3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Not sure if posted before: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/j...getting-dumber/ It looks bad in that still but it isn't really that bad. Even if you wanted to, I'm pretty sure you couldn't ever take a ball away from an OF from that spot. I think he was just prepping in case the ball was gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejoedairy Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 wow this writer completely ripped that fan apart i think its a little much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I actually thought about that right after it happened and saw the replays, but thank god (for us and especially that guy) it didn't come down to him having a chance to actually catch it. If he did steal it away, he may never be able to show his face again on the South Side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) I don't think he was really anywhere close to having that ball. I thought about it before, but he's a good couple feet away and where Wise caught it was just a few inches over the yellow line. The writer is going off about nothing though. I guess a Chicago/Bartman comparison is pretty easy. Edited July 27, 2009 by lostfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) I didn't even read the article but that writer is a f***ing idiot. The guy didn't catch the ball. I read a completely opposite article saying how the fan looked like he wanted to grab the ball but then retracted and it was a smart move. Guy gets ripped for nothing. This is pissing me off. Edited July 27, 2009 by tommy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) If he would have messed that play up we would have had our own Bartman.....I think he would have been very lucky to make it out of there as well. However it didn't look like he even got close. Edited July 27, 2009 by EvilJester99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baines3 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Fans of all teams do stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwolf68 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Wash Times is bird cage fodder. Always has been, this is the type of journalism to be expected from this paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 What a dumb article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Someone said that the fence was a good 3 or 4 feet from the fans, is that true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Of course, Buehrle himself might have been lacking smarts when, after receiving a 30-second congratulatory call from President Obama, he said, "What, that's all [the time] he's got for me?" Guess what, Mark, the president of the United States had a few other things on his mind. Unlike the dimwitted fan in center field who obviously had nothing at all on his mind. What a douche. Kinda reminds me of Hineybird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaseballNick Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 10:45 PM) Someone said that the fence was a good 3 or 4 feet from the fans, is that true? Probably a little more than that. I'd say about 5-7 feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 10:45 PM) Someone said that the fence was a good 3 or 4 feet from the fans, is that true? There's certainly room. He couldn't have caught that ball or interfered without jumping out of his seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearSox Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 1.) What a douchebag and stupid article. 2.) Even if the fan wanted to, he wouldn't be able to catch it. 3.) It's basic instinct to grab for a ball hit at you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Wow, this guy makes a strong showing for stupidest sports columnist alive - no small feat - with this article: 1) Go on for an entire article ranting and raving about how a fan came within a foot of ruining a perfect game when he probably never game within four feet of the ball. 2) Lump Sox and Cubs fans together with the Bartman comparison. 3) Express outrage that Buehrle felt dissed that the President only spoke with him for thirty seconds when anyone with half a brain would realize that the comment was made in jest. Unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 QUOTE (tommy @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 10:25 PM) I didn't even read the article but that writer is a f***ing idiot. The guy didn't catch the ball. I read a completely opposite article saying how the fan looked like he wanted to grab the ball but then retracted and it was a smart move. Guy gets ripped for nothing. This is pissing me off. LOL... as it happens, the article is indeed a piece of trash. But reading the bolded above, I hope no one in the press is reading this thread, because then the conclusion from the title may be the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 26, 2009 -> 10:45 PM) Someone said that the fence was a good 3 or 4 feet from the fans, is that true? Yes. If the fan were able to touch the ball, Wise and Willie Mays and Torii Hunter in their primes wouldn't have been able to catch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI1020 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Read the comments. Most of those replying to this awful article get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEdWalsh Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Dick Heller, you're a complete moron. Although I thought the Bartman incident was hilarious I've always been of the school of thought that the guy got a raw deal. When a ball is hit toward the stands and it's coming at you most people are going to try and catch it. Even Bartman was surrounded by other reaching hands. He just happened to be the one who caught it. In this case, this guy doesn't have much of a chance to catch it and I think he did wisely retract a bit. Dick Heller is an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 QUOTE (SI1020 @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 09:56 AM) Read the comments. Most of those replying to this awful article get it. I did, I was chuckling at the one who posted that he/she was disgusted by the article and would now stop subscribing to the Washington POST as a result. She said the POST, twice. The article is in the TIMES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEdWalsh Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 09:32 AM) I did, I was chuckling at the one who posted that he/she was disgusted by the article and would now stop subscribing to the Washington POST as a result. She said the POST, twice. The article is in the TIMES. In Washington the dumb keep getting dumber?? Edited July 27, 2009 by BigEdWalsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Way harsh and the guy wasn't even close to interfering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 It's the Washington Times. They're supposed to publish trash like this. I won't elaborate because then I'll have to move this thread to another forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 He wasn't even close to that ball. Every fan goes for a ball hit by them. It's pure instinct. That's why blaming Bartman is f***ing stupid. Everybody around him got up and tried to go for that ball. Turns out he was the only one who actually touched it. Nobody around him got any s*** about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Lol at the comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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