lol at rays fans

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14938499#post14938499 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by flaeaglefan
I must say.... I am a Philadelphia sports fan "born and raised in south jersey just outside of philly"... And I have been to several pro sports games in tampa. With that said....... Tampa fans are the biggest a-holes in the world. For example... A few years ago, the lightning and flyers where playing in the eastern confrence finals.. I went to game 2 i believe and the flyers won like 6-2. By the time the 3rd period began, 3/4's of the lightning fans left the building... 2 nights later was game 3. Close game all the way thru and the tampa fans werent making much noise or saying much at all. The lightning scored a goal with about 2 minutes left to take the lead, and then, and only then, did the fans start making noise... The game ended and tampa won. The entire way out of the arene people where yelling f-you, and get out of our house, etc..etc... completely classless.

A VERY similar thing happend 2 years ago when the Eagles played the Bucs. The game where Tampa won on a 63 yard field goal with 2 seconds left. For the most part, the fans didnt make much noise or say much the entire game, but as soon as they won, they where ready to talk so much smack their faces where turning blue.

Absolutly pathetic sports fans in that city.
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1st of all i hate you cause im a cowboys fan:D (j/k). i was treated the same way 2 times when i watched dallas at the bucs. i almost got into a fight with an idiot buc fan who got too personal with me and my wife(who is a proud buc fan). dallas lost 16 to 0(quincy carter as qb lmfao). needless to say dallas made the playoffs and the bucs didnt.

todd
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14938955#post14938955 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Postal
I guess your selective memory caused you to leave out how Phillie fans treated the Rays player's wives and children in the Series last year.
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ive seen bucs fans taunt dallas family members at a game. tampa fans are no saints. these people came to watch their family and friends play. i was embarrassed at what the buc fans said. it was foul.

todd
 
wow this reminds me of last season. i am a red sox fan first but have been going to rays games for about 7 or 8 years. it was good to see the rays do good last year but the bandwagon fans were a joke and as the person from philly commented about how the fans start talking smack, i remember after leaving a rays/sox game last year about 20 or thirty people saying some pretty nasty stuff to me and my g.f. who were wearing redsox gear. this coming from people that had probaly never been to a rays game in their lives. i myself have paid money to c many a rays game and cheered for them thru many a loosing season [ when they arent playing boston] and its just a joke. i probally saw at least 20 rays fans arrested last year at the trop. for being stupid. ive been to games at fenway and yankee stadium, people talk smack about their teams to each other but their is a limit and its all in fun and love of your team. most of these bandwagon fans know nothing about this. anyone want to go tomorrow ?
 
lol, i've had funny experiences with some rays fans. as a MA native and a red sox fan, it's often interesting to go out to watch the sox/rays series. last year i had a rays fan that was obviously drunk who didn't believe that i was a real red sox fan so his bright idea was to ask me to state the area code for boston. i don't know how that affects anything related to me being a sox fan, but he seemed to believe me after i started with boston and told him every area code in the state. :rolleyes:
 
This thread just helped make my point. Most of the comments here are from "other" team fans. If you live in or near Tampa your FIRST team should be the local team. Not "I root for the Rays when they're not playing Philly, Boston, KC, etc."

There are idiot drunk fans for every team and to single out Tampa fans is pretty stupid. Especially from a Philly fan. Christ it was so bad up there when the Bucs were playing them in the playoffs a few years back fans were scared to go there.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14945539#post14945539 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tedmonds
This thread just helped make my point. Most of the comments here are from "other" team fans. If you live in or near Tampa your FIRST team should be the local team. Not "I root for the Rays when they're not playing Philly, Boston, KC, etc."

There are idiot drunk fans for every team and to single out Tampa fans is pretty stupid. Especially from a Philly fan. Christ it was so bad up there when the Bucs were playing them in the playoffs a few years back fans were scared to go there.
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that has to be the dumbest thing ive heard. so if someone has been a loyal fan of a team for twenty years and then move to tampa they should drop the other team and root for the home team. im all about the home team, like i said before ive been going to rays games almost since the beginning and been to alot more non redsox games, but when the bosox are in town thats who im pulling for. who are you to tell anyone who they should cheer for. the point of the all of this is a continuation from last season andthe bandwagon rays fans who all of a sudden were loyal fans. b.s. .. i will continue to go to rays games whether they are playing boston or not. when they are playing detroit im pulling for the rays when the play boston im pulling for boston, sorry if you dont like it. many of us saw the arrogance of the NEW ray fans last season and it was a joke.
 
Being from MI, I've been a loyal Tiger fan for 50 years, so I know all about fair weather fans...but that's a completely separate point than fans of other teams living in the Tampa area.

Like barfish said, when someone has been a loyal fan of a team for many years, that doesn't stop just because we move. Although we may be fans of the team in the new town, we aren't going to drop our old team (even if they are crummy). Now, in the majority of towns, this isn't really obvious, because the percentage of new people is fairly low. But in FL, you know that a very large percentage of people are from somewhere else, and are therefore fans of different teams.

We'll be loyal to the Rays except when they play the Tigers, and that's the way it is. That has nothing to do with being "fans" of the Rays when they're winning, and not when they're not so hot...
 
I went saturday rockin my yankee cap with pride hoping to see the rays Beat up some red sox, but it didnt happen...

Im a very avid fan of the yankees and baseball in general. I also have to agree with this thread. I usually go to 15-25 games a year and i always heard yankee fans out do the rays fans. I mean put them to shame.

That is, until june of last year. Then it was flip-flopped. Which i was happy for the rays... They deserve it.

Now on saturday, there were only a select few of them fans there. WHERE THE HELL DID THEY ALL GO??? ohh wait, if they get a winning percentage of .600, im sure well see them all again.
 
i thinks its a plus for tru fans like myself when all of the pro teams are not doing to well becasue i get a cheap ticket! and i still enjoy the game!!!!! thats what its all about just because they suck ...just sucks lol but i doesnt beat watching.. like the lightning work there butts off for a win every game! but come up empty handed that sucks but the game is what counts
 
I never meant that you had to give up your loyalty to your OLD team but that they should now be your second team. The fact that you root for the Rays UNLESS they play YOUR team is a lot of the reason Tampay Bay fans are so bandwagon. They can root for the local team when they are doing good and if they're not they go root for their OTHER team. It's amazing to me when you transplants blame Tampa fans for being bandwagon when a lot of the reason is attitudes like I'm seeing on this thread. We don't have long traditions like other areas and people like you that move here and make up our fan base keep your old loyalties instead of being true fans to your local team. How do you expect this to ever change when according to you the Rays will always be second.
 
rooting for the rays unless they are playing our other team has no bearing on the bandwagon fans. we are the people that have been spending our hard earned money for years supporting a team that quite frankly sucked. a team that the owners refused to put any money into. a team that has been the joke of the league. and you want to say its people like us. you transplants, im a florida native, one of the few. dont say that one isnt a true fan just because out of the 130 plus games played, i root for the other team in less than 20. to say" that they can root for the other team when they are doing good and if they are not they go root for their other team, "that would be a bandwagon fan thats who we were talking about to begin with. ge some of us had favorite teams before the rays even exsisted and we lived in florida.
 
I can only make a few games a year, that's right I know there are all those games to in a season and I only make it to a handful so I guess I am not a "fan" I watch every game I can on the tube and listen in the car, but I am no a "fan", I have a wife and two boys, both boys play baseball and one is on travel team, many weekends we are driving all over this state for my sons AAU team and while at teh hotel we ask them to put the game on on the tv. But I am not a "fan" I have lived here pretty much my life played high school and college baseball here in tampa moved to Dallas when the Rays became a team supported the loosing Bucs at the time and watch what little games I could find in Dallas when the Rays were on, but I am not a "Fan" I have limited free time, limited extra money and I make the most of my family time, which again includes going to only a handful of games a year but again I am not a "fan"

Come on, every one has a reason to go or not to go. I don't think it is your place to tell me that myself or other folks with possible similiar situations are not fans because we cannot fill the stands day in and day out.

Yes I can say the fans are different from say Red Sox and Yankees but thats it they are different, let it be
 
let it be mr. "im not a fan". thats pathetic!! your not the only person in the country who can make only a few games a year, your not the only man in the country who has a wife and a kid in aau, dont give a crap where you played ball(i played here to), and everywhere else(not just tampa) in the country has limited free time or money to support their team. that being said tampa fans are ban wagoners. google their attendance to any other team in the league. they are in the bottom 5. im not saying YOU arent a fan but all of the fans last year that came out of the trees to see their team in the world series disappeared. so drop your "im not a fan" crap.

todd
 
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i just google this,

Tampa Bay Rays Attendance
by TheSportsChief on May 5, 2009 5:10 PM EDT 22 comments

The Bay area...Rich in history, beautiful neighborhoods, fantastic weather but no market for Major League Baseball!

It baffles me to listen to local radio talk show hosts every morning asking for the answer to why the Tampa Bay Rays' attendance is almost non existent when the answer is clear. Plain and simple, there is no market for the product being put out on the field!

The reason for last year's interest is also evident. I can summarize it with the words band-wagon fans. These fans got caught up in all the hype and hoopla and wanted to be part of something exciting in the world of sports. It is understandable to want to be part of something that isn’t usually offered in this area, that being a baseball championship. However, that does not mean you have built a loyal fan base that will be chomping at the bit to return the following season.

Lets be realistic here folks. As much as radio talk show hosts panhandle for fans, they cannot force individuals to embrace The Rays. This cry for nurturing is quite pathetic. Much like Byron Leftwich, the excuses of the stadium being too far, the economy taking its toll, or the fan base being too young are all smoke screens. The truth is The Rays aren’t as good of a baseball team as many thought they were or make them out to be. Last year was a fluke much like the passion shown by Rays fans who quickly call for players to be traded or make the determination that the coach has done all he can and does not have what it takes to take The Rays to the next level.

With a record of 11-16 and a half game above the cellar in the American League East (only above the team they lost to last night) it is laughable to hear talk show host Dan Sileo say The Rays are one of the best teams in all of baseball. With an attendance of 12,658, I would be embracing the Yankee, Red Sox, and other opposing fans which frequent The Trop or the doors would have to be closed for good today. Show some dignity and let the attendance be what it may. If the end result is The Rays move to a market where they are wanted then that is a win for The Rays, MLB, and their new fans. Those few true Rays fans who remain, can track their team from a far. Why not? The New York fans, Boston fans, and all other area transplants do it for their teams. If the Rays have to be moved it is because they weren’t really wanted here to begin with.

The Kansas City Royals attracted almost 22,000 fans on a Monday night. Why? Because they are loyal baseball fans in Kansas City and year in/year out, they support their team. It is ludicrous to expect life long, die hard fans of other teams to switch and become Ray fans just because they have moved to this area. Those fans would be showing the same loyalty to their clubs that current Ray fans show to theirs. Love for your team is love for your team, regardless of where you live, their record, or what obstacles get thrown at you!

I am not a Rays fan but I am a fan of the best sport in this world in my opinion and that is baseball. I have frequented The Trop this year only to experience a minor league feel. Regardless of the opponent, the off timing of annoying cowbells, or the amusement of the opposing fans drowning out the few Rays fans with cheers of "Lets Go Yankees" I still get the feeling I am at a minor league game. The only thing major league is the price of refreshments. I am quite thrilled The Trop allows fans to bring in food and beverages.

One last thing I wanted to touch on in today's post is the hate delivered over the radio towards Red Sox fans for cheering a base hit that broke up a potential Rays perfect game. This was more built up aggravation on the radio host's part due to the Rays horrible body of work thus far more than hate towards the Sox fans who cheered. Believe me I can understand hating them. I would love to be part of baseball history just as much as the next guy, but not at the expense of my team. Yes Mr. radio host, you were wrong in your loud and whiny outburst. I can wait around to watch baseball history being made but would be overjoyed to have a no hitter or perfect game against my team broken up by a bloop single or infield grounder.

Until Next Time
The Sports Chief

todd
 
was at the game friday when BJ hit the walkoff....wanted to share a few pics...for the rays fans out there....

I was far away and no tripod so they are a little blurry after cropping.

uptonswing.jpg


upton3.jpg


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