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We're just waiting on this sucker to play out, and likely still have a ways to go. Let's see what happens.

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VoxDawg it's been been a while old friend!! So they shuttered the old thread... I feel bad for chicken. I never thought he would fall. I'm sure he was tired. We all are. We've actually lost a lot, but one thing is for certain... we woke up the entire world. Things will never be the same!

Are you trying to stay humble, or do these newbies know about you getting reposted by Q? What am I thinking, you've never been humble. Hope you've been well.

This pisses me off (but I understand at a neutral venue to an extent). IMO, this "ban" has been 10-15 years in the making. (Yes, I know, the "ban" is on the whistling, not chatter in general, but, to me, this explains why all the complaints... )

Rant: ON

When I played, "chatter" by players and fans from both sides was the norm and encouraged. If you don't know what "chatter" is, it's chatter, general noise, talking to a player, catcher talking to the batter during a pitch, well-timed noise, etc. to try and rile the pitcher, frustrate the batter, confuse the outfielder going for the fly. Anything to throw the other team off their game. I live in a diff state from my kids and would go to most of my son's baseball games in NC (little league, allstars, etc.). The first game I went to, I had a huge WTF moment. My daughter shushed me when I tried to "chatter", saying that it was not allowed... by the fans or the PLAYERS! WTF? Apparently it was considered unsportsmanlike. (Another WTF moment)!

Fast forward 10 years and those same kids and parents are at the college level now. So it doesn't surprise me that someone would complain. "It's distracting", "it's annoying", "it's on every pitch". Damn right it's annoying! It's supposed to be! Fans are at the game to help their team win. Apparently this guy does it at every Vandy home game (seems it might just help them). The Vandy players and fans are used to it but it rattles the other teams and fans as I can tell by previous post here and elsewhere.

Rant: OFF

The neutral venue thing throws a kink into things. The park can make rules to ban it, so what can you do? Hell, they could ban it at the Vandy park, but I bet you there would be an outcry and it wouldn't be banned.