My Face­book feed looks as if it has offi­cially become the twit­ter feed for the San Fran­cisco Giants. Every sin­gle one of my Bay Area brethren have made a pledge of alle­giance to the black and orange this week. Band­wagon? Slightly. Annoy­ing? Mildly. Do I love it? Oh, certainly.

It doesn’t mat­ter if you’re a sports fan or not, you’ve got to admit there’s some­thing spe­cial about a team that shuts out their oppo­nent 9–0 after com­ing back from 2 games down in Game 7 of a NLCS title game. Well, I guess if you really can’t stand sports I might have lost you some­where in that state­ment. Just think of the best come­back from behind EVER, and that might put a smile on your face.

Both the Diplo­Man and I aren’t huge sports fanat­ics, in fact, I am more than he is. Which is a lit­tle sur­pris­ing, given that he’s very ath­letic and even more com­pet­i­tive. But we are big fans of team effort, of cam­raderie, of home­town spirit, of the under­dog, and of cel­e­bra­tions. We’ve found that it’s impor­tant to keep these things in mind, espe­cially while liv­ing abroad. And yes, I guess to be cheesy, it’s impor­tant in life and mar­riage too. Which is why we were hootin’ and hol­lerin’ from our beds at home (while watch­ing TV, get your minds out of the gut­ter) as that last pop fly was caught last night. Root­ing for your home­town is really the best.

Also, I’m going to go ahead and cause a stir, and say that they have the best ball­park in all of the Major League:

Do you have a favorite team? Who do YOU pledge alle­giance to?

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