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I'm a season ticket holder at PNC Park, and since we as fans have to deal with some untalented players on the Pittsburgh Pirates such as Kevin Young, I've grown very frustrated with him personally. So the other day when Kevin Young came up to the plate for the second time, after he had struck out his first at bat. What did he do? He struck out again of course!!! So on his way back to the dugout I yelled: "Hey Kevin!!! Why don't you fake an injury and help the team out"!!! Everyone in my seating area burst out laughing and razzed him throughout the rest of the game.
Game 7, 2000 AL Championship Game - Oakland, CA - I'm a fanatic Yankee follower seated amongst A's season ticket holders. The A's have men on 2nd and 3rd with 2 out and are a run down in the 8th inning. Mariano Rivera is pitching to Jason Giambi. The crowd starts to chant MVP-MVP, in hopes of inspiring Giambi against Rivera. The crowd is at it's feet chanting louder and louder and when Rivera gets Giambi to hack a weak popout to end the inning, I break into my "RIVERA! MVP-MVP" chant, much to the shagrin of everyone around. Then after the Yanks beat the A's and go onto the Series against the Mets, I'm walking outside the stadium wearing my Yankees jersey when a drunk A's fan walks by and yells "@#$&* the Yanks - go back to Manhattan!" I reply with a resounding " The Yanks play in the Bronx you idiot!" he crowd just busted up laughing....
I was sitting in the left field bleachers in Chicago in 2000 for a Cubs vs Dodgers game. No place better. A relentless torment of fans yelling at Gary Sheffield for the Dodgers. He kept tugging on his pants, so we yelled fix for pants along with the usual two note cry of GAAAA-RRRRYYYYYY.He had a bright blue glove with red trim. I yelled'"Bozo called and he wants his mitt back". Everybody laughed.
At Baylor we use the "dirt dirt grass grass grass grass dirt dirt..." routine as the coach is returning after a conference with his pitcher. However, at our stadium we have a large baseball with our team name written across it painted on the grass between the baseline and the dugout, and when a coach walks on this we chant "paint, paint, paint..." We were playing a nonconference opponent one night who was having a pretty unfortunate night with their bullpen, as they would make FOUR pitching changes during that game. After the final pitching change, the coach was put through his ordeal again as he marched back to the dugout - but THIS time, when he reached our painted baseball, he paused for a moment, then with a foot-long smile on his face walked around it before reaching the dugout (and receiving his standing ovation).
Overheard at a Baylor vs. Texas A&M game long ago: A&M had a big boy batting cleanup wearing jersy #22. When he was on deck, some Baylor fan shouted: "Hey 2-2, I know why you're on deck... it looks like a donut!" then "Another donut?!" It went on and on. "Hey glaze boy!!!" "I didn't know they made MEAT donuts?!!" etc...
After a very hotly debated Little League series, I was walking out to the car with my dejected son. The umpire for the games was backing his car out and we had to step to one side to avoid him. He called out jokingly, "You'd better be careful of my driving!" My reply was, "Oh, that's right...you ARE blind!"
I'm a loud and creative heckler at our college baseball games. One evening, after doing what I do best for 7 innings, a couple of guys left the visitors' cheering section and came over and sat themselves in the seats right in front of me. They never said a word to me, but they proceeded to try to out-shout me, making noise every time I yelled. Their heckles weren't very creative, but I did find their ingenuity in trying to counteract my heckles to be quite humorous.I finally responded by switching and cheering for their team, which was down 9-2 in the last two innings. I urged on their pitchers and their batters, begging for extra innings, applauding a hit by reassuring them them that they only needed about a dozen more like that to tie the game. My out-shouters got quieter and qieter. At first they were nonplussed, unsure what I was doing. But even when they realized I was just poking fun at the fact that my team was blowing their team out, they couldn't figure out how to counteract the fact that I was actually cheering for their team. After the last out, they walked away shaking their heads, and I just sat and laughed.
A few years ago I was at a Minnesota Twins game when they were playing the Yankees. Ruben Sierra had on a pair of ugly patent leather shoes. Well, the two Yankee fans sitting next to me kept yelling "Hey Ruben...did your mother dress you?" and "Ruben, where are you going tap dancing at after the game?" and were calling him "Twinkle toes." etc. After Ruben hit his second homerun of the game he crosses home plate, kisses two of his fingers and wiggles them at the two fans.
I told a little leaguer to go in and play centerfield. He got as far as 2ndbase and came running back to me andasked "Where is centerfield?"
Mets vs Yanks at Shea right before the 1999 All-Star game (Garciaparra beat out Jeter for the starting position). I'm a Mets season ticket holder, but was surrounded by Yankees fans. My heckle "And now starting at shortstop Nomar Garciaparra"
I am a Giants fan, and was at Dodger Stadium with my sister for a Giants/Dodgers game last season. Seated in the row behind us, were the most obnoxious Dodger fans, and there's nothing more nautious than that. We had been dualing all game, when they yelled out, "well who on your team has a championship ring?," we retorted that Sheffield was the only one in the stadium with a ring, and that didn't come from being a Dodger. When all of a sudden, the nice gentleman next to us spoke up and said, "I have one." Turns out, we're sitting next to Mike Davis. former Dodger 2B. Former A.
I was at a Milwaukee Brewers game last year against the Rockies sitting in left field. Darren Bragg was the Left Fielder for the Rockies and some guy next to me yells, "Hey Bragg "289" is that your batting average or your wives weight? I thought that was the funniest thing I've ever heard.
A chant that I try to start for some of the bad Pirate Players like Abraham Nunez and Emil Brown:Naaaaash - viiiiilleNashville is the AAA Team for the Pirates. I have had it going a couple of times. That was pretty cool!
At one of the Mets/Yankees interleague games at Shea in 2000, Yankee fans were chanting "Let's Go Yankees" and, where you would usually clap your hands, Met fans were responding "Yankees Suck."Also at an interleague game, Tino Martinez was up at bat and Yankee fans were chanting "Ti-no, Ti-no." On the next pitch he hit into an inning ending double play prompting Met fans to also chant "Ti-no, Ti-no."
At a Fort Myers Miracle game a few years back, there was a player on the team named Ron Howard. Every time the ballpark announcer would call his name, the WHOLE stadium would scream "RON HOWARD? OPIE!"
At one of my highschool baseball games i was up to bat and right as the pitcher was in his windup, i heard a low, deep sound come from behind me. Then i realized it was the catcher having gas problems. After that i couldn't concentrate. So i striked out.
Heckle from Cubs bleacher bum directed @ Phillies centerfielder Lennny Dykstra during a mist of rain.."Hey Lenny get off the field your shrinking"
My cousin was at a Yankee-Twins game and sitting on the first base side when Hrbeck was still playing 1b and Kirby Puckett was in the outfield. My cousin ragged him all night long and was hilarious but he topped it when he yelled at Hrbeck: "Hey Hrbeck! Wyncha by a vowel?!" Even Kirby Puckett and one of the umps laughed at that.
When a pitcher has been replaced in mid inning.. We write his name on a paper sack or a large piece of paper. and say "The Tribal Council has spoken, you must leave the island (or Mound)" ala "survivor" for added affect we throw in the Tiki Torch
This was to Tim Blackwell when he was a Cub backup catcher. Back in the 80s. From the Wrigley Field bleachers."Hey Blackwell, whats it like being the backup catcher on the worst team in baseball"
One of my favorite all time chants is when the batter for my team has 3 balls on him, I start chanting "balllllll fourrrrrrr," as soon as the pitcher receives the sign from the catcher.
I heard this at a college baseball game. The home team was hitting some shots against the visiting pitcher. The pitcher was struggling and behind in the count to most of the hitters. The fan yelled out right before a pitch. "Hey (pitcher's name), why don't you save us some time and just throw the ball off the wall!"
"Hey Tyner! How's the sixth grade field trip going?" - Kevin Burns, the official heckler of the Boys of Summer, to Mets diminutive outfielder Jason Tyner at Wrigley Field. "Tyner, I'm going to steal your lunch money!" - Wrigley Field Bleacher Bum
While at an Arizona Fall League game Jason LaRue of the Cincinati Reds got hit in the throat by a deflected wild pitch, prompting the trainer to come out. After the next half inning Jason was on deck swinging his bat when a guy from my group asked him if he was OK and where he got hit. Jason made the mistake of acknowledging him nodded yes and pointed to his neck which got the attention of just about all the fans on that side of the park (about 100 fans). To the enjoyment of all but Jason, my friend then responded by saying, "Good, I was a little worried when the trainer brought out that rubber glove". Needless to say we didnt get any more attention that day.
Early in a game at Yankee Stadium, the notorious "bleacher creatures" broke into their "roll call," where they chant each of the Yankees fielders' names until the player tips his cap. Tony Tarasco was playing in the outfield that day and when the bleacher creatures got to him, they chanted "Jeffrey, Jeffrey!" This was in reference to Jeffrey Maier, the young boy who reached over the fence and pulled Jeter's homerun into the right field stands as Tarasco (then an Oriole) was about to catch it during a crucial point in the 1996 ALCS.
It was the last home game at Memorial Stadium for the Orioles. They were playing a day double header(Rained out two days in a row) with the BoSox on a Wednesday. The second game was a wild ride. There were only about 10,000 people there, half of them BoSox fans. My brother and I went all the way down behind the Sox dugout so we could let them hear it. It was late in the game and the Sox were staging a rally. Rookie Phil Plantier was on deck for the Sox. The O's were playing the percentages and intentionally walked the batter in front of Plantier. I was yelling at Plantier, "They think you're a wimp, they're walking him to get to you!". Plantier ended up striking out. On the way back to the dugout, he heard "They thought you were a wimp, they were right!". My brother chimed in with "Sit down Peanut!". The way his head went down, we knew he heard us. So did the usher who moved us over to the O's side of the field.
I was in the left field bleachers in San Francisco and Moises Alou was playing left field. I noticed that his back pocket was hanging inside out so I yelled "Hey Alou your underwear is hanging out." The pitcher was in his wind up and Alou turned around and grabbed at his pocket as if he thought it was his underwear. He missed the pitch and the bleachers laughed at him for the rest of the inning.
Two seasons ago the Seattle Mariners were in San Francisco playing the Giants at now departed Candlestick Park and my buddy and I got seats next to the Mariners bullpen. My friend is loud when sober and worse when drunk so he was lining up his next victim when a pitcher by the name of Spralchuck starts warming up. Next thing my buddy yells "SPRALCHUCK? SPRALCHUCK!! That sounds like something I coughed up!! The Mariner bullpen was laughing while this pitcher was looking ticked...A fond memory of the Stick...
I liked this one as a ballplayer to a southern fan. "I've been in beautiful (Florida, South Carolina, Etc.) for five days now, and I just can't seem to get my neck as red as yours"
When the batter asked the inexperienced ump where the strike zone was the catcher replied "From the nose to the toes"
In a Red Sox game at Fenway Park against the Orioles, Jeff Frye was playing 2B for the Sox. In the 4th inning a routine ground ball went off Frye's glove into right allowing the runner to reach base. An observant fan sitting on the first base line yelled out, "For those of you scoring at home, his name is 'Frye'. When spelling it, please don't forget the 'E'." Jeff must have heard the heckle because on his way back to the dugout he gave the heckler a big smile and shook his head in embarrassment.
Red Sox fans to Jeremy Giambi: Your mother likes your brother better. We heard Jason's better at basketball too. The same fans same game later started singing YMCA to get the young ladies in the front row to dance again (hilarious, entire section laughed).
There was a guy that used to sit near us at Shea in the late 80's that would really rag on other fans for leaving early. Two that still stick in my head are "Hey coat factory, the games not over" (to a man carrying his wife and kids jackets) and leading the entire section in a chant of "The Kid Wants to Stay" to a parent dragging a crying four year old out in the 6th inning.
This last season, the Dodgers were in the heated wild card race until late September. as September drew to a close, not that many fans were coming to games (which is understandable). My friends and i decided to take a ladies night out and head to the park for the Dodgers/Rockies game. Being the only one who actually understands the game, they deemed me the heckler for the night. The gates opened early, and we were the first ones in the ballpark. Todd Hollandsworth, who had been traded earlier from LA to COL, was warming up in the outfield. Being a tremendous fan of his, i led my group in chants of "HOOOLLLLLLLLY! HOOOLLLLLLYYY!" and "GIVE ME THE BALL!" after a while of being ignored, i finally yelled, "TODD MATTHEW HOLLANDSWORTH, DO YOU NOT LIKE GROUPIES?" I got the whole Rockie team to bust up laughing. Nonetheless, Todd turned bright red and threw the ball to shut us up. Afterwards, he headed to the left field side, away from us. Another heckling experience: same game, a few minutes later. Carlos Mendoza came over to us and began warming up. He bent over very nicely and showed us his rear end. We began clapping and cheering every time Mendoza caught a ball off the fungo. Finally, one of my friends yelled out, "Mendoza, Te gustan los "groupies?" It was hilarious, because the Rockies were still ragging on Hollandsworth for our earlier heckle.
During a Reds/Diamondback game in Phoenix, Griffey Jr tweaked his knee on a play. At the end of the inning he hobbled into the dugout. Coach McKeon pulled Jr from the game and he started yelling at McKeon. Griffey Sr got between them. Don't know way Sr said to Jr but he went into the clubhouse not to be seen the rest of the game. The next day during batting practice he was near the left field bleachers and I yelled too him. "HEY JUNIOR....I AM GLAD TO SEE YOUR DAD WILL LET YOU COME OUT AND PLAY TODAY." If looks could kill.
In the later part of the 2000 season I was at a Twins game and our pathetic catcher A.J. Pierzynski came up to the plate. He was something like 2 for 22 and had about a .150 average. He then proceeded to strike out. When he was walking back to the dugout one of the fans started leading other fans in a Saaalllllt Laaaakkkkke Ciiiiitttty chant which was the Twins triple a team at the time.
A couple years ago, myself and a bunch of friends decided to sit in the bleachers at Yankee Stadium and experience the game as "bleacher creatures". That day, the Yankees were facing the Texas Rangers and evidently a Ranger fan decided to sit in the bleachers. He was heckled all night and eventually his Ranger hat was stolen right off his head. It was then lit on fire and waved around. After that, the Yankee fans promptly taunted the Ranger bullpen and threw the burning hat into the pen. The Ranger fan had the last laugh though, Texas won the game.
During the Pan Am games in 1999 in Winnipeg, I was sitting behind home plate during a US Mexico game. Adam Kennedy was approaching home plate to bat late in the game when a guy yells out, "You bat like you fly Kennedy."
I was attending a Red Sox game against the Royals in May of 1998, when Mo Vaughn was still with the team. He coming up to the plate, now my father despises Mo Vaughn, citing his abundance of clutch strikeouts, so he was berating Vaughn. "Trade him!!! Trade him!!!", and he promptly hits a blast into the right field bleachers. Then this elderly gentleman, great guy, but he didn't appear to know much about teams other than the Red Sox whispered in my ear and pointed to Jackie Robinson's 42 in right field, and says "You see that's why he's honored with his number up there." I couldn't stop laughing.
Ja-ret... Ja-ret... (one of the loudest chants I've heard, occurred at Fenway during the 1999 playoffs, to Jaret Wright, chanted to the tune of 'Dar-rel Dar-rel' also originating in Boston Vs Darrel Strawberry in the 1986 WS)
I am an Umpire/Referee...I have used this one a couple of times... Fan Heckles Ump/Ref...Ump/Ref says "Did you pay to get in?"...No matter what they answer you've got them...If they say yes you reply "Well what could you possibly know!"...If the say no you say "I'll get the Athletic Director so you can!"
In a Red Sox game at Fenway Park against the Orioles, Jeff Frye was playing 2B for the Sox. In the 4th inning a routine ground ball went off Frye's glove into right allowing the runner to reach base. An observant fan sitting on the first base line yelled out, "For those of you scoring at home, his name is 'Frye'. When spelling it, please don't forget the 'E'." Jeff must have heard the heckle because on his way back to the dugout he gave the heckler a big smile and shook his head in embarrassment.
Red Sox fans to Jeremy Giambi: Your mother likes your brother better. We heard Jason's better at basketball too. The same fans same game later started singing YMCA to get the young ladies in the front row to dance again (hilarious, entire section laughed).
There was a guy that used to sit near us at Shea in the late 80's that would really rag on other fans for leaving early. Two that still stick in my head are "Hey coat factory, the games not over" (to a man carrying his wife and kids jackets) and leading the entire section in a chant of "The Kid Wants to Stay" to a parent dragging a crying four year old out in the 6th inning.
At Fenway park in about 1984 sitting by the right field foul pole these two guys were harrassing Dave Winfield all night long. It started out with "Hey Dave...give us the ball" after he would make a catch. In the later innings and many beers later, these two were yelling, "Dave, give us your underweahh". Winfield would just glare at them.
I didn't hear this, but my roommate did. At a Cubs game a few years ago, Shawon Dunston was playing as his usual lackluster self and half-assed a ball, and the guy like thee rows in front of my roommmate just went nuts on Dunston, culminating n the repeated yell for the rest of the game "You're Not even TRYING man..." Said it was simply hilarious.'
I was at the Cubs-Reds game last year where Wannstedt (sp) called the foul ball home run. With each foul ball after that, every single fan in Wrigley stood up an made the round-the-bases sign. It was hysterical!
While at a LA/SF game in SF, the Dodgers were beating the Giants pretty badly (no surprise there), when some of the fans started shouting "Shut off their water, shut off their water!" I stood and clapped-first sign of intelligence from any SF fan I've ever witnessed.
Wrigley Field, a Tuesday afternoon, Cubs-Rockies. Sitting in right field, cheering on Sammy (even though I am aCards fan) simply because we were in right. Dante Bichette comes out and is playing in right, and he has put on a few pounds so the kids who skipped school started riding him hard.... the normal pudge chants, etc etc etc. Then the kid starts berating him for not getting ahaircut lately. Eventually this leads to chants of "You're DIRTY Dante! DIIIIIIIIRRRRTYYYY!" and then led to a melodious chant of DANTE-stinks! DANTE-stinks! Which Dante very nicely started dancing to.
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