- Leaving a game early. If you paid for tickets (or even if you got them for free) to a game, regardless of the score, stay for the whole game. There are only 2 reasons a fan should leave a game early: 1. An emergency that needs attending to. 2. Bad weather (and even this one is iffy). The first one is obvious. The second one I would not personally leave a game early for bad weather unless the game is delayed so long and I have to be somewhere important. If you ever find yourself at a baseball game and the game is a blow out and you get up to leave, do me a favor and please don't call yourself a "fan." Look at last night's game between the Red Sox and Rays. The Rays were up 7-0 with one of the better bullpens in the game this year and so called Red Sox "fans" got up and left. It's a f*cking playoff game. ARE YOU CRAZY!? ALCS tickets at Fenway are a ton of $, why not get full value out of it. I bet the people who left last night are very disappointed they didn't stay to see an amazing come back victory with a walk off in the bottom of the 9th.
- The Wave. STOP. Plain and simple, keep the wave away from baseball. I don't like it at ANY sporting event. It's fun to do in random situations like at rallys or in school but not during a game. It is dumb. ESPECIALLY in close games in important situations. Sign the Petition here.
- Thunder Sticks. Do I even need to explain how annoying and stupid these things are? Keep them away from baseball.
- The Tomahawk Chop. THE. MOST. ANNOYING. CHANT.
- UPDATE: Booing players on YOUR team. It's perfectly fine when at Shea to boo Chipper Jones, Albert Pujols, Barry Bonds, Jimmy Rollins, etc. But don't boo you own players, especially when they don't deserve it. I'm not a fan of booing your players at ANY point in the game regardless of how they're doing. It can't help the team. It can only hurt. It can get in players' heads and cause them to do even worse and thus create more booing.
- UPDATE: Negative chants (outside of booing opposing teams). So-and-so sucks. I don't like it. It just annoys me. Especially if your saying X sucks when X clearly does not suck.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Things That Annoy Me
I have been meaning to put up some things about baseball games that really annoy me. Here is my list of things that should never happen at baseball games.
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honestly...i don't know what i would do without the wave at a baseball game..it's sooooo boring.
the wave, gee, never seen it, but thats because i watch games at Yankee Stadium
thundersticks are cool if they are not overdone and the fans use them correctly. in 2002 they helped create an amazing atmosphere that the fans helped to will the angels to some key victories in the playoffs and world series (see also: "rally towels" - september 2007 for the phillies and current playoffs). but now they're probably killed out, slight chance for a comeback... maybe.
i actually think the tomahawk chop is cool, its original and creative and belongs to a specific team, its a nice change from the old "lets go (insert team name here)"
the tomahawk chop actually started with the Florida State Seminoles and the Braves stole it, so its more of a college football thing that kinda got jacked; Its not that bad though, cause you can change it and use it for lots of other stuff (see: my dad making fun of people using the chop).I agree with the thundersticks, leave that for when someone is shooting a free throw
the tomahawk chop is also incredibly racist, and it's important to note that the only teams that use it are in the south. but if you feel you can drop the whole racist problem just because you want something that's not really original but something that teams wouldn't do in the sport, then be my guest. also, i don't believe the mere act of clapping plastic balloon sticks together willed the angels to key victories in 2002. that takes away from the victories themselves. baseball is a very superstitious sport. both fans and players feel this way. Between thunder sticks and golden thongs, baseball has shown how much of a head game it is. The thunder sticks would distract possibly a young or mediocre player. To say though that they helped the will of the Angels win is absurd. The will to win willed the Angels that year.
thundersticks are cool if your using them at places other than a baseball game. they're fun to use to annoy people at home or to make noise at rallys, jus not the games themselves. i have no problem with the rally towels. the tomahawk is annoying and racist
The crowd is the tenth man in baseball. People always underestimate the effect a crowd can have on a game. Take the last two years for example both times last game of the year the Met fans are frustrated and in disbelief while the Phils fans are going crazy with their towels, always such a good atmosphere in that ballpark.
Did anyone else besides me watch every single game the angels played in the 2002 palyoffs? Does anyone else own the 2002 World Series video?
Best crowd atmosphere I've seen anywhere, ever.
Late inning comebacks against the Yankees, Twins, and Giants, a portion of the credit should go that atmosphere, its so much easier to rally when the crowd is in to it, it pumps you up and rattles the other team. If one were to watched that video I mentioned above Ersty, Eck, Troy, and a bunch of other guys talk about the crowd, the thundersticks, and the Rally Monkey and how it made the team go.
If everyone is in to it (thats the key), hitting the thundersticks in unison it can be a deafening noise, really rattling the other team. The thundersticks distract people, but on the other team. K-Rod and Troy Glaus were young did it distract them... K-Rod dominated and Glaus won MVP. Adam Kennedy is a mediocre player... he hit 3 hrs in one game and won ALCS MVP. Scott Speizio was a mediocre player... his HR in game 6 started the come back. Heck the whole team was a bunch of above average players, young guys, and pretty mediocre players overachieving... how bout the fearsome trio of Shawn Wooten, Bengie Molino, and Benji Gil absolutely dismantling apparently "the two greatest big game pitchers of that era" (read that with a lot of a mocking tone) David Wells and Orlando Hernandez in the same game. Thats what baseball is all about crowd into the game and the players responding to the intensity of the crowd showing no fear in their first postseason, hustling hard, and always coming through in the big situations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwROthCQu-s&feature=related
Tie game bottom of the 8th in game 2. If the Giants win they take a 2-0 lead back to San Fransisco. Listen to the noise in the background, not just the noise coming from the two guys shooting the video, and look at the fans down the left field line.
Thundersticks can be cool if the crowd uses them correctly.
BTW for what its worth about the wave... the last time I saw one was during a Yankee Ranger game this summer, the last ever time I went to the stadium. It lasted a good full inning, it was going through every level around the entire stadium at one point. It was pretty annoying cause it was a very close game but still slightly impressive to watch. And Joba was pitching (GASP!) I guess the fans must've been bored cause he was walking everyone. It was a close game for the entire thing though so it was odd there was a wave going on... Rangers won that game 3-2 btw when Ian Kinsler doubled, stole third and scored on Michael Young's RBI single off Rivera, very exciting game.
I ALWAYS BOO AARON HEILMAN WHEN HE ENTERS THE GAME.
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Dear Tomahawk Chop haters,
First of all, get off your high horses about how its racist; the only reason you hate it is because you are all mets fans and its a braves chant and you hate everything the braves do, say, and stand for. If the Indians were doing the chop, you wouldnt be saying anything. Second of all, the tomahawk chop, as I said in my last post, was started by the Florida State Seminoles, who negotiated a deal with both the Seminoles in Florida and Oklahoma to use their name, images, et al. When the NCAA banned Indian mascots, FSU was allowed to keep theirs because of the agreement; when the Seminole cheif was asked about it, he said that they were proud of the tradition and how well FSU represented them and how they even liked the chant. So, it cant be racist if the people who the chant is about CONDONE THE FUCKING CHANT. Since FSU is close to Atlanta, the chant carried over there. And now, for my own version of the chant:
LIB ERALS BLOW.... BLOW... BLOOOOWW
Dear Tomahawk Chop haters,
First of all, get off your high horses about how its racist; the only reason you hate it is because you are all mets fans and its a braves chant and you hate everything the braves do, say, and stand for. If the Indians were doing the chop, you wouldnt be saying anything. Second of all, the tomahawk chop, as I said in my last post, was started by the Florida State Seminoles, who negotiated a deal with both the Seminoles in Florida and Oklahoma to use their name, images, et al. When the NCAA banned Indian mascots, FSU was allowed to keep theirs because of the agreement; when the Seminole cheif was asked about it, he said that they were proud of the tradition and how well FSU represented them and how they even liked the chant. So, it cant be racist if the people who the chant is about CONDONE THE FUCKING CHANT. Since FSU is close to Atlanta, the chant carried over there. And now, for my own version of the chant:
LIB ERALS BLOW.... BLOW... BLOOOOWW
**BRIAN MASTRO SHOULD NEVER SPEAK ABOUT BASEBALL EVER AGAIN**
hop off the tomahawk chop fans dicks. its mad cool. even funnier when you chant "assssholeee" while doing it. I hate the braves like any good met fan but i like the chant. Thundersticks belong in MSG, not any baseball stadium.
Thing i hate the most is when fans *notably yankees fans* constantly speak of the past. Yeah your team was good however you have been getting worked since 2001 against the diamondbacks so calm the fuck down.
Booing players is part of the game. I wouldn't boo Beltran after his strikeout looking in the NLCS but i understand fans were upset and wished he had just stuck the bat out. Put yourself in his position - he knows he fucked up. Another thing is the hilarious random YANKEES SUCK! chants at a marlins v mets games.
its called a joke
**BRIAN MASTRO SHOULD NEVER SPEAK ABOUT BASEBALL EVER AGAIN**
hop off the tomahawk chop fans dicks. its mad cool. even funnier when you chant "assssholeee" while doing it. I hate the braves like any good met fan but i like the chant. Thundersticks belong in MSG, not any baseball stadium.
Thing i hate the most is when fans *notably yankees fans* constantly speak of the past. Yeah your team was good however you have been getting worked since 2001 against the diamondbacks so calm the fuck down.
Booing players is part of the game. I wouldn't boo Beltran after his strikeout looking in the NLCS but i understand fans were upset and wished he had just stuck the bat out. Put yourself in his position - he knows he fucked up. Another thing is the hilarious random YANKEES SUCK! chants at a marlins v mets games.
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