Baseball Hecklers Hall of Fame

Oversized Glove a Big Hit

Caught on Film

A good rule of thumb is that if you are over 9 years old, leave the glove at home. But this fan and his comically oversized mitt were a big hit. When Clint Barmes hit a popup foul ball this guy turned the tables on any ridiculers. So if you are over 9, and still [...]

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Giant Head Craze

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The Giant Head craze has been growing since 2002, when Conor Mongan brought the idea to fellow Aztec fans at San Diego State. His first “Giant Head” was featured Michael Jackson and it was so successful in distracting the first free throw shooter that he missed both shots. Other early heads included Gene Simmons, Siegfried [...]

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The Big A

Fans/Mascots

How big a fan do you need to be in order to create a logo costume (logotume?) and then actually wear it? We’re not sure how to answer that question but if you are visiting Oaklands home park this year you can ask ‘The Big A’ yourself. You will have a hard time missing this [...]

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Fake Umps

Fans/Mascots

Dressed in official gear, right down to their masks, Tim Williams and Joe Farrell sat in the first row behind home plate during the 2009 season and mimicked the calls of the working umpire. Quickly developing a cult following in their native Toronto, the duo took their show on the road with stops at various [...]

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Fan Signs Seen at Ballpark

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Gone With The Win (Yankees/Braves gm 6 96 World Series. Yankees up 3 games to 2. Sign in Yankee Stadium reads. ) Thome is my homey There’s no “A” in sellout! (In reference to Jason Giambi’s return to Oakland in 2002) J.T. Snow: The fallen Angel (seen at Game 2 2002WS in Anaheim) Smoke-It Salmon [...]

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Rally Monkey

Fans/Mascots

The Rally Monkey has become a major cult figure in baseball. He lives on the scoreboard video screen of Anaheim’s Edison Field and appears at just the right moments, jumping up and down, inciting Angels fans everywhere to immediately go ape. Besides being a regular on “Baseball Tonight,” he’s grown to become such a staple [...]

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Heckles/Chants

Hall of Fame

“Sa-winggggbattabattabatta” Made famous in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off “No Batter..No Batter..No Batter..Can’t hit Can’t run Can’t field!” “Daaaaaaa-rylllllll” Originated in Boston during 1986 WS. “We’re not worthy!” This bowing craze can trace its modern roots back to SNL’s Wayne’s World Tweet

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Bill Buckner

Hall of Fame

On Oct. 25, 1986, the Red Sox, ahead 3-2 in games, had a 5-3 lead over the Mets with two outs in the 10th inning and no-one on. Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez was already in the clubhouse, drowning his sorrows in a beer. The Shea Stadium scoreboard prematurely flashed its congratulations to the “World [...]

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Ron Luciano

Hall of Fame

The flamboyant ump was one of the most popular men to ever put on the Blue Tuxedo. Often the crowd would mimic his calls, all waving their arms in unison, and echoing his cry of YER OOOOUUUUT! Another trademark of his was his OUT call on the basepaths. Pointing at the baserunner with his index [...]

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Hilda Chester

Fans/Mascots

Perhaps the most famous fan in baseball history was a plump, pink-faced woman with a mop of stringy grey hair. Famous among Ebbets Field regulars, she would attend games with a frying pan and an iron ladle. Banging away on the frying pan from her seat in the bleachers, she made so much noise that [...]

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Robert S. Szasz

Fans/Mascots

For years Rob was the resident heckler at quiet Tropicana Field with the voice of a thundering locomotive. If you’ve ever been to a Tampa Bay Devil Rays game, watched one on television, or even held a seashell to your ear on the beach, you’ve probably heard him heckle opposing players from his seat behind [...]

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Pete Adelis

Fans/Mascots

Mr. Adelis was once affectionately known as the “Iron Lung of Shibe Park” being withouth question the dominant heckler in Philadelphia, a city still known for rowdy fans. Unfortunately, his heckling often had a nasty side. In 1942 Pete was put on the Phillies payroll and given instructions to hound Jackie Robinson, and any other [...]

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Doris Day

Fans/Mascots

In the 1962 movie entitled “That Touch of Mink.” which featured special appearances by Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and Yogi Berra, Doris is sitting in the Yankee Dougout watching a game. She hollers the classic line: “Hey ump, shake your head. Your eyeballs are stuck.” Listen to the clip Tweet

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Bleacher Creatures

Fans/Mascots

The Creatures are the crazy, wild, loud, rude, and foul mannered Yankee fans who regularly sit in section 203 of the new Yankee Stadium. The group traces its roots back to Ali Ramirez who made the right field bleachers famous by ringing a cowbell as the crowd clapped along. Today, this group is made up [...]

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The Wave

Fans/Mascots

The most reliable story has the Wave traced back to the University of Washingtons Husky Stadium. It was October 31, 1981 when a male cheerleader was on the sidelines and instructed the Washington crowd to start in one section and make a human wave that rolled around Husky Stadium. The original Wave saw Husky fans [...]

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