I Got Nachos and You Didn’t

Five months ago, on this website, I wrote a column bashing fans for being cynical buttlords and overall mean people over the Rockies. Their hastiness to crush any positivity and attack anyone still attending games was embarrassing to me and the identity that Rockies fans had created (one of an us vs. them mentality) was appalling to someone who had lived and grown up with Denver sports.

Sports, for so many people, are a way to connect us to each other. Humans are not solitary creatures, they long for community and connection, they go out of their way to find it with even the smallest of interests. Sports are a large interest and a large community, you’re more likely to find friends through…