Irrational Fans

After watching tonight's show on ESPN, "Catching Hell" I had to spout off a couple things. What makes fans believe that if they pick one person or moment during a game gone wrong to define an outcome of a sporting event? Steve Bartman was stand up young man that coached baseball and led a positive life. I was disgusted to see the things people said after his foul ball mistake that EVERY fan in the country would have made. When a foul ball comes towards the stands, do people sit their and analyze the situation and not act of instinct? Any irrational person would say, "No I wouldn't try and catch the ball", ya right! The Cubs allowed 8 runs after that moment in the game including errors made in the field and oh ya, by the guy pitching the ball, GIVING UP 8 RUNS! Another infamous game was the Buckner play through the legs in the '86 World Series when Boston lost game 6. Both the Cubs and the Red Sox had another game to win the series and neither did so. Both Bartman and Buckner were chastised by the fans, media and many others. Personally I find it sad and pathetic that fans would rather blame one moment and not come to grip with reality and use a little common sense and blame the team as a whole. These type of fans need to dig a whole and climb in it so the rest of us do not have to deal with IDIOTS like this.

Ignorant Alumni

So I have some people I work with that are Michigan State fans. This "girl" starts a debate with a co-worker and myself on why she thinks MSU is a better football team than Michigan. She begins to reference the past three years of MSU's victories over a Michigan program going through a multitude of changes. She, like many other State fans likes to forget the past, saying tradition means nothing and the present is all that matters. I begin to ask her about basketball and she says Michigan's sweep of State last year does not matter because of their past dominance. She then gets upset quickly and asks if I even went to Michigan, no I did not, but what the hell does that have to do with anything? According to this senseless individual, you can not be a die hard fan of a team unless you are an alumni...This about sends me up a wall, but I compose myself and ask her to name TWO current MSU players. She first says "Cousins? Wait, I think so.." and then names Javon Ringer who now plays in the NFL for the Titans. This is the moral to this story folks. DO NOT get into sports debates and then spout of idiotic statements about alumni status and then continue to be able to have ZERO information about the school you cheer for. This not only pisses off the people around you but also makes you look like a COMPLETE MORON. Oh and please do not act like MSU is a prestigious school, they have a 70% acceptance rate. Thank You.