So, I haven’t posted in a while. You can blame that on postseason baseball. You might be surprised to find that my reaction to the Red Sox winning the World Series was “meh”. I was rooting for the Indians to beat the Red Sox. Then, when the Indians lost, I was rooting for the Rockies. Here’s why:
- I like to root for the underdog. The Red Sox have been favorites since the beginning, at least in the Boston media. Hence, I wasn’t that interested in rooting for them.
- I hate the sense of entitlement that surrounds some teams. This is one of the primary reasons I dislike the Yankees. With all the success the Red Sox have had recently, I found more and more of this sense of entitlement creeping into coverage of the Red Sox. This turned me off big time.
- I disliked the arrogance of the coverage here relating to the Red Sox. People acted as though beating the Indians was a trivial formality. Obviously, the Red Sox won, but not before finding themselves in the hole 3 games to 1.
- I guess my interest in the Pirates has made me resonate more with small market, low payroll teams. So, I just find it harder to get excited about teams who have a huge payroll.
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