Comments on: Why Do We Care About Bandwagon Fans? http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/30/why-do-we-care-about-bandwagon-fans/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: ejsjr http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/30/why-do-we-care-about-bandwagon-fans/#comment-14087 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:52:53 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=14768#comment-14087 I’m no Johnny Come Lately. I’ve hated the Cubs for decades and still loathe them.

]]> By: victor19nyc http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/30/why-do-we-care-about-bandwagon-fans/#comment-13979 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:10:37 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=14768#comment-13979 I have a Ty Griffin 1st round draft pick baseball card.

]]> By: victor19nyc http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/30/why-do-we-care-about-bandwagon-fans/#comment-13978 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:07:24 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=14768#comment-13978 It was hard living through the loss in 2003, then meltdown in 2004 and subsequent meltdowns in the 2007 and 2008 playoffs. After that there were several dark years. I was even a little skeptical of Epstein when he was hired because Boston wasn’t in good shape when he left.

I started going to games again in late 2014 after the Russell trade and when Baez, Soler, and Alcantara (yeah, I know) came up. I saw the future and it was good.

]]> By: Christopher Hunt http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/30/why-do-we-care-about-bandwagon-fans/#comment-13916 Sun, 02 Oct 2016 14:21:27 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=14768#comment-13916 My children accused me of being a bandwagon Blackhawks fan in 2010, and it was true. I had a limited exposure to hockey in the 80s, and no real appreciation of the game itself. However, I persevered in my fandom, and now not only enjoy hockey as a game, irregardless of whether the Blackhawks are playing, but because I came to understand the game better, I can now enjoy soccer, because the games are similar tactically.

Bandwagon fans can become true fans. After all, you have to start somewhere as a fan.

That being said, what veteran fans hate about bandwagon fans is the appalling ignorance about the game itself that many of them not only show, but seem to celebrate. I’m sure that’s what Royko hated the most, the hypocrisy of claiming fandom for a team in a sport you don’t really understand.

]]> By: The CHI Sports Fan (@TheCHISportsFan) http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/30/why-do-we-care-about-bandwagon-fans/#comment-13889 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:11:27 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=14768#comment-13889 At least he wasn’t into the Sox. Otherwise we would have question your spousal evaluation proficiency…. :-)

]]> By: Heidi http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/30/why-do-we-care-about-bandwagon-fans/#comment-13884 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:06:15 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=14768#comment-13884 Chi
Could be a lot worse.
Hubby wasn’t into sports when we met and now is. I have been since grade school. I married into Sox/Bears family. I am neither.

]]> By: The CHI Sports Fan (@TheCHISportsFan) http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/09/30/why-do-we-care-about-bandwagon-fans/#comment-13883 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:39:14 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=14768#comment-13883 Very good. I confess to twinges of disgust when someone claims to be a “lifelong Cubs fan” but has no idea who Lou Pinella or Randy Hundley are.

At the same time, my daughter was horribly compromised by an ex-boyfriend in college who made her a Mets fan, and for the first time this year she not only embraced the Cubs – but even knows some of the prospect names. (There is a God.)

I can’t get too worked up about anymore. :-)

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