I was born and raised in Portland and have spent all but 6 years here. I was in the Navy from 1989-1995 and spent most of that time in Japan. I also got to see Hong Kong, Phillippines,Korea,singapore,thailand. While in Japan I went to some Japanese baseball games and they really get into thier baseball over there. I was born in 1966 so I was about 9 yrs old when Portland won the NBA Title in 1977, can't wait till we do it again. I root for underdogs when my team is not in it and I hate it when people are from a place but because their team is not a champion they root for a frontrunner. Rooting for the local teams around here is in my blood and I got my love of sports from my father.