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I’m not a sports guy. In fact I was never even much of a Packer fan until I left Wisconsin. But here in New York there comes a time when you have to decide which team is your team: Yankees or Mets. So being an analytical, non-sports type of person, I’ve set up this short list:
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The top dogs, Love them or hate them. They have the money that bought the players that lost to the Red Sox in last year’s world series. |
The underdogs. Hating them is like hating a puppy. They’ve got some good players, but they lose most of the time. |
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Where they play |
The House that Ruth Built 161st St. & River Ave Bronx, NY 10451 Opened in 1923 |
123-01 Roosevelt Avenue Opened in 1964 |
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Current record |
3 wins – 3 losses |
1 win – 5 losses |
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Yesterday |
7-2 loss to Baltimore |
6-1 win vs. Atlanta |
My dad has a philosophy about which team to root for: always root for the underdog. That might not make a whole lot of sense because everybody wants their team to win, but after watching the Mets take on the Braves yesterday and winning I think I understand. Everybody wants their team to win, but it’s more fun if they have to work for it. It’s no fun watching a huge kid pound on a scrawny little kid, but it’s a real head turner to see a scrawny kid pound on the huge kid.
So what’s my team? The Mets right now, but I still respect the Yankees. You gotta respect the huge kid. That’s my decision, spoken by a true non-competitive, non-sports person.
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