The World's Fever

[racosun]

I thought it might be cool if we were all able to see how far the Fever spreads across the world, and to see which continents have the fever pretty bad. So, here goes:

I'm in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, North America.
North America, 1.
Rest of the World, 0.

[Baseball Guru]

Neat topic:)

Chalk up #2 for the North Americans..

Florida here:)

[matt morris]

East Midlands, Britain. So I come under????? Em let me see:

Never Eat Shredded Wheat,
Jupiters in UrANUS,
Year of the rabbit X Librian idiot
The square root of the pythagoras
Equals






















Europe:laugh :laugh :confused: :rolleyes: :p :p

[blighty baseball bloke]

Wow, another Brit. I'm from Northumberland, waaay up north, where there's nothing but sheep, army tank ranges and expensive barn conversions.

Britain 2 : USA 2

BBB

[matt morris]

Originally posted by blighty baseball bloke
Wow, another Brit. I'm from Northumberland, waaay up north, where there's nothing but sheep, army tank ranges and expensive barn conversions.

Britain 2 : USA 2

BBB
Awight mate, how's your plates of meat???


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[yellowdog]

North America...USA...Clemson, South Carolina...Braves Country

[Hammerin Hank]

Out here about 40 miles west of Chicago, where you love one Chicago team and hate the other. Okay, so I love both of them...

[cowboy15]

Well for me it originated in North America, but since i like to consider myself a baseball "disciple", if you will, i put down europe cause im doin my best to spread the game

[NickG]

Originally posted by blighty baseball bloke
Wow, another Brit. I'm from Northumberland, waaay up north, where there's nothing but sheep, army tank ranges and expensive barn conversions.

Britain 2 : USA 2

BBB

You could also be talking about Alabama...

Chalk up another for N. America. Chicago for school; Naples, Florida for vacation.

[BoSox Rule]

Massachusetts. Another on for the North Americans.

[J W]

<-------------

Balmer, Merlin.

USA :cool:

[J W]

....say, I'll put it to you guys. Do you want to be part of the Baseball Fever Voters' Association or the International Baseball Fever Voters' Association?

:hp :laugh

[Obri]

The Scots are here. The third vote for the Europeans.:gt

[rockin500]

living 3 miles from the holy shrine: Wrigley.

[razors]

for the most part i feed my fever from chicago, il (about 4 miles from flubs field)...but i'm a south londoner (brixton) raised in sunny basildon, essex...and i'm certainly not bothered about my vote going to europe - if we're not having a 'home-countries' category put me down for the good ol' US of A.

razors

(and while we're at it, as i've never posted to the moniker threads, razors was harry shand's 'muscle' in the "long good friday" - as in - "...cut 'im razors" )

[racosun]

Where's all the Aussies? Brewcrew82 is an Aussie, as well as DodgerDownUnder, although I haven't seen him since the WS. Come on, boys, represent!! :)

[PopTop]

Originally posted by blighty baseball bloke
Wow, another Brit. I'm from Northumberland, waaay up north, where there's nothing but sheep, army tank ranges and expensive barn conversions.

Cool, got a buddy from the Blyth area, love it around there ... Taking in Newcastle's many social hot spots on a Friday eve is one of my favorite things in the world to do.

Alas, I fail to see my continent on the list, Texas :D ... Like the old saying goes, "You can always tell a Texan, but you never can tell 'em much!"

[Pittelko]

Just so racosun doesn't feel alone, i'm putting the second mark in for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. UP for school, Minnesota for baseball.

[racosun]

Originally posted by Pittelko
Just so racosun doesn't feel alone, i'm putting the second mark in for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. UP for school, Minnesota for baseball.

Sweet. NMU Wildcats? Or up in Hancock? I used to own a company in Ishpeming for a little while. I like that western area. Or did you go to Lake State? I drive by there almost every day.

Anyhow, welcome to the forum. :waving

[CardFanNV]

out here in the fryin' pan of the upper Mohave Desert .............

North America ................



How many of you have visited Las Vegas? Where'd you stay?

JK

[Pittelko]

Michigan Tech Rocosun. Thanks for the welcome, but i've been registered since before the baseball fever switch, just don't post too often, just read mainly.

[blighty baseball bloke]

Originally posted by PopTop
Cool, got a buddy from the Blyth area, love it around there ... Taking in Newcastle's many social hot spots on a Friday eve is one of my favorite things in the world to do.

Alas, I fail to see my continent on the list, Texas :D ... Like the old saying goes, "You can always tell a Texan, but you never can tell 'em much!"

That's great - If you like castles, links golf courses, Roman forts and sheep, Northumberland is the place for you. I work for British Airways, which gives me the opportunity to hop over to the East Coast practically for free to watch baseball games. I'm planning to bring my 6 year old over for a weekend at Shea as soon as the season starts - it'll be his first ball game.

I agree with a night out "on the toon" in Newcastle. Unfortunately, I've not been able to keep up with the lasses since my student days!!

BBB

[Steffo]

I am another North American. Interesting thread. I live in NM.

[Markfisher]

I am an Englishman living on the beautiful west coast of Scotland in Irvine about 30 south of Glasgow, so from here can you can just make out he dull thud thud thud of Rangers and Celtic fans bashing each other.

Cheers
Mark

Chalk one up for the UK

[VTSoxFan]

Here I am in Vermont, what Dave Barry dubbed "The Wind-Chill Factor State." That's been true enough this winter! Last summer it hit 100 degrees here, and now there's a bit more than 5 feet of snow on my garden. If it wasn't Spring Training, I'd swear it was still winter here!;)

[Kroxquo]

Originally posted by CardFanNV
out here in the fryin' pan of the upper Mohave Desert .............

North America ................



How many of you have visited Las Vegas? Where'd you stay?

JK

The wife and I were in Las Vegas just a couple of months ago between Christmas and New Year's. We stayed in the Luxor, in the towers, not in the pyramid. We were on the fourteenth floor and in between the shows, the food, and the legal sports gambling, found one of the best entertainment options in the city was sitting in the room watching the mountains change color. Great city - can't wait to go back!!!!

[Brad Harris]

Spent over half my life in China, though I went ahead and voted for the region of my birth and current residence -- the good old U.S. of A.

[Cubbies for life]

USA, suburb of Chicago. 17 miles from Wrigley.

[CardFanNV]

in the summer, it is butt-kickin' hot here, like in the 120's .........


But if you ride the Big Shot thing on top of the Stratosphere, it's kinda cool, because the vinal seats sear your flesh and poly-grip your ass to the chair ...................................


Sept and Oct are good months, as are March and April.

[Appling]

I'm in Oklahoma USA -- mostly college football country but baseball is permitted. Our OKC Redhawks are the AAA team for the Texas Rangers (and we too need pitching help!)

I am awed by the high number of European contributors to Baseball Fever.

[KenFougere]

B o s t o n - M a s s a c h u s e t t s

[brewcrew82]

Originally posted by racosun
Where's all the Aussies? Brewcrew82 is an Aussie, as well as DodgerDownUnder, although I haven't seen him since the WS. Come on, boys, represent!! :)

Thats one vote for the Aussies!

Sorry, I haven't been here much I have been really busy but I'm back for the start of the season!!!

[Sandman]

Ok, who said they were in Antarctica?

[trosmok]

North American, residing in the town that has a real big auto race, basketball hoops on every barn and garage, and an underacheiving NFL club. Nabokov called this place "one of those three states in a row beginning with I..." Used to live ten miles north of Wrigley, and a big part of my life and my heart are still in the Caribbean. What continent would that be?

[Sandman]

Originally posted by trosmok
North American, residing in the town that has a real big auto race, basketball hoops on every barn and garage, and an underacheiving NFL club. Nabokov called this place "one of those three states in a row beginning with I..." Used to live ten miles north of Wrigley, and a big part of my life and my heart are still in the Caribbean. What continent would that be?
No state with I as a first letter with an NFL team :confused:
Ill say Arizona?

[VTSoxFan]

Originally posted by Sandman
Ok, who said they were in Antarctica?

There WAS someone in Antarctica here last year... I forget who it was. He was in a research station down there and dreaming of warm, green ballparks. Does anyone remember who that was? He had the penguin avatar, appropriately.

[razors]

Originally posted by Sandman:
"No state with I as a first letter with an NFL team :confused:
Ill say Arizona?"


couple of "I" states with NFL franchises, ILLINOIS has the bears and the other one...hmmm...the hoosiers? the indy 500? the colts? gotta be idaho :)




razors

[Shoeless]

C'mon...this is a baseball group, so how many people in Europe or Africa can there be? Plus, it's in English, so how many Japanese or Venezuelan fans are going to show up?

I'm in Toronto, but I voted Asia for my ancestors.

[YankeeMan]

My hometown,
http://www.sjphoto.com/nyc10-98-1.jpg (http://www.sjphoto.com/NYC_1.html)
America's hometown, in the AM hours of October 29, 1998.

[CardFanNV]

oh, boy, that picture hurts, especially in light of what's happening now.

Good luck and godspeed to all of our armed forces. Come home soon!

JK

[racosun]

Originally posted by Shoeless
C'mon...this is a baseball group, so how many people in Europe or Africa can there be? Plus, it's in English, so how many Japanese or Venezuelan fans are going to show up?

I put all seven continents on the poll because it didn't take very long to do it. Besides, there actually was someone from Antarctica here at one point, so why not Africa? As for Europe, we have a large following "over there," many who are regulars here. The English text of this site can easily be translated into different languages if you have the proper program. We had a Japanese member last fall. Baseball is a growing and universal sport. They are even playing it in Afghanistan (and probably Iraq after the war ends).

[brewcrew82]

Originally posted by VTSoxFan
There WAS someone in Antarctica here last year... I forget who it was. He was in a research station down there and dreaming of warm, green ballparks. Does anyone remember who that was? He had the penguin avatar, appropriately.

Themescules...

[brewcrew82]

Originally posted by racosun
We had a Japanese member last fall.

Are you referring to Rikami?
That thread he started was quite possibly the coolest (and most viewed) thread ever on Baseball Fever/Almanac!!!!!

[matt morris]

Originally posted by brewcrew82
Are you referring to Rikami?
That thread he started was quite possibly the coolest (and most viewed) thread ever on Baseball Fever/Almanac!!!!!

Been busy and found it BC,

http://baseball-fever.com/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=17538

For anyone who's interested!!!

[racosun]

I don't believe I've ever had the honor of chatting with Themescules, but yes, the Japanese member I was referring to was rikami. I think we caught a little heat over that particular thread from some of the more conservative members of this fine forum. :eek:

[brewcrew82]

Originally posted by racosun
I think we caught a little heat over that particular thread from some of the more conservative members of this fine forum. :eek:

But it was fun while it lasted, damn that chick was hot!

[J W]

Originally posted by matt morris
Been busy and found it BC,

http://baseball-fever.com/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=17538

For anyone who's interested!!!

Gee Matt... I can't seem to get the thread on screen. :(

as a matter of fact, searching the name "Rikami" I only get one thread with one reply post. Am I doing something wrong?

[racosun]

Rikami's thread with the hot girl was deleted at some point in time. It surely wasn't me!!:laugh

[Captain Cold Nose]

Ok, I'll admit it.
















Not that I deleted the thread (I am not a moderator) but I searched the web for more stuff about the singer Rikami posted on.

[racosun]

I believe the snafu was that she was only 17. She's 18 now, so if anyone can "restore" that thread....:D

[racosun]

...let's see if we can get some more votes on our official Baseball Fever census.

[Chisox73]

Munster,Indiana.Just a 20 minute drive from Comiskey Park and downtown Chicago.

[Ravenlord]

i was born in and live in Ohio...but my father hails from Scotland and my mom's mother from Sweden. i have a rather...unique accent.

[deizal393]

i'm from new jersey, usa... i live about 25 miles from the GWB, and about 40 minutes from the greatest stadium in the world.

[depstein]

I'm here from New Brunswick, NJ (Exit 9 on the Turnpike)

[deizal393]

Originally posted by depstein
I'm here from New Brunswick, NJ (Exit 9 on the Turnpike)

yep... i know exactly where you are. i'm from up north, by morristown if you know where that is. (exit 142 on the parkway)

[Kdub Red Sox Fan 4Life]

Currently residing in Port Washington, Wisconsin. ( about 30 miles north of Milwaukee).

However, I got my Red Sox Fever growing up in North Weymouth, Mass. ( about 10 miles, 1 bus and multiple T stops from Fenway).

[Ontarioguy]

I currrently live in Moose Creek, Ontario, Canada...Population around 400! I don't even live in the town I'm out in the fields!

I'm originaly from Downtown Montreal. I lived within walking distance from the old Forum. (for those of you who have been to Montreal or follow hockey)

[TheMan6]

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
and people say soccer is the world's game

[Biggerin]

Hey, I wanna hear more about this 17-year old singer chick...


Anyway, born, raised and am gonna die in New Hampshire. I am never leaving the Concord, NH area. Ever. Except for the occasional sox game....

[Eddie Collins]

NA

Originally from Cinci, I just recently moved to NJ.

[mojorisin71]

Born in Ventura County, CA (an hour northwest of LA) and going to school in Orange County, and currently living 55 miles east of Dodger Stadium. Been going to Dodger games since the year I was born. I'm considering studying abroad in Spain in 2005, so I guess I'll try to spread the Fever.

[tigersfan]

I live in a suburb of Detroit, actually my city borders Det. on the north. I can be at Comerica Park in 20 mins. if traffic is right.

[Jose Tartabul]

With my vote, Asia surges ahead of Antarctica.

[insanefishpossay]

St. Paul, Minnesota. North America.

[2Chance]

Originally posted by CardFanNV
How many of you have visited Las Vegas? Where'd you stay?

Hank Snow used to say, I've been everywhere, man. I'm getting close. Well, around the USA anyway. While in Vegas, we stayed once at a Best Western that's way off the strip and a couple of times at Circus Circus. We have friends in Pahrump.

Home for the last 20+ years is west central Ohio. Before that, Michigan, Southern California, Indiana, West Virginia, Illinois, Maryland, & Missouri. (Favorite place: Northern California, the redwood country.) The gypsy in me has rubbed off on my wife, and we enjoy just getting in the car and going somewhere, and have taken some epic vacations. Nice to think about when it's this cold and snowy out. Thanks for indulging my pointless ramblings.

[bballfan]

I'm also from New Jersey, Jersey City actually.

[mannyhitball]

More North American representation here - I'm in Ohio (but I'm looking into moving to Puerto Rico in about nine months, so maybe I'll re-post then! :D )

[mikey_s]

Another NA'er!!!

Livin in Montreal gets you REALLY cold winters, Really Hot/Humid summers, Really HOT women!, and Really Cold beer (24/7!!).

Not to mention a relatively clean, safe and cosmopolitan environment.

[Amazins]

Originally posted by bballfan
I'm also from New Jersey, Jersey City actually.



Me too!!!

This is my first post! Just wanted to say what's up to all you baseball afficionados!

[racosun]

Welcome to the Fever, Amazins. :waving

[Glenn]

Orginally from NYC, now residing in Millstone, New Jersey

USA


Glenn

[bballfan]

Originally posted by Amazins
Me too!!!

This is my first post! Just wanted to say what's up to all you baseball afficionados!


What area do you live in, ie : heights, marion, west bergen, without getting into specifics of course.

[DanW]

Here's a "hello" from Philadelphia, PA. Actually, Bensalem, PA, which is within spitting distance of Philly, where I grew up. (So that would be a North American vote, see.)

[Imapotato]

Troy, NY

STILL a member of the National League

We are owed about 480 exhibition games, if we can get a team together...no joke!

I think Worchester is the other city owed games

[racosun]

Originally posted by Imapotato
Troy, NY

STILL a member of the National League

We are owed about 480 exhibition games, if we can get a team together...no joke!

I think Worchester is the other city owed games

You got me interested. Can you explain that 'owed exhibition games' thing more? Maybe you could start a separate thread on that subject. Sounds cool.

[Imapotato]

I read it in a book called "Baseball Ancedotes"

[ElHalo]

I've visited Vegas! Stayed at the Sands, which I understand no longer exists.... going back again in August, no idea where I'm staying.

[tearforamariner]

Greetings from Commencement Bay!

[wyomatt]

live in wyoming so i am joining the list of people from Heaven (aka, the land West of the Mississippi)

Been to vegas baby. stayed at Exalibur and the Stratosphere, but nothing beats the fountains at the Belagio.

[mojorisin71]

Been to Vegas, too. Heck, it's a three-hour drive in good traffic from where I'm staying (Corona, CA), but there is a lot of construction on the 15, and the portion in the open desert is one of the most dangerous roads in America. Anyway, I kinda make it a habit to stay at the MGM, but the last time I went, I stayed at the Desert Inn and it wasn't bad, actually. When I was smaller, my family used to stay at the Excalibur.

Funny how this thread started out by asking us for our location, and three out of every four posts are Vegas-related. :p :p :p

[RogerRedSox]

As you can no doubt read, I hail from Guildford, Surrey (*posh voice* "don't you know"!! 'scuse me - in joke for other brits!) and have also been to Vegas. Stayed at "Bally's" if I recall. The shower in the first two rooms we had didn't work, as it happens. Must say that Luxor one looks rather cool!

[improbus]

Lexington, KY here, but I'm originally from Cincinnati, the birthplace of ballplayers, Barry Larkin, Ken Griffey Jr. (he was a ballplayer once), David Justice, David Bell, Bill Doran, Leon Durham, Tommy "Boom Boom" Hume, Lance Johnson, Tom Lampkin, Garry Maddox, Roger McDowell, Ron Oester, Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, Tony Scott, Scott Service, Shannon Stewart, Kent Tekulve, Don Zimmer, Zach Day (my cousin), Richard Dotson, and Bill Wegman, oh yeah, and some Pete Rose guy!

[DownUnderDodger]

Hey Racosun, you asked where are the Aussies - well I'mmmm baaaccckkk!!! :waving

Been AWOL like Brew. I have been rather busy, moving house here in Oz, travelling overseas, and with surf lifesaving season, lots of commentating and some travelling within Oz. Still no excuse to miss Baseball Fever though :(

Ref Las Vegas, I have been there many times since 1977, and have stayed at Tropicana, Landmark (now defunct), my step daughter's house, and most recently (Dec/Jan 03/04) my own house. :) I got excited when they said there was apossibilty of the Expo's franchise moving to Vegas, but I think that is just a pipedream. I seriously doubt Vegas could sustain a ML team.

[brewcrew82]

Its good to have you back DUD!

[Mattingly]

Garden State, known to Noo Yawkas as "Joisey".

[improbus]

Originally posted by Mattingly
Garden State, known to Noo Yawkas as "Joisey".

Also known in Latin as "Nova Caesaria"

[ElHalo]

Originally posted by Mattingly
Garden State, known to Noo Yawkas as "Joisey".

Hey, I can see you from here!

Actually, yeah, I live on the West Side of Manhattan, and I can look out my window and see Jersey... I'm waving!

[CuriousBoston]

Lived within 25 miles of Boston; have went to college & worked within cheering distance of Fenway.

High on my "things I want list": reasonably priced tickets, Selig & Steinbrenner & steroids out of baseball, & a "camp out" night at Fenway Park. :gt

[Dizzy]

I am from Belleville IL. Its a town of around 42,000, and we are "right near" St. Louis.

[Mattingly]

Originally posted by ElHalo
Hey, I can see you from here!

Actually, yeah, I live on the West Side of Manhattan, and I can look out my window and see Jersey... I'm waving! Your first name wouldn't be "Jerome", now would it?

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Live in Montreal.
Miss my Expos!

[Solair Wright]

Somewhere lurking in the outskirts of St. Louis, Missouri. Just waiting until April 9 of this year, when Busch Stadium III (hopefully) opens.

[Jake83]

California------------LA-------- Overlooking the Staples Center

[CuriousBoston]

for the most part i feed my fever from chicago, il (about 4 miles from flubs field)...but i'm a south londoner (brixton) raised in sunny basildon, essex...and i'm certainly not bothered about my vote going to europe - if we're not having a 'home-countries' category put me down for the good ol' US of A.

razors

(and while we're at it, as i've never posted to the moniker threads, razors was harry shand's 'muscle' in the "long good friday" - as in - "...cut 'im razors" )


I've visited Basildon, to see the All Girl Drum Corps & the competition they hosted. People understood my Boston accent just fine, but I could barely understand them. Friendly bunch. Good fishermen.

[Pinstripe Pride]

Baton Rouge, LA. Only 1365 miles from Yankee Stadium. :clapping

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I am supporting the European ranks! So that makes 11.

Etten-Leur, the Netherlands. About 70 miles south of Amsterdam.

[sandlot]

One fever vote from China, where I am now and have been for a long time. Raised in an area where Red Sox Nation and Yankee Nation kind of bleed together, and grew up a NY fan in a seriously Boston household. Mom loved me anyway, but I know sometimes it wasn't easy for her!

[Monarchs29]

Another North America vote here.

From "The Rock"! That lovely piece of granite off the east coast of Canada - Newfoundland.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I've visited Vegas! Stayed at the Sands, which I understand no longer exists.... going back again in August, no idea where I'm staying.

I can recommend Excalibur. It is a nice hotel. If you stay there, the dinner show in the cellar is a must see. There is only one bad point about that. You get a baked potato served.... Potatoes in Medieval Times... Yeah right. The first potato came to Europe when the first Conquistadores came back from South America.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

California------------LA-------- Overlooking the Staples Center

So you are living near the Staples Center... That gives me a better idea where you live.

[sandlot]

We'd get a better picture if this poll were promo'd on all the threads. I think there are folks on the international baseball site not present here, not to mention the Latin threads. It would also be interesting to break out the North American results into Canada and the U.S.

[Jake83]

So you are living near the Staples Center... That gives me a better idea where you live.


I live on Flower if that gives you a better idea. The loft I have has a terrible view of Staples Center but from the roof you can see it all.

[Jake83]

I can recommend Excalibur. It is a nice hotel. If you stay there, the dinner show in the cellar is a must see. There is only one bad point about that. You get a baked potato served.... Potatoes in Medieval Times... Yeah right. The first potato came to Europe when the first Conquistadores came back from South America.


Only place in vegas worth staying is the Bellagio

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Only place in vegas worth staying is the Bellagio

Unfortunately, I don't have Bellagio money. :D

[Jake83]

Unfortunately, I don't have Bellagio money. :D


You must of came when the dollar was high. The hotels of Europe are way more expensive espically now that the Euro is high.

[Joe Simbam]

Chicago - west of Wrigley by 10 blocks - Yahoo!!!!

:gt

[Dravecky43]

Fresno, California. Or right smack dab in the middle of Cali. Or "The Valley". Or, to some deranged people, the middle of nowhere.

Home of two of the greatest High School baseball dynasties ever. We've produced: Frank Chance, Tom Seaver, Pat Coralles, Dick Ellsworth, Jim Maloney, Dutch Leonard, Rex Hudler, Stan Papi, and many others that you probably haven't heard of.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

You must of came when the dollar was high. The hotels of Europe are way more expensive espically now that the Euro is high.

The hotels in Holland are really expensive. Especially in Amsterdam.

But when we planned our trip last year we have checked some sites of LV hotels. The Bellagio was much more expensive than hotels like Excalibur.