* Top 11 Rules For Picking The Right Team To Root For

What if you’re not a baseball fan and you don’t know who to root for? Simply use the following handy rules.

Top 11 Rules For Picking The Right Team To Root For

  1. Root for the Red Sox.
  2. Root for the underdog (Houston, in this case).
  3. Root for the visiting team.
  4. Root for the team with the coolest uniforms.
  5. Root for the team with the most players older than you (and no fair counting Julio Franco).
  6. Never root for a team wearing pinstripes.
  7. Never root for a home team with its dugout on the third base side of the infield.
  8. Never root for a team that plays in a dome.
  9. Never root for a team that plays on an artificial surface.
  10. Never root for a team that lets its diamond double as a football field.
  11. Never root for the Yankees.