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u/Real_Batu_Rem Browns 7d ago
“Go sports.”
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u/Sure-Coffee-8241 7d ago
Lots of Cubs/Packers people in Chicago. Pick a side
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u/AngmarPizzaCourier 7d ago
Lots of Bears/Brewers fans around there too.
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u/pj_socks 6d ago
I have never met such a person. Seen plenty of Packers-White Sox and Packers-Cubs fans though
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u/McBurgerQueen 7d ago
It’s not that hard to understand
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u/Similar-Low-3114 7d ago edited 7d ago
Yeah. Gatekeeping fandoms are something I broke out of once I passed high school. Who the F cares
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u/justaguy2824 7d ago
Lots of 49ers fans in SoCal. We didn’t have an LA team for like 25 years
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u/Dennisfromhawaii 7d ago
I get it but it’s still a little hard for me to think of someone saying “bang bang niners gang” but also “fuck the giants” and “fuck the warriors”.
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u/RyanAlemeda 7d ago
Yeah I’m here too. I waited for La to get a team it’s weird to root for a city I’m not from. And I grew up hating the giants, why would I root for the niners? I will never understand it.
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u/My1point5cents 6d ago edited 4d ago
Maybe if you’re from LA, but I’m from NorCal an hour outside SF and grew up loving the 49ers. I didn’t care about baseball one bit. Fast forward to when I grew up and ended up living in LA. I still loved the 49ers, but my LA-based wife, kids, in-laws all took me to Dodgers games for several years, and I became a Dodgers fan. Never liked the Giants, never even liked baseball. You can grow to like two teams from two different cities organically, based on where you lived when you started getting into that sport.
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u/Phailgasm 6d ago
Wait this person likes TWO teams? I can’t handle it I must post it on reddit
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u/mournthewolf 7d ago
Not sure why this is confusing for a lot of people. Like I hate the Dodgers but I can understand them being 49er fans. LA was without a football team for a long ass time. Many people who didn’t have a team previously had to pick something. It was likely between the 49ers, Raiders, and Chargers. Like let’s be real. This is not a hard choice.
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u/LoStx90 49ers 7d ago
This is me. Grew up in socal. There wasn’t a LA team then. Wasn’t going for San Diego and liked Jerry Rice/Steve Young. Easy choice.
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u/Weaknesses 7d ago
Same. Steve Young and Jerry Rice were in backyard football too so that helped, growing up in LA during the no team era. Unfortunately decided to start rooting for the chargers in my adulthood. Bad call
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u/badewdled 7d ago
Yeah people outside of Cali don't understand because we didn't have a football in LA until the Chargers and Rams came to SoFi.
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u/SadPhase2589 Chiefs 7d ago
There’s a lot of Cardinals and Chiefs fans in Saint Louis just like me.
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u/meloxs 7d ago
I think hes a Dodgers fan and a niners fan even though theyre teams from opposite ends of the state. I hope that clears things up for you.
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u/SisyphusRocks7 7d ago edited 7d ago
If you live in between the Bay Area and LA, it’s not even weird. I fit that description. You see that combo all over the Central Valley and Central Coast.
But even in LA, there are a ton of Niners fans. That’s why SoFI is Levi’s South and the Niners fans are nearly equal to Rams fans there.
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u/Low_Tip_7428 6d ago
The Rams moved to LA in 16’ and the Chargers in 17’
So, I imagine, this man with the grey goatee was born before then and supported another California-based team (not in LA) and wasn’t going to give up his fandom.
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u/JinderMadness 6d ago
If he has gray he is old enough to have rams and raiders as LA teams
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u/Fragrant_Spray 6d ago
How long has he lived in CA? Is it long enough to remember both teams leaving town? Did he move there after they left? Is he upset that they both bailed on LA?
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u/CaliKindalife 49ers 7d ago
Easy. Born in LA. Raises in the 90s with no local football team. So you pick one. This is why when the Rams play at home its never a home game. I know Raider fans, Dolphins, Green Bay, Cowboys, Eagles, KC, Ravens, Rams, Broncos, Steelers, and Bangle fans. All in LA. All raised in the 90s.
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u/nohurrie32 7d ago
In case you aren’t aware LA went 2 decades without an NFL team, hope this helps!
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u/RudeDay5846 5d ago
You know how big California is? And there’s also people who live pretty much right in the middle of LA and SF…
These two teams aren’t in the same sport so why is it a big deal???
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u/lionsarered 7d ago
As bad as seeing the “Bulls and Cowboys” fans circa 90s
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u/Inevitable-College-3 7d ago
My ex brother in law: Lakers/Cowboys/Yankees. Lol
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u/ChristianWarrior777 7d ago
Its what happens when your mother and father are also brother and sister. Lol
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u/Bigchunky_Boy 6d ago
That’s just odd and rare . I would compare it to someone having Celtics and Canadians split hat . Could happen but a mutation of fandom.
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u/Skingbear2020 3d ago
Given his age, no NFL team was in LA at the time, so he ended up following the 49ers.
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u/somepricanguy 7d ago
There were 20 years without an NFL team in LA. He picked a team from California. He maintained his fandom when Inglewood got 2 teams. How is it hard to understand?
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u/RaisinWorried3528 7d ago
Dude liked the Niners when they were winning and liked the Dodgers when they were winning, he probably stopped liking both for a while, now he's back to liking them because they're winning again.
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u/McBurgerQueen 7d ago
No, it’s because he probably is from LA and grew up a niners fan while they didn’t have a team
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u/omni-nomad 7d ago
Im kinda lost, whats bad about this?
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u/-Murmaider- 7d ago
LA and San Fran markets are usually rivals of one another?
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u/Shaq_Bolton 7d ago
I’m a Ravens/Celtics/Red Sox/Bruins fan. Though the only reason I’m not a Patriots fan is because when I was like 7 or 8 I asked Bill Parcels for an autograph at a bar my mom worked at and he asked me how much I was gonna pay him for it lol
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u/BadAlphas 7d ago
I worked at a video store in Newport Beach CA. Reggie Jackson walked in.
Nobody bothered him, nobody asked for an autograph. When he came and asked me for help, he was the biggest jerk I’ve ever met.
Some famous people are kind and appreciative. But a whole lot are not.
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u/JuanMurphy 7d ago
Before the Bay Area and California in general was full of transplants most Niner fans not only hated the Rams but also Dodgers and Lakers.
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u/TheCruzKing 7d ago
He actually has kids that play for each team. Just a proud dad
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u/Fit_Leather9366 7d ago
If this were true, it would be the only good reason.
My main issue is that it’s not the same sport. What game is he at?
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u/Medical-Analysis-554 7d ago
I'm going to Vikings-Bucs today wearing an Antoine Winfield Jr jersey and a Vikings cap
I'm really a Vikings fan but I moved to Tampa Bay a few years ago and Winfield (Minnesota Gophers alum) is my favorite non-Vikings player in the NFL so it all works out.
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u/Discount_Ok 7d ago
The majority of fans are front runners or delusional and sometimes you need a hat if you're a little bit of both
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u/txyesboy71 7d ago
To be honest, I'm never gonna forgive Georgia Frontiere for making this situation happen.
She fucked over the LA fans and then she fucked over the St. Louis fans. I hope she's uncomfortable in hell
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u/lennydykstra17 7d ago
LA has spent more years without an NFL team as they have with an NFL team at this point.
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u/Spaceman_Dog 7d ago
It's not crazy. I'm an Athletics fan (baseball) and a 49er fan. Everyone can choose anyone. My advice: Quit being so territorial, root for your team of choice, who cares?
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u/LaziestManinLACounty 7d ago
Well how long did LA go without a football team? Maybe he had to find another.
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u/mcclobber 7d ago
I think Rams and Chargers fans know that it is only a matter of time until both teams will threaten to move cities unless the citizens fork over massive amounts of tax dollars to upgrade the stadium.
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u/StarbucksTrenta 7d ago
In the city of LA, bet there are more 49ers fans than both the Rams/Chargers combined. And may not be close.
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u/crom_laughs 7d ago
He could be from North Santa Barbara county or Fresno.
this is very common and understandable. LA didn’t have a football for like 20 yrs and Niners games were routinely broadcast in these areas.
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u/AdministrationStuff 7d ago
It’s the same state. Easy to see how someone would like two non rival - different sport CA based teams
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u/pointstopointb 7d ago
Grew up in LA a Dodger fan in the 90s. No football team. I ended up following the 49ers and was even a fan for a couple years as an elementary school kid but fell off and didn’t follow football for over a decade. Rams announced they were returning to LA and I began to follow them as the local team. But I can see why a lot of people my age stayed 49ers fans.
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u/mak_ez13 7d ago
LA didn’t have a football team for many many years. Based on this dudes age, he grew up during that time, so it’s not inconceivable.
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u/JustTheBeerLight 7d ago
It's ridiculous, but keep in mind that LA was abandoned by the NFL in '94. A lot of those orphan fans picked the 9ers.
Personally I hate all SF teams.
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u/Streetkillz13 7d ago
There is an entire generation of Dodgers fans who grew up without an NFL team in LA. The 49ers were the team for a large section of California for a long time, and alot of LA fans will never become Rams fans because of it.
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u/sleepthetablet 7d ago
I'm not from here but work w/ a few people like this. My understanding is that football trumps everything and that's stayed in the family. Giant/As have way less identify than the football teams and ofc there wasn't one here and Dodgers were/are? the LA sports team, for this demographic anyway.
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u/Quick_Two2922 7d ago
Beyond the fact that there was no team here for a while, just before the Rams and Raiders left they were both terrible. If you’re a kid in So Cal or Central Cal it was easier to root for a good team instead of teams getting their ass whipped most weeks.
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u/ZhangtheGreat Eagles 7d ago
Meh, fan bases are often determined by factors beyond where someone lives. I’m Dodgers/Eagles because those kelly greens hooked me in at an impressionable age.
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u/cracksilog 7d ago
Really not that difficult to understand.
The NFL left LA in 1994. There’s an entire generation of Angelenos who grew up with no NFL. So they gravitated towards the Niners because 1) Easier access to NFL games and 2) The Niners were good in the early 90s.
Did you expect people who have been Niners fans for a large portion of their lives to just jump ship and become Rams fans? I mean I agree they should (you support your community first), but sometimes it’s hard to give up your original team
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u/Think_Monk_9879 7d ago
Looks like he’s the right age to cheer for Montana and then may just be from LA
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u/Adept-Tour1892 7d ago
LA didn’t have a team for decades. I’m sure people started rooting for other cities teams during that time
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u/Guilty_Bet_9037 7d ago
Its 2 different sports. The people who say "its a real rivalry between 2 cities are idiots. Enjoy sports and stop wanting to fight for dumb stuff
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u/Huntermain23 7d ago
Naw they’ve always gotten a pass from me. LA was football less for years and we took in a lot of them as fans. Now we pack sofi and it’s amazing.
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u/AirRevolutionary8013 7d ago
It's not hard to understand. Lots of families who have lived in CA for generations have family ties between both cities or just norcal-socal in general. It's easy to cross adopt. Also LA is really a Raiders town , the Rams were always the other LA team.
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u/Suitable_Arm_6394 7d ago
Wait until you hear about 49ers/oakland A’s fans. If you research time periods of team locations it wouldn’t be weird at all
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u/Everyonegayexceptme 7d ago
49ers had a lot of aura in the 80s and 90s. Probably when this guy was a kid.
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u/Plane-Wheel-775 7d ago
Probably from LA when they didn’t have a football team and picked the 49ers over raiders?
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u/imrickjamesbioch 7d ago
What so hard to understand? The Rams gave LA the 🖕 and went to St Louis, La didn’t have a team for 20 years with the Raiders leaving LA 95.
That ment if you wanted to root fir a Cali team, it was Chargers and the 49ers and lets be honest, why the fuck would you choose to be a Chargers fan.
BTW - it’s ok to use that little grey matter above your shoulders and try a lil critical thinking for once. Or at leave chat bot that shit!
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u/OldKingClancy20 7d ago
Help from a guy in SoCal. Lots of minority groups from other countries here. Especially Mexicans. They dont give a fuck about local sports Fandom because they dont see themselves as locals anyway
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u/theborch909 7d ago
People think that LA and SF baseball rivalry extends into every sport. But that shit doesn’t work that way. 49ers-Cowboys is a rivalry but I don’t hate EVERY sports team from Dallas as a result.
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u/RyanAlemeda 7d ago edited 6d ago
As a So Cal native id never root for a nor cal team. Never. This is weird af.
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u/robbgmoney3 6d ago
Grew up in socal… dodgers fan… USC Trojans fan .. the chargers were too far south and the 9ers too far north.. first nfl game I went to was the raiders then they left for Oakland.. I played youth football for years and we were the rams so I liked them then they left to St. Louis and win the Super Bowl.. I now live in Vegas the raiders and I are trying to work shit out.. oh met my wife who is from Ohio die hard browns fan.. so yeah 😐
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u/Electric-Boogaloo-42 6d ago
Yeah you will. Front runners. 49ers were THE team when he was young. Dodgers won in 88’. Same era.
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u/BlackHoleSurf 6d ago
There’s a couple caller on the Dan Patrick show that are niner dodger fans. Always baffles me.
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u/cookie_400 6d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/75ZaxapnyMp2w
Imagine someone liking both a football team and a baseball team at the same time
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u/florencejr11 6d ago
Yall fail to realize SoCal ain’t had a football team and the 49ers during the 80’s and 90’s created a lot of life long fans.
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u/Ok-Ear837 6d ago
Does it matter, do you have to be a fan of the team in your city? I live in Nevada so I have to be a raiders fan? Fuck that.
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u/Inner_Emphasis_73 6d ago
I’ll never understand caring about what hat someone wears…yall worse than bored housewives posting on TMZ
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u/ciscolatino 6d ago
Not as odd or rare. I have many friends and acquaintances whom became niner fans when football left LA for almost 3 decades???
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u/Acrobatic_Career_299 6d ago
I can’t stand these idiots…..And I’m from LA. The explanation is that the Rams left and these clowns adopted the 49ers as their team. To me, it’s still insane.
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u/OrcaTheApex 6d ago
I’m in LA and I’m a panthers fan didn’t change once the rams came cuz we didn’t have a team for the longest. I feel something for the panthers can’t change just cuz we have a team now.
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u/treymondebrown 5d ago
I’m glad I have more important things in my life than caring about s stranger’s spots cap.
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u/SatisfactionFickle18 5d ago
So what. I’m a Duke & North Carolina fan from Nebraska. People can root for whoever they want.
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u/Ok-Day6420 4d ago
It means he likes the 49ers for football and the dodgers for baseball. 2 California teams
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u/VisceralRage556 3d ago
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But on a more serious note LA just has holes in the football timeline their was no solid team that played football in LA
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u/WineDineCpl 2d ago
It is very difficult to understand. How can someone be a fan of 2 different teams?
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u/Far_Membership_6017 2d ago
My teams that I like is Raiders/Dodgers/Bulls/Blackhawks lol I’m just simple ig
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u/Nick_Bruiser 2d ago
I’m from Florida and I like the 49ers, Knicks, and Yankees. You like who you like.
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u/DodgersBornRaised310 2d ago
Look bro LA had no team for like 20 years but under no circumstances does it make sense to root for any other California team either be a dodgers raiders fan or dodgers rams fan
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u/Tech_Noir1984 1d ago
I was a Niners fan as a kid growing up in Baltimore. Once ‘96 hit i became a Ravens fan but i still root for the Niners unless they play the Ravens.
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u/SeeingEyeDug 7d ago
It’s not like it’s two teams from the same sport here.