CalvinBall wrote:i want to turn on the air conditioner. feel like its too soon though.

lethal wrote:

Polar Bear Phan wrote:

Soren wrote:what are the rules about following the teams of a city you relocate to?

You're allowed to "root" assuming they aren't in the same division (conference in certain sports) or a rival, but you'll never (or should never!) feel the true gratification of their winning. In fact, your strongest feelings will be when they beat a rival of your true team. Also, you can buy a few cheap apparel items, but most/all of those teams' gear should be received for nothing via promotional giveaways or as part of special deals (e.g. I "bought" two AZ Cardinals jerseys where I received two pairs of Suns tickets for games I was going to attend anyway, and it was like I just effectively bought the tickets and received said jerseys for free.)

Edit: Also, you should pretty much only wear the apparel to games or to watch games at a bar.

And once you leave that new city, you should lose most affinity for the new team and root for your new local team like you did the old one.

Well, I dunno about that last part.


When I moved to SF, I rooted for the Giants, but since, I've lived in DC and NYC. I never developed an affiliation for the Nationals and you couldn't pay me to root for the Mets. I probably dislike the Yankees less than I used to though. The Giants are probably still my 2nd favorite NL team, but if the Phillies were 100, they would rate a 15 and the Nationals would be like a 10 with the Mets at -100 in 07-08. Probably like -20 now since they're so pitiful.