What Kind Of Fan Are You?

[onehrk]

I say "we". Sorry that it bothers you.

 

[JackLondon]

I would definitely be a generation fan.

Because of my mom, I am a California Angel fan first and foremost.

Because of my grandpa, I have an appreciation for the history/heritage of the game. He told me stories about the oldtimers he loved to watch- primarily Pittsburgh Pirates like the Waner brothers, Honus, etc.

 

[jumbojohnny]

Its not all "we" its the crazy "WE"...I mean the people that think they have some role to the actual daily functions of the team and players. These are the people that many would consider ridiculous and borderline neurotic.

Are you really one of these people?

I say "we". Sorry that it bothers you.

 

[Penno]

An inherited Braves fan, mostly from my Grandparents. The only team I really hate is the Mets, other teams I just hate because of their bandwagon fans (Red Sox mostly). I don't even know if I'm a baseball fan, because for the most part, if a Braves team isn't playing, I couldn't care less about the game. During the World Series, I had it on in the background, but I doubt I watched 2 consecutive innings the whole postseason.

I also don't have a problem with people saying we. I feel after buying shares season tickets/ticket packages for the last 8 years, supporting their MiLB teams, buying tons of merchandise and donating to Brave charities through their charity events, I feel I have a right to say we.

 

[jumbojohnny]

An inherited Braves fan, mostly from my Grandparents. The only team I really hate is the Mets, other teams I just hate because of their bandwagon fans (Red Sox mostly). I don't even know if I'm a baseball fan, because for the most part, if a Braves team isn't playing, I couldn't care less about the game. During the World Series, I had it on in the background, but I doubt I watched 2 consecutive innings the whole postseason.

I also don't have a problem with people saying we. I feel after buying shares season tickets/ticket packages for the last 8 years, supporting their MiLB teams, buying tons of merchandise and donating to Brave charities through their charity events, I feel I have a right to say we.

Ok, I can understand your point here, but I have been buying and eating and giving away Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for as long as I can remember, does that mean I have a right to say the same thing about Reese's company? A business is a business, but a sport or a game is just that, game. Therefore, without owning shares in the franchise, fans are just fans, not participants in managing, operating, or any other function of the team. Basically are we as fans paying the teams so we can be the cheerleaders?

 

[predatorkj]

An inherited Braves fan, mostly from my Grandparents. The only team I really hate is the Mets, other teams I just hate because of their bandwagon fans (Red Sox mostly). I don't even know if I'm a baseball fan, because for the most part, if a Braves team isn't playing, I couldn't care less about the game. During the World Series, I had it on in the background, but I doubt I watched 2 consecutive innings the whole postseason.

I also don't have a problem with people saying we. I feel after buying shares season tickets/ticket packages for the last 8 years, supporting their MiLB teams, buying tons of merchandise and donating to Brave charities through their charity events, I feel I have a right to say we.

Ok, I can understand your point here, but I have been buying and eating and giving away Reese's Peanut Butter Cups for as long as I can remember, does that mean I have a right to say the same thing about Reese's company? A business is a business, but a sport or a game is just that, game. Therefore, without owning shares in the franchise, fans are just fans, not participants in managing, operating, or any other function of the team. Basically are we as fans paying the teams so we can be the cheerleaders?

I guess its because when a fan talks about their respective team they root for, its makes the comments they make flow better when they say them in a form that indicates they are at least representing the team.Like if I tell someone about the astros and they are a Marlins fan...he might tell me "Well we need some pitching", and I might say "So do we.".Both of us know we are not members of the team but we are speaking on behalf(in a really weird roundabout way) of the team.Chances are he doesn't know jack about the astros and I don't know about the Marlins so we are kind of being an information rep?


I don't know...that's how I see it.Hell...we support the team.We do everything Penno mentioned.We may not be on the team but when you are that involved...you might as well be.

 

[predatorkj]

Another thing that drives me ape-sh*t....

Fans who are so die hard that they refer to the team as if the are on the field playing the game, or that they have some control in the daily operations of the team. Dont get me wrong, not the casual "oh, we need some pitching..." But what I am talking about is the fans that say it with such enthusiasm that they really mean that "WE" ....I have a lot of these people around were I live. These people go beyond the standard of a die hard fan, they go to that borderline crazy level of fandom. Unless you are getting a paycheck form the franchise, take a step back and re-evaluate your life priorities, get some help, move out of your parents basement, meet a mate, and live a little more life *Jimmy Fallon.

*Reference to 'Fever Pitch'

Can anybody explain to me, why is it that when my brother in-law and my 6 year old niece go to a Yankees game that she has to witness alteast a half dozen fights. These fights are between Redsox fans, Mets fans, and fellow Yankee fans. Or when my best friend and I go to Fenway and see fans people spitting at people with any other team jersey/hat/t-shirt? Even at Mets games, is battery throwing really necessary?

My niece wont even go to a major league park anymore because she witnessed two *censor* fans (same team, arguement started over a player jersey that was traded away, but playing for the home team) who started fighting while we were in line for hotdogs, one of which threw his cup of beer, drenching my niece. Thats just a horrible thing. She loves baseball at such a young age, and she is affraid to go to a game. Good thing for a local minor league team, she will go there.

This is what I was referring to when I mentioned fans can actually screw up the perception of a team.Oddly enough...this only seems to happen up north.It doesn't matter if its baseball, hockey, or any other sport.I mean...if the astros had won the world series back in 2005...I seriously doubt anybody would have started flipping over cars or climbing on street signs down town and getting hit with beer bottles.I know the Phillies fans were happy but its not like they have suffered so badly that it should elicit such reactions.

I had a friend who was down here for a while and he was a diehard Sox fan and I asked him about this.He never could explain why it was like it was.I told him for a change of pace...he should go to an astros game.Hell...at least he could wear a sox jersey and not get harmed.

 

[All The Hype]

I fall into the Respective Fan Category.


I love the Detroit Tigers. I wish they would win every game every day.


I also enjoy prospecting and like to cheer for guys so that I can profit from them. Even after I move all cards of a prospect, I still enjoy cheering for these players to succeed. I think it's pretty cool to be able to look at a player years before he makes the majors and predict that he will have future success and then watch it happen over time.


But even more than all that, I am a fan of the game of baseball and I truly can appreciate the accomplishments of any team or player from around the league. I love to talk about the game, play the game, break down the game, and simply watch the game. As cliche as it may sound, baseball was my first true love and has not faltered since.

 

[Super Mario]

I am a Die Hard Fan.

Some say I take it too serious.

I tout the Cardinals as the greatest thing sinced sliced bread, and as the greatest baseball franchise this side of the New York Yankees. I hate the Cubs just because they are the Cubs, and their fans are idiots just for rooting for such losers choosingly. I hate the Brewers and they Astros because other than the Cubs they seem to be the two other biggest threats in the Central. The Pirates and Reds are just jokes. I hate the Red Sox just as much as any Yankee fan just because of 2004.

I love the Cardinals. I have a Cardinals tattoo. I always wear Cardinals shirts and hats. I have Cardinals memorabilia in every one of the rooms in my home, and even on my car. Everyone knows I am a Cardinals fan.

BUT unlike SOME Cardinals fans who have the mentality that the franchise can't do wrong JUST BECAUSE they are the Cardinals, I am the first one to stand up and voice my opinion and call out a stupid trade, or a player sucking, or question the organization. A LOT of Cardinals fans won't EVER stand up and say something against the organization for some reason. Which is ********. And it drives me nuts that there are a lot of Cardinals fans out there like that.

I may drive you guys nuts sometimes with my fandom, but that's alright. I am okay with that, and will never apologize for loving the Cardinals so much. What fan would?

 

[Old Kentucky Shark]

I don't hate any teams, but some team's fans annoy me.

Example: I don't really HATE the Red Sox, but man, some of their fans are just obnoxious.

And all teams have fans like that, but some Red Sox fans seem to take it to a different level.

 

[Super Mario]

Any Cardinals player ever leaves St. Louis and goes to the Red Sox or Cubs I don't like them anymore, no matter who it is, could even be Pujols and I would feel the same. And any player comes to the Cardinals from the Red Sox or Cubs, I never really fully embrace them. That's how much I hate those two teams.

Jim Edmonds will always be a ******* Judas for the things he said after going to the Cubs, and for the way he acted while there toward the Cardinals.

And even when players who I have always hated ala Jeff Weaver and Ronnie Belliard come to St. Louis, I don't automatically like them just because they don the Birds on the Bat.

And when it's a players time to go, and they are totally sucking iit up, and hide injuries, ala Jason Isringhausen, I am among the first in line calling for his ass to be booted out of town.


Some of these things are why some people think I take these things too seriously.

 

[jeff550]

A respective fan
as a nats fan you cant say i am a bandwagoner.
i am not die hard ethier

 

[Super Mario]

I've also never booed an opposing team at Busch Stadium. I have booed a Cardinals player when necessarry though. Like when Matt Morris gave up back to back to back home runs at the Final Game at old Busch Stadium, which he deserved it. And when Jason Isringhausen was blowing save after save, and he deserved everything he got. But as far as booing opposing teams while in attendance, I can't recall one instance of ever doing so. Even Cubs games. Because usually I am at the game with a Cubs fan or two and we are bantering back and fourth and just having fun with it.

I probably would boo the **** out of the Brewers I was in attendance and they pulled some of their punk **** though. There just might be one of those 'hold be back' scenes from Major League 2, lol. Just joking.

 

[trademhigh]

Great, another Yankee (and Red Sox) hate thread... ::facepalm::

 

[tramers]

We have a local minor league team in town so I'm a fan of home team players . Pirate fan for 50 years and local team was a pirate farm team . that made it even better . I still follow players on other teams .

 

[Super Mario]

I didn't even boo Bonds when he would come to Busch, and I have hated that guy for years. Not because he used steroids, but because he's been a complete jerk.

I was saying when the Yankees were at Philly, if some of those things happened at Busch while I was in attendance, I would literally be embarrassed to be there in that group. What a bunch of classless idiots making their entire fanbase look like all of the stereotypes are indeed true about their city. The chants to ARod and Pettitte were ridiculous. In June, that probably wouldn't have even garnered a response from me. But to make your entire city look like such jackasses on the biggest stage of them all, that is just shameful for the whole fanbase in my opinion..

 

[Tom Oates]

What kind of fan am I?

Umm... Fair Weather :lol:

I hope somebody gets it... sometimes I amuse myself.

 

[jumbojohnny]

I dont see only posts regarding the Redsox and Yankees. So far there are a lot of good posts in here. There are different reasons for people being fans and the level of fandom that they are at. This post is to display thaat. If a post mentions any particular teams then so be, but atleast there is some context to what is being said.

Beside that, somebody arleady tried calling dibs on declaring this a hate thread. Read page one.

Great, another Yankee (and Red Sox) hate thread... ::facepalm::

 

[nyc3]

You went a long way to make a Sox/Yankee hate topic.

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It's the triumphant return of the ******, whiny, Mr. PMS!

you haven't od'ed yet? shame.

 

[ballerskrip]

is it really weird that I am a combination of all of these listed below?

I love my Cubs up and down, go to 20 games a year. But I will watch any game any time any where because I truly love the game. I also respect a great team, great baseball, and tradition.......

A baseball fan, meaning you dont really follow a particular team, but you really enjoy the game as a whole.

A respective fan, you will always have your team, never faultering, but you can appreciate the accomplishments that occur in the game regardless of what player or the team which he plays for.

A DIE-HARD fan, meaning you are like the respective fan (you will never give up on your team), but not the rest.