Re(1): Question of the Week #198 - Are you always polite as a spectator?
Posted on May 29, 2007 at 01:03:35 PM by Jim

For the 1st perhaps 10 years, I went to jai alai often and hardly yelled, except "Come on (player)!)"...as in I wanted that player to win the point or game. Then when the strike hit, and the new breed of players came in, that's when it changed, and my comments were bad...never cussing, racial...no way, but I'd yell a lot at the players for trying such dumb things or missing basic shots...perhaps because I'd never really seen much of that beforehand. I continued like this for probably for a few more years. Now my comments are so much less, and usually, in my opinion, correct, like when so and so goes for broke and loses or when so and so constantly tips serves, etc. The bad plays, yes I will comment on sometimes. Likewise, I love to holler out "great catch, so and so!!" I did notice fans at Orlando are dramatically much more boisterous, in a fun way, then Ocala fans...so quiet there! (Except Wednesday nights...ha ha!)

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