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DangerMonkey's thread reminds me of a debate I have been having with a friend for several years. We went to college together in the early 90s and moved down to DC for grad school for the latter part of the decade. I'm from NY originallly and moved back to NY nearly 10 years ago, always rooted for NY teams even when living in DC. However, here is my friend's baseball fan odessy:
He was a teen in the 80s and grew up in NE PA, was growing up during the Doc and Darryl years for the Mets and rooted for them until the late 90s.
When it became clearer that DC was his long term plan, and as the Mets, were, well, the Mets, they became a faded memory for him, he dropped his fandom of the mets, and about 10 years ago, "became" an Orioles fan, buying a partial season ticket package.
However, in 2005 the Nats moved to town, and he immediately became a fan, and a part-season ticket holder, something I have given him merciless grief for ever since for his lack of sports loyalty, whereas he has defended his position by sayong that if you know that somewhere is going to be your "final" destination, you can legitimately change rooting interest.
Clearly, based on the teams he has rooted for he is not a front-runner, but is it deemed "OK" to change teams because you have moved and the local team is getting more coverage, or do you stick with what you grew up with?
(As an aside, he grew up as an Eagle fan and would consider it blasphemy to root for the 'Skins)
DangerMonkey's thread reminds me of a debate I have been having with a friend for several years. We went to college together in the early 90s and moved down to DC for grad school for the latter part of the decade. I'm from NY originallly and moved back to NY nearly 10 years ago, always rooted for NY teams even when living in DC. However, here is my friend's baseball fan odessy:
He was a teen in the 80s and grew up in NE PA, was growing up during the Doc and Darryl years for the Mets and rooted for them until the late 90s.
When it became clearer that DC was his long term plan, and as the Mets, were, well, the Mets, they became a faded memory for him, he dropped his fandom of the mets, and about 10 years ago, "became" an Orioles fan, buying a partial season ticket package.
However, in 2005 the Nats moved to town, and he immediately became a fan, and a part-season ticket holder, something I have given him merciless grief for ever since for his lack of sports loyalty, whereas he has defended his position by sayong that if you know that somewhere is going to be your "final" destination, you can legitimately change rooting interest.
Clearly, based on the teams he has rooted for he is not a front-runner, but is it deemed "OK" to change teams because you have moved and the local team is getting more coverage, or do you stick with what you grew up with?
(As an aside, he grew up as an Eagle fan and would consider it blasphemy to root for the 'Skins)
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