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Should I Become a Nationals Fan?

Let me begin by saying that I've never posted on Federal Baseball, so if I break any rules or miss any common meme's apologies in advance. 

So I have this dilemma, you see I grew up a Giants fan. Will Clark is still my favorite baseball player and that will probably never change. I didn't grow up in San Francisco and although I did grow up in California, I have no attachment to the city itself. Truth be told, I don't really like the city of San Francisco and if the US annexed it tomorrow, I would applaud the decision, but a lot of that goes for California too and is the reason I moved to Virginia well over a decade ago.

Still even after moving East I've remained a Giants fan, I kind of wanted to start following the Nationals when they moved here from Montreal, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it because it felt like I was giving up on the Giants before they'd won it all. I watched a few games but it almost felt like I was cheating on my wife or doing something I wasn't supposed to. Now that the Giants have finally won a World Series, I feel free to make a move, but I still kind of feel like you're supposed to root for the team you rooted for as a boy, until death do us part or that team goes all Baltimore Colts on you and moves in the middle of the night...

Some people might think I'm crazy to ditch a team that just won the World Series and has the best starting staff in baseball, but the Giants winning the World Series really let me know just how disconnected I am from the city itself and how much luster that took away from the experience.

I got to thinking that most--if not all--of you were probably fans of some other team before the Nationals moved to DC and wanted to get your thoughts on what made you switch? Did you switch as soon as you found out there would be a local team? Did it take a year or two? Did you kind of feel like you were doing something wrong? Is it weird following a team that doesn't necessarily have a history, or doesn't have a history that you're familiar with?

Thanks in advance for the help. 

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