Annoying fans...

[oddball]

I'm sitting here watching the Ducks-Preds game and all I hear is some "drunk" fan screaming, "Let's Go Ducks." He's the only one and now that the Preds scored I don't hear him anymore! Thank you Dan Hamhuis. It got me to thinking about annoying/stupid things fans do that they think is cool. So I'll list a couple to start it off and you can add to the list.

1. Fan of losing team mugging for the camera and holding up a their finger up saying they're number 1. Um, no. You're team is not number one, so stop lying to yourself.

2. Any fan or person while an interview is being done who stands their on their cell phone jumping up and down waving at the camera.

3. Fan who attempts to start the wave.

4. Fan who screams, "Let's go team" and is the only one in the arena. We get your point, now sit down.

5. And of course the newest one. The guy at a hockey game who while the play is going on stands up and pounds on the glass. It's why you don't give your drunk friend your tickets to the hockey game. I'm trying to figure out that whole pounding on the glass thing.

[BrySmalls]

6. Fans at hockey games who go back to their seats WHILE the game is going on. For those who don't attend games, it is improper etiquette to go back to your seats while the action is occurring. Only during stoppage time are you allowed to go back to your seats;

7. Older fan catching a foul ball or puck and not giving it to the crying little kid they swiped it from;

8. Fans noticing themselves on the jumbotron (or what have you) while holding two cups of beer and begins to wave the beer around or drops one or both cups. For shame, you just spent $XX on 2 beers!

[CC97]

9. Visiting fans who when they stand up to cheer, do that slow turn around thing to look at the crowd around them while clapping.

[NEW.ERA]

10. Fans who take out there umbrellas when there right in front of you during the rain or bright sun???, and block your view. (Bring a poncho)

[BJBerthiaume]

11. Fans who either wear no shirt, or very little shirt to a game. (basically Cubs fans )

[TFoA]

12. Fans who arrive halfway through the 2nd Quarter and do absolutely nothing but sit on their ass until they leave in halfway through the 4th AND THE GAME IS BOTH EXCITING AND CLOSE. I mean, it doesn't bother anybody, but dude, is beating the traffic THAT serious?

13. Fans who fight fans cheering for the other team. Is it really that serious?

[Chief.]

14. Visiting fans who are not only obnoxious, but also bring banners, start chants, and pick fights with every home fan they see. You're in someone else's house, have a little respect.

[Brendan]

3. Fan who attempts to start the wave.

People who fail at starting the wave but don't sit down are annoying. But if no one ever tried to start the wave this would be a horrible wave less world.

[See Red]

15. Fans who suck at heckling. I don't care if you insult my favorite team -- make me laugh, though. If the extent of your heckling ability is inserting "Douche" into every single players name (funny for names like Youkilis, not funny for names like Ortiz), sit down and shut up.

16. Fans of a team that's not even playing that proceed to heckle either of the teams. I went to a Red Sox/Rays game at Tropicana Field, and a Yankees fan was being completely obnoxious (see: #15) -- I've got no problem with going to a game your team's not involved in, as I've made attempts to get to Yankees games in the past, but don't be so god damn annoying. Sit down and shut up.

[ElwoodCuse]

Idiots at hockey games that yell SHOOOOOOOOOOT constantly on the power play

[IronChefShark]

18. the idiots at hockey games that shout HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT! just before the PA announces that there is one minute left to play in the period.

It is NOT cute, it is NOT funny! It is not even creative!

[BCBoy]

19. Fans who sit on the edge of their seat THE ENTIRE GAME.

Ya know there's someone right beside you that wants to see the play in the corner too...

[BlueSky]

12. Fans who arrive halfway through the 2nd Quarter and do absolutely nothing but sit on their ass until they leave in halfway through the 4th AND THE GAME IS BOTH EXCITING AND CLOSE. I mean, it doesn't bother anybody, but dude, is beating the traffic THAT serious?

You've been to a few Falcons games I see...seriously, at least week's Saints beatdown, the Georgia Dome wasn't even 3/4 full midway through the first quarter.

And my own pet peeve...

20. Drunk loudmouthed jerk who has to make what sounds to him like a clever comment regarding every last thing that happens anywhere in the stadium. And he talks to you like your his best buddy. An alternate version just screams obscenities about everything with no regard to the fact that people are there with their families.

21. Idiot who talks to your wife like you're not there.

Ref #20, I'm not proud of this but here's a story. Many years ago I lived near Tampa and though I'm not a boxing fan at all, there was an exhibition featuring the Olympic boxing teams of the U.S. and USSR (yeah, that's how long ago it was) and it seemed like something interesting to attend. My then-wife and I went with a friend from work. Seated to my left was a kid about 12, and to his left was his dad. Directly behind the kid was this drunk jackass who not only kept yelling, which was annoying enough, he kept yelling profanities. So finally I turn to the guy and say, "Hey man, this guy has his son here, my wife's right here, could you please watch your language?" And he yells, "Hey, F*** YOU!"

At that instant, my suppressed rage over every inconsiderate dumba** I'd ever encountered in my life boiled over. I'm 6'2" and back then went about 225 but my wife said, "It was amazing, you didn't even seem to get up, you just kind of flew over that kid next to you." For the first and only time in my life, I just lost it, and it was on. I didn't hit the guy, just pinned him down and "explained" how I felt about him and his behavior. Security was on the scene pretty quickly and fortunately, everybody around pointed out the jackass and said, "He's the problem." After I explained what happened and the people around backed me up, they escorted the other guy out. Like I said, not proud of that, but have to admit it sure felt good.

[buzzcut]

I'll make it simple for....

22. People who talk on cellphones at the game during play. If you need to use it, do it during timeouts and halftime. And obviously before and after the game.

[njmeadowlanders]

***(22. Morons sitting behind the dugouts/plate who call everyone and anyone to wave like morons. Completely agree with you on that one buzzcut).

23. People that sit on the far end of your section and instead of realizing they can come in the other side, make everyone in the row stand so they can get to the other end, while completely oblivious to the fact that there is a perfectly good entrance on each side.

24. Your average Yankee fan. (Note: there are TONS of decent, intelligent, respectful Yankee fans out there. Problem is, all you ever run into is a-hole ones that never shut the hell up about how everything and anything under the sun pales in comparison to Derek Jeter et al).

25. People who stand up and start yelling when the opponent is facing a 2nd and 8 or something like that.

26. Bandwagon jumpers. That pisses me off more than anyone. Then you tell me you've been a diehard Jet fan your whole life and couldn't tell Joe Namath from Joe the Plumber...

[BostonBlazer]

27. The guy who sings to the national anthem along with the only person(s) who are supposed to be singing it. It doesn't matter how great your voice is. It doesn't matter if you know all the words. It doesn't matter if you're Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, or any other singer in their league. Leave the singing to those who are on the field, rink, court, whatever...

[njmeadowlanders]

27. The guy who sings to the national anthem along with the only person(s) who are supposed to be singing it. It doesn't matter how great your voice is. It doesn't matter if you know all the words. It doesn't matter if you're Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, or any other singer in their league. Leave the singing to those who are on the field, rink, court, whatever...

Well, at bare minimum, can you make an exception for the fine folks of Edmonton?

Tell me that's not just AWESOME...

[Shmee]

27. The guy who sings to the national anthem along with the only person(s) who are supposed to be singing it. It doesn't matter how great your voice is. It doesn't matter if you know all the words. It doesn't matter if you're Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, or any other singer in their league. Leave the singing to those who are on the field, rink, court, whatever...

I don't see the problem with this one. If a rendition inspires people to sing along, the person singing the anthem is doing well. I see nothing wrong with having pride in your country.

[BlueSky]

27. The guy who sings to the national anthem along with the only person(s) who are supposed to be singing it. It doesn't matter how great your voice is. It doesn't matter if you know all the words. It doesn't matter if you're Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, or any other singer in their league. Leave the singing to those who are on the field, rink, court, whatever...

I don't see the problem with this one. If a rendition inspires people to sing along, the person singing the anthem is doing well. I see nothing wrong with having pride in your country.

Same here, in fact many if not most people sing the words but very softly. Maybe he's referring to the guy who thinks he's got Jim Nabors' voice and wants everybody to know it.

[raysox]

28. The people that are on their cellphone behind home plate, waving to the person they're talking too

ive had a lot of experience with annoying fans

i went to 2 rays red sox games, 1 in september, and game 7

i know some sox fans are perfectly fine, but i had to sit near THE most annoying drunks ever

i resorted to giving them smart ass remarks

like raymonds(our mascot) getting the crowd to cheer

them: what the is that!

me: yeah well that the hell is wally!

also when we get a hit and cheer

and they're like sit down, were still winning

and it's 1-0

luckily we won both games

rant over