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1. Belfry Bob Posted: July 28, 2012 at 10:25 AM (#4194422)Agreed.
That doesn't mean that if I were Mike Rizzo, I wouldn't pursue him if he became available this off-season -- as East Coast markets go, Washington fans are certainly far less jaded (in a baseball sense) than Philly, New York or Boston, and Hamilton would make the Nationals' offense dangerous and provide outfield skills to complement Harper's. But the Metroplex appears to be Hamilton's comfort zone, the occasional boo notwithstanding.
specific to hamilton he is considered the team's best player and people expect him to not stink. when he does they are disappointed
this is not complex. c'mon, stop being willfully dense
i boo lack of effort and stupidity
i never booed robin yount not because he was robin yount but because he always hustled and never saw do something stupid in person
stopped booing ned yost because it was just too often. he wore me out
Why do you think they are full of crap? I understand defending the practice, but why do you think everyone boos a player? I never have, and don't think there will ever come a time that it would even enter my mind. Yes if Jeff Loria walked onto the field for some reason, I would be sorely tempted to boo. Beyond that I cannot comprehend the desire to boo anyone. I understand booing a "uniform" a little bit more, that makes some sense to me, but it's not an action that I would partake because it's not what I do.
I do not understand the people that boo their own star player, regardless of the reasons they give to justify it.
However, I think it's dumb.
And Harv, I do boo. I boo players on the other team. I boo bad calls. I boo players who are dogging it. I boo managerial decisions. I boo when players make a boneheaded play (not tagging up, for example).
But someone who's just struggling, but still giving effort? I don't boo that.
I do wish that there were some way for Mr Ryan or Mr Daniels to say "Josh is a great player, but we're going to take a calculated risk and not re-sign him, because he's injury-prone, getting older, and probably won't be worth what he's offered by other teams, especially by the end of his next contract." Instead, team management and some in the media have been cheapening him as they go along, taking a sort of sour-grapes-in-advance approach. It's annoying, but it's business as usual. And no, I'm not going to start booing Nolan Ryan about it :)
people have been booing for thousands of years for all kinds of reasons sports or otherwise
it's in the dna
for folks to express befuddlement about what prompts a boo is to say one doesn't get why people breathe.
give me a break
Edit: Okay, I will admit I think the ####### ratio is higher in the holler camp.
Nah, just more obvious.
Now I #####, whine, and moan with the best of them, but I don't boo and I don't shout things at players. I just don't have it in me.
I'm not much of a booer, but when I read a comment like this I do think that it looks like feigned incomprehension, as Harvey's said. Isn't this really easy to answer? These fans don't care about intentions, they care about results.
good phrase. feigned incomprehension
much more sophisticated than horseshit
I never booed the home town players. I don't think that helps anything.
I regularly booed the other players, and boo loudest at their best players. Again, it is just part of the fun. I doubt it much affected them, except maybe to inspire them to perform better, so it was probably counterproductive. Still, you've got to let them know you care.
Booing and baiting umps and refs is a separate issue and a moral imperative.
All of this applies to the pros. I never booed college players. It just seemed wrong.
umps who make bad calls then throw out the player or manager deserve boos
TLR getting tossed deserves cheers
opposing (star) players who always kill your team get boos (respect)
booing your stupid manager who does the leftylefty roogyroogy shtt with EVERY guy in the bullpen over 2 innings is righteous.
booing a guy who is trying but failing is bad - although sometimes it needs to be done to send a message to the manager/ownership - see jason smith, astro, playing instead of edwin maysonet.
booing nolan ryan (may he rot in a bad place) is always the right thing to do.
Yes.
"I pray for the booers" makes me want to boo him.
i booed him when he slogged his way to his undeserved position, i booed him at the plate, i booed with every fiber of my being at his mere presence in the stadium.
he, and his buddy the moronager, merited vigorous and focused booing and when leadership heard our cries they sent helms into the wilderness and the dugout was cleansed and the team could begin making strides toward respectability.
even now i will boo the mere mention of his name as it represents the nadir of the organization as the team had a semblance of talent and instead of play determined by merit it was by who heed-hawed the loudest at the manager's sorry excuse for humor.
wes helms. boooooooooooo i say boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I was also part of the crowd chanting PITCH! THE! BALL! PITCH! THE! BALL! at Trachsel one day.
Edit:
This is pretty funny.
Second, looking at Wes Helms' career stats on B-Ref, I find myself amazed that a guy like this managed to put together a 13 year career in the Major Leagues despite having exactly ONE good season (and that was late in his career, 2006 with the Marlins, and even still he only had 278 PA that year). What was his secret?
kisses butt, willing to hang on a bench and pinch hit, can attempt to play first or third.
Booz Allen?
Too bad there's a rain delay in the Bronx. I am curious to know Tim McCarver's opinion on the subject matter.
2008 Andruw Jones wanted to strike out/drop the pass/etc.
Instead of uploading a photo, what if LoMo had simply booed the breastfeeding woman in Nordstrom? [ducks]
He isn't registering displeasure, he's saying "boobs!"
I've heard 'fans' booing players on their own team at high school football and basketball games, for pete's sake.
Hey, I can boo the Yankees with the best of 'em. But I might be frustrated with Matt Wieters and his 1-for-60 or whatever it currently is, but I'm not inclined to BOO him.
Now if A-Rod was an Oriole, I might be forced to concede the point.
when two of my boys were in their teens i told them we would work through dinner and until late on a saturday because it was harvest time and we had to get this corn done. they both had 'plans' and in response booed me
i let them vent and then told them they could expect a bonus in their paychecks (i paid my kids for work around the farm)
they were somewhat mollified but there was still murmured griping through the evening.
must have been some hot dates..........
Boo!
I get mad at players on the home team and yell at the tv, but have not booed anyone at a game.
edit: nevermind, I have. My first Jays game ever I saw Esteban Loaiza shut out the Jays, giving up only four hits. And I joined in on the booing. He was much hated for a while due to his service costing the Jays Mr. Young, playing poorly, and then nearly winning a Cy Young award after leaving.
Ah, the arrogance of born-again Christians.
Tozer was bald, and eventually the fans in Canton started booing any bald player from any opposing team who touched the ball. It was wonderfully goofy, even if the negative karma has moved my hairline back a couple inches as an adult.
Man, that's snobby.
I never boo an amateur unless he or she breaks the rules, but booing starts at school and goes to the pros.
We boo for a few reasons, although I don't know why this should be explained to Belfry Bob:
1) Because we hope to condition the players not to mess up again.
2) Because they get paid a lot.
3) Because we may not like their interviews or personality.
4) Because sometimes they give the impression of not playing hard enough.
5) Because we're trying to communicate to the organization to replace or demote the player (it works in New York).
6) Because we're all closet pro wrestling fans.
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