Growing up in Pittsburgh is rough if you're not a sports fan. Everyone there must pledge allegiance to the Pittsburgh Steelers or face serious consequences. I'm not much of a sportsman or athlete, but I would always say that they were my favorite team to avoid beatings. I would also always try to keep track of Hines Ward's batting average so I looked like I knew what I was talking about when someone asked me about football; because if you were not a Steelers fan and didn't know that stuff, you would be run out of town or possibly worse.
Besides selling your soul to the Steelers, you are also trained to hate the towns of Dallas, Cleveland, Baltimore and Boston. For those are the towns/teams that create havoc during the season, and the hatred is mutual. If you show any type of support towards these towns during the playoffs; becoming the recipient of a "Cleveland Steamer" by a gang of masked drunks in the woods is not unheard of.
I'm glad I'm in NYC right now and none of my Pittsburgh friends knew I went long BSX last week. In their eyes, going long BSX would have justified a minor ass beating.
I've been watching the BSX chart for a while, it is really respecting the fib fans. I bought it when it hit that red fib fan last week, and sold it at $7.17. I would love to see it drop from here and go long again if it hit around the $6.00 price.
