49ers Blog

Then the Raiders came back and promptly destroyed my second home, causing a bit of bitterness toward the Silver and Black, reinforcing my 9'ers loyalty.

THAT is how you explain the "A's/ 9'ers Fan" phenomenon. Get it?

49ers former HQ was adjacent to a park & community center down the street from my elementary school.  I used to watch them practice (late 70's, before Super Bowls, before the practice fields were blocked from casual view), and we'd see the players around town all the time.  Football was the first sport I loved, I had no use for baseball when I was a kid.

As an adult, I started falling in love with baseball when my son started playing Little League.  I wanted to root for one of the local (BAY AREA) teams, and I picked the one that was losing (like the Niners were when I first fell in love with them).  That was the A's.

I didn't realize there was an actual wall built down the middle of the Bay along the Alameda/San Mateo County line.

I'm a Colts fan now also, starting with the mid 90's with Jim Harbaugh and continuing now.  No matter what though, I'm still a Niners fan good or bad.  I stuck with the A's through the dark mid 90's, and I'm riding out the Niners struggles now.  

Probably doesn't figure into your idea of someone who is a fan of both the A's and Niners, but that's the way it is.

Just kidding, Sacto is like the spunky younger brother wanna-be. <pats Sacto on it's tousled head>