*This blog is for all you true fan believers out there*
It is time for a less intense blog. It is apparent by my previous writings, that starting a war is inevitable. So allow me the opportunity to speak out to another one of those things that really bother me...The fan.
How many of you out there are tired of those annoying jerks who claim to be fans of your sports franchise. For as long as i remember, I have been a Houston Astros, Rockets & Oilers/Texans fan as well as a Washington Redskins fan and i am that fan in spite of their woes and troubles. As any true fan, i always want to see my team succeed but rarely do. Here though is my problem, the "bandwagoner", the being that can and does ruin all sports for just about everybody that is a fan of any sport. You walk around always complaining of what could have been and even when that team is doing well, they should be better and when they are losing, you are always right. Far be it from me to deny you of your god complex and point out how you are wrong. (Oh wait that is what i am doing)
Let us take the Houston Astros for example. They are in a lovely slump where winning more than 2 straight just seems impossible. The true fan wants them to succeed, believes the talent is there and doesn't spend the rest of their days wishing they had all these past, unproductive players back. They always think there is a chance to make a run, or put things together and they wear their shirt with pride because it is their team and there is nothing to be ashamed of. Now enter the bandwagon guy. They want their team to do well, but are they going to say or believe that a turn around is possible? No they are going to cry and complain because their small market team won't spend an extra 50 million a year for a Yankees style budget. (For the person who says Houston is a big city, well that is true but it is considered a small market when it comes to media and sports--KC, NYC, LA, Boston, Chicago & even Dallas are more media absorbed...there are more cities than that too) The team is on limited budget, and as much as I hate to say it, if Uncle Drayton doesn't make money, the team goes under. They complain because we get rid of some player who was sucking the life out of us only to go somewhere else and have a bit more success..."he could have done that here"! Obviously not, or he would have!
True fans are like my friends who tailgate at the Texans games because they root when the times are bad and they see the bright future ahead of them. (Am i right here homan?) They are the guys who wear their nasty orange longhorn hats to work even when the long horns were average, before vince young! (Greg) They sit and watch every Astros game even when they were out of it in the past or when the papers dead and buried them, because they say as long as they aren't mathematically eliminated. (then rewarded with a World Series opportunity)
I guess what i am saying is if you only come out of the rafters during the good times of a franchise then do all the sports world a favor and just stay there. Don't give me some crap about how you were always a fan and you always believed because you were not and you never did.
7 comments:
Hello Nick my brother. For all our faithful followers: What Nick is saying is that the team is God and the fans are society that turn away from him in times of hardship. Much of the Old Testament is written in this way in order to present individuals with stories that are easier to understand and can be passed down through the ages. I see the genius in your writing my dear Nick; however, I know that you are simply relaying what was whispered into your ear. Even as technology increases, it is funny how the word still applies in these times. Nick and I are shepherds. The words that Nick writes are like the food for our sheep. I believe that my job is to teach our sheep how to consume and digest this food that, through the Lord almighty, Nick provides. To my brother Kevin: I am pleased that you realized the error in your ways and invite you to help Nick and me in our ministries.
Ahh Jeff, Seth, Garret, Clifton, Kevin, Brad, George, Craig Biggio, the Rock, Old man Flemming from up the street...OH IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE...whom ever you are..you nailed it on the head! I mean seriously this is exactly what i meant!!!! Wait...No. Look i offer one response to you and this will be the only one, i really don't know who you are but you are really creepy. (And yes God whispered that in my ear) You have not got to me, you have only given life to the fact that there is a bit of psycho in you. So be a man, come forward or just don't post anymore, but if i don't know who you are as of midnight tomorrow, i will send all your posts to the worst place i know...............
Shift + i = I. Learn it. Love it. Live it.
You have not got to me...
C'mon Nick, have you learned nothing thus far?
Pretty harsh, too, considering Jim was taking your side.
You're right, Nick. We bandwagoners will stay home from now on. And then the pro baseball teams will begin to lose money and be forced to sell out or shut down, the skies will grow dark, small furry animals will die, Target stores and Mexican food restaurants will close, and the apocalypse will come.
Great idea.
Good Amber you almost got it...EXCEPT you forgot about the part before the apocalypse where the Aliens will show up and beam up all the people in Iowa , Kansas and Nebraska...That is an important part!
True! Yeah, I just saw a little of Dawn of the Dead on TV, and I immediately went online and bought 200 sets of tickets for the Astros' remaining games. You can never be too careful with those zombies.
You missed some fun, with the dark, backroad sparkler bomb tracheotomy and violent dismemberment of Roger Clemens this evening. There's a video though.
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