In the world of sports, it is crucial to be able to support your team with a level head.

I've been a Cubs fan since birth. For as long as I can remember, my family and I have been repping the Cubbie blue. I love my team almost more than anything and they are like an extension of myself. Therefore, it's easy for me to get upset when people say bad things about the Cubs even if it's all in good fun. Look, I know sports can get competitive. It's just the nature of the game. However, that doesn't mean we have the right to be jerks to other people.

The best way to be a good sport is to love your team with everything in you. Love them when they're doing bad, and love them when they're doing good. Let other people love their own team. Not everyone is going to love the Cubs, and that's okay, no matter how hard it is for you to understand why they wouldn't.

There is an Indians fan out there who wants this World Series victory just as much as I want the Cubs to win. If we remember that, it'll make this whole thing a lot more peaceful. We're both going through very long World Series droughts, and we're both the lovable losers in the MLB.

Putting down other people just because you're zealous for your own team is not justified or fair. Friendly competition is fine, but when it starts becoming an attack on other people; that is when it has gone too far.

Me loving the Cubs has nothing to do with your team. My undying love for my boys in blue doesn't challenge your love for your team. Own it, and be proud. Nobody likes a sore loser.

For practicing good sportsmanship, let's take some pointers from our favorites: Javier Baez and Francisco Lindor.

Baez and Lindor are basically best friends; they were back to back picks in the 2011 MLB draft. They both grew up in Puerto Rico and moved to Florida, and connected with their amazing sense of talent. How cool would it be to be on a field with your best friend, even if they're on the opposing team?

Speaking about Baez, Lindor said he texted him asking if winning the NLCS was just a dream. Since both teams won, Lindor replied "I think it is, because I haven't woken up yet."

Let us take a few pointers from their friendship. Despite being on opposite teams in the World Series, they can still be positive and encourage one another. This idea of good sportsmanship is so important and cannot be forgotten, for we are all rooting for the teams in which we stake a part of our identity. Just remember, there's someone else out there that wants this win just as much as you do.

P.S. Go Cubbies.