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People who watch MLB. How did you choose your favorite team?
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:33 am
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:33 am
I never really kept up with it. Feel like I'm missing out. So now I want to keep up with it and don't know which team I want to follow. Usually just follow LSU players. Everyone in my family likes the cubs (those that like MLB).
I have always put it off bc I feel like a bandwagoner if I just jump onto a team so late in the game. But dont like how the world series has no significance to me other than a former tiger playing. Don't like Yankees but the 3 teams I've kinda liked over the years are cubs, Redsocks and giants.
I'm thinking the giants or cubs bc of DJ and brian. Every other sports team I follow is from childhood so it feels somewhat ackward picking one for a new league. Especially since La doesn't have a team.
I have always put it off bc I feel like a bandwagoner if I just jump onto a team so late in the game. But dont like how the world series has no significance to me other than a former tiger playing. Don't like Yankees but the 3 teams I've kinda liked over the years are cubs, Redsocks and giants.
I'm thinking the giants or cubs bc of DJ and brian. Every other sports team I follow is from childhood so it feels somewhat ackward picking one for a new league. Especially since La doesn't have a team.
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Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:34 am to RBWilliams8
I inherited my Braves loyalty.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:35 am to RBWilliams8
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This post was edited on 4/10/23 at 12:54 am
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:35 am to RBWilliams8
I had no choice. My dad was a Braves diehard, so we watched the Braves every day.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:37 am to RBWilliams8
Come sit in on some ATL Threads and we'll help you make the right decision
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:38 am to RBWilliams8
Become an Astros fan. We're the best fans in baseball. We have nowhere to go but up.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:42 am to RBWilliams8
Raised this way. Being from Atlanta helped
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:42 am to RBWilliams8
Braves. Raised in Atlanta.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:45 am to RBWilliams8
I grew up here in Arizona but my parents transplanted from Santa Monica so my Dad was a Dodger fan pre-1998 before the Diamondbacks played a season. I was only 12 then and never reached die hard status and was more of a Mike Piazza fan really. We also had Giants spring training tickets right in the first row of the Giants dugout and as a little kid Will Clark was my favorite player. He tossed me a ball every game I went to so I really really liked the Giants too. 
Then 1998 came and the Diamondbacks began and I officially had a team of my own. Now I hate the Dodgers the most, followed by the Rockies... used to hate the Giants when they had Bonds but I can't really hate on them much anymore.
I played baseball with Ike Davis from literally T-Ball through High School so now I have a small rooting interest in the Mets and it sucks.
Then 1998 came and the Diamondbacks began and I officially had a team of my own. Now I hate the Dodgers the most, followed by the Rockies... used to hate the Giants when they had Bonds but I can't really hate on them much anymore.
I played baseball with Ike Davis from literally T-Ball through High School so now I have a small rooting interest in the Mets and it sucks.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:51 am to RBWilliams8
i liked ken griffey jr and randy johnson as a kid, so i like the mariners
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:54 am to RBWilliams8
Cards.
Ozzie Smith and Vince Coleman.
Ozzie Smith and Vince Coleman.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:58 am to RBWilliams8
I was raised an Astros fan because my dad grew up as a fan. His parents were from Houston, and he would go watch them when he'd visit his grandmother there as a kid. I grew up with Bill Brown and J.D. on the tv constantly in the afternoon, and I still remember going to games from circa 2000 in the Astrodome.
As previously mentioned, we are shitty right now, but there are a few bright spots here and there, like Pence and Lyles. We are also in the process of changing owners, which is encouraging since our front office/farm system has been historically subpar.
Admittedly, Astros fans on this board are traditionally annoying as hell, but my advice is to not be a typical douche who follows a team like the Cubs with no real connections to the team or surrounding area. It's one thing if you were raised to be a fan or are a ten year old and like the team, but just picking them when you are a yuppy from NOLA so you can wear a Theriot/Fontenot/Lamahieu shirt is lame as hell IMO.
As previously mentioned, we are shitty right now, but there are a few bright spots here and there, like Pence and Lyles. We are also in the process of changing owners, which is encouraging since our front office/farm system has been historically subpar.
Admittedly, Astros fans on this board are traditionally annoying as hell, but my advice is to not be a typical douche who follows a team like the Cubs with no real connections to the team or surrounding area. It's one thing if you were raised to be a fan or are a ten year old and like the team, but just picking them when you are a yuppy from NOLA so you can wear a Theriot/Fontenot/Lamahieu shirt is lame as hell IMO.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:59 am to RBWilliams8
Grew up in Louisiana. New York was the first place I lived that had a team, so I was to adopt one.
I moved to Manhattan for a year, one of the old boroughs. The Yankees are the old team. The Mets, however, are the team who most recently played in Manhattan.
After a year, I moved to Brooklyn, which is on the island that the Mets call home.
The designated hitter is for pussies.
I have a soul.
Go Mets.
I moved to Manhattan for a year, one of the old boroughs. The Yankees are the old team. The Mets, however, are the team who most recently played in Manhattan.
After a year, I moved to Brooklyn, which is on the island that the Mets call home.
The designated hitter is for pussies.
I have a soul.
Go Mets.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 1:02 am to RBWilliams8
Born in Southern New Hampshire (Merrimack) and averaged about 10-15 games a year from age 3 to age 13 when I moved down here.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 1:15 am to RBWilliams8
Dad played for the Braves.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 1:26 am to RBWilliams8
my dad worked in the San Francisco Giants organization when I was a kid (when the Shreveport Captains were the Giants' AA affiliate). got to meet Will Clark, Royce Clayton, etc. I also lived out on the California central coast for a spell so that even more solidified it for me.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 1:27 am to RBWilliams8
The Atlanta Braves.
Where Chip Caray happens.
Where J Hey happens.
Where #Frediball happens.
Where MVPrado happens.
Where McDeal With It happens.
Where Kenshin Kawakami happens.
Where celebration happens.
Where LOLMets happens.
Where Jonny Venters happens.
Where Derek Lowe happens.
Where Brooks Conrad happens.
I'll leave you to decide who to pick.
Where Chip Caray happens.
Where J Hey happens.
Where #Frediball happens.
Where MVPrado happens.
Where McDeal With It happens.
Where Kenshin Kawakami happens.
Where celebration happens.
Where LOLMets happens.
Where Jonny Venters happens.
Where Derek Lowe happens.
Where Brooks Conrad happens.
I'll leave you to decide who to pick.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 1:29 am to RBWilliams8
My family would always go to Astros games so I got that from them. Ever since I've been little I've pulled for the Red Sox and I picked up pulling for the Reds from my uncle since he has pulled for them all his life
My list is
1a) Reds
1b) Astros
2) Red Sox
My list is
1a) Reds
1b) Astros
2) Red Sox
This post was edited on 6/20/11 at 1:30 am
Posted on 6/20/11 at 1:49 am to RBWilliams8
I started playing baseball before I could really watch baseball. My first team that had an MLB uniform was the Cards, which made me a Cards fan. Caused a few issues with my dad and his brothers because they grew up watching the Cubs.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 1:49 am to RBWilliams8
Braves because of proximity.
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