Sports bigamy and bandwagoners (was: Pics of your UT Room!!!) - Page 2

doozer · 05-14-2008, 05:26 PM

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Well they probably aren't a UT fan.

they are. i'm talking pro teams.

Vercingetorix · 05-14-2008, 05:28 PM

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I guess I better stop following baseball.

I can't really think of any good reason why anybody living midway between Cleveland and Cincinnati would root for a 15-year-old team in Arizona, no. Not unless his dad played for the team or something.

Vercingetorix · 05-14-2008, 05:31 PM

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plus it's nice to sit down on Sunday and not have to worry about my RB torching my favorite team. in other words, there's no conflict of interest.

The conflict of interest is serious enough that I wouldn't ever play fantasy football. I've watched enough games with guys who are trying to do this "I want my real team to win, but I want the other team's RB to have a good day too" dance to know that I'd never want to deal with that.

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i would also add that if you claim somebody as your team, you should make every attempt to see that team in their home park/stadium/arena at least once.

Absolutely.

**tvolsfan** · 05-14-2008, 05:35 PM

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I can't really think of any good reason why anybody living midway between Cleveland and Cincinnati would root for a 15-year-old team in Arizona, no. Not unless his dad played for the team or something.

I don't have a good reason. I just liked Phoenix, Curt Shilling, and Randy Johnson, and I didn't have a favorite baseball team.

droski · 05-14-2008, 05:42 PM

Personally i think it is a general requirement that you have lived within a 3 hour drive of the said successful pro (or even college team) to be considered anything, but a bandwaggoner. I'm not sure moving there as an adult counts either. I can't tell you how many friends i have that went to harvard or mit who now claim to be redsox fans (previously unknown to me of course). "it's not because they are good now, i was rooting for them when they stunk and i was a student." riiighhhttt.

It's like the guys who are yankees fans and have never been to new york. they always have excuses like "i always liked jeter, so that became my team." Yeah i'm sure it had nothing to do with the 5 championships in your formative years.

doozer · 05-14-2008, 05:43 PM

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I don't have a good reason. I just liked Phoenix, Curt Shilling, and Randy Johnson, and I didn't have a favorite baseball team.

didn't know Schilling had any fans.

**tvolsfan** · 05-14-2008, 05:44 PM

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didn't know Schilling had any fans.

You can't say you didn't enjoy him and Johnson winning the World Series pretty much on their own.

doozer · 05-14-2008, 05:48 PM

i have never liked Schilling.

the guy is an ass.

Vercingetorix · 05-14-2008, 05:50 PM

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I don't have a good reason. I just liked Phoenix, Curt Shilling, and Randy Johnson, and I didn't have a favorite baseball team.

Obviously you can root for whomever you want, but it sure seems to me like you're cheating yourself a little bit if you live so close to the Indians and Reds and don't support either one. There's a lot to be said for rooting for the local team; you can go to the stadium, pick the games up on the TV and radio, etc. It gives you something in common to talk about with people you sit next to in the bars. No question I'd be either a Reds or Indians fan if I had grown up where you live.

**tvolsfan** · 05-14-2008, 05:50 PM

I can't remember, but what was it that he said about Bonds a few years ago?

doozer · 05-14-2008, 05:56 PM

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Obviously you can root for whomever you want, but it sure seems to me like you're cheating yourself a little bit if you live so close to the Indians and Reds and don't support either one. There's a lot to be said for rooting for the local team; you can go to the stadium, pick the games up on the TV and radio, etc. It gives you something in common to talk about with people you sit next to in the bars. No question I'd be either a Reds or Indians fan if I had grown up where you live.

honestly though, i can't really blame the guy for not wanting to be an Indians fan.

Vercingetorix · 05-14-2008, 05:57 PM

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Personally i think it is a general requirement that you have lived within a 3 hour drive of the said successful pro (or even college team) to be considered anything, but a bandwaggoner. I'm not sure moving there as an adult counts either. I can't tell you how many friends i have that went to harvard or mit who now claim to be redsox fans (previously unknown to me of course). "it's not because they are good now, i was rooting for them when they stunk and i was a student." riiighhhttt.

It's like the guys who are yankees fans and have never been to new york. they always have excuses like "i always liked jeter, so that became my team." Yeah i'm sure it had nothing to do with the 5 championships in your formative years.

Absolutely, which is why I said above that the better the team you arbitrarily pick, the more you suck. Anyone who jumps on the Yankees or the Sox obviously sucks a lot.

The moving there as an adult thing is interesting. I have a friend who is the rarest of breeds -- someone who actually grew up here in Atlanta. Could not care at all about the Falcons the whole time she lived there. She's been in DC for a year now, and she's already jumped on the Redskins bandwagon big-time -- wears a jersey on gameday, etc. Something about that sucks too.

**tvolsfan** · 05-14-2008, 05:58 PM

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honestly though, i can't really blame the guy for not wanting to be an Indians fan.

I probably would be if the fans cared about them like they do Ohio State or the Browns. The Indians and Reds have their fans but they aren't really talked about much.

I guess the Diamondbacks are making me look more like a bandwagon fan than they did a few years ago.

**vader** · 05-14-2008, 06:06 PM

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Absolutely, which is why I said above that the better the team you arbitrarily pick, the more you suck. Anyone who jumps on the Yankees or the Sox obviously sucks a lot.

The moving there as an adult thing is interesting. I have a friend who is the rarest of breeds -- someone who actually grew up here in Atlanta. Could not care at all about the Falcons the whole time she lived there. She's been in DC for a year now, and she's already jumped on the Redskins bandwagon big-time -- wears a jersey on gameday, etc. Something about that sucks too.

She obviously has excellent taste.

I have been on the Redskins "bandwaggon" since I was 10 years old. I think continuing to pull for them through the '90s and present day gets me off the hook of people who suck for pulling for successful teams.

BTW, I live in Dallas now and there is NO way I am becoming a Cowboys fan.

**kptvol** · 05-14-2008, 06:20 PM

For what it's worth, I cheered for UNC football and Wake Forest football for a few years. During that time, guys from my high school were on the team. I think that's a perfectly acceptable reason for taking on another team. I now also cheer for those guys in the NFL on the Jaguars and Redskins.