If you’re developing a personality based around sports fandom, it’s easiest and most satisfying to root for either a perennial loser or a perennial winner. Cheer for the scrappy underdog and you can maintain a perpetual chip on your shoulder, while avoiding accusations of bandwagon-jumping or front-running. Cheer for the all-powerful behemoth and you can maintain an attitude of superiority, mitigating the fact that everybody else hates you with constant opportunities for celebration.
It’s a lot harder to get pumped up to support a .500 team, devoting your passion to a pursuit with seemingly few highs and few lows, neither exceptional nor pathetic, constantly in tepid flux.
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