Opiniated speak (drivel?) ahead:
I look at the O's as the common man's team. I say that in a good way. They are based in a big city but the city is sort of a sister city to neighbor Washington. I know very few O's fans who are working for investments firms or work at the largest law firm around. I am sure they are plenty of them I just do not know them. All the O's fans I know work normal jobs, have mortgages, and live outside the City. Almost all the Yankee fans I know are the exact opposite. They live in a world of Go Big or Go Home as to their lives. Same as a lot of Red Sox fans (no Offense Canderson). A lot of people at Yankees games are there as part of a business deal of some kind. If I had to break down in front a Yankees fan or O's fans house I would choose the O's in a heartbeat. LOL