I am talking about every team, but mine is the Cleveland Indians.

While I am sitting on my couch, watching FOX in HD, I see these dummy's dressing up like Indians (where were they during the regular season?), corporate, hey look what my boss gave me, guys, and just flat out people who weren't paying attention all season until now. It makes me puke. All the real fans can't afford 300 bucks per ticket because all the dam ticket brokers buy up all the tickets.

The Jake can be SOOOOOOO loud and wild during the regular season while the REAL fans are there, but now, in the ALCS, the decibel level has dropped about 10dbl's. It just angers me that these douchebags get to go to the most important games and waive their little white towels around, which I also think is stupid, while I am sitting home, watching it on T.V. because I can't afford spending 1/4 of my bank account.

I'll try to settle down now, but are you with me on this!?

To "St. Louis Cardinals Fan" - So, you think it's pathetic, that's good. You think I am jealous. That's truth. You are also one of those front-running, bandwagon fans who roots for whoever is doing well. If you lived on the East Coast, I am sure it would either be the Yanks or Boston. So you are a fan of the Rockies, yet your name is St. Louis Cardinals fan? I guess I should have worded it differently, I don't "hate" them, but dislike is the term.

I totally agree with you, especially being a Colorado Rockies fan. I went to at least 12 games this year, including the entire Yankees series, the tiebreaker, and the day they clinched the NLDS. I live in Wyoming so that's saying something, and I even bought playoff tickets a week before they were even close to getting in so at least I got to go to one game. Now there's no way somebody like me can afford to go to the World Series because all the rich homo's get to go pretend they are fans. I wish they would have a system of tracking fan loyalty just like season ticket holders, and give them the option of buying playoff tickets early before the rich people and brokers can buy them all up and ruin the game.

I agree Many People BANDWAGON Fans when its all good were in the Playoffs and such , but when there going bad there no were to be found at least you know your not a Bandwagon fan

I know that why I hate stub hub and those other companies that are selling tickets for 10 time face value. Yea the towels are pretty dumb.

I agree with you.
I'd love to go to Boston tomorrow night for the game, but there's no way in hell I could afford that ticket. It sucks, but what can ya do? Make the best of it-I'm gonna head to the local sports bar and have some fun (my husband isn't a baseball fan so he sucks lol) and hang out with all the regular joes who are all season fans but can't afford to go, either.

Yeah...I know it sucks...I payed $300 each for my seats at the Red Sox game (good seats but still) ...I had to work overtime to pay for them....your best bet is to try and buy tickets early ...or become a season ticket holder...whatever tickets you don't use you could sell...not for $300 mind you..

I understand where you are coming from, but you don't have to Yell.

To many fairweather fans. I like it when they dress up like that but they should go to the games more often.

I am with ya! I just talked about this in a different post. How quiet fenway was when they were in extra innings. It was because there were people who really "don't follow the Sox 100% and their little bodies were cold. It was pathetic! Red Sox tickets during the season are way expensive with the scalpers. People who make a modest salary can't even go to a game. This crap about, put your email in for a chance to get tickets is crap as well. That is such a fraudulent system. The scalpers make out on it somehow. I have NEVER gotten a chance to get tickets that way. Who cares, I would rather be in a bar with my fellow "real" fans and drink some beers and yell and cheer after a Sox win than give my hard earned cash to the bloodsucking corprorate world of the MLB owners.

I agree that it's pathetic that people pay so much but you sound jealous of them. I mean, I'm jealous of the people who got to go to the NLCS games and I would have LOVED to be in Colorado to see the games but it doesn't mean that you have to start hating people and saying false things about them when you don't even know whether or not they are bandwagon fans or real fans. Yes there was probably some of each but come on, be realistic and don't get all mad about nothing.

Edit: And I'm also a fan of the Rockies, not someone who just likes them for the playoffs and then doesn't like them anymore after that. I followed them during the regular season and I'm a fan of them.

Sounds like a whole lot of jealousy going on
I am not a die hard fan but do follow all the games.
I am just as excited as the rest of the nation. that the RED SOCKS are still in. . I would be thrilled to death if I were to receive tickets to the game on
Saturday. Would I give up to a die hard fan?
Never. And neither would you.

The ones that get me are the celebrities...like jennifer lopez a couple of years ago with Ben affleck. I mean, really, she's a Yankee fan, isn't she? Why should celebrities get these tickets for free, or at least be able to afford to go when the rest of us can't? Plus, I only go to games with fans, not people who will go just because they have nothing else to do. I mean, really. Don't waste my time!!! I'm with you on this, Indians fan!!!

Preference goes to season ticket holders first, but after that there's not much more you can do because there will be fair weather fans that will bid up the price of the remaining tickets. Going to a playoff game is a story in itself so most of these people are paying for that story or the image that yeah they can afford to goto a playoff game. I think it's real sad from witnessing Colorado and how they can't fill the park when they have $1 tickets, but once they hit the playoffs, tickets aren't even available.

I have been a Yankee fan from age 8, the year I started little league & I live in Va & our team name was the Yankees & that's how I became a Yankee fan. I respect most fans for whatever team they root for but I don't like people who jump on team's bandwagon's whenever like you said, make the play-offs. I would like to see the Indians win the series because deep down their fans I think are the most loyal fans in all of baseball as well as the other sports teams in Cleveland

I hate fair-weather fans period, whether they're at a playoff game or at home on the couch. Lucky for me, I'm a Royals fan and since the weather here has basically been an F5 tornado for the better part of a decade we don't have any fair-weather fans right now.

Exactly! I hate it too! I've said I think, two other times on "answers", but I consider myself to be one of the biggest, if NOT the biggest Tribe fan ever. Until I got engaged, I was going to every single home game possible. Where were all the fans that are filling up the Jake now in the beginning/middle of the season. I HATE, HATE, HATE bandwagon fans! You better believe I'll start going again next year!

I wouldn't be quick to call people fair weather fans. You see they may have PRIORITIES like family, work, health, etc.

It doesn't mean they aren't fans they just may not have much time to spare.