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Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:46 pm

The Fish wrote: Giants fan here. Always have been, always will be.

I love the Giants broadcast staff. Kruk and Kuip are excellent, but I don't have TV, so I spend the season with Miller and Flemming on KNBR. I think these 4 guys are the best in the business.

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Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:54 pm

MrBreeze wrote: The Hatred Index

Using an algorithm designed by Nielsen Co. that measures positive and negative reactions on the Internet, here are the 10 most despised teams in baseball (scale is -5 to 5).

Team Score
1. Cleveland Indians 0.9
2. Boston Red Sox 1.1
3. Cincinnati Reds 1.5
4. Houston Astros 1.8
5. New York Yankees 1.8
6. Washington Nationals 1.9
7. Chicago White Sox 2
8. Baltimore Orioles 2
9. New York Mets 2.3
10. Los Angeles Dodgers 2.4

The San Francisco Giants (4.5) and Oakland Athletics (4.2) were the most-liked teams on this scale, suggesting that laid-back Northern California fans are the most accepting.

The Giants have such a great venue that a lot of people go just for the stadium, I'm not proud to say. And Oakland fans have more to worry about than hating other teams; getting out of that crap hole stadium and into your cars without getting mugged is a feat within itself!

Team Score

1. New York Yankees
1. Boston Red Sox
2. Los Angeles Dodgers

Those three are the worst. I'll watch any game without the Yanks an Sox even if they are getting blown out- i really hate them and their fans.

The Dodgers blow too, but their socal fans are soft enough to not take seriously.

johnnypan wrote: throttled the filthydelphia bats last night...Lincecum,Cain,Zito(if he shows up)...for the first time in years we got some pitching...be worthwhile gettin out to the bell more...besides the garlic fries and candied walnuts...those candied walnuts rock with a Gordon Biersch....

We had pitching the last few years where you been? Sanchez threw a no hitter, Lincecums second Cy Young, Johnsons best NL season as well.
What was missing was a bat.

Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:09 pm

my top 10 hated teams:
#1 Atlanta Braves
#2 Atlanta Braves
#3 Atlanta Braves
#4 Atlanta Braves
#5 Atlanta Braves
#6 Atlanta Braves
#7 Atlanta Braves
#8 Atlanta Braves
#9 Atlanta Braves
#10 NY Yankees

top 3 favorite teams:
#1 Philadelphia Phillies
#2 Oakland A's
#3 anyone playing the Atlanta Braves

Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:38 pm

i used to like listening to Jon Miller when he was doing his time in Baltimore.

My questions to Yankee haters: Is it because of Steinbrenner or did you hate the Yankees pre-Steinbrenner? Or is it the Yankee fans? or both?

Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:47 pm

obus wrote: i used to like listening to Jon Miller when he was doing his time in Baltimore.

My questions to Yankee haters: Is it because of Steinbrenner or did you hate the Yankees pre-Steinbrenner? Or is it the Yankee fans? or both?

I grew up a Met fan in the 70's during the Yankee hey-day. I hate them.

Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:50 pm

A lot of yankees fans seem to just hop on the bandwagon.

Sat May 01, 2010 4:35 am

shiningstar76 wrote: A lot of yankees fans seem to just hop on the bandwagon.

i agree but you could say that about anyone that has just recently become a fan of a winning team. Would you call someone who became a fan of the Red Sox after they finally won a world series in 2004 that? i would. :lol:

since i have been a Yanks fan since 74 or so, i don't fit into that category. :wink: :lol:

Sat May 01, 2010 8:24 am

crofty wrote: MrBreeze wrote: The Hatred Index

Using an algorithm designed by Nielsen Co. that measures positive and negative reactions on the Internet, here are the 10 most despised teams in baseball (scale is -5 to 5).

Team Score
1. Cleveland Indians 0.9
2. Boston Red Sox 1.1
3. Cincinnati Reds 1.5
4. Houston Astros 1.8
5. New York Yankees 1.8
6. Washington Nationals 1.9
7. Chicago White Sox 2
8. Baltimore Orioles 2
9. New York Mets 2.3
10. Los Angeles Dodgers 2.4

The San Francisco Giants (4.5) and Oakland Athletics (4.2) were the most-liked teams on this scale, suggesting that laid-back Northern California fans are the most accepting.

The Giants have such a great venue that a lot of people go just for the stadium, I'm not proud to say. And Oakland fans have more to worry about than hating other teams; getting out of that crap hole stadium and into your cars without getting mugged is a feat within itself!

Team Score

1. New York Yankees
1. Boston Red Sox
2. Los Angeles Dodgers

Those three are the worst. I'll watch any game without the Yanks an Sox even if they are getting blown out- i really hate them and their fans.

The Dodgers blow too, but their socal fans are soft enough to not take seriously.

johnnypan wrote: throttled the filthydelphia bats last night...Lincecum,Cain,Zito(if he shows up)...for the first time in years we got some pitching...be worthwhile gettin out to the bell more...besides the garlic fries and candied walnuts...those candied walnuts rock with a Gordon Biersch....

We had pitching the last few years where you been? Sanchez threw a no hitter, Lincecums second Cy Young, Johnsons best NL season as well.
What was missing was a bat.

joined in 1985,"ya gotta like these kids",WClark,Robby Thompson...Clarks first ab was a dinger off Nolan Ryan in Houston at the Homerdome,prettiest swing I ever saw...was in a skybox (the stick,my buddy got tickets from the tile company he worked for) when Will hit the single off Mitch Williams(gap job between first and second) to clinch the national league title in '89..stayed with them till Will went to St Louis, gave up my game packs then...I believe in team baseball and absolutely could not stand Barry Bonds...left till this year...thats where Ive been.

Sat May 01, 2010 8:41 am

shiningstar76 wrote: A lot of yankees fans seem to just hop on the bandwagon.

No kidding was at the Angel / Yankee game last weekend at Angel Stadium. Lots of pinstripes for the first time in a long time. Probably because the Yankees have beat the Angels in 1 series since 2003 (two if you count last years ALCS). So when I asked a bunch of pinstriped fans who's only words were "27" if they had actually been to a Yankee home game all I heard was crickets.

Sat May 01, 2010 8:45 am

It'll happen when the Mets are playing well too. You wonder where those people were when the team stunk. I remember in 1979 being at Shea with crowds of 3,000. Then, in '86, you couldn't get a ticket cause all the corporate schmoes got them all.

The Rangers and Knicks are the only teams that consistently sell out because the corporate guys always buy the tickets no matter how they play cause it's "fashionable" in NYC.

Sat May 01, 2010 9:01 am

Its hard to slog through a bad season...I play out the string,but its usually checkin boxscores or listening on the radio when Im doing something...but their aint nothing like starting the season with a club and going till october when they are in the chase...a thrill the bandwagoners never know...

Sat May 01, 2010 9:44 am

What team besides the Giants would have the Grateful Dead sing the National Anthem?

Sat May 01, 2010 10:39 am

That there is the Stick...nuthin like a friday nite game against the dodgers ...the "Hawk"(fog) would come rolling in over the third base side...one cold ass mother,if ya were at an extra inning night game you would get a pin,the "croix de stick" a medal of honor for toughing it out..

Sat May 01, 2010 10:59 am

coad wrote: What team besides the Giants would have the Grateful Dead sing the National Anthem?

I was at this game. The Dead came up into the stands afterward and I got to meet Jerry and Bob Weir. It was the only time I ever saw Jerry. I've been to a bunch of Dead shows, all post-Jerry.

Sat May 01, 2010 11:01 am

coad wrote: What team besides the Giants would have the Grateful Dead sing the National Anthem?
And the Padres have...

Sat May 01, 2010 12:14 pm

I am sure glad, this computer does not have speakers,

Tue May 04, 2010 4:36 am

ZAP!

http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/6961359.php

Tue May 04, 2010 6:49 am

Thats weak...the fat security dude missed with his first shot...so what now...everytime a nice rack decides to display her wares on field she's gonna get tased? Hell just arm the ump...argue a call?...kick a lil dirt?....eat voltage

Tue May 04, 2010 11:44 am

MrBreeze wrote: ZAP!

http://www.wcbs880.com/pages/6961359.php

Don't Taze Me BRO!!!

Tue May 04, 2010 4:17 pm

Sorry, I'm all for it. Who knows if that kid was gonna stab someone? Post 9/11 world. Stay off the damn field.