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My grandfather, a Yankees fan, flew me to NYC in the 50's and saw a Yankees Red Sox Game then he brought me to a game in Boston and I will never forget the electricity of Kenmore Square when they played at Fenway.. that still resonated. In 1961 he brought be back to NY and somehow we had tix behind the Yankees dugout, could reach out and touch Mantle/Maris. I abandoned my Yankees fandom when I grew up.
The Celtics were a huge draw back then, in HS the Celts/Lakers played an exhibition game at Rogers High School in Newport... another thrill. The Bruins were also in the mix in the days where channel 38 was the flagship, most of us (despite our tin foil efforts) could not get those games at home, so we went to local bars to watch the games.
Football started in the 50's, before the Pats, when my friends father was a huge fan of Cleveland (Jim Brown et al) and that turned me on to the NFL, but did not become a hard core Pats fan until 1969 when the Jets won the Superbowl and I knew the AFL was for real and not just some upstart league.
Now NE sports fan to the bone, will never change or be disloyal to any of these teams.
The Celtics were a huge draw back then, in HS the Celts/Lakers played an exhibition game at Rogers High School in Newport... another thrill. The Bruins were also in the mix in the days where channel 38 was the flagship, most of us (despite our tin foil efforts) could not get those games at home, so we went to local bars to watch the games.
Football started in the 50's, before the Pats, when my friends father was a huge fan of Cleveland (Jim Brown et al) and that turned me on to the NFL, but did not become a hard core Pats fan until 1969 when the Jets won the Superbowl and I knew the AFL was for real and not just some upstart league.
Now NE sports fan to the bone, will never change or be disloyal to any of these teams.