Helen,
Welcome to the board. It would have been PERFECT had you actually been from Troy, NY. But great name, anyway.
Well, as you can see from my bio, I live in Atlanta, and it's kinda noblesse oblige to root root root for the home team. Absent the Braves, though, I'll support anyone playing against the Mets.

And yes, I vote with Rhub that we lay this thread to rest, also for the reason that's it's getting a bit long.