Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan.
One funny thing is, though, I wear my watch on my right hand and I'm actually right-handed. People always wonder why - I don't know myself, I've just always done it that way and I like it the way a good watch fits on my right wrist.
In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy.