Do you root , root for the home team?

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » August 20, 2005 11:39 pm

NYCPORT wrote:
nycparrothead wrote:
NYCPORT wrote:All NY all the way. Except for college, I root for my school.
Moron Community College?
At least I went to college for something other than lunch!

Sucker!

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » August 20, 2005 11:39 pm

creeky wrote:
nycparrothead wrote:
Alan11 wrote:My teams and Shane shut your mouth we are finally going to kick your cowgirl ass this year once and forall Seriously did you get the 81 game I sent you on DVD I know you have been busy and I forgot to ask.
I did sir, and thank you very much! You rock dude!
Funny you should show up in this thread .... "root" over here, means the same as "hump" over there

Really??? So.... Wanna root?

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » August 21, 2005 12:04 am

I grew up a Red Sox fan.... My parents and grandparents are/were Red Sox fans.... There was always a game on TV.... Every kid playing sandlot ball wanted to be Yaz, or Freddie Lynn, or Dewey Evans, or Pudge Fisk. There were no Yankees fans in our town; they were The Enemy, and they lived Down South, in New York City.....

No matter where I've roamed, in over 20 years away from New England, I've remained a Red Sox fan, and I'll die a Red Sox fan.

BottleofRum · Post by **BottleofRum** » August 21, 2005 1:13 am

NYCPORT wrote:All NY all the way. Except for college, I root for my school.

I guess because NY has not won anything is a while you should root for any NY team!

charlie_sierra · Post by **charlie_sierra** » August 21, 2005 2:30 am

Washington Redskins for life. I bleed burgundy and gold.

Cincinnati Reds. I loved the way Pete Rose played the game. All out on every play.

University of Virginia on everything. We live about 25 miles from the campus.

A Balding Fan · Post by **A Balding Fan** » August 21, 2005 10:05 am

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I grew up a Red Sox fan.... My parents and grandparents are/were Red Sox fans.... There was always a game on TV.... Every kid playing sandlot ball wanted to be Yaz, or Freddie Lynn, or Dewey Evans, or Pudge Fiske. There were no Yankees fans in our town; they were The Enemy, and they lived Down South, in New York City.....

No matter where I've roamed, in over 20 years away from New England, I've remained a Red Sox fan, and I'll die a Red Sox fan.

I sure hope you mean Fisk, never heard of a Pudge Fiske

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » August 21, 2005 10:11 am

A Balding Fan wrote:
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I grew up a Red Sox fan.... My parents and grandparents are/were Red Sox fans.... There was always a game on TV.... Every kid playing sandlot ball wanted to be Yaz, or Freddie Lynn, or Dewey Evans, or Pudge Fiske. There were no Yankees fans in our town; they were The Enemy, and they lived Down South, in New York City.....

No matter where I've roamed, in over 20 years away from New England, I've remained a Red Sox fan, and I'll die a Red Sox fan.
I sure hope you mean Fisk, never heard of a Pudge Fiske

e-yep, I mean Fisk..... that's what I get for posting after midnight.....

longlinergirl · Post by **longlinergirl** » August 21, 2005 10:41 am

I am from Fla so my teams will always be the Fins and the Canes...we didn't have the Marlins until the 90's so I am an Atlanta fan...I like The Marlins as well, just not when they play Atlanta. I guess I am also a Heat fan, though I only watch basketball caus ethe hubby likes it. He likes whoever is good. He played basketball for a long time, so he likes to watch teams and players that are really good, he doesn't have a favorite team, but favorite players!

longlinergirl · Post by **longlinergirl** » August 21, 2005 10:47 am

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I grew up a Red Sox fan.... My parents and grandparents are/were Red Sox fans.... There was always a game on TV.... Every kid playing sandlot ball wanted to be Yaz, or Freddie Lynn, or Dewey Evans, or Pudge Fisk. There were no Yankees fans in our town; they were The Enemy, and they lived Down South, in New York City.....

No matter where I've roamed, in over 20 years away from New England, I've remained a Red Sox fan, and I'll die a Red Sox fan.

hehehehe I will never get used to New York being down south....

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » August 21, 2005 12:15 pm

All my life a Red Sox fan, as are many Atlantic Canadians. Montreal Canadiens for hockey, and in a home where everyone else was Leafs or Detroit, that was dicey sometimes!

Patriots football.

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » August 21, 2005 12:16 pm

NFL Tampa Bay
BB Yankees
Basketball.... no preference
College FSU alumni... I bleed Garnet and Gold!

But to answer the Q... I think supporting the local sports teams in your area is important. Which means I will go to the Devil Rays games.... once in a while! I spent my summers in NYC for 15 years... and went to at least 4-5 Yankees games every summer... thus a fan.

sailingagain · Post by **sailingagain** » August 21, 2005 1:23 pm

I was literally born into a Yankees and JETS obsessed home. I'm a complete maniac for both teams. When I move to Florida, I will absolutely continue to root for them.

Hell, I'll be suffering with both until the day I die.

MA_Buffett_Fan23 · Post by **MA_Buffett_Fan23** » August 21, 2005 1:56 pm

sailingagain wrote:I was literally born into a Yankees and JETS obsessed home. I'm a complete maniac for both teams. When I move to Florida, I will absolutely continue to root for them.

Hell, I'll be suffering with both until the day I die.

damn you John... You had everything going for you until you said you were a Yankees fan..

longlinergirl · Post by **longlinergirl** » August 21, 2005 2:12 pm

sailingagain wrote:I was literally born into a Yankees and JETS obsessed home. I'm a complete maniac for both teams. When I move to Florida, I will absolutely continue to root for them.

Hell, I'll be suffering with both until the day I die.

You'll have lots of support thats for sure. We are almost outnumbered by Jets at Fins games. And you could move to the most remote jungle in the world and there will still be a Yankees fan there...

Oh I forgot to add earlier that I now live in RI, Pats and Sox terrtory, but I hate them both

tequilatom · Post by **tequilatom** » August 21, 2005 2:23 pm

sailingagain wrote:I was literally born into a Yankees and JETS obsessed home. I'm a complete maniac for both teams. When I move to Florida, I will absolutely continue to root for them.

Hell, I'll be suffering with both until the day I die.

i think you are the 1st yankee/jet combo i ever heard of.

mets/jets i here all the time!!!

MA_Buffett_Fan23 · Post by **MA_Buffett_Fan23** » August 21, 2005 2:25 pm

longlinergirl wrote:
sailingagain wrote:I was literally born into a Yankees and JETS obsessed home. I'm a complete maniac for both teams. When I move to Florida, I will absolutely continue to root for them.

Hell, I'll be suffering with both until the day I die.
You'll have lots of support thats for sure. We are almost outnumbered by Jets at Fins games. And you could move to the most remote jungle in the world and there will still be a Yankees fan there...

Oh I forgot to add earlier that I now live in RI, Pats and Sox terrtory, but I hate them both

Ain't that the truth... I saw several Yankees hats in India..

sailingagain · Post by **sailingagain** » August 21, 2005 2:35 pm

tequilatom wrote:i think you are the 1st yankee/jet combo i ever heard of.

mets/jets i here all the time!!!

I know. METS/JETS YANKEES/GIANTS seems to be the norm. I guess I should thank my Dad for mixing me up so badly.

PHBeerman · Post by **PHBeerman** » August 21, 2005 9:43 pm

College football--I am from Nebraska thus I am a true Husker. I played for Boise State, thus I Bleed blue and Orange.

Pro Football--I lived in Colorado when I was 9-11 I became a Broncos fan and I have remained a Broncos fan.

All other sports--Detroit...My father is from MI.

UAHparrothead · Post by **UAHparrothead** » August 21, 2005 9:56 pm

NFL- Tennessee Titans

College University of Tennessee (even though I go to Vanderbilt)

MLB- Atlanta Braves (closest MLB team)

NHL Detroit Red Wings (my GF lives in MI) and Nashville Predators

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » August 22, 2005 1:51 pm

I live in almost the exact geographic center between the cities where the Cubs/White Sox, Cardinals, Royals, Twins, and Brewers play.
There are probably the same number of fans of each team living here.
Same with the football teams of those cities.

MY alliegences, however tend to stray from the local yokels here-
Baseball-Cubs/Yankees/Braves
Football-Bears/Saints/Falcons
Basketball-Bulls
Hockey-Blackhawks/Canadiens
College-Iowa Hawkeyes/Tennessee Volunteers

(The first teams I named are my favorites in that particular sport-the others are teams I also cheer for).

And in the ONLY sport that really matters-
CEDAR RAPIDS KERNELS