Longest time as a fan?

[Buccaneer Madden]

I was 9 in 1979 living in Albuquerque, NM and I watched the 1979 NFC Championship game on tv. First time I had ever seen the Buccaneers play (we only got Dallas and Denver games.) I was a Steelers fan then (just because they won all the time.. heck I was a kid) but I saw Buccaneer Bruce and the creamsicle uniforms and I really liked them. The Bucs ended up losing 9-0 and I saw a player on the sidelines crying and I felt really sorry for him so I decided I would become a Bucs fan from then on. Little did I know that just a couple years later they would start a streak of 10 consecutive seasons with 10+ loses. I heard every joke you could imagine as a kid but I stuck with them... 35+ years and going.

[TigersCubs84]

My first game was in Detroit against the Senators in 1969. Went on a school bus with scouts. Sat in LF Upper deck and saw Willie Horton hit a grand slam. Frank Howard hit a HR as well. Then around 1970 my Grandpa took me into a Sears store where I saw the Cubs on all the TV's. An ivy covered wall, in color no less. Santo, Billy Williams, the rest is history. First time I had seen color TV. Awesome!

[NEFAN]

It was 1965, I was 5, My father was stationed in Maryland. He took me to a Red Sox\Orioles game at Memorial Stadium with a bunch of his Army Buddies. It was late in a close game with a critical at bat for the Sox. (can't remember who).

I asked my Dad in a loud voice, "What would happen if a monster came out of home plate and ate all the players?"

Needless to say that was the last game he took me to for a while, but I became a Red Sox fan that day!