# What kind of a sports town do you live in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 21, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843 "2007-01-21T16:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Nuggets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Mr.Nuggets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nuggets)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/21 "2007-01-21T20:01:30Z")
About the Rangers and Stars being not as popular, what about the Mavericks? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/22 "2007-01-21T20:08:07Z")
Westchester County, NY. Your fans hereabouts are blue-collar and family oriented. Pro and high school football, basketball and baseball, and a lot of after-work league baseball/softball. They’ll watch just about anything if it’s on at the bar, but I don’t think you’ll find a lot of loyalty to college sports, although a few Catholic Big East schools probably pull support during March Madness. My apartment building must be home to a dozen curlers, probably because the local country club has a sheet. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nuggets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Mr.Nuggets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nuggets)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/23 "2007-01-21T20:14:18Z")
Is Westchester County a Giants or Jets County? Must be hard to choose with two teams in nearly any sport. How do you decide, they seem the same to me. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/24 "2007-01-21T20:18:40Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Nuggets] About the Rangers and Stars being not as popular, what about the Mavericks? [/QUOTE] If the Mavericks were a last place team, I doubt they’d be as popular. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/25 "2007-01-21T20:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] My apartment building must be home to a dozen curlers, probably because the local country club has a sheet. [/QUOTE] At first I had a vision of hair products, before I realised you meant the ice sport! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/26 "2007-01-21T20:30:15Z")
Melbourne is primarily a football town (Aussie Rules) but we are known for going quite mental over any sport. The iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground is home to both footy (every week during the ‘season’) and cricket (particularly the Boxing Day Test) and crowds of over 100k are commonplace (both for footy AND cricket). Rugby and soccer are also getting some solid support here now too. We also host the Australian Open (Tennis) and the F1 Grand Prix. In any given week the streets are awash with nutjob followers of the particular brand of sport being played. Sucks a bit if you’re not all that into sports. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/27 "2007-01-21T20:40:03Z")
Baltimore, which is both football and baseball. Sadly, no hockey - I’m from Calgary (more or less) which is a hockey town. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/28 "2007-01-21T20:51:03Z")
I live in Waterloo, about an hour outside of Toronto. Despite what many may say, Toronto is **not** a hockey town – it’s Leafs town. The local minor-league and junior league teams have always gotten terrible attendence. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/29 "2007-01-21T20:57:45Z")
[QUOTE=micahjn] Chicago is a Bears town. If we didn’t have two baseball teams it might be a Cubs town, but the Bears are top dog. [/QUOTE] Today Chicago is football town. Tomorrow? Hard to say; it’s not even half-time. And don’t be silly - Chicago is also a Cubs town. When the Sox won the World Series, most Chicagoans said: Really? Boston won again? This summer, Chicago may be a basketball town again. Sadly, Chicago will not be a hockey town anytime soon. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nuggets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Mr.Nuggets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nuggets)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/30 "2007-01-21T20:57:54Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Baltimore, which is both football and baseball. [/QUOTE] I used to be an Orioles fan because there was no team in DC, but now I hate the Orioles, and I was only a fairweather fan when I kind of liked them. One of the reasons I hate them is because Peter Angelos, their owner, is an arrogant moron and a sore loser. Here in DC we couldn’t get most Nationals games because Peter Angelos said we were “invading into the Orioles fan market”. Well, most people in DC were only fairweather fans. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nuggets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Mr.Nuggets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nuggets)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/31 "2007-01-21T21:05:30Z")
Who do you root for when you’re caught between to teams? For example, Who would Mississippi football fans root for, because you’re caught in between the Titans and Saints? Also, I think that as successful as the Titans are now, I think they would get more fans out to the stadium if they moved out of Nashville and back to Memphis. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/32 "2007-01-21T21:05:50Z")
Schenectady doesn’t have any favorite sport, or even a favorite team. You’ll find fans of all New York City teams (except maybe the Nets and Islanders), Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, and Buffalo Bills. The edge goes to Yankees, Giants, and Knicks, but none are the majority in their respective sport. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/33 "2007-01-21T21:11:07Z")
[QUOTE=Rysto] I live in Waterloo, about an hour outside of Toronto. Despite what many may say, Toronto is **not** a hockey town – it’s Leafs town. The local minor-league and junior league teams have always gotten terrible attendence. [/QUOTE] I came in to say exactly that. The level of support that minor league teams receive really disappoints me. My cousin is a prime example of this. She loves the Leafs but you can’t talk to her about hockey. I can’t tolerate “fans” like that. I’m interested in seeing if this soccer experiment (Toronto FC) works once the initial novelty wears off. ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/34 "2007-01-21T21:12:50Z")
One with a blood pressure through the damn roof. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/35 "2007-01-21T21:14:51Z")
[QUOTE=BabaBooey] One with a blood pressure through the damn roof. [/QUOTE] Yes, it’s the New Orleans Saints we used to know and love. Where have you been all year? ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/36 "2007-01-21T21:23:36Z")
Saving a city. If the Saints lose I’ll be waiting all remaining structures to just crumble. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/37 "2007-01-21T21:25:47Z")
Louisville is a college town. The University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky rule. As far as pro sports, the papers pay attention to the Cincinnati teams, although I get the feeling that that’s mainly because they don’t have anything better to do. It would appear that the Colts are getting some love from the papers now that they’ve decided to be really good; when I was younger and the Colts were nothing special, I can’t remember reading much about them. And we had the Triple-A affiliate for the St. Louis Cardinals for a long time, so there’s some St. Louis sentiments. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nuggets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Mr.Nuggets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nuggets)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/38 "2007-01-21T21:34:01Z")
This may be irrelevant, but why does Memphis, Tennessee only have one major league sports team? You’ve already heard my argument for the Titans to move there, which wouldn’t be a bad idea because here you have a major city, the largest in Tennessee, with the nearest non-basketball teams in St. Louis, New Orleans, and Dallas. I hear they’ve been broadcasting St. Louis Cardinals games on West Tennessee radio stations to get people to come to the games, but who’s gonna come to games in a city that’s 243 miles (the exact distance between Memphis and St. Louis) away? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/39 "2007-01-21T21:46:23Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Nuggets] I used to be an Orioles fan because there was no team in DC, but now I hate the Orioles, and I was only a fairweather fan when I kind of liked them. One of the reasons I hate them is because Peter Angelos, their owner, is an arrogant moron and a sore loser. Here in DC we couldn’t get most Nationals games because Peter Angelos said we were “invading into the Orioles fan market”. Well, most people in DC were only fairweather fans. [/QUOTE] I’ve been to a few Orioles games (not on purpose, I am not a sports fan in general) and I was astounded at how many people go just to be seen; to shmooze with other political types. Is it like that at Nats games? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-sports-town-do-you-live-in/388843/40 "2007-01-21T21:54:11Z")
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