Throw them out.
Since he uses his fingers to whistle, a ball peen hammer, properly applied, could do the trick without requiring any reconstructive surgery.AgFormerlyInIrving said:
Wish he'd take a foul ball in the jaw. Its not that I want him harmed. I just want him to lose the ability to whistle for the rest of his life.
Oh I thought he was particularly bad last night.Mark Fairchild said:
Okay, I am one of the biggest complainers on here about the Vandy whistler or whistlers, but I must say, he or they have been pretty discretionary so far. I am not going to say that I haven't heard them, but they haven't come close to their usual unbridled behavior. Maybe because I have been actively desiring Vanderbilt and the SEC to take it all. Will wait to see how crazy he or they get tonight to pass my final judgment. Come on Vandy, take it all tonight.
I'm right there with you.Wildmen03 said:
He is the sole reason I'm rooting for Michigan this year. My hate for the whistler outweighs my love for the SEC.
TWEET TWEET TWEETMark Fairchild said:
That's a shame, excellent baseball. I have muted in the past. Watch tonight, should be a heck of a game.
We do not do the Ball 5 chant throughout the entire game. If he kept it to situational parts of the game it would be OK but all game long is way way way too much. Last night it did not bother me at all, tonight he must have found crowd mic because his damn TWEET, TWEET, TWEET was impossible to ignore.milner79 said:
Love it!
Hey, I get annoyed by the Vandy whistlers, too. But that does not mean they should be banned from the game. What if some other fan base gets annoyed by the "Ball 5" chant? That going to be run out of the stadium, too? First Amendment covers whistling, too, as far as I can tell. Live with it.
And congratulations to Vandy. Solid program. Envious.
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First Amendment covers whistling, too, as far as I can tell.
Walt Luddiger said:
theres two of them
Yes, they should be banned, permanently. These guys do not need a second chance. And, no, there is zero First Amendment protection for this. The First Amendment protects speech, not behavior. You have no constitutional right to be a jackass.milner79 said:
Love it!
Hey, I get annoyed by the Vandy whistlers, too. But that does not mean they should be banned from the game. What if some other fan base gets annoyed by the "Ball 5" chant? That going to be run out of the stadium, too? First Amendment covers whistling, too, as far as I can tell. Live with it.
And congratulations to Vandy. Solid program. Envious.
Whistler(s) can easily be ignored on tv (I frequently turn off the sportscasters anyway), but not at the game and anyone intentionally setting people's teeth on edge should be stopped. My opinion: that greasy ******* you always see in the pictures looks like the archetype of the slimeball.Mark Fairchild said:
What I observed last night was a "divide and conquer" approach. There was a guy behind HP whistling and others in the stands that took turns doing the same things that the whistler does. No way you can monitor numerous fans and keep them from whistling. Really beyond annoying, but impossible to police. Hope it was only for last night, but I seriously doubt it, especially when they play at home.
Unlikely since they were here this season. It may be awhile also since we do not play everyone in the SEC East every year.AggieDad74 said:Walt Luddiger said:
theres two of them
And coming to visit Blue Bell in 2020!
Vandy crowds clap along with him. They may claim "We don't like him either!", but enough do to encourage him and go along with it. **** them.aggiedaddie said:Whistler(s) can easily be ignored on tv (I frequently turn off the sportscasters anyway), but not at the game and anyone intentionally setting people's teeth on edge should be stopped. My opinion: that greasy ******* you always see in the pictures looks like the archetype of the slimeball.Mark Fairchild said:
What I observed last night was a "divide and conquer" approach. There was a guy behind HP whistling and others in the stands that took turns doing the same things that the whistler does. No way you can monitor numerous fans and keep them from whistling. Really beyond annoying, but impossible to police. Hope it was only for last night, but I seriously doubt it, especially when they play at home.
He should be warned BY VANDERBILT to stop that stupid **** or be renounced by the school and banned. It's up to them, really. They could discourage this if they wanted to. It's irritating me that they aren't.
Obviously, I don't buy any of the slippery slope arguments. As long as you aren't the super sensitive whiny type complaining about everything, you should complain If someone behind you is being rude and obnoxious.
If the entire Vandy crowd starts tweet tweet tweeting, then the problem has become a team/school thing like the cowbells and it's too late. I doubt anything can be done at that point except avoid their games. Which would work, by the way. But that isn't what this is. This is a couple of a-holes ruining the game for a lot of people in a lot of places.