Oh my god, what a non story, lol. Brutal. It's a player asking for fans to be loud and some lame die hards taking exception. This is such a new age, social media story.
Find a smattering of people that don't like something and blow it up into a major story. I hate that stuff so much. We need to be better than this as social media takes over proper discourse and reporting.
Lazy.
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First baseman Brandon Belt urged fans to make noise at Rogers Centre, with the team on the brink of clinching a playoff berth in the last week of the season.
“We need the fans to be loud. These are important games for us,” Belt said before Wednesday’s game, Sportsnet’s Hazel Mae reported.
Belt’s request was reminiscent of 1992 when Dave Winfield urged the home crowd to make some noise, to “push the team forward instead of waiting for the action and then responding.” It worked, the dome was rocking every night and the Jays ended up winning the World Series.
This time, the plea didn’t go over well with parts of the fan base.
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