For better or worse, I bonded to that 1982 club. I was 12 years old in 1982, and I attended my first-ever MLB game that year (Opening Day vs. the Cubs). The BRM clubs of the mid 70's -- and even the 1979 NL West Champions and the contending teams of 1980 and '81 -- held an almost mythic status with me, but the 1982 club (as bad as they were) was very real. I had grown as a fan, and this was my team.