Threads from our Frenemies-part 2

[MileHighGrowler]

(01-17-2023, 10:01 PM)Mafioso Wrote: Thank you.  I appreciate the welcome.  

So how does this 2 team thing work?  Are you from Ohio orig?  I’m assuming your from an area without its own team and liked the uniforms growing up?  That’s how I became a UNC Tar Heel fan back in 1982.  Loved those unis!

I couldn’t imagine having a second favorite team, especially in the AFC.  Once you have a good QB, everyone is the enemy ?  not trying to be disrespectful, it’s just Bills or bust for me forever.

Question wasn't directed at me, but I've always had 2nd and 3rd favorite teams in every sport.  I grew up in Cincinnati and the hometown teams have my love even though I've been gone for almost 20 years.  I've lived all over the country and realized every fanbase has some of the same blinders as every other team.  Homers abound, as expected.  But some teams are lovable for players or the fanbase or the history.  Growing up, I loved the lore and tradition of the Packers.  I also liked the Chiefs as a Midwest, play hard team.  Neither nearly as much as the Bengals, but I was good with them.  I spent a few years in SoCal and saw how excited a lot of people were about the Rams coming back which made it fun to hope for good things for them (screw 'em now, though...).  

In baseball it was the Reds first, but I had a soft spot for the Orioles (huge Ripkin Jr fan when I played SS) and the Mariners (huge Griffey Jr fan when I played CF, plus the most beautiful swing).  AL vs NL, but still teams I followed.  Hockey it's been the Avs and Caps.  I could go on.  But I think the big key now that I don't play sports is having fans that are fun to talk to about the game, that know the history, know the teams and aren't assholes about it.  I love intelligent conversation, which is why this board has been great for so many years.  Plenty of homers, plenty of downers, but lots of great analysis and fun banter.