New Fashion Board 10-3-2003 - 11-7-2003

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Yes, clearly he is a Cubs fan, b/c most other teams' fans would know better. This is why when you were at Wrigley the past two years you were never surprised to hear "why isn't Mark Grace playing today?". Don't get me wrong, Wrigley is a great place to get drunk and it's like a singles bar in the bleachers, but it seems that a lot of fans lack proper knowledge of the game.

Ha! You just negated Wrigley's attendance record with one sentence!

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Not being a Cubs fan, that game still left me with a really bad taste in my mouth. I think subconciously I'm rooting for them, but I won't say it IRL. What an awful way to lose. Alex Gonzalez is the true culprit, and Prior made some bad pitches, but that fan will be the scapegoat.

And he didn't even get the ball, which might be worth some money if the Cubs lose tonight.

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Luckily for him, he wasn't at a White Sox game, where he would have been murdered on the spot, unless they wanted to torture him first.

I'm trying to think of the stadium whose fans would have beaten him the most severely. All I can come up with is Fenway.

TM

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall

I'm trying to think of the stadium whose fans would have beaten him the most severely. All I can come up with is Fenway.

TM

Absolutely. But as uncivilized as Fenway fans are, they do know better than to get in the way of their own players. If it's a Yankee, though, the outfielder probably loses an arm.

But how did this guy ruin it for the cubs? If he catches it, there's two outs instead of one. The Marlins had already tied it before making the second (which would have been the third) out.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I approve. You also might want to consider Tyree, Typhus, Tymelda, and Tybert.

My husband went to college with a fella called Tyree...

I'll bet you can't say the same, Tyrone!

Originally posted by rufus leeking
even before the screw up- you have first row seats in Wrigley's outfield and you wear headphones to hear the game on the Radio? you're missing a big part of the experience, the crack of the bat, etc. He was probably close enough to hear the outfielders talking. plus in Wrigley, at least in the bleachers, you do need to hear what may be coming at you from behind.

Not that I know anything about anything, but who exactly are the outfielders talking to, besides the people throwing shit at them?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

...a conversation we were having over here yesterday.

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/murphy/031013.html

TM

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
If there is anyone in the world I wouldn't want to be today (or especially tomorrow if the Cubs lose tonight), it's this guy . . .

You and I know, if this happened in Yankee Stadium, the next pitch is an-at-the-knees strike 3 or some other spectacular put out by Jeter, and the game is eventually over with some sort of fate guaranteeing a favorable outcome to the Yankees.

Only in Cubland does this lead to an 8 run Titanic of an inning.

Every player in a Cub uniform today is trying to figure out how not to lose tonight. Every one is thinking "curse" not stepping on cracks in the sidewalk, saying "bread and butter" and looking for his underwear from his last win. Not one slept last night. Not one expects to win tonight.

I predict Florida -- with no curse and nothing to lose -- comes out early and gets to Wood making this an 11-0 laugher.

[andViolins]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
If there is anyone in the world I wouldn't want to be today (or especially tomorrow if the Cubs lose tonight), it's this guy:

TM

Is it just me, or does this guy remind you just a little bit of Mary's brother Warren:



aV

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Absolutely. But as uncivilized as Fenway fans are, they do know better than to get in the way of their own players. If it's a Yankee, though, the outfielder probably loses an arm.

But how did this guy ruin it for the cubs? If he catches it, there's two outs instead of one. The Marlins had already tied it before making the second (which would have been the third) out.

It's interesting. All the news reports say that the fan is 26 years old, but they're not naming names. I imagine they're waiting for him to get everything straightened out with the witness protection program first.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
But how did this guy ruin it for the cubs? If he catches it, there's two outs instead of one. The Marlins had already tied it before making the second (which would have been the third) out.

You're not thinking like a deranged baseball fan who hasn't won anything for almost a century, are you? For shame.

First of all, momentum swings if Moises makes that catch. Instead of having one on and two outs, their pitcher is distracted, walks the batter on a wild pitch and the runner moves into scoring position. Then they start getting nervous and the Marlins gain confidence with every hit (or Cubs error as the case may be).

Second of all, should they have tied the game and gotten out of the inning, there is no question (in their minds) that they would have scored in the bottom of the ninth for a dramatic, Pennant-clinching win.

Sheesh. What are you? A tennis fan?

TM

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Absolutely. But as uncivilized as Fenway fans are, they do know better than to get in the way of their own players. If it's a Yankee, though, the outfielder probably loses an arm.

The rules in Fenway vary depending on whether the team is up or down. If the Red Sox are up, take the damn Yankee's arm off. If the Red Sox are down, the crowd is pretty tame.

The "Dar-yyyyyyl" chants back occurred when the Sox were up.

That having been said, the only significant injuries I know of that have occurred near the fence happened in the bullpen just a few days ago.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by andViolins
Is it just me, or does this guy remind you just a little bit of Mary's brother Warren:



aV

That, my friend, is the POTY.

TM

[rufus leeking]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Not that I know anything about anything, but who exactly are the outfielders talking to, besides the people throwing shit at them?

each other: check out the redhead along the 3rd foul line kind of thing
themselves: an excited "fuck" on a flyball on its way out of the park, or that causes him to have to run
the fans: as a guy in the front seats of the outfield its your duty to yell/throw at the opposing outfielders. you're not suppose to just sit and listen to the radio

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Ha! You just negated Wrigley's attendance record with one sentence!

I have no problem with that. I never said Cubs fans were better than other fans. In fact, I think just the opposite.

I'm trying to think of the stadium whose fans would have beaten him the most severely. All I can come up with is Fenway.

TM

Agreed. Maybe Oakland, but they'd beat him up for the fun of it, not b/c it lost them the game.

Originally posted by rufus leeking
each other: check out the redhead along the 3rd foul line kind of thing
themselves: an excited "fuck" on a flyball on its way out of the park, or that causes him to have to run
the fans: as a guy in the front seats of the outfield its your duty to yell/throw at the opposing outfielders. you're not suppose to just sit and listen to the radio

arent they kinda far away from each other?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Ha! You just negated Wrigley's attendance record with one sentence!

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I have no problem with that. I never said Cubs fans were better than other fans. In fact, I think just the opposite.

Whiff.

TM