Dave, does this mean you’re out of the Fantasy Football league? Say it ain’t so! And if it is so, can I have McFadden?
@ 5:27 pm on November 2, 2011
I didn’t say I was giving up fantasy sports. But I’ll have to forward this to the blog commissioner for a ruling. This is getting more and more complicated.
@ 5:31 pm on November 2, 2011
Dave, I’m considering the same thing. I’ve been going to Rangers games since 1974, but that Game 6 was just too much.
About 15 seconds before the Deadly Triple, I said out loud “Please, oh please, don’t break our hearts.”
Then they did. Twice.
@ 5:40 pm on November 2, 2011
It’ll be a tough call, I’m sure. Either way, I could really use McFadden.
@ 5:48 pm on November 2, 2011
whether in jest or not, someone’s gotta say it: true fans don’t desert their favorite teams because of a loss, no matter how much of a choke-job it was. People that do that are bandwagon fans.
Being a true fan throughout the ups, downs and excruciating losses make it that much sweeter when they win it all.
As an MFFL, it would’ve been easy to ditch after the 90s, or 06,07, etc. But sticking with the Big German paid off in the end.
@ 6:18 pm on November 2, 2011
No way Pittsburgh boy will give up the Stillers……..
@ 6:30 pm on November 2, 2011
@ Mark, I was right there with you. @brett I admit the blog was started in a knee-jerk moment. I’m going to be winging it from here on out. But 50 years as a fan should earn me some street cred. I won’t bore you with all the details, but suffice to say, that when one of the teams you follow is the Pittsburgh Pirates, it makes even being a Cub fan look easy. Besides, I didn’t say I was giving up on sports for life. Just for a year. I wanna see if I can do it. One day at a time, of course. #ODAAT.
@ 6:46 pm on November 2, 2011
@brett:
You, sir, have no clue. Implying that I’m a “bandwagon” fan makes me want to reach through the screen and bloody your nose.
I have a Roughriders mini-plan so I can watch the kids grow up (and sometimes move away). I have sat in my Rangers mini-plan seats and suffered through seasons like 2007, where the highlight of the year was off the field (the Texiera trade) and the best on-field moment was probably being in the stands for Sosa’s 600th home run.
I came very close to spending money I didn’t have to go to St. Louis last week to attend Game 6.
FB has a no-profanity policy or you would be getting both barrels right now. Walking away for a year to regain a little sanity is not “deserting” the team, and if you really cared about the Rangers you would understand where we’re coming from.
In February I’ll probably be over it and will be back to reading Newberg every day, waiting for pitchers and catchers and to hear Eric Nadel’s voice again. But I don’t feel that way today.
@ 8:42 pm on November 2, 2011
Being a Texas Rangers fan is the worst position in fandom — I’ll dump the SOBs and I’ve been a fan since before they hired the moving vans to come to Texas. This franchise has presented a solid half-century of lousy baseball — it ranges from the worst baseball ever played (Canseco, Ned Yost, Inky in the outfield,etc.) to some of the worst World Series baseball ever played. The fans ought to make the team work extra hard to win us back — real fans feel like puking all over the ballpark. And if C.J. Wilson is a Texas Ranger in 2012, it’ll take more than cheaper beer and free parking to win some of us back.
@ 9:11 pm on November 2, 2011
@Mike: Not sure if you’ve noticed, but McFadden’s hurt. He
was on crutches last I checked, though I have no idea how I know that. #thisisnotgoingtobeeasy
I tried to post on your blog but there is apparently some sort of secret incantation that is needed in order to do so….Is there a secret word?
@ 11:48 pm on November 2, 2011
Wow, I looked at Tarrant’s blog to find out who he is, and it directed me to see his full profile of which there is none….
I’m confused on who Dave Tarrant is..?
@ 3:24 am on November 3, 2011
@LewP This is what the restaurant industry likes to call a “soft opening.” My blog is up and running but I’ve got some details to attend to.
@ 10:03 am on November 3, 2011
@Rev Feeler Brother Feeler, I think you have to open a Gmail account in order to comment. But if my friend Bill Marvel can get on there to comment, than anybody can do it.
@ 10:04 am on November 3, 2011
Good for you, DT. Years ago, novelist-essayist Geoff Dyer wrote that he gave up on theater and all things theater-related. It’s not necessarily that he hated theater (though he does), he just did a cost-benefits analysis on how much his heart and brain could keep up with and decided theater wasn’t worth the trouble. He now contributes semi-regularly to the NYTimes.
Similarly, after breaking my arm in 8th grade football, I gave up entirely on sports, all sports. And look at me, I quit the News only to find a career in radio-TV-online arts journalism.
What do you mean, none of these events are causally related???? I’m telling you, DT, your spirit can really soar when you ignore logic, team loyalty or ordinary common sense and decide to opt out of something. Especially if that something is run by obnoxious billionaires.
@ 11:42 am on November 3, 2011
@Dave:
I have my moments. Unfortunately, they’re infrequent.
@ 3:38 pm on November 3, 2011
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Dave, does this mean you’re out of the Fantasy Football league? Say it ain’t so! And if it is so, can I have McFadden?
I didn’t say I was giving up fantasy sports. But I’ll have to forward this to the blog commissioner for a ruling. This is getting more and more complicated.
Dave, I’m considering the same thing. I’ve been going to Rangers games since 1974, but that Game 6 was just too much.
About 15 seconds before the Deadly Triple, I said out loud “Please, oh please, don’t break our hearts.”
Then they did. Twice.
It’ll be a tough call, I’m sure. Either way, I could really use McFadden.
whether in jest or not, someone’s gotta say it: true fans don’t desert their favorite teams because of a loss, no matter how much of a choke-job it was. People that do that are bandwagon fans.
Being a true fan throughout the ups, downs and excruciating losses make it that much sweeter when they win it all.
As an MFFL, it would’ve been easy to ditch after the 90s, or 06,07, etc. But sticking with the Big German paid off in the end.
No way Pittsburgh boy will give up the Stillers……..
@ Mark, I was right there with you. @brett I admit the blog was started in a knee-jerk moment. I’m going to be winging it from here on out. But 50 years as a fan should earn me some street cred. I won’t bore you with all the details, but suffice to say, that when one of the teams you follow is the Pittsburgh Pirates, it makes even being a Cub fan look easy. Besides, I didn’t say I was giving up on sports for life. Just for a year. I wanna see if I can do it. One day at a time, of course. #ODAAT.
@brett:
You, sir, have no clue. Implying that I’m a “bandwagon” fan makes me want to reach through the screen and bloody your nose.
I have a Roughriders mini-plan so I can watch the kids grow up (and sometimes move away). I have sat in my Rangers mini-plan seats and suffered through seasons like 2007, where the highlight of the year was off the field (the Texiera trade) and the best on-field moment was probably being in the stands for Sosa’s 600th home run.
I came very close to spending money I didn’t have to go to St. Louis last week to attend Game 6.
FB has a no-profanity policy or you would be getting both barrels right now. Walking away for a year to regain a little sanity is not “deserting” the team, and if you really cared about the Rangers you would understand where we’re coming from.
In February I’ll probably be over it and will be back to reading Newberg every day, waiting for pitchers and catchers and to hear Eric Nadel’s voice again. But I don’t feel that way today.
Being a Texas Rangers fan is the worst position in fandom — I’ll dump the SOBs and I’ve been a fan since before they hired the moving vans to come to Texas. This franchise has presented a solid half-century of lousy baseball — it ranges from the worst baseball ever played (Canseco, Ned Yost, Inky in the outfield,etc.) to some of the worst World Series baseball ever played. The fans ought to make the team work extra hard to win us back — real fans feel like puking all over the ballpark. And if C.J. Wilson is a Texas Ranger in 2012, it’ll take more than cheaper beer and free parking to win some of us back.
@Mike: Not sure if you’ve noticed, but McFadden’s hurt. He
was on crutches last I checked, though I have no idea how I know that. #thisisnotgoingtobeeasy
Wow Mark!
You should be writing this blog.
Thanks for sharing @publicnewsense. I really, really needed to hear that. Now I’ve got to figure how to get all this over on my blog http://davetarrantsportsfan.blogspot.com/2011/10/year-without-sports.html
#wheredidIputthemanual?
I tried to post on your blog but there is apparently some sort of secret incantation that is needed in order to do so….Is there a secret word?
Wow, I looked at Tarrant’s blog to find out who he is, and it directed me to see his full profile of which there is none….
I’m confused on who Dave Tarrant is..?
@LewP This is what the restaurant industry likes to call a “soft opening.” My blog is up and running but I’ve got some details to attend to.
@Rev Feeler Brother Feeler, I think you have to open a Gmail account in order to comment. But if my friend Bill Marvel can get on there to comment, than anybody can do it.
Good for you, DT. Years ago, novelist-essayist Geoff Dyer wrote that he gave up on theater and all things theater-related. It’s not necessarily that he hated theater (though he does), he just did a cost-benefits analysis on how much his heart and brain could keep up with and decided theater wasn’t worth the trouble. He now contributes semi-regularly to the NYTimes.
Similarly, after breaking my arm in 8th grade football, I gave up entirely on sports, all sports. And look at me, I quit the News only to find a career in radio-TV-online arts journalism.
What do you mean, none of these events are causally related???? I’m telling you, DT, your spirit can really soar when you ignore logic, team loyalty or ordinary common sense and decide to opt out of something. Especially if that something is run by obnoxious billionaires.
@Dave:
I have my moments. Unfortunately, they’re infrequent.