I've complained about it before, but nothing illustrates Phoenix's shortcomings the way its sports fan base can. The latest example of what has been a decades-long issue in town played out during the last three nights when the New York Yankees came to town to take on the Diamondbacks, as Chase Field had to have been two-thirds to three-quarters Yankees partisans. You'd never see an embarassing display like that in places like Boston, Chicago, or even Los Angeles.
It's often argued that fandom in a local sports team is an expression of civic pride. If that's the case, what does it mean when the locals turn out solely to root against the home team?
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Good post and you capture my thoughts on Phoenix sports teams eloquently.
ESPN reports that 46,325 were in attendance at the game. I'm sure that this series will be the most attended series of the D-backs' season due mostly in part to Yankees' fans. The rampant cheering as the D-backs lost made me wonder if the game was in Phoenix or in the Bronx.
You hit the nail on the head. It was hard to watch the end of the third game of the series as the frontrunners went nuts as the Yankees edged the last-place Diamondbacks. I think the bandwagoners get some perverse pleasure out of rooting against the home team.
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