Comments on: Fans Don’t Leave

By: Meghan H

Meghan H — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:21:22 +0000

Those years up until right AFTER they won the World Series were pretty good (although I remember the cotton candy and chocolate malted ice cream you ate with that little wooden paddle better than the actual games.)

After ‘85, I seem to remember the team descending into mediocrity. But we still went to the games. And always had Gates BBQ before every game…what I would not give for a Beef and a Half right now. See, with me, it was never about the sports, but the FOOD.

By: talea

talea — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:54:10 +0000

wow, meghan, you must be a lot younger than me (in my 50s); the Royals were in their glory days in the 70s and early 80s and nobody left early.

No matter where I’ve moved, I’ve never had as fun an experience as a fan as I did in KC growing up. (Chiefs games were fun, too, back then.)

By: Meghan H

Meghan H — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:35:58 +0000

When I was a kid, watching the dismal Kansas City Royals, my stepfather was notorious for shouting “No Support” at spectators trying to sneak toward the exits prematurely. I’m starting to think that we need to do that at these Blazers games, too.

By: Cosmic Charlie

Cosmic Charlie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:48:07 +0000

All of a sudden I feel guilty for going to the bathroom with 1:30 left. And I wasn’t even at the game…

By: Betsy Richter

Betsy Richter — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:36:36 +0000

I would have *killed* for tickets — any tickets. And as painful as the game was, I would have stayed to the bitter end.

It’d be one thing if I’d coughed up good money to watch the Detroit Lions play yet another Thanksgiving game that they were destined to lose yet again and the turkey dinner was getting cold (and even then, my dad wouldn’t let me leave, ugh.)

It’s another thing to leave in the middle of the first playoff game in six years, just because the Blazers were losing one single game — even in a crappy way.

I’m with Gretchen – fans don’t leave.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:24:47 +0000

When you lose a game by 3 points, yeah, a bad call by a ref might have made a difference. But that game? I don’t think that was the fault of the stripes…

By: Steve R.

Steve R. — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:48:00 +0000

This is just another way hockey has it all over hoops. If you leave before the final buzzer in a blowout game, you might miss a good fight.

I’ve tried to watch basketball, honest. But they call fouls when they brush their skirts together and suspend them for a little bitch slap.

By: JustinS

JustinS — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:21:12 +0000

Point of clarification: that was a good non-call when Roy got thumped in the back of the head.

Maybe it wasn’t clear at the game, but from the comfort of the living room and with the benefit of multiple camera angles with slo-mo replays, it was just incidental contact. Several people in both uniforms were all over the floor, diving for a loose ball. Someone (I believe Artest) seemed to knee Roy in the back of the melon as Roy was falling backward and Artest was lunging for the ball.

By: Daniel Day Douchebag

Daniel Day Douchebag — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:29:28 +0000

You said it yourself, you simply aren’t fans. Maybe you personally are, but Portland sure isn’t. Last night I saw more people in Blazers colors than I ever have in my 3 years here. Today, and I was out quite a bit due to the nice weather, there were exactly 0.

And our fearless leadership expects the city to get behind MLS? Ha.

I drink your lack of sports enthusiasm. I drink it up!

By: Jack Bog

Jack Bog — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:13:07 +0000

Fans only leave when their coach doesn’t coach and their team doesn’t play. They already got everyone’s $100-$300; they didn’t deserve any more of our time.