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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Maybe LeBron James stepped over the line with his allegiance to the New York Yankees.
A day after the Indians routed the Yankees 12-3 in their AL playoff opener Thursday night, the buzz around town wasn't about Cleveland's offensive power surge or pitcher C.C. Sabathia's gutty performance.
Instead, fans jammed sports talk radio lines and Internet message boards, crying foul over their frustration with the NBA superstar's traitorous appearance in the stands wearing a Yankees cap.
"The guy is the face of Cleveland sports and he's not even rooting for a team that's 100 feet from the building he plays in," said Adam Burke, who was waiting outside the left-field gate for Game 2 on Friday.
James' office, Quicken Loans Arena, sits just across a plaza from Jacobs Field. The Eastern Conference champions are displaying a large banner on the building wishing the Indians good luck in the postseason.
if(]But their All-Star forward, who grew up in nearby Akron, isn't backing one of his hometown clubs. The 22-year-old, who also roots for the Dallas Cowboys, has worn his Yankees cap around town for years, and last week while in New York rehearsing for "Saturday Night Live" predicted the Yankees would beat the Indians.
Fans have mostly tolerated James' decision to back the hated Yankees, who have been the Indians' foil since the 1950s. But last night's appearance behind home plate wearing the dreaded interlocking "NY" insignia, may have been too much to bear. James not only wore the cap, but he flaunted it, at one point holding it high over his head.

LeBron backing Yankees irks Tribe fans

[ThePundit]

I thought that was disgusting. It just goes to show you, how clueless so many of these pro athletes are. He shouldn't have worn any hat.