50 ways to tell if you’re a real Giants fan
We have compiled a list of the top 50 reasons in our opinion that make you a true Giant’s fan. How many have you done or still do?
1. When anyone refers to anything that happened in 2001-02 you tell them that year never existed.
2. You’ve bled for orange or made blue bleed.
3. You have fought
We have compiled a list of the top 50 reasons in our opinion that make you a true Giant’s fan. How many have you done or still do?
1. When anyone refers to anything that happened in 2001-02 you tell them that year never existed.
2. You’ve bled for orange or made blue bleed.
3. You have fought over people telling you garlic fries are better at their park.
4. You have bought anything panda-like in the past year.
5. You hate Brian Sabean.
6. You yell obscenities to anyone wearing LA on their hat, regardless if you’re working or not.
7. You hate Bruce Bochy
8. You have a ticket stub from Candlestick park
9. You have sent hate mail to Jason Schmidt, Jeff Kent or Kirk Gibson.
10. 1951 isn’t recognized for the birth of Dale Earnhardt or Tony Danza, but for the birth of the best play in mlb history.
11. You have made fun of Cubs and Indian fans because your last World Series title was after theirs.
12. You have worn orange and black to Dodger stadium.
13. You have camped out or traveled to a different state just to watch the Giants.
14. You have led a chant of “He’s a bum” in the bleachers.
15. You remember when Rich Aurillia was young.
16. You have never left early from a game, ever.
17. You have never turned off a game early, ever.
18. You have/had a poster of Rod Beck in your bedroom.
19. You believe we still have a shot after being mathematically eliminated.
20. You bought “Rookie of the Year” only because Barry Bonds is in it.
21. You have a Giants tattoo
22. You still believe Barry Bonds never did steroids
23. You own MLB 2k9 and don’t even own that gaming console
24. You own the July 2008 issue of Sports Illustrated and are blind
25. You have told people to “Grab the pine, meat” in situations that didn’t even call for it.
26. You applauded when Buster Posey struck out in his first atbat.
27. You’re fantasy team includes every member of the San Francisco Giants — including Randy Winn.
28. You have almost hit another car while driving on the Bay Bridge just to catch a glimpse of AT&T.
29. You remember watching the last Giants title.
30. You have sent hate mail to Bip Roberts.
31. You have imitated Brian Wilson’s trademark celebration after finishing a big term paper or work project.
32. You know every word to “Bye, Bye Baby”
33. You factor Giants tickets into each paycheck and budget how many games a year you can go to before the schedule is released.
34. You missed the birth of your child to catch the end of the game.
35. You conceived your child while watching a game.
36. You want to watch the 49ers and Giants on Sunday afternoon, even if the Giants are eliminated from the playoffs you still tivo the Niner game.
37. You have at one point in your life ran the bases at Candlestick Park after the game.
38. You have jumped on the field from the bleachers, ran up to Barry Bonds on his last home game, hugged him and then get laid out by 3 security officers.
39. You’re Christmas wish list consists of: “Giants jersey, Lou Seal stuffed animal, Giants season tickets and Jon Miller bobblehead”.
40. You have imitated Rod Beck’s arm swing while playing beer pong — and made the shot.
41. You have personally had a conversation with this guy:
42. You can name how many outs, what inning, year and the attendance during Willie Mays’ “Catch”.
43. You were there for “The Catch”.
44. You have sent a fan letter to Dave Flemming and got something signed in return.
45. You turn the TV off anytime AJ Pierzynski, Pedro Feliz or Joe Nathan are on Sportscenter.
46. You bought a Phillies hat last year after the NLCS and showed it to every single Dodger fan you knew.
47. You turn off the sound anytime Jon Miller is commentating on TV and turn on the radio.
48. You have stood a date up because the Giants went into extra innings.
49. You catch a foul ball and give it to a child, but take it back when you realize he/she isn’t a Giants fan.
50. This is how you remember Kruk and Keip
HERES HOW YOU GRADE YOURSELF:
1-3 – You’re a fan, but you aren’t a FAN
4-7 – Welcome to the Giants fanhood
8-12 – You deserve a free T-Shirt
13+ – E-mail me, I want to meet you.
Feel free to add your own.
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- #nowplaying Summer Girls by LFO
- @Ms_APayne No problem, dont forget to guess on the Giants/Oak score, it costs nothing and you wont cry! http://bit.ly/ags6IP
- @Ms_APayne Yeah, the gf was super down the whole time; it flowed well though, great cast, I give it two thumbs up but def. be prepared :/
- @Ms_APayne Literally just watched My Sisters keeper today, fought back the tears teh whole TIME
- @aykay_ I am not a giants fan who likes other teams FYI
- FREE SHIRTS? WHO WANTS FREE SHIRTS? I LOVE CAPS LOCK ENTER TO WIN A FREE SHIRT!! #sfgiants http://bit.ly/ags6IP #giants #ladygaga
- @DRey2531 Hahaha I remember that, like 5 times u had it too early
- If Bruce Bochy could figure out the internet he'd probably put his guess in for a FREE #firesabean shirt! Why can't u? http://bit.ly/ags6IP
- FS is back giving away a FREE F-S SHIRT!! Even B-Sabes can do it! http://bit.ly/ags6IP Guess the score and win, it's free! #mlb #giants
- @sfgiantsfan021 Keep realistic goals in mind, these pitchers have been laying around playing COD and Xbox all Winter
September 29, 2009
51. You tried to catch a fly ball with your bare hand because of Kevin Mitchell?
52. You see Brett Butler, Orel Hersheisr and Darryl Strawberry as Dodgers even though they played on the Giants.
53. You remember when Deion Sanders was on the Giants
54. You’ve tried to hit a ball into the water from the small field in McCovey Cove
55. You let non Giants fans know that we don’t need to have our players names on our home jerseys because were true fans and know our players names
September 29, 2009
Perfect additions, I was debating whether or not to throw Deon and the player name thing on the orig. list.
September 29, 2009
56. You bring your baseball glove to every baseball game you go to on the off chance that Kruk and Kuip are watching and need to spot a fellow gamer.
57. You live in an out of market city and still drop a hundo on tickets for the series even after the Giant’s playoff hopes have been destroyed.
September 29, 2009
58. You are still pissed off that Dusty let Mark Gardner bat for himself against the Mets.
59. You still talk to _other_ fans about how pissed off you are that Dusty let Mark Gardner bat for himself against the Mets.
60. You have a “Lunatic Fringe” jersey.
61. You have a “San Francisco Geriatrics” jersey.
62. You are happy for Bill Mueller getting a WS ring even after leaving the Giants.
63. You are not happy for Pedro Feliz getting a WS ring after leaving the Giants.
September 29, 2009
Haha #56 is perfect.
September 29, 2009
64. You remember the “caveman” and “Big Daddy”
65. You tried to copy Will Clark’s sweet swing in little league.
66. You remember the “Hmmm Baby”
67. Why did Dusty take out Russ Ortiz in the series…why???
69. You HATE Brett Butler (Buttlicker)
70. You’ve taken a piss on the dodger stadium parking lot at night
71. You drove to Fresno to see the new phenom Tim Lincecum pitch for the grizzlies.
72. You remember when Matt Williams had hair.
73. You cringe when you think of Armando Benites and Tyler Walker
75. You’ve got kicked out of AT&T,SBC,Pac Bell for destroying a Dodger fans hat.
September 29, 2009
Nice job! A few things, though: There’s no excuse for misspelling Kuip. Not if you’re a Giants fan, anyway. Also, no such list could be complete without mention of the following:
1. Croix de Candlestick
2. U!
3. Dave Dravecky
4. Kevin Mitchell’s bare-handed catch.
5. Will Clark’s first hit.
6. Ribe!
7. J.T. Snow’s toddler-handling abilities.
8. New York Giants history. At the very least, you must know something about the following Giants: Christy Matthewson, Bill Terry, Mel Ott, John McGraw, Carl Hubbell, and of course Willie Mays.