# Several small rants about baseball fans **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368 "2005-06-22T14:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368/41 "2005-06-22T23:26:06Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Whatever. Then it was “Mike Schmidt Day” or his last home game. > > That reminds me, I’m thinking of another type of annoying baseball fan… Yeah, those real fans that follow the game and really know the game really ruin for the rest of us. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368/42 "2005-06-22T23:31:32Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > That reminds me, I’m thinking of another type of annoying baseball fan… Plus, Mike Schmidt only grounded into 156 double plays in 2404 career games, or about one every 15 games. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368/43 "2005-06-22T23:32:38Z")
> [@JimSox5](#): > > Yeah, those real fans that follow the game and really know the game really ruin for the rest of us. :rolleyes: Yeah. I’m not a real fan, I don’t follow the game, and I don’t really know the game because I didn’t know the exact number of total career hits for some guy that played for a team I don’t care about in front of a bunch of jerk fans. Flawless logical conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368/44 "2005-06-22T23:32:39Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > You must not have spent much time in the Fenway bleachers (which used to be, in effect, that park’s Designated Asshole Section, back when the average college boy could afford it). No, you’re right. Good point. ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368/45 "2005-06-23T02:29:48Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > …because I didn’t know the exact number of total career hits for some guy that played for a team I don’t care about in front of a bunch of jerk fans. And baseball’s rich oral history continues. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368/46 "2005-06-23T03:35:08Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > Yeah. I’m not a real fan, I don’t follow the game, and I don’t really know the game because I didn’t know the exact number of total career hits for some guy that played for a team I don’t care about in front of a bunch of jerk fans. Flawless logical conclusion. The details of your story, though, are necessary for your portrayal of those fans as jerks. Unfortunately, the details you provided have no factual basis and therefore make the point of your story moot. Hey, it’s a good story, and plausible, I suppose, but I doubt you could dig up a reliable cite. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368/47 "2005-06-23T03:41:03Z")
Try Googling - booing Mike Schmidt - you’ll get 814 hits mostly from native Philly bloggers confirming the fact they booed him. I’ve been to Phillies games where they booed Rolen for no reason I could fathom. Philly fans are acknowledged even by Baseball players as being the toughest on their own players. When this comes up they usually cite Philly #1, NY & boston as 2-3-4. This order varies. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368/48 "2005-06-23T03:43:10Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Plus, Mike Schmidt only grounded into 156 double plays in 2404 career games, or about one every 15 games. > 😃 Plus, he did not ground into a double play in his last home game, which was May 17, 1989. The last home game in which he hit into a double play was April 30 of that year. By the way, he announced his retirement on May 29, 1989, the day after the last game of a six-game road trip. 😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368/49 "2005-06-23T11:09:24Z")
Here’s another thing that drives me nuts: piping in music and sound effect to fill every void in the action. Guy’s walking to the plate. I guess people will get bored and leave because they’re cranking up the AC/DC. Men on first and second. Better start playing some steady rhythm to get people clapping. Between innings too long for you? Don’t worry. We have “Guess the Year”, “Kiss Your Sweetie”, “Hat Races”, “Ball Races”, “Find the Ball”, “Bat Races”, “Bob your Head”, “Fan of the Game”, “Hot Dog Gun”. Holy crap. Can I enjoy my six dollar beer without Barney the Fucking dinosaur over the P.A. system? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-small-rants-about-baseball-fans/309368.md?page=2)