Booing at Wrigley

[SouthSideRyan]

I don't get the people who have such itchy booing trigger fingers, but I really don't get why people get so riled up against those people. Sports fans boo their players when they do poorly. They do it everywhere. It's a fact of life. There's nothing to see here.

 

Do you agree that the collective IQ of those people booing is at least 10 points lower than those not booing?

 

No, not really. I have come to the conclusion that loads of otherwise intelligent human beings are in general really stupid about sports. Plenty of highly educated people boo and do a lot of other things one could describe as stupid. It has something to do with the whole fanatic thing.

 

Ok, I actually agree with this. It drives me nuts because most of my good friends are really smart people but they are sports meatballs. That's not to say that they're stubborn about it or unwilling to learn, but I can only do so much.

 

I will say this, in my small circle I have noticed the less the person participated in sports the more likely they are to boo.

 

COME ON JUST THROW STRIKES HOW HARD IS IT?

[Guest]

 

I will say this, in my small circle I have noticed the less the person participated in sports the more likely they are to boo.

 

I don't know about booing, but I've always thought there was an inverse relationship between meatballness and time spent playing the game.

[Hendrys Ghost]

I do not remember the Sandberg, Grace and Dunston years (80's and 90's crowds) resulting in the booing we see now and those were some horrendous teams. Edited May 8, 2012 by Hendry's Ghost

[SouthSideRyan]

 

I will say this, in my small circle I have noticed the less the person participated in sports the more likely they are to boo.

 

I don't know about booing, but I've always thought there was an inverse relationship between meatballness and time spent playing the game.

 

That, I'm not so sure about. Some of the dumbest posters NSBB has seen use their playing days as a point of reference for their meatballness. Think of how much most of the opinions stated here would be shouted down by the morons that actually play in the majors.

[XZero771679666304]

 

I will say this, in my small circle I have noticed the less the person participated in sports the more likely they are to boo.

 

I don't know about booing, but I've always thought there was an inverse relationship between meatballness and time spent playing the game.

 

I don't know, many ex-players seem to be huge meatballs. They tend to be more sympathetic toward current players but their views of sports seem to be pretty backwards. I just chalk this up to many pro athletes just not being all that bright.

[jersey cubs fan]

I do not remember the Sandberg, Grace and Dunston years (80's and 90's crowds) resulting in the booing we see now and those were some horrendous teams.

 

Sportswriters would have you believe that today's world is a more crass and ill behaved one and that is why people act poorly in stadia/arenas. Also, Chicago based ones would theorize that nobody cared about the team winning back then and the booing increased as expectations for wins increased in the late 90's early 00's.

 

Also, like a father who yells at his children, we boo because we care. When the booing stops, that is when you have to worry.

[XZero771679666304]

I do not remember the Sandberg, Grace and Dunston years (80's and 90's crowds) resulting in the booing we see now and those were some horrendous teams.

 

There culture around the team was different, I think.

[davell]

I think there is a hell of a lot of "armchair athlete" going on throughout the sports fandom world. I have a couple of people I still am in contact with from High School and college that have become legends in their own minds at this point. One guy, in particular, was at my house a few years ago and we had a basketball game on and I heard him telling stories about his High School basketball exploits. He was my backup PG and saw maybe 5 minutes a game, tops. You would have thought he had played a decade in the NBA and he was so stupid to say these things because I was standing next to him. It hit him mid-story that he figured out there was someone there who knew he was lying and he stammered through the rest of it quickly, walked away, and went back to yelling about how Kevin Durant was way too thin and would never be able to get off his own shot with any consistency. Oh, the dude works for NASA, by the way, so he's probably fairly intelligent outside of the sports world.

[Old Style]

What I've learned over the years is that there are about 12 intelligent Cubs fans. All of them post here. The rest of the Cub loving world is populated by meatball morons. Edited May 8, 2012 by Old Style

[Hendrys Ghost]

Ok, but the fans that were there in the 90's are most likely still going now. I cared about the Cubs as much back then as I do now. So because the expectations are higher we should boo? I really do not have a hard stance on if it's right or wrong to boo. However, after hearing how the crowd crucified Marmol yesterday night, I found it hard to believe he played for OUR team.

 

Those are the types of boos you hear for the Bill Lambier led Pistons of the 80's and 90's.

[Guest]

 

I will say this, in my small circle I have noticed the less the person participated in sports the more likely they are to boo.

 

I don't know about booing, but I've always thought there was an inverse relationship between meatballness and time spent playing the game.

 

That, I'm not so sure about. Some of the dumbest posters NSBB has seen use their playing days as a point of reference for their meatballness. Think of how much most of the opinions stated here would be shouted down by the morons that actually play in the majors.

 

Wow, I totally said that wrong. Whoops.

 

I meant what you said.

 

Direct correlation. More playing the game = more meatbally.

[Guest]

FWIW, I haven't played a single pitch of real organized baseball in my life. Wish I had. Parents never let me.

 

Closest thing to playing baseball I've ever done is some softball in PE class and playing catch throughout my life. Oh, and driveway wiffleball with the kids down the street all summer.

[davell]

Me either. Never played one inning of a baseball game. And I hear it all the time from a couple of meatballs who are absolutely braindead when it comes to the sport, but think they know everything because they played High School baseball 20 years ago. I did play basketball, ran track, and played tennis in high school, tennis in college. I hope that if I ever pull the "I know more than you because I played it" card, someone punches me in the face.

[C.C.]

I don't get the people who have such itchy booing trigger fingers, but I really don't get why people get so riled up against those people. Sports fans boo their players when they do poorly. They do it everywhere. It's a fact of life. There's nothing to see here.

 

Yes, this. So everyone is saying they never boo? They never get pissed and punch a wall, say "you suck and so does this team" and so on? What are you people freaking robots?

[XZero771679666304]

I don't get the people who have such itchy booing trigger fingers, but I really don't get why people get so riled up against those people. Sports fans boo their players when they do poorly. They do it everywhere. It's a fact of life. There's nothing to see here.

 

Yes, this. So everyone is saying they never boo? They never get pissed and punch a wall, say "you suck and so does this team" and so on? What are you people freaking robots?

 

Yeah, because all of that is the same as booing someone.

 

I get frustrated and curse and act melodramatic all the time (in my own home). But would I lustily boo a guy at a game? No. That would be a waste of energy and be counterproductive. Plus it would make me look like an idiot.

[Guest]

I don't get the people who have such itchy booing trigger fingers, but I really don't get why people get so riled up against those people. Sports fans boo their players when they do poorly. They do it everywhere. It's a fact of life. There's nothing to see here.

 

Yes, this. So everyone is saying they never boo? They never get pissed and punch a wall, say "you suck and so does this team" and so on? What are you people freaking robots?

 

I can honestly say I have never once booed at a game.

 

And I have been to lots of games.

[Guest]

I don't get the people who have such itchy booing trigger fingers, but I really don't get why people get so riled up against those people. Sports fans boo their players when they do poorly. They do it everywhere. It's a fact of life. There's nothing to see here.

 

Yes, this. So everyone is saying they never boo? They never get pissed and punch a wall, say "you suck and so does this team" and so on? What are you people freaking robots?

 

Yeah, because all of that is the same as booing someone.

 

I get frustrated and curse and act melodramatic all the time (in my own home). But would I lustily boo a guy at a game? No. That would be a waste of energy and be counterproductive. Plus it would make me look like an idiot.

 

This.

 

I've definitely dropped F bombs at home when shitty stuff happens, but that's not the same thing at all.

 

Booing is straight up weird.

[SouthSideRyan]

I don't get the people who have such itchy booing trigger fingers, but I really don't get why people get so riled up against those people. Sports fans boo their players when they do poorly. They do it everywhere. It's a fact of life. There's nothing to see here.

 

Yes, this. So everyone is saying they never boo? They never get pissed and punch a wall, say "you suck and so does this team" and so on? What are you people freaking robots?

 

I can honestly say I have never once booed at a game.

 

And I have been to lots of games.

 

I've booed Dusty Baker

[C.C.]

So you're closet booers.

[SouthSideRyan]

So you're closet booers.

 

There's a difference between being a moron in public and a moron in the private of your own home. Booing a guy after 2 pitches is really [expletive] stupid.

[C.C.]

So you're closet booers.

 

There's a difference between being a moron in public and a moron in the private of your own home. Booing a guy after 2 pitches is really [expletive] stupid.

 

except if you're at home.

[XZero771679666304]

So you're closet booers.

 

Or as it's otherwise known, "being civilized".

 

We're all human, but some of us have self control enough to mitigate our knee jerk reactions. Allowing yourself some latitude when in private is one thing, carrying on in public is another.

 

But I'm not sure I've ever actually booed, privately or not.

[Guest]

So you're closet booers.

 

There's a difference between being a moron in public and a moron in the private of your own home. Booing a guy after 2 pitches is really [expletive] stupid.

 

except if you're at home.

 

Where did someone say they boo at home?

 

That's really weird. Even weirder than booing at the game.

[Guest]

[davell]

I've never booed at a game. I'll certainly get pissed off and loose with some of the filth, flarn, flarn, filth at my house, but booing? Nah. Maybe when I was a kid I may have booed Nikita Koloff for being a mean Russian.