Rivalry Dead?

[ORS]

I don't look at fairweather fans in any light at all. Everyone roots for their team for whatever reason satisfies them, and I don't think one should hold that against them.

 

I mentioned neither support nor dissent for your concept of who you would like to represent your team in an argument because I didn't think it was worthy of a response. If someone with little understanding of baseball or the team they root for wishes to engage a knowledgable and informed "true" fan of the opposition, then that is their choice. Why would that effect me?

[Pinstripe_Pride]

Our views of what a fairweather fan is is obviously different. I don't mean casual fans, I mean people who just wear Yankee hats or Boston hats because they are "cool". People who can't name you a player other than DJ or Ortiz on the team. People who wouldn't consider themselves baseball fans but if you ask them who they root for they just say the last team to win the World Series. Its not that I look down on them, or anyone for that matter, its just that I wouldn't consider having a conversation with them over someone who is capable of putting up a valid argument.

[ORS]

No, I meant all those fans you mentioned too. They are doing what satisfies their idea of what being a fan is. Just because they don't jump into it with the passion that people like you or I do doesn't reflect negatively on them. If you don't want to converse with uninformed/uninterested fans, I can hardly blame you there, and the beautiful thing is, you don't have to if you don't want to.

[Pinstripe_Pride]

Eh, my idea of a fan isn't someone who buys a Yankee hat, a Red Sox hat, a Marlins hat, and a Cubs hat at the same time and then wears each one depending on the colors in their outfit on any given day. I understand what you mean though and appreciate your point of view.