Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 7 Author Posted January 7 On 10/16/2024 at 1:26 PM, Ned Flanders said: I too, have many great memories of Silver Stadium...to add to yours, the annual Oriole exhibition game, which was a highlight of the summer, bat day, helmet night, and others. Saw many great players come up and I remain an Oriole fan to this day. Al Bumbry, Mike Flanagan, Bobby Grich, Don Baylor, Dennis Martinez, Mike Mussina, and like you mention, Cal, who spent the 1981 strike season playing at Silver. Silver was a special place indeed. Expand i grew up in Rochester, and was a paper boy for the D&C. They had this newspaper boy day, where all the kids got to run the bases at Silver Stadium and get autographs. During one of those days, I got an autograph of this young unknown player named Curt Schilling! On 1/7/2025 at 8:54 PM, rockpile said: I grew up in Hamburg, and went to an AHL BISONS game vs the Hershey Bears in Buffalo about 1969. I moved to Rochester and went to Red Wing games, but no one else wants to go anymore, so I drifted away from the Americans and the Sabres. I mostly watch the Stanley Cup finals. Expand maybe this was just my experience, but growing up in Rochester when I did (80s), no one really followed the sabres. You’d go to a few amerks games, but that’s about it. 1 Quote
Bills!Win! Posted January 9 Posted January 9 In the late 90’s / early 2000’s I was big into NASCAR as a kid. All the good guys retired and then I became disinterested Quote
4th&long Posted January 18 Posted January 18 I was a big Sabres fan as a kid into my early adulthood. They have sucked for years. ***** them, not even worth watching anymore. Quote
major Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Yes. I used to be a Red Sox fan until they hired cheater Alex Cora as their manager. He cheated in Houston and cheated his first year in Boston when they won their last World Series ring. I follow a different mlb team every year now for fun. When the Red Sox fire him I may go back (*may). Quote
Delete_Delete_Delete Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Does Pro Wrestling count? I used to be a huge wrestling nerd, traveled all over to go to some great shows, spent lots of money on lots of tickets, and now, I couldn’t even name 80% of the roster. I’ll still watch some big shows here and there, and Triple H seems to have WWE in a pretty good state at the moment, it’s just not the same though. Watching so many of your childhood heroes either die or fall apart well before their time just takes its toll. I’m glad to see WWE doing right by the legends who did make it to the later stages of the game however, and the wrestlers of this current generation are at least much more protected than those in eras past. 2 2 Quote
EasternOHBillsFan Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Posting this here... I am no longer a Pirates fan. The Pirates now have the worst owner in sports in Bob Nutting. Nutting has intentionally signed cheap talent or traded for it and has the second lowest payroll in all of MLB. Nutting designated a player who needed one more game for a bonus in Rowdy Tellez. Nutting is now lowballing Skenes and will probably trade him like he does everyone else. Nutting REFUSES to sell, intending to pass it down to his family. I am now choosing to be a Cubs fan... great history, great fans like the Bills, AND as a bonus they play the Pirates a ton every season. No longer a fan after almost 50 years. Dan Snyder has NOTHING on this POS. https://rumbunter.com/paul-skenes-brief-and-disappointing-update-on-pirates-contract-extension-says-it-all 4 Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 On 1/26/2025 at 3:36 PM, EasternOHBillsFan said: Posting this here... I am no longer a Pirates fan. The Pirates now have the worst owner in sports in Bob Nutting. Nutting has intentionally signed cheap talent or traded for it and has the second lowest payroll in all of MLB. Nutting designated a player who needed one more game for a bonus in Rowdy Tellez. Nutting is now lowballing Skenes and will probably trade him like he does everyone else. Nutting REFUSES to sell, intending to pass it down to his family. I am now choosing to be a Cubs fan... great history, great fans like the Bills, AND as a bonus they play the Pirates a ton every season. No longer a fan after almost 50 years. Dan Snyder has NOTHING on this POS. https://rumbunter.com/paul-skenes-brief-and-disappointing-update-on-pirates-contract-extension-says-it-all Expand nutting doesn’t understand the entire purpose of being a pro sports owner. You can’t just run the team to basically be profitable. What’s the point? You own this team for enjoyment and fun. You need to operate it in a manner that will increase that enjoyment! He can still make a solid profit while really investing in the success of the team. But he seems to run the team now like some penny-pinching private equity nerd— only trying to absolutely maximize profits. It’s so dumb. (And, to think, he’s doing this while squandering probably the greatest young pitcher in decades). 1 Quote
DrDawkinstein Posted January 26 Posted January 26 I guess my current nonexistent relationship with the Sabres fits this. But that is less on me walking away and more on them being unwatchable. 1 Quote
EasternOHBillsFan Posted January 27 Posted January 27 On 1/26/2025 at 4:14 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said: nutting doesn’t understand the entire purpose of being a pro sports owner. You can’t just run the team to basically be profitable. What’s the point? You own this team for enjoyment and fun. You need to operate it in a manner that will increase that enjoyment! He can still make a solid profit while really investing in the success of the team. But he seems to run the team now like some penny-pinching private equity nerd— only trying to absolutely maximize profits. It’s so dumb. (And, to think, he’s doing this while squandering probably the greatest young pitcher in decades). Expand MLB perpetuates this through the revenue sharing which was SUPPOSED to help small market teams but it is only acting as owner welfare. Now what I have to do is mail all of my Pirates gear to the club with a brief non vulgar letter as a final F U to Nutting. 1 Quote
RichStadiumGuy Posted January 27 Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 3:28 AM, Just Jack said: I may after tonight. Expand Don't feel like you're alone Dude! Somewhere during the 3rd quarter I considered contacting ANY team looking for a new coach to beg them to take Brady! Quote
Buftex Posted January 27 Posted January 27 The only team I ever stopped following was the Buffalo Braves/San Diego Clippers. Loved the Buffalo Braves as a kid...was heartbroken when they moved to San Diego...I really tried to keep following them...but at the point in time, trying to follow an west-coast NBA team was near impossible. They were never on tv, and box-scores might appear in the Courier Express two days after the fact. I switched allegiances to the Celtics. It was the early days of cable, and we could watch every Celtics game on the Boston super station. I hated them when the Braves were in town...but my older brother and father were both Celitcs fans from the pre-Braves era of the NBA, so it wasn't as bad a leap as it sounds. I did like the Montreal Expos as a kid (Bills colors), but kinda lost interest in baseball early on. My love of the Sabres is on life-support right now...I still watch most games, but they are starting to be nothing but depressing. I think about ditching them every season...but something keeps me holding on. It gets a little harder each year... The Bills? No, I will never stop pulling for them...as hard as this ***** is right now, I still love team.. Quote
BillsPride12 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 On 1/27/2025 at 6:02 PM, Buftex said: The only team I ever stopped following was the Buffalo Braves/San Diego Clippers. Loved the Buffalo Braves as a kid...was heartbroken when they moved to San Diego...I really tried to keep following them...but at the point in time, trying to follow an west-coast NBA team was near impossible. They were never on tv, and box-scores might appear in the Courier Express two days after the fact. I switched allegiances to the Celtics. It was the early days of cable, and we could watch every Celtics game on the Boston super station. I hated them when the Braves were in town...but my older brother and father were both Celitcs fans from the pre-Braves era of the NBA, so it wasn't as bad a leap as it sounds. I did like the Montreal Expos as a kid (Bills colors), but kinda lost interest in baseball early on. My love of the Sabres is on life-support right now...I still watch most games, but they are starting to be nothing but depressing. I think about ditching them every season...but something keeps me holding on. It gets a little harder each year... The Bills? No, I will never stop pulling for them...as hard as this ***** is right now, I still love team.. Expand I mean yeah the loss last night sucks but the Bills are one of the best teams in the NFL right now, there should be no reason for you to stop pulling for them lol 1 Quote
Augie Posted March 24 Posted March 24 Yesterday the Xavier basketball coach, Sean Miller, announced he is leaving for Texas. He was previously the Xavier coach and left for Arizona. He got in trouble at Arizona, and at least one of his guys did prison time. He left, disgraced, but Xavier took him back despite his parting comment that he was going from a Buick to a Lexus. Now he is leaving AGAIN for a bigger school. Yep, I’m done. It’s not just Miller leaving again, it’s also the portal and NIL. They have killed a sport I used to love. Xavier used to be my second team after the Bills. Now? Screw it all…… 1 Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted March 24 Author Posted March 24 On 3/24/2025 at 6:11 PM, Augie said: Yesterday the Xavier basketball coach, Sean Miller, announced he is leaving for Texas. He was previously the Xavier coach and left for Arizona. He got in trouble at Arizona, and at least one of his guys did prison time. He left, disgraced, but Xavier took him back despite his parting comment that he was going from a Buick to a Lexus. Now he is leaving AGAIN for a bigger school. Yep, I’m done. It’s not just Miller leaving again, it’s also the portal and NIL. They have killed a sport I used to love. Xavier used to be my second team after the Bills. Now? Screw it all…… Expand my buddy went to Xavier and is a die hard Xavier guy. He’s totally fed up too. I really can’t believe Miller left them again. Plus, to go a school where bball is second fiddle. Really pathetic. 1 Quote
Augie Posted March 24 Posted March 24 (edited) On 3/24/2025 at 6:43 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said: my buddy went to Xavier and is a die hard Xavier guy. He’s totally fed up too. I really can’t believe Miller left them again. Plus, to go a school where bball is second fiddle. Really pathetic. Expand It’s all about the money, for both the coaches and the players. Not only will Miller and his coaches get more, but I heard Xavier has an NIL budget of about $3.1Mil, while Texas is more like $12Mil. The whole thing is broken. I’m not sure if I’ve quit a team, or a sport. I used to go up for a game every year and travel top see them in the Tournament. I didn’t start back after Covid. It’s been going downhill for a while. This seems to be the last straw. . Edited March 24 by Augie Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted March 24 Author Posted March 24 On 3/24/2025 at 6:56 PM, Augie said: It’s all about the money, for both the coaches and the players. Not only will Miller and his coaches get more, but I heard Xavier has an NIL budget of about $3.1Mil, while Texas is more like $12Mil. The whole thing is broken. I’m not sure if I’ve quit a team, or a sport. I used to go up for a game every year and travel top see them in the Tournament. I didn’t start back after Covid. It’s been going downhill for a while. This seems to be the last straw. . Expand Yup, all about the money for coaches and players now, I guess. Just have to spend more and load your team up with 23-years old grad transfers now. No surprise that no mid majors made the sweet 16 this year. Quote
Augie Posted March 24 Posted March 24 On 3/24/2025 at 7:16 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said: Yup, all about the money for coaches and players now, I guess. Just have to spend more and load your team up with 23-years old grad transfers now. No surprise that no mid majors made the sweet 16 this year. Expand It’s gotten to where I can’t even keep up with the roster from year to year. My sister lives in Appleton, WI near Lawrence University. They enjoy going to those games, and I think I would too. Nobody thinks they’re going to the NBA, they just do it because they enjoy the game and they get an education. Like a better quality high school game. We spent 10+ years of our lives living in gyms between our two boys school, rec league and AAU teams. It just feels good and I enjoy a hot dog and a Diet Coke, my little tradition…..like I needed to get MORE hyped up! 😂 Quote
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted March 24 Author Posted March 24 On 3/24/2025 at 7:25 PM, Augie said: It’s gotten to where I can’t even keep up with the roster from year to year. My sister lives in Appleton, WI near Lawrence University. They enjoy going to those games, and I think I would too. Nobody thinks they’re going to the NBA, they just do it because they enjoy the game and they get an education. Like a better quality high school game. We spent 10+ years of our lives living in gyms between our two boys school, rec league and AAU teams. It just feels good and I enjoy a hot dog and a Diet Coke, my little tradition…..like I needed to get MORE hyped up! 😂 Expand i hear you. I have a buddy whose kids are all grown and he loves high school bball. Just goes to a bunch of different games all the time. Much more fun! 1 Quote
Augie Posted March 24 Posted March 24 On 3/24/2025 at 7:44 PM, Miyagi-Do Karate said: i hear you. I have a buddy whose kids are all grown and he loves high school bball. Just goes to a bunch of different games all the time. Much more fun! Expand We went to a private school near us once just to see a game, and it’s a lot different when you don’t have a kid out there. Completely angst free! It was supposed to be a varsity game, but we were pretty sure it was JV. We wanted to ask to verify, but we couldn’t. It was just going to be too awkward. “Really? This is really the Varsity team?” 😂 1 Quote
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