IUFLA Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 I think I know most people on this site's favorite baseball team, but figured it would be a good maiden topic to kick off the General Baseball Forum... Chicago Cubs since 1963... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Cincinnati Reds since 1972... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 I would be a Reds fan. I am not an MLB fan though. Although their post season is very good. I also like the Red Sox, as my AL team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Reds since early 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted May 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 2 hours ago, btownqb said: I would be a Reds fan. I am not an MLB fan though. Although their post season is very good. I also like the Red Sox, as my AL team. You'd have been torn in 1975... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Cincinnati Reds since the early 70's. Honestly, I probably live and die Reds more than I do IU. The Cardinals suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 I absolutely love the college game. I've been to IU, UL, UI, UM, OSU to watch games. Would have been at RU and NW to watch games as well until the virus and then wherever IU would have been in the regional at. IU is like Butler in basketball or maybe 2 years behind them. Close to there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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milehiiu Posted May 20, 2020 Report Share Posted May 20, 2020 When I was young. Maybe seven years old. My father took me to a White Sox game at the Old Comiskey park. Chico Carresquel, Louis Aparicio, and my favorite...Nelson (Nellie Fox)... and others that followed. So I became a White Sox fan. However, whenever we went to a game after that.... he always took me to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Back in the day when you could walk up to a window and get a ticket that day. We always sat a couple rows back of the third base dugout. So, I had two teams I followed. Then... when the Colorado Rockies came to Denver, we had season tickets for years. Went to the first Rox game at the old Mile High Stadium. They put extra seats in for the first game. Well over 80K fans showed up. Eric Young drove one out of the park in the first inning. I shed a tear. Good friend. Greg Feasel. Who was the largest player the old USFL, and later played in the NFL.... became a part of the Rockies at inception. Great guy who would always seek the mile family out at Coors field.... is now the Rox chief operating officer. So.... I pull for three teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritzIam4IU Posted May 21, 2020 Report Share Posted May 21, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 Cubs since late 70's. Born there...raised there for awhile before getting further out of city but this video always reminds me of my first time at Wrigley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 The Cincinnati Reds my whole life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 So close to buying a Cubs Schwarber jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 20 minutes ago, btownqb said: So close to buying a Cubs Schwarber jersey. All I'll say is be careful. Love Schwarber to death....but no clue how he'll be in a Cubs uniform. Arbitration after this year and free agent after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Seeking6 said: All I'll say is be careful. Love Schwarber to death....but no clue how he'll be in a Cubs uniform. Arbitration after this year and free agent after that. Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted May 29, 2020 Report Share Posted May 29, 2020 Surprised no one has claimed to be a Marlins fan yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 19 hours ago, 5fouls said: Surprised no one has claimed to be a Marlins fan yet. Big Padres guy here 😂😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 A Cubs fan since the mid to late 60's. I started out as a Yankees fan. When I was a young boy, the tv carried mostly Yanks games. So I was a Mantle and Yanks fans to start. The sport that I wanted to play first was baseball. My dad was not a sports guy, but my mom was a physical education teacher. I wanted to play on the small town baseball team. My mom checked the team out and the coaches didn't know the game well nor were they very aware of safety. So she taught me how to play on her own, but instead of playing on the team she had me keep a scrapbook. The year was 1961 which, of course, was the year that Maris hit 61. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 58 minutes ago, slojoe said: A Cubs fan since the mid to late 60's. I started out as a Yankees fan. When I was a young boy, the tv carried mostly Yanks games. So I was a Mantle and Yanks fans to start. The sport that I wanted to play first was baseball. My dad was not a sports guy, but my mom was a physical education teacher. I wanted to play on the small town baseball team. My mom checked the team out and the coaches didn't know the game well nor were they very aware of safety. So she taught me how to play on her own, but instead of playing on the team she had me keep a scrapbook. The year was 1961 which, of course, was the year that Maris hit 61. My Dad is a Cardinal fan. I questioned his fandom when I was young. He responded by telling me when he was growing up he only got 2 teams on the radio. The Yanks and the Cards. He got tired of everybody being a Yankee fan at the time and became a Cardinal fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 On 5/19/2020 at 2:36 PM, 5fouls said: Cincinnati Reds since the early 70's. Honestly, I probably live and die Reds more than I do IU. The Cardinals suck. My Reds fandom predates my IU fandom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, rico said: My Dad is a Cardinal fan. I questioned his fandom when I was young. He responded by telling me when he was growing up he only got 2 teams on the radio. The Yanks and the Cards. He got tired of everybody being a Yankee fan at the time and became a Cardinal fan. Pretty much me but in a later generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted June 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 "Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for U.S. Steel." - Joe E. Lewis Of course this was said before rooting for U.S. Steel became fashionable again 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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