Required Post #9

Q: Select a popular culture artifact (company, celebrity, brand, sports team, etc.) that you can discuss in terms of "religification."  How has this artifact been "religified"?  How do people discuss this in reglious terms?  What people follow this particular "religion"?  Who are the people who directly oppose this popular culture "religion"?

A: Reading this question about religion and then trying to think of something to talk about was hard because there are many options. When I read the "(company, celebrity, brand, sports team, etc.)" part... 'sports team' stuck out to me. Not just because I am athletic or "sporty", but because one team came right to mind when thinking of sports and "religification". The New York Yankees...Enough said. I think the Yankees have been religified in a sense that every human either loves them or hates them. Or, loves to hate them/hates to love them. The fact that so many people love them could be because they have become a baseball dynasty, but then that also gets people to hate them. (Just because they are "good"). I find this quote about them pretty funny AND true, "Hating the New York Yankees is as American as apple pie". Unless you live on the east coast or like to jump on bandwagons, you could replace the word 'hating' with the word 'loving'. The people who oppose are probably just jealous because their team can't win against. This is not the case if you are a New York Mets fan or Boston Red Sox fan. You just hate them because they are your rival, right?? Wrong, I think the fact that the Yankees spend so much money on players could also have something to do with the hatred, along with a few other things. So, if you ever hear anyone say they stand neutral about the Yankees, they are lying. You can refer them to this blog post and maybe they will get things a little better :)