10 rules when your team is out (Baseball version) -

A great topic suggested by a faithful Smusings follower:

10 rules when your team is out (Baseball version) -

1 - F the Cardinals.

2 - If a team is in it that has one of "your guys," meaning a guy who played for your team and you still like him, it is acceptable to be happy when that team does well.

3 - Unless that team is the Cardinals.

4 - It is never acceptable to root for a team that doesn't sell out its stadium for a playoff game.

5 - It is never acceptable to root for a team that is using some kind of stupid gimmick to make you like them (yes, Anaheim Angels Rally Monkey, I'm talking about you).

6 - You can root for the Yankees, but it's the equivalent of rooting for Wal-mart to crush the local ice cream shop run by the nice guy in your neighborhood who used to give you free sprinkles when you got good grades.

7- If it sounds like Joe Buck and Tim McCarver are rooting for a team, root for the other team.

8 - It is acceptable to root for a team because you have money riding on them.

9 - It is acceptable to root for your wife/girlfriend's team if doing so will get you laid.

10 - F the Cardinals.