re: Fandom: Geography vs. choosing &quot;your&quot; team

Posted by BilJ

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 6:45 pm to Y.A. Tittle

I've never gotten what joy you can get out of rooting for a team thousands of miles away from you that you have no affiliation with

Posted by xiv

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 6:46 pm to TouchdownTN

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I must say, my whole family is from New York, I've spent copious amounts of time there.

I've never met a person that switched alliegances from either of those franchises to the other.

I've lived in NYC for five years and I've seen it happen all the time. In fact, it's gotten to a point where about half my sports friends root for the Jets and Giants, and just pick the one doing better in any particular year.

NYC is the biggest frontrunning town of the traditional sports cities (I won't insult NY by saying they're worse than Miami).

Posted by xiv

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 6:49 pm to BilJ

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I've never gotten what joy you can get out of rooting for a team thousands of miles away from you that you have no affiliation with

It's the exact same as painting your toenails during a slumber party and watching a Party of 5 marathon and talking about boys.

Posted by dukke v

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 6:53 pm to nvasil1

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Also, as I stated previously, there was a period in the late 90s where the Sox had more games broadcast on WGN than the Cubs

It started getting = about that time.

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As a Sox fan growing up in the same period, the broadcasts may not have been equal, but were similar.

Similar???? HUH??

Posted by BayouBengals03

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 6:56 pm to xiv

If New Orleans ever got a baseball team, I'd probably start to support them. Does that make me a bad fan or a good fan?

Posted by Rohan2Reed

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 6:57 pm to xiv

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half my sports friends root for the Jets and Giants, and just pick the one doing better in any particular year.

i noticed that as well

Posted by xiv

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 6:59 pm to BayouBengals03

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If New Orleans ever got a baseball team, I'd probably start to support them. Does that make me a bad fan or a good fan?

Neither. It's just what you do. Not to do that is unconscionable.

I can't WAIT to ditch my Mets for MY PELICANS!

Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:00 pm to nvasil1

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Sorry, but it's not been a last 5 years thing. As a Sox fan growing up in the same period, the broadcasts may not have been equal, but were similar. I watched plenty of Sox games on WGN when I was at LSU in the early 2000s. Also, as I stated previously, there was a period in the late 90s where the Sox had more games broadcast on WGN than the Cubs.

not in LA. dont know if it was a regional thing or not

i can say with 100% conviction that wasnt the case where i grew up. the cubs were literally on daily

Posted by dukke v

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:01 pm to Rohan2Reed

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half my sports friends root for the Jets and Giants, and just pick the one doing better in any particular year.

i noticed that as well

The WORST example of this is MIKE LUPICA. Comes on the Sports Reporters on Sunday morns and SUCKS NY sports teams arse. He is supposed to be A NATIONAL GUY, but he is fricking TERRIBLE!!! I know he writes for a NY paper, BUT don't come on a NATIONAL NETWORK and SUCK NY DICK.

Posted by BayouBengals03

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:01 pm to xiv

I'd support the shite out of the New Orleans Pelicans.

Posted by xiv

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:03 pm to Lester Earl

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i can say with 100% conviction that wasnt the case where i grew up. the cubs were literally on daily

+1

All Cubs games were on; White Sox games were on occasionally.

Posted by BayouBengals03

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:04 pm to xiv

The Cubs were on nearly every day here in BR in the late 90s and early 2000s. The White Sox were probably on half as much, if that.

Posted by Buckeye Fan 19

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:06 pm to xiv

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I've lived in NYC for five years and I've seen it happen all the time. In fact, it's gotten to a point where about half my sports friends root for the Jets and Giants, and just pick the one doing better in any particular year.

Mets/Yankees and Islanders/Rangers are both huge rivalries. For whatever reason, Jets/Giants isn't.

Posted by dukke v

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:10 pm to Buckeye Fan 19

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For whatever reason, Jets/Giants isn't

Its alot BIGGER THAN YOU THINK!!!!! They don't play as often as the other two examples you said, BUT ITS A STRONG RIVALRY!!!!!!!!!

Posted by xiv

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:10 pm to Buckeye Fan 19

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Mets/Yankees and Islanders/Rangers are both huge rivalries. For whatever reason, Jets/Giants isn't.

Mets/Yankees play six times a year.
Islanders/Rangers play six times a year.
Jets/Giants play 0.25 times a year.

That's probably the biggest reason why.

Posted by BayouBengals03

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:17 pm to xiv

The Jets and Giants fricking share a stadium. Not much hatred there.

Posted by NawlinsTiger9

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Posted on 4/26/11 at 7:31 pm to BayouBengals03

I'm a Cowboys/Lakers/Yankees/Red Wings/Manchester United/Brazilian national soccer team/Alabama college football/Duke basketball fan.

I'm a fricking diehard, brah. Lifelong.