I find it hard to connect with any other sports team....

I only really like 3 sports. Baseball, baseball and baseball.

I like them but I just can’t get into them.
I love the Angels.

Mostly I have to enjoy them in near total isolation at home. Why? Because the team is surrounded by hordes of absolute jackass fans and I really, really, really hate my fellow fanatics.

1. Angels
2. Ducks
3. Cal Football
3. 49ers
4. Chelsea (EPL)
5. Cal Basketball
then a huge dropoff

1. Angels
2. Hurricanes football
3. 49ers
500. OK Sooners

Grew up in a catholic football family. Huge fan of both and wish they could just be good at the same time.

I am sure I will be a big fan of any NFL that sets up shop here in L.A., but for some reason it will really bother me if they don’t change the name. I don’t care what they are called I just want something different, no Vikings or Saints or Chargers.

1. my gal
2. my career
3. the Angels (at times they have been #1)
4. my family
5. my friends
6. Halos Heaven
7. My idiosyncratic belief system on the nature of existence that I will avoid identifying
8. Green Bay Packers
9. Lakers but only because they are trendy and winning right now
10. Bob Dylan (he has been #1 at times)

Yeah, I’m a fan of another team somewhere, but nothing like the Halos.

I’m a Laker fan (have been since I was a kid — Jerry West was my hero). But it’s not the same as the passion I have for Angels Baseball.

For me it’s the Angels and only the Angels. Playing baseball is also 2nd to none.

But it’s not the same as my freakish fandom of the Angels.

At one time I did have a Twins jersey, but thats only cuzz I’m a Gemini.
I enjoy watching UFC
Liked the Rams when they were in Anaheim.
Everything else is just entertainment….Lakers, Football, Soccer, x-games.

Golf Sucks!

Angels
Lakers
Raiders

with a hint of Carolina Panthers (Don’t ask why, I don’t know), but there’s no comparison between the two

…in Liverpool football club. However, my relationship with Liverpool is of an earthier, darker, more inflammatory nature, perhaps indicative of the sport itself (I have friends, good friends, that I cannot speak to about football for 8 months of the year (we are all aware of this) unless England are playing). Liverpool FC is that first love, the one you could never quite work it out with – it is adulterous, it is exciting, but it is a lover I cannot spend any prolonged time with, because whenever I think we’re getting along, she slaps me repeatedly in the face. Nevertheless, when she calls I come running.

My love for the Angels is very different. It is more devoted, it is more thoughtful – it gets daily love and attention. It inspires my geeky obsessive side. It occupies an inordinate amount of my time, and despite the frustrations it sends my way (and there are many) it’s something that I couldn’t do without.

The Angels are the missus, Liverpool is the mistress.

Angels
Trojans
Lakers

Throw in some Radiohead, a couple pints of Guinness, and Jessica Burciaga and I’m good to go.

And it ain’t the Cubs!

Though after the way the last 2 months have gone, it’s looking more and more like I’ll only have the Halos to root for come October. Just like most years.

1. Angels
2. Cleveland Browns
3. Ohio State Buckeyes – Football and Basketball
4. Milwaukee Bucks
5. NY Rangers

I have lived in NJ my whole life except for the year I spent as a student at Ohio State. started rooting for the Angels in ‘79, the Browns in ’80 when they were good. I will admit that I jumped on the bandwagon as a kid, but I never jumped off. The Bucks I don’t remember when I started rooting for them, but it was sometime during when they had Sidney Moncrief and Marques Johnson. I went to Ohio State for a year but my fandom goes back further. My aunt and uncle lived in Columbus, and my aunt was a big fan and got me into them as a kid.

Gowing up in NJ, I rooted for the NY teams to do well, because my mother was from NYC and my father was from North Jersey. I grew up rooting against the teams from Philadelphia.

and other than that……I could really care less……although Jim Harbaugh is slowly getting me excited about Stanford again.

with hockey and baseball i stick to my teams the most because i dont think they are as much fun to watch as the other sports just as a casual observer

1a.angels
1b.usc football
2.philly eagles
3.usc basketball
4.ducks
5.lakers
6.any other usc sport
7.tiger (hes not exactly a team but oh well)
8.rays/bucs (my parents raised me on those 2)
9.phillies
10.im gonna try to get into the chargers because i need a cali football team and i dont like the other ones for diff reasons so im left over with san diego
11.anyone playing ucla/any team from texas (pro or college)

For me its

1. Lakers!!!!!
2. Angeles
3. ( Peter Sampras when he played)
3. Patriots
4. USC football
5. Ducks
6. SD chargers
7. Dodgers
8. Man U
9. LA galaxy
10. The underdog.

Angels
BYU Football
UCLA Basketball
Lakers
Anyone playing the Rams

Nothing matches my passion for the Angels. I don’t really hook up into college football until after October — either because I’m preoccupied with the Angels, in mourning or both.

UCLA basketball was the antithesis of the Lakers and it was something else I share with my Dad.

My passion for the Lakers has waned over the years (like RedFloyd the West/Baylor years were my personal “Red Sox They’ll Win It Next Year” fixation). I really loath Kobe and for a time I thought I had put them behind me, but the last two years have sucked my back in.

I used to make fun of the “boohoo the Dodgers left me and the O’Malley’s suck” Brooklyn Dodger fans, but when that whore of showgirl murdered Carroll Rosenbloom and took the Rams to St. Louis, I snapped and was punished by the karma that Rev is so passionate about. I hope that bitch rots in hell and I don’t want the Rams to be anything other than 9-7, 8-8, 7-9 so they can never draft high and never rebuild.

See? Simple. My therapist says that I’m going to make her very wealthy.

LA Angels
LA Rams (they will come back some day and yo, moondoggy: “Ding dong the witch is dead”)
Anaheim Mighty Ducks (used to like the Kings until they went to Silver and Black; ignored hockey until the Ducks came around)
LA Galaxy
LA Lakers

then in no particular order:

Minnesota Vikings
Wisconsin Badgers
Los Angeles Lakers

but the older I got the less time I had to follow all my teams, so they have been reduced down to the Angels & Kings Hockey.

but my only other love is Boise State football. I went to the school for a year and was at the 2007 Fiesta Bowl… they’re the only team that can compete with my Halo love.

Just baseball.

But when it comes to them I’m very fairweather. I only watch them when they’re doing well and especially when they’re in the playoffs.

I’m always an Angel fan.

1. Angels

(huge dropoff)

2.Lakers
3. Ducks
4. Indy Colts

  I’ve always liked the Lakers, but my intrest has grown significantly over the past few seasons and i now make it a point to attend at least one game a year. Too bad the ticket prices are outrageous.

  The Ducks were a favorite since the disney movies (I’m only 21, so it wasn’t that long ago). hockey is one of the most entertaining sports to watch live, so I gotta support my local team. Besides, I like being part of the Angels fans+Ducks fans culture. Gotta put Anaheim on the sports map!

   As for the Colts, no real loyalty here, I’m just a huge Peyton Manning fan. When it comes to football, I only enjoy NFL and really root for teams with elite QBs. My favorite team timeline goes like this:
Rams (until they moved, but still rooted for them in the Super Bowl)
49ers (Montana/Young)
Broncos (Elway)
Colts (Manning)

But nothing will ever compare to the Halos.

“There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem – once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.” ~Al Gallagher, 1971

Angels.

And baseball in general.

That league is all about the stars so it’s hard to not have rooting interests for teams that have players you like. I feel in baseball it’s ok to have one favorite in each league. Football is just not my thing. Here’s my list.

1. Angels (I am not a fan. I LOVE this team.)
2. Lakers
3. Blazers (Hard not to like these guys if you live in Portland)
4. Mavericks (Dirk Nowitzki is my favorite player behind Kobe)
5. Ducks (Love going to the Honda Center to see games)

My favorite NL team is the Braves but they don’t crack the top 5.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Arsenal Football Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club

No order necessary, they are not in conflict with each other.

1. Angels / Montreal Canadiens (I love both so much, and i’m lucky that they hardly overlap)
3. Blue Jays
4. Pistons
5. Calgary Flames
6. Raptors

yup, i’m from Canada in case you were wondering

Others float up to number 2 depending on the time of year:

Football: Arsenal FC/US Men’s National Team
American rules football: Rams
College lacrosse: Syracuse/Cornell
College football: Michigan

My least favorite team, in every sport, is the New York Yankees.

I have been infected by a weird “Angel” virus. The main symptom is spending excessive amounts of time fixating on all things related to Angels baseball. The symptoms never abate. Minor league teams and players, Angels history, trade speculation…you name it, and I likely have thought about it some time during the day. There simply is no cure for this affliction…
…and it’s contagious! My wife and son are similarly afflicted. Unfortunately, my daughter (black sheep of the family) somehow got a “Dodger” inoculation. Gladly, I have spread the virus to some neighbors and co-workers. This kind of “misery” truly loves company.

A distant 2nd is UCLA basketball. Growing up in the 60’s, I was totally enamored of John Wooden…to the point that I paid my own way to attend his basketball school for 4 consecutive years. What a truly great man. I still follow Bruin basketball, and I enjoy Ben Howland’s coaching style. But….it just isn’t Angel baseball. Anymore, it’s a distraction while awaiting the next season of Angel baseball.

at any division/level.

Last year I watch boys/friends that I helped coach, and umpire, for many seasons win the Little league World Series. That was one great summer for us that will never happen again.

Then there is U of Hawaii. Gotta haveta cheer for “Da Home Team”. It’s the only thing in town.

The two teams I follow closely are the Angels and the Lakers, and the Lakers probably do win the top dog in my sports world crown. I don’t know why really. I was brought up an Angel fan, my dad is an Angel fan and I was conceived and then born during the hysteria of ‘79, so Angels baseball is in my blood. Still, I usually watch all 48 minutes of all 82 Laker games…while I can’t say I do the same for every single Angels game (is that even practical?).

I love almost all sports…and follow a lot of them closely. I love the NFL, but don’t have a favorite team.

2. UCLA basketball/football. I went to school there for 5 years, and I was raised on them so never gonna shake that one either

Big gap

Ducks
Lakers
49ers
Chargers.

It’s hard for me to get into anything else beside baseball, and I have some sense of personal connection to UCLA. These teams I love. The other ones I just like.

(vladtheimpaler)

1a. Angels (They affect my grades… it’s bad, in a good kinda way)
1b. USC Everything especially football (watching a game at the Coliseum is a magical experience… Fight On)
2. Polish National Soccer Team (Biało Czerwonym)
3. Utah Jazz
4. Utah Utes Football
5. Ducks
6. Chargers
7. Liverpool FC
8. Galaxy

Bottom Line…. GO HALOS!! Fight On!! Tylko Polska!! U..T..A..H! Quack Quack!