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^^^^^^ 4th of July Morning Thread ^^^^^^

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Juan Gris

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May 23, 2013
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I was in Cleveland last Saturday and went to the Tigers/Indians game. In Tigers apparel, of course. Beautiful weather, great stadium, packed house, mostly awesome crowd. Very good game.

Kind of late in the game, one section over, a couple idiots on both sides of the equation shot some words of stupidity back and forth. It was a bit amusing, but also quite silly. Anyway, I get to chatting with the guy behind me (Cleveland fan) to see what the stuff in the other section was about. This guy ends up on a bit of a speech about how to act as a fan of the visitors. Now, I totally understand avoiding acting obnoxiously - not only as a visiting fan, but at all times - and each situation allows for its own level of banter before you cross the threshold. And as I'm sitting there, having paid money to the home team to get a seat, drinking a Dortmunder Gold (Cleveland beer), having purchased an Indians jersey for my son at the ballpark, etc; this guy tells me that it's ok for me to clap a bit and cheer my team on, but that so much as standing up while cheering is poor ettiquette. WTF? That's when I turned around and tuned out the goof. When a bit later, Cabrera hit a go-ahead double in the 10th, I think I offended the poor guy's sensitivites. What a *******.

Overall, Progressive Field is an awesome place to watch a game. And if I weren't there solo, I can see the surrounding area being a fun spot to hang out: hopping bars, casino, etc. I'll be more than happy to get the chance to go back sometime. Cheers to Cleveland.

I support fans actively cheering their teams on, especially if they are visitors at the ball park. It almost makes what you watch more exciting and, when your team does something good, it's fun to rub it in the other fans' faces.
 

tramers

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Aug 7, 2008
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hickory nc
If I see somebody wearing a jersey of neither team I'll tell them they're lost . I'm telling others it's ok to cheer ------------- when I leave them alone LOL.
 

clarkzac

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Oct 31, 2010
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Good morning all. Going to be going over to my grandma's later today for lunch and whatnot. [MENTION=8688]U L Washington Rookie[/MENTION] that's a great story. I find it rather amusing since I'll be going down to Denver next weekend to watch the Twins take on the Rockies and it will be my first experience being a fan of the visiting team. The funny part is, I'm somewhat of a Rockies fan as well since that's all we get on TV, but the Twins are still the top of the list
 

lonesomeagle1

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Aug 7, 2008
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Happy 4th all
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michaelstepper

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Jan 15, 2010
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Morning. Happy 4th.
Got the spring auction catalogue from Robert Edwards yesterday. Flipping through it last night my girlfriend actually stopped me a couple times, "did you just have a nerdgasm?!" AMAZING stuff in there. Holy cow, and their projected sale prices on some items were much lower than I anticipated
 

michaelstepper

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Jan 15, 2010
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southeast Alaska
Watched the mlb video of the tribute to gehrig's speech. Quite moving.

Have this available to anyone wanting it
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AND picked this up today after selling the griffey ultimate auto
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gt2590

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Aug 17, 2008
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Near Philly
Nice job by Olbermann last nite about the Gehrig speech...

Working both jobs today but real easy plus one is Holiday pay.

And been looking forward to GER-BRA semi since May, looks to be on.

Hope everyone has a Great Holiday weekend!
 

gt2590

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Aug 17, 2008
38,658
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Near Philly
Springer (17) and Abreu (27) both go yard.

And McCutchen just missed the HR he needed for the cycle vs. Philly...
 
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