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Did ya hear Les's show last night? Plenty of meatballery there too.

There was some caller from Virginia who is a Flyers fan talkin' all kinds of trash who won "Bum of the Week".

What morons.....Either you can get in NOW, or you can't.

Who gives a fuck if somebody watched Terry Ruskowski from the Second Balcony.

NO ONE CARES......

once again, the list of the 3,000 Blackhawk fans who "Used to go" and "have had season tickets for years" comes out on the M&H show.

You mean that when a team becomes good there are bandwagon fans? Surely I thought this only happened to the Cubs, Sox, and Bulls. Never to hockey...

Frank Coztansa wrote:

You mean that when a team becomes good there are bandwagon fans? Surely I thought this only happened to the Cubs, Sox, and Bulls. Never to hockey...

Compare the attendance figures for Flyers vs the Blackhawks over the last 40 years. Both teams have been in long Stanley Cup droughts, but the Flyers would never be so dumb so as to black out local TV viewers from home games and dramatically cut the team's exposure. That's the difference.

NearWessSideHussra wrote:

Frank Coztansa wrote:

You mean that when a team becomes good there are bandwagon fans? Surely I thought this only happened to the Cubs, Sox, and Bulls. Never to hockey...

FIXED.

If you're a hockey fan, you're a hockey fan. If you're a new hockey fan, congratulations, you've just discovered a new-to-you and fun way to spend many upcoming Fall, Winter and, if you're lucky, Spring nights.

My problem is not with "new fans" in general. My problem is with new fans who also happen to be the same guys drunk and stupid in the wrigley bleachers.

Author:	bigfan [ Tue May 25, 2010 6:39 am ]
Post subject:	Meatball Hour Callers
once again, the list of the 3,000 Blackhawk fans who "Used to go" and "have had season tickets for years" comes out on the M&H show. I remain the only newcomer to the sport

Author:	Aggravated Sox Fan Bob [ Tue May 25, 2010 7:07 am ]
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What morons.....Either you can get in NOW, or you can't. Who gives a fuck if somebody watched Terry Ruskowski from the Second Balcony. NO ONE CARES......

Author:	Eaglo Jeff [ Tue May 25, 2010 9:03 am ]
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Did ya hear Les's show last night? Plenty of meatballery there too. There was some caller from Virginia who is a Flyers fan talkin' all kinds of trash who won "Bum of the Week".

Author:	Don Tiny [ Tue May 25, 2010 9:25 am ]
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Eaglo Jeff wrote: Did ya hear Les's show last night? Plenty of meatballery there too. There was some caller from Virginia who is a Flyers fan talkin' all kinds of trash who won "Bum of the Week". Yes; it pained my colon to listen to that. More and more, Les starts to sound a little too much like 'Rusty from Stickney' for his own good.

Author:	Rod [ Tue May 25, 2010 10:14 am ]
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Aggravated Sox Fan Bob wrote: What morons.....Either you can get in NOW, or you can't. Who gives a fuck if somebody watched Terry Ruskowski from the Second Balcony. NO ONE CARES...... Come on, Bob! I know you were a big fan of the RPM line.

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Author:	NearWessSideHussra [ Tue May 25, 2010 11:02 am ]
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bigfan wrote: once again, the list of the 3,000 Blackhawk fans who "Used to go" and "have had season tickets for years" comes out on the M&H show. Worst bandwagon fans ever. Need a nickname for them, like the 2004 Red Sox "pink hat" fans.

Author:	Frank Coztansa [ Tue May 25, 2010 11:52 am ]
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You mean that when a team becomes good there are bandwagon fans? Surely I thought this only happened to the Cubs, Sox, and Bulls. Never to hockey...

Author:	NSJ [ Tue May 25, 2010 12:14 pm ]
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NearWessSideHussra wrote: Frank Coztansa wrote: You mean that when a team becomes good there are bandwagon fans? Surely I thought this only happened to the Cubs, Sox, and Bulls. Never to hockey... Compare the attendance figures for Flyers vs the Blackhawks over the last 40 years. Both teams have been in long Stanley Cup droughts, but the Flyers would never be so dumb so as to black out local TV viewers from home games and dramatically cut the team's exposure. That's the difference. FIXED.

Author:	beni hanna [ Tue May 25, 2010 12:18 pm ]
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NSJ wrote: NearWessSideHussra wrote: Frank Coztansa wrote: You mean that when a team becomes good there are bandwagon fans? Surely I thought this only happened to the Cubs, Sox, and Bulls. Never to hockey... Compare the attendance figures for Flyers vs the Blackhawks over the last 40 years. Both teams have been in long Stanley Cup droughts, but the Flyers would never be so dumb so as to black out local TV viewers from home games and dramatically cut the team's exposure. That's the difference. FIXED. Exactly.

Author:	rogers park bryan [ Tue May 25, 2010 12:42 pm ]
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Hussra, you should have never admitted to NOT being from here. It was better when I thought you were just a pissed off skeptical Chicago fan. To not attribute the Loss in support to the loss of Home games on Tv is well:

Author:	jimmypasta [ Tue May 25, 2010 1:03 pm ]
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Not a bandwagon jumper.I still don't give a shit about the Hawks...maybe if they win it all,I'll buy a cap. I used to be a huge hockey fan as a kid,nowadays I don't know who is who. Too many teams & long European names to remember.

Author:	Hawkeye Vince [ Wed May 26, 2010 2:09 pm ]
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NearWessSideHussra wrote: If you're a hockey fan, you're a hockey fan. If you're a new hockey fan, congratulations, you've just discovered a new-to-you and fun way to spend many upcoming Fall, Winter and, if you're lucky, Spring nights. Well said.

Author:	spmack [ Sun May 30, 2010 1:23 pm ]
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Crystal Lake Huffy wrote: My problem is not with "new fans" in general. My problem is with new fans who also happen to be the same guys drunk and stupid in the wrigley bleachers. Frank Coztansa Likes This..

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Author:	NearWessSideHussra [ Tue May 25, 2010 12:27 pm ]
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that's hilarious, of course they weren't blacked out, they were always sold out! 2001 Flyers 3rd \| 19.575 2001 Hawks 24th \| 14,996 2002 Flyers 3rd \| 19,569 2002 Hawks 23rd \| 15,568 2003 Flyers 3rd \| 19,235 2003 Hawks 24th \| 14,794 2004 Flyers 4th \| 19,375 2004 Hawks 27th \| 13,253 2006 Flyers 4th \| 19,653 2006 Hawks 29th \| 13,318 2007 Flyers 7th \| 19,282 2007 Hawks 29th \| 12,727 2008 Flyers 4th \| 19,556 2008 Hawks 19th \| 16,814 2009 Hawks 1st \| 22,247 2009 Flyers 4th \| 19,545 2010 Hawks 1st \| 21,356 2010 Flyers 4th \| 19,535

Author:	NearWessSideHussra [ Tue May 25, 2010 12:59 pm ]
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I don't know my Blackhawks history to 10th decimal because, yer right, I'm not a Blackhawks fan. But it sounds like some of the previous posters in this thread don't know much about the Blackhawks history either. AFAIK, Old Man Wirtz never let home games be broadcast locally (but road games were). So it wasn't a change. While attendance did ping-pong up and down with the success of the team. Go back and look at the 90's attendance figures, the home-games-blacked-out-locally Blackhawks were among the tops in the league in attendance, out-drawing even the Red Wings the Wings Stanley Cup seasons back then. Home games blacked-out and yet the United Center was packed all season, wut-wut, what? Fwiw, other NHL cities didn't (and still don't, tho it's less so) get every home game or even road game broadcast locally either, sell-out or no. The NHL has always been tricky to find on TV. And, honestly, pre-HDTV, I can understand why. It was and is much better live. But HD leapfrogged NHL over the NBA and MLB in terms of watching a sport on TV, only the NFL is better to watch on TV nowadays. Philly fans have had a number of blackout games this season--including playoff games--not due to lack of attendance, just goofy NHL broadcasting policies and contracts.

Author:	NearWessSideHussra [ Tue May 25, 2010 1:12 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Meatball Hour Callers
Hossa, Kane, Sharp, Ladd, Eager, Burish...Bolland...Blackhawks are, what, 90% North American and the Euros names (Hossa) are not that difficult. The trickiest name is a guy from Minnesota, Byfuglien.