The Making Of a Steelers Fan

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Published: May 15, 2009

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... class="MsoNormal">The making of a fan is like the making of a musician, an artist or an athlete. There isn’t really one thing that produces the passion, devotion or aptitude that makes you a fan. But much the same way Beethoven learned to play, Picasso learned to paint and Babe Ruth learned to swing a baseball bat, we learn to become sports fans.

Without a doubt, the first time Mozart heard a music note something inside of him came alive. It struck something in depths of who he was, and compelled him to surround himself with what it is that made him feel alive. Much like Mozart, I had this experience with football at a very young age.

My father took me to my first football game when I was just four years old. On a cool Friday night in September, I sat under the lights of that high-school football stadium and fell in love with the game.

The excitement, the pageantry, the sound a pair ...

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