I Wish

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

We did, but only because they had those great teams and players before the franchise fell apart in the mid-80s. I went to many "O's" (as they started calling them to market to Washingtonians) games, and enjoyed them, but it never came close to being my team because it wasn't my town. And it's always a good hour or so between Balmor and D.C. no matter how you cut it, not bad but not a hop, skip, and jump either.

My cousin and his wife are Nationals and Ravens fans. Too bad, the Orioles were really good, but I guess that was a long time ago.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

My cousin and his wife are Nationals and Ravens fans. Too bad, the Orioles were really good, but I guess that was a long time ago.

40 years! I've known a lot of people in the D.C. orbit who gravitated toward Baltimore and became big fans of their teams, particularly those living in the Maryland suburbs. And before D.C. got the Nationals back, I went to many games in Baltimore, Frederick, Hagerstown, and Bowie, so I got very close to the franchise, but it just never captured my affections like the D.C. teams of my youth and since. I'm a D.C. guy, born and raised.