2007 World Series: Be Bitter or Hop the Bandwagon?

This is not the worst times but it is certainly not the best of times to be a New York sports fan:

• The Mets choked and blew one of the biggest division leads in history.
• The Yanks barely mustered up a win to avoid being swept in the first round of the playoffs and are currently A Rod-less with great potential to lose other marquee players.
• After appearing in the playoffs last year, the Jets thus far have only beaten one team (the same team that everyone is beating), and have shown Pennington the bench.
• The Knicks' season just started while they're embroiled in a sexual harrassment suit.
• The Giants are playing in the most competitive division in the NFL.
• The Rangers and Islanders are off to a good start but for how long until this recent curse on the Big Apple catches up to them?

Adding salt to the wound is the recent Golden Era of sports in Boston, as the Patriots are on their way to the perfect season, Boston College is #2 in the BCS, the Celtics have Kevin Garnett, the Bruins are actually pretty good for once, and, oh yeah, those Red Sox kicked the crap out of every pitcher they faced on their way to a sweep of the World Series. It's so bad that even former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani endorsed Boston to win (political ploy yes but it still hurts).

Red Sox nation doesn't even stop there. There are still plenty of Red Sox fans in Colorado.

Meanwhile, it's not rare in the least to see a couple of Red Sox caps on the East End. So if you're a New York fan during this horrendous time, what do you do? Do you switch sides and move to the Cape or Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard? Do you stick to your guns and root against the Sox or for the Rockies?

This is, indeed, a decisive moment in time. Where do you stand?