01-07-2005, 03:30 PM
I've been a Yankee fan since I was 5 - my dad took me to my first game at the stadium (vs. the A's), and I was an instant fan. As I got older, I tried to be a NY for both teams, but I could never really support the Mets because the organization just seemed to suck (and the Yankees were the Bronx Zoo).
When I was in middle school I started having a huge interest in football, and was a fan of both the Giants & the Jets, with no real bias to either team. When I went to high school, it was with the idea I'd be on the Football team (the Farrell Lions, which was pretty much THE high school fb team when I went to HS). Anyway, I managed to fuck up my right knee before I started my freshman year, and that basically closed the door on football - as well as any other competitive sport - career I had planned.
I got really depressed & didnt bother watching football, but I was always a baseball fan so I pretty much stuck with that until the present day. I never got into basketball or hockey, neither did anything for me. It wasnt until about 5 years ago or so that I started watching football again, mainly because my brother-in-law throws an amazing Super Bowl party.
And I agree, you should always support your local teams, unless they play each other (then you root for your fave). As much of a Yankee fan I am, I rooted for the Mets in 86. Yeah, you can say it was easy since they played Boston and I wouldn't ever root for Boston, but they could have been playing the Blue Jays & I still would have been rooting for them.
When I was in middle school I started having a huge interest in football, and was a fan of both the Giants & the Jets, with no real bias to either team. When I went to high school, it was with the idea I'd be on the Football team (the Farrell Lions, which was pretty much THE high school fb team when I went to HS). Anyway, I managed to fuck up my right knee before I started my freshman year, and that basically closed the door on football - as well as any other competitive sport - career I had planned.
I got really depressed & didnt bother watching football, but I was always a baseball fan so I pretty much stuck with that until the present day. I never got into basketball or hockey, neither did anything for me. It wasnt until about 5 years ago or so that I started watching football again, mainly because my brother-in-law throws an amazing Super Bowl party.
And I agree, you should always support your local teams, unless they play each other (then you root for your fave). As much of a Yankee fan I am, I rooted for the Mets in 86. Yeah, you can say it was easy since they played Boston and I wouldn't ever root for Boston, but they could have been playing the Blue Jays & I still would have been rooting for them.