Is this a violation as a baseball fan?

I know a kid from Bethlehem, PA, who is a huge Red Sox "fan". He clearly has no geographic proximity to Boston, has never been to Fenway, has no family who were fans, etc. He just arbitrarily chose the Red Sox as his favorite team. I wouldn't really care, except for the fact that he is a very "in your face" type fan. He loves to needle me about being a Pirates fan, saying that they suck and that I don't understand baseball because my team has done poorly my entire life except for last year (21 years old). Or that I don't understand what it takes to put a winning team together because the Pirates have been so awful. He is also a Bengals fan, USC fan, Lakers fan, etc. All fraud. Is this a violation in your mind? Do you think that a person should have at least SOME reason to like a squad, whether it be geographic, familial, etc.? He claims that he has liked the Sox since before 2004, but I have no idea of this is true or not. To me, it seems like he has just jumped on the wagon and is riding it to success, yet isn't a real fan. For example, he gave up on them in last year's WS game when Big Papi hit that grand slam. Are you kidding me? That was one of the greatest moments in Sox history, yet a huge "fan" missed it because we were watching Boardwalk Empire, a recordable show. C'mon man.