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Old 10-27-2009, 08:44 PM   #213
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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru View Post
I know you guys are kidding, but there really isn't anything wrong in rooting for the AL (or NL), once your team is out. If anything, I want the team that bounced or kept me out of the playoffs to do well so that my team doesn't look so bad! Previous years, I pulled for the BoSox after the Yanks were eliminated. This rabid rivalry stuff is overdone, really. But hey, if it makes you feel better to hate New York and/or the Yankees, go right ahead.
I actually cheered for the Sox in 2004. After blowing a 3-0 lead to them in the playoffs, if they were bounced in the World Series, that would have made it even more embarrassing.
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