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62 sats \ 16 comments \ @grayruby 21 Jul 2023 meta

Thought I had a good topic yesterday but not much response. Possibly due to the time of posting as I had to drive my wife to the city (2hrs each way) yesterday so I didn't post until mid afternoon. So let's try it again for today and see if it was the post time or a bad topic.

Shill me the story of a non traditional way you became a fan of a sports team. (Non traditional simply meaning a team supported not because of geography or family tradition)

Sats for all except Yankess, Red Sox, Cowboys, Seahawks and Leafs fans. Just kidding.

Cheers, GR

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70 sats \ 10 replies \ @tnuts420 21 Jul 2023

yeah, no non traditional teams for me either. unless you count rooting for perennially bad teams, in which case those would be the lions and the tigers. it's tough being a detroit sports fan, especially if you don't follow hockey (although the wings aren't really that great anymore from what i understand).

i do kind of root for the cubs and the brewers in the nl, but that's mostly due to my hatred of the white sox and love of beer

21 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 Jul 2023

Lions are going to win NFC North and Tigers are only 5 games out in the AL central (granted that's probably the worst division in baseball). Things are looking up for you.

I haven't been to Comerica yet. I need to make a trip to Detroit next summer and catch a game.

20 sats \ 8 replies \ @tnuts420 21 Jul 2023

comerica is an awesome park, i'm actually headed down there next month for a game. i try to get out to at least a couple games each season. but yeah, middle of the pack in the most garbage division in all of baseball isn't exactly something to celebrate.

i am fully drinking the kool-aid on the lions this season though, i agree we're taking the north. i love what campbell and holms have been building, and it was awesome getting to root for hutchinson at michigan and now at the detroit as well

31 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 21 Jul 2023

I'm a NY sports fan, but I had a warm place in my heart as a kid for late 60s Tigers. Made a pilgrimage to the Midwest with some buddies to see a game at Tiger Stadium right before it closed. Also caught an Indians game at the Jake that trip.

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @tnuts420 21 Jul 2023

nice! i'm the only one in my immediate family old enough to have seen a game in both tigers stadium and the silverdome. plus my dad's birthday was 2 days before mine, so we had a tradition of going to a birthday tiger's game every year before he passed

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 21 Jul 2023

Good memories. I still have a few of these cards, but they're beat up pretty bad. We flipped them. Who knew they would be worth a few SATs some day? https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/baseball-cards/1967-topps/bengal-belters-norm-cash-al-kaline-216/31193

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @tnuts420 21 Jul 2023

that's awesome, two legends in my book. i've actually got a game ball signed by most of the '84 tigers, but i'd never sell it

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby OP 21 Jul 2023

Do you ever go to Lions games?

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @tnuts420 21 Jul 2023

absolutely, just not as frequently tigers games. i think the last one was 3 or 4 seasons ago, but we're planning on getting one in this season. one of my sisters is a big wolverines fan, so she wants to go see hutch in honolulu blue

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 21 Jul 2023

I wanted to go to Pittsburgh week 1 to see 49ers play the Steelers but apparently I had no idea how expensive NFL tickets were. I was shocked that I couldn't find a decent seat under $300

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @tnuts420 21 Jul 2023

yeah i hear you there, mlb games are definitely more affordable than nfl. especially the lions, since we were on hard knocks and now that there's some hype around the team, ticket prices are stupid high

50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 21 Jul 2023

The Miami Heat are the only one for me. I always liked their early teams with Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway. I stopped watching sports for a while, so I missed the Wade era team, but I liked recreating that team in NBA Live '04 when the stars were all rookies. When I started watching basketball again, they weren't any good, but soon they turned into my current favorite team with Jimmy Butler.

However cheesy and cliché as it might be, I like all the Heat Culture stuff. At this point, I think I'll keep rooting for the Heat after this iteration is over.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 22 Jul 2023

I like stories like that where someone became a fan because of a set of players and just stuck around after.

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 21 Jul 2023

Good luck Ruby. I can't help you out on this one. All my teams are geographic/family. That's the way it was when I grew up in the NYC area. Rooting for an outside our area team was unheard of.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 21 Jul 2023

Understandable. Fun fact since you are a hockey guy. After I gave up on supporting the Leafs I became a Red Wings fan for 2 years. Thought I needed a team to cheer for but my fandom fizzled out quickly.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 21 Jul 2023

Yeah. It wasn't in your blood. As a Jets fan I rooted for the Giants twice- both SBs versus Pats. My hatred for Brady and Belichick trumped all. Haven't rooted for the Giants since.