Changing Teams

A few weeks ago I was chatting with someone about the athletes we watched when we were growing up. The players that wore the hometown colors were the ones we loved to cheer for while the ones from the other towns were not really liked at all.

Some were down right hated by many of us because we perceived them to be a little bit dirty. Some were just really good but we failed to see that with the types of eyewear we possessed.

As time went by and we had the opportunity to get to know our opponents we learned to respect them as athletes. Some of those heated rivalries changed to friendly rivalrie...