re: People who watch MLB. How did you choose your favorite team?

I've lived in Washington DC since 2007, so the Nationals it is. I never really had a team growing up because I was raised to hate the Astros and Braves.

we always had the braves on when I was a kid too, but that's because everyone was cheering against them. my dad is a huge 'stros fan, no matter how horrible they are at times. I fell for the Yankees at about ten years old and have been with them ever since, though surprisingly enough, I find myself pulling for the rays lately, they usually put together a fun game to watch.

Yankees hat, it'll piss off the sox fans but the Houston fans won't really give a damn. win win. have fun at the game.

Braves were the closest team.

I was a kid a really liked baseball. I would watch the Cubs and Braves on TV. The Cubs had a playoff team in the late 80's to 1990. The Braves started their run in 1991. I was 11 in 1991 when my dad took me to my first game in Fulton County Stadium. I've been a solo bravo type Braves fan ever since.

I discussed this same type of thing with a friend of mine just recently. He is a sports guy, but never attached to a colllege team of any kind. He was asking me why the southeast was so passionate about it's colllege football. I explained to him how most of us become fans way before we get to college because a father has a passion and takes the kids to a game. The passion for the team has more to do with the natural familial draw and childhood memories than anything else.

It explains how Tennessee fans still follow a struggling team that has had cheating in it's football and basketball programs. It explains why the Cubs have a passionate fan base with all the losing.

As kid, I latched onto the The Big Red Machine back in the 70's.

I probably didn't care about baseball until the 95 Indians. Would watch tons of games with my mom and grandpa. It's a geography thing though which is why I liked them in the first place.