I can't say the Blazer's have always been a team with a strong following. The 'Rise With Us' slogan has been a welcome change in the last couple years from that of my youth, when they were known as the 'Jail Blazers'. It is nice to have a team to be proud (for the most part) of. I like sports, but I'm not a crazy huge fan, and I won't pretend to know a ton about every sport. I think football and basketball are the two sports I know most about and enjoy watching. What I know about soccer is limited to my few years on a youth league and softball to my two seasons of T-ball. My expertise is more akin to swimming and water polo in high school and my attempt (as a 5 foot 3 inch female) to row crew on an NCAA D1 school (a few torn muscles and cracked bones later, I learned MY lesson).
All that to say, the ONLY defining sports experience I had was when the OSU Beavers won the World Series back to back while I was in school. I've had my hopes for the Beavs and football, but I'm not kidding myself (heck, I'd be happy with ANY Pac-10 or 12 team winning the championship). Blazer's won the Championship about 10 years before I was born AND Portland hasn't had any other professional team (until MLS came to town this year).
I'd LOVE the Blazers to pull this one out and take the series and prove to the world we've got something. So, here's hoping! Go Blazers!
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