Mudcat
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I am now actively cheering for the Miami Heat. I am a Miami Heat fan.
I really hated them at the time Lebron and Bosh signed up - and all the hoopla around that - but it has turned around. They are now my favorite team.
I didn't see it coming but I was checking NBA scores last night and saw that they had won - handily - and I was happy. I had no wager; I simply took joy in the victory for its own sake.
Sometimes things go that way. It is not calculated. Sometimes I will be watching a game with no financial or emotional stake and I will suddenly realize I am cheering for one team over the other. I won't always know why. Something inside me has chosen a side.
I can guess what it's about in this case. At heart I am an anti-bandwagon, anti-fad type of guy and it is so common for people now to hate the Heat, that my subconscious rails against it. I am also anti-stupidity, anti-short-sightedness and I have seen so many people over-reacting and freaking out because the Heat are "only" 7-4 - like OMG Lebron knows he made a HUGE mistake - like OMG they have to get rid of Chris Bosh NOW! - that I need to be against those people.
SO GO HEAT ALL THE WAY!!! (unless I happen to find good bets against them which I'm sure I will at times but still)
I really hated them at the time Lebron and Bosh signed up - and all the hoopla around that - but it has turned around. They are now my favorite team.
I didn't see it coming but I was checking NBA scores last night and saw that they had won - handily - and I was happy. I had no wager; I simply took joy in the victory for its own sake.
Sometimes things go that way. It is not calculated. Sometimes I will be watching a game with no financial or emotional stake and I will suddenly realize I am cheering for one team over the other. I won't always know why. Something inside me has chosen a side.
I can guess what it's about in this case. At heart I am an anti-bandwagon, anti-fad type of guy and it is so common for people now to hate the Heat, that my subconscious rails against it. I am also anti-stupidity, anti-short-sightedness and I have seen so many people over-reacting and freaking out because the Heat are "only" 7-4 - like OMG Lebron knows he made a HUGE mistake - like OMG they have to get rid of Chris Bosh NOW! - that I need to be against those people.
SO GO HEAT ALL THE WAY!!! (unless I happen to find good bets against them which I'm sure I will at times but still)