Source: theweek.com --- Tuesday, November 03, 2015
This Baseball season I cheered for the Seattle Mariners, the Oakland A's, the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Mets, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. On the ice, I've rooted in the last year for the Vancouver Canucks, the Chicago Blackhawks, and the New York Rangers; I once screamed for Canada to pummel the U.S. in the Olympics because I happened to be visiting British Columbia that weekend. I had the uncomfortable experience of wanting both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA championship in June. In fact, the only sport I don't have torn allegiances in is football, having made up my mind to stick with my hometown Seattle Seahawks (but honestly, it's only because I can't muster up the energy to care about football for extended periods of time). And yes, I know, I've heard it before — I'm doing sports fandom all wrong. Consider this my confession: I'm a bandwagon fan and a transient fan, a reputation-ruining combination that makes me illegitimate in the eyes of any "real" fan who's rooted for the same team for more than a few years. Instead of sticking it out with my home team during the rain and shine (and, as a native-born Seattleite, there has been a lot more rain than shine), I change my allegiances to follow the fair weather. I live in New York and the Mets are going to the playoffs? Well then sure, count me in. In fact, I have been a Mets fan for precisely 103 days. That's how long it's been sinc ...
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