Tampa Trib on Hamilton
by jcAustin
on May 27, 2008 1:28 PM CDT
Nice piece here in the Tampa Tribune
about the reaction Hamilton got coming back to Tampa Bay. Agree that those that booed are wrong. If anything they should boo the GM and staff for not protecting him.
Anyway, it also brought to mind the Tampa heckler. I always hear him but can't ever hear what he's saying. Anyone have any details of the heckler's rap? I'm also curious where he sits and would be interested to know what the Tampa fans think of him. I wonder if he's part of the reason they don't have better attendance even though they're the best team in the AL right now?
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Funny
it sure is easy to heckle Bret Boone about his playing ability…
by JBImaknee on
May 27, 2008 1:54 PM CDT
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When I was at the Trop...
to see a Rangers game.
Frank Catalanotto was the unfortunate victim.
The cries of “Who’s got poopy in his pants? FRANKIE, FRANKIE!” rang loud that night.
by ghostofErikThompson on
May 27, 2008 2:40 PM CDT
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They should
have boo’ed the gm for not protecting him?
Are you kidding me? Is he supposed to baby every single one of his players?
"pujols is good" - Clayton Kershaw after his first start.
by miles on May 27, 2008 1:51 PM CDT 0 recs
on the major league roster
- "If you keep hitting me you're going to break my spirit" -Bullwinkle
by jcAustin on
May 27, 2008 2:12 PM CDT
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you idiot
he meant by putting him on the 40man those are terms you are going to have to learn if you want to be an agent.
by blueballlefty on
May 27, 2008 3:45 PM CDT
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Hecklers
the amusing thing about them is that they only have any impact if there is no one in the stands anyway. A full stadium of vicious fans can have no impact on visiting players, but a quiet stadium with one guy can easily be heard…
I was at a Houston – San Diego St. college game earlier this year, and SDSU was up by 6 or 7 in the ninth inning. There weren’t many SDSU fans there, and there were probably as many Houston fans who traveled across the country. Anyway, there was this one Houston frat boy who incessently heckled the SDSU pitchers, and finally in the ninth inning he got into the head of the kid who was pitching. He was yelling about his sister or girlfriend or something, and every time he screamed this girl’s name the pitcher threw a ball. 100% – I’m not kidding. He walked 3 or 4 guys and came very near blowing the game, which of course only inspired the heckler to go at it even more. Finally the SDSU fans realized what was going on and started cheering for their pitcher, with the effect of finally drowning out the guy’s voice.
Kind of a bizarre sight – I don’t know if I’ve ever seen heckling actually be an effective strategy. Especially against the home team.
by JBImaknee on May 27, 2008 1:52 PM CDT 0 recs
it's not like there aren't people sitting around him...
...how can they put up with that nonsense all game?
how bad does you team have to be that they make a celebrity out of a guy who blabbers all game?
i yell at every Ranger game i go to… but, not on every pitch. any decent fan would respect the space of others…
the Astros fans at Game 3 of that series… on the third-base side… “whooooooo”’d at every ball Gabbard threw.
by oc on
May 27, 2008 2:12 PM CDT
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How bad do they have to be?
They’re in the fertile San Diego area and still can’t build a decent baseball team. Not to mention they had to hire Tony Gwynn as their manager to have a semblance of respectability. Their team this year was Strassberg and nobody. When Strassberg was on the mound they were nearly unbeatable, but highly beatable when someone else was in there.
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by rangers85 on
May 27, 2008 6:25 PM CDT
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yeah
SDSU is a sorry excuse for a baseball program. They should dominate with the quality of high school baseball in this area. I was convinced hiring Gwynn would boost recruiting, but it didn’t.
Their ballpark is nice though. USD is a much better team, but their field is terrible.
by JBImaknee on
May 28, 2008 12:20 PM CDT
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Day Game of the double header earlier this year
we were sitting like 2 rows behind the hicks box in section 31 row 3 (hicks and nolan and family generally sit in section 31 row 1) there was like 7,000 ppl at TBiA and we were so close you could prob spit on the plate from where we were sitting and it was dead silent. so we find the perfect opportunity to heckle the O’s mercilessly. its was so dead quiet that we just the O’s hell. Ramon Martinez (who many will remember as being overpayed and old and a terrible signing in the classic “O’s way”) was up to bat and all at once we yelled right in the middle of his swing we all yelled, “Hey Ramon! Your Too OLD!!!!!!” and it really effected him. He ended up striking out and Staring at us like Tiger Woods when a guy takes a pic in his backswing. I never thought it would have been that effective.
its gotta be silent in the stands, but that shit works. never thought it would in the majors.
.500 or bust!
"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008
"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
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by Jayslick on
May 27, 2008 3:27 PM CDT
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crap
ramon hernandez?
got the wrong ramon
.500 or bust!
"There is no reason for me to move to third base," Young said.
-FOTF 5/20/2008
"Well, we are one of the cheapest teams in Major League Baseball"
-Tom Hicks 4/8/2008
by Jayslick on
May 27, 2008 4:49 PM CDT
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Heckling story
Since we’re sitting around the fire sharing heckling stories, I came up for a series against Seattle many moons ago and the trainwreck that was GlenAllen Hill was playing LF. My pop and I were sitting in that LF corner and a pigeon flew down and landed beside Hill. he refused to have any part of it, but it was clearly affecting him. So a groundscrewman had to get a sunflower seed bucket after it to get it out of the way. So of course all of us in that corner started flapping our arms and doing our best Morris Day impressions. That half inning ended and he mysteriously was replaced. He’s a mental case anyway, but I thought that was pretty humorous.
by Hypo-Luxa on
May 27, 2008 4:25 PM CDT
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Summer Day game against the white sox
It was umbrella day, I dont remember the year but carlos lee tore a hole in his pants and came out to play left field for like three more innings while everybody in the left field stands would yell about him mooning us. Finally he came out with new pants on and joked around with the crowd about it, but that was when his pants were small enough for two pairs to fit into his locker.
by phina on
May 27, 2008 6:43 PM CDT
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Games at Tropicana
Are almost unwatchable….
From the heckler, to the horn in the background to the cowbells, it’s a joke. Had to mute the TV and listen to the radio
by Plum on May 27, 2008 2:24 PM CDT 0 recs
forgot about the horn...
it’s got a very nauseating sound too, makes me feel carsick.
- "If you keep hitting me you're going to break my spirit" -Bullwinkle
by jcAustin on
May 27, 2008 2:29 PM CDT
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Don't forget the catwalks
How can a can-of-corn to CF turn into a double that never fell from the sky?
by tlt29 on
May 27, 2008 3:36 PM CDT
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Booing Hamilton
I don’t see a problem with it. The guy voluntarily chose to f up his own career and in the process screwed the Rays out of a #1 pick. Guys get booed for a LOT less in most places.
"Seems like you look at his espn stats and watch his espn highlights." - miles
"All I really have to do is look at his stats" - miles
by DaheelzCM on May 27, 2008 5:49 PM CDT 0 recs
but
if they stick him on the 40, they get everything they could have hoped for with him.
by Gdawg1 on
May 27, 2008 8:09 PM CDT
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