June 10, 200520 yr QUOTE(hi8is @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 09:50 PM) i started playing baseball in 1991 the first week of the offical season i became a white sox fan after seeing a game on TV being from califiornia, its kinda odd for me to pick the sox, but how could i not havent been a fan since... i was 7 years old at the time Wow, a California purebred Sox fan......
June 10, 200520 yr When i was 3 i got to be fan of the game and got to go down on the field in between the 5 and 6th inning and thats when i really started to become a fan
June 10, 200520 yr Author I think it is really cool to say you have been a fan since you been born but IMO you are not really a die-hard fan until you watch the team closely and sweat out every game
June 10, 200520 yr My grandpa and I used to watch Sox games on Channel 44 in the mid to late 70's. That's when I became a Sox fan. But, really started to pay attention in '83.
June 10, 200520 yr since oh... 97-ish... because my little league team, the white sox, won our 'world series' and its been that way ever since. kinda odd seeing as how i lived in New Jersey
June 11, 200520 yr Went to my first game in 1973 (9 yrs old), became a fan in '75 and '77 cemented the deal.
June 11, 200520 yr Dad is a Sox fan. Grew up on the SW side. Played catch with the old man. He could really break off a huge curve with a Clincher. Have a 1974 program advertising family day with a picture of my Dad and 2 brothers in it. Dad always said Johnny Mostil (great Sox CF from the 20's) was a distant cousin. So i guess i was born into it going strong at 47 yrs.
June 11, 200520 yr 1960. My Dad hated the Yankees. I remember him teaching me cribbage at a cottage in Northern Ontario in the summer. I was not quite 9 years old. I couldn't get over how we were listening to a Yankee - White Sox game so far from civilization, in the middle of nowhere. The broadcast was surprisingly strong. It faded in and out a little, but that just seemed to add to the mystic. Shortly after that I watched Early Wynn pitch a game against the Indians. I watched it in my grand-father's basement. I couldn't get over how much Early could make the ball move all over the place. I remember somebody suggestiong I go outside and play, but I was mesmerized and absolutely refused. Edited June 11, 200520 yr by ottawa_sox
June 11, 200520 yr QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 11, 2005 -> 03:21 AM) Born and raised. Born to be wild....
June 11, 200520 yr I'm 47 years old and never recall not being a Sox fan. I'd have to pin it to 1963 or 64 as to when I really started paying attention.
June 11, 200520 yr QUOTE(YASNY @ Jun 11, 2005 -> 12:52 AM) I'm 47 years old and never recall not being a Sox fan. I'd have to pin it to 1963 or 64 as to when I really started paying attention. Back when Jesus was playing 1st base right?
June 11, 200520 yr QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 11, 2005 -> 01:56 AM) Back when Jesus was playing 1st base right? Was he the starter at 1B before Tommy McCraw?
June 11, 200520 yr They had baseball cards made from papyrus that had hieroglyphics on them and the stats were written in Sanskrit.
June 11, 200520 yr QUOTE(YASNY @ Jun 11, 2005 -> 12:52 AM) I'm 47 years old and never recall not being a Sox fan. I'd have to pin it to 1963 or 64 as to when I really started paying attention. Right there with ya Yas! I was born in the pennant year 1959 (Thanks mom and dad), so even though I really didn't start paying attention until 63' or 64' I couldn't have stonger roots in me than being born on such a great year! To commemorate it, I have been able to collect Every known Sox Topps brand baseball cards from that year to the present day. Brings back a lot of tremendous memories. And to quote the wise guy about cards being on papyrus....."You are wrong my friend!!! That was much later!!! When we were born,they were etched on walls in a cave chiseled in with a rock!
June 11, 200520 yr Since birth. My dad and big brother are HUGE Sox fans and my sister is a Cub fan (we think she is adopted). My dad is a retired cop, so when I was little in the summer I would get to stay up late and watch the Sox games so I could fill my dad in on all the details when he got home from his shift. Now we live 15 miles apart and talk on the phone during the games. Only problem is he has cable and I have DirectTV so he sees the action first! What great memories!
June 11, 200520 yr Dwight Eisenhower was President. The original Mayor Daley was in office. The White Sox finished second to the Yankees in the AL and Billy Pierce was a 20 game winner. The Braves from Milwaukee would beat the Yankees in the World Series in 7 games. The year was 1957. Do I get a prize?
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