Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Now that's what I call heckling

Here's something else Nats fans can work on: clever, effective heckling. I've seen a few fan signs that are pretty good and get right to the point (my all-time favorite is from Opening Day 2005: "Dear Angelos, You Stink, Signed Everybody"). However, nothing compares to the fans in Philly:



There was more evidence of great fan creativity, such as a guy holding a foam rubber syringe, someone holding a huge "CHEAT" sign, and one section holding asterisks, but my favorite sign had to be the fan holding the sign that said: "For Sale- Life Size Bobble Head- See Left Field." Stupid Blogger won't let me post all of them right now, which is too bad- they're even more powerful visually. They're over at Yahoo! News.

The Nats could use some fans like that- certainly not to the extent that the folks up in the 500 level throw someone over the railing, even if it's a Met, Yankee, or Oriole fan- to get the crowd motivated. I've seen less and less signs lately, which is a little disappointing. Admittedly, I'm not much of a sign painter myself, but I'm happy to cheer others on who do it and have great signs. There's so much snark in this city- surely some of it can be shared at a Nats game? It's all for a good cause.

(thanks to DCSportsGuy and The 700 Level for the inspiration)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Two things:
1. Can I retract my comments about Kwame Brown???? I can't defend his stupid ass anymore.
2. Rothfl with this post.....This is so creative..I mean, people are really being smart about cracking on his drug problem. I personally can't attack him, because baseball has no proof...but still this is funny.

Anonymous said...

You're so right. We snark so well... how can we be so good at the game?

Great post!

DCSportsChick said...

LMAO O-Face! I heart you!

Anonymous said...

I love the visual!