Rooting For Underdogs

While I avoid writing a weekend update or thinking about certain people and issues, let's talk baseball.

I have the bad and unfulfilling habit of rooting for the underdogs. I can identify with them way too easily. Chicago and Boston are historical underdogs, but I have other reasons for liking them.

My dad's side of the family is from Illinois, which makes the Cubs a geographical favorite. Plus, I can't get enough of Wrigley Field, the second oldest stadium in the league. I guess that makes them an architectural favorite.

As for Boston, I've been there twice. I was there for a NACA convention way back in college and returned two years ago on a family vacation. I fell in love with the town immediately and that is why the Red Sox are a sentimental favorite.

The World Series is all tied up between the Yankees and Marlins, but I'm rooting for Florida, the undeniable underdogs. The "experts" say they can't win, but that won't stop me from hoping they show the same scrappiness and never-say-die spirit they displayed against San Francisco and Chicago. I'd be disappointed if New York won it all. Again.

I like things that are so good.
You are so, so good.
I like you.
But I am the underdog,
I am the last in line.