Baseline Bums

on a similar note... who is that guy that has that weird ass laugh during an opponent's free throws? lol I've been hearing it for years... you know... that "aaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaaaa"

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Originally Posted by SpurNation

You didnt have to be a BB to be roudy back in the day. They got the media's attention...but many in the Hemisphere Arena were just as or even more rowdy than the Baseline Bums.

And correct...once the Alamodome opened...roudy was discouraged by the security staff which in turn probably was directed by heirarchy to start portraying the Spurs as more than just a local fan frenzy team and more as a legitiment franchise.

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I can see that. I went to games in Hemisphere and I swear it was rock concert loud. You couldn't hear yourself think. The Alamodome & SBC/ATT pretty much homogenized the character of the crowd.

There are great BB stories...This is my favorite one.....

One was where Kareem's house was burned in LA and runied his prized record collection
when the Lakers came to town that season the BB were waving burned records to Kareem at the FT line, and Jabaar, being Jabaar was pissed.

the arena days of the BB were the bomb....alot of the were "waved-off" the section when they moved to the dome....they could have been much like Cleveland's "Dog Pound" but like every Organization they (Bleep) things up for the causal die hard fan, they would have been a mainstay if they kept them in the same original section like the arena. But with "heckleing AKA... Security" laws the NBA has placed....it can never be the same...as in the early Spurs days of the ABA/NBA.

The Bums used to have a summer bar-b-q at a county park. The players and coaches were invited and a lot of them showed up. Even Larry Brown showed up at one to show that all was forgiven about the guacamole.

One of the highlights was a volley ball game with three players and three Bums mixed up among the two 6 man teams. It was all for fun but professional athletes are incredibly skilled and COMPETITIVE. AND BIG. It got awful crowded out there.

I remember playing at the net when Artis Gilmore went up for a slam, thinking, "I'm gonna die with a volleyball stuck down my throat."

The Bums are a bunch of washed out senior citizens and the Spurs/AT&T center need to stop glorifying them as they are no longer the true "Baseline Bums". They are now a bunch of pretenders riding off of the glory days. The Baseline Bums should be disbanded and forgotten.

They are like a bunch of Brett Favre wanna-be's. Everyone knows they should retire as they are no longer what they once where.

They sure aren't what they used to be.

During their salad days someone who wanted to be a Bum had to show up for some games in the Bums section and prove how loud and rambunctious a fan they were. They had to be voted in.

Spur FO Management is responsible for toning them down. They were threatened with loss of their perks (cheaper seats)/status/name if they didn't become nice little boys and girls. The league has gone 'model citizen' as well with stiff on court rules for players and off court standards. Too much money is at stake.

You'll never again see a full court fight like the one between the Nets and the Spurs with fans (predictably some of them Bums) joining in.