Comments on: The Old Man at the Ballpark http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:12:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cris E http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451357 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:07:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451357 And check out his companion: it’s like the Texas version of Statler and Waldorf.

]]> By: stlouis1baseball http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451241 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:40:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451241 Yep…thumbs down from me to Blues.
Bitchin’ about turning 30. Turning 30!
Try 40. As Paper said…you will never again feel as good as you do now.
So go get me a beer! Why else do you think we keep you around?

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451217 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:01:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451217 You’re the old man…and a Jealous Green one too apparently. Borrowed cur’s t-shirt, did you?

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451209 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:03:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451209 I hope you picked up your depends, you’ll need it later and you won’t remember where you put them.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451191 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:23:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451191 Boooo!!!

/throws Depends

]]> By: craigmaitland http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451172 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:29:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451172 Lol great article man. Baseball is so much more than the game on the field.

]]> By: Gamera the Brave http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451171 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:10:00 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451171 Damn it, was going to bust out a “New Deal” or FDR joke, but I was way too late…

]]> By: DJ MC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451155 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:27:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451155 Considering the only people I tend to have behind me in the bleachers at Camden Yards are the kind who spend the whole game yelling drunken, uncreative, unfunny insults at Random Centerfielder X*, I’m happy for you.

*One guy spent an entire game heckling Mitch Maier. Mitch freaking Maier. Though, by the time the guy apparently started reading Maier’s BR page (“You only batted .255 in the Texas League! You suck!”) it did start to get amusing. Like one of those Family Guy gags that goes on for five minutes and gets annoying before being funny again.

]]> By: Innocent Bystander http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451154 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:08:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451154 Disappointing. I thought Craig was letting his baseball stats geek out. Instead it’s just his regular geek.

Anyway…anybody know where I can get an OPS+ hat?

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451132 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:09:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451132 Now I’m unsure….I always thought CEO meant Capital Embezzlement Officer or Capital Extraction Officer…are those not right either?

]]> By: Jonny 5 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451115 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:09:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451115 I ALWAYS make friends with old men because they are hilarious and have tons of great stories. People who don’t get that are just missing out on life.

]]> By: indaburg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451106 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:47:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451106 Slow clap.

That, sir, was awesome.

]]> By: Craig Calcaterra http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451102 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:39:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451102 It is Works Progress Administration

]]> By: illegalblues http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451099 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:38:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451099 hahaha i can dig it

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451098 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:37:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451098 Not just old….old and jealous of you not being old.

]]> By: Caught Looking http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451095 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:33:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451095 With Craig, it’s probably Works Progress Administration.

]]> By: illegalblues http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451093 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:30:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451093 man, that doesn’t help. doesn’t help at all. buncha old folks :( :(:(

]]> By: APBA Guy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451092 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:29:23 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451092 The old man’s son (to his left) looks like he’s aged just during the game. Must be the embarrassment.

]]> By: jlovenotjlo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451089 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:25:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451089 Sounds like you just go to a lot of games at Wrigley Field

]]> By: vanmorrissey http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451087 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:17:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451087 This is classic, just classic! That’s what you pay your couple bucks for in spring training. Man, just wish I could hear the dude during regular season! Sitting by him was as entertaining as the game itself, that’s what fans love! Not just on field action (or inaction), it’s fan response and banter.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451085 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:14:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451085 I’m just giving you a thumbs down because you are bitching about turning 30. You think it’s bad now? You will never again feel as good as you do now.

]]> By: Innocent Bystander http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451079 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:00:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451079 Is that a Win Probability Added hat?!?

]]> By: paint771 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451077 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:58:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451077 Yeah yeah, just like that. Except maybe try to make it funny. And one line. And maybe throw in a “God damn Cruz” for good measure, because that’s always a winner.

So more like:

“Hey son, get me a beer. I think it’s by the Ferris wheel or some shit.” [beat] “God damn Cruz.”

Also, grow a mustache.

]]> By: nightman13 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451073 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:47:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451073 Sad thing is you get less and less of those types at games now. Now that every new stadium needs 18 arcades, a ferris wheel and a three ring circus to “enhance” the fan experience there are less and less real fans at games.

Baseball games have become social gatherings where you tailgate, get wasted and then be obnoxious, or you get the family with 17 screaming kids. It seems like only 5% of the crowd is actually there to watch baseball, while the rest are there because it’s “something to do.”

All teams should be required to subdivide the stadium into sections by type. The real fan section, the crotchety old man section, the boozehound section, the crying room, the texting and lol’ing section and whatever else. That way I can choose to avoid everybody that pisses me off at games.

]]> By: El Bravo http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451071 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:40:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451071 Craig, did you get confirmation of the quotations before print time? I wouldn’t want to misquote that tough guy and then have his son read your blog, tell him about your misquote, and then he’ll make his way to your fortified compound with a can full ‘o’ whoopass!

]]> By: thebadguyswon http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451064 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:34:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451064 You should offer him a gig at HBT.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451050 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:16:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451050 His dad is so cool. I hope you bought him a beer, Craig.

]]> By: mscxvd http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451049 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:14:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451049 “Cruz doesn’t get that. God damn Cruz.”

Ha! I must meet this guy!

]]> By: illegalblues http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451047 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:11:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451047 stories like this make me feel way less awful about turning 30 this year.

]]> By: jtorrey13 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/the-old-man-at-the-ballpark/comment-page-1/#comment-451046 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:07:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301354#comment-451046 God bless the trolls and I hope the weather under their bridges stays warm and moist.

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