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As far as them being loud at games, that went out in 2003. Loud, rowdy and rude probably goes back to Hemisphere. Rowdy probably stopped when the ATT Center opened.
1. Does anyone know when the Baseline Bums went from a rowdy group of drunk, loud, rude fans who in the NBA of today would get kicked out and became this family fun group?
2. What are some good BB stories. Like throwing guacamole on Larry Brown's head.
As far as them being loud at games, that went out in 2003. Loud, rowdy and rude probably goes back to Hemisphere. Rowdy probably stopped when the ATT Center opened.
The baseline bums were not located behind the visitors bench. They were kinda on a diagonal corner of the baseline and on the next level up. They were cheap seats in the old days. And I thought Brown got the guac tossed on him as he wlked throug the tunnel.
What happened?
They grew up, got families, and simply got old.
Happens to the best of us.
I've never liked the idea that they are an exclusive group now. It's like you have to be an heir to the throne to get in.
Lots of misinformation out there about the Bums:
Such as the mistake in the book Loose Balls about Dancing Harry. Dancing Harry was NOT the big fat Mexican American guy who waved the Texas and Spurs flag. Harry was a slim 'cool' guy with a fedora hat who did cool dance steps up in the Bums location in the stands.
Pat Talman, the Spurs announcer dubbed him Dancing Harry and Harry sorta became a spot-lighted feature during timeouts and at half-time. He and his bride, another Bum, were married at half-court during half-time of a game. After marriage, Harry drifted away from the Bums for more mature life.
So much for the Dancing Harry story. I'll come back with more if there aren't any Bums on the forum. Don't want to step on their territory.
I'd like to be a part of the BB's.
There was the time Chris Mullin had just gotten out of the Betty Ford Clinic and Leon dressed as a giant beer. That was pretty funny.
That's George who always waved the Texas flag. He's a really cool guy and makes an incredible brisket.
They are still pretty loud, I sit in front of them and they bring bells and drums and other re ed things to make noise.
They are just an older group of people that had to move higher up due to the logistics of the new arena.
The seats at Hemisfair Arena were directly over the door to the opponent's locker room. There was a line of bleachers ahead of us and to the left, but no seats directly in front of our section.
The baseline bums have been a docile lot for a long time now.
At the bean pot (Hemisfair) in 1988 or 89, I got into an argument with one of the Baseline Bums after a Utah Jazz game. I saw several of them hanging over the tunnel waiting for Karl Malone to walk through and I thought they were going to heckle him like good bums should. Instead they held out papers for autographs and chatted happily with the evil one. I went over to their section and asked what the they were doing asking for that dip 's autograph. One of them explained to me that they appreciate all of the players, not just the Spurs.
Agree. It seems like a "who do you know" type thing now.
I always loved their chants, like:
m-i-c
k-e-y
O-U-S-O-B!!
I always envied those guys and wished I could've sat with them. They are an integral part of Spurs lore!
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.
I was wondering this exact same thing. They do seem to have been tamed. Maybe they are part of the organization now so they need to act like it maybe?
There is a lot of misinformation out there about the Bums in the early days.
For example, the item cited from Loose Balls is completely in error.
Dancin Harry WAS NOT the big fat Mex dude that waved the flag. Dancin' Harry was a slim cool dude who wore fedora hats and danced some cool 'vato' steps up in the section reserved for the Bums in the old Hemisphere Arena.
He was named Dancin Harry by Pat Talman, the Spurs Arena announcer who called on him to dance at time outs an half-times as part of the show. Dancing Harry and his bride, another Bum I believe, were married at half-time of an ABA game at half-court. After marriage, he and his wife settled down and left the Bums. Sic Semper Dancin' Harry
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My first Spurs experience was in 93 with the baseline bums. I still remember their chant to this day. "We don't want no mama, we don't want no referee"
Didn't they have a pinata resembling Karl Malone one time and he went off and smashed it? God I wish I was at that game. That would have been hilarous, especially since we were their es back then.
I wasn't a Bum but dated one of the members and participated in a lot of their activities over the early years.
The Bums' bus trips to Houston or Dallas for an away game were the stuff of legends. They always had a keg tapped and we were drunk by the time we arrived at the enemy arena. Somehow we always had pretty good seats together and you might say our cheering section stood out. There was this one guy with a air horn...
Went to a game with my wife last year and the announcer recognized the Baseline Bums. My wife who had not heard of this group before looked over to the section full of eldery women and said, "So what is the big deal with the Baseline Mums?"
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"
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 genized the character of the crowd.
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