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Originally Posted by Hip Priest
I've thought about the English thing too. I do like the fact that they are in the same city as the most famous team in baseball, and I get to like the minority side. And I have to admit, supporting Manchester City over the past couple of years, great though it has been at times, hasn't been nearly as enjoyable as when we were s***.
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Haha, it's similar to the point I made in the football thread about liking the smaller big city football clubs like City and Everton. But yeah, I totally get the enjoyment of being a bit shit. I've never understood the appeal of supporting a team that wins all the time. West Ham are in a perfect position for me right now. Not losing enough for it to be a worry but not winning enough for me to start feel blase about it whenever they do.
Saying that, before seeing the Mets last year I really had no bias to either them or the Yankees. I was contemplating seeing either club but a mixture of schedule and stadium prices meant I went to see the Mets. But the immediate sense of pessimism that I felt from the fans endeared them to me in a way that I doubt Yankee-style triumphalism ever could. It'd feel a bit too much like supporting Man Utd.