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Wednesday. May 4. 2011
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By Robert Morrison
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Katie Aamatti Clackamas Print
¡fielder Sergio Cruz sprints for the ball on April 30. Clackamas fell to the Mt. Hood Saints by a combined score of 18-1 over the double-header.
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W ! with your team no matter
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■ no matter what. I think
B feeling that is not truly
fan are two different things.
A common word used among
the sports world is bandwagon.
When a person tells another they
are riding or on the bandwagon
they are saying that person is a fen
for the short term. They are saying
that person doesn’t care about the
team as a fen but are just there
because the team is doing well.
For example, if you have rooted
for the Detroit Pistons then when
the LA Lakers made it to the NBA
Finals you became a Lakers fan,
I’d call you a bandwagon hopper.
Going to the team that is doing the
best doesn’t make you a fen, root
ing for them for years does.
I was at the Portland Trailblazers
game against the Dallas Mavericks
on April 28, mainly because I
work there. Mind you I root for
the Blazers but I don’t call myself
a fen. They fought hard but lost
the series in game six. Many of
the “fans” that were at the game
turned their backs on the team
because they lost People were
saying they suck and there were
much harsher comments such as
“Pop their tires!” I feel that not all
but a lot of Blazers fans gave up
on their team because they lost
Losing isn’t the end of the world.
After the game there was dis
respect to a team that bettered the
Blazers. Sportsmanship is just as
big a part of team pride as any
thing else. Have your team’s back
but when one team is good enough
to beat yours, give them a hand not
a middle finger.
Pride means supporting your
team but admitting when they
did something wrong. Yelling at
bad calls is great but if you see
the replay and see that they did
what they weren’t supposed to
do, admit it. We are all human
and every team will do something
wrong.
I’m a Sacramentò Kings fan
and they lose like it’s in fashion,
but after all of the drama they
have as a team I’m still a fen. Bad
or good, I will remain with my
team. My college football team,
University of Southern California,
is the same. I’ve always been a
Trojans fan even after they were
put on probation for breaking
recruitment rules. They also did
horrible last year but I still call
myself a Trojans fan.
Support your team whenever
you can. Don’t jump on the band
wagon to another team because
that just shows you can’t handle
losing. Being a die-hard fen will
pay off someday, even if just for