If nothing else, these playoffs have shown me how I put such an unhealthy amount of mental energy into hoping the Yankees lose. It's something I need to examine and step back from a little. Their winning has no real significant impact on me. The sun will still rise, life will be pretty much the same. Fortunately, I don't have many Yankees fans around me to suffer from their gloating. But really, the amount of passion that fans across sports pour into it has a negative downside at times.