Comments on: Josh Hamilton says Dallas is not a baseball town. And he’s right.

By: purestoker

purestoker — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:41:30 +0000

Population north texas- 100. While we’re over generalizing

By: purestoker

purestoker — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:39:46 +0000

Ok, let’s overgeneralize texas doesn’t have baseball fans just like everywhere else.

By: xjokerz

xjokerz — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:00:14 +0000

Damn iPhone .. You get my point tho

By: xjokerz

xjokerz — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:57:01 +0000

Why the hell do you keep saying the wings pull people on Detroit ? Detroit sports are 1 lions 2 tigers. That’s how it’s been … ” hockey town ” is a comical name for Detroit to be honest.

By: gslavens

gslavens — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:14:34 +0000

Josh is an ungrateful punk that will end up falling off the wagon and living in a crack house.

By: jrd8523

jrd8523 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:03:21 +0000

Yeah i’m aware what happened, was a father trying to catch a ball for a young fan though. The lost me part was refering to how you capped off your rational post with some truly irrational thinking. But you seem pretty aware of that. Hate away, everybody has an irrational hatred for somebody!

By: jrd8523

jrd8523 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:02:19 +0000

Yeah i’m aware what happened, the lost me part was refering to how you capped off your rational post with some truly irrational thinking. But you seem pretty aware of that. Hate away, everybody has an irrational hatred for somebody!

By: txnative61

txnative61 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:14:49 +0000

In an incident a few years ago Hamilton lazily tossed a flyball he had caught into the stands a few feet short of the second deck. A young fan reached too far out trying to catch it and fell to his death. It is irrational to blame him, but mine is an irrational dislike. He’s a Jonah, best thrown overboard.

By: jrd8523

jrd8523 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:28:30 +0000

You lost me with the irrational “lured a fan over a balcony to his death” tidbit.

It’s a silly argument to begin with; based on the thinking that a city is either a X or a Y. Sure a lot of teams who consider where they play as “baseball towns” wished they were pulling in Ranger levels of business.

By: txnative61

txnative61 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:33:24 +0000

I agree it’s true. The WHY deserves explanation, because Texan’s play a lot of baseball because it assessable to all sizes and skill levels. First Baseball’s a slower moving game less adaptable to the television format. Since air conditioning became widespread people are unwilling to endure the 3-5hrs of misery to attend games in person in 100 degree heat of Texas summers. Football in general, especially High School Football, builds lifelong excitement for the sport that only carry’s over to the Cowboys through years of incompetent mismanagement. There’s all that, and that the Ranger’s persisted in babying an addict and religious nutcase that lured a fan over a balcony to his death, and couldn’t hit when it was needed the most.

By: bcrow68

bcrow68 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:27:10 +0000

Bringbackthevipers:

The Tigers have taken over the red wings since 06, no doubt about it. When I go to wings games there’s no where near full capacity. Lots of companies own season tickets which makes them sell outs. Detroit is much more knowledgable about the Tigers over the wings I’d rather be at comerica park over the boring Joe anyday

By: miketreedy

miketreedy — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:00:52 +0000

Rangers brought in 3.4m fans last year which was only behind the Yankees & the Phillies. They made enough money to pay $100m in salary including Josh’s paychecks. So, Josh should shut up. The only Ranger to get booed last season was Josh Hamilton. Not Michael Young, Napoli or Kinsler who all struggled last year. Both Young & Napoli will get standing ovations when they return to Texas. Hamilton will be booed when he returns because he quit several times last season. Josh is a head case. He’s all your Angels. To me this is like when the White Sox signed Albert Bell away from the Indians. They will soon find out what they got.

It’s true that Dallas is still a football town but Football is by far the most popular sport nationwide. How many true baseball towns remain? As a huge baseball fan its nice to Dallas fans know who to cheer for and who to boo!

By: tkbman

tkbman — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:44:46 +0000

The guy’s writing a piece on an interview he hasn’t even heard. That wouldn’t even cut the mustard in most high school English classes. It’s just a little disappointing to read an intriguing headline, only to find the article so poorly written and devoid of any real information. But I’ve learned my lesson, from now on I just won’t waste my time on any more of this joker’s articles.

By: jimbroney

jimbroney — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:18:55 +0000

Hartford is a whalers town.

By: joelwrobinson

joelwrobinson — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:26:15 +0000

I’ve lived here for the past 7 years. I have to say this couldn’t be more spot on. The absolute truth.

By: jeffa43

jeffa43 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:14:31 +0000

Lived in Orange County for 40 years…

Most uneducated fan base ever. It is so disneyland it is sad. 8 out of 10 halo fans have no clue that Nolan Ryan pitched for them. My father and I were at the Donnie Moore game in 86… That fan base is not your fan base today.

It’s all about ralley monkeys and signing familiar washed up names to sell tickets… Not developing players to win rings.
Trout may be the exception, but at 250 lbs that may be false as well.

By: Alex K

Alex K — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:53:08 +0000

How did I forget the White Sox? The person specifically mentioned the Cubs so I addressed that point.

When I was noting the popularity I said baseball in general, not mentioning either team. So, you know, I think I pretty well covered them there.

By: nolakrlvr

nolakrlvr — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:18:04 +0000

I lived in the Baltimore area from 76-84 and the only time you could see a Colts home game on TV was if they were playing the Skins. The O’s ruled then and remained popular throughout the years that the NFL didn’t live there.

By: detroitr1

detroitr1 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:11:17 +0000

The Red Wings weren’t making those same attendance numbers in the early 90s and no need to mention to mention the 80s or 70s for that matter. They had a Dynasty run and it generated fair-weather fans. No doubt there is a hardcore contingent of fans, but the numbers will fade if the team goes into mediocrity.

The Tigers are in the top 5 for TV viewership adjusted for population. Detroit is a sports town, not a “Hockeytown.”

By: tuberippin

tuberippin — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:04:42 +0000

I think you’re forgetting that other Chicago baseball club.

You know, the one that won the World Series more recently.

By: Jonestein

Jonestein — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:42:15 +0000

Yeah, he did some great things here player-wise, but he ticked me off royally the second half of last year with his lollygagging, excuse-making and what sure as hell looked like quitting. I think there was some behind-the-scenes contract talk that didn’t go as he wanted, so he pretty much checked out during the second half.

I think he’ll have a productive, honeymoon type year with Los Anaheim in 2013, but after that? Get ready for mystery-ailments, responsibility-dodging via “God”, and the plate discipline of a dashboard hula-girl. Enjoy, Angels fans.

By: fissels

fissels — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:02:47 +0000

C’mon man, lighten up

By: thepoolshark

thepoolshark — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:44:05 +0000

True Ranger fans (Attended the 1st game in 72, seen every televised game since, and countless games in person) could care less what a crack-head quitter calls our town, and are extremely pleased he is gone. He played and acted like a fool the last 4 months of the year, making excuses and quitting on the team down the stretch because he had ‘dry eyes’…..POOR JOSH!!! OMG!!! NOT AGAIN!!! First his blue eyes hurt, now his dry eyes! Darn the luck! Why don’t you stay at home and rest during the pennant chase? Say What? Oh, you are at home? Not playing today? Good luck quitting on the Angels, suckers for overpaid bench warmers (Vern makes $24 mil this year). So you are PO’ed the Rangers were not even going to offer you a contract, because they watched you up close for 5 years and were not going to repeat the babysitting chores for a fading, crybaby quitter. Hope you have some new excuses for Angel fans, who have already heard your old ones.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:39:00 +0000

Clearly, you were not amused.

By: jimeejohnson

jimeejohnson — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:34:54 +0000

Theme park, not amusement park.

By: jimeejohnson

jimeejohnson — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:33:31 +0000

Anaheim, Los Angeles: same thing!

By: cowboysoldiertx

cowboysoldiertx — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:32:37 +0000

Arlington is what you think of when you think of the Rangers and Dallas when you think of the Cowboys. But neither play in Dallas. HOWEVER a short 30 minute drive and you are in Dallas. Now having said all that… Ranger fans are bandwagon fan all the way. Rangers are winning the fans are crazy for them. Lose a little and its SCREW OFF RANGERS! But Cowboy fans are always Cowboy fans. Even if Romo sucks ass at crunch time.

By: jessethegreat

jessethegreat — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:30:31 +0000

Chicago is completely a football town. Fans get upset when the bears are losing. They expect losing from their baseball teams. Two baseball teams split the vote while there is only one football team attracting the attention. Those stating that wrigley still sells out don’t realize that it’s because of curiosity. It’s like the bearded lady or an accident, you look because of curiosity. I’ve known many bears fans and everyone of them is passionate, and will defend their players and teams even thru the down times. Even they crack jokes about the ineptitude of the cubbies.

Even compare their names. The bears are the big guy in town. The cubs are the cute little side attraction.

Lastly compare opposing fans. Packers fans hate the bears (competition drives this) but respect them. Does anyone hate the cubs?

By: a125125125

a125125125 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:29:33 +0000

I’m sure Josh will find the fan attention overwhelming in the baseball hot bed of Anaheim.

By: Mike Luna

Mike Luna — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:17:26 +0000

I guess from now on when we don't like a player we should do what real baseball towns do. Let's dump beer on and spit on the player's wife, like the Yankee fans did when they were mad at Cliff Lee.