The new baseball season is here and hope springs anew for each and every fan.

So you think you're a fan? Here's my handy rating system.. in a few seconds, you'll see how easy it is to find out what kind of fan you really are.

For each of the following, choose which would you rather have; it, or your team as World Series Champions: the answers are cumulative, so a level 2 fan would take a drink of water and a happy meal rather than see his/her favorite team win the world series.

1. A drink of water
2. A Happy Meal
3. Clean Laundry
4. A New High Powered Rifle
5. New Golf Clubs
6. A new Boat (power or sail - your choice)
7. Porsche GT3 (or GT2 if you really swing a pair - if mini van got anywhere near your mind then go back to level 2)
8. A hot babe - with a great "attitude" (hair color - your choice)
9. Your own satellite
10. The Playboy Mansion

You are all smart enough to know where you fit in already, but this wouldn't truly be in the trashy fashion magazine format if I didn't demean your perceptive abilities further by giving you the answer key and translate the results for you:

Level 1-3
These are all trick questions - a true fan does not need to wear a shirt at a game and can live entirely on beer and hot

dogs. But then again you didn't know that did you... you are not a fan.
Level 4
Dude, even Sammy Hagar got to level 5
Level 5
We are entering the acceptable range - especially for fans who have had their team win it all before. If you are a BoSox fan, and stopped here you might actually be a Yankee fan.
Level 6
Things are getting a little iffy for the fans at this level. I mean, cmon... it's a boat, golf clubs, and a rifle... that is a lot of entertainment to pass up.
Level 7
If you turn down a Porsche, you either already own one, or own the damn team.
Level 8
Are you freaking nuts? A Porsche and a hot babe?
Level 9
I threw this in for the dweebs. I knew they wouldn't really like a Porsche (it isn't as practical and stylish as a Saturn) and a hot babe would be so far out of their realm of consciousness they couldn't even imagine it.
Level 10
Shut up - there is no F'ing way you would got here. Oh, I get it, your wife was reading this with you... or you are a real BoSox fan.