Chef Jim Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I don't know about that. I've been a Cubs fan since I was 6 years old and caught the WGN signal from Chicago and watched Ryne Sandberg become a Hall of Famer. I've never lived outside WNY or the Charlotte area, so I can't watch many Cubs games. But I do follow them religiously through the Internet with live game casts, box scores, highlights, blogs, etc. And I would never dream of rooting for anybody else. If Charlotte ever got an MLB franchise, I'd have nothing to do with them unless the Cubs came to town; and I've never been to a Carolina Panthers game (until this season, at least ) Oh I forgot to mention....I have a life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOBILLS78 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Oh I forgot to mention....I have a life. This coming from the guy with more than 8,000 posts. Burn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Oh I forgot to mention....I have a life. Link? So you had time to watch 2-3 hour games in socal but you don't have time to spend 30 minutes following the team online in nocal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Bandwagon fans are the scourge of the sports world. They're worse than Pats* fans. Nah .. that is a redundant statement so either way Patsies* fans are the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 This coming from the guy with more than 8,000 posts. Burn. You can still have a life... Outside of work. Unfortunately I gotta be there today... Not normally bad on a Sunday during warmer years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 The only circumstance where swapping teams is allowed is if your team folds or moves to another city. Of course the preferred response in that case would be to declare the entire sport dead to you. That worked very well for me and the NBA when the Braves left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 So, My fellow wallers, Is that not weak? Thanks in advance. Terribly weak. I don't want this f&^ktard rooting for my Phillies. I hold him responsible for all 6 saves that Brad Lidge has blown this year, as well putting both Lidge and Eyre on the DL. Hell, he probably cracked the Liberty Bell. Please shiv this mofo for me. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Terribly weak. I don't want this f&^ktard rooting for my Phillies. I hold him responsible for all 6 saves that Brad Lidge has blown this year, as well putting both Lidge and Eyre on the DL. Hell, he probably cracked the Liberty Bell. Please shiv this mofo for me. Thank you. Why? Where were you born? Please say Philly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Why? Where were you born? Please say Philly! Just channeling my inner Philly rage. I don't really care that the guy changed allegiances. Born in Olean NY, but graduated from Drexel. I left Philly 16 years ago. I'm much better now, but I'm still a Phanatic. BTW... Pat's > Geno's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Pats* fans are synonymous with Bandwagon fans. I'm guessing 80% are bandwagoners. Born and raised a Yankee fan here and I currently live in Philly. I've been to a couple of Phillies games here gleefully rocking my Yankees gear, but I still watch every Yankee game using MLB TV. I think people who jump their team's ship and start rooting for another team don't deserve to be alive. THink about it. What type of friend would this person be? I don't trust them as far as I can throw them and they can all go to hell as far as I'm concerned. What he said. Terribly weak. I don't want this f&^ktard rooting for my Phillies. I hold him responsible for all 6 saves that Brad Lidge has blown this year, as well putting both Lidge and Eyre on the DL. Hell, he probably cracked the Liberty Bell. Please shiv this mofo for me. Thank you. I am a very disinterested BB fan. I will watch a game if the Phillies are involved and I have nothing else to do. I was born just outside Philly and have been a very casual fan for my life. A friend of mine who was born in Rochester and still lives here was a Poorpiss fan in junior high and switched to the Bills. He said the reason why is he looked around and saw where he lived. I'd say up til 10th grade a guy can switch but after that it's heresy. The only possible reason IMO to possibly switch is that wearing another teams colors can make you a target of A-holes. A friend of mine is a scRams fan and he went to a game in Buffalo but didn't wear any teams colors. JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezmid Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I'd agree that he's probably a bandwagon fan. That said, I've lived in Minnesota for 15 years and consider myself a Wild fan. I like the Sabres too, and I still root for the Sabres, but when they're not playing each other, I root for the Wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I think if you can switch teams that easily you never were a true fan of the original team. Just can't happen. I grew up a Bills fan in S. Ontario and have been in the Bay area for 9 years. Even as frustrated and worn down by the Bills as I am, at no time have I ever felt the urge to become a Raider or Niner fan. Not like that would be an improvement but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Just channeling my inner Philly rage. I don't really care that the guy changed allegiances. Born in Olean NY, but graduated from Drexel. I left Philly 16 years ago. I'm much better now, but I'm still a Phanatic. BTW... Pat's > Geno's It is baseball and given you grew up in Olean... I guess you could take your pick from a number close teams... Phils make sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 I agree with the people about being a casual fan/serious fan determining whether the guy should jump ship. What everyone is missing is that the guy was a BRAVES fan. By definition that is a casual fan. There seriously may not be even one Braves fan anywhere that is totally into the team. They are based in a transient city full of blowhards and aired on a network that never took anything seriously. There is not fan of the Braves, Hawks, Falcons or Threshers that is even close to the level of a Bills fan. Not one single person. We are all shocked that someone could jump ship on a team because we are Bills fans. To a Braves "fan" the act is more like getting a new toothbrush. Sure the old one was ok, but who really cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 The only circumstance where swapping teams is allowed is if your team folds or moves to another city. Of course the preferred response in that case would be to declare the entire sport dead to you. I'd add one other category - a team whose ownership just gives up or turns completely hostile towards the fanbase. The Raiders (Al Davis), Marlins, heck even the Bills to some extent under Son of Satan's regime all could fall under that set of conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Link? So you had time to watch 2-3 hour games in socal but you don't have time to spend 30 minutes following the team online in nocal? It's not an issue of time. I would much rather watch them on TV or listen on the radio than follow them via blogs and the internet. I'm not a baseball geek who has to analyze the box scores the next day or read an article about the game. I usually watched or listened to more than half the game every year. I can't do that here so I've been following the Giants. The I have a life remark was just busting his balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacus Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Or if your city/area does not have a team. what if the team is a minor league quality team with a bush league front office playing in a major league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Bandwagon fans are the scourge of the sports world. They're worse than Pats* fans. Aren't they the same??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringMetheHeadofLeonLett Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I was a "serious" Angels fan for two decades when I lived in soCal and have become a "casual" Giants fan since I moved to SF. Kind of hard to follow a team if you can't watch any of their games, I just like having a team to follow. The Angles come up here in a couple of weeks for inter-league play against the Giants and I'm not sure who to root for. Perhaps they can rename themselves the Los Angeles Angels of San Francisco while they're up in the bay area- to make your decision easier. Heck, they used to just call themselves the California Angels so any wanker in the state could adopt them... Anyway, I applaud your willingness to dump the Halos, though. I'm living in SF and have always had a great time at the Giants games. I even cheer 'em on for the most part, but I'll ALWAYS be a Dodgers fan. (I moved here the day the Giants lost the World Series to the LAAoA, btw- SF was a little less gay on that day.) On the original topic, I don't think it's right to switch teams- with a few exceptions: Your team moves, You're an Angels fan who's finally seen the light, heheheh, or you move on from a team that labels itself 'America's Team'. I don't know if the Braves still call themself America's Team, but I know they used to, so I don't see anything wrong with switching from the Braves to the Phillies BUT, imo, your friend has used up his one technicality bandwagon jump, and is stuck with the Phils no matter how bad they suck, or even if he moves to some foreign land. .02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerville Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Just channeling my inner Philly rage. I don't really care that the guy changed allegiances. Born in Olean NY, but graduated from Drexel. I left Philly 16 years ago. I'm much better now, but I'm still a Phanatic. BTW... Pat's > Geno's +1 So so true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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