Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watarts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watarts!mupmalis From: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (M. A. Upmalis) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: new yuch vs. TORONTO Message-ID: <8543@watarts.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 01:04:11 EDT Article-I.D.: watarts.8543 Posted: Wed Sep 18 01:04:11 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Sep-85 05:34:50 EDT References: <347@zaphod.UUCP> <755@fisher.UUCP> Reply-To: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (M. A. Upmalis) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 51 Summary: In article <755@fisher.UUCP> david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) writes: >Actually, the all-time low for fan "class and civility" certainly >belongs to Canadian fans (specifically, Expo fans). A few years ago, >before he was called the "Terminator", Jeff Reardon was having a >MISERABLE season. Expo fans booed Reardon unmercifully every time he >appeared in a game; the chorus would begin the moment his name was >announced. This, of course, is acceptable; however, one day the Expo >wives were playing a charity softball game prior to the main feature. >When the lineups were announced, the fans began to boo Reardon's wife. >So loud and persistent were they, Mrs. Reardon left the field in tears >before the fans would let up. > >I'm sure AL fans have similar anecdotes regarding the behavior of >Toronto fans. No nationality can claim innocence. At least here >(North America), the abuse is verbal... > > David Rubin I consider the Yankee fans unusual for the average Baseball fan, however in Toronto the fans are very civil to the opposing team, quite often good plays or home runs by the visiting team will be recognized by the fans. In Toronto we hungered for big league ball for so many years that at first the main reason to go to the ball game was to see the visiting team and not the Jay (that has changed recently). Montreal is a passionate town for sport no matter what, in the fifties when Clarence Campbell suspended Rocket Richard for fighting during the Stanley Cup, there were riots in the streets. I can't excuse what happened to Reardon's wife but I haven't heard the story before and am not a Montreal native so I'll let it pass. While the Bronx Zoo got a lot of bad press, some of the 1000+ Blue Jay fans who travlled to the game (who's that for supporting your team) found a good number of Yanks fans who complimented them on the Jays, wished them a good time in New York and even cheered for the Jays (better the Jays than the Yanks). While the situation is over blown, I think that some of the reaction in the net may border on "what do these Canucks now about baseball and why show them any respect". Answer--Canada has been in on the history of baseball since Abner Doubleday, we may have come in the Majors late but from the first man to wear a number on the Uniform (Canadian), the man who took over from Lou Gehrig, the country where Daryl Strawberry hit his first professional home run (triple AAA) as well as Babe Ruth Canada has a lot to add to the game. -- Mike Upmalis (mupmalis@watarts)ihnp4!watmath!watarts!mupmalis This sentence has threee erors.