tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930474236639439381.post2918065197608374407..comments2024-03-03T07:30:42.721-05:00Comments on Section 36: What’s with the crowd?Section 36http://www.blogger.com/profile/18194098940017348361noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930474236639439381.post-12230989597561747492010-03-10T11:08:49.456-05:002010-03-10T11:08:49.456-05:00Ha, I had seen your original post about the Topps ...Ha, I had seen your original post about the Topps set, and was psyched when I then got this very card in my 2nd pack! Only my version was the gold, #364/2010 or something. <br /><br />I have also thought about the crowd in this shot, and while I of course am on the side of "the real people" who don't get to sit in the field boxes, I will defend these 25 people by saying this:<br /><br />1. I don't think it's warmups--there's no way everyone would be seated and focused on the play if it were.<br /><br />2. Think about what happens when you're watching a play--grounder to third, You gets it and quickly throws. At this point, you wouldn't be standing up or clapping. You'd be focused on him (which they all are), then as the throw is going across and you realize they may have a shot at the out on a fine play, you'd probably start leaning in.... and only after the call is made would you have an outward, visible reaction.<br /><br />Now granted, front row kid can suck my ass. Chin should be off fist by this point. And if Youk really did make a great sttop on this ball before throwing, you'd think there'd be an open mouth at least. But I'd really have to see the next 3-5 seconds to judge most of these people. Even when you see a shot of, say, Ortiz post-swing and looking out toward the outfield, the crowd will still be seated, just kind of gazing out. <br /><br />Then again, there are so many people who cheer wildly on any hit ball by the Red Sox, thinking every batted ball is a 500-foot HR. They never learn. But my point is, even those people would appear motionless if you saw them at the moment of the batted ball, based on natural human reaction time. <br /><br />Final note: Unless we can figure out which play this is, we really don't know what's going on--it could be the middle of a 6-run inning, we just made two errors, and now Youk bobbled a ball and instead of eating it, is making an unwarranted throw to first way too late. <br /><br />Just my opinion. I like blog entries like these...and your "I Scored" series. Nice work.Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930474236639439381.post-80788203977856922352010-03-05T12:58:55.619-05:002010-03-05T12:58:55.619-05:00I promise, that when I was in the front row, I wat...I promise, that when I was in the front row, I watched every warm up toss...unless I was talking to the umpire.Section 36https://www.blogger.com/profile/18194098940017348361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930474236639439381.post-45393804576368372532010-03-04T20:22:27.096-05:002010-03-04T20:22:27.096-05:00See, once again all the good seats are always give...See, once again all the good seats are always given to the wrong people.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505376459281749466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930474236639439381.post-36127312575008058102010-03-04T18:34:48.427-05:002010-03-04T18:34:48.427-05:00LOL! Hysterical post!LOL! Hysterical post!Field of Cardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627747756866557026noreply@blogger.com