RedSoxRooter
07-13-2004, 07:26 PM
:o
As some of you know, I posted on *another* baseball site for close to 4 years. That site is actually how I found this one. Anyway, over the course of 4 years and 1100 posts, I managed to get warned exactly twice over posts I made.
Now, I know I don't always post relevant, funny or even legible posts, and I do/did get caught up in the Yanks/Red Sox fights every once in a while - especially last year. But that's just fighting the good fight if you ask me. I honestly don't think I've ever been mean to anyone not considered a Yankee fan - and even with them I've been civil.
Anyway, the first time I was warned was after the Yanks lost the World Series last year. I started a thread called Yankees Suck then posted Yankees Suck about 10 times in 50pt type. It was a thing of beauty to my drunken eyes. Yes it was juvenile, BUT I had taken enough Red Sox bashing to last a lifetime after the Aaron Boone hr so I was mad and it was payback time. Of course the thread was closed after about 5 minutes so nobody really even responded to it - and I was warned (for starting a thread with the same name as another current thread).
Strike 1.
The second time I was warned was the Saturday after the recent Yankees series in the Bronx. Some annoying Yankee fan started a "Greatest Moment in Yankee History" thread. It was your typical masturbatorial Yankee thread. I don't understand how in the long storied history of the NY Yankees the Aaron Boone HR can rank as the best, or even in the top 4, but there it was in a poll - and it had votes.
Now, keep in mind this is the Saturday after the Yankees series. How were you feeling that morning? The Sox were riding a 4 game losing streak after getting their ass handed to them in the Bronx then lost to the Braves in extra innings the night before. Remember? Well, I was pretty pissed off. I started to think, "give me something to shut these Yankee jerks up". I decided I'd post the worst "Moment" in Yankee history. So I did.
That moment is August 2, 1979. As a matter of fact, that's exactly what I posted:
"August 2, 1979"
Nothing else.. just the date. If anyone wanted to find out what I was talking about, they'd need to find out on their own.
I thought it was perfect. All these 11 and 13 year old Yankee fans who think the Wakefield HR is one of the top 4 Yankee Moments of all time - well, screw them. The date just sat there, nobody "got it" for almost 2 hours. At that time the date was removed and a mod said that post wouldn't be tolerated.
I got an email saying I had been warned a second time.
Strike 2, right? Nope. I'm banned for life. At least my username anyway.
Oh well. Live and learn. I just figured to those of you who may have noticed the little "banned" marker under my username that I didn't do anything too terrible (you always wonder when you see the Banned text). I thought I was just fighting the good fight with a lot of sarcasm and anger...
For those of you wondering, August 2, 1979 is the day Matt Riley of Baltimore was born. It's also the day Thurman Munson died - depending how you interpret it...
As some of you know, I posted on *another* baseball site for close to 4 years. That site is actually how I found this one. Anyway, over the course of 4 years and 1100 posts, I managed to get warned exactly twice over posts I made.
Now, I know I don't always post relevant, funny or even legible posts, and I do/did get caught up in the Yanks/Red Sox fights every once in a while - especially last year. But that's just fighting the good fight if you ask me. I honestly don't think I've ever been mean to anyone not considered a Yankee fan - and even with them I've been civil.
Anyway, the first time I was warned was after the Yanks lost the World Series last year. I started a thread called Yankees Suck then posted Yankees Suck about 10 times in 50pt type. It was a thing of beauty to my drunken eyes. Yes it was juvenile, BUT I had taken enough Red Sox bashing to last a lifetime after the Aaron Boone hr so I was mad and it was payback time. Of course the thread was closed after about 5 minutes so nobody really even responded to it - and I was warned (for starting a thread with the same name as another current thread).
Strike 1.
The second time I was warned was the Saturday after the recent Yankees series in the Bronx. Some annoying Yankee fan started a "Greatest Moment in Yankee History" thread. It was your typical masturbatorial Yankee thread. I don't understand how in the long storied history of the NY Yankees the Aaron Boone HR can rank as the best, or even in the top 4, but there it was in a poll - and it had votes.
Now, keep in mind this is the Saturday after the Yankees series. How were you feeling that morning? The Sox were riding a 4 game losing streak after getting their ass handed to them in the Bronx then lost to the Braves in extra innings the night before. Remember? Well, I was pretty pissed off. I started to think, "give me something to shut these Yankee jerks up". I decided I'd post the worst "Moment" in Yankee history. So I did.
That moment is August 2, 1979. As a matter of fact, that's exactly what I posted:
"August 2, 1979"
Nothing else.. just the date. If anyone wanted to find out what I was talking about, they'd need to find out on their own.
I thought it was perfect. All these 11 and 13 year old Yankee fans who think the Wakefield HR is one of the top 4 Yankee Moments of all time - well, screw them. The date just sat there, nobody "got it" for almost 2 hours. At that time the date was removed and a mod said that post wouldn't be tolerated.
I got an email saying I had been warned a second time.
Strike 2, right? Nope. I'm banned for life. At least my username anyway.
Oh well. Live and learn. I just figured to those of you who may have noticed the little "banned" marker under my username that I didn't do anything too terrible (you always wonder when you see the Banned text). I thought I was just fighting the good fight with a lot of sarcasm and anger...
For those of you wondering, August 2, 1979 is the day Matt Riley of Baltimore was born. It's also the day Thurman Munson died - depending how you interpret it...