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What New York area teams do you root for?

RinR : 5/16/2019 2:27 pm
I realize that this has been done before and that some Giants fans root for teams in other cities (which I don't understand) but let's give it another shot.

Mine:
Giants
Mets
Knicks
Rangers

Over the last 2 full seasons for each, they are collectively 267-394 .403%.

It's been painful for these 4; not much to cheer about with the highlight probably being JdG winning the Cy Young. {sigh}
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Anakim : 5/16/2019 2:28 pm : link
New York Football Giants
New York Rangers
New York Knicks
Giants, Knicks, Devils  
Oscar : 5/16/2019 2:29 pm : link
I also have tickets to NYCFC but I don’t really count that.
Giants  
KingBlue : 5/16/2019 2:31 pm : link
Yankees
Knicks
Rangers
Giants only  
Sneakers O'toole : 5/16/2019 2:34 pm : link
I enjoy hockey so I could say Rangers too, but I barely follow it so I don't consider mtfelf a fan. I really do enjoy it though, jusr didn't see it on TV much for most of my life
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Jints in Carolina : 5/16/2019 2:34 pm : link
Giants
Yankees
Carolina Hurricanes (was actually never a hockey fan until I moved to NC)
Used to be into the NBA but don't really care anymore.
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Chris684 : 5/16/2019 2:34 pm : link
Giants
Mets
Knicks
Devils (Not NY I know)
Mine are  
jhibb : 5/16/2019 2:35 pm : link
Giants
Mets
Nets
Devils
Actively:  
Giantology : 5/16/2019 2:36 pm : link
Giants
Knicks
NYCFC

Passively:
Yanks
Rangers
I root for the Rangers and Islanders  
figgy2989 : 5/16/2019 2:36 pm : link
Knicks and Nets, Jets and Giants, Mets and Yankees.


-Rover
RE: ..  
madgiantscow009 : 5/16/2019 2:36 pm : link
In comment 14446386 Chris684 said:
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Giants
Mets
Knicks
Devils (Not NY I know)


same.
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pjcas18 : 5/16/2019 2:40 pm : link
Giants
Mets
Canadiens
Celtics

grew up in New Haven, not NY, in the 80's.
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Ray_Ray (NYG) : 5/16/2019 2:42 pm : link
Giants
Yankees
Knicks
Rangers
my favorite teams  
PhilSimms15 : 5/16/2019 2:43 pm : link
NY Football Giants
New York Yankees
New York Knicks
New York Islanders
Yankees  
adamg : 5/16/2019 2:43 pm : link
Giants
Knicks
Islanders

Third generation for all teams.
Mets, Giants, Knicks, & Rangers  
Optimus-NY : 5/16/2019 2:47 pm : link
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My ‘Primary’ NY Teams Are  
Trainmaster : 5/16/2019 2:47 pm : link
Giants
Mets
Knicks
Islanders

Living outside the NY area, where the locals often dump on NY teams, I will root for the Yankees, Nets or Rangers if they are not playing against my primary teams. I would find it hard to root for the Jets, unless they were playing in a Super Bowl against Dallas, Washington, Philly, Packers or 49ers.
Teams  
Thegratefulhead : 5/16/2019 2:52 pm : link
Giants
Yankees
Devils
Knicks
Nets

In that order.
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26.2 : 5/16/2019 2:55 pm : link
Only the Gmen for me.

My other pro sports are the Nationals and the Wizards.

Not really a hockey fan.
the right ones  
Greg from LI : 5/16/2019 2:55 pm : link
MIne  
Jay on the Island : 5/16/2019 2:57 pm : link
Giants
Knicks
Devils
Giants & Yankees.  
Dave in Hoboken : 5/16/2019 2:58 pm : link
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It's really not that hard to understand rooting for out of area teams  
BH28 : 5/16/2019 3:06 pm : link
I grew up on the east coast, moved to the west coast. My kid will be forced to root for Giants/Yankees but i am more of a casual hockey and basketball fan, so if the kid wants to root for the Sharks/Warriors, so be it.

Its also really hard to follow east coast basketball and hockey teams being on the west coast; baseball and football are way easier.

That's just one way; for people who live in the NYC metro area, an out of town team could have been forced on them by their parents, etc.
Yankees,Giants,Knicks,Rangers  
TheMick7 : 5/16/2019 3:07 pm : link
The only 4 NY teams when I first started rooting in 1960!
RE: the right ones  
montanagiant : 5/16/2019 3:09 pm : link
In comment 14446420 Greg from LI said:
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This
Giants, Mets & Knicks  
Sean : 5/16/2019 3:09 pm : link
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Mets/Islanders/Giants  
Metnut : 5/16/2019 3:09 pm : link
Not a Nets or Knicks fan but wouldn't mind seeing either do well.
Giants only  
JoeMorrison40 : 5/16/2019 3:10 pm : link
And the World Champion Boston Red Sox
At 10 yrs old them and Yanks were the only ones on TV in NW Connecticut. Carl Yastremski in '68

And Boston Bruins with Bobby Orr in '70
In this Order...  
mvftw : 5/16/2019 3:21 pm : link
Giants
Rangers
Yankees
Giants only  
Steve in ATL : 5/16/2019 3:22 pm : link
Memories with my Dad have helped to keep me faithful.
RE: Giants only  
Steve in ATL : 5/16/2019 3:24 pm : link
In comment 14446453 Steve in ATL said:
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Memories with my Dad have helped to keep me faithful.


Syracuse basketball too if that counts.
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Danny Kanell : 5/16/2019 3:24 pm : link
Giants
Yankees
Islanders
Nets

In that order
Giants  
RDJR : 5/16/2019 3:35 pm : link
Knicks
Rangers

MLB - Cincinnati Reds fan. My Dad was a lifetime Reds’ fan and I’ve followed suit.
Giants  
Rick in Dallas : 5/16/2019 3:38 pm : link
Yankees
Rangers
RE: the right ones  
Del Shofner : 5/16/2019 3:41 pm : link
In comment 14446420 Greg from LI said:
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This.

Although I have to admit that I don't follow the Rangers closely any more. And I do follow St Johns' hoops for no valid reason other than a hope that the glory days of the Big East will some day return to NYC.
Giants, Knicks  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/16/2019 3:43 pm : link
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I guess I root for the Cubs in baseball because my brother in law is a diehard. NC men's hoops & ND football too obviously.
RE: Giants only  
Bill L : 5/16/2019 3:43 pm : link
In comment 14446444 JoeMorrison40 said:
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And the World Champion Boston Red Sox
At 10 yrs old them and Yanks were the only ones on TV in NW Connecticut. Carl Yastremski in '68

And Boston Bruins with Bobby Orr in '70

'67.
RE: the right ones  
GiantsUA : 5/16/2019 3:44 pm : link
In comment 14446420 Greg from LI said:
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That hand is called a royal flush, and I am all in!
Just the Giants.  
Bill L : 5/16/2019 3:48 pm : link
I guess maybe the Red Bulls if I watched any MLS.

Otherwise it would be Sox and Celts. Bruins as a child (also the Bobby Orr days) but I haven't watched or followed hockey in forever.

I swear that my town growing up (Bristol, almost mostly pre-ESPN days) was the NY/NE sports dividing line. The split in rooting interest was pretty 50-50. I also had the additional bias of my mom's roots were staunchly New England (generational born and bred Vermonters).
One ...  
Beer Man : 5/16/2019 4:00 pm : link
should be obvious based on BBI participation. After that it is the Yankees. Stopped following Basketball years ago when MJ retired and it stopped being a team sport. Stopped watching Hockey years ago when it became more about fighting and less about Hockey.
RE: It's really not that hard to understand rooting for out of area teams  
RinR : 5/16/2019 4:02 pm : link
In comment 14446433 BH28 said:
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I grew up on the east coast, moved to the west coast. My kid will be forced to root for Giants/Yankees but i am more of a casual hockey and basketball fan, so if the kid wants to root for the Sharks/Warriors, so be it.

Its also really hard to follow east coast basketball and hockey teams being on the west coast; baseball and football are way easier.

That's just one way; for people who live in the NYC metro area, an out of town team could have been forced on them by their parents, etc.


Fair enough
Giants only one emotuonally linked  
George from PA : 5/16/2019 4:05 pm : link
I like both Mets & Yankees..I know, weird but grew up in Queens (Mets) and than Manhatten....going to 30 home games per year....and no connections to Brklyn Dodgers and NY Giants.

Rangers all the time, but if Islanders and Devils are on playoff run....i jump on.

Knivks and went to St.Johns
something relevant to this discussion that may be overlooked  
Del Shofner : 5/16/2019 4:16 pm : link
by BBIer's younger than I am - when I started following sports (say age 6, 7, 8, 9 depending on which sport) there was only one team in NY in each major sport. The Dodgers and baseball Giants had left, and the Mets didn't exist yet. The Jets didn't exist yet and the Titans didn't either at first, although they predated the Jets by a couple of years (but you didn't hear about them). The Islanders, Devils, Nets - they didn't exist yet either.

So it wasn't really a choosing process, I just followed the teams that existed in NY when I was a little kid: Giants-Yanks-Knicks-Rangers.
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Gene : 5/16/2019 4:22 pm : link
NYCFC
Giants
NY teams:  
X : 5/16/2019 4:27 pm : link
Giants
Mets
Gave up on the NBA a few years ago so used to root for Knicks
RE: something relevant to this discussion that may be overlooked  
Bill L : 5/16/2019 4:39 pm : link
In comment 14446514 Del Shofner said:
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by BBIer's younger than I am - when I started following sports (say age 6, 7, 8, 9 depending on which sport) there was only one team in NY in each major sport. The Dodgers and baseball Giants had left, and the Mets didn't exist yet. The Jets didn't exist yet and the Titans didn't either at first, although they predated the Jets by a couple of years (but you didn't hear about them). The Islanders, Devils, Nets - they didn't exist yet either.

So it wasn't really a choosing process, I just followed the teams that existed in NY when I was a little kid: Giants-Yanks-Knicks-Rangers.


It's not quite the same but people here always ask how Red Sox/Celtics fans can get on BBI. The reason is that, during our formative years, there was no New England NFL team. There was the Boston Patriots but they were AFL, which back then might have been the XFL. So, the Giants actually were our local/regional team.
Giants, Islanders, Yankees  
Mike in Long Beach : 5/16/2019 4:44 pm : link
and a bandwagon Knicks fan when they're good.
Giants/Yankees/Knicks/Rangers  
Ryan in Albany : 5/16/2019 4:45 pm : link
not much of a hoops and hockey fan anymore though.
Giants/Rangers/Yankees  
Essex : 5/16/2019 4:51 pm : link
The NBA I am a knicks fan, but my 8-year old son is a Nets fan (the only disagreement in the house) and I kinda root for the Nets, too because he is always watching and I have gotten to know the team a bit.
My list in order  
ChathamMark : 5/16/2019 4:53 pm : link
Giants
Mets
Knicks
Rangers
The NY Football Giants ...  
Spider56 : 5/16/2019 5:03 pm : link
and the Yankees ... but only in October.
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