Are your sports teams from your home state?

[Birdbats]

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Your question about "home state" is interesting because it sparks one my pet peeves. I live about 15 miles from Busch Stadium and grew up an hour west of St. Louis. I've always been a Cardinals fan. Yet there are people around here who can't believe people who live in Illinois are Cardinals fans. They honestly think we should be Cubs fans because Chicago is in Illinois (300 miles north of here). It's really not just a line they use to get under our skin -- they truly believe everyone in Illinois should root for the Cubs because that's our home state. When I encounter these people, I just smile and go on my way... you can't possibly win an argument with someone of that mentality.

Has anyone else ever encountered this in another state where the local team is across the border in another state? Or is it just a Cardinals/Cubs thing?

[Birdbats]

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Oops... I meant I grew up an hour EAST of St. Louis. I've always lived in Illinois.

[kylehess10]

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Born in New York, raised in Georgia, and my team is the Braves

[gingi79]

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Born in Miami, Florida. Raised on Long Island in NY

I am a fan of the:

Vancouver Canucks
Atlanta Braves
Miami Dolphins
Miami Hurricanes
NY Giants
NY Islanders

So I would say as a New Yorker, I root against the:

NY Rangers
All N.W. Division NHL clubs not from Vancouver
NY Mets and any other N.L. East teams not from Georgia
NY Yankees
NY Jets and any other AFC East team not from Miami.
Any ACC Team outside the State of Florida.


I think this answers your question.......

[Master Shake]

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Born in New York however raised in Florida.

I grew up watching the New York Yankees in baseball and got into basketball with the Orlando Magic. Those are my two favorite sports teams. I have become more into football but I don't really root for any specific team.

[10thMan]

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Born in San Diego, I like the Chargers, Padres & Angels. Recently spent 4 years in Los Angeles & went to a lot of Angel Games. Angel Stadium has a good feel to it & is a lot of fun. I learned to appreciate the Rivalry going to American League Games. Boston Fans are cool as hell, their loud, but they are fun & will talk to you. Yankee Fans will kill you over a simple disagreement. I remember going to a Playoff Game Angels/Yankees (Angels won) & walking out of the Stadium, a nicely dressed Couple wearing Yankee Jerseys were leaving & the Lady screamed out loud "Damn Monkey" I still grin thinking about it. I tend to follow players, specially guys w/a so-cal connection. Glaus, Giambi, to name a few.
Sean

[both-teams-played-hard]

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Although I do have a weak spot in my heart for Tarheels basketball. They were the first team I remember watching as a young kid and have loved them ever since.

I grew up in North Carolina. ACC basketball on Jefferson-Pilot local TV...sail with the Pilot! I watched every game and could name every player. My dad is a UNC fan, so I was also (although I didn't have the grades for Carolina; graduated from Campbell U.). Still have an Easter egg from 6th grade that I painted James Worthy's picture. Season ticket holder for the Orlando Magic in the mid 90s. The 94/95 Magic mean a lot to me...Shaq is a traitor!
I can see the lights of Dodger Stadium from my fire escape, but I don't follow baseball. I sometimes listen to Vin Scully on the radio. Really liked the '04 Dodgers...then the management showed their intelligence.
So with that said:
North Carolina Tar Heels basketball
Orlando Magic basketball
Los Angeles Dodgers baseball
San Diego Chargers football
Carolina Hurricanes ice hockey

[bigtime59]

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Born in DC, raised (and still live) in Northern Virginia.
Senators fan until they left. Orioles fan since. Not a Nats fan.
Redskins fan as long as I've been aware of football.
Would be a Caps fan if I was into hockey.
Have no interest whatsoever in basketball or soccer.

Mark
bigtime39@aol.com

[harpt]

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Has anyone else ever encountered this in another state where the local team is across the border in another state? Or is it just a Cardinals/Cubs thing?

Yes, I am with you on this one. I grew up in a small town in Upper Michigan. My town was on the border of Wisconsin. We were 50 minutes to Green Bay, and a little over two hours to Milwaukee. Detroit, on the other hand, is about 8 hours away. Even our local TV stations were out of Green Bay. We had no local exposure to Detroit teams whatsoever.

Some of the old timers still rooted for the Tigers since the Brewers were not around until 1970. Many still rooted for the Braves since that was the Milwaukee team of their youth. Everyone rooted for the Packers though... even though they were absolutely terrible most of my life.