It’s game four of the 2024 World Series and the LA Dodgers are ahead three games to zero. The Yankees could face elimination tonight on their own turf. Which makes me wonder if Earl and I are a jinx.
We rooted for the Cubs most of the regular season. When the team didn’t make the playoffs, we rooted for their arch-rivals, the Milwaukee Brewers. But they lost in the first round of the playoffs, so we switched our allegiance to Detroit. That team lost to the Cleveland Guardians. So we switched to the New York Mets, a completely different league, which is not something baseball enthusiasts embrace lightly. And then the Mets lost to the Dodgers, who are now in contention for a World Series ring.
The things is we are not Dodgers fans; we want the Yankees to win. But with the game score 3 to zip, it seems likely that we will once again root for a losing team.
Perhaps another way to look at this is that we helped the Dodgers win by rooting for their opponents.
Do you think this works in politics too?
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