Fox needs to lose it's baseball contract.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:37 am

Gee Magoo...why don't you go to the WC forum and find out?

There, you might see where I pointed out that my WC team is England, since I first knew what a soccerball was.

You know...England...that country that hasn't won a Cup in my lifetime?

That one country I'm a citizen of(in addition to America, of course).

See, I didn't bandwagon just because a buncha fools thought the US team was all that...nope, stuck with the same team I've always rooted for my whole life...just like every other team I root for, in every other sport.

See how that works?

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:49 am

Lighten up, dude. It was a joke. You don't think I really pegged you to be a Brazil fan, do you? Yet you still hit me with a five take defense? Take a couple bowl hits off that famous Portland weed I hope you're in possession of.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:13 am

Dinsdale wrote: That one country I'm a citizen of(in addition to America, of course).

Dual citizenship, eh?

I think the latter should be revoked, that way you won't be accused of being a bandwagon citizen, either.

See how that works?

Terry in Crapchester · Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:34 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:It's entirely about it being The Yankees. The Mets, Phillies, Cards, Red Sox...pretty much a free pass. But it's sooooooooo easy to jump on the Yankee wagon.

You weren't talking to me, but my $.02

Mets, Phillies, Cards = National League. 'Nuff said.

Red Sox= Red Sox. 'Nuff said, again.

I root for the Yankees. My dad was a lifelong Yankee fan, and when I was growing up (about the same time as Dins), the Yankees were on TV quite a lot. But by your logic (which you don't follow, since you live in Michigan and root for the A's), I should be a Blue Jays fan, since they're the closest team, geographically speaking, to me. Never mind that the Blue Jays didn't even enter MLB until I was 12.

Btw, if I wasn't a Yankee fan, there'd be a pretty good chance that I'd be an Oriole fan, given that Crapchester had their AAA affiliate from 1961 until 2002. But since I'm a Yankee fan, that means that I hate the Orioles.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:54 pm

Cut him slack, Terry.

There's a good chance he's never even seen a B&W TV.

And I'm guessing he grew up with cable TV, as well, so he can't be expected to understand the whole "game of the week/Monday Night Baseball" concept.

Baseball on TV was pretty slim pinkin's back then. Yankees, Dodgers, and Red Sox ruled the airwaves back then.

JCT · Post by **JCT** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:10 pm

Terry in Crapchester wrote: Never mind that the Blue Jays didn't even enter MLB until I was 12.

Yep. Seeing as we're from the same area, Niagara Falls here. My first memories of baseball are sitting with my dad when I was 4 and seeing Chris Chambliss hit the HR in '76. Blue Jays came in '77 and we went to see the Yanks play. Me my dad, gramps, and a couple uncles. 1977 I saw Catfish Hunter pitch, Reggie, Sweet Lou, Mick the Quick, Thurmun and Nettles play. Die hard ever since, fuck the haters.

When we finally got cable watched the Yanks play on WPIX. HOLY COW , Reggie hit another one!! Reggie Jackson this Bud's for you!

Terry in Crapchester · Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:11 pm

Actually, since Mgo roots for the A's, he might be interested in knowing that the A's won three consecutive World Series when I was a little kid. Dins was a few years younger than me, so he might not remember that.

Back then, I remember everyone thinking the A's looked like a softball team. They had the green and gold unis and wore white spikes. My dad used to call them hippies, because they all wore their hair long and had mustaches.

I used to hate them, and I rooted against them any chance I got. Then the era of free agency came, and Charlie Finley, fearing that contracts would explode, broke up the team. After that, in the late 70's the A's were kind of a laughingstock until Rickey Henderson came along. I almost felt sorry for them back then. Almost.

Btw, I hated Reggie Jackson, Catfish Hunter and Ken Holtzman when they played for the A's, but then I loved them a couple years later when they were playing for the Yankees. Of course, I'm not the first fan to ever get that way about a player, nor will I be the last.

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:14 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Baseball on TV was pretty slim pinkin's back then. Yankees, Dodgers, and Red Sox ruled the airwaves back then.

I'd say not much has changed.

- ESPN

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:22 pm

Shit, in 1981(we had a color TV by then-btw), when they first ran that chunk of coax through my yard, I spent summer mornings watching the Braves and Cubs every day, with an occasional White Sox game when the Cubbies were off.

Cable changed everything.

JCT · Post by **JCT** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:27 pm

Dinsdale wrote: watching the Braves .

Remember this:

Watch Bob Horner and Glenn Hubbard and the Atlanta Braves take on Ozzie Smith, Rupurt Jones and the San Diego Padres on WTBS.

Brutal.

I think we got cable in 79 or 80. Watched the Mets on WOR.

JCT · Post by **JCT** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:30 pm

Oh and (tangent) Rack those old dial cable boxes where you could set it between channel 78 & 79 and watch the Playboy channel through the snowy, wavy picture.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:30 pm

JCT wrote:Watch Bob Horner and Glenn Hubbard and the Atlanta Braves

How dare you bring up the 80's Bravos with no mention of my man Murph?

He did kind of win the MVP and stuff...and is of course a U&L guy in good standing.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:31 pm

And watching Leon "Bull" Durham and Rhino for the Cubbies. Hell, they almost won some games back then.

JCT · Post by **JCT** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:33 pm

I have a sheet of paper somewhere. In 1984 when we left the U&R we spent a year in Phoenix and my pops took me to spring training. I have most of the 1984 Cubs autographs. Durham, Jim Frey and of course GM Dallas Green.

Raydah James · Post by **Raydah James** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:18 pm

Just caught this weak assed response-pardon the absence, but this thing called a "life" down here in S.D. dictates my absence on these boards

Dinsdale wrote:
The A's are probably my second favorite team, and I always root for them over everyone but the Yanks.

All I needed to see.

Thanks for proving my point, you pathetic frontrunning cockhuffer.

For real sports fans, there can only be one.

There isnt a motherfucker in the NFL forum (save for Paul) who has a "second team". Ditto in real life with those I know.

From a "supposed" real yankeefan, what you just wrote was fucking blasphemy. I have been to New York many, many times-and real yankeefan is absolutely fucking NUTS about thier team-Kinda like Raiderfan, minus the "stab, shoot, and beat your ass" factor.

Thanks for playing, but your fucking novels only proved my point of you being a bandwagoning fuckpuddle. Congrats.

I will thank you for the double BODE feeling of knowing that Angel dick is firmly entrenched down both of your teams throats yearly. Tard.

The Assassin · Post by **The Assassin** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:41 pm

JCT wrote:Oh and (tangent) Rack those old dial cable boxes where you could set it between channel 78 & 79 and watch the Playboy channel through the snowy, wavy picture.

RACK Dimension Cable.

Remember when we finally got Prime ticket and it came on the air at like 5pm? The good old days of basic cable.