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Justafan
But things have turned south in the last month, and he has now allowed seven earned runs in his last (f)our outings. I hope he’s ok, i remember after the All-Star game he said how pumped up he was and how he loved how much the crowd got into it. He said he wants to see the Twins in the Postseason. Side note, who is now the Twins AA affiliate, and who do the Hartford Rock Cats (that sounds awful hopefully they can change it to whalers again and “blanketdly” (my newly made word) have all Hartford teams with that name until we get a real major league sports team in CT
DarthMurph
Until? There will be no major league sports team in CT.
Justafan
I gotta ask, what has caused CT’s inability to have its own sports team? People STILL buy Hartford Whalers Jersey’s like they are going out of style. We in CT definitely can show brand loyalty. Idk how I could call any team “my team” over the Red Sox, but I think I could them in between the Sox and Giants. lol
DarthMurph
Population and size. People, especially young people, buy Whalers jerseys because they’re vintage. From my own experience as a CT resident, most people I know who wear Whalers stuff do it as a fashion statement and know next to nothing about the team.
When it comes to sports teams, there’s no point in CT where you’re too far out of the way for either the NYC or the Boston sports teams. Hartford’s positioning exacerbates the problem as it’s essentially the midpoint between the two cities.
LazerTown
New Haven and South is kind of too close to NYC. Hartford would still be on the very low end population wise to support a new sports team. And the CT population is pretty much not growing. Compare that to cities like Charlotte, Portland, San Antonio, Austin, Vegas, Columbus that can either add more pro teams, or finally get one. These cities are all much more separated from other major cities.
Some people want the Whalers back, but honestly from my experience people in CT really do not care about hockey, myself included. I knew one Bruins fan growing up, and that is it.
Justafan
You must be kidding me, every other person I know is a hockey fan! What part of CT are you and RevMurph from? I’m in the Tolland county myself