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fish113d Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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If it annoys you, go to the games. Frankly, I don't give a damn about anything you hear on TV.

I didn't say anything about it "annoying me", Terp. Plus, I live in Harrisburg, PA, so going to games whenever I just want to isn't all that easy to do. Please don't put words in my mouth.

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Crawford lashing out after being a little frustrated with a bad season? Not shocking to me. Glad the drunk asses got a few chuckles out of it -- I'm sure Crawford will still be haunted by their heckles when he's taking warm-up swings in October and they are drunkenly yelling at their TVs...

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StottyByNature Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Exactly.

Funny heckling = GOOD

Stupid heckling = ANNOYING

My favorite was a few years back when Vernon Wells played for Toronto. A fan in the bleachers yelled, "Hey Vernon, did you fill out your census?" The whole crowd was laughing and even Wells had a tough time holding it in.

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I heckled crawford years back when he was with tampa. Didnt get a response. Maddon actually gave my lady a ball after the game. That made me feel like a bit of a jerk but i kept it clean.

I got to absolutely curse the entire blue jays team at last years opening day as i was being escorted off the field right in front of their dugout. Just a nonstop slur of profanities, they were looking at me with this blank stare. I feel so bad and embarrassed for that. I never got to apologize so, my humbelest apologies.

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A few years ago, people in left field were saying some stuff to Crawford. He didn't acknowledge any of it. A few innings after they started saying stuff to him, Crawford caught a ball by the warning track close to where the hecklers were located. He turned around and made a motion to throw the ball into the stands. Instead of following through, he stopped in mid motion, looked into the area where the guys were standing, shook his head, laughed and left with the ball. He later threw it to someone close to the visiting dugout. Pretty funny.

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My FAVORITE heckling experience. It was a rain delayed game vs the yankees. Every is a little tipsy and we're down on the 3rd base rail after the delay. Some other guy and I are just playing off each other and going back and forth throwing shots at Jeter/Arod.

He says something like "hey jeter i heard you got a new cologne" and i said "yeah and i heard it smells like Arod"

they both turned around at the same time, and just started smiling and shaking their heads chuckling. Funny as hell.

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