Baseball Fans Nationwide Strike Tomorrow

[BobFinn*]

Join Us July 11, 2002

MLB FAN STRIKE is an organized group of Baseball Fans Nationwide who have come together to boycott Major League Baseball because of the continued threat of a Players Strike.

MLB FAN STRIKE is scheduled to take place on JULY 11, 2002, and is to include all scheduled games in all cities on that date. The purpose of the strike is to send a message to both the Players and the Owners that we are FED UP with the labor problems in Baseball! Empty stadiums on July 11 will send a very powerful message. Fans pay for the MLB! Don’t mess with us!

WHAT CAN YOU DO? As a Fan, we ask that on July 11, you unite with us and support the MLB FAN STRIKE:

Don’t go to any MLB games on July 11, 2002
Don’t watch ANY games on TV, or purchase any MLB Properties products
Don’t listen to ANY games on the radio.
Don’t use any MLB internet services, including listening to games via the internet.
Pass the word to your baseball friends



TOGETHER, we can make a difference!

http://mlbfanstrike.com/

[Raven Lunatic]

Originally posted by BobFinn*
TOGETHER, we can make a difference!



Somehow, I doubt we will...but I will participate anyway.

[Major]

Ummm, a one-day strike is not going to have ANY effect whatsoever. All it shows is that you were able to go one day without baseball but were more than willing to come back the very next day.

I think this is a badly thought out plan. :)

[Rocketman95]

I'll be watching. :rolleyes:

[Joe Joe]

One day is better than no day.

I will join the picket line. I will also strike a day for everyday the players strike.

And I thought this was for the allstar game......

[BobFinn*]

Originally posted by Major
Ummm, a one-day strike is not going to have ANY effect whatsoever. All it shows is that you were able to go one day without baseball but were more than willing to come back the very next day.

I think this is a badly thought out plan. :)

I agree. Maybe they should have had a plan like boycott the rest of the season. It probably won't be played to its conclusion anyway. The website was set up May 21, 2002. Not near enough time to spread the word enough to affect anything.

[Rocketman95]

What I want is for all these people who say that they'll never watch the game again to live up to their words.

I'll say it right now...if they strike, or the players get locked out, I'll be in front of the television the first game back.

[PhiSlammaJamma]

I'll even watch the replacement players. I'm no good to your cause.

[BobFinn*]

Originally posted by PhiSlammaJamma
I'll even watch the replacement players. I'm no good to your cause.

Maybe we could set up a "Replacement Players Fantasy League";)

[hoopgod13]

Sorry...can't do it. I love baseball regardless. Coupled with the fact that my friend got me dugout tickets to tomorrow's game...and i've only been to like 5 games in my life. :)

[Roc Paint]

"Power To The People" :cool:

[Joe Joe]

I'll watch replacement players. They wouldn't be the ones striking.

[Smokey]

I don't know a lot of baseball history, but I do remember the Astros calling up a replacement player named McMurtry or something. Teammates treated him like **** cause he was a scab. Is he available?

[B]

I won't watch a single game this week or buy any MLB products. I can't make any promises for Sunday or Monday of next week.

B

[MadMax]

i enjoy the game of baseball, pure and simple. if they trot it out and i have an opportunity to go, i'll buy a ticket. i can't deny the fact i love the game...i'll be back for more after the strike...no labor union or greedy owner can change how i feel about this game.

[R0ckets03]

To me baseball sucks anyways, so yeah I'll go along with the fan strike.

I tried watching baseball this year, but the regular seson is just so freakin boring. I still love the Yankees and I've seen some of their games. I just cant fathom the fact that there are a 162 freakin games. So if your team losses one day who the hell cares? I'll still be around for playoff and some Yankee trash talk though.

[MadMax]

Originally posted by R0ckets03
To me baseball sucks anyways, so yeah I'll go along with the fan strike.

I tried watching baseball this year, but the regular seson is just so freakin boring. I still love the Yankees and I've seen some of their games. I just cant fathom the fact that there are a 162 freakin games. So if your team losses one day who the hell cares? I'll still be around for playoff and some Yankee trash talk though.

the fact that the regular season has meaning is among the many reasons i like baseball...you only have 8/30 teams going to the playoffs...not 16/30 like in the NBA or NHL. getting to the playoffs is an honor in baseball...it's hardly that in basketball. we talk in basketball about the "real season" starting when the playoffs start...it's literally like a whole other season. not so in baseball...

[Trader_Jorge]

Well, it's raining pretty good now in downtown Houston. Maybe this will kill the walk-up crowd for the Astros game and make it look like the fans really are striking.

[BobFinn*]

This afternoon's game between Atlanta and Montreal (@ Montreal) had an attendance of 11,855.:(

Thats a sellout for the Expos isn't it?

Maybe the boycott is for games played in the USA only.

[gr8-1]

Can the players and owners sue the fans for collusion? I hope they don't strike. It would kill me, and they may lose me as a fan. Like they care.

[Rocketman95]

Astros game attendance was slightly above average.

[Rockets34Legend]

You know what's going to suck....it's going to be Deja Vu 1994....the strike happens and the Astros win the division w/ Berkman instead of Bagwell winning MVP.....the Astros always get SCREWED!!!

[Smokey]

I'd be lying if I said I haven't tuned into a game since the All-Star break.

I checked the score on the Astros game on Fri and Sat. Watched an inning or two.

I've been watching the Braves Expos series on TBS. Cordero just hit a grand slam. I haven't heard their stadium that loud...ever. Friday night the crowd gave Floyd a 2 minute standing ovation. Go 'xpos! I'm really happy for what's going on in Montreal with the fan excitement.

[Smokey]

btw, Erin Andrews is a hottie but sounds dumb :D

[hoopgod13]

Originally posted by nWo34Life
You know what's going to suck....it's going to be Deja Vu 1994....the strike happens and the Astros win the division w/ Berkman instead of Bagwell winning MVP.....the Astros always get SCREWED!!!

Actually, the Reds were beating the Astros when the strike happened....and Bagwell broke his hand right before the strike, too...

so for ASTROS fans...the strike was the bomb!...well Baggy wouldn't have won the MVP for sure if the season had finished.

[ElGrandeQueso]

You stupid nerd! Why don't you put your Chubaka suit back on and continue to speculate on a plot for Star Wars Episode 3 with the rest of your lowlife kind in a message board in the dark alleys of the internet.

[don grahamleone]

I know a thread is not going to make the difference, but I heard a minor league player on the radio describe a game that had attendence zero and how different the ballgame was. I wish players and owners could all hear that bit.

[TheReasonSF3]

I really couldn't care less if the players strike. In my opinion, baseball is a boring sport. I only like to go see maybe one game a year. I never watch baseball on tv. I will probably abide by that strike, not even on purpose, because I wouldn't go see or watch a baseball game that day. I never watch baseball. This time of year stinks, because it is the offseason for basketball and football. I can't wait until the Rockets opener.

[mrpaige]

Well, I've been participating in the baseball fan strike. I haven't watched a game all year. And I didn't watch any last year. I basically lost interest in 2000. I've stayed away, and I probably will continue to stay away (can't imagine any reason why I wouldn't).

Of course, I also haven't watched the NFL since the Oilers changed their name (I admit I did watch them when they were in Tennessee and were still the Oilers).

Perhaps I'm just not much of a sports fan of any kind anymore.