VCBC wrote:Best scenario just happened, saddle up and don't get attached because you can kiss this pick goodbye!
You know, I live in San Diego and I haven't watched baseball in 10 years. The Padres have sucked for 20 and 162 games of bad baseball is unbearable.
But II started watching the Padres last year (because I knew what they had in the farm system) and I'm enjoying watching a bunch of talented kids like Fernando Tatis Jr and Chris Paddack figure it out. I don't think I'm weird but part of the "fun" of watching this Padres team is we (San Diego) finally have the hope of a better (baseball) tomorrow. These kids make mistakes but they also do **** that make you say 'holy hell, when he figures it out'. So watching the kids play is fun but its also an emotional investment. It build my attachment to the team. You watch them grow make mistakes and develop. Hopefully they win a championship but the "journey" really is part of the fun of sports.
Its those lean/learning years that makes winning such fun.
"Parachuting in" would (obviously) work for may here but for myself I could NEVER love a team of mercenaries as much as I would love watching NY kids grow as a team, develop as men, and become champions.
KD could win 2 championships with NY. He would NEVER be held in the same class as Walt Frazier or Willis Reed. Why is that? The emotional attachment that Knick fans have for "their kids" winning the WC will never be topped by an outsider accomplishing similar feats.
Ask a Warriors fan. Their first ring will never be topped because to them it kinds felt like THEIR accomplishment. They'll take KDs rings too but KD isn't a Warrior like Steph. Steph's theirs. He led them to a championship and for that they will always love him.
The whole mercenary thing just baffles me. What's the accomplishment?