DABearSoX Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 QUOTE(hi8is @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 09:50 PM) i started playing baseball in 1991 the first week of the offical season i became a white sox fan after seeing a game on TV being from califiornia, its kinda odd for me to pick the sox, but how could i not havent been a fan since... i was 7 years old at the time Wow, a California purebred Sox fan...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxman35 Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 When i was 3 i got to be fan of the game and got to go down on the field in between the 5 and 6th inning and thats when i really started to become a fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnin Ugly Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 I think it is really cool to say you have been a fan since you been born but IMO you are not really a die-hard fan until you watch the team closely and sweat out every game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 My grandpa and I used to watch Sox games on Channel 44 in the mid to late 70's. That's when I became a Sox fan. But, really started to pay attention in '83. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 since oh... 97-ish... because my little league team, the white sox, won our 'world series' and its been that way ever since. kinda odd seeing as how i lived in New Jersey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drowninginflame Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 since I was about 8 and I'm 24 now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I went to my first game in 1983 and have been a fan ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 about 10 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3E8 Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 I've always been a fan but I didn't get really soxXcore until '02 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mplssoxfan Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Went to my first game in 1973 (9 yrs old), became a fan in '75 and '77 cemented the deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Dad is a Sox fan. Grew up on the SW side. Played catch with the old man. He could really break off a huge curve with a Clincher. Have a 1974 program advertising family day with a picture of my Dad and 2 brothers in it. Dad always said Johnny Mostil (great Sox CF from the 20's) was a distant cousin. So i guess i was born into it going strong at 47 yrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottawa_sox Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 (edited) 1960. My Dad hated the Yankees. I remember him teaching me cribbage at a cottage in Northern Ontario in the summer. I was not quite 9 years old. I couldn't get over how we were listening to a Yankee - White Sox game so far from civilization, in the middle of nowhere. The broadcast was surprisingly strong. It faded in and out a little, but that just seemed to add to the mystic. Shortly after that I watched Early Wynn pitch a game against the Indians. I watched it in my grand-father's basement. I couldn't get over how much Early could make the ball move all over the place. I remember somebody suggestiong I go outside and play, but I was mesmerized and absolutely refused. Edited June 11, 2005 by ottawa_sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Since 1993 when I noticed that my favorite athlete Bo Jackson was on the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox-r-us Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Since 1997. I remember those early Ray Durham days well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Born and raised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox-r-us Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 QUOTE(Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 11, 2005 -> 03:21 AM) Born and raised. Born to be wild.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 1975 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 I'm 47 years old and never recall not being a Sox fan. I'd have to pin it to 1963 or 64 as to when I really started paying attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 QUOTE(YASNY @ Jun 11, 2005 -> 12:52 AM) I'm 47 years old and never recall not being a Sox fan. I'd have to pin it to 1963 or 64 as to when I really started paying attention. Back when Jesus was playing 1st base right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jun 11, 2005 -> 01:56 AM) Back when Jesus was playing 1st base right? Was he the starter at 1B before Tommy McCraw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 They had baseball cards made from papyrus that had hieroglyphics on them and the stats were written in Sanskrit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 I used to put Honus Wagner cards in bicycle spokes. He wasn't a Sox player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooftop Shots Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 QUOTE(YASNY @ Jun 11, 2005 -> 12:52 AM) I'm 47 years old and never recall not being a Sox fan. I'd have to pin it to 1963 or 64 as to when I really started paying attention. Right there with ya Yas! I was born in the pennant year 1959 (Thanks mom and dad), so even though I really didn't start paying attention until 63' or 64' I couldn't have stonger roots in me than being born on such a great year! To commemorate it, I have been able to collect Every known Sox Topps brand baseball cards from that year to the present day. Brings back a lot of tremendous memories. And to quote the wise guy about cards being on papyrus....."You are wrong my friend!!! That was much later!!! When we were born,they were etched on walls in a cave chiseled in with a rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidoochic Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Since birth. My dad and big brother are HUGE Sox fans and my sister is a Cub fan (we think she is adopted). My dad is a retired cop, so when I was little in the summer I would get to stay up late and watch the Sox games so I could fill my dad in on all the details when he got home from his shift. Now we live 15 miles apart and talk on the phone during the games. Only problem is he has cable and I have DirectTV so he sees the action first! What great memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Dwight Eisenhower was President. The original Mayor Daley was in office. The White Sox finished second to the Yankees in the AL and Billy Pierce was a 20 game winner. The Braves from Milwaukee would beat the Yankees in the World Series in 7 games. The year was 1957. Do I get a prize? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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