02-08-2018, 01:00 PM
(02-08-2018, 12:22 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: Yeah, I always bristle at being called "bandwagon" just because I'm a Steeler fan. There are quite a few of us (maybe even the majority) who are just "Pittsburgh fans". And because of the Pirates, we totally get the "stand by your team" mentality.
I have to admit that my interest wanes a bit when the Pirates stink, but baseball is kind of a different animal in that they play every night (if you think it's tough to subject to yourself to suckiness on a weekly basis, try doing it daily). But never have I been tempted to root for the Yankees, Giants, etc.
I know a guy in Northern W Va who is a Steelers-Reds fan. He's about my age so he would have started following sports in the 70s. I wonder how he arrived at those teams.
You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American
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