Thanks for the responses, everyone.

To answer Blibbleblabble, I'm not abandoning any team because I didn't really have an original team to root for in the first place.

At first, Gina, SB and I were joking that we turn this into sort of a running game - everyone put in their responses and I "pick" a new team to root for.

As I thought about it some more, I realized that this original premise was faulty in two ways:
- Why would anyone want me as a fan of their team to begin with?
- You can't borrow other people's experiences to adopt a team.

Realizing this, I typed up this thread to be more general - to find out why people love their teams. What became plainly obvious is people's love for the game, which actually made me very happy. In some way, their love for baseball has made me long for my own connection (and not in a "fantasy" sort of way ).