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If you do any of these 10 things, then you need to stop pretending you're a true sports fan right now.
8/1/08


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Meh. Some of these are relatively obvious, like being more interested in conducting business, or eating, or doing something after the game. Those are things that literally have to do with not being primarily interested in sports when attending sporting events.

On the other hand, some of what this blog does (and what others do) seems similar to one of the things Leahy criticizes in the blog. He knocks the fan who goes out of his way trying to prove his sports knowledge/expertise, and yet here he is writing a blog to tell us how (presumably) he and others are "true" sports fans, and the people who violate his list aren't. Not everyone enjoys sports in the same way, and that's okay.
 
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(Edited 08/01/08 11:01AM by TheBigThree)
The "fashinable sports merchandise..." I'm not sure what qualifies.  For example, I bought a Bob Sanders jersey before he was an All-Pro and NFL Defensive Player of the year.  I thought the guy could attain both someday, but I tried to get ahead of the curve.  Does that make me a trendsetter or somebody just trying too hard?

And for perspective, I was also the same guy who bought a Calbert Cheaney jersey his rookie season, just because I thought the guy was going to be a Hall of Famer, so...
 
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That's not you in that pic, is it?  Just jokin' with ya! Thanks for the link, that's hilarious! Personally, I would NEVER wear a suit to a NASCAR race...besides talking on my cell phone would be, uh, impossible.
 
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The one I disagree with is the "Don't Bring a young kid to a rivalry game."

Granted, I don't have a kid, but I say break 'em in early. My dad took me to all the Michigan-Michigan State games when I was young and I certainly heard some "naughty" words, but I trained early to hate the Weasels and am better for it.
 
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TheBigThree wrote:
The "fashinable sports merchandise..." I'm not sure what qualifies.  For example, I bought a Bob Sanders jersey before he was an All-Pro and NFL Defensive Player of the year.  I thought the guy could attain both someday, but I tried to get ahead of the curve.  Does that make me a trendsetter or somebody just trying too hard?

And for perspective, I was also the same guy who bought a Calbert Cheaney jersey his rookie season, just because I thought the guy was going to be a Hall of Famer, so...
I was going to give you a smart... then I read the last line.
 
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TheBigThree wrote:
The "fashinable sports merchandise..." I'm not sure what qualifies.  For example, I bought a Bob Sanders jersey before he was an All-Pro and NFL Defensive Player of the year.  I thought the guy could attain both someday, but I tried to get ahead of the curve.  Does that make me a trendsetter or somebody just trying too hard?

And for perspective, I was also the same guy who bought a Calbert Cheaney jersey his rookie season, just because I thought the guy was going to be a Hall of Famer, so...
Yes! A Calbert Cheaney reference! +1000
 
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(Edited 08/01/08 3:21PM by RichmondSpider)
Kinda like the golfer who shows up on the first tee with matching golf bag, shoes, club covers (even for his irons) shirt , hat and glove. Has tags on his bag from Pinehurst, Hilton Head, Congresional and the CCVA, talks shit, loudly for about 15 minutes and then skulls his tee shot across the fareway 85 yards and blames it on the noise from the clubhouse.  Then he talks the entire time you take your driver out of your old bag, pull your wooden tee from the municipal course out of your pocket and knock the snot out of 3 wood with a beautiful little fade in it and it lands 390 dead center of the fareway, which is exactly where you planned it to end up. And he just keeps talking... and talking... and talking...
 
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(Edited 08/01/08 11:15AM by TheBigThree)
CriticalFanatic wrote:
I was going to give you a smart... then I read the last line.
See, no one can fault me for a lack of objectivity and disclosure.

And keep in mind that I was 7 when Calbert Cheaney was a rookie.  There are some things from age 7 I retain -- for example, my maturity level when I visit home and see a cabinet full of Fruit Loops -- but my knowledge of basketball is decidely more developed.
 
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