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Is right for fans to boo athletes?
My latest column for The Oakland Press: http://bit.ly/hECIXl
posted by Pat Caputo at
11:08 PM
Monday, April 25, 2011
About Me
- Name: Pat Caputo
- Location: Pontiac, Michigan, United States
Pat Caputo is a sports columnist for The Oakland Press. Caputo covered the Tigers from 1986-98, and Lions from 1998-2002 for The Oakland Press before becoming a columnist. Caputo was raised in Birmingham and played baseball and football at Groves High School. His photograph playing high school sports appeared in The Oakland Press. He has won numerous writing awards, including first place in column writing from the Michigan Associated Press and the Michigan Press Association, and from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), and has won honors in four of the APSE's six national award categories. He has garnered top national honors for his column writing and sports writing from the Local Media Association. Caputo, who has resided in Oakland County since he was nine years old, currently lives in Lake Orion. Caputo has a radio show weeknights and weekends on 97.1 FM, The Ticket, which is the flagship station for the Tigers, Lions and Red Wings. He also appears regularly on FOX 2 television on "SportsWorks."
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1 Comments:
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I enjoyed this column very much. I don't personally boo - but going to a ball game wouldn't be the same without it.
I did once have the following experience ...
Every year - my lovely wife Darlene and I splurge on the "expensive seats" in the Tiger Den. We did so one Sunday a couple of years ago when the Yankers were in town. And Leyland had his Sunday lineup in.
The Yanks were just stringing hits and our boys were making errors and stinking up the joint. I stood up amidst the Den of Hoitie Toyties and yell "WAKE UP YOU BUMS!".
And I sat down.
The leers and looks I got were downright offensive.
And I didn't even call them "%#@*-#$%#$@ers".
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