan and Don Sutton for 13th on the career list. Eddie Plank is next on the list, one victory ahead.\n\nMaddux took a grounder off his lower right leg in the third, and Baker didn't hesitate to go to his bullpen early when the Reds threatened in the sixth. He lifted Maddux after only 66 pitches.\n\n"I didn't like the way he was throwing in that one inning," Baker said. "He was getting everything up."\n\nMaddux didn't second-guess the decision.\n\n"That's just trying to win," Maddux said. "Our bullpen's done a great job all year. I didn't see a problem with it."\n\nThe problems came when Dempster got into the game in the ninth with a 6-4 lead. Dempster, who had blown three of his last five save chances, loaded the bases with no outs, then walked Ryan Freel to force in a run.\n\n"Early on, I wasn't fully committed. I don't know why," Dempster said. "I just wasn't there. It took me walking in a run to finally calm down and get it done. It was definitely exciting. My heart's still going."\n\nCincinnati Reds right fielder Austin Kearns misses a double hit by Chicago Cubs' Aramis Ramirez in the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, June 9, 2006, in Cincinnati. Kearns left the game with a hamstring injury on the play. Chicago won 6-5.\nAP - Jun 9, 10:37 pm EDT\nMore Photos\nDempster struck out Felipe Lopez, got Brandon Phillips to line out, then retired Ken Griffey Jr. on a routine grounder to end it for his 10th save in 13 chances. He threw 35 pitches in that one dramatic one inning.\n\nThe Reds were stunned after their first loss in June.\n\n"We knew we were going to win, but things happen," Phillips said. "When Freel got on base, I said, 'It's over."'\n\nThe Reds got back into the NL Central race with their longest winning streak since 1999. On Friday, they drew their first capacity crowd since an opening-day loss to the Cubs.\n\nThe 41,064 fans cheered loudly for Griffey, back in the lineup after missing two games with a sore thigh. The All-Century outfielder was a .417 career hitter off the four-time Cy Young winner, but grounded out and flied out in their two head-to-head match ups.\n\nBlanco had a two-run double and a sacrifice fly off Elizardo Ramirez (2-5), driving in one run more than the Cubs had managed in their last three games combined. Blanco, one of the NL's top defensive catchers, also threw out Lopez as he tried to steal second base in the sixth inning, undercutting a rally.\n\nMaddux is having a season of extremes. He opened 5-0 for the first time in his career, winning all of his April starts and turning 40 years old along the way.\n\nOnce the calendar turned, so did his fortunes. Maddux went into a 1-5 slump -- the only victory was over Cincinnati -- with a 7.75 ERA in his next seven starts. He was back in form on Friday, which started with more bad news for the Cubs.\n\nRight-hander Kerry Wood went ba
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Humbolt Park, on Chicago's westside, has a number of teams. I suggest to you to be a little more specific in order to get a good answer.