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Tribe fans in Wichita, KS

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I live in Kansas and someone stopped me the other day while I was wearing good ol' chief wahoo and told me that Wichita is "full of Indians fans"... because of Eric Wedge and Casey Blake being former Wichita State Shockers. Are there any Tribe fans out there that can confirm or deny this geographic oddity?

http://blue-collarbaseball.blogspot.com/2008/02/geographic-anomaly-of-tribe-fans-in.html

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Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
Deaner, you can't simultaneously be a fan of the Reds and the Indians - it's an Ohio law.  Ya gotta choose.
"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Feb 21, 2008 4:23 PM EST   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
Sorry to hear that, I guess I've been breaking the law... I was weened on Pete Rose and the Reds and then started following the Tribe in the mid/late 1990s.

I'm too much of a baseball fan to follow just one team.

by Deaner on Feb 21, 2008 5:01 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
Then you must leave.

I'm just joking.

by gahnki on Feb 21, 2008 5:57 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
I'm too much of a baseball fan to follow just one team.

That logic works great for breakfast cereals, but not baseball teams.  Not sure how well it works for women.

by dgcambridge on Feb 21, 2008 6:43 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
My wife is a Reds/Tigers fan. Does that blow your mind?

by Deaner on Feb 21, 2008 7:29 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
At least you're wife isn't a controlling Red Sox fan who washes your Indians paraphenalia and forces you to write idiotic posts claiming that the Sox are the greatest team is professional sports history. Not that anyone like that would actually exist.

by supermarioelia on Feb 21, 2008 7:55 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
Oy, Pete Rose.  You're not helping your case mad.  The Pete Rose is a walking melanoma on baseball.  

Deaner, dude, let me give you a little advice.  When your in a hole, stop digging.

"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Feb 21, 2008 7:52 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
Pete Rose was a great player.

by gahnki on Feb 21, 2008 9:07 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
And a grade-A double compound noun.
Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Feb 21, 2008 10:06 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
So's LeBron - that doesn't mean he can't be a pendejo chingador.  
"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Feb 22, 2008 6:55 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
Then follow the Bisons. The Reds are like the AAA team Ohio never needed. Hal McCoy is a hack and Marty B. makes me wish that Marconi had taken up distance running instead. An entirely contemptible franchise.
I swear, next year is it.

by fwembt on Feb 22, 2008 12:04 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
I can't confirm an outporing of Indians fans here in Wichita, though I know I am definitely one of them. My fanhood started in 1993, however, and has nothing to do with Casey Blake or Eric Wedge. Just a plain-old die hard for no reason.

I do know, however, that many fellow Wichitans were pulling for the Tribe because of the local connections. Detroit has something similar, with Nate Robertson (Wichita State grad) and scout David Chadd (Wichita native) on board. Kevin Hooper, who reached the bigs with Detroit for a few at-bats a couple years ago, also went to WSU.

So yes, we do root for the Indians here in the ICT. Some for local-connection reasons, some because we just flat love 'em.

by jefftribe on Feb 21, 2008 6:21 PM EST   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
Thanks for the note Jeff.

Over the past view years, when I have been attending Tribe games in Kansas City, I've come in contact with a lot of Indians fans from Iowa. I would suspect that this has a lot to do with Bob Feller.

by Deaner on Feb 21, 2008 7:28 PM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
Sup.
Sizemore-Shapiro 2008. The Official Red Bull of Let's Go Tribe Game Threads.

by Gradyforpresident on Feb 22, 2008 1:36 AM EST to parent up   0 recs

Re: Tribe fans in Wichita, KS
People always look at me strange when they find out I grew up in Texas and a Tribe fan.  Funny thing is I knew more Tribe fans than Rangers fans.  Granted alot of those was based upon the only pro player to come within the 75ish mile radius -- our good friend Mike Hargrove.  Mine actually has something to do with rubbing a Tribe win over a relatives precious Rangers.  Then the mid-90s came and I was sold.

To me it's easy to be a home fan.  If they have a bad season, then you have several others feeling your pain in the city.  If you live in a location where you are pretty much the only fan, you have to defend your team and feel you are the only one feeling the heartbreak.  I guess it's easier to follow in the region, but you constantly have to defend your team.  It's harder to be a fair weather fan far away.

As for liking two teams, I kinda do in all sports.  One, like the Tribe in this case, will always trump the other.  That and the Cards recent World Series win didn't feel any different to me than seasons that both teams fell apart.

Texas největší mimo Tribe fanda.

by kova on Feb 21, 2008 10:27 PM EST   0 recs

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