re: Fandom: Geography vs. choosing "your" team

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False. Jack Brickhouse did Sox games on WGN starting in the 40s and Harry Caray did them into the 80s before he left for the Cubs. The Sox have been broadcast on WGN non-stop since 1990.

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That's not my recollection at all. Perhaps their national cable feed was different, but I clearly remember only seeing the cubs on there for the longest time.

I think it's more the city you grow up in. I lived in Houston for 3 years and love repping the tigers and saints.

I consider Mississippi "home" atm and would never be a state or ole miss fan even if I retire here

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Perhaps their national cable feed was different, but I clearly remember only seeing the cubs on there for the longest time.

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That's true, not all games on WGN are broadcast nationally. However, I remember watching Sox games in Canton, OH and Lubbock, TX during the '93 season when they won the West.

I'm not saying they were on as often as the Cubs during that time; as a matter of fact, once the Tribune bought the Cubs, they were of course going to push their asset on their network.

My point is that the White Sox weren't some ugly stepchild to the Cubs that WGN hid from the nation for decades. They were there to be watched, too.

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Same thing with Harray in the 80s

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Actually, Harry was solely a Sox announcer for 11 years after he left St. Louis. When the Cubs hired him to replace Brickhouse, the Cubs asked him to continue his tradition of singing the 7th inning stretch, which he started doing at Comiskey.

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i'll tell you where this is troubling

by your definition, i should, technically, be an oiler/titan fan and not a saints fan (houston is 1 hour closer than nola)

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State boundaries can create some tricky issues in this dynamic as well. Generally speaking, I would say state boundaries should trump proximity (if it's not too close proximity, as in Lake Chuck to Houston).

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for who you want to root for, especially if your local team is in the duldrums

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So bandwagon is COOL for you. So NOW that the METS suck donkey dicks you don't root for them????

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Actually, Harry was solely a Sox announcer for 11 years after he left St. Louis. When the Cubs hired him to replace Brickhouse, the Cubs asked him to continue his tradition of singing the 7th inning stretch, which he started doing at Comiskey.

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im saying WGN didnt broadcast Sox games most of the 80's. When the Sox left WGN in the late 70s or early 80s, Harray started doing Cub game. The same year Sox left WGN, i think Brickhouse retired

the Sox didnt come back to WGN until early 90s. And they were never aired as much as the cubs.

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im saying WGN didnt broadcast Sox games most of the 80's. When the Sox left WGN in the late 70s or early 80s, Harray started doing Cub game. The same year Sox left WGN, i think Brickhouse retired

the Sox didnt come back to WGN until early 90s. And they were never aired as much as the cubs.

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This is correct. I used to love being off during the week cause tehre were alot more Cubs games on during the day than there are now. HARRY CARREY=

Ditching your team b/c of moving somewhere is lame IMO.

Here's how you figure all this shite out:

If I died today, people would say, "Did you hear who died? xiv, the guy from Louisiana." No matter where I go, or how long I go there, I'm a Louisiana man.

So, fill in the blank for yourself (Army brats get a huge pass here, as do women since they are unable to understand this): I'm a ______ man.

Whatever you put in the blank, you root for those teams. If you grew up rooting for the Packers in the 1960's, and you're from New Orleans, you're a Saints fan starting in 1967. Period.

Anyone who disagrees with this is a huge pussy and no one owes you any respect, and your right to vote should be revoked and given to a convicted felon. Whenever you move to another neighborhood, you should have to alert your neighbors that a huge pussy has moved in down the street.