I moved to the San Gabriel Valley in 1976 and that Christmas, I got a bunch of sports pennants from the local teams as my parents thought I would start being interested in sports. At the time, I was barely a Laker fan b/c 3 years prior, my step-dad wouldn't teach me to ride my new bike and I was so mad. He was watching a basketball game and I asked, "who's playing?" and he said "the Knicks and the Lakers". He's from Brooklyn and was a diehard Knicks fan and HATED the Lakers.
Well... if dad's not gonna teach me to ride my bike b/c of some stupid game on tv, then I'm gonna root against him while I teach myself ( I did). So yeah, Laker fan since age 5. Also, in a very nice moment of resolution, my dad asked me more than 20 years later to teach him to ride a bike as he wanted to be more active and had never learned growing up in a big city. So I did. It was a nice moment that afternoon.
Anyway, sorry, got all those pendants and I'd remembered watching the Rams a few times. I LOVED the blue and gold unis and the helmets were amazing. I still remember Cappelletti running on a sweep to the left and Nolan Cromwell intercepting passes and becoming my favorite Ram player of my youth. And they've been my team ever since... I took a little hiatus after the move for a few years, but I came back prior to the 99 season b/c I was ready to be over it. Glad I didn't miss it.