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I'm a big sports fan, in particular a St. Louis Cardinals fan. When watching games, it's unspoken knowledge that you wear your teams colors or jerseys. When writing about sports, you always compare your team's players to those of another team in that division, because ultimately your team will play theirs. So you need to have a broad span of knowledge of other teams. And you always want to be positive about your team! No one wants to read negative words on their team from an alleged fan! Also, it's customary to learn the correct lingo for your team. You don't want to call out the wrong name of a player, the wrong nickname of your team or the wrong chant.