tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673413627090761779.post4906855349888416978..comments2023-10-26T08:15:54.829-05:00Comments on The Ghost of Roy Hobbs: Monday Morning Sh*t StormUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673413627090761779.post-73768158469784043122011-01-19T09:00:56.947-06:002011-01-19T09:00:56.947-06:00I guess I read it famous fans, but yes, I read the...I guess I read it famous fans, but yes, I read the shit storms. /fartnoiseZack Stovallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622157607930062439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673413627090761779.post-71883505649803276172011-01-17T12:37:14.603-06:002011-01-17T12:37:14.603-06:00The Human Interest fans. They're hard to hate,...The Human Interest fans. They're hard to hate, because they like a good, sappy story, but come on. Fuck off with the "he's such a nice guy I'm so happy he's winning."<br /><br />Tony Romo was originally like that. Kurt Warner is the biggest one.Icehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397555220247230163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673413627090761779.post-89411068251765156922011-01-17T11:34:38.829-06:002011-01-17T11:34:38.829-06:00Up on my list of hate is what I call the Ironic fa...Up on my list of hate is what I call the Ironic fans, "the hipsters of sports."<br /><br />They're the fans that root for obscure, shit franchises just so they can say they root for an obscure, shit franchise. <br /><br />I mean unless you grew up in pittsburgh there is no reason whatsoever to root for the pirates. For people our age they have never been relevant and they are a standard bearer of shit in MLB. Yet every once and a while I'll meet someone who for no apparent reason is a Pirates fan. <br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Because they want to be different and they want to tell you they've suffered so many years of shit teams, yet they know everything about the franchise. Furthermore, they want maybe one good team from the team just so they can tell people they've been true fans for years. <br /><br />this is also applied to some clippers and Royals fans.Steve Lattimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150473421615296165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673413627090761779.post-66002831557941790512011-01-17T11:18:35.377-06:002011-01-17T11:18:35.377-06:00To go along with icehouse's analysis I'd s...To go along with icehouse's analysis I'd say that trendy fans really piss me off. They aren't really looking for the cameras, but they want to be associated with people looking for the cameras, if that makes sense?<br /><br />A good case is the Red Sox. They used to be this mediocre franchise with less than stellar attendance, then sometime around the Johnny Damon Kevin Millar (steroids) years you heard more about the dumbass curse and (go figure) ESPN started featuring the yankees/sox and hyping up the david vs goliath angle. at that point it became hip or cool to be a red sox fan. (although this has completely flipped in recent years, now everyone hates boston fans) I think the lowest point was a friend walking into a room with the franchise style Boston hat (the one every white guy owns) and literally six people were like "what the fuck are you wearing"<br /><br />Same thing could be said for the steelers and cowboys. they became these NFL franchises that represented THE NFL brand so you have a lot of people who grew up not really caring about NFL football and then at some point they are faced with the question every true american must face. "who do you root for in the NFL" These trendy fans immediately flock to these storied franchises because it says "hey i know good football" "I'm blue collar like the steelers or I'm flashy like the cowboys" <br /><br />It's not really an attack on the teams themselves, if anything it's a compliment. I just hate how people throw themselves in some fanbase to improve their image.Steve Lattimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150473421615296165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673413627090761779.post-57818980233553859262011-01-17T10:49:27.349-06:002011-01-17T10:49:27.349-06:00Stovall, honest question.
Do you even read the sh...Stovall, honest question.<br /><br />Do you even read the shit storms?Steve Lattimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150473421615296165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673413627090761779.post-27783599229715624692011-01-17T10:33:19.196-06:002011-01-17T10:33:19.196-06:00LSU fans, particularly after a loss. LSU fans are ...LSU fans, particularly after a loss. LSU fans are the most brown-liquor dependent, absent-minded fans in the country. You know how much you hate SEC fans for their circular logic and insulated sense of entitlement? LSU fans specifically have got all of that, but the vocabulary of a six year old dog. It's that infuriating.<br /><br />LSU is my team's biggest rival (plus Texas, but we rarely play them and frankly don't even register on their radar with OU anymore)so maybe I'm a bit biased, but they talk SO MUCH TRASH. All of it through some sort of garbled, cajun dialect unheard by civilized ears. And after a loss? Like the one this year in Little Rock? "YOU GUYS ARE CLASSLESS! YOU HAVE NO CLASS! CLASSIER TEAMS WOULD'VE LET THE VISITING TEAM WIN! NO CLASS!"<br /><br />I hate them.Zack Stovallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622157607930062439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8673413627090761779.post-65086045041478759542011-01-17T10:27:58.393-06:002011-01-17T10:27:58.393-06:00I didn't know Kim Kardashian had a brother! Lo...I didn't know Kim Kardashian had a <a href="http://www.bollywoodworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/the-great-khali-india.jpg" rel="nofollow">brother</a>! Looks like he enjoys him some hoops.Zack Stovallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622157607930062439noreply@blogger.com