sports

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there's a lot of news this week about sports teams up here in minnesota and it leaves me in the dark.
i don't mind sports. i like the philly flyers and the redskins and playoff basketball...but it is hard for me to get really invested in following a team.
a lot of this is because sports teams don't really seem to represent their area at all.
people get traded to balance teams out - and there is really no connection to let alone representation of the area they "play for." this boggles me. why not call the kansas city royals just "the royals?" who cares if they are based there when they don't really COME from the area? i grew up loving the redskins because they won the superbowl when i was 8 and i am attached to the memory of all the hype that went with that...my loyalty is attached to a memory...and it isn't all that strong because these teams have nothing to do with me. but some sports fans take it personally every time their team wins or loses.

can some of you sports fans out there explain this to me?

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[sooper.livejournal.com]

I don't get it either, but then I'm about the only guy I know who has zero interest in sports.