StreetMedic summed this up quite well.
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StreetMedic summed this up quite well.
If only I were so artful and tactful with my use of words. Very well done!Quote:
Originally Posted by StreetMedic
Wrong order. You have to be a fan of the game first, and a fan of your team second. If you're not, first and foremost, a fan of the game, why even bother?Quote:
Originally Posted by BradK
I dont know about that, BorgH. Fan of my team...fan of the game....they run a close 1-2, or 2-1. I think that most fans follow their team and watch closely until their team is eliminated. Then, many abandon baseball for the remainder of that year. I know that, as a Boston fan, I follow just about every pitch of their postseason games. When they get eliminated, I normally dont care who wins.
Most years, if Boston isnt in the WS, I dont watch a lot of it, if any. Maybe if it gets to the 7'th game, I watch then. I am a hardcore baseball fan for over 30 years... so what does that say? I've always considered myself a Red Sox fan first. I think that these sentiments are quite representative of the majority of fans.
i have to agree with you....although I think the truly hardcore fans are the ones who actually do watch the games their 'team' isn't in. I'm not one of those...i will watch parts of the WS with no sox but definetly no wheres near what i would if the sox were i in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swampdog
Smartest thing anyones said all day :pQuote:
Originally Posted by StreetMedic
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Originally Posted by StreetMedic
No, not "anyone" who cheers for their team is pathetic. People who don't pick a team to cheer for until after they win, that's pathetic.
agreedQuote:
Originally Posted by Swampdog
On the fence on that one... I cheer for my braves yet I still watch most of the WS I dont care WHO is on... I'm watching the game, or listening to it on my XM radio ( you get "ever team, every game" lol like the ad says.) The only people I cant listen to on the radio are the tandem of Sterling and that woman anouncer with him... he is OK but she is unbearableQuote:
Originally Posted by BorgHunter
could NOT have said it betty myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by KowboyKoop
Like the a-hole people that wear the off color hats of teams to match their outfit... I have seen a guy in an all red Cubs hat come to work the next day in blue with a yankee hat... WTF just wear the goddamned Cubs hat with the right. My favorite is that BS red sox St Patty's day green... WTF!!! How about the PINK YANKEES HAT!!!
God I hate people...
How do you wear a Phillies hat 1 day (because you have a shirt on close to that color) and a met hat the next because you need a blue hat to match your blue shirt and blue shoes... What is the world comming to
I don't think total attendance is a good way of judging fans interest, because not everyone has a 50000 or 60000 seat stadium. I would rather see the percentage of seats sold per game. Its not quite fair that team A has 60000 and sells only 42000 per game and team b has 40000 seats and sells out every game.
I don't care which teams are playing, I'll watch any ballgame
Any guy that picks his baseball cap to match his clothes needs to get his head out of his ass. I don't care if someone wears hats from all 30 teams when he feels like it - if you're wearing a cap you aren't dressed well enough for it to matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet
Same here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reade
I can honestly say that I am way more of a fan of baseball than I am a fan of any specific team. Sure, there's a team that I'd like to see win (Arizona), and when it comes to the playoffs, I tend to pick a team I'd like to see go all the way (Tampa this year), but I just love baseball, period.
I like to see teams with great fan bases win. Like Cleveland, Colorado or Baltimore in baseball.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Everyone gushes about the fanbases in Boston, New York, and Chicago but lest we forget Cleveland went for years selling out Jacobs Field (43,000), The first two seasons I belive the Rockies where in Denver they sold out Mile High stadium almost every game which is exceptional considering how bad they were, and the Orioles sold out Camden Yards for years with lackluster teams.
I'm really hoping Tampa doesn't get into the world series, not only because i'm a fan of Boston but because their fans are quite honestly terrible. And i'm not buying the it's because they've been bad for so long argument either. The rockies packed the house every night when they were just as bad as Tampa, Cleveland went decades of being mediocre and their fans still loved them, and same with Baltimore to a lesser extent.
EXCELENT pointQuote:
Originally Posted by kenny1234
Why is this BS?? Its an actual Jersey the sox where in game quite a few times throughout the year. I have a green sox hat, I just think its awesome. I don't specifically get a whole green outfit together so I can wear it, that would be corny.Quote:
My favorite is that BS red sox St Patty's day green... WTF!!!
I don't like all the pinks, and striped, and weird hats either, but i'm not totally against them. A hot chick looks great in a pink sox shirt & hat, especially if its long and there's no panties underneath. Trust me on that one if you haven't seen it yet. ;)
ROFL :p:DQuote:
Originally Posted by dickay
Its the off color uni's I dont like.. like the braves red... Yes it may be one of our color's but I still dont like it. what happend to a homa dn away jersey??? They got too greedy is what happened.