team allegiances and odd beginnings

I hate purchased champioinships so I always hated the Yankees too. I don't get it. If you win, so what. You were stacked and you were suppose to win. And if you lose then there is so much schadenfreude to go around for everyone.

Was not a fan of Ewing at all. But my hate did not extend to all NY teams. I actually loved Parcells and the Giants from that era. The inside stories of how Parcells job was saved more or less by his players early on and all of the interactions between LT and BB are some of the best football stories you can find.
If I’m guessing my disdain for Yankees started with the ‘76 series- hating their Steinbrennerness would not have been on my radar until the 80s

(Roundabout story warning)
I hate Elvis - I hate him now for cultural/musical reasons, BUT
I started to hate him bc he died when I was visiting my grandparents who lived outside of Memphis- and what started as an annoyance that Elvis news was 24/7, became full blown hatred with every anniversary (which was always when I was visiting) was the same blanket coverage
SIMILARLY, NY sports coverage is such that, if you don’t like a team the hometown press is covering, it becomes very easy to hate them
So outside of the Knicks, I came to loathe every other NY team (even the rangers and I don’t care squat about hockey)