Balls to the Wall

my office is currently in the middle of a war between the Mets' and the Yankees' fans. apparantly if your one, you can't be the other. even though the Yankees aren't in whatever series the Mets are currently in, their loyal acolytes are in complete denial and still claim their team is better than the Mets. they taunt and jeer each other like kids on a playground. the tension is so high that i'm sure there will be a fistfight pretty soon. i don't get it.

i don't understand why we need two teams, in the same city, for the same sport. i don't get why there aren't more NEW YORK fans (as opposed to Yankee/Met fans). i don't get why ordinary everyday people get so incensed over a game. it's a game, folks. at the end of the series, what have you gotten out of it? you weren't playing. you don't actually know any of the players. why such emotional involvment? (with the possible exception of religion) no where else do you see such fanatical devotion to events that do not truly effect the common man. people don't even get so worked up over politics, and that truly affects people's lives. why is baseball so important to people? ditto for football, hockey, and basketball. the only games i kinda "get" is World Cup soccer and the Olympics: this team represents your nation.

i mean, it's not like you see people walking around with t-shirts that say "Pick Meredith" or "Go Addison", and if ever there was a reason to get emotionally involved in a situation that has nothing to do with you, it's that one*...

*we're in the middle of watching Season 2 on DVD. i have no idea if McDreamy chooses one by the end of the season OR in Season 3. if either is the case, i guess i'll find out if i chose the right team...