Dear Fair-weather Pads fan* heckling Luddy the whole game:
by derntootin on Apr 26, 2011 1:13 AM PDT
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PrintSuck it. In case you read this, I want you to know exactly who I am talking to. You sat in Section 130 Row 1 Seat 1. You wore a brown T. Gwynn jersey (1970's?) and went with a friend wearing a Braves jersey. I was the guy wearing the 1998 batting practice pullover sitting in the section to your right who called you an asshole and told you to shut up in the top of the 8th and again in the 12th. I bit my tongue way more than you know and wish I spoke up earlier and more often. I doubt you are an asshole all the time, but you sure were tonight.
I don't hate you, because I have seen you out at games before rooting for the Pads with the zeal with which I wish you would have used tonight (especially after Luddy's 1st homer). In fact, I am pretty sure I hi-fived you last season at least once in similar walk-off situations. So I am sure that I could get along with you in normal circumstances. But I absolutely hate what you did tonight.
Throughout the entire game, you heckled the shit out of Ludwick - every single top of the inning. Dude, even your Braves buddy didn't heckle Luddy until you two synchronized that "bum" chant in the 10th, which I am sure you put him up to. I get it, he's sucked this year. He sucked for us last year. But he's a Padre, and he's getting better and tonight he was the f'ing man. If you really feel the need to express your frustrations, then boo him after he "takes a bad route" or "can't run fast" (or create a fanpost on Gaslamp Ball) - by the way, those were some very creative complaints. Please don't misinterpret me, I do not condone booing any Padre. I did it once in 2008, and I felt awful inside afterwards, like I betrayed my own. Which is exactly how I felt about you tonight, Benedict. What I mean is, if you really feel that strongly about a Padre that you need to express your discontent, go ahead. Boo him briefly, but get it over with quick (fair warning, it pisses me off and I might tell you to shut up again). After all, it is a free country. But remember, free countries are built on thin red lines. We don't heckle our own. We heckle the Dodgers. We heckle the Giants. I guess we are supposed to heckle the Mariners, but really, who cares about the Mariners.
We DO NOT heckle the Padres. We DO NOT heckle the Padres at PETCO. We DO NOT heckle the Padres while wearing a Tony Gwynn jersey (remember when I told you if Tony knew about how you were heckling Luddy he'd make you take that jersey off? Whatcha wanna bet?). At least Padres Fans don't - which is why you get labeled Fair-weather fan* above. You showed your true colors and they are not brown and gold, at least not tonight. What, one Luddy HR all up in yo' guts wasn't enough for you? Here, how about a walk off 2-run blast all up in yo' fiz-nace. I remember Luddy smiling in your direction after putting up with your shit for 8 innings. Luddy big-leagued the shit out of you with that walk-off. Both of those HR's were hit right at you. Oh yeah, I saw you begging for Luddy to toss you his between-inning warm-up balls, twice. I bet if you had been lucky enough to catch either of them, or either of his HR's, you'd go early to your next game and ask him to sign it.
And believe me, I was not the only one disgusted with your behavior. There was a family of four behind me that felt the same way. The two teenagers to my back left thought you were an idiot (they commented on how unworthy of a T. Gwynn jersey you were too). I am pretty sure that big dude behind you with all the tats was sick of you too. Even the chicks two rows behind you thought you were a douche. The two guys to my right, who I always see at games, were bullshit about it. We kept talking to each other about you and how much of a jackass we all thought you were. The best was right before Luddy knocked the game winner right at you, we called it. "How sweet would it be if Luddy knocked the walk-off right at that guy!" Boo-ya! Poetic justice. I was so proud of Luddy tonight. I thought you were a disgrace. God it was awesome watching you bolt out of there with your tail between your legs. Why didn't you stay and celebrate? Why didn't I see you hi-five anyone? Why were you walking up the stairs looking only at the ground and not making eye-contact at any of the Padre Fans just waiting for some kind sign that you realized you got punked - by Luddy? You're a Padre fan*, right?
On my drive home my fiance analogized being a Padre Fan to being married (go figure - by the way, she thought you were a joke too). When you love someone and commit, you do so unconditionally. Sure you might fight, you might have rough times, they might do things that disappoint you or make you mad. But you love them and you are loyal. You treat them with the respect they deserve. You have their back, no matter what. For better or for worse right? Because when times are good, man are they good (like tonight in the 13th!). But sometimes they are bad. When they are, do you think it is a good idea to be an ass and make it worse? No. If you think I am wrong, please trash that T. Gwynn jersey right now because you don't deserve to wear it. Otherwise, get your priorities straight, and let Jed and Buddy handle the rest.
I guess the thing that most pisses me off is that I can't figure out why in the hell you did what you did. Did you think that somehow your heckling would help Luddy play better? Were you trying to motivate him? It sure didn't seem like it. To me, and everyone else around you, nothing but utter contempt for Luddy seemed to come out of your mouth. Way to be supportive of your team, fan*. Maybe you were trying to motivate him, and maybe that's just what he needed in order to drop that huge F-U of a walk-off right at you. I hope not. I would like to think that Luddy's just hitting his stride. I think Luddy's finally starting to get comfortable and relaxed here and that's why he's picking it up.
I hope this reaches you and you reflect upon your behavior tonight. I hope the next time I see you at the park we can be comrades, and root for our team. I hope you think long and hard about how true Padres Fans conduct themselves, and next time act accordingly. Because I have to tell you, all you brought with you to the park today was negativity and a Braves fan. I hope you don't bring either of them again.
Go Padres and congrats to Luddy. Great win.
This FanPost was written by a member of the Gaslamp Ball community and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Gaslamp Ball managers or SB Nation.
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Best. Fanpost. Ever.
There are times I want to just yell in the faces of some Padres fans* for what they say about the team. On Saturday, I was in Section 312 and had to listen to some guy call Ludwick and a few others “bums” before they even took one swing. He said “Bartlett does nothing, that bum. We need to cut the guy and get a real SS” Two seconds later, he triples and fan* starts looking for high fives. I wanted to walk up the stairs and slap the fancy-schmancy $40 Padres hat off his head. Everytime I’ve ever told Padres fans to shut up, people look at me like I’m the a—hole. But this post just gives me more confidence in doing it. These guys are out there expecting to get our respect and make us proud to be Padre fans. But when our players are getting booed and heckled by their own fans, it makes us look like idiots. We’re not like Philly where we should just boo anything and anyone. Some people need to show some damn respect when they’re 1 row from the field. Great post, derntootin. Keep it up for the real fans out here.
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
making comments to yourself/people around you
is different than heckling a player or booing a player. At least it is to me.
by kevintheoman on Apr 26, 2011 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Right
Plus, 312 is at the top of the stadium and not many effective heckles occur up there. What annoyed me the most was him looking for high fives. If you want to comment to yourself like that, don’t expect people around you to high five you like you were kidding about what you just said or it was some ESP motivator from 200 feet away. Just say something like “Well at least he finally did something”, you know…stay the a-hole. Don’t shed the jerk attitude because he proved you wrong right in front of everyone. Those are the worst ones.
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
I'm surprised that you didn't try and take a swing at the bastard.
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by Jonathan Holmes on Apr 26, 2011 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Yeah
Because throwing punches at a guy because he says something you don’t like is such a mature way to handle a situation. I’ll leave that to guys with way-too-large tires on their trucks and the truck testicles hanging from the back.
by EvilSammy on Apr 26, 2011 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I leave that to the intoxicated
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
Redundant.
My mustachioed sperm donor is dead to me and I’m dead to the dumpster he sprayed his gravy in. - TTG
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Apr 26, 2011 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe
this “fan” will start heckling other Padre outfielders… You know what I’m sayin’?!
"I'M NOT GOING TO ASK HIM FOR F_CKING TICKETS, DEX. I DON'T NEED A DEAL ON A F_CKING LUXURY SUITE." - Mike
by Jonny Dub on Apr 26, 2011 8:15 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Oh, yeah...
And I’m going to start using “all up in yo’ guts”.
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
We Don't
heckle the Mariners!
"I'M NOT GOING TO ASK HIM FOR F_CKING TICKETS, DEX. I DON'T NEED A DEAL ON A F_CKING LUXURY SUITE." - Mike
Yes, derntootin almost lost at that
I mean I like it if it was a new means of disrespectin’ our most hated of enemies, the ’Mort to our Potter, but otherwise someone might be in need of some re-educatin…
queen of the rec fairies
totally concur
but Ludwick still sucks right?
and is a huge disappointment, right?
I mean, let’s not get too crazy over one good game.
How is a legit Padres fan supposed to express their disgust with such a huge chunk of our payroll being sucked up by blackholes like Ludwick and Hawpe? Ludwick has had almost 300 ABs with the Padres and is hitting just over 200 with a OPS of under 650. This ain’t little league, I’m not clapping for strikeouts and errors. This is a legitimate question: How does a fan express their disgust while at the game?
by Stephen (shaynes41) on Apr 26, 2011 8:17 AM PDT reply actions
My theory has always been that it is ok to boo lack of effort, not lack of results.
A player is only as good as he is. If the GM went out and got a bad ballplayer, it is not the player’s fault, it is the GM’s fault.
especially in the case of a guy like ludwick
who is hustling on d, and putting together good ABs at the plate
by iheartyourfart on Apr 26, 2011 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Why do you come to the game to show your disgust?
These guy’s aren’t happy about losing. These are competitive men getting their asses kicked. They don’t need to hear your disapproval at them getting their asses kicked.
The only reason to go to the game is to show that your a fan of the Padres and a fan of baseball. Small market teams have 100 loss seasons and this is probably going to be one of those seasons. Why not take the opportunity to show you can support the team even when their losing? How about that?
"Never have a motto, that's what I always say" - Me
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"I Hate SF" - The Chosen One.
I don't like those people
They show up, just boo talk crap, then complain about how much the ticket cost. Why’d you pay in the first place?
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
i'm gonna rec this remotely from st louis, especially because we're dealing with a similar situation
i just came over to say
RFL! RFL!
that’s all, thanks
"I still don’t understand what commercial is better than having me on tv" – Chris Carpenter
2011: Boog would've count 24
I recommend this FanPost
My only criticism is that I think that this guy is the definition of a Foul Weather Fan. All of his enthusiasm and his identity is built on criticizing his team when they are playing badly. When things go well, that’s when he slips back into the shadows.
by jbox on Apr 26, 2011 8:39 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
My reason for booing Ludwick was more based on a perception...
a perception that he was disappointed to be in San Diego. When he came over in the trade, he seemed bored by the whole process…. I know it’s judgmental of me, but that’s what makes me a fan (short for fanatic). Last year we had a team that was vibrant and full of life; a bunch of guys overachieving and excited to be where they were… fighting for every game. And here comes Ludwick, saying how much he would miss St. Louis and how much he loved it there, and with very little on how happy he was to be getting traded to another first place team. It just felt very Mimrabelli-ish to me- I’m so sorry you had to come to our sorry ass team with all of your amazing talents… such amazing talents that the Cards were considering platooning you because of better players who had come up in their farm system at the time.
I guess it just made me feel like he didn’t try his best. Couple that with his poor hitting and the fact that his inability to run with the speed of a professional athlete (don’t get me wrong, baseball is a funny sport in that it’s totally ok for multiple players on a team to be slower than your average Bowler, so Ludwick has all of the necessary speed to be an AllStar- see AGon) ruined our team formula for consistent wins, and he just became a guy that was easy to dislike.
I don’t care how well he was able to do against a pitcher he usually does well against historically. I will still boo him and keep on wishing he would get back in his El Camino and head back to St. Louis.
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
by cubbuster on Apr 26, 2011 8:48 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
don't you talk about mirabelli
don’t you dare talk about that pondscum
by iheartyourfart on Apr 26, 2011 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions
Funny side note...
My in laws go to Traverse city every summer, and it just so happens that Doug Mirabeeli’s wife has a realty office out there. So, I’m going to ask her to sign one of my Padres hats. Ya Doug, we are a real MLB team, and your wife likes us enough to sign our hats.
Yeah, I hold grudges against Knuckleball catchers.
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
No
Even if a .150 hitter strikes out on an 0-2 fat, hanging curve with the bases loaded in the 7th inning, down 3-2 for his third strikeout of the game, you cheer him like he won Game 7 of the World Series with a walk off grand slam.
Sincerely,
Pollyanna
by EvilSammy on Apr 26, 2011 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I smile at the thought of spanking too.
I need new pants.
I believe that we will win.
by jodes0405 on Apr 26, 2011 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Of course not
Hyperbole makes the world go ‘round. But I do think it’s okay to boo your own players, as long as you keep it under control, aren’t obnoxious about it and aren’t vulgar or obscene. And, you can be cheering your team while booing. In the act of your disdain, you are hoping for something better. You can later be joyful that the player (Ludwick, Hawpe, whomever) has pulled it together.
by EvilSammy on Apr 26, 2011 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Actually jbox,
That’s a really good question. I am most decidedly NOT a binary fan, only booing or cheering, only ecstatic or bitter. Actually, I am pragmatic. I don’t like pollyanna fans whose rose-colored glasses see a World Series winner in their 98-loss team as much as I don’t like Philly fans who would boo a paraplegic who bounces a ceremonial first pitch. I like fans who reasonably assess their team(s), with some added hopefulness at the start of a new season and irritation at the end of a bad season. If a slumping player strikes out for the third time in a game or leaves runners stranded for the 10th time in a row, a little booing is okay (not throwing batteries or f-bombs) and if that same guy redeems himself later with a game-winner or incredible diving catch, it’s okay for selective memory to erase the earlier bitterness.
But in the end, it’s just sports. It’s an escape from life’s real bullshit like unemployment, cancer and bad relationships.
What a joke.
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
by Axion on Apr 26, 2011 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Appreciate the rec
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Today is actually my anniversary...
…and so I mean this in the most platonic way possible.
MARRY ME.
I read that yesterday
and about crapped myself when I saw that HE ACTUALLY CALLED HER but sadly her voicemail box was full.
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
So how low does a guy's
batting average have to go before you give him a little boo? Hell, I know it’s not Philly, but c’mon, in ain’t Seattle either.
That was beautiful and scathing, all at once.
So rec’d.
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by Jonathan Holmes on Apr 26, 2011 9:31 AM PDT reply actions
I don't know...it's such a fine line; there are so many variables....
I have to agree with Sammy. While I am not cool with mercilessly unloading and heckling (especially using profanity) a player in a Padres uniform…I am cool with booing that player when necessary. I am going to voice my displeasure with a guy for sucking.
And as far as this “we do or don’t this or that because they’re a Padre”…I’m sorry, but f*ck that. I love this baseball team as much as anybody else, but just because a guy is in our uniform doesn’t make him a Padre. Tony the Gwynn is a Padre. Trevor Hoffman is a Padre. Heath Bell is a Padre. Latos is one. Hundley is one. Even Hudson.
I’m sorry…but Brad Hawpe and some of the other guys on our 25-man haven’t earned that.
by Drama on Apr 26, 2011 10:21 AM PDT reply actions 8 recs
derntootin...
I do appreciate and love a good middle of the night tirade though….rec’d for that alone.
Agreed.
I appreciate derntootin’s loyalty, but I think that sometimes your own guys just deserve to be booed. Hell, players themselves will tell you that when they’re playing terribly they deserve to be booed. Obviously, there are limits, there are certain guys who have earned the right not to be booed, and you should never sit there are mercilessly heckle your own guys — unless it’s Doug Mirabelli… then it’s fine.
My mustachioed sperm donor is dead to me and I’m dead to the dumpster he sprayed his gravy in. - TTG
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Apr 26, 2011 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I see this comment is now green...
WITH ENVY.
by Dex on Apr 26, 2011 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
"I am going to voice my displeasure with a guy for sucking.
Well that would be a first.
"Way to be all matchy, f________." - TTG's Awesome Friend
by Winfield's Ghost on Apr 26, 2011 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 8 recs
this might be my favorite comment of the young year...
and its going to be tough to top it.
"I suggest more bike" ~KSK
"The Red Sox and Yankees are playing as I type but I don't know who's winning because I don't watch Arena League baseball." - the genius TTG
Green isn't even good enough for this comment.
It should get it’s own special color it’s so damn good.
I agree
you cant be heckling your own team, especially one of your “big bats”. Listen we know Ludwick is struggling, but he’ll turn it around, hes a pro and he is on a contract yr. Brad Hawpe on the other hand….. haha
In this douchers defense I can remember cursing Edward Mujica many times as a padre fan……
I am positive Ludwick doesn't hit those homers without that guy.
because he’s the fan San Diego deserves, but not the one it needs right now. and so we’ll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he’s not a hero. He’s a silent guardian, a watchful protector, a dark knight.
"Get your hopes up. That's what hopes are for by the way, to get up. You don't get your hopes down, you get your hopes up." -Jeffrey Tambor
by Ketchup on Apr 26, 2011 10:30 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
I boo'ed Hawpe loudly on Saturday along with most of the other people in 218
I have no problem booing players on the Padres if they deserve it. Last night I just leaned over to my GF and said this guy sucks ass and Hawpe proceeded to hit a double. I cheered for him the rest of the game.
If you play terrible then I have no problem letting you know as a fan. I didn’t buy the tickets to watch you suck at your job and not let you know I think you suck with a boo or two. Usually, it is just smart ass remarks to whoever I am with.
This is a terrible thing for the Padres. - Jerry Coleman
pre-approved list of hecklable padres:
burroughs
klesko
any of the run fairies
doug mirabelli
george arias
matt bush (off-the-field heckling acceptable)
joe randa
pmac
bobby j jones (but not bobby m)
brian bohringer
john roskos
randy myers (or rodney… the one who sucked)
by iheartyourfart on Apr 26, 2011 10:36 AM PDT reply actions
How about:
Blaine Neal
Phil Nevin
Michael Barrett
Jim Edmonds
Shane Victorino
Oliver Perez
Mike Rivera
Wiki Gonzalez
Ruben Rivera
Donaldo Mendez
Kevin Nicholson
Mark Bellhorn
Deivi Cruz
Alex S. Gonzalez
Darrell May
Ben Johnson
Freddy Guzman
Ray Lankford
Scott Linebrink
Will Cunnane
Heath Murray
And many faceless others…
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
i deleted ruben rivera and deivi cruz from my list
because i didn’t want to be mean… but i’m glad their contributions haven’t been forgotten
by iheartyourfart on Apr 26, 2011 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh oh, lemme try:
Bubba Trammell
Termel Sledge
Al Martin
Tad Iguchi
"Who do you think wiil the replacement for Jerry Jr. Cabarra or Frederson"
by Natrone Means Business on Apr 26, 2011 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions
We should get a running list
Terrence Long
Brian Tollberg
Mike Thompson
Dave Hansen
Kory DeHaan
Glendon Rusch
Chip Ambres
Hiram Bocachica
Josh Banks
Cha-Seung Bak
Vinny Castilla
Jason Lane
Morgan Ensberg
Will Ledezma
Brett Tomko
Sean Henn
Charlie Haeger
Enrique Gonzalez
Jared Wells
Colt Morton
Shawn Estes
Chad Reineke
Bryan Myrow
Callix Crabbe
Tim Redding
Randy Williams
Wilson Valdez
Kevin Jarvis
Jaret Wright
Charles Nagy
Roger Deago
Carlton Loewer
Kevin Walker
Randy Keisler
Clay Condrey
Dennis Tankersley
Brandon Villafuerte
Joe Roa
Jesse Orosco
Mike Bynum
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
by sdchicken on Apr 26, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The more I look at this list of failure, the happier I am with the current team.
They show promise. These guys showed nothing.
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
Yeah, but that falls on the entire Padres org
Guys like Randy Smith, Bill Gayton, etc. who were responsible for overseeing and sifting through scouting. Some of the busts were snake-bite situations, like Tagg Bozied blowing out his knee, or Jake Gautreau getting injured, or Cesar Carrillo unable to recover from Tommy John surgery. With others it just feels like nobody cared enough to do their due diligence on player potential.
I’m not ready to lump Sandy Alderson, Grady Fuson or Paul DePodesta into that group yet just because we’re seeing some of their picks actually have an impact on the system. Chase Headley, Nick Hundley, Mat Latos (savvy draft-and-follow gambit), Wade LeBlanc, and Will Venable came during their era. Our DR scouting expanded under Alderson’s watch, and we made a huge splash in the international draft a few years back by signing guys like Adys Portillo and Luis Domoromo.
They’re gone now that Jedi is in charge, but look how huge of a difference they made during their short amount of time there. KT had been with this organization since 1995 and amounted to dick. Sandy & Co. came on board for about 4-5 years and created a respectable farm system for the Padres essentially from scratch.
Oops, that ended up really long. Remembering all that shit from the past just pissed me off.
tl;dr, KT sucks.
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
he was good at getting value out of undervalued veterans
but it was only because he gambled on EVERY SINGLE ONE. it was always frustrating to see bochy end up giving at bats to mark bellhorn instead of letting young players develop.
KT isn’t a poor gm per se… its just hard to put together a solid team in a small market when you essentially get nothing from the draft every year..
then there’s this:
by iheartyourfart on Apr 26, 2011 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
He was okay with trades, but he relied on them way too much because of the weak system
Then there was 2009 when he didn’t have a full starting pitching rotation until late Spring Training. Farm systems are supposed to take care of that on their own.
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
How dare you heckle Callix?!?!
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by TheThinGwynn on Apr 26, 2011 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Though, in retrospect, he's missing some teeth...
Might not be fair to pick on him…
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
rec'd for Jesse Orosco
Terrible. And terribly old.
by kevintheoman on Apr 26, 2011 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
brett tomko is amazing.
i met him at souplantation and i almost gave up a home run on the spot.
by iheartyourfart on Apr 26, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
hows about Chris Brown...remember thay guy
He was the first Padres player that I ever remember booing….
The next was Kevin Mitchell. It was even worse to see him kill it with the Penis Hats.
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
by cubbuster on Apr 26, 2011 3:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
or maybe one came before the other. i dont really remember anymore
"Well, he ought to go home and find somebody else to bang." Jerry Coleman
by cubbuster on Apr 26, 2011 4:00 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm not surprised with Chris Brown. Look at this guy. What an asshole.
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
by sdchicken on Apr 26, 2011 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
nonononono
not an iguchi koozie, a kouz koozie
"Get your hopes up. That's what hopes are for by the way, to get up. You don't get your hopes down, you get your hopes up." -Jeffrey Tambor
Good rant
I think there’s just a lot of frustration from the players and the fans. If we hop on a little win streak, everyone will settle down.
Mat Latos is the real deal...Go Lakers, Pads, and Bolts
by mrbarneydangles on Apr 26, 2011 12:28 PM PDT reply actions
Wow what a rant
A quick boo for not hustling, leaving men on base while losing, a hitting slump, or bad error=ok
Heckling and organizing chants with opposing fans= not ok
New rec record?
I don’t understand all of the Ludwick hate. He’s been crushing the ball for two weeks now and they are just starting to fall in for him. He’s seeing the ball well right now. Focus your hate on Hawpe if you need to.
Denorfia sucks.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. -- Vince Lombardi
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 26, 2011 1:10 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
this does not apply to Norf
cause he still sucks…correct?
"There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."
---Steven Wright
norf is undercover awesome
he just hides the awesome with a heavy coat of suck
by iheartyourfart on Apr 26, 2011 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a Hail Mary situation
For once, his bad reads on fly balls turned into something to help the Padres.
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
If they're not playing well
I’ll boo and jeer. It’s what it is. Homerism is best left for sports announcers, not the fans.
i thought homerism
was best left to edward mujica
by iheartyourfart on Apr 26, 2011 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
Can I heckle Mark Grant?
"Who do you think wiil the replacement for Jerry Jr. Cabarra or Frederson"
by Natrone Means Business on Apr 26, 2011 3:40 PM PDT reply actions
ABSOLUTELY NOT
Denorfia sucks.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. -- Vince Lombardi
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 26, 2011 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
You forgot the word "WHORE" between "FILTHY" and "MOUTH".
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
Only if he's playing with plastic lobsters or hawking some godawful merchandise
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
like these godawful shillelaghs...
"There is a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."
---Steven Wright
Or Motorworld, or whatever product Channel 4 makes him shill on TV
Ehhhh, I don't deserve a signature...
I like the marriage analogy, but like marriage itself, the reality tends to be complicated
In some ways, fans tend to find it easier to uphold the ideals of marriage with the team they love and support (the idea of loving an opposing team is often unthinkable, while many married men and women find Heath Bell simply irresistible), but while the team in its abstract sense might be loved unconditionally, those who represent it tend to cause us fairly amazing (if absurd) suffering and frustration – especially if they have an SD in their name :P.
So the question becomes how do we deal with all the angst. Tears, alcohol and (gallows) humour all help, but scapegoating is a common response as well, and for some people following their team seems to be more about the perverse joys of hating than the agony and ecstasy of loving…
That said, while I tend to curse with the best of them when things go wrong (which is happening a bit too much at the moment, and I might have to modify some language after my 5yo daughter dropped the f-bomb yesterday when Headley demonstrated his warning track power), I think constant heckling of your own players is boorish and pretty pathetic.
queen of the rec fairies
As a proper Padres fan...
If you don’t like what you see on the field, it’s your job to go to the beach and not show up at games until you hear that things have turned around.
by Dex on Apr 26, 2011 6:07 PM PDT reply actions 12 recs
PS
I’m just saying that to throw off the sent of fairweather lurkers.
Also, I boo at players if I think they’re better looking than me.
Scent makes my day
Denorfia sucks.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. -- Vince Lombardi
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 26, 2011 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Along with anyone who tells you not to boo him.
Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play
Don't get mad at me because justdave didn't support jodes enough in getting a Padres "the show"
Denorfia sucks.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. -- Vince Lombardi
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Apr 26, 2011 6:13 PM PDT up reply actions
whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
"I suggest more bike" ~KSK
"The Red Sox and Yankees are playing as I type but I don't know who's winning because I don't watch Arena League baseball." - the genius TTG
Guess that makes me an improper Padres fan
Or makes it obvious I’m a transplant. I show up good or bad and if someone sucks so bad it hurts, like Hawpe, you’re damn right I’ll boo their pathetic ass. Nothing pisses me off more than sucky players who don’t even try hard.
nice fan post dude.
i save all my crap talking for in gamethreads
Pardon me, While I burst, Into flames!
Fans weren't Hawpe...
about Brad on Easter Sunday, this one guy in particular… Booing the home team is sooo classless, just ask L.A.
Teleport Or Go Blind! - What would you do if you were fragged by a wookie?
When a guy is batting under .100
I’d make the argument they have no business being on the team. Unless that team is the AAA Padres.
I rest my case...
Gaslamp Ball Interview: Harry the Heckler
Q: "What’s your “Heckling Manifesto”?"
A: Keep it Clean. Never curse or use four letter words. Don’t talk about the players mother or his wife and kids or his girlfriend. Saying something funny is a lot more effective, especially if you can get the crowd laughing at the player. I don’t drink beer at the game because I don’t want to become known as a drunk heckler or say something inappropriate. Never heckle your own players.."
by derntootin on Apr 28, 2011 11:33 AM PDT reply actions 8 recs
And greened
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
dude
i SO freaking wish i read the harry the heckler interview earlier so i could have included his manifesto quote in my rant above. although, even without harry’s wisdom i think enough people got the point and agreed that while booing your team at times is ok, heckling is not.
Oh we got it.
You got 35 recs, a “marriage proposal” (I WAS KIDDING) and expressions of love. We totally got it.
These are the times that try Padres fans’ souls….
I've lived in San Diego my whole life.
And it’s always amazed me how such a beautiful and positive place can spur some of the most bitter and negative people I’ve ever met in my life. There are way too many sports fans in San Diego that regard the home teams like the ex wife that cleaned them out in the divorce settlement. Just bitter, angry, negative, ill will, why? I’m the guy at work who always knows the score, so people came up to me a lot last season wondering how the Pads were doing. When I would tell them we were losing, people were like “Well, it figures!” When they were winning it was like “Well, let’s hope they don’t screw it up”. What is that? Why are so many in San Diego like that?
"Never have a motto, that's what I always say" - Me
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"I Hate SF" - The Chosen One.
its totally ok to hate me for saying this but
for the people who have lived their whole lives here….. it may be because they’ve never seen a san diego pro sports championship. people alive during the chargers’ AFL championship (like that even counts) are what… 50 now?
by iheartyourfart on May 4, 2011 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions
*Major pro sports championship
Sockers and Gulls were huge for a few minutes.
Man, I miss Gulls games. 15 bucks for center ice…
Why ask a failed romance to come watch your successful one? You know, that's like inviting the Seattle Mariners to a World Series game. It's just weird for everyone.
The Gulls were pretty much my childhood
during their WCHL champion years.
The Padres are good, but make no mistake: we've gotta beef up the linwup.
If I had a nickel from every SBN blog that has banned me, Arrowhead Pride would owe me 5¢.
"I'm so psyched, I'm gonna smoke a doobie and poop on my hot dog." --Dex
by StrangeBroP25 on May 8, 2011 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Based on Mr. Hudson't outburst, I have modified my opinion on heckling home team players.
When a player makes a point of attacking the home teams fans, via the media of his choice. The home team fans are justified in booing and heckling to their heart’s content.
by field39 on Apr 30, 2011 1:25 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
That was my thought too
I don’t like booing the home team unless they really deserve it (like Bartlet standing at the plate last night), but Hudson was WAY off base calling out the fans. Particularly when his “God given talents” haven’t allowed him to play good baseball so far this year.
This.
I am and have always been anti-booing-the-home-team. I’ve gotten into arguments with people at games over it. And when I heard people start booing Hawpe, I was angry. But I’m even more against the way Hudson reacted to the fans, so I just let it go when people boo him now, and I even do it jokingly.
I need new pants.
I believe that we will win.
dude lud and hawpe are doing better of late
i think the heckling got to them
hundley is making other padres look silly
i've been heckling bin laden for almost a decade
you can thank me for his death
by iheartyourfart on May 7, 2011 8:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That can't be the reason.
My better half heckles me every day and I’m still a piece of sh!t.
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