Sometimes you inherit your sports team from your family or hometown. Sometimes you follow your favorite player or like the mascot. We all picked our sports team some way. As sports have become way more national and the coverage has exploded we get investigative peeks into a lot of shady business. There is a lot of money in sports along with a lot of egos. I am sure every team could be found breaking some type of rule. There are large scandals that involve the whole organization and also disgusting human beings all around sports.
I make no apologies for being an Astros fan. Nothing anybody could say will change the way I felt on that November night when Altuve threw the ball to Gurriel for the final out against the Dodgers. After 30+ yrs of being a fan, after Hurricane Harvey, after so many disappointments we finally won. I jumped up and immediately sat back down and let a breathe out as my team was different now. It was great. Did I like hearing about the sign stealing stuff? Hell no, who would. I leaned into it some then I didn't care what anyone said anymore.
So the question is how important is your favorite team's image? Have you dropped a team because of it?
No bashing other teams, just talk about your own. Keep it to things that affect outcomes of games and not any political stuff please.
I make no apologies for being an Astros fan. Nothing anybody could say will change the way I felt on that November night when Altuve threw the ball to Gurriel for the final out against the Dodgers. After 30+ yrs of being a fan, after Hurricane Harvey, after so many disappointments we finally won. I jumped up and immediately sat back down and let a breathe out as my team was different now. It was great. Did I like hearing about the sign stealing stuff? Hell no, who would. I leaned into it some then I didn't care what anyone said anymore.
So the question is how important is your favorite team's image? Have you dropped a team because of it?
No bashing other teams, just talk about your own. Keep it to things that affect outcomes of games and not any political stuff please.
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