{"id":30413,"date":"2016-09-09T10:09:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T15:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=30413"},"modified":"2016-09-11T10:21:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T15:21:32","slug":"rebel-rebel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=30413","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Rebel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was Purple Friday at the office.<\/p>\n

As will many more Fridays over the coming months.<\/p>\n

It baffles me at times that, at the office, whenever the Baltimore Ravens play a home game we can were Ravens gear, but Orioles gear happens only once a year, on Opening Day.<\/p>\n

What’s especially baffling is that our semi-retired owner is a part owner of the Orioles. (I didn’t know that he still was, but the fact was mentioned in a recent Washington Times<\/i> article about the Orioles’ poor attendance this year.) We support the Ravens, but not the Orioles.<\/p>\n

Baltimore is, I suppose, a football town rather than a baseball town.<\/p>\n

I’ve turned Purple Fridays into an act of civil disobedience.<\/p>\n

I wear Washington Nationals gear.<\/p>\n

I use the jersey as an excuse to wear a plain-colored t-shirt underneath.<\/p>\n

The jersey hardly gets worn; I don’t want to work all day at my desk in a baseball jersey. Instead, it goes on a clothes hanger.<\/p>\n

And I get a dress-down day.<\/p>\n

Sure, it’s a violation of the letter of Purple Friday. But not the spirit.<\/p>\n

I’m showing team spirit. Just not for football. And not for Charm City. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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