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Old 12-08-2012, 02:45 PM   #31
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Originally Posted by shuler82 View Post
Living in northern NJ, I became a Jets fan in the mid 1980s through my die hard father.

That same father could care less about baseball. I'm a lefty and wanted to play first base, so I became a big Don Mattingly/Yankees fan at 7 years old. My childhood was a lot of fun in the mid/late 80s with the Mets/Giants winning. I didn't see a Yankee WS until I was in college.
North Jersey is packed with Mets/Giants fans. They can tell you who the Mets 3rd string Catcher is but don't know who David Diehl is. Annoying.
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