Bronn Stone Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 The other thread is at the closing limit. Might as well get started with a new thread and keep the postseason talk in one place. My prediction, Phillies over Tigers.My hope, Brewers over Rays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Totally loving the fact that I can't edit posts in locked threads anymore on this new and improved totally fucking lame board. :lol:Yankees in 4Rays in 5Cards in 4Brewers in 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jory's Shade Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Well, to respond to the Lord O' Bones then... I went to FSU and am a native of Atlanta, so try being me if you think the Chop is trite. When Neon Deon brought the Chop to the ATL in 91 it was hot, but it should have died when Mad Dog, Glav and Smoltzie broke up. I personally miss Chief Knockahomer. I get it though, but it was iconic in the 90s and will always be better than rally monkeys, white towels and thundersticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 will always be better than rally monkeys, white towels and thundersticks.I would love to hear the rest of the MLB thread posters weigh in on this. Because I'm thinking hell no. Though the Rally monkey really is stupid as hell, and the thundersticks should have remained in Japan, I don't see much of a problem with towels of any color. But the Tomahawk Chop? Absolute worst. Barely beating out Beach Balls in the stands or the Wave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I would love to hear the rest of the MLB thread posters weigh in on this. Because I'm thinking hell no. Though the Rally monkey really is stupid as hell, and the thundersticks should have remained in Japan, I don't see much of a problem with towels of any color. But the Tomahawk Chop? Absolute worst. Barely beating out Beach Balls in the stands or the Wave. I kinda like the Rally Monkey, but I love monkeys in general. They add an instant 15% to the funny scale. Thundersticks are annoying as hell, particularly if you are in the stands. Very hard to tune out. Easily the most intrusive stand gimmick activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wedge Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Milwaukee should hand out Brew-vuzelas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Kilimaro Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I would love to hear the rest of the MLB thread posters weigh in on this. Because I'm thinking hell no. My standard for this stuff is that quirky, organic things are better than fake things that the team tries to push. I'm not close enough to any other fan base to really assess which is which. My perception is that the Rally Monkey was just such a quirky thing, and that white towels are boring and unoriginal. Anything that you can import to any other team and it makes just as much sense (maybe if you change the color scheme) is lame. Tomahawk Chop is cool by this standard in a vacuum but there is all the racial baggage to consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jory's Shade Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 There really is no argument that the chop is currently as lame as a beachball or the wave, but it was iconic and bad ass in its heyday -- both in Atlanta and Tallahassee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Milwaukee should hand out Brew-vuzelas. I have dispatched my ninjas to mete out a terrible justice for this suggestion. :ack: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jory's Shade Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Tomahawk Chop is cool by this standard in a vacuum but there is all the racial baggage to consider. The Seminole Nation endorsed the Chop when it was unveiled in Tallahassee. A statute of Chief Osceola on Renegade stands triumphant outside Doak Campbell Stadium bearing the quote "Unconquered" on its pedestal to memorialize the Seminole tribe. The Seminoles endorsed the chop at Florida State and did not oppose it when Deon Sanders implemented it with the Braves while he was playing for them in 1991. Therefore, unlike Chief Knockahomer, the indian tribes were not as offended by the chop, albeit some, mostly the Cherokee, surely were and remain so today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Hobbes Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Tigers over anybody who isn't Philly. But Philly will probably take this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Milwaukee should hand out Brew-vuzelas. I smell a money making proposition. It could double as a beer bong. PURE WIN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I have dispatched my ninjas to mete out a terrible justice for this suggestion. :ack: No wonder I haven't seen Bale posting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Stone Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 The ghost of Chief Noc-a-Homa is sitting by a littered roadside somewhere, with one tear on his cheek over the slanderous spelling of his name. WaveCostumed Mascot RacesBeach BallsRally MonkeySweet CarolineTomahawk ChopThundersticks In ascending order of sacrilege and annoyance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I friggin' hate the Chop, but the Rally Monkey is just ingrained in my mind as the Second Worst Thing in Baseball after a rule which I won't bring up lest it take over yet another thread. Hopefully the NLDS has Brewers in 3. Get those motherfucking snakes out of the motherfucking playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selmy Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Anyone that brings or uses thundersticks at a game deserves to be taken under the stadium and shot in the face. I don't mind stuff like the chop or Sweet Caroline, as they seem like more unique traditions to specific teams. Other than that the only thing I don't mind is towels. And so help me, if someone ever tries to introduce a vuvuzela to American sports, then I want to get medieval. Drawn and quartered and then flayed alive on the pitchers mound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsdale! Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 I would love to hear the rest of the MLB thread posters weigh in on this. Because I'm thinking hell no. Though the Rally monkey really is stupid as hell, and the thundersticks should have remained in Japan, I don't see much of a problem with towels of any color. But the Tomahawk Chop? Absolute worst. Barely beating out Beach Balls in the stands or the Wave. Part of what made it okay to be a Mets fan in the 90's (when, like now, they sucked), was knowing that even if the Braves beat the shit out of us week after week, we still had moral superiority over those fucking racists.* * Especially John Rocker. Fuck that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Costumed Mascot Races What's worse is the electronic scoreboard version of this. At AT&T, they used to do different colored cable cars racing through a computer generated San Francisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Part of what made it okay to be a Mets fan in the 90's (when, like now, they sucked), was knowing that even if the Braves beat the shit out of us week after week, we still had moral superiority over those fucking racists.* * Especially John Rocker. Fuck that guy.I admit, I'm somewhat surprised that the racial undertones of thousands of (mostly) white people doing a generically stupid mockery of a "native war chant" isn't a bigger deal. No matter how many dozens of Seminoles said "whatever" before it moved to Atlanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 What's worse is the electronic scoreboard version of this. At AT&T, they used to do different colored cable cars racing through a computer generated San Francisco.And to briefly bring back the lol Oakland A's, at the Coliseum they have colored dots racing around an oval. But crap like this is not what I meant when I asked about this sort of thing. I mean in game shenanigans, not in between innings tomfoolery that I'm sure every park has in abundance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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