tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post1749875996369997218..comments2024-03-15T23:25:52.517-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: The Wave: "The Macarena Of Audience Participation Activities" or Gateway To Facsism? Or Both?allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-88105212315566028602011-08-02T12:47:49.068-07:002011-08-02T12:47:49.068-07:00My personal favorite is the fan who yells "Sw...<i>My personal favorite is the fan who yells "Swing!!!" with an opposing batter in the box.</i><br /><br />Mine is "good eye" when the hitter takes a close pitch.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-81634532489446460122011-08-02T12:47:03.660-07:002011-08-02T12:47:03.660-07:00It may be a heresy to say this out aloud but going...<i>It may be a heresy to say this out aloud but going to the ballpark for just the baseball is a little outdated.</i><br /><br />I don't know if it's heresy, but it is a statement that deserves as much ridicule as it gets.<br /><br />Maybe publishers can start putting some noise chips in novels (like the ones in some greeting cards, that play a tune when you open them) because reading a book for just the words is a little outdated.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-34548928714460935542011-08-02T12:44:21.410-07:002011-08-02T12:44:21.410-07:00My personal favorite is the fan who yells "Sw...My personal favorite is the fan who yells "Swing!!!" with an opposing batter in the box.<br /><br />Dude, I think you pysched him out! Awesome!!!FenFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348863925130603048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-19827235328283959052011-08-02T12:29:14.070-07:002011-08-02T12:29:14.070-07:00your timely advice
I love when those morons yell ...<i>your timely advice</i><br /><br />I love when those morons yell out specific advice that they picked up on the same shows that everyone else watches and listens to. "Don't let your shoulder fly out!" "Keep the ball down!"<br /><br />I imagine this professional athlete and his professional coaches slapping their foreheads. "Of course! Why didn't I think of that! Keep the ball <i>down</i>! If only I had known!"laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-4655466519109642902011-08-02T10:30:21.283-07:002011-08-02T10:30:21.283-07:00I love that us morons do the wave in Fenway. I thi...I love that us morons do the wave in Fenway. I think it's hilarious!Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04444146300029158202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-76717733036406218142011-08-02T10:08:09.413-07:002011-08-02T10:08:09.413-07:00I don't care about the wave so much as T do ab...I don't care about the wave so much as T do about the morons who stand up and yell out to the players on the field. They can't hear you and if they did they would ignore your timely advice anyway. So sit down and STFU already for Christs sake.machinehead1956https://www.blogger.com/profile/09102648066041858404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-792394260699734922011-08-02T09:51:35.627-07:002011-08-02T09:51:35.627-07:00"going to the ballpark for just the baseball ..."going to the ballpark for just the baseball is a little outdated."<br /><br />That is very sad. Not necessarily true but clearly what most teams believe, and very very sad. <br /><br />Also makes me wonder when "these days" began, since it's been the trend for at least 25 years.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-34197042711279267092011-08-02T09:49:29.488-07:002011-08-02T09:49:29.488-07:00Count me as someone who despises The Wave. I put ...Count me as someone who despises The Wave. I put up with Sweet Caroline, Sausage Races, etc. more because they happen between innings, but The Wave usually takes place <em>in the middle of the action</em>, making it a serious distraction.<br /><br />If it's a one or two-run game and the next play may alter the final outcome, I don't want to be looking at the oversized behind of the twit in front of me when it happens.<br /><br /><em>...it would be great if people went to Brewers games because they were more interested in watching baseball than engaging in mass acts of basic calisthenics.</em><br /><br />I just had a flashback to grade school gym class... and ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!... and ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!FenFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348863925130603048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-62120053800433458872011-08-02T09:44:55.587-07:002011-08-02T09:44:55.587-07:00I think everyone who wants to do the wave should f...I think everyone who wants to do the wave should first be forced to wear a sign saying I AM A SHEEP and be made to bleat instead of speaking. <br /><br />General question for anyone. Why should the price of your ticket (to anything) entitle you to do anything you want? Do people in the priciest seats get more privileges than those in the cheap seats? Sounds like expensive seats could encourage some really bad behaviour.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-15608558272418283792011-08-02T08:11:47.894-07:002011-08-02T08:11:47.894-07:00Not sure I fully agree. People who take their kids...Not sure I fully agree. People who take their kids (and themselves) to Fenway pay a lot of money for it. So, for a lot of people, going to Fenway is a rare thing simply because it's so expensive. So, they should be allowed to do whatever they want (within reason, of course) that is "fun". It may be a heresy to say this out aloud but going to the ballpark for just the baseball is a little outdated. These days it's more of an "experience" and that includes non-baseball trivialities as well. This includes Sweet Caroline, The Wave, Sausage Races, whatever. Two cents.Jeff Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127484285949270308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-38216119229561145962011-08-02T06:19:41.580-07:002011-08-02T06:19:41.580-07:00"Wave Zones"
That's a great idea!
...<i>"Wave Zones"</i><br /><br />That's a great idea!<br /><br />Perhaps stadium owners could reconfigure those sections so all the seats faced in towards each other, so the wave wouldn't stop when it gets to the end of the 'Wave Zone' --- That way the section could watch each other as they waved up and down, and up and down for the whole three hours. Hot dog vendors could just prop hot dogs up-right on the seats as the wave went by, so those people could wave and consume at the same time.<br /><br />Then at the end of the game - after everyone else has left - they could pay again - you know - to leave. I think a lot of people like that would see the value in that kind of deal, to be seen paying Again for tickets and miralax and stuff... <br /><br />After a while it might really catch on - there might be whole stadia that would be configured like this - you know instead of WWF and Monster Truck rallies, and taking up perfectly good seats at baseball games.Michael Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569272458580142677noreply@blogger.com