Full-tackle baseball

The other night I was talking to my sister while the World Series was on TV. I told her I was cheering for the Cardinals, and she immediately thought I was being a traitor to the Minnesota Twins. So I had to explain to her that I have multiple teams that I cheer for, and they are each ranked.

For example, in pro-football, I told her, it goes like this:
Minnesota Vikings
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cincinnatti Bengals (that one is a funny story in itself)

She, of course, laughed at my number 2 and 3 teams, and then made this statement: "Well, If the Minnesota Vikings were playing the Cardinals, I would hope you would be cheering for the Vikings."

(She meant the Twins, but it made us laugh hard for the next few minutes.)

"If the Vikings were playing the Cardinals, I would have to cheer for those poor unprotected baseball players," I replied. "They wouldn't stand a chance!"

I mean, can you imagine?! A player hits a homerun, but then has to run for his life around the bases, as the entire defense line comes charging after him. Hilarious.

Full-tackle baseball. A bloody, all-American, sport.