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Oh I see how it is! It almost made me cry when he had to go play for the Raiders! In fact the whole stadium was depressed on his last day.
Many of the employees were literally in tears! They showed concession workers etc, on the big screen, hugging him with tears rolling down their faces! He was a sweetheart of a guy as well as being an awesome football player!
When he came back to be honored I held up a huge sign that said...
Jerry come back! You can blame it all on us!
We were wrong and we just can't live without you!
It was a dark time in the history of The Stick. Even worse than when they let Ronnie Lott go who was the heart of that team! He kept everyone positive and upbeat! But all they cared about was stats!
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Ron you stayed a Raiders fan even when they moved to LA? Or is that when you became one?
That's when I became one. I couldn't stand the Lambs, er, Rams! We were ecstatic when we finally got a REAL football team down there!
Now you're picking on my other favorite team!
I know they stink (well except for a couple of years there) but when I was a little girl my Dad took me to my first football game and I saw the Rams play. We lived in So Cal then and I loved it! Might have been more related to the fact that my Dad worked some really long hours, so we kids didn't get to spend much time with him, but that was a very special memory for me but I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the Rams.
And yes, I have taken a LOT of... what's a nice BYC way to say this?... "razzing" from Niner fans over my love for the Rams. Steve and I had season tickets for the Niner games for many many years and it was a big part of our lives back then.
