There’s an art to heckling–and these folks don’t get it!

Sorry I haven’t been around much lately–I think this cold really knocked me out of commission (either that or I’ve been too lazy to write)–but I think I’ve finally rid myself of this cough…sorta.  I’ve got a couple of little tidbits and tales to tell, but nothing really great.

Maybe I shouldn’t care about this; maybe it’s just cause I’m smarter than everyone else, but I hate idiot sports fans.  I absolutely despise the casual sports fan–they ruin it for genuine aficionados like myself.  Because of the idiots, the local affiliate shows my region Raider games instead of the best match up because the Raiders draw a better TV rating (that’s because Raider fans have nothing to do while sitting in their prison cells).  Thanks to the casual sports fan, networks feel compelled to spruce up broadcasts with animated baseballs and air-head, eye-candy sideline reporters.

Above all, I hate when the lackluster fan tries talking about a sport or team–97 per cent of the time, they have no idea what they’re talking about and have completely one-sided opinion.

Maybe it’s cause I don’t like looking like a fool, but I rarely discuss things I don’t know anything about (hence no iRANTs regarding aerospace engineering, Catholicism, or the female orgasm).

Early this week I went to a baseball game and for whatever reason, my entire section made it a point to heckle the visiting team’s first baseman.  Lead by a drunken buffoon (why do loud-mouth drunks always have a following), a group of people ganged up and mocked the player’s shoes, their inability to pronounce his name, and his shoes (they were very adamant about that–I don’t know why: the whole team had blue shoes).  Comments even included suggestions of returning to the minors and having sex with his mother in a very uncomfortable place.  Even though he played a flawless game; even though he hit a mammoth homerun, the crowd clearly had no idea who they were heckling.

It took ever bit of control to scream; “You people are freakin’ idiots–that’s Mark Teixeira!”*

It just bothers me.  If you got no idea what you’re talking about, sit down, shut your mouth, and try to learn a thing or two.

*for those of you who don’t know, Mark Teixeira is probably the second best first baseman in all of  baseball.