MLB '07 (Go Dodgers!)

[mousepod]

Funny aside: when I moved to SF from NYC almost 11 years ago, my SIL, a die-hard Giants fan, convinced me to root for the Giants because "they're the home team", even though I've always considered myself a supporter of the Mets. Since I knew I'd be seeing the Giants play more games than any other team (on TV and in person), I went along with her - I was never a huge sports guy anyway, and I recognized that it's more fun to watch a game when you have a little stake (even just emotional) in who wins.

Fast forward to the last couple of months - using her own logic, I told her that I was looking forward to moving to LA and going to a bunch of Dodgers games. Somehow I have become a traitor.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by mousepod

Fast forward to the last couple of months - using her own logic, I told her that I was looking forward to moving to LA and going to a bunch of Dodgers games. Somehow I have become a traitor.

For the first thing, the second thing or both?

Team loyalties are a funny thing. I grew up in Queens and you could be for the Mets or the Yankees, but not both. Since the Mets had just won the World Series in '69, most of us were for the Mets.

When I moved to Orange County as a kid, I was ticked. I sort of rooted for the Yankees in the '77 and '78 World Series because I hated having moved, and I could not stand Tommy Lasorda.

Flash forward to 2001. Post-9/11, wouldn't it have been great for the Yankees to win the World Series? Try as I might, I found myself rooting for Arizona (of all non-NY places) and cheering their comeback. Maybe if the Yankees had been playing the Taliban, I could have rooted for them. Maybe.