I'm sick of Baltimore.....the city.

by harbaughmyhero on Oct 12, 2009 2:51 PM EDT

Just sitting in the living room watching TV and see that ESPN is promoting a movie called "The Band that wouldn't die". What is this movie about you ask? The Baltimore Colts marching band, and how we "snuck" out of town and broke all their hearts. It's ridiculous, and irks me to no end.

People don't realize just how many teams have moved... *ahem* Boston Patriots, L.A. Rams/Raiders, -pause- how about the fact that Baltimore STOLE the Browns from Cleveland...and convieninetly re-named them the Ravens -resume- MY point being.... enough is ENOUGH with this garbage. People of Baltimore, Kindly shut your whiny mouths.

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What's more ironic

is that they then accepted a new stolen team from arguably the best fan base in the league in Cleveland.

EVH+DLR=BFFr........ God I Hope So!!

by dmstorm22 on Oct 12, 2009 2:57 PM EDT reply actions

I often wonder

if the Colts were completely horrible would we hear anything about it…….

by MARVININDY on Oct 12, 2009 3:14 PM EDT reply actions

I wonder how St. Louis feels

about the Cardinals going to Phoenix? Or, how L.A. feels about the Rams going to St. Louis? What about Houston’s feelings about Nashville stealing the Oilers? Let’s face it, for a while in the early 80s, it was musical chairs with football teams. Baltimore seems to be the only city whining though. It’s funny, they can complain and cry about it, but when they lure a team away from another city (Cleveland), it’s apparently alright.

by Ayrshire on Oct 12, 2009 3:15 PM EDT reply actions

exactly!

the city of Baltimore needs a collective glass of shut the hell up. Anytime somene says “yeah well the your first superbowl doesn’t count because it was in Baltimore”. I go off with that, "are you a fan of the Oakland Raiders? or maybe the LA Raiders? how about the Rams? or the Cardinals? or the Oilers cough I mean Titans…..

by harbaughmyhero on Oct 12, 2009 3:23 PM EDT reply actions

Barry Levin directed that film,

If you’ve seen his movie The Diner, you know he was a die hard Colts fan. I think it broke his heart when they left town. I’m going to watch the film before I decide whether or not to be offended by it.

"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino

by Indy Lori on Oct 12, 2009 3:32 PM EDT reply actions

What's the Boston Patriots story?

I thought they’ve always been there, and just renamed themselves?

How can you not love a team that does this?

by LovinBlue on Oct 12, 2009 3:32 PM EDT reply actions

"there" being somewhere outside of Boston, but still in New England

How can you not love a team that does this?

by LovinBlue on Oct 12, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions

My "good luck" banner hanging outside my window is working!

"You can't defend the perfect throw, what can I say?" Peyton quoting Marino

by Indy Lori on Oct 12, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions

They played in Boston

At Fenway and maybe Nickerson before the merger, but they had to build their own stadium to qualify for the 50,000 seat minimum in the NFL.

"Brett Favre was a man who thought he was retired, but he knew it wouldn't last."

by Colts Homer on Oct 12, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions

They play in Foxboro, Mass. I'm not sure where it's located in relation to Boston

by harbaughmyhero on Oct 12, 2009 3:45 PM EDT reply actions

It's basically in Boston.

by Ayrshire on Oct 12, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Halfway between Providence and Boston

"Brett Favre was a man who thought he was retired, but he knew it wouldn't last."

by Colts Homer on Oct 12, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

They should have titled the movie

“The City that wouldn’t let it Die”

by metal_militia on Oct 12, 2009 3:47 PM EDT reply actions

too funny

they definitely still have a hard-on for the Colts.

by Ayrshire on Oct 12, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Of the several reasons Irsay left

The biggest one for me is the fact that the city of Baltimore was threatening to sieze the city under immenant domain. If I was Robert Irsay I would have gotten the hell out of there too with the threat of my football team being taken from me. It was Baltimore’s fault the colts left they wouldn’t give him a new stadium and then threatened to take the team. They really need to shut the hell up.

by Sanders_fan89 on Oct 12, 2009 4:00 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

lol

I’ll kill that f’n band myself

by harbaughmyhero on Oct 12, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions

The Boston Patriots didn't have their own stadium

They played at Fenway Park, and several University fields before having their own stadium finally built in Foxborough, around 35 miles or so from Boston. Owner Billy Sullivan changed the name of the team to take the ‘Boston’ out of it because he was so sick of the politicians denying him a stadium in the city proper.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Oct 12, 2009 4:15 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks for the explanation

and the proper spelling of “Foxborough” – bugs me when they misspell it on broadcasts.

How can you not love a team that does this?

by LovinBlue on Oct 12, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions

thanks marima

I still want to kill that band though…

by harbaughmyhero on Oct 12, 2009 4:32 PM EDT reply actions

that's the thanks you all get

for being an elite team. Think anyone would be interested in even making a movie about this if your Colts were scraping the bottom of the division or conference year-in and year-out? Price of success my man, so just enjoy it (annoying as it is.)

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Oct 13, 2009 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions

I remember visiting D.C. over July 4th 1989...

and all the local papers IN THE MIDDLE OF FUCKING SUMMER were bitching about the move. If they had gone to the games and paid for a new facility, they would still have them, and most of us would probably be talking about basketball season.
Also, they lost all credibility when they stole the Browns.

by vintagephoenix on Oct 12, 2009 5:58 PM EDT reply actions

The thing with stealing teams

Is that Baltimore didn’t take the Browns moniker or history. The thing with a lot of Baltimore fans from what I hear is that if we had gotten the Colts, but let them keep the Colts name and history, and we’d been an “expansion team” like the Ravens are considered, they wouldn’t be upset. Or as upset. They’d probably still be upset, but you can’t do much about that.

by Nathan S. on Oct 12, 2009 6:42 PM EDT reply actions

I think that's a good point

I like how Johnny U, god rest his soul, said he wanted to keep his records in Baltimore…… I sincerely do like that. It’s ok with me also because Peyton will break them all anyways

by harbaughmyhero on Oct 12, 2009 6:49 PM EDT reply actions

They can have the records.....

All they have to do is say these are our records…..right? Who truly can own records? They are what they are. The only ones who own them are the ones who set them.

by Ayrshire on Oct 12, 2009 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Ancient history

Hope it’s a good film.

by eltharion_doa on Oct 12, 2009 8:36 PM EDT reply actions

The chose the Orioles over the Colts

I think when a team moves, it is the city letting the fans down. The citizens of Baltimore voted against legislation that would have kept the Colts there. They were going to build a dome like in Seattle, Houston, and Minnesota. The fans cannot bitch about the colts, they basically voted them out of town.

by GuruBlue on Oct 13, 2009 7:38 AM EDT reply actions