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Root For Brees? What For?

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by Chris Ello on January 26, 2010

So Drew Brees used to play quarterback for the San Diego Chargers, and now he’s going to the Super Bowl. So I have to root for him?

Give me one good reason why.

Did I root for Dave Winfield in the World Series after he left the Padres to join the New York Yankees? Was I supposed to do cartwheels when San Diego’s own Cole Hamels led the Philadelphia Phillies to the World Championship?

We have a lot of problems as San Diego sports fans, and here’s another one: we feel like we have to get behind any athlete who’s either from here or played here whenever they have a chance to win a championship with someone else.

The key phrase there is “with someone else.” As in some other team in some other city. Personally, I’m getting a little tired of it.

Sure Brees is a super guy, and sure he comes back to San Diego in the off-season, and sure he’s still a solid part of our community (he has taken over Stan Humphries’ yearly celebrity golf tournament at Morgan Run). But he no longer plays for our team.

If he’s able to lead the New Orleans Saints to their first Super Bowl championship, good for him. But what good will it do any of us?

San Diego, the city of no championships (unless they’re 12-or-under), has trotted out dozens and dozens of great athletes for the rest of the sporting world to enjoy. Marcus Allen won a Continue Reading →

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Parade Coming?

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by Chris Ello on December 26, 2009

Editor’s Note: With the Chargers now set for a realistic run to the Super Bowl, we take a look back at an article I wrote this past June — nearly three months before the Bolts’ 50th-Anniversary season ever got underway. The original headline was: “When Do We Get Our Parade?”…The way the Chargers are currently playing, the answer may be: “soon.”

Dear Chargers,

I saw where they had another parade the other day in downtown Pittsburgh. Seems as though they have one every six months or so. Steelers win the Super Bowl: parade. Penguins win the Stanley Cup: parade.

Parades and Perogies. Do you realize that they’ve had 12 parades in Pittsburgh — of all places — in the last 35 years? Six for the Steelers, three for the Penguins, and even two for the Pirates. Pitt football — led by Heisman winner Tony Dorsett — won a National Championship in 1976.

Unbelievable.

I see where they’re getting ready for another parade in Los Angeles as well. Lakers win another NBA title, time to line the smoggy streets. Seventh one they’ve had this decade. Seven!

Not making me too happy.

In fact, it seems, they have parades everywhere. Except for here in San Diego.

Philadelphia, the losingest city there ever was, just had a parade (last October). The folks there would tell you they never win anything in Continue Reading →

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Peaved! An Era Comes To An End

August 1, 2009

ShareDo you remember where you were the last time the San Diego Padres played a significant baseball game?
I know where Jake Peavy was — right there on the mound with the ball in his hand. It was Oct. 1, 2007 (only 22 months ago, though now it seems like at least five years), and the Padres were [...]

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