Dainty Ears? Stay Home

posted: October 9th, 2009 10:55 am | 6Comments

I am a loud fan.

I am not a drunk fan. I am not an angry fan. I am not a belligerent fan. I am not a cursing, foul-mouthed fan.

But when I go to an Angels game in the postseason, and the ushers hand me thunderstick noisemakers, and the scoreboard says GET LOUD! — I know what to do.

When I hear John Lackey after the game, thanking the fans for being so loud and for the ovation — I know I did right.

So why do the fans sitting in front of me think it was OK to give me the stink eye all night long?

I started cheering when they announced the players, and the women in front looked back and gave each other a “hoo-boy” eye rolling look. We pulled out our Guerrero clackers (again, a noisemaking device given to us by Angels management a few years ago) for Vlady’s at-bats. CLICKITY CLICKITY GO VLADY GO!

One of the woman’s husband actually put his hands over her ears to protect her from the racket. Then he asked if I would kindly not clack the thing in her ears. But I wasn’t. I was waving it in the air.

Playoff games are loud. I am not in church, or a cinema, or even on the beach on a sunny day, yelling my head off and making noise.

What do you think — is it possible to cheer too loud for Torii Hunter?

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