BUSH to throw out first pitch at Rangers game... Boos or Cheers?

[cwcwmack]

I'm actually a Rangers fan... so I'll be watching on the web.

Big question... will BUSH be cheered or Boo'ed?

Fact #1, lol he's incredibly unpopular.

Fact #2, is the Metroplex (baseball fans in particular) more right leaning?



My first blush it 60% Boo's drowning out a weak cheer... but then I've never lived in Texas. If they're bat-shit crazy there he may be cheered...

I'm still leaning toward an even ratio with the Boo's being LOUDER.

[derby378]

1. Someone will probably fiddle with the sound

That way, even if there's a majority of boos, all we'll hear at the sports bars are cheers with an occasional boo here and there, and some snide comment from one of the color guys that "I guess you can't please everyone."

[beac]

16. Just like they did when Sarah Palin dropped the hockey puck...

canned cheers turned up to 11 to drown out live and empassioned booing.

[derby378]

17. That didn't work out so well

I could still hear more booing than cheering in Palin's case. That brought me joy.

[tridim]

2. Maybe he'll be shoe'd?

That would rock if he were pelted with thousands of shoes at the same time.

Then again, it is Texas.

[Ken Burch]

36. Yeah, in Texas he'd be booted.

[FailureToCommunicate]

42. Oh man, now I have boot envy! Gotta get me some. And I wouldn't even throw em at Bush...

[Rambis]

3. Molotov cocktails?

:shrug:

[riqster]

4. Like the Tribe doesn't have enough problems

Now this fuckwit will probably injure our catcher.

[Buzz Clik]

5. He'll be on his home turf. Cheers all around.

[benld74]

6. 5 BUCKS says he BOUNCES it to the PLATE!!!

[cwcwmack]

8. nah,

this is like his 10th time he's done it... and he usually throws a decent pitch. But he's older now... lol so he might bounce it.

[cwcwmack]

23. lol

you can mail the $5 to the SPCA...

Good strike thrown to Josh Hamilton, another former addict. Couldn't hear the audio on the video though.

[ksoze]

7. Cheers - he is doing something he should have stuck with before:

working in a field where drinking is celebrated, nobody gets killed by your decisions and you get a reset every spring.

[cwcwmack]

10. lmfao.... well said

[bunkerbuster1]

20. Indeed, had he only been content with being (say) MLB commissioner

Think of how many lives could have been saved.

[izquierdista]

9. Who cares, it's Texas

Take all that effort isolating rogue states like Cuba and North Korea and put it to good use -- quarantine Texas. Give some relocation benefits to the few sane people there to move elsewhere and let it be the waste repository for stupid rednecks. Then they can cheer King Dunderhead all they want.

[rucky]

11. #3: He traded Sammy Sosa

My money's on him getting a Bronx Cheer.

[bluestateguy]

12. Ballpark crowds are not really representative of their communities anymore

Back in the days when tickets were easily obtainable and cheap, you had crowds that reflected the fan base.

Now, with tickets being much more expensive and more of the seats being reserved for well-to-do season ticket holders and corporate groups, you do not have a crowd that reflects the fan base.

In Texas, well to do people like Bush and what he represents, so I think he'll be hearing a good deal of cheering from this privileged crowd.

[onenote]

25. actually, Rangers tickets are among the cheapest in baseball

Last year the average price of a ticket to see the Rangers was around 18 bucks, which put the team 25th out of 29 teams in terms of average ticket price. Compare that to tickets to see the Washington Nationals -- average price last year was almost 29 bucks. And both the Yankees and the Mets get, on average, in the neighborhood of 35 bucks per ticket -- nearly twice what it costs to see the Rangers.

Having attended games in all of those cities (but, obviously not the new Mets and Yankees parks), my impression is that the crowd at the nationals games is "least representative" of its community (although, that's a subjective judgment -- for example, I am a white professional, which arguably is representative of a big part of the DC community; and I happened to have grown up in the DC area).

[rockymountaindem]

30. I guarantee you the price of tickets in Boston or NY would not save Bush from being booed

the heck out if he ever tried to throw out the first pitch in either of those cities. Same goes for Chicago, Dodger Stadium and probably lots of other places. Philly, as we know, will boo anybody it seems :)

[PBS Poll-435]

13. It's Tarrant County....

Probably a 60/40 split cheers/boos.

[Historic NY]

14. "Boots"

[Ishoutandscream2]

15. As a guy who goes to the ballpark in Arlington quite a bit

I think he will probably get a very warm welcome. Patriotic displays are always being put on there in pregames, especially on weekends. I have seen young men and women take their oaths to serve in various branches of service at several pregame festivities. And a lot of folks parachuting into the stadium as well, with Lee Greenwood's shit song playing on the intercom.

Very right wing, folks. Glad I'm not going today. I would be pissed about the extra security for one thing. And it would be difficult for me to keep my shoes on.:)

[AndyTiedye]

18. BOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOOO OOOOO !!!!!!!!!!

[LanternWaste]

19. probably boos...

probably boos...

And if I make it there on time, it may be even a bit louder :P

[Jennicut]

21. It should have been his permanent job all along. Its about the only thing he CAN do right.

[npincus]

22. So what happened... Chimpy threw already....

He has had a lot of practice hurling his crap if Laura doesn't bring his banana on schedule.

[Thrill]

26. Big Ovation and Cheers. I guess it was expected down there

In his first big appearance locally since moving to Dallas from the White House, Bush received a standing ovation and overwhelming cheers from a crowd of about 40,000 after the public address announcer said to "welcome home the 43rd president."

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4046756

[RiverStone]

31. Damn, I was hoping nobody would notice...

How perfect would it be if the crowd did not give a shit.

But the local village idiot has at least returned home.

[Trajan]

33. The village has it's idiot back ....

So true ....

[Thrill]

24. This is the state that just re-elected Cornyn. So Bush is likely to be cheered

[Drunken Irishman]

27. A big standing ovation. It is Texas, after all.

[tekisui]

28. They cheered. Ranger fans love War Criminals.

[ericgtr]

29. It's Texas.. If you don't cheer Chuck Norris will kick your ass n/t

[TankLV]

32. Bigger question - HE'S NOT THE FUCKING "PRESIDENT" ANYMORE - why is he even allowed to do this?!?!!!

[totodeinhere]

34. The Rangers can pick anyone they want to to throw out the first ball.

Besides, President Obama is pretty busy right now.

[tammywammy]

35. And Bush used to be an owner of the Rangers. n/t

[PBS Poll-435]

37. The Texas Rangers are DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for the horror of the last 8 years

Where do you think Dubya laundered his dirty money?

[masuki bance]

38. Exactly, it's probably illegal.

[PBS Poll-435]

39. LOL

:rofl:

[peekaloo]

40. booze AND cheers

[gauguin57]

41. If I were there, it would be neither boo nor cheer, but yawn.

As in "you're done, bub, now go away."