Comments on: what kind of fan are you? http://sticksoffire.com/2008/06/30/rays-of-hope-indeed/ A very loose interpretation of the news and happenings in and around Tampa Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:53:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gar http://sticksoffire.com/2008/06/30/rays-of-hope-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-221922 gar Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:11:25 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2008/06/30/rays-of-hope-indeed/#comment-221922 How bout #2.5? Four or five games a year at the Trop. Another 50 or so on TV... How bout #2.5? Four or five games a year at the Trop. Another 50 or so on TV…

]]> By: John http://sticksoffire.com/2008/06/30/rays-of-hope-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-221658 John Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:33:38 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2008/06/30/rays-of-hope-indeed/#comment-221658 I don't know where I sit... Maybe I am the rude-know-it-all? I was following the team early on but the team was not being built to compete -- it was being "built" to live on teh expansion team aura. Then the 1999-2000 "Hit Show" off season happened and I was telling people it was goign to be a disaster, all while the local beat writers (Hello Gary Shelton!) were saying "If you don't like these moves, you don't like baseball." And what happened/ i was proven right. I figured the team would turn around, I didn't figure it'd be this fast (slowish, actually) under Maddon. I told people that they needed a veteran leader on the roster and who does BJ Upton and others cite as a huge difference maker in the clubhouse? Cliff Floyd -- the veteran FA who was signed by the Rays this off season. I don’t know where I sit… Maybe I am the rude-know-it-all? I was following the team early on but the team was not being built to compete — it was being “built” to live on teh expansion team aura. Then the 1999-2000 “Hit Show” off season happened and I was telling people it was goign to be a disaster, all while the local beat writers (Hello Gary Shelton!) were saying “If you don’t like these moves, you don’t like baseball.”

And what happened/ i was proven right.

I figured the team would turn around, I didn’t figure it’d be this fast (slowish, actually) under Maddon. I told people that they needed a veteran leader on the roster and who does BJ Upton and others cite as a huge difference maker in the clubhouse? Cliff Floyd — the veteran FA who was signed by the Rays this off season.

]]> By: Anon http://sticksoffire.com/2008/06/30/rays-of-hope-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-221621 Anon Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:59:52 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2008/06/30/rays-of-hope-indeed/#comment-221621 Nothing wrong with being a bandwagonner. Like he said, you can't expect to pack the place without them. Look at the USF v. WVU football game last year. Considering what the crowds were like before that game, there had to be a whole bunch of bandwagon fans there and the atmosphere rocked!! For further illustration, Diehards own one of every giveaway item the team has ever issued, Fans will proudly display a bobblehead on their desk at work, Bandwagon Jumpers will buy one on eBay and Frontrunners are the ones selling them. Nothing wrong with being a bandwagonner. Like he said, you can’t expect to pack the place without them. Look at the USF v. WVU football game last year. Considering what the crowds were like before that game, there had to be a whole bunch of bandwagon fans there and the atmosphere rocked!!

For further illustration, Diehards own one of every giveaway item the team has ever issued, Fans will proudly display a bobblehead on their desk at work, Bandwagon Jumpers will buy one on eBay and Frontrunners are the ones selling them.

]]> By: Dave Lowe http://sticksoffire.com/2008/06/30/rays-of-hope-indeed/comment-page-1/#comment-221596 Dave Lowe Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:14:37 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2008/06/30/rays-of-hope-indeed/#comment-221596 Well, sadly, I would have to say it's #3 "The Bandwagon Jumper" Not because I do not like Tampa bay teams. because I do not really get into baseball at all. I was never into hockey, either, but during the run for Lord Stanley's Cup, I jumped aboard the fan wagon. But I have always been a Bucs fan. Even in the Creamcicle Bucco Bruce Big Sombrero days. Maybe because I love football. I am keeping in touch with what the Rays are doing. I think it is phenomenal considering how little the management spends on the players' salary compared to the Yankees or the Red Sox. Maybe it is time for a little parity in the MLB, hmmmmmm? Salary cap? Or maybe get the Rays the hell out of the AL East. Move to a division where the competition is not as fierce. :: shrugs :: Well, sadly, I would have to say it’s #3 “The Bandwagon Jumper”

Not because I do not like Tampa bay teams. because I do not really get into baseball at all.

I was never into hockey, either, but during the run for Lord Stanley’s Cup, I jumped aboard the fan wagon.

But I have always been a Bucs fan. Even in the Creamcicle Bucco Bruce Big Sombrero days. Maybe because I love football.

I am keeping in touch with what the Rays are doing. I think it is phenomenal considering how little the management spends on the players’ salary compared to the Yankees or the Red Sox.

Maybe it is time for a little parity in the MLB, hmmmmmm? Salary cap?

Or maybe get the Rays the hell out of the AL East. Move to a division where the competition is not as fierce.

:: shrugs ::

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