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From: mp@ganehd.UUCP (Scott Barman @ Univ. of Ga.)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: New York fans, Harry Caray, other stuff...
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Date: Tue, 3-Jul-84 21:45:35 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  3 21:45:35 1984
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>I watch quite a bit of baseball (Braves, Mets, Cubs, plus any of
>the games of the week, unless it's the American League).  I have
>never seen fans act so two-faced as the fans in New York.  Even in
>Los Angeles they don't boo; they simply leave the ball-park.  I
>don't think that a player needs to be told when he is playing
>poorly (except maybe Reggie).  Most players are smart enough to
>know when they are doing badly and I think they try to play
>better.  Foster is just old and can't play like he used to be able
>to play.  That's not his fault.  If the Mets wanted him so badly
>to give him such an outrageous contract, they should have thought
>first that maybe he was getting too old.  Anyway, I digress.  New
>York fans are the worst!!!

You claim to watch a bit of baseball and you don't hear the boos?  Come on,
are you deaf?  In LA, they have booed Sax on his errors.  In Anehiem, they
boo Reggie (what makes him immune to the argument).  Last year, Atlanta booed
Washington.  Most players are smart enough to not listen to the crowd when
they are doing badly!  They know it, and the crowd feels that they should keep
reminding them that they are not pleased.  I watch baseball to see some action,
and if a player is not producing like he should, I will boo him too!

Foster is old?  Tell that to Phil Niekro!

I disagree with you, NY fans are the best and most loyal.  The Mets, when they
weren't in contention for first last year, still drew very well for a last place
team.  NY fans are very vocal and are know their sports very well.  How do you
think someone like Billy Martin keeps surviving (or keeps comming back) to NY!
No sir, NY fans love their sports, their teams, and will support them to the
end (just ask any Mets fans)!  You want stupid fans, look at the Braves fans!
Most of them go to the park because it's chic (like in LA) and they never drew
any significant number of fans until 1982.  I remember going to a game with
only 8,000 people in the stands, and this was on a Saturday in 1981!

A LOYAL fan of the Mets/Jets/Nets/Islanders:
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