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Message: [QUOTE="Husky25, post: 2578907, member: 2839"] I remember "saying" I was a Celtics fan first. Go figure, growing up in Central Massachusetts. Four straight years of birthday presents that included a Celtics T-shirt during the peak Big 3 years didn't hurt either (84-87, IIRC), but my first love was baseball, which started roughly in '84-'85 and solidified in 1986. At recess in the spring we would play with a tree branch and tennis ball. At home, I remember my brother and his neighborhood friends spraypainting a home plate, batters boxes, a pitchers "mound" second base, and outfield distance markers on the rock wall at the end of our street. They used to play 3 on 3 (or 4 on 4) with pitcher's mound poison. 2 outs per 1/2 inning. We played with an aluminum bat and tennis ball and the games took on a suburban middle class Norman Rockwell-esque stereotype. I remember liking the Redskins because of their colors from an early age, but really got caught up in football during the Patriots' run up to Super Bowl XX, and lastly hockey during the Bruins' Stanley Cup Finals run in 1988. I first took notice of UConn during the Dream Season, but college basketball was not televised much in Massachusetts until the Tournament. Seems like everyone was focused on the Celtics. Soccer was always in the background and I really enjoyed playing it, but it was tough to get into as a spectator sport because of the lack of professional team/league. [/QUOTE]