Comments on: The Seventh Inning Stretch and the Danger of Eroding Fandom http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Jake Coogan http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/#comment-20530 Sat, 16 Sep 2017 17:29:06 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=21507#comment-20530 “the easiest thing to do would be to just let Harry sing the stretch.”

Yes, and we should all walk around in protective bubble suits so nothing can harm us!

Lazy, Nate. Lazy. Get off the mans back.

]]> By: tom http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/#comment-20522 Sat, 16 Sep 2017 12:43:24 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=21507#comment-20522 Ban the 7th inning stretch!

AM I DOING THIS RIGHT?

]]> By: Jack http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/#comment-20516 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 21:52:05 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=21507#comment-20516 Look, I’m not going to pretend that Barstool is something other than “broish,” inappropriate, and often offensive. What drives me crazy about this piece is the idea that the Cubs are pure as the driven snow. Pete Ricketts supported Trump publicly, and the Ricketts family essentially funded by themselves a campaign to bring the death penalty (which historically is implemented in racially disparate ways) in Nebraska. The Cubs fan base might be the most racially homogenous in all of baseball, and highlights the racial and class divide that is the two cities in Chicago. Don’t act as if Katz is ruining the sterling record of the Cubs organization on these matters. There’s nothing left to ruin.

]]> By: KJS http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/#comment-20514 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 20:05:39 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=21507#comment-20514 I swear they said Tim Gaines. I thought I might be losing my mind, no?

]]> By: KJS http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/#comment-20513 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 20:03:35 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=21507#comment-20513 I understand the complaint against Barstool as a whole, especially in their earliest days, but if you think Big Cat and the Pardon My Take schtick is anything but satire you’re sorely mistaken. The whole joke of segments such “Dudes Explain Chicks” is a riff on what’s popularly known as man-splaining. I don’t think Dan is anything but a great guy who deserves the success he’s having.

]]> By: Dan H http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/#comment-20505 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 18:49:27 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=21507#comment-20505 Since Dan Katz joined BSS fulltime in 2013, he has been nothing but a fantastic human being. . Dan is funny, original, and kind. I have witnessed these things as both a fan of the site and having met him a few different times in person. His hard work creating arguably the most influential sports podcast in the last ten years, cultivating a cult-folloinwg locally and now nationally, and moving his entire life from Chicago to New York to further his reach as a member of the media (he may hate being called that but idk). Dan also knows what he signed up for. The skinny jeans comment, the bringing back of the c word…those are all things that are so easy (not to mention lazy) things to throw at anyone from Barstool whenever they achieve any type of success. Dan knows that and recognizes that, but he doesn’t let it phase him. Cherry pick a few out of context misogynist quotes all you want. He (much like the author) is a lifelong cubs fan and I’m sure to be asked to do the 7th inning stretch and throw out the first pitch are thrilling moments for him. This post seems to be written largely out of jealousy. To see someone who came from an office job with in real estate to one of the most sought after sports media personalities in such a short amount of time (likely with minimal formal training) while the author fancies himself the co-EIC of this site with minimal twitter following would probably grind my gears too. But to go and use the standard SB Nation/Deadspin/The Cauldron (RIPIP) playbook on defaming Barstool is neither effective or original. But hey, I’m just a guy who is a fan of a website that has known to have said some off-color things in the past, so what do I know?

]]> By: Drew http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/#comment-20499 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:58:20 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=21507#comment-20499 This writer is clearly an intelligent guy and seems like his intent is well-meaning. However, his attempt to compare the signing of an admitted domestic abuser to a, by all accounts, great guy who works for a controversial blog is extremely lazy. I don’t know Big Cat at all but do follow Barstool and understand that some of their material can be considered controversial. I very much doubt that the author of this post has done his research or knows Big Cat personally.

A very lazy article deserves my lazy response.

]]> By: Ben http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/#comment-20487 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 17:11:43 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=21507#comment-20487 This is so pathetic.

First and foremost, Dan is a great guy.

Second, Barstool is an organization that can be chastised for a few pull quotes… but they constantly contribute to and assist many noble efforts and charities. To villainize them to this degree is intellectually dishonest and lazy.

Third, it is absolutely absurd to believe his association with a blog can somehow dissuade people to stop being fans of an unrelated team!! Will you write the same piece when someone from the government is invited to be involved in an event because Trump has made horrible statements about women and minorities? (All of which are culturally more abhorrent than what’s been written on barstool).

Grow up. Please. And if you are honestly this soft… I recommend you challenge yourself and your sensibilities by engaging in dialogue with these people to learn more before you draw such illogical conclusions.

]]> By: dtpollitt http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/#comment-20478 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 15:45:20 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=21507#comment-20478 Good piece. For an organization that has done mostly everything right under Ricketts / Theo, rolling Barstool out to throw a pitch or sing is completely and totally wrong.

]]> By: Heidi http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/09/15/the-seventh-inning-stretch-and-the-danger-of-eroding-fandom/#comment-20476 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:46:40 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=21507#comment-20476 Did Len and JD mention who was singing w/ Coomer? Or did I miss that.

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