Sports Corner Rant - Teams I Support
People often ask me what teams I like, then they get confused and possibly regret asking. Since my answer is less than straightforward. I really don't have one team that I like and I like all of them equally. However, the reason I like these teams is simple. Memories of where the home team was and currently is.
This idea came into my mind over the past few years. I used to be strictly a San Diego teams fan. yet that has shifted because two things happened. The first was the realization that the San Diego Padres have seemingly become no more than a AAA team in the major leagues. I love them to death but the chances of them having a winning season and seeing a world series championship are astronomically high against them. It is even laughable to think about how bad they do year after year. Yet I have so many memories of San Diego and the Padres that I will never let them go. They are part of my childhood and will forever be part of me. Yet I haven't lived in San Diego since I was Four.
I actually grew up in the San Francisco area. While I was there for I stayed true to San Diego the entire time, the Chargers and the Padres, are my jam, everyone who knew me, knows that they are who I follow. Even when the Niners and the Chargers went to the Super Bowl in 1994, despite me not living in San Diego, I wanted the Chargers to win because of the above reason of memories plus the reason of being the underdogs. They had such a Cinderella story that year that how could you not support them? It was a fantastic year that ended in a spectacular defeat. Which also because Steve Young's year to step out of the shadow of Joe Montana. I will cheer on and on for the Chargers despite them leaving San Diego and moving to Los Angeles.
On that note, I now live in LA. So their move for me was actually bittersweet. I love that they are now closer to me and I can easily go to games. Yet I did go to games when they were in San Diego several times in my 20's and I loved every minute of it. Now that they are here I love them just as much and will plan on getting my season tickets. They will slowly win and will tend to have the chances in the playoffs but they have a mountain to climb every time. I know it and everyone else knows it, so it is difficult to watch sometimes. And that is a reason why I tend to have multiple teams I follow know. I don't like seeing my San Diego roots lose year after year. It is painful and it hurts my soul. So I have begun to spread out and branch off to the cities that I have other fond memories in. Such as San Francisco and Los Angeles. Over the past few years, I have decided that I now love any San Francisco Team and any Los Angeles Team.
These places are my home. California is my Home. Except for Oakland. That place can rot in hell for all I care, maybe I'll look more favorably on Oakland when the Raiders leave California because I also didn't start to care about the Giants until Barry Bonds left. Yes, he was a great player but I never liked his attitude, and he always seemed to put a sour taste in my mouth. Yet I don't have many fond memories of Oakland and so the odds are slim, although I really enjoyed the movie Moneyball. Aha! see you and I both knew was gonna be a film reference in here!
In Short, TL;DR, I support all teams from the cities I have lived in. Some more fondly than others, but I will always root for the home teams of where my memories are, and where they are being made.
This idea came into my mind over the past few years. I used to be strictly a San Diego teams fan. yet that has shifted because two things happened. The first was the realization that the San Diego Padres have seemingly become no more than a AAA team in the major leagues. I love them to death but the chances of them having a winning season and seeing a world series championship are astronomically high against them. It is even laughable to think about how bad they do year after year. Yet I have so many memories of San Diego and the Padres that I will never let them go. They are part of my childhood and will forever be part of me. Yet I haven't lived in San Diego since I was Four.
I actually grew up in the San Francisco area. While I was there for I stayed true to San Diego the entire time, the Chargers and the Padres, are my jam, everyone who knew me, knows that they are who I follow. Even when the Niners and the Chargers went to the Super Bowl in 1994, despite me not living in San Diego, I wanted the Chargers to win because of the above reason of memories plus the reason of being the underdogs. They had such a Cinderella story that year that how could you not support them? It was a fantastic year that ended in a spectacular defeat. Which also because Steve Young's year to step out of the shadow of Joe Montana. I will cheer on and on for the Chargers despite them leaving San Diego and moving to Los Angeles.
On that note, I now live in LA. So their move for me was actually bittersweet. I love that they are now closer to me and I can easily go to games. Yet I did go to games when they were in San Diego several times in my 20's and I loved every minute of it. Now that they are here I love them just as much and will plan on getting my season tickets. They will slowly win and will tend to have the chances in the playoffs but they have a mountain to climb every time. I know it and everyone else knows it, so it is difficult to watch sometimes. And that is a reason why I tend to have multiple teams I follow know. I don't like seeing my San Diego roots lose year after year. It is painful and it hurts my soul. So I have begun to spread out and branch off to the cities that I have other fond memories in. Such as San Francisco and Los Angeles. Over the past few years, I have decided that I now love any San Francisco Team and any Los Angeles Team.
These places are my home. California is my Home. Except for Oakland. That place can rot in hell for all I care, maybe I'll look more favorably on Oakland when the Raiders leave California because I also didn't start to care about the Giants until Barry Bonds left. Yes, he was a great player but I never liked his attitude, and he always seemed to put a sour taste in my mouth. Yet I don't have many fond memories of Oakland and so the odds are slim, although I really enjoyed the movie Moneyball. Aha! see you and I both knew was gonna be a film reference in here!
In Short, TL;DR, I support all teams from the cities I have lived in. Some more fondly than others, but I will always root for the home teams of where my memories are, and where they are being made.
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