then again, is it really jumping on a bandwagon if i never technically jumped off?

if you’re living in the middle of nowhere (i.e. grantham), let me catch you up to speed. the phillies just won the first game of the world series. now you’re caught up. wow, that was easier than i thought it would be.

so i ask the question, if i root for the phillies, does that mean i’m jumping on the bandwagon? because here’s the deal: i was raised in a good phillies-loving home, with practicing phillies fans. i remember very clearly the christmas i received mike schmitt’s sacred text on how to play baseball. i even remember one special summer day in my younger years getting to go to veteran’s stadium (for you newbies, that was the old phillies stadium) for a phillies game. but i must admit, much cynicism and disappointment overcame my life and yes, my love for the phillies diminished.

so i pose the question in a different light: once a phillies fan always a phillies fan? or can one lose their phillies fanship through unorthodox, un-fanlike behavior and language? that begs the question, what must one do to reenter the kingdom of phillies fanship? my girlfriend just got me a victorino shirt…is that good enough? or do i have to go all out and buy a bumper sticker?

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