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Gvac

01-12-2006, 06:07 AM

I've lived my entire life in northern New Jersey and yet I'm a diehard Cincinnati Reds and Bengals fan. "How is this possible" you say? Glad you asked.

Way, way back in 1973 when I was but a wee lad, I was watching the National League Playoffs with my father, a true blue New York Mets fan. Their opponents were none other than the Cincinnati Reds. I was rooting for the Mets along with my dad when a pivotal moment occurred. Pete Rose slid in hard to 2nd base to break up a double play and took out Met shortstop Buddy Harrelson. When the dust cleared, the two men were duking it out. For some reason, right at that moment, I decided I was going to become a Reds fan.

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The Mets wound up winning the playoffs, only to lose to the Oakland A's in the World Series, but I stayed loyal. Two years later I got to see the Big Red Machine win a title against the Red Sox in a classic Series, and then win it again the following year with a sweep of the Yankees.

I reasoned that since my father was a New York Mets and New York Jets fan, I should root for Cincinnati's football team as well.

So here I am, 30+ years later, still a loyal Cincy fan.

Go figure.

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Sheeplovr

01-12-2006, 07:18 AM

Bullshit Gvac you love Marge Schott admit it<img width="195" height="206" border="0" src="http://turbula.net/2004-spring/images/bleachers_schott.jpg" /> 

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MHasegawa

01-12-2006, 07:35 AM

I lived in the Bay when I was a kid so I ended up rooting for the A's of the late 80's (fuck your 90 Reds).  Our apartment there had satellite tv so we saw a lotta hockey games, I just kept watching Edmonton since I liked those uni's. 

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Patches

01-12-2006, 07:56 AM

I root for mostly New York teams- Mets, Giants, Knicks (casually though- not a big basketball fan) but in hockey I pull for the San Jose Sharks (even more casually).Back in my senior year of college, basketball had their lockout, and since life back then revolved around chasing fast women and watching sports, we were lost after football season with no basketball.  So my roommates and I decided to 'adopt' hockey teams to pull for- I went with the Sharks- I figured they were fairly new so there wasn't much history to catch up on, and they had a cool logo (one roommate picked the Ducks for the same reasons.  egh)... they also had the coolest player EVAR- Bryan Marchment:<img height="200" src="http://espn-att.starwave.com/media/abcsports/2001/0314/photo/a_marchment_hi.jpg" width="275" border="0" />Marchment is not only one of the dirtiest players to ever play the game, but one of the toughest sons of bitches on the planet today...if his nose looks like this, imagine the other guys face-<img height="225" src="http://www.worldcontrol.org/eljonson/marchment.gif" width="189" border="0" />Anyway, I remember reading a story in SI about why he was such a badass- stems from his father naturally- when he was a little kid, he was watching his father cut logs with a chainsaw, when the chainsaw popped up and danced on his forearm for a few seconds (though I'm sure to Mr. Marchment, it seemed alot longer).  He sent young Bryan into the house for towels to stop the gushing blood.  When he came back outside, his father calmly sent him back in the house for different towels- he took his mother's "good towels".  That's fucking awesome.

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Tall_James

01-12-2006, 08:31 AM

How Did You Become An "Out Of Town" Fan? I moved out of town.

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ChrisTheCop

01-12-2006, 08:42 AM

I grew up in western Massachusetts and although I played baseball with my friends, and watched the mets, yanks and red sox on the local channels (we got ny channels), I never really picked one team as MINE. One day, when I was about 8 or 9, my brother bought himself a new red sox cap, and gave me his old one. I remember thinking, "umm..thats nice of him, but of the 3 teams, these guys are the suckiest."He said, I know what youre thinking, its been over 60 years since theyve won the series, but look at it this way; theyre due. Its only a matter of time."So I took the cap, and grew into the team, and with the team. And now theyre better than both the yanks AND the mets.Thanks bro. 

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terryc35

01-12-2006, 09:01 AM

You're all fucking front running posers....I hate people who root for teams that aren't from their city.  I work with a guy who is from Iowa and roots for the Yankees and the Lakers.  PATHETIC!!!

FUNKMAN

01-12-2006, 09:07 AM

always lived in jersey but had been a vikings fan since a little kid. partly due to my eldest brother liked them, the color purple, and the cool helmet. i was a vikings #1 and a giants #2 fan until i went to see a giant/viking game and the giants won, i hated the giants ever since....  silly stuff isn't it?

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cougarjake13

01-12-2006, 02:36 PM

born and raised in new york (mets, giants) and moved to tampa last year and i wont ever root for the bucs or d rays,  but i occassionally check out some lightning games.

Mike Teacher

01-12-2006, 02:40 PM

You're all fucking front running posers....I hate people who root for teams that aren't from their city.  I work with a guy who is from Iowa and roots for the Yankees and the Lakers.  PATHETIC!!! =OK im in NJ via Cali, Miami [born], then Chi-town, then back to NJ. All before I turned 8. Lived in five towns in this state alone. Go Vikes. 

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BoondockSaint

01-12-2006, 02:51 PM

I'm from NY and my dad used to go on business trips to Pittsburgh and bring me back Steeler stuff.  Thank God he didn't bring me Pirates stuff.

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Gvac

01-12-2006, 04:06 PM

You're all fucking front running posers

Go back and re-read my original post.

I've been rooting for the Cincinnati Bengals for over 30 years.

It's almost as bad as being a Cubs fan.

(sorry Mojo)

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Greggie44

01-12-2006, 04:45 PM

quote: You're all fucking front running posers....I hate people who root for teams that aren't from their city.  I work with a guy who is from Iowa and roots for the Yankees and the Lakers.  PATHETIC!!!  Check his closet for a satin Forty-Niners jacket. 

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Hottub

01-12-2006, 05:01 PM

Check his closet for a satin Forty-Niners jacketHoly shit, Greggie!  Do you know my friend DaveyBird? I bought him THAT jacket about 15 years ago, and he still wears it!!!

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mdr55

01-12-2006, 05:29 PM

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Go Sens Go!!

TheGameHHH

01-12-2006, 09:49 PM

When I was a kid I knew of three people on the NY Giants (the team my dad rooted for) Phil Simms, LT, and Bill Parcells. LT literally made me a football fan, but the coach was the man I always identified with. When Parcells bolted for the Pats I followed him, that's why I'm a New England fan.

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TheMojoPin

01-12-2006, 10:04 PM

quote: quote: You're all fucking front running posers Go back and re-read my original post. I've been rooting for the Cincinnati Bengals for over 30 years. It's almost as bad as being a Cubs fan. (sorry Mojo) <img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/Gvac/ronfezsig.jpg" border="0" />Eh.  It's a livin'.Guy calls up an old friend who's a Cubs fan and asks, "how's life?""TAKING FOREVER."I guess I'm an "out of town" fan myself since I only REALLY lived in Chicago the first 16 months of my life.  My parents are from there, and we go back multiple times each year, so it's definitely a type of home, though I've lived here in the Northern VA area more than anywhere else.  I just grew up a Chicago everything fan because that's what my parents were and are and it just was always there.  I'm finally moving to Chicago this fall, so I guess I'll finally be official.  And I've got some Cubs season tickets to help make it official! 

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Patches

01-13-2006, 08:35 AM

A Chicagoan dies and goes to hell.  In order to punish him, the Devil lowers the thermostat to 40 degrees."Ha! A July evening in Chicago is colder!", the man exclaims.The devil, slightly off-put, lowers the thermostat to 0 degrees.."Like a Winter afternoon in Chicago!  This is nothing!"The Devil is pretty miffed now, and lowers the thermostat to -50 degrees, and the man starts weeping uncontrollably.  The Devil is at first very proud to have broken the tough Chicagoan, but his pride quickly subsides when he realized the man is crying tears of joy.."IT'S A MIRACLE!!  THE CUBS HAVE FINALLY WON THE WORLD SERIES!!!!"

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TheMojoPin

01-13-2006, 08:50 AM

The version I've always heard has the guy going to Hell being Al Capone, and first the Devil makes it too hot (Shrugged off by a guy who has lived through Chicago's Augusts and their old people-killing heat) and then too cold.Still, a classic.Oh, and I love how everyone cared about the White Sox winning the WS for about two weeks, tops.  The vast majority of Chicago media has focused on the Cubs offseason more than the Sox's.

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cougarjake13

01-14-2006, 07:17 AM

quote: When I was a kid I knew of three people on the NY Giants (the team my dad rooted for) Phil Simms, LT, and Bill Parcells. LT literally made me a football fan, but the coach was the man I always identified with. When Parcells bolted for the Pats I followed him, that's why I'm a New England fan.   so why didnt you follow him to the jets and now the cowboys??????

stickyfingers

01-14-2006, 12:37 PM

Sir Walter Payton (Bears) Dominique Wilkins (Hawks) Dad took me to a mets double-header 

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fluffernutter

01-14-2006, 01:10 PM

So here I am, 30+ years later, still a loyal Cincy fan.15+ years on now my friend.Since
the 1990 Super Bowl vs. the 49ers. I had always followed the Begals
here and there when i was a kid but something I just went full on from
there. It made me so happy to see how well they finally did this year.Unfortunately
hearing that Carson Palmer may now be finished is a bit disheartening
though. Granted is was only one doctor who said it and the majority of
doctors said he would be fine it is still a bit of a bummer. 

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