This is something along the lines I was thinking. I just didn;t want to overstate the boundaries since I am "scum" after all and don't wanna get another yellow card because I posted here. But beyond Metro - DC love fest....... It would be cool to see soccer fans take over a baseball game. Hell for $8 ya'll could make a fun time out of it, promote the MLS brand, and just shock the hell out of the baseball establishment. You folk have the opportunity to do something that I can't do here at Yankees Stadium.....
Just as long as the Barra brings a huge banner reading "BASEBALL OUT OF RFK" And actively cheer for the visiting team. Bring it for the opposition like you do for a United home game.
While this might be how most people actually feel, it's obviously not wise to make an enemy, or make an enemy angry, under the current and likely future arrangements. Maybe I'm crazy but it seems like a great opportunity to reap maximum benefit from a less than desirable situation. Of course, in addition to seats used, all the ones behind them would have to be purchased as well, because I'm sure the stream of complaints would put an end to the idea real quick.
yeah, exactly. it's all about my ego that's why i have so many posts.. i just like to hear myself talk. </sarcasm> yes they are opinions, how people feel about music and sports are similar in their subjectivity. oh well. i agree with the posts saying the nationals is a terrible name though...
But Tim, you will have even more players from whom you can receive funny, translated emails on the Nationals team.
we did similar stuff (dcu chants, no drums) in the late 90's at several caps games. it was fun and a lot of people around us seemed to enjoy it. timing was perfect that year, caps were sucking (as always) and dcu was in it's glory days. ;-)
I seem to remember a DC United chant in the waning moments of the Stanley Cup Finals as Detroit was coasting to their Cup.
I see the only way that a DCU fan invasion would have any chance of having an effect at a baseball game at RFK would be if the home team really was stinking it up at the time, attendance was waning, and a hell of a lot of DC fans attended and did their thing strategically. Then again, I'm generally against the idea of reliving the cowboys-redskins and Diaz Arce Fans-United model. This wouldn't be on that level, but reminiscent. Cheers, Tim
I'm not wholly convinced that having a blackout protest at a National's baseball game is such a good idea (but work on me). My concern is that we don't want to piss off the DC govt leaders, DCSEC and DC tax payers and general sports fans. We will need ALL of these folks to back us when we go for our own stadium. I can guarantee there will be opposition from people who don't want it in their neighborhood (for a variety of reasons), people who just protest the DC govt because it's there and people who are opposed to govt financing of sports arenas. The baseball hearing I went to in SW DC a few weeks ago was VERY hostile (and they had brought in a professional mediator to run the meeting). The new seating at RFK is TEMPORARY and to be honest, having baseball come drives the point home that we need our own space quickly. Yeah being displaced is a pain and the SEs and BB will have to work harder to get people to move with them but if we play it cool we'll be rewarded in the end. Now there's certainly nothing wrong with making sure people know that the place is shared with a 4 time title winner. Maybe we can buy some advertising signage at the stadium or in a program. Maybe we can organize a group of people to pass out DCU ticket info to folks as they exit the metro. We don't want to tell people that baseball is bad (being confrontational is not going to sway people) but if they like coming out to RFK and they like sports, here's something else to do on Sat night. We want to spin United and the game day experience at RFK as positively as possible. K
If DCU gets scr*wed in the deal, I see old soccer balls flying out of the bleachers at random intervals and rolling across the outfield during some Nationals games.
OK, this is my attempt at concensus building. At a game that espn or it's family of networks broadcasts, the supporters clubs and their friends will purchase a section of upper deck outfield seats and come dressed in black. No banners, no drums. Chanting the whole game.
As tempting as the 'protest' showing sounds, you have well explained why it may not be wise. However, a positive presence could well have the same statement with the additional positive results mentioned above. Chants of "DC" are obviously supportive and would only be a taste of a DCU match. If DCU fans could be the most animated, most vocal, and most fun group in that stadium at a baseball game, it would say a lot. It would say even more when at the next game, those fans and what they brought to a baseball game were absent.
This is 'the ticket'. Count me in that concensus. ESPN? Why set your sights so low? How about FOX? (They still broadcast MLB right? I dunno, never watch it)
I wasn't suggesting a protest..... I was just suggestion showing the baseball world what a few crazed MLS fans can so atmosphere wise. I just wanna see the look on the baseball establishments faces. And at the same time ya'll plug yer local MLS side. Let everyone know that they play footy at RFK too. In a nice way of course.
Not to get into that discussion, but just so you know where I'm coming from when I say things: Baseball is fine by me, I enjoy playing it. MLB, I could care less about, and actually have a growing distaste for. I haven't chosen to watch a game in several years, and it's even longer since I went to a game. I am not "anti-baseball" because I've concluded it's a wasteful position. That said, I feel the idea being kicked around here is not about baseball=good or baseball=bad or baseball at all, but rather it is about DC United= great, and soccer= great, and I think that through this alone an observer can draw whatever conclusion they want about baseball, as long as they see what DCU has to offer.
has anyone ever seen cheapo balloons that look like soccer balls? i think something like that would work great for release at rfk from the upper deck. another offseason project. ;-)