tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post8437729127128300108..comments2024-03-24T11:56:43.208-07:00Comments on Showbiz David: The Beauty of Baseball: When Champions Look Like a Bunch of Kids Off a Hardscrabble LotShowbiz Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08921904778000552196noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post-4227078315370021002012-10-04T17:53:12.870-07:002012-10-04T17:53:12.870-07:00Hi David ..
A "fowl weather fan" -- HaH...Hi David ..<br /><br />A "fowl weather fan" -- HaHa!<br /><br />The excitement and satisfaction for me was that, for the only time in my life, through the A's, listening to them on the radio, I came to understand how fans can become so addicted to the pleasure and frustration of following a team.<br /><br />If they win the World Series, I will likely weep.Showbiz Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921904778000552196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post-4961575773949335892012-10-04T03:47:56.958-07:002012-10-04T03:47:56.958-07:00David,
I'm a nomadic fan, soemtimes fair-weat...David,<br /><br />I'm a nomadic fan, soemtimes fair-weatherish. My first team, as a young boy, was the Kansas City A's. When my family moved to Michigan, I moved to the Detroit Tigers (though my older sister still calls me a traitor for switching so easily). That made for some tough rooting but also great excitement in '68, when the Tigers came back from a 3-1 deficit to win the World Series.<br /><br />Then in the Army outside Philadelphia, I picked up my first National League team, the Phillies. This time I wasn't fair-weather, I was a foul-weather fan, as the Phillies were terrible, worst in baseball, winning only 59 games all season, though Steve Carlton won an astounding 27 of them. And so I followed them till they won with World Series.<br /><br />Later, with my sister in the Bay Area and rooting for the Oakland A's, I moved there too, and rooted for them too. The Tigers were still my team but I enjoyed the great nicknamed A's — Rollie, Catfish, Vida. And I continued to follow them. <br /><br />And now, it's my Tigers against sorta my A's. Your A's. Everyone's A's. What a great comeback. What a great story.<br /><br />So, GO TIGERS! And go a's. and GO baseball!<br /><br />David CarlyonDavid Carlyonnoreply@blogger.com