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• Vote: Is hating the Yankees good for baseball?

The Yankees are one win away from winning their 27th championship, or the same number collectively won by the Angels, Blue Jays, Braves, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Indians, Marlins, Mets, Orioles, Phillies, Royals, Twins and White Sox. Wow, no wonder so many people hate them.

We can get to the intricacies of pitching Andy Pettitte on short rest and all that good stuff later today, but with nearly 70 percent of SportsNation planning to watch to Game 6 -- and almost the same percentage rooting for the Phillies -- we're wondering how much of the interest in the Fall Classic comes from people rooting against the Bronx Bombers?

A Cubs fan, SportsNation blogger drmockdreamy went the other way, happily catching a ride on the Yankees' bandwagon once his team was (yet again) rendered useless.

• "I found it impossible for me not to pick this bandwagon as the one that I latched on to much earlier in this season than I would have liked. They made the big moves in the offseason that no other franchise was willing to make. They finally played to the potential of their talent during the regular season. They have Derek Jeter. ... So sit back, grab a cold beverage, and watch the most entertaining franchise in American sports (neck and neck with the Cowboys) make a bid at a return to glory." -- Read the full post.