04-14-2010, 05:52 AM
<!--quoteo(post=88762:date=Apr 14 2010, 03:09 AM:name=Dingo)-->QUOTE (Dingo @ Apr 14 2010, 03:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I do believe in booing someone like Milton because he is a cock.
I don't believe in booing someone like Soriano or any other player on this current Cubs team. Boo the player and you are booing the whole club. Its fucked. It is making our whole fan base look like fucking dickheads to fan bases of other teams and it gives opposing teams a kind of an undeserved ego boost and maybe a confidence boost when they play at Wrigley.
And if we keep it up, we will definitely have a hard time of finding free agents to play for the club.
And booing a rookie like Caridad is just retarded.
I task you lads that attend Wrigley on a regular basis to kick seven shades of shit outta anyone who does it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I have to agree, to the extent that Caridad (and the other 3 rookies in the pen) should be spared the boo-fest treatment at least until the All-Star break. At that point, I think it's fair game (if they mess up, not before). Generally, I'm not a fan of booing the home team unless they royally screw up, do something inexcusably lazy, or whiff with runners on consistently. Soriano deserves the chance to play well, and it's far too early for booing anyone. I thought the applause he got on catching a routine fly ball was hyterical, though. He probably got a chuckle out of it, too.
Booing is a paying fan's right and it's other fans right to shout "Shut up, asshole" if they want to. It's part of the game experience... and I'm not a fan of political correctness.
I don't believe in booing someone like Soriano or any other player on this current Cubs team. Boo the player and you are booing the whole club. Its fucked. It is making our whole fan base look like fucking dickheads to fan bases of other teams and it gives opposing teams a kind of an undeserved ego boost and maybe a confidence boost when they play at Wrigley.
And if we keep it up, we will definitely have a hard time of finding free agents to play for the club.
And booing a rookie like Caridad is just retarded.
I task you lads that attend Wrigley on a regular basis to kick seven shades of shit outta anyone who does it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I have to agree, to the extent that Caridad (and the other 3 rookies in the pen) should be spared the boo-fest treatment at least until the All-Star break. At that point, I think it's fair game (if they mess up, not before). Generally, I'm not a fan of booing the home team unless they royally screw up, do something inexcusably lazy, or whiff with runners on consistently. Soriano deserves the chance to play well, and it's far too early for booing anyone. I thought the applause he got on catching a routine fly ball was hyterical, though. He probably got a chuckle out of it, too.
Booing is a paying fan's right and it's other fans right to shout "Shut up, asshole" if they want to. It's part of the game experience... and I'm not a fan of political correctness.
"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." Albert Einstein