Given my extreme-bordering-on-unhealthy devotion to the San Francisco Giants, some might be surprised to learn there are many athletic teams whose exploits I take far more personally than those of the Orange and Black. Yep, there's a reason I don't write very often about the Stanford Cardinal.

When things are going well for one of my Alma mater's squads, like many alumni, I embrace it with an intimate connection that doesn't exist with los Gigantes.

Let's face it—you can become as true a fan as possible of any professional franchise. Locals might argue they have a stronger, purer synergy with their teams than remote fans, but that's becoming more and more fatuous in the Information Age. Furthermore, anyone who pays the p...

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