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I heard a preacher talk about this once.  He asked the question – who are we really cheering for?

Tonight when I watched the world series, I fixated on the idea that Johnny Damon 5 years ago won the World Series with the Red Sox.  In 2004, he had a couple homeruns, one a grandslam against the Yankees to win the ALCS, and then taking the World Series.  I actually had to look it up cause I’m not that big a baseball fan, but tonight Johnny Damon wins the World Series as a Yankee.  He was interviewed after the game and the one interviewing asking which World Series was better.  He said that they were both sweet.

But back to the question, 5 years ago the Red Sox won and Damon was on that team.  Tonight, the Yankees win and Damon is on that team as well.  How are the Red Sox fans feeling about Damon – well, that’s another post.  But here’s the idea that the preacher was trying to make.  The teams change every year.  Damon can be on a different team next year and win again.  The loyalty of fans is to the team, but they cheer for a certain group of guys one year and a different group of guys the next – same team though.  So why do we cheer? Or more specifically, who do we cheer for?

We cheer for ourselves.  We cheer for me.  It’s about me identifying with the team.  It might be the people on the team-individual team members, but at the end of the day, who are we really cheering for?  Simple: Ourselves.  We cheer for us.  It makes us feel good to win.  It’s about me.