Ego vs. Id

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North is up.
Ego = Oakland A's
Id = Kansas City Royals

Is there anything more exciting and confusing than when 2 teams (whom you both root for) play? It is the joy of knowing that at least one team you root for will win and thereby help their cause in the regular season, playoffs, World Series. I have that sad conundrum. It became apparent after 2003 that I would need another team to root for b/c the Royals were the definition of poor (poor play, poor skill level, $POOR$). This realization coincided with Moneyball, an interesting book that tried to show ways of projecting players into the Majors and the probability of being successful. I also happened to like some of their existing players and Billy Beane is a hoot.

Fortunately, I don't have a difficult decision to make. If I root for the Royals, then they may not lose 100 games this year (and they are actually pretty good against winning teams), but this may affect the A's race to dessimate the stupid Angels and Rangers. The Royals will most likely lose a 100 games this year and whether they do or don't, doesn't really matter. They will be who they are with or without 100 losses. Therefore, I'm rooting for the Athletics, but maybe in a fair fashion (1-0, 2-1, 3-1).