and why not?

I was a fan of the Brewers, Astros, Athletics (because they were good) and Cubs, until the Brewers came to the NL. I grew up listening to Uecker and when 620 gave out I'd put Dewayne Statts and the Cubs on. I went to my first Cubs game around 9 y.o. and was hooked but until then I could have been persuaded otherwise.

I met the Astros in Houston as a kid (family relation watched HW's kids) and that's why they were my team besides the Cubs.

I get and share the MLB package almost every year and go to sleep a lot of nights watching the A's or an Astros game.

I get the NBA package to watch the Warriors, T-Wolves and Blazers.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I still hate Roger Clemens and Jeff Bagwell and those 2004-2005 teams too much to have any warm feelings for the Astros, even with a complete roster turnover, new uniforms, and playing in the other league. They were like the Blues to the Cardinals' Red Wings, the rival you can't even begrudgingly respect. And their park is still a joke.

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Astros are the Cardinals south, since raiding the St Louis front-office back in 2011.

Ok, so you like most of the teams that are good when they are good.

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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!

Eh?

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I liked the Astros long before it came to the Killer B's. I did struggle to like Clemens, but I liked Biggio and Bagwell, well, he was a roider, just like Sammy. Sammy was way more annoying.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

of all those teams listed, only the Athletics were any good when I became a fan. Add the 49ers to that followed-because-they-were-good list, while I now follow the Bears, I paid no attention to them as a kid.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

What's with black people and those jackets that have all the NBA logos but one or two of the logos aren't quite right?

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Oops, I forgot they scratched out a one run win versus my Dodgers

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

I agree. 1 run wins are bullshit.

GAME IS OVER! MOVE ON ALEADY.

/endthread

Us Dodger fans wouldn't know about only winning by one.

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

That was as good of a baseball team last night by the Dodgers as I've ever seen.

They scored 11 at Wrigley with a near shut-out. That's unheard of.

What time's game 6? I can't find it anywhere ...

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

We don't lock threads...oh wait

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The last image of 2017 is Pedro Strop taking Rizzo deep:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/wat ... ony-rizzo/

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

I saw that earlier. He crushed that.

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You know me like that.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.