Roger Angell Quotes

Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.

We picked the Red Sox because they lose. If you root for something that loses for 86 years, you're a pretty good fan. You don't have to win everything to be a fan of something.

Chicago is the greatest of all baseball cities. I make no exception, although I have been treated well wherever I have been. It is the greatest city because the fans will stick to a loser season after season. I have had my share of defeats, so I should know.

I've been proud to be a lifelong Chicago Cub and still be with the Cubs. That's always been important to me and I think it's always been special.

I'm a Cubbie. I'll always be a Cubbie.

If I wanted to win all my fights, I would be a Yankee fan. I'm a Cub fan.

Look, I spent six years in Philly. And for the longest time, I thought there was nothing like Eagles fans. Until I got to Buffalo.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Portland basketball fans are the best basketball fans in the world.

Other fans might stop coming to games when their teams fall in the standings. Blazers fans just pack the house even more.

There's some teams - the Cubs are one of them - where there's just too many fans.

True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.

I love Chicago, but I didn't think I had enough soul to be a Cubs fan.

I've been a Raider all my life.

I'm a Laker fan, always have been. And the New York Yankees, for sure.

I've been a Brewers fan since birth.

Rooting is following, and I don't do that, but I'd like to see the Phillies win because I love Philadelphia.

One thing that I learned is this - once a Braves fan, always a Braves fan. No matter what. And as a player, that means more than you could understand.

I am very much a Red Sox fan; I can name you more players than you could possibly imagine. It's just part of who I am.

I love being a Yankee, and it's hard not to. It's a special place to play.

I love the MLB app, because I'm a pretty obsessed baseball fan.

In Chicago, they die for their teams.

Let me tell you something: I love the Yankees. And let me tell you why: because without the Yankees, there is nobody to hate.

But the citizens of Cincinnati loved their Reds because they won, no matter what their addresses had been the year before. They rooted for the Old-English 'C' on the players' shirts.

I couldn't ask for better teammates, and the Pirate fans are the greatest in baseball.

I do sincerely hope the Cubs win a World Series. After I die.