QUOTE : Setting aside the issues of homicide and suicide for the time being, let us examine what it means to be a true fan. My harried therapist once asked if I could delineate my specific philosophy in a concise and economical fashion, if only for the edification of the vulgar. Hey, no problem, Doc. I just happen to have a tattered old piece of paper in my wallet setting forth the fan canon; it had been given to me as a boy by a rakish carny who claimed to have once been Dizzy Dean’s grocery boy. It consisted of the following items:<br /><br />Never switch allegiances. <br />Show some respect. <br />Visit the shrines. <br />Never give up. <br />Never give in. <br />Never leave early. <br />Neither a front-runner not a Johnny-come-lately be. <br />Accept no substitutes. <br />Wait until next year.<br />Never turn down tickets to see Jordan.