That's weird. I don't know anyone who's a Cubs/Sox, Dodgers/Angels, or Giants/A's fan.
Oh, I'm a freak. No doubt. There's a first for everything.
I've had my balls busted plenty on the various MLB threads here over the years, but I don't mind.
To make a short story long, here goes:
When I first discovered baseball in the late 1970's, I was a Yankee fan first. My family were Mets fans, though, having hailed from Corona, Queens originally. Finally, after years of going to only Mets games (we never traveled to The Bronx where it was perceived to be a war zone
), I started to actually root for the Mets also. Especially when they acquired Keith Hernandez. I'm lefthanded and also played 1B. No worries, though, the Yankees had this guy named Mattingly who was pretty good also. During the 80's, I hated Boss George. His questionable decisions and treatment of Dave Winfield pretty much sabotaged the team. Thankfully, he got banned for 3 seasons and the Yankees were able to actually develop a great farm system, make smart trades and hire good managers which led to the dynasty years of the late 90's. Meanwhile, over in Queens, the Mets broke up the roster of great players they had in the 1980's and replaced them with a bunch of scumbags in the early 90's culminating with the debacle of 1993. I continued to follow them, of course, but a little bit of my Met fandom eroded as a result. Since then, I've favored the Yankees over the Mets.
