elcaro1101
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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Short story time.
I've pretty much been a fair-weather baseball fan, since I live in CO and have had the Rockies to cheer for my whole life. I remember back in 1992, when it was announced that we were getting a team. I was really excited and went to a handful of inaugural games. It was fun and new, but with the Nature of baseball at high altitude and the Monfort owners not caring about winning, it just wrecked being a baseball fan for me. Luckily we have the Av's, Nuggs, and Broncos..Oof last few years, ok this year tho!..to cheer for, but the Rockies have been nearly a permanent disappointment.
Fast forward to 2017 and the news of Ohtani signing with the Angels. That got me back into actively watching baseball and collecting sports cards again in 2018. With big news like that, and being an on/off card collector my whole life. It was fun to be able to enjoy both hobbies again. Turning to the Angels and their next few seasons, and learning how much of a black hole organization they have become. Sucking in Trout, other players not meeting expectation, missing every playoffs. It was nice to see Ohtani somehow fight off their losers gravity and sign with the Dodgers. That got me re-invigorated again for this season, and I watched as many games live as I could. It was much easier to spend the time watching, knowing they at least had a chance to win every game. Now to be a bandwagon-new LA fan, and get to see them win last night, it really made my year. I am super happy to see Ohtani get what I hope is only the first championship. Also to see some other great players playing really well to get their goal accomplished, it made for a really great season.
Let's go Dodgers!
Couple shirts ordered.
Couple big Ohtani cards. Left is 5/5, Right is 2/5.
I've pretty much been a fair-weather baseball fan, since I live in CO and have had the Rockies to cheer for my whole life. I remember back in 1992, when it was announced that we were getting a team. I was really excited and went to a handful of inaugural games. It was fun and new, but with the Nature of baseball at high altitude and the Monfort owners not caring about winning, it just wrecked being a baseball fan for me. Luckily we have the Av's, Nuggs, and Broncos..Oof last few years, ok this year tho!..to cheer for, but the Rockies have been nearly a permanent disappointment.
Fast forward to 2017 and the news of Ohtani signing with the Angels. That got me back into actively watching baseball and collecting sports cards again in 2018. With big news like that, and being an on/off card collector my whole life. It was fun to be able to enjoy both hobbies again. Turning to the Angels and their next few seasons, and learning how much of a black hole organization they have become. Sucking in Trout, other players not meeting expectation, missing every playoffs. It was nice to see Ohtani somehow fight off their losers gravity and sign with the Dodgers. That got me re-invigorated again for this season, and I watched as many games live as I could. It was much easier to spend the time watching, knowing they at least had a chance to win every game. Now to be a bandwagon-new LA fan, and get to see them win last night, it really made my year. I am super happy to see Ohtani get what I hope is only the first championship. Also to see some other great players playing really well to get their goal accomplished, it made for a really great season.
Let's go Dodgers!
Couple shirts ordered.
Couple big Ohtani cards. Left is 5/5, Right is 2/5.
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