[MattyC]

That raises an interesting side point. I for one never let team allegiances or rivalries get in the way of or factor in with cards. In fact when it comes to sports I believe one can root for their own team and not hate another; the athletes are all competitive sportsmen, and as such should always be gentlemen and show sportsmanship-- and the fans should follow suit. That's why the athletes look so immature and ignorant and classless when they lose their composure and brawl.

I look at some of the fights and even stabbings that erupt from hating another team (and by extension, its fans) and it just seems so senseless and irrational. All parties love the same sport, and are all Americans who would likely help each other in a national crisis-- so why be so acutely divisive when it comes to sports? I really think there's a huge segment who take it way too far-- you guys hear about that kid who was shot and killed over a comment related to Dodgers-Giants? I never get when fans brawl-- the players are doing the competing, not the fans.