Comments on: Which Way Is Up? http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/06/09/which-way-is-up-2/ Covering America's Favorite Pastime Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:04:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthew Whipps http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/06/09/which-way-is-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3676 Matthew Whipps Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:13:13 +0000 http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/blogs/2009/06/09/which-way-is-up-2/#comment-3676 See and that's my point. Residents of Pittsburgh can't even cheer for the home team and it's not safe to raise your kids as fans! I'm sorry my first post back with BDD had to be negative, but it is something that just eats at me. I hate to see a team not only not try, but consistently make a team worse. Unless they are the Yankees or White Sox.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3676','Matthew Whipps'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3676','Matthew Whipps','See and that\'s my point. Residents of Pittsburgh can\'t even cheer for the home team and it\'s not safe to raise your kids as fans!\r\n\r\nI\'m sorry my first post back with BDD had to be negative, but it is something that just eats at me. I hate to see a team not only not try, but consistently make a team worse. Unless they are the Yankees or White Sox.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> See and that’s my point. Residents of Pittsburgh can’t even cheer for the home team and it’s not safe to raise your kids as fans!

I’m sorry my first post back with BDD had to be negative, but it is something that just eats at me. I hate to see a team not only not try, but consistently make a team worse. Unless they are the Yankees or White Sox.

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]]> By: mhixpgh http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/06/09/which-way-is-up-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3675 mhixpgh Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:36:55 +0000 http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/blogs/2009/06/09/which-way-is-up-2/#comment-3675 Oh, to be a Pittsburgh native and a long time resident.....AND a baseball fan. Thankfully we have the Extra Innings package and are able to watch Major League baseball, rather than being stuck watching the Pirates and listening to the inane ramblings of their third-rate announcers who usually speak for the team's front office. The company line is stale after 16 years. My ten yr old has jerseys from the Rays, the Rangers, the Indians, theRed Sox and next week we will be at the corner of Clark and Addison where we'll grab a Cubs shirt. But who really wants to wear a Pirates jersey? You ask "It boils down to this: what do Bucs fans have to look forward to?". McCutcheon will be fun to watch, and perhaps Alvarez too. But most fun is WINNING. Fans usually have great affection for winners. It is fun looking forward to winning....<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3675','mhixpgh'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3675','mhixpgh','Oh, to be a Pittsburgh native and a long time resident.....AND a baseball fan. Thankfully we have the Extra Innings package and are able to watch Major League baseball, rather than being stuck watching the Pirates and listening to the inane ramblings of their third-rate announcers who usually speak for the team\'s front office. The company line is stale after 16 years.\r\n\r\nMy ten yr old has jerseys from the Rays, the Rangers, the Indians, theRed Sox and next week we will be at the corner of Clark and Addison where we\'ll grab a Cubs shirt. But who really wants to wear a Pirates jersey?\r\n\r\nYou ask \"It boils down to this: what do Bucs fans have to look forward to?\". McCutcheon will be fun to watch, and perhaps Alvarez too. But most fun is WINNING. Fans usually have great affection for winners. It is fun looking forward to winning....'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Oh, to be a Pittsburgh native and a long time resident…..AND a baseball fan. Thankfully we have the Extra Innings package and are able to watch Major League baseball, rather than being stuck watching the Pirates and listening to the inane ramblings of their third-rate announcers who usually speak for the team’s front office. The company line is stale after 16 years.

My ten yr old has jerseys from the Rays, the Rangers, the Indians, theRed Sox and next week we will be at the corner of Clark and Addison where we’ll grab a Cubs shirt. But who really wants to wear a Pirates jersey?

You ask “It boils down to this: what do Bucs fans have to look forward to?”. McCutcheon will be fun to watch, and perhaps Alvarez too. But most fun is WINNING. Fans usually have great affection for winners. It is fun looking forward to winning….

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