They died years ago.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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

I didn't know there were any.

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Freedom is our Strength.

a good friend of my dad's remained loyal. they are out there.

That's not true. Some babies need a lot of help.

My dad ditched the Cardinals when they left for Phoenix. He remained patient and was rewarded (?) with the Rams, whom he hate watches on a weekly basis.

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How the hell did you become a Redskins fan?

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I'd have quit baseball all together if the Sox moved. I only came back because of 2005 anyways.

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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!

Honestly? My mom enjoyed copious amounts of meth during trimesters one and two.

When you're a kid, you like the good teams. I was eight. I grew up near St. Louis, which obviously had no team then. I latched on to the 1991 Redskins Super Bowl champs and have been miserable since.

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Cool...that mostly explains all of my friends who became Cowgirls fans in the mid-90's.

Fuck Jerry Jones.

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Oh yeah. Within my group of buddies I grew up with, we root for the Redskins, Cowboys, Iggles, 49ers, Steelers, and Lions. We're an odd bunch.

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Let me guess, the Lions fan gets his ass kicked by everyone else...

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bless you for having the courage to not hold it in

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I was too young to get into the business side of things when all of that was going down.

I can tell you that fandom was tough as soon as Reinsdorf-Einhorn took over and moved games to Sportschannel. Daddy dolphin was having none of that paying for TV garbage.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

You ascribe far too great of importance on something that is nothing more than an annoyance.

I consider much of Cub fandom to be like Red Sox fans of the 2000s if that gives you any insight into the mindset.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

It was the same around here as well. I was shocked when I came home in '88 and found cable boxes in the house.

Actually I think the old man only would kick in for one trip to Comiskey a year. Fortunately the Sox were all but giving tickets away to schoolkids back in the 70's/early 80's. The rule around the way was my 3-4 closest friends had their dad drive & we all could go for free. Check with Sox fan grandfather & great aunt, it meant at least 6-8 games a year.

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

If JORR says that the playoffs are a zero probability, and a world series is completely out of the question, why would he give a rats ass about dude taking a couple days off to spend time with his family during the birth of his child?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I don't. I was asking Cub Nation.

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Freedom is our Strength.

Nice, but I'd consider them more like the high school HOFers in Practice. Talked a lot, impressed a lot...in practice. When the bright lights came on, out came the excuses.

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

If you don't care why ask?
The answer of course as always is "family first".

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I can still recall playing whiffle ball in the front yard when the sportschannell (or whatever it was called) salesman came to the door. I didn't hear the entire conversation but I do remember the guy responding "its not a religion. You don't have to believe in it." Needless to say, he was summarily dismissed.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Not at Amazon.

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Freedom is our Strength.

Ok.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Addison Russel must be a miracle worker.
He might actually do BOTH

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