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girl_dee · 04-03-2011, 09:05 AM

Go RED SOX!!

Guy · 04-03-2011, 09:20 AM

Gooooooooooooo Yankees!

Glenn · 04-03-2011, 09:42 AM

GO CUBS!
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AtLast · 04-03-2011, 01:14 PM

GO GIANTS!!! Fuck YEAH!!! There will never be a team like last year's again. Pure heart!!! It felt like the old days of baseball for me watching them.

Ciaran · 04-03-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by AtLastHome

GO GIANTS!!! Fuck YEAH!!! There will never be a team like last year's again. Pure heart!!! It felt like the old days of baseball for me watching them.

The old days of baseball? Like when the Giants and Dodgers were New York teams

As a European sports fan, I just don't understand (or like) the US franchise system where teams with long-established routes in one city can up and leave to another part of the country like that.

AtLast · 04-03-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ciaran

The old days of baseball? Like when the Giants and Dodgers were New York teams

As a European sports fan, I just don't understand (or like) the US franchise system where teams with long-established routes in one city can up and leave to another part of the country like that.

My "old days!" My first games were at Seal Stadium in SF right after the Giants were uprooted.

I can see your point here. My parents were huge baseball fans- and "courted" when the Giants and Dodgers were NY teams. Since they eventually settled in northern CA, they were happy about these teams ending up here. Although, they sure talked up the days of the "Bums".

Ciaran · 04-03-2011, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AtLastHome

My "old days!" My first games were at Seal Stadium in SF right after the Giants were uprooted.

Presumably one of the grounds where the SF Seals played? Until recently, I had a Japanese program for a goodwill tour that the Seals made to Japan in 1949.

My young nephew is half-Japanese and the Japanese are very interested in baseball so I'm determined that he'll be raised as a Yankees fan

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Originally Posted by AtLastHome

I can see your point here. My parents were huge baseball fans- and "courted" when the Giants and Dodgers were NY teams. Since they eventually settled in northern CA, they were happy about these teams ending up here. Although, they sure talked up the days of the "Bums".

Their history was so romantic - always the bridesmaid and never the bride ... until 1955 when "next year finally came"

...... one of the best stories of sporting history.

Ken Burns' Baseball, a documentary series from the early to mid 1990s, is a great program with some absolutely fantastic footage.

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