Get Off My TV Set
by gondeee on Jun 29, 2010 12:23 PM EDT
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PrintI've been debating saying anything about the douche in the white shirt behind homeplate last night who kept making a complete ass out of himself (and Braves Nation). It's kind of like the decision that TV stations make when they don't show fans who run on the field in a drunken frenzy -- the point is not to point out the jerk-like behavior so as not to encourage any more of it.
Then NBC Sports Hardball Talk decided to talk about the train wreck:
Before most pitches by Strasburg he would stand up with his arms out, or up or waving or whatever in an attempt to distract him. After pitches by either pitcher -- called strikes by Strasburg and balls by Tim Hudson, mostly -- he would stand up with his hands on his head or his arms out in a "safe" motion or a "c'mon, WTF?!" motion or some other random and distracting gesticulation. He was quite a sight.
I wasn't alone in noticing this: people all over Twitter were commenting on it. One Nats fan told me that the Washington announcer mentionined the guy, saying "You're in a $300 seat. Act like a man." By the seventh inning he cooled it a bit as someone apparently complained and an usher warned him, but he didn't stop completely.
I guess in posting this I'm hoping that we can dissuade other fans (and this fan) from repeating such idiotic behavior. I'm really hoping that the CEO of whatever company that gave him those seats makes sure that he gets no more of those seats. Heck, give me the seat so I can hold up a sign that says "Talking Chop Rulez," the entire game. (Seriously, if anyone would like to donate their Sun Trust Club seats to poor ol' me, I'd be your bestest friend for a night.)
Anyway, feel free to absolutely bash this guy. (I'm sure there was plenty of that in the OT last night.) Anyone who ever acts like that from this blog will be banned... and if that guy is a member here... banned.
Thanks to Dave_D for the photo, via ten1photography.com.
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I'll have to go look at some recaps...
because honestly I didn’t notice him. Maybe it was the vodka and lemonades I was drinking. ;o)
You must have been hammered...
because he was pretty hard to miss. ;-)
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
haha maybe just a bit...
I watched the whole game intently, and now that it has been pointed out and I have watched replays I can’t miss the guy.
I was wondering if anybody else noticed that, setting a really poor impression for Braves fans everywhere.
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OMgosh that was TOTALLY embarassing as a Braves fan. I started to post during the game but decided the idiot didn’t need any more attention. I can’t believe someone from the stadium didn’t address that sooner it was SO OBVIOUS on tv…..
I had an unpleasant usher incident on Sat anyhow, so there’s one that’s not real high on my fan list right now anyway…….
Actually, our usher was a delightful lady. This was a grouchy man who made me walk up a zillion stairs, across three sections and back down a zillion stairs to get back to my seat before the beginning of the softball game. Seats and rows that were totally empty. That wasn’t what made me mad though – it was the flip comment he made “you look perfectly capable and it won’t hurt you a bit” that toasted me. Because while I LOOK fine, I have a actually have a health condition and sometimes stairs can be enemy #1, especially when it’s flaming hot. But enough about that……there’s always gotta be a turkey in every flock……
That kind of thing..
is really uncalled for. You really should complain about it, because most of the staff is super nice and friendly, and I’m pretty sure management would like to know if someone is actually rude like that.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
I don’t disagree that it was rude of him but…I wish people would speak just as loudly to the brass when they get great service. People seem to have forgotten about writing letters and emails when they have a good time. All the ushers get punished when one acts this way and a complaint is put in. He was probably instructed to tell her to do it that way, but the flip remark was completely unnecessary. I think I know who it was now…don’t know his name but know the attitude.
They have actually cut the usher staff in half this year. These men and women often have these as second jobs – some as their only income, and stand there for 7 or more hours for just above minimum wage to put up with thousands of us thinking we, and we alone, are the most uniquely clever person there at sneaking into a different seat or yelling the same snarky phrase, or dumping beer on someone’s back…only to come back the next day and do it all again (after their day job). Oh, and before they deal with us, they get yelled at every day by their employer that they’re letting people get away with too much. Yeah, that usher was definitely not the nicest person for his comment to rbravesfan, but most of them deserve to be lauded for the great jobs they do. But none of us (me included) ever remember to write in or call in about them and those great experiences, just the bad ones. For the most part, the Braves employ some great people who put up with a lot of crap to give us a good night or day out. They deserve a little kudos sent in to the upper management about them.
Ok, off my soapbox to go shoot the kids out on my lawn. Then to the game.
by Lizziebeth on Jun 29, 2010 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh I agree...
I firmly believe you should also contact management when you receive good service, and you should compliment specific people (check those name tags!) I guess I just reacted swiftly to this story because I find it so incredibly rude for someone to tell a customer it “won’t hurt you” to climb a lot of stairs, when they don’t really know that.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
and please know....
That I am a person that makes a point to compliment and praise good service regularaly. Because my job deals with the public, I have a VERY healthy respect for other persons that have jobs dealing with the public, and try my hardest to be respectful and complimentary to those who are doing a great job. I also say “please” and “thank you” a lot, which seesm to be a dying trend these days.
At any rate, I wasn’t mad about being asked to go back to my seat the long way (the man was just doing his job), I was mad about the flip comment that was IMHO a little too personal. Everywhere has rules, and people have to go by them and enforce them, I get that. And I could’ve been ugly and just flat out been honest with him, which in turn, would’ve made him feel like crap (maybe??). But instead, I just did what I was asked…..and after all that I was too tired and hot to complain any more… and I got over it and enjoyed the rest of our day!
Another comment on usher censorship @ The Ted
I’m a lifelong fan (esp. after the 1992 NLCS), and I have lived in Chicago and New York, among other places. The resounding comment is that the Atlanta fans are relatively docile and hard to excite… and that whenever there is a movement of standing bodies, ushers at The Ted, particularly, are known to tell fans to sit down.
I didn’t believe this story from some Chicago and New York friends… until happened in front of me at a game about 3 weeks ago. A well-intentioned young lady went and “suggested” (as she put it) to a crowd of excited fans to sit down as a considerate measure to the people behind them (who had not complained nor were they in any way upset with the display of energy towards the team).
I was horrified and politely “suggested” to the usher to consider the hometown’s reputation before stepping between perfectly capable adults.
Btw, there was no problem with energy in the stands last night – great game!
Dude I so talked about that guy with my wife, we were making fun of him. Like his motions didn’t even make sense. He’d wave safe on a ball/strike call.
But I know I couldn’t sit in those seats. I would definitely be throwing the WTF hand signals if I didn’t like a call.
That would be my problem...
I see some of what you guys are talking about by watching the recap. Dude was way too annoying. However, I wouldn’t be sitting there like a limp fish either. There has to be some aspects of home field advantage that can occur right?
by jbeachbum24 on Jun 29, 2010 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think its wrong
To argue a close call at all. I’ve got no problem if people do that behind home plate. But to stand up and yell like a moron on every pitch is a bit too much.
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Easy with the language, gondeee
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Totally agree, Gondeee
I have no problem with fans supporting their team or even jeering the opposition, but, Idiots like that should be removed and banned. Some folks seem to think that just bcause they paid good money for tickets (or kissed someone’s butt), they are entitled to act like total jerks. Not only is that a bad example for those watching on TV, but it ruins the game for those true fans unfortunate enough to be sitting close to them.
Just curious, as I did not get to watch the game…How many times was he shown and/or referred to by ESPN, as opposed to Tim Hudson and how good the Braves are?
Watched the whole game, and don’t remember ESPN commentators talking about him. (They were too busy drooling over Strasburg’s stats) But all of my family noticed him.
That guy definitely annoyed us, especially seeing as we don’t often get to watch games due to our relatively limited channels. Continual jerks like him, are often more annoying than one time jerks you can get rid of. He serves as a good reminder that a true Braves fan, acts like one. Otherwise you’re an imitation. I can understand him (or anyone for that matter) getting annoyed on some calls, but he was going crazy on every other count.
Jason Heyward is the reason that Chuck Norris parks his car in a garage.
My non-baseball-fan-friend
has been watching the games with me the last few weeks. He’s been observing my ritual with the curiosity most reserve for staring at a fat person at a buffet. I’m a glutton for the game. Every inning, every pitch, every swing is scrutinized and every week I test the durability limits of my DVR remote and I rewind, slow-mo, rewind again, freeze frame. I think he had the most entertainment yet when last night I completely lost it watching that asshole. He’d laugh more and more the angrier I got. I went on and on about the different violent things I’d do if I’d been seating behind him.
It was very distracting, to say the least.
Didn't even notice him until the wife pointed him out
And then I couldn’t ignore him. If I had the privilege of sitting in Suntrust seats, and that fool was in front of me, I would have lost my entire mind. I can’t believe the Peachtree or ESPN folks didn’t have security sit him down a lot earlier in the game.
by KoKo the Monkey (T-Bone) on Jun 29, 2010 12:51 PM EDT reply actions
You mean this guy?
He was annoying when I was watching and it was just uncalled for to be that animated when you’re directly behind home plate.
by Dave_D on Jun 29, 2010 12:53 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
Even kept the letters from interfering with the Glausosaur's bat placement.
Well done Dave_D!
Official MCM Hater!
"If anyone asks you, you fixed my television. Now go!"
A deer rifle and scope
from the centerfield seats might have been warranted at this moment. Of course, not loaded with real bullets, but with cat poop.
"If we score, we may win. If they never score, we'll never lose."
-Erk Russell
by DavetheDawg on Jun 29, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
For well-placed use of “cat poop!” LOL
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 29, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
you WILL eat the cat poop
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by GeneParmesan on Jun 29, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
"Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic."
-Kurt Vonnegut, "The Sirens of Titan"
by Bravely going forward on Jun 30, 2010 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I feel sorry for the guy sitting behind him. Probably missed half the game.
by jack dein on Jun 29, 2010 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was tuning in and out of the game last night but I did notice that man doing a lot of clapping, and the sound picking it up pretty well…
Another of my pet peeves...
field mics. Hate ‘em. Especially those parabolic mics they have directly behind the ump on the netting in front of the Suntrust seats. You hear people’s conversations all the time, much less some idiot screaming (especially if he’s a fan of the opposition). Othere stadiums have them too. Grrr…
/rant
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 29, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I like those...
how else would I get to hear Bobby cheering on every batter? That’s one of my favorite parts of the game, which I’m going to really miss next year… and forever. :-(
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Agree with you and sddbaker, both.
I love hearing Bobby, and, yes, that mic is either mounted right next to where he frequently stands at the end of the duggout, or on the camera next to him. It’s the ones picking up just the crowd and/or field noise I despise.
BTW, I wonder how much, or if, the networks get fined by the FCC each time a batter strikes out, or flies out in a critical situation, and lets loose with the F-bomb?
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 30, 2010 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, That's Him
A real asset to society I am sure !!!
Yeah! What was up with that?
Was he calling the batter “safe” in the box? Was he saying “no swing?” Was he calling it a ball? Was he saying, “I’m only safe in my padded cell?”
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 29, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel bad for the people behind him
you end up with those nice seats and all day long you have to use your x-ray vision to look through him and watch him acting like a five year old who’s way too into the game.
R.I.P Jazz #6
Aww, give him a break! I remember my first beer buzz too! LOL
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 29, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
If you can remember that, then you didn’t do it right.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
I remember the peripherials, at least.
Fifteen years old. Tunnel vision. Dry heaves before going back home. Being “green around the gills” when my mom drug me to church the next morning on Easter Sunday. Ah, the joys of youth!
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 30, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions
This is why I can't stand fraternities at college
R.I.P Jazz #6
by was385 on Jun 29, 2010 1:03 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
We don’t have much to prove he was a Braves fan.
Jason Heyward is the reason that Chuck Norris parks his car in a garage.
He was celebrating everything that went the Braves’ way, and demonstrating negative, as Gondee pointed out, when it went the Nats’ way. Technically, you’re correct though.
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 29, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m a “people watcher” by nature. Everywere. Airports, stores, ball parks, anywhere public. I always make it point to search the crowds during TV broadcasts of games during moments when nothing is happening. Of course this guy was impossible to miss for most, epecially me. Though it even bothers me to see people on the broadcasts at the games doing something inane like staring at their phone, texting, whatever. Watch the damn game you came for!
I didn’t like seeing him do that, of course. The funny thing is that you see people that are fans of other teams at Turner Field do that sort of thing all the time. And it’s extremely prevalent in other cities, especially NY, Philly, Chicago, etc. These other fans even criticize us Braves fans for not actling like that, “not supporting our team,” ironically. As a native Georgian, I believe it’s just not in our nature.
And as far as the people in the suntrust seats, I’m sure most of those folks are there as guests and don’t care about the cost and privilege they’re afforded. Not that this makes it acceptable! As a guest they should be on their best behavior, imo. So, yes, “Get Off My TV Set!”
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 29, 2010 1:12 PM EDT reply actions
I can usually ignore jerks. Unless, that is, they’re sitting on my TV set for the entire game!
Jason Heyward is the reason that Chuck Norris parks his car in a garage.
Agreed
He was impossible to ignore, especially for someone obsessive like me.
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 29, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm quite amused...
at how fans of other teams think we “don’t care” because we are, for the most part, not hyperventilating the entire game. I agree that, as you say, it is just our nature. If it’s worth getting excited over, then we can get as excited as any other fans. I also love how they “loathe” the chop and the chant, and proclaim us racist neanderthals for doing it. Obviously, since we do it when things are going well for us, it doesn’t sit well with the enemy. The fact that other teams seem to dislike it so much seems like the perfect reason to do it more — as a Vols fan, the same philosophy applies to the playing of Rocky Top!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Couldn't have said it better.
Bit of a contridiction on their part, huh? We’re criticized because we don’t constantly stand, cheer or all wear the same colored shirts. (I actually wouldn’t mind seeing the latter even though I consider myself an individualist.) We also get derided for not having a sellout every night, though Turner Field holds 15,000-20,000 more people than a lot of stadiums and Atlanta is populated with many transplants from other cities. Yet when almost the entire fanbase at Turner Field stands up and unites behind the chop and chant, we’re ridiculed. Because, I guess, yelling something like, “Laaaaaaaaaa-reeeeeeeeee,” or throwing batteries at players is so much more intelligent and couthe. ;-)
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 30, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
How about a video so you can see the crappiness first hand?!?
Or, two…
Compressed video from my iPhone4 recording the MLB.TV through the computer.
http://ten1photography.com/Other/Edits-of-other-Peoples-shots/8389461_Q9GEA#917665497_Cdric-A-LB
http://ten1photography.com/Other/Edits-of-other-Peoples-shots/8389461_Q9GEA#917665338_WYaY3-A-LB
It reminded me
Of a few years ago when the Braves played the Rockies and their purple dinosaur mascot was behind home plate when Tim Hudson was pitching. I kept thinking about how ridiculous it was and if it had truly been affecting Hudson, then it should be disallowed. Even regardless, it should be disallowed for being so dumb to begin with.
Twitter: @Ben_Duronio
Freaking this!!
I remember that stupid purple dinosaur and how I wanted to punch him in his face that whole series! He would spin his head around in circles trying to distract our pitchers. I wished that there wasn’t a net and Huddy could have drilled him in his stupid face!!!
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
I remember it as well.
Have seen that mascot (and the smaller {female?} one) do the same to other teams during national telecasts. It’s ridiculous. I don’t mind seeing mascots like the Chicken or the Phanatic interacting with opposing players before the game, but, yes, during the game it should be disallowed.
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 30, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions
Alcohol is a helluva drug
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
I see a troll under that bridge!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Jun 29, 2010 1:26 PM EDT reply actions
I was at the game in the upper deck, in foul territory, kind of in the OF. Didn’t notice thise guy but someone in our section was blowing a horn, i think it was a vuvuzela. Very annoying. Another time this year i was at a spring training game and a lady next to me was heckling. Again, annoying.
People should stop acting like idiots at baseball games.
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Jun 29, 2010 1:29 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Sometimes, though....
the hecklers can be quite entertaining, if they are creative enough. The last game I went to at the Ted, I was in the upper deck, and we had a guy a couple of rows behind us who was very loud, yet very funny. However, as the game progressed, and he consumed more and more beer, he got a little careless and let some vulgarities slip into his commentary. I was impressed at how quickly our sweet little usher was on him like a duck on a June-bug.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Heckler entertainment
Used to enjoy seeing Cardinal Appy ball in Johnson City Tn. There is a VA home there. The VA used to bus in these grizzly old vets & give them seats right behind the home plate. They’d rag the ump all night. Some of the most enjoyable baseball I’ve experienced.
The guy in the white shirt started off as entertaining then quickly devolved into annoying. I can see an occassional display of fanaticism but grown men & true fans know when to draw the line. Even the vets I experienced showed some restraint.
A baseball diamond is, most simply, the intersecting of four 90-foot baselines, and, most powerfully, the intersecting of seemingly random lives.
Some people think that beer/alcohol shouldn’t be sold at ballparks, and this is why.
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Jun 29, 2010 1:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The day they stop selling beer at professional sporting events is the day I move to Scotland
and start talking with an accent. I’m no alcoholic, but I enjoy having a few beers at a ballgame.
by TCfromDubVee on Jun 29, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Everything is ok in moderation...
and after going to several games up north (both baseball and hockey) I can say that Turner field is like watching a game at the Vatican compared. So I don’t think banning alcohol is neccessary.
Yes yes....
it is much more cost effective for the alcoholic to bring in their intoxicating liquid from outside the confines. Pints and half pints of bourbon work extremely well for this purpose.
large pants
really tight belt
replace pints with fifths
That was when i was younger though, and it was at WVU football games.
by TCfromDubVee on Jun 29, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I disagree
I don’t drink anymore, but just because someone was acting ridiculous and possibly annoying other fans, isn’t a reason to totally ban alcohol for everyone. That’s like saying if some is accused of reckless driving then cars should be banned. I thought this guy in question was acting silly, it annoyed me to have to see him demonstrate during/after almost every pitch, but banning alcohol stadium-wide is extreme.
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 30, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
That guy may have been cool, but he sure as hell was not 4 popped collars cool.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
With crappy overpaid vets of course!
by TheBravestWay To Block A Decent Prospect on Jun 29, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
To heck with you guys!
I was having fun flailing my arms! I don’t care if you guys thought it was a “distraction”, “in bad taste”, “idiotic”, or any other comment. I paid good money to act like a buffoon on national television! You guys are soooo jealous it was me and not you! Let the HATERS HATE!
I’m a “true” fan!
/stupid comment criticizing you
/unrelated strasburg comment
/someone +1’s something
/weird pic/gif
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Jun 29, 2010 1:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
what you did there...
i see it.
"I have plus plus typing speed. You just have plus typing speed."
by GeneParmesan on Jun 29, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
By the way, when I see your posts I can practically hear Mrs. Bluth yell Gene Parmesan! The other really funny name from AD= Bob Loblaw
Same here...
If I was anywhere near the guy (now that I have seen what everybody is talking about) I would have “accidentally” spilled my beer on him, then made him buy me a new one.
Actually...
I was recently perusing a page on the Braves site, which had sort of a code of conduct for sitting in the seats near home plate. It had something about refraining from “long cellphone conversations” and waving at the camera. I was unable to locate it again.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Please find and post! LOL
I wish they would put a big sign in centerfield with 15-foot high letters that threatened expulsion from the park for waving at the TV cameras. Okay, not really, but what is it about people losing all intelligence and/or sense of compsure when they even think they are on TV? To me the people that do that, epecially in the Suntrust seats, are more annoying than the guy the OP was about.
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 30, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Guy drove me crazy
What a first class douche. And every time he threw his arms up or would clap real high, he would be looking at the tv in front of him to see himself. Come on man, what a tool.
I also am pretty sure I heard him say a few choice words picked up by the field microphone. Really wanted someone to punch him in the face.
I've seen lots of A-Holes behind the plate at Braves games
Usually the wear blue.
Maybe this guy, Angel, C.B. and old Joe W should start a club.
THIS
The poster formerly known as: SidKotchman
by SidGlaus on Jun 29, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
"banned"...
does anyone else think of Joe running the fruit stand in an early Seinfeld every time they hear that word?
KRAMER: I want restitution.
JOE: Restitution? You want restitution? Why should I give you restitution?
KRAMER: Because it’s no good.
JOE: When you put that fruit out, that’s where it ends for me.
KRAMER: It’s still your fruit, you gotta stand behind your fruit.
JOE: I stand behind my fruit.
KRAMER: So…
JOE: Hey, you got a bad peach? That’s an act of God. He makes the peaches. I don’t make the peaches, I sell the peaches. You have a problem? You talk to him.
KRAMER: You know this whole place is going vrrrrrrrrrrrrt, downhill. I could have come in here last week with a bad plum but I let it go.
JOE: Well let me put a solution for you: do your business elsewhere, I don’t want your business.
KRAMER: Oh now you don’t want my business.
JOE: No, I don’t want your business and from this moment you’re banned from the store, you’re banned!
KRAMER: But what am I gonna do for fruit?
…….
JERRY: Hey Joe.
JOE: How is it going?
JERRY: Good, just getting some fruit for myself. Gotta have fruit in the house. I like it as a snack. Wholesome, natural, chock-full of vitamins. I don’t know let’s see… mangos… four plums with red on the inside… avocado… ooo, just right… and three plantains ought to do it.
JOE: All right, all right, just hold it right there.
JERRY: What?
JOE: This fruit isn’t for you.
JERRY: What, what are you talking about?
JOE: You think I don’t know? Mangos, plantains, plums with the red on the inside, that’s Kramer!
JERRY: I can’t buy mangos and plantains?
JOE: All right, get out!
JERRY: You’re making a big mistake, Joe!
JOE: I’ll tell you something else: I don’t what your business anymore either.
JERRY: You’re saying you’re banning me from the store?
JOE: That’s exactly what I’m saying.
JERRY: I’m banned?!
JOE: You’re banned.
This is exactly why...
I could never stand Seinfeld…3-4 paragraphs of dialog and we are still nowhere…
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
It was admittedly about nothing...
I’ll take cheap laughs over a show like Lost all day (where all sorts of stuff happens and you still end up nowhere but just more confused).
Truth
I can comfort myself with the fact that I got to watch Freckles sweat and get dirty for 6 years but it all does feel a little hollow, now.
"To live is to war with trolls..." - Henrik Ibsen
I guess that’s why I don’t watch much TV!
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
+1
Baseball games and not much else…
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 30, 2010 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions
hahaha
"Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic."
-Kurt Vonnegut, "The Sirens of Titan"
by Bravely going forward on Jun 30, 2010 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions
No.
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 30, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
REC'd Gondee - good fucking call
enough – our first year in a handful where we are a power and we have to deal with assholes like that on national TV.
Congrats to EVERYONE who posted on here, b/c i’m sure we were all thinking the same damn shit last night.
How on EARTH?
How on EARTH did the people behind him not frickin clobber him by about the 4th inning?
He was standing up every pitch to where they couldn’t have possibly seen jacksquat.
I think I was bothered more by how freakishly long his arms are
We have traded away great players for less than nothing and let Texierra walk away, and much much more so pray that Hayward is sent from God and that his energy can ignite the veterans and cause the younger players to hustle more and play winning baseball...
Definitely not!
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
crazed idiot at the game
I didn’t see him much less pay any attention to him. My friends accuse me of having tunnel vision when i watch the Braves, however it’s alright to voice your opinion when you disagree with a call-not every single pitch. Other people than are in attendence want to see the game too. This guy was a butt-head last night, he’s probably like that most of the time. I pity the people he calls his “friends”.
i don't see the big deal
The guy had premium seats and he was supporting the braves. I think half of you would act that way if you had the chance.
And yes, for the record, it was me. Even though I had a few beers, looking back at it I still think it was perfectly reasonable behavior. And hey, I got on TV!
i don’t know if I actually believe the troll, although, the behavior would be fitting.
We have traded away great players for less than nothing and let Texierra walk away, and much much more so pray that Hayward is sent from God and that his energy can ignite the veterans and cause the younger players to hustle more and play winning baseball...
I think Mr. troll is being sarcastic
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Jun 29, 2010 5:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
nevermind
didn’t see that banning thing. wasn’t me
Why do people make stuff like this up? Do you draw some sort of satisfaction from it?
by Quilvio Veras on Jun 29, 2010 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
alright straight up
off the record: it was me. really, no big deal. it’s the fan’s prerogative to act crazy during the game, get in the player’s head and all that. you all got a kick out of it.
on the record: not me since i don’t want to get banned (already been warned several times).
make sense?
"You're in a $300 seat, act like a man."
That was Bob Carpenter.
Bob
Carpenter
When even a Sajackian doofus like him can burn you, you are decidedly in the wrong.
"To live is to war with trolls..." - Henrik Ibsen
According to the media, Stephen Strasburg threw a perfect game last night. Somehow the baseball flew out of his hands and the umpires let Atlanta score the runs using ghost runners.
MLBN spent the last 5 minutes telling us how nothing Strasbug did last night was his fault and his defense walked Chipper and made Hinske hit a sac fly.
MUST RECONFIGURE STRIKEZONE PARAMETERS TO ACCOUNT FOR FALLIBLE HUMAN UMPIRE - CyborgHanson48
I noticed the same thing. When the Nats didn’t score (and Strassburg lost), it was the Nats’ offense’s fault, no credit to Huddy. Yet when the Braves’ batters were patient, adjusted to Strassburg and his adjustments (quite throwing curve), it wasn’t Strassburg’s fault, it was the lack of defense behind him and no credit to the Braves’ hitters.
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. ~ Crash Davis
by Old Braves' Fan on Jun 30, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah because the nats made like 50 errors…not
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Jun 30, 2010 3:20 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I've had my fair share of annoying fans
and this guy looks tame compared to sitting in the Duke section at an ACC Tournament. This past March I had to endure the same group of people throughout the weekend and it’s absolutely terrible during a UNC game. I am a UNC fan and I had to endure all the lame chants and actions of the Dukies.
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