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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a homer. Being a homer, as a sports fan, is what people should strive for actually. Civic pride.

    But yeah I remember talking about you moving around and stuff. I get it. 
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,681
    The Juggler said:
    There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a homer. Being a homer, as a sports fan, is what people should strive for actually. Civic pride.

    But yeah I remember talking about you moving around and stuff. I get it. 
    I agree I only root for my home team! 
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,251
    tempo_n_groove said:
    eeriepadave said:
    :lol:
    May be an image of 2 people and text that says ALL SPORTS CULTURE SPIRIT BANDWAGON FAN Comes with -Yankees Hat -Cowboys chain -Lakers jersey -Alabama flag 23D174TH121 23 DAL 17 4TH 12114 ADULT Size Costume ONE SIZE EITS MOST
    I don't see the Lakers being a bandwagon team anymore, Cowboys either.   

    I can't remember ever being that upset over a sporting event either, lol.
    How about we sub golden state for the lakers then? 
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,681
    eeriepadave said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    eeriepadave said:
    :lol:
    May be an image of 2 people and text that says ALL SPORTS CULTURE SPIRIT BANDWAGON FAN Comes with -Yankees Hat -Cowboys chain -Lakers jersey -Alabama flag 23D174TH121 23 DAL 17 4TH 12114 ADULT Size Costume ONE SIZE EITS MOST
    I don't see the Lakers being a bandwagon team anymore, Cowboys either.   

    I can't remember ever being that upset over a sporting event either, lol.
    How about we sub golden state for the lakers then? 
    Def! 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    eeriepadave said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    eeriepadave said:
    :lol:
    May be an image of 2 people and text that says ALL SPORTS CULTURE SPIRIT BANDWAGON FAN Comes with -Yankees Hat -Cowboys chain -Lakers jersey -Alabama flag 23D174TH121 23 DAL 17 4TH 12114 ADULT Size Costume ONE SIZE EITS MOST
    I don't see the Lakers being a bandwagon team anymore, Cowboys either.   

    I can't remember ever being that upset over a sporting event either, lol.
    How about we sub golden state for the lakers then? 
    That works, lol!
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    tempo_n_groove said:
    josevolution said:
    I can barely watch today’s athletes! I only watch hockey that’s about it I don’t own their jerseys just an Islanders hat! Been a fan since 1977.
    my gym teacher indoctrinated me, lol.
    That's what they're calling it these days, "indoctrinated"? Did he get charged?
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,812
    The Juggler said:
    There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a homer. Being a homer, as a sports fan, is what people should strive for actually. Civic pride.

    But yeah I remember talking about you moving around and stuff. I get it. 
    Yeah, there's a negative connotation about being a homer that i just don't get... If you still live in the city where you grew up and still root for the teams you watched as a kid... I fail to see how that's a bad thing. Even if you move, and still root for the teams you rooted for as a kid, isn't that what it means to be a 'fan'? (I think people forget that fan is short for fanatic).

    No knock on someone like Tempo switching allegiances / rooting for new teams having moved around a lot, nor do I care if someone simply chooses to root for a team from another city... to each his own... but how homer came to have a negative connotation is beyond me. (If I had to guess, it's probably a byproduct of sports media BS) 
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    Poncier said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    josevolution said:
    I can barely watch today’s athletes! I only watch hockey that’s about it I don’t own their jerseys just an Islanders hat! Been a fan since 1977.
    my gym teacher indoctrinated me, lol.
    That's what they're calling it these days, "indoctrinated"? Did he get charged?
    HAHAHA!  It was 1979 and I was in Kindergarten. He taught us an Islander chant.  So when I finally found an interest in  Hockey I followed the Isles.  Got to live through them taking a great player and then trading them away...
    Pallfy, Turgeon, LaFontaine...
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Merkin Baller said:
    The Juggler said:
    There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a homer. Being a homer, as a sports fan, is what people should strive for actually. Civic pride.

    But yeah I remember talking about you moving around and stuff. I get it. 
    Yeah, there's a negative connotation about being a homer that i just don't get... If you still live in the city where you grew up and still root for the teams you watched as a kid... I fail to see how that's a bad thing. Even if you move, and still root for the teams you rooted for as a kid, isn't that what it means to be a 'fan'? (I think people forget that fan is short for fanatic).

    No knock on someone like Tempo switching allegiances / rooting for new teams having moved around a lot, nor do I care if someone simply chooses to root for a team from another city... to each his own... but how homer came to have a negative connotation is beyond me. (If I had to guess, it's probably a byproduct of sports media BS) 
    Hmmmmm. To be fair....now that I think of this...maybe it has a negative connotation because it implies you blindly root for the team and disregard their short comings or something? If that is the case, I can understand. By homer, I just mean being a fan of the team in the town that you live. You stick by them in good times and bad but you absolutely have to be critical of them as well when necessary. 
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,812
    The Juggler said:
    Merkin Baller said:
    The Juggler said:
    There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a homer. Being a homer, as a sports fan, is what people should strive for actually. Civic pride.

    But yeah I remember talking about you moving around and stuff. I get it. 
    Yeah, there's a negative connotation about being a homer that i just don't get... If you still live in the city where you grew up and still root for the teams you watched as a kid... I fail to see how that's a bad thing. Even if you move, and still root for the teams you rooted for as a kid, isn't that what it means to be a 'fan'? (I think people forget that fan is short for fanatic).

    No knock on someone like Tempo switching allegiances / rooting for new teams having moved around a lot, nor do I care if someone simply chooses to root for a team from another city... to each his own... but how homer came to have a negative connotation is beyond me. (If I had to guess, it's probably a byproduct of sports media BS) 
    Hmmmmm. To be fair....now that I think of this...maybe it has a negative connotation because it implies you blindly root for the team and disregard their short comings or something? If that is the case, I can understand. By homer, I just mean being a fan of the team in the town that you live. You stick by them in good times and bad but you absolutely have to be critical of them as well when necessary. 
    I guess then it's all in what someone infers from the term 'homer'.  
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    The Juggler said:
    Merkin Baller said:
    The Juggler said:
    There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a homer. Being a homer, as a sports fan, is what people should strive for actually. Civic pride.

    But yeah I remember talking about you moving around and stuff. I get it. 
    Yeah, there's a negative connotation about being a homer that i just don't get... If you still live in the city where you grew up and still root for the teams you watched as a kid... I fail to see how that's a bad thing. Even if you move, and still root for the teams you rooted for as a kid, isn't that what it means to be a 'fan'? (I think people forget that fan is short for fanatic).

    No knock on someone like Tempo switching allegiances / rooting for new teams having moved around a lot, nor do I care if someone simply chooses to root for a team from another city... to each his own... but how homer came to have a negative connotation is beyond me. (If I had to guess, it's probably a byproduct of sports media BS) 
    Hmmmmm. To be fair....now that I think of this...maybe it has a negative connotation because it implies you blindly root for the team and disregard their short comings or something? If that is the case, I can understand. By homer, I just mean being a fan of the team in the town that you live. You stick by them in good times and bad but you absolutely have to be critical of them as well when necessary. 
    Knicks fans are Homers and delusional.

    To me a homer is the person that roots for their team and still thinks they are the best and everybody sucks... They see no bad in the team.


  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,812
    I guess I just infer "roots for the home team" when I hear homer.

    It's not as if someone who roots for a team from another city isn't capable of the same level of fanaticism. (seeing no bad in the team they root for that is) 
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Merkin Baller said:
    I guess I just infer "roots for the home team" when I hear homer.

    It's not as if someone who roots for a team from another city isn't capable of the same level of fanaticism. (seeing no bad in the team they root for that is) 
    Semantics. lol
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    Merkin Baller said:
    I guess I just infer "roots for the home team" when I hear homer.

    It's not as if someone who roots for a team from another city isn't capable of the same level of fanaticism. (seeing no bad in the team they root for that is) 
    I root for the Halos and by god I see the forest for the trees.

    My glimmer of hope is 2 things, Arte sells soon and those 22 pitchers they drafted come to something.  Oh yeah and a full season where Rendon, Trout and Ohtani are all healthy, so 3.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,681
    The Juggler said:
    Merkin Baller said:
    The Juggler said:
    There is absolutely nothing wrong with being a homer. Being a homer, as a sports fan, is what people should strive for actually. Civic pride.

    But yeah I remember talking about you moving around and stuff. I get it. 
    Yeah, there's a negative connotation about being a homer that i just don't get... If you still live in the city where you grew up and still root for the teams you watched as a kid... I fail to see how that's a bad thing. Even if you move, and still root for the teams you rooted for as a kid, isn't that what it means to be a 'fan'? (I think people forget that fan is short for fanatic).

    No knock on someone like Tempo switching allegiances / rooting for new teams having moved around a lot, nor do I care if someone simply chooses to root for a team from another city... to each his own... but how homer came to have a negative connotation is beyond me. (If I had to guess, it's probably a byproduct of sports media BS) 
    Hmmmmm. To be fair....now that I think of this...maybe it has a negative connotation because it implies you blindly root for the team and disregard their short comings or something? If that is the case, I can understand. By homer, I just mean being a fan of the team in the town that you live. You stick by them in good times and bad but you absolutely have to be critical of them as well when necessary. 
    Yeah that’s how I am you have to be critical of your team just as well as rooting for them through good & bad! I’m a homer 
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  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    Knicks fans.....BWAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  Poor bastards.
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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,939
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Poncier said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    josevolution said:
    I can barely watch today’s athletes! I only watch hockey that’s about it I don’t own their jerseys just an Islanders hat! Been a fan since 1977.
    my gym teacher indoctrinated me, lol.
    That's what they're calling it these days, "indoctrinated"? Did he get charged?
    HAHAHA!  It was 1979 and I was in Kindergarten. He taught us an Islander chant.  So when I finally found an interest in  Hockey I followed the Isles.  Got to live through them taking a great player and then trading them away...
    Pallfy, Turgeon, LaFontaine...

    Westfall giving Kate Smith flowers was my first Isles memory. Didn't work but back then to come from behind 3-0 games against the Pens and almost do it again against the Flyers, all in their 3rd season as a franchise, wow!

    And who knew what I was in five, six, seven and eight years later. Coulda been four and nine years as well!
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,314
    I don't think anyone "bandwaagons" Alabama...you're either a fan or you despise them.


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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,681
    Wobbie said:
    I don't think anyone "bandwaagons" Alabama...you're either a fan or you despise them.


    Ughh I’d hate to smell what ever comes out of that mouth damn why keep that one tooth! Yeah fuck Alabama 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,471
    josevolution said:
    Wobbie said:
    I don't think anyone "bandwaagons" Alabama...you're either a fan or you despise them.


    Ughh I’d hate to smell what ever comes out of that mouth damn why keep that one tooth! Yeah fuck Alabama 
    That's how he opens his beer cans, lol!

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