What is the consensus on a great player who changes teams? Joe Montana, Goober Manning, Greg Maddux, Arod, etc. Like you are a true Cubs fan, but really like Maddux so you rooted for the Braves too.

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I think there's still a little front-running involved when someone does that. I mean, you could like Maddux as much as you want but if the Cubs were as good after Maddux left as they are now, nobody was becoming a Braves fan because he left. My friend Jerry who died claimed to be a Dodgers fan. Andy Pafko was his favorite player and when he went to Brooklyn Jerry's loyalty followed. But the Cubs sucking was part of that. And, just like li'l danny bernstein, no matter how many times Jerry proclaimed he wasn't a Cubs fan, I know he really was.

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Everything is computer.

I don't believe there's anything wrong with not following a team closely when they suck. I will not follow my favorite teams closely when they're awful, aside from perhaps any transactions they make.

That's different than cheering for the Seahawks when you were born and raised in Elk Grove.

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I root for Chicago teams, minus the Cubs and for this year at least the White Sox, but I'll root for players on other teams and want them to win/lose.

I won't be a Saints fan when he leaves but I was rooting hard for them in 2009. I rooted for Reggie Miller as long as it didn't hurt the Bulls.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I would say cheering for a team in a series or in the Superbowl is fine because of a player. But not suddenly changing loyalties all together and suddenly now you are a Bronco or a Brave fan.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Rick brings up another interesting point to the debate. When its a guy that went to your alma mater.

This has been a good thread.

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This has been a dumb thread.

There are no rules.

I'm a Mets fan and we own the Cubs!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

There is legitimate mocking, though.

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No doubt.

But any long time fan gets mocked as well.


Just look at this board with all the Sox 2005 bandwagoners obsessing over Cubs fans.

Ben Roethlisberger really likes you.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

THIS.
People can do whatever they want, and I'll think it's stupid. You get one city...all the teams go with it, and it should be based on how you were raised or where you grew up.

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Which basketball team does Kansas City root for? The Kings or the Thunder? Can Seattle still root for the Thunder or are they now Trailblazers fans? Can a New Yorker be a Dodger fan if his dad and granddad were? Is current fandom based on borough?

You sound silly.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I am silly.
Obviously, a Milwaukee native has no hockey team. I'm saying a Milwaukee native who is a Packers fan who ignores the Brewers and claims to be a Cubs fan is silly. this goes back to the original post of a Chicagoland native who call sthemselves a Yankees fan...stupid.

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We have several Brewers/Cubs fans in our office. They are all Wisconsin natives. They used to catch the Cubs on the superstation. Their allegiances weren't conflicted because the Brewers were an AL team. There was no inter league play except for the World Series. As such, there was very little conflict with cheering for both teams.

These guys all hate the Bears, but love the Blackhawks.

I never had a problem with their logic.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

If memory serves, that guy later got hired at JP Morgan and literally almost ended up in jail.

if you are from chicago and root for an away team you should be shot.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

What if his dad was a Cubs fan since Milwaukee did not have a baseball team at the time? Another exception which you've already admitted is allowed. See? Why bother even making any stupid rules regarding fandom based on region.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

This is dumb.

But to be fair, local Yankee fans are worse than Cardinals fans. Except stoneroses

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Thou shalt not kill.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

knee capped

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Were you born, raised and have never left the city of Chicago?

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

i'm surprised he didn't.

I agree. I'm not going to pay as close attention to the Sox when they're terrible. But that addresses another modern idea- that "all that matters is winning a championship". For a real fan, so obviously not true.

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Everything is computer.

Hatchet vs RR is about to go thermo nuclear.

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