Fanbases in sports are very hardcore. In fact, if you support a team, you might as well support all the teams from that city across American sports. This is why people were sent into a frenzy after Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud was comfortably wearing another team’s hat during the last preseason game.
If you are playing for Houston, then you need to be all Houston. Stroud appeared wearing a Seattle Mariners hat, team from the MLB. However, not only is that team not from Houston, but are actually fighting with the Astros for the first place in their division. In other words, Mariners and Astros are direct rivals.
When asked about it, Stroud laughed it off. “Like, I wear hats all the time. I probably have every team. But I support the Astros and the Dodgers because I’m from L.A. I