I bet a kid on the school bus a quarter that the 49ers were going to win the Superbowl. That was in 1982 and really the first time I had paid attention. The 49ers have given me a lot to cheer about over the years, even if the last while has been pretty bleak.
As for hockey, I've just been a fan since I can remember. The Flames now because when I moved here I was able to actually get tickets and see games live. That was pretty different than SW Ont where Leafs tickets have always been impossible to get. So as I got to know the team better it became the team I rooted for, then got seasons tickets for (during the dark years).
Baseball, I remember being home sick and discovering there was a baseball game on TV in the afternoon - it was the Jays first game ever. I've always been a fan of the Jays, even if I am a disappointed that they are in the toughest division in baseball to compete.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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