The U Fan

So I went to some UM baseball games this weekend. It was a lot of fun to feel like part of the community. Strangers were giving high fives, people were cheering, overpriced food and beverages were being consumed...it was rather nice in all. Anyways, on Sunday's game we actually made it in time to sit in the regular general admission seats (as compared to Saturday's game when we foolishly arrived late and got to stand under a tree out by left field for the marathon 4+ hour game which I'm actually not complaining about as there was a nice breeze and the tree offered protection from the rain). I don't know if it's just Miami as I don't have a lot to compare to, but I feel like UM fans are particularly funny/mean to opposing teams. Yesterday had two prime examples.

So apparently on Friday (I wasn't there) one of the Arizona players hit a home run and I'm guessing the crowd started booing and so the AZ guy turns to the crowd and shooshes them. I guess he didn't know what kind of fans he was dealing with because for the rest of the tournament (Saturday and Sunday) whenever this guy went up to bat the crowd started making shooshing noises. They also shooshed him whenever he made a bad play on the field. It's all about the U.

The second one, which I found a bit mean but that's because I always feel sorry for people who get picked on without deserving it, involved AZ's catcher. He was very tall and very skinny. And his name was Dwight. So on Sunday, at this guy's first at bat, a fan runs down to the walk way at the stadium and holds up a sign that says "muscle milk" and the crowd starts chanting "muscle milk." This went on for the entire game, every time this kid was at bat. It was funny. But I also felt kind of bad for the kid. I mean his name is Dwight and he's tall and skinny. I doubt he needs a full stadium pointing that out.

So is this normal fan behavior? Maybe, but that is one of the fun things about experiencing the U.

And now the Canes are advancing to the College World Series, so C-A-N-E-S CANES!