LoKyBuckeye
I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
someone is getting coal in his stocking this year.
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someone is getting coal in his stocking this year.
tibor75
Banned
SONGWRITING TEAM
Introduced by his old friend Robert Kraft as "my favorite entertainer on the planet," rocker Elton John sang the praises of the Patriots yesterday at a pre-kickoff press conference at Gillette Stadium. Sir Elton, a hard-core NFL and Major League Baseball fan -- he follows the Pats and the Atlanta Braves religiously -- accepted a New England jersey marked "Elton" from the team owner and kissed Myra Kraft afterward. (John performed at the Krafts' 40th anniversary party last year.) Asked about the Janet Jackson wardrobe incident at the Super Bowl, John joked: "I'm not gonna get my [chest] on TV." He went on to say that while he might write a song about the Pats someday, that's up to his lyricist, Bernie Taupin, who's an Oakland Raiders fan. John admitted the two did not speak for a while after the infamous "tuck rule" playoff game two years ago. The singer left Foxborough before kickoff to fly back to Gibraltar, where he's performing today in preparation for a tour of South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. One more thing: John predicts the Pats will be even stronger this year and should win another Super Bowl. Their secret? "They play as a team."
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Ask buckeyegrad, he read a list of entertainers' favorite teams and Elton John was the only entertainer/actor who chose the Bengals.
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CleveBucks
Serenity now
Here's how some real fans responded to the above incident.
Dumb whore. They probably drank the beer and filled the empty bottles with urine.
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scott91575
Resident hater
Well, I'm not a Detroit fan but get to live around them. Honestly, the Pistons thing was two idiots that made things bad. The first, a guy throwing a drink on a player. Most people responded to the Pacers attack on the fans. Yet I doubt many would act different in any arena. That was classless act by both the idiot that threw the drink and the Pacers. After that hell broke loose.
The guy who threw the quarter at AI was another stupid idiot that did not convey Pistons fans. For the most part I consider Piston fans some of the best in the NBA. They sell out the arena every night (even before the championship), know alot about basketball, provide an amazing atmosphere, and back their team. Look at Miami for some of the worst fans. Until Shaq showed up with his popularity the people hardly knew they had a team. Yet they made a good playoff run the year before. Not to mention the other cities that take sports as a reason to go out yet couldn't name the starting five.
As for the Lions and Tigers. The fans in Detroit are so damn loyal to the Lions it is sick. The team has won only one playoff game in the entire history of the NFL yet they fill the seats every year (the Silverdome is tough to count since it held 80+ thousand and even then they still got 70+ during the bad years). Although the constant booing of any QB is a little tiring. As for the Tigers, Detroit is a good baseball town. The Tigers have been horrid, yet that town loves them.
For me the worst fans are the ones that are apathetic. Then come the overzealous. I honestly think the worst fans are in LA, Atlanta, Miami, and Seattle. Most don't give a shit until a team gets good.
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LoKyBuckeye
I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
Here's how some real fans responded to the above incident.
Packer fans drink a lot of beer... A LOT of beer.
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Re: the aforementioned small crowds at Jacobs Field out to see the Wild Card race-leading Indians, I'm planning on being in Cleveland for the home series vs. the White Sox.
Yes, the whole thing.
So suggit.
Yes, the whole thing.
So suggit.
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Zurp
I have misplaced my pants.
I'm not going to defend Cleveland fans. I don't know that they're "the worst," but I certainly wouldn't call them good fans. Booing Tim Couch, cheering when he's hurt, throwing beer bottles, etc. are all good examples of Cleveland being "bad fans." But heckling an opposing pitcher and making him cry are part of the game. It's part of home-field advantage. Are fans supposed to wish all of the opposing players "good luck" and cheer just as loudly for their home runs as they do for their team's home runs? Are fans at football games supposed to be quiet and let the visiting team's quarterback call the plays? If any professional athlete (Wells or otherwise) is going to be bothered by comments like, "your mother's ugly," then he's going to do a lot of crying.
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So if I came to your work place and made fun of your mother dying, you would be OK with that?
I'm amazed that all social courtesies and rules go out the window the moment many people set foot inside a stadium.
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craigw99
Permanently Banned
Yeah, I had this argument in favor of ron artest back during the pacers/pistons brawl.
Say I go to work, and as soon as I walk through the doors of my building, i start getting called names, i walk to my office, all along the way being insulted. I start working and clients are on the phone making fun of my mother, my heritage, just about anything that could offend me, finally I snap, and completely go off on someone. And as I'm sitting in my office trying to cool down, someone comes in and throws a beer in my face. You're goddamn right im going to beat some ass...
A ticket to a game does not give you the right to verbally/physically assault people. Sure, a little trash talking and name calling is to be expected, but too many people cross the line. And in Cleveland, it happens yearly.
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People need to realize that we are going to an athletes "office" when we go to a game. No other profession besides athletics to the workers suffer from such mental abuse.
Still reminds of the great Seinfeld episode where Jerry goes to the workplace of someone who heckled him and starts booing them.
"That's gold Jerry, Gold!"
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