| Freak,
I will explain them all to you.. I was about 5 or 6-years old so say 1989-ish when I 1st started watching sports. I would become interested in all the "Big Four" sports around the same time because I had an older brother, and a few uncles who were insane sports fanatics..
Atlanta Braves - I started watching baseball during the 1989 season but of course, didn't know much of the rules or anything and all I knew were the Oakland A's were the class of the league. For a while Jose Canseco would be one of my favorite players, but that title ended up going to Barry Bonds while he was still a Pirate.. I marveled at his abilities during the heated Pirates/Braves rivalry of the early 90's.. So long story short, most of my family were Red Sox fans and the rest Yankee fans, couple Mets thrown in.. My older brother was a huge Braves fan, and the only unique one of the lot so I sided with him.. We'd watch the Braves together on TBS and it became our thing.. Guys like Deion Sanders, David Justice, Ron Gant, Terry Pendleton, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Steve Avery, Fred McGriff... these would become my heroes from then on... Just my luck they went worst to first in the 1991 season and have won the division every year since.. Of course, they were in the West there before expansion, however. Only one world championship but a plethora of classic series against the likes of the Pirates, Blue Jays, Twins, Mets, etc.. I'm happy with what they've accomplished. |