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  1. I date frrom the same era. My original team from inception was the Phila. A's. At the ripe old age of seven my little heart was shattered by the Irsay-like midnight moving vans taking my baseball world to Kansas City. I grew numb to baseball until about May of that year. My Grandfather, my oldest brother, and I were talking baseball and my brother, a Phillies fan ( He allways rooted for the underdog)and the only one in the family asked my grandfather "Pop-pop, now that the A's have left town, are you going to be a fan of the Phillies?" My grandfather looked down his aristocratic nose and said "Since when do the Phillies play the Yankees?" my brother says "They don't they're in the National League" my grandfather said "Then what is the point!" At this point I started laughing, knowing that my grandfather would sooner vote for Joe Stalin than be a Phillies fan. Within our family, out side of my oldest brother, we generally refered to the Phillies as "That AAA franchise in S.Phila." as the A's were in N.Phila. My brother got aggravated at his 7 year old brother laughing at his discomfort and said "Who are you going to root for? The Browns!! (His voice dripping with sarcasm) I said " Shows what you know you big dope they moved to Baltimore last year, they're now the Orioles" he says "Oh, so now you're going to be a Balteemore Orioles fan?" I said "Yeah, what about it" My grandfather approved of my decision. 56 years later here I am, reading the OH at 10pm.
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