I have a pink hat and still know more than you do

I listen to sports radio every day at work and over the past few weeks, callers and the radio guys have been referring to some fans, particularly female fans as "pink hats". From what I understand their definition of a "pink hat" is literally the fans in the stands wearing pink hats or other trendy team apparel. But the title of "pink hat" is used far more symbolically to represent fans that don't know much about the team, league, sport etc. that are merely there because it is trendy now to support a team or be at a certain sporting event. So I got to thinking...

...And that is when I got offended. I have pink hats...3 to be exact - one for each of my teams - Pats, Celts and Sox. (The Bruins are a lost cause) So these rocket scientists calling in think just because 1. I'm female, 2. I wear cute hats I must not know about the sport. Well, I got news for them...

1. I've been a Pats fan since I was 8...I can tell you all about Gino, Steve, Tedy and the rest of em. I can pick a game with the best of em, and my fantasy teams for the most part are all KICKIN ASS. Oh did I mention I have FIVE fantasy teams?

2. I too am a long suffering Sox fan....through the lore of the Babe and more recently Buckner and Boone...I was 10 years old chasing down Oil Can Boyd and Jim Rice trying to get autographs. I hate the Yankees just as much as any red blooded New Englander.

3. The Celtics and I have had a tumultuous relationship as of late, since they spoiled me so as a tot. In the 20 plus years since their last championship I've loved them...Dee Brown, hated them...employee #8, given up on pro basketball altogether and found myself having sympathy for Paul Pierce.

And don't get me started on college basketball...

So to Dale and Holly, the guys on the Big Show and Mikey's show, guess what? I'm confident I know more about the teams, their opponents and their leagues as a whole than most of your callers and could probably go toe to toe with all of you too...while wearing my pink hat and coordinating t shirt.

I say all of this to say...maybe you shouldn't judge a book by its cover...and maybe u need a "pink" point of view on your shows...