As I mentioned a week or so ago, I loved watching the Texas Rangers in the World Series this year. But generally speaking, I hate professional sports. Professional athletes make so much money (and as a Libertarian I say more power to them) that they are out of touch with their fans. News headlines in the baseball world today are littered with Cliff Lee's agent talking to the Yankees. I know Texas got him midway through the season as a hired gun to get them to and through the playoffs, but the pros jump from team to team so often that you end up rooting for a logo instead of a group of players.
High School Sports are home-grown athletes playing for their home-town fans. College is still mostly made up of athletes working as a team to bring glory to their alma mater. But in the pros, it's a group of individuals playing together with the same logo on their shirt because the owner of that logo is paying them more than the owner of any other logo. No thanks, fellas. I don't want to buy a team shirt with your name on it only to use it as an oil rag in six months because you've changed teams twice since I bought the shirt.
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