Sixteen years ago today

[PeRK82]

[quote name='Malkavian Raven' timestamp='1346559357' post='1137072']
[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]And to think, I was only 14-years-old... Man, has time flown by or what...[/i][/font]

[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]~ Malkavian Raven[/i][/font]
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I know exactly what you mean bud. I was 14 too.

[Malkavian Raven]

[quote name='PeRK82' timestamp='1346715592' post='1138480']
I know exactly what you mean bud. I was 14 too.
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[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]Did you actually get to see the game? Like I said, I just read about it and saw highlights of it on ESPN.[/i][/font]

[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]~ Malkavian Raven[/i][/font]

[PeRK82]

[quote name='Malkavian Raven' timestamp='1346715723' post='1138481']
[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]Did you actually get to see the game? Like I said, I just read about it and saw highlights of it on ESPN.[/i][/font]

[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]~ Malkavian Raven[/i][/font]
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No, ill be honest. At age 14 i wasn't into football. I was into skateboarding, nothing to show for it now but Bad knees. Got to travel alot though.
I didn't really get into football until 98'

I remember the Poll of naming the Ravens and etc.

[cursona pirate]

[quote name='JohnnyBoy8102' timestamp='1346712928' post='1138443']
A pic of Ray that season.

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/linebacker-ray-lewis-of-the-baltimore-ravens-in-action-news-photo/239420
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Wow those jerseys are...

[Malkavian Raven]

[quote name='PeRK82' timestamp='1346716037' post='1138485']
No, ill be honest. At age 14 i wasn't into football. I was into skateboarding, nothing to show for it now but Bad knees. Got to travel alot though.
I didn't really get into football until 98'

I remember the Poll of naming the Ravens and etc.
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[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]I only got into football out of spite for my stepfather, who was a Colts (only after they moved to Indy). Still, till this day, don't know why it bothered him so much that Baltimore took a new team. Then again, it may've been because he was a Browns fan before the Colts moved. I don't know.[/i][/font]

[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]And same here, I was into the 3Bs as I called them; bikes, blades and boards. I had a real nice Mongoose, before they turned into crap. First thing I always did was tear my bike apart so I could custom paint everything. The blades and boards came later when they finally put a skate park in my hometown. Best part was, no one ever went there so a few of us had the run of the place for the longest time. Then it got vandalized... of course.[/i][/font]

[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]~ Malkavian Raven[/i][/font]

[PeRK82]

[quote name='Malkavian Raven' timestamp='1346716768' post='1138496']
[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]I only got into football out of spite for my stepfather, who was a Colts (only after they moved to Indy). Still, till this day, don't know why it bothered him so much that Baltimore took a new team. Then again, it may've been because he was a Browns fan before the Colts moved. I don't know.[/i][/font]

[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]And same here, I was into the 3Bs as I called them; bikes, blades and boards. I had a real nice Mongoose, before they turned into crap. First thing I always did was tear my bike apart so I could custom paint everything. The blades and boards came later when they finally put a skate park in my hometown. Best part was, no one ever went there so a few of us had the run of the place for the longest time. Then it got vandalized... of course.[/i][/font]

[font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif][i]~ Malkavian Raven[/i][/font]
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They started putting up skate parks after the fact. When i quit ( life kicked in ) is when they started building them. But i used to travel to LOVE PARK (philly) and Brooklyn Banks (N.Y).

I used to go to philly alot, they really do make thee best cheese steaks.lol

[cobrajet]

[quote name='Raven552' timestamp='1346710852' post='1138424']
For us "older" fans, losing the Colts was devastating, the years without football unbearable..

The Ravens... worth the wait!! Baltimore LOVES their football!
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Finally, someone I can relate to, I was starting to feel like an old timer, then I thought how unlucky they were because they never saw Brooks Robinson or Johnny U play, heard C-O-L-T-S literly echo across our city or Chuck Thompson announce the O's games, or understand our city has won two Super Bowls, or witnessed Earl Weaver kick dirt on an umpire. On the bright side, at least they don't get upset at the sight of a Mayflower moving truck and they can actually go get a Gino's Giant now that they are back and some of these young folk may remember that we did win a Grey Cup. And best of all, not only do we have a good football team we also have a good baseball team again!!!