40 years ago today, the Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis in the middle of the night

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1. …because Baltimore was going to take them from the family

2. Being a colts fan who was born after 1990 and is neither from Indy nor Baltimore, it’s interesting to see the emotions that this brings out in people. 

   I feel like I have no frame of reference for something that is pretty integral to Colts lore.

3. I don’t suspect older Baltimore fans will ever forget this, but the inconvenient truth is that the team was in Baltimore for 30 years, now in Indianapolis for 40.

4. I used to have this picture on a tshirt. It said “My team came over on the Mayflower!” 

5. Back when it used to snow

6. r/AFCNorthMemeWar

7. I’ve always been curious what they deemed necessary to put on the trucks. Was it the pads and helmets? Playbooks and draft boards?

8. My mother worked overnight at Mayflower and called me at home about 15 minutes after the trucks pulled in. Great memories.