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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish
I'd go through the whole fan "service time" thing, (wonder if I should hire Boras, and sell my fandom back to the Royals) but suffice to say, that I've spent countless days and nights in the RFGA and LFGA back when it was $1.50 and a race to to the front row.
I knew all the beer men personally, and on hot days Clem and Darcy would allow us in the stadium to sit and drink beer in the big cooler. Those were the days my friends. Those two guys got me and my brothers into sold out playoff games as SRO. Was a parking lot hack for a few summers just to see the games for free as often as I could. You meet a lot of players and ticket takers that way.
I traded Peanuts for baseballs with just about every pitcher that sat in the RF bullpen. I have heckled some the best opposing pitchers in the AL from the LF GA seats. So much so that Bill Singer of the California Angels after a game of being denigrated mercilessly took out his wad of chewing gum and tobacco and whizzed it past my brothers head.
My brother turned to Singer and yelled: "You couldn't hit me from that distance? No wonder you got sent back to Tacoma" (AAA affiliate of the Angels at the time). I've never seen a player so mad in my life. Funny as hell.
Those were great days we were living my bros. We were jolly green giants walking the earth with vicious barbs. These players we wasted today are the finest baseball players we will ever know. When our franchise turns to shit we're going to miss not having opposing players we can heckle any longer.
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I spent quite a bit of time in RFGA myself back in the day. My roommate and I never got there early enough to get the front row seats, but I always remember the same characters there every game. Santa Claus, the guy we called Can-Head (he had a ball cap with a Budweiser can sticking out the front) were two of the most memorable. I also remember some of the chants they had, one for whenever the opposing batter struck out. They had another one when Jim Eisenreich was playing RF.
Who likes Ike?
I like Ike
Who likes Ike?
I like Ike.
Who likes (insert name of opposing RFer)?
NOOOOOOOBODY!
Good times, man.