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Cheap Heat

By Eric Cohen, About.com

Definition: An easy tactic the bad guy uses to rile the crowd. The most common example is to say something bad about the town you're in.
Examples:
A wrestler wearing a Red Sox jersey in New York is an example of cheap heat.

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