View Full Version : A little slam from a Post writer
rickinva
21 Oct 2004, 01:02 PM
As quoted from today's Washington Post chat with Mark Fisher:
Washington, D.C.: So, any word on when we might be getting a name for our baseball team? I want to get some logo gear!
Marc Fisher: Things are finally starting to get moving on baseball. I just came back from a morning at RFK Stadium, where the ballpark planners showed reporters what has been done and what needs to be done to get the place in shape.
They had home plate installed on the field and it looked marvelous. But that place needs a load of work. You can't even see a pop fly from the press box. The scoreboard is a joke. And sadly, the city seems to be treating the soccer tenant as an equal to baseball rather than showing them a nice high school or college field where they can play their games.
John_Harkes_6
21 Oct 2004, 01:05 PM
Hell - that is great news. This is the first real evidence that DCU will be treated as equals - if this moron came away with that impression than it is more than likely true.
Will we get all we want - of course not, but its a start.
rickinva
21 Oct 2004, 01:18 PM
I know the news is good about being an equal tenant, it was the assumption from Mark Fisher that we deserved less that stood out to me.
I know the news is good about being an equal tenant, it was the assumption from Mark Fisher that we deserved less that stood out to me.
He's a donkey who seems to get his rocks off getting tons of emails from pissed off soccer fans. I say let it go so he can't have his fun.
K
DigitalTron
21 Oct 2004, 01:20 PM
Hell - that is great news. This is the first real evidence that DCU will be treated as equals - if this moron came away with that impression than it is more than likely true.
Will we get all we want - of course not, but its a start.Agreed.
Poor Mark Fisher, he just hasn't seen the light. Sometimes people must be shown the light. Hmmmm, anyone have that Mark Fisher guy's email address? ;)
-Digital
bigbrooklynlou
21 Oct 2004, 01:20 PM
Damn Liberal media bias. ....
CHICO13
21 Oct 2004, 01:27 PM
I'm going to go over to his house on Halloween and smash his pumpkin. :D
writered21
21 Oct 2004, 01:28 PM
Marc Fisher: If you don't get it, you don't get it.
vladsta
21 Oct 2004, 01:30 PM
I know the news is good about being an equal tenant, it was the assumption from Mark Fisher that we deserved less that stood out to me.
that's his typical junk. he does it on other issues as well, not just soccer.
seems like everytime i read his piece he's trying to piss off someone. probably compensating for being crappy reporter...
******** him, just ignore it...
MeridianFC
21 Oct 2004, 01:32 PM
The city seems to be treating Mark Fisher like an actual journalist instead of a hack and shoving some press release in his hands.
revelation
21 Oct 2004, 01:32 PM
I stopped reading Mark Fisher a long time ago...but I really like to hear that DC United is actually being treated as a partner and not being shunted aside.
:)
BudWiser
21 Oct 2004, 01:34 PM
There's plenty of Mark Fischer's around. Heck I'm in 2 soccer leagues and most of the PLAYERS there I know could almost care less about DC United.
If DC United wants to stay competitive, it's best to keep coming up with reasons for people to come to the game. The loss of Diablo hurt attendance. Freddy Adu helped but obviously nobody's coming to see him nearly as much. Sure the team's winning, but I don't see an increase in attendance from it. All the games look pretty much the same anyways-I've never been for parity.
Baseball has superstars like Bonds, Pujols, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, on and on. I suspect it's going to be easier to convince someone to go to a baseball game. Heck, I might even be more likely to get **** when I bring a girl. :D
And if you think otherwise-I've done this countless times-I ask someone to come to the game, and I'd like YOU to tell me how I should market United to them. I get a little tired of saying "Have you heard of Freddy Adu?" and he doesn't even get to play much.
The idea that soccer'll get equal treatment is ridiculous-it won't happen.
Thanks for the speech, I'm in a whiny mood :D
monster
21 Oct 2004, 01:36 PM
He did something similar a while back dealing with attendance saying "all 17 fans" of DCU will be upset when baseball comes. I sent him a poite e-mail saying that if he was going to be a neanderthal, he should get his facts straight and at least have the proper attendance.
He replied that he knew what it was and just wanted to provoke a reaction.
Dick. I prefer people with real hatred instead of those doing it just to get attention.
URwormfood
21 Oct 2004, 01:38 PM
I'm going to go over to his house on Halloween and smash his pumpkin. :D
Ahhh.....I feel a good old bag-o-buring-poop....ring the bell and run may need to be done for this twit!!
~~Worm~~
monster
21 Oct 2004, 01:39 PM
If DC United wants to stay competitive, it's best to keep coming up with reasons for people to come to the game. The loss of Diablo hurt attendance. Freddy Adu helped but obviously nobody's coming to see him nearly as much. Sure the team's winning, but I don't see an increase in attendance from it.
DCU in 2004 - 17,232
DCU in 2003 - 15,565
CHICO13
21 Oct 2004, 01:40 PM
-I ask someone to come to the game, and I'd like YOU to tell me how I should market United to them. I get a little tired of saying "Have you heard of Freddy Adu?" and he doesn't even get to play much.
I market the tailgates, the comraderie, the atmosphere and the sheer fun and passion you feel once you get to the stadium. This has added at least 10 new members to the Barra over the last few seasons.
bbsbt
21 Oct 2004, 01:52 PM
We should never reply to soccer-negative articles! It's self-defeatist; the more we write, the more the scumbags are inclined to continue writing negatively.
Best course of action: only reply to soccer-positive stories.
BudWiser
21 Oct 2004, 01:55 PM
I market the tailgates, the comraderie, the atmosphere and the sheer fun and passion you feel once you get to the stadium. This has added at least 10 new members to the Barra over the last few seasons.
Right, being a Barra Brava member you get all that.
I do talk about the supporters' groups once I get them to the game!! The uninitiated always seem curious about what's going on there. Questions like What's "Barra Brava"? Why are they (La Norte) throwing toilet paper on the field? Why are the stands bouncing? On and on..........hilariously simple questions
CHICO13
21 Oct 2004, 02:02 PM
Right, being a Barra Brava member you get all that.
I do talk about the supporters' groups once I get them to the game!! The uninitiated always seem curious about what's going on there. Questions like What's "Barra Brava"? Why are they (La Norte) throwing toilet paper on the field? Why are the stands bouncing? On and on..........hilariously simple questions
Well then, bring them (and yourself) over to a tailgate. We're pretty friendly people. :)
Darth Norteņo
21 Oct 2004, 02:03 PM
The way I see it (as irrationally as I see things), every sports writer the Post has is a hack (minus Steven Goff, or course :D). They all have this myopic four-sport view with an emphasis on the Redskins and a penchant for needlessly trashing soccer that's just repulsive. I support all local teams, but I am sick of nimrods like Mark Fisher slamming soccer and getting props for it.