In my capacity as Director of Development for FanSided MLB, I have taken up covering other baseball teams as needed. My old site has really taken off with all the new staff members there and we had a few holes elsewhere, so I took over our Padres coverage at the beginning of November. That lasted only about two weeks before an editor was hired and at that point, I became a Rangers writer.
Covering the Rangers has been much easier to do for me as at least I was familiar with the major league roster. Afterall, the Tigers had just played Texas in the ALCS, so I knew who these guys were. I've been at it for a little over a month now and a strange thing has happened. I didn't really notice it until last night, but I think I'm becoming a Rangers fan (gasp!).
No, don't get me wrong, I still love my Tigers, but since I'm not covering them anymore, I've become much more invested in Texas. Yesterday afternoon, the excitement I had for the Rangers was all based on the traffic to my latest site. Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish had been posted and the Rangers were one of the teams rumored to have placed the high bid. The anticipation caused my traffic to spike to an all-time high, which I was very proud of.
Then a funny thing happened: the Rangers were announced as the high bidder. My reaction was anything but un-biased. I was genuinely happy and excited that Darvish would be pitching for Texas. The Rangers, a significant threat to the Tigers' chances of getting to and winning another World Series, just got markedly better and I was happy about that? I feel sick.
I hope I can attract a new editor for our Rangers site soon. Otherwise I may have to shell out some serious dough for the MLB Extra Innings package. You know, so I can watch my new favorite team. Ugh. Let me get back home to Detroit, soon.
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