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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 12:39 am to SwampDonks
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Come sit in on some ATL Threads and we'll help you make the right decision
lol you are going to use threats?
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:40 am to msutiger
A lot of my family is in Houston so that would be a good way to catch some games. Idk I'm not usually this hesitant on my decisions. This is just different. And not something I want to be like "ah they suck this year, I like **** now". Louisiana needs a fuming MLB team. 
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:40 am to msutiger
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lol you are going to use threats?
there's a good chance some of the douchebag Braves fans/posers will
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 SwampDonks
Growing up my father and grandfather always had a Braves game on tv. We watched most games, and Atlanta was a short drive to go to a game. Choose your team by your location. It will make it easier to watch them and go to games.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:42 am to RBWilliams8
Braves. Raised in Atlanta.
Posted on 6/20/11 at 12:42 am to RBWilliams8
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lot of my family is in Houston so that would be a good way to catch some games.
Wandy wants you to be an Astros fan.
ETA: Me, msu, and hoo will be your bestest friends.
This post was edited on 6/20/11 at 12:45 am
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 12:47 am to LSUTigerfaninHtown
I always foun it cool how much MLB merchandise there is in a baseball city. Well, a baseball city that has every other sport as well. It's crazy how many Houston Astros hats/stuff there are in Houston. I've never seen so much NFL, NBA or college merch. As that. Philly was like that too (I'm sure it has to do with their recent success) but I nearly say any eagles or 76'ers shite compared to phillies.
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 12:54 am to Caplewood
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fake atlanta braves fan
that's really funny
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.
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