For those in states without a professional sports team...
 

who do you root for in football, baseball, basketball, etc? i know alot of people from oklahoma who root for the dallas cowboys.

Well, CT used to have a professional sports team (Long live the Whalers). That said, here's who I follow:

Baseball: Yankees. My dad is a die hard Yankees fan, so he raised me as a Yankees fan. Don Mattingly and Dave Winfield were my favorite players growing up. The funny thing is that as a little kid I always wondered if they'd win a title, since the Red Sox, Tigers and Blue Jays were better in the late 80s/early 90s.

Football: Giants. Same as above, my dad is a big Giants fan so I grew up watching the games.

Basketball: I don't really follow one NBA team in particular, although I began to like the Celtics when I lived in Boston. I mainly follow college basketball.

SOME people in CT are also Red Sox/Patriots fans...:cool:

And yes, RIP Whalers. That loss broke a lot of hearts.

Now, CT does have UConn Basketball. And their football team is getting better. So there's something to follow.

I never said that people didn't root for the Red Sox and Patriots. I was just talking about my own favorite teams. I'd say it's about 50/50 for Yankees/Sox, and there's a huge Patriots following here.

I misread....

Since we are seriously lacking a pro football team in Detroit.. I just stick with college football (although Michigan hasn't exactly been great the last two seasons either!)

^^^lol

Be nice to see what teams Skins fans root for next year...

Hell...there are as many Cowboys fans around here as Skins fans anyway!

My city doesn't have any major football/baseball/basketball teams, so I have to root for teams in surrounding cities...though I've just gotten into college football, GOOOOO DUCKS! :D Lol I'm not a huge sports person, so I'm easing into it. But generally, my parents are Dallas Cowboys fans, so I just go along for the ride.

I still have yet to figure the Cowboys thing out

Arkansas Razorbacks IS our pro-team.

But I watch Dallas area teams in Arkansas. And Dallas area teams are a general rule in Arkansas except for baseball where the Cardinals remain king.

I root for all Boston teams.

That's probably because Barry Switzer went down to coach for Dallas and lots of folks just stuck with it. I don't really get emotionally invested in any one NFL team though. No reason to care about any of them.

We do have a professional sports franchise now though, the OKC Thunder. So far, I've made it out to at least a couple games per year.

I've been told that it has a lot to do with the Redskins' refusal to integrate the team in the 60s.

That makes sense being as every year there are calls for the organization to change the name.
There are lots of people in the area that don't know the history of the team (nor probably care)

A lot of people here like the orioles, and they're starting to steal fans away from the Braves. I guess the NOVA types root for the Nationals. Richmond now has the Flying Squirrels (AA baseball) and the Renegades (AA hockey). We had a WNBA team for a while, but I guess no one in town supported them. Even for a WNBA team.

will wait for Angelos to drop dead or Ripken to buy the Os before I ever watch or go to another game.

seriously... the fans should have an option to oust a crappy owner. And I hate the Redskins, but it's the same with them and Dan Snyder.

There are tons of Cowboys fans in the DC area...sometimes I think there are more than Skins fans.

Or do you mean you don't understand why everyone here loves the Cowboys? I don't either...but then again, they are "America's team."

Everyone in NOVA roots for Washington teams, which is good because no one who actually lives in Washington does!

No.

Yeah, I was being facetious, but that's what the media calls them.

As for the Nats, I don't know how anyone in DC could support them, their tickets are expensive and they suck! At least with the O's, the tickets are reasonable.

Actually I got into a discussion with a knucklehead and that's all she could say about her 'favorite team' it was then I realized that she didn't know jack about the Cowboys or football except that they are "America's Team."

I hate band wagon hoppers.

How much are Orioles tickets? You can get Nats tickets for $5...

either way, you cant give them away...LOL

Ouch! Poor Nats. :( I think they might not actually be too bad when they get their pitching straightened out.

Yeah, you can get O's tickets for the same amount, but the good tickets at the Os are much, much cheaper than at the Nats. Who cares about the $5 tickets where you can't even read the number on the back of the jerseys. I have season tickets six rows up behind home plate. For the same price, I can only buy a ticket 20 rows back half way down the first baseline. My equivalent seats at the Nats are the blue seats that are always empty because they overprice them for corporations, etc.

Sounds like me when I said I was a CUBS fan as a kid because I like to watch WGN. :rolleyes:

My husband laughs at people who are Yankees, Redsox or Cowboys fans who don't live in those towns. Way to be a fair weather fan!

I dig. Gotta pay for that new stadium!

Yeah, and though it is technically a nice stadium (I personally HATE the older stadiums like Wrigley. I'll never go back there.) It seems more about selling you crap then about baseball. I do like their grass, though. I will be driving up to B'more to see the O's when I move to DC this summer.

Being able to take the Metro to and from Nats games is PRICELESS though. You'll never want to drive up to Baltimore again. WMATA did a much better job on the logistics for the new stadium than when the games were at RFK.

Doubt it...I've been to a few Nats games with friends on the metro...

Love my O's!

The northwest is notably light in the professional sport arena (at least for football, baseball, soccer, and basketball). Even moreso now that the Sonics went to OK City. I believe that leaves us with Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Mariners, Seattle Sounders, and Portland Trailblazers- so one of each to cover the pacific northwest. According to various tv shows, people in Alaska tend to root for these teams because they're the closest.... even though Anchorage is 1500 miles from Seattle!

<Slight swerve> For those who are fortunate enough to have two teams to choose from in one city or very close by, how do you choose between them? Do you go with whomever is best at the time, cheaper tickets, broadcasted on tv/radio, family tradition, or something else?

Ravens

- We have more dedicated fans.
- Best rivalry with the Steelers
-been a fan since inception
-better stadium and easily accessible with Baltimore Metro
-tickets are easier to get than Redskins tix.
-This year more Ravens games were on than past years, I think even a Skins game was pre empted at one point and the Ravens Vikings game was shown....LOL

I was just at an Indiana Pacers game and was amazed at how many people were wearing Colts jerseys. But the Pacers are horrible right now, so more people root for the Colts as the primary. However if the Pacers ever get good again and Manning retires, then it will switch to the Pacers.

I love Conseco Fieldhouse, but the ushers are like the Stasi- don't even look at the empty seat next to you or they will ask for proof that you have a ticket for it. The Lucas Oil ushers are much nicer are better at customer service. (but that's another thread).

CT has no sports teams, but there are a lot of teams in the area (MA, NY, etc.). As far as how people choose: generally the area of the state closer to NY follows the Yankees, Mets and Giants, while the closer you get to the northern part of the state (near MA), you'll find more Sox and Pats fans. A lot of it also has to do with family tradition - as I said, in my case, my dad has been a die hard Yankees and Giants fan since childhood.

For many of the cities with two pro teams in one sport, it's a geographic divide. People in the Bronx are reliably Yankees fans; the Chicago White Sox are the South Side team; etc. A lot of people HATE the "other" team from their city and would not go to that stadium even if the tickets were free.
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The Flyin' Hawaiian! We love him here in Philly!

Never lived in Baahhhstun but I root for the Red Sox. My dad is from there, and when I was a kid, the summer was not complete if we didn't see a game at Fenway when we would visit the grandparents.

As to Northern Virginia, most people living here are not originally from this area. So you see jerseys and ball caps for all sorts of teams, pro and college. And as to the Skins, Snyder is not well liked. People are very nostalgic for the old Skins when Cooke was the owner. And when they had winning seasons. And weren't changing coaches every 27 minutes.