Top Ten Most Annoying Sports Fans
Written by B-Dub, Friday May 29 2009
These aren't the worst fans in sports, just the most universally annoying to the real fans out there. Or maybe these are just the fans that piss me off the most. I didn't include fringe sports, like Hockey, or non-team sports like Nascar or even sports that Americans don't give a rat's ass about like soccer. We're just talking about the big time sports fans here. In any event, here is my list of the Top Ten Most Annoying Sports Fans.
10. Los Angeles Lakers Fans
These fans are on this list for one reason and one reason alone. No it isn't because they worship that obnoxious jerk Kobe Bryant, it's all the celebrities who sit courtside. Look, Jack Nicholson is a great actor, but I don't need to see his grinning face a billion times a game when the Lakers are playing. Enough already, I get it. There are a lot of celebrities in LA.
9. New York Mets Fans
While I admire the passion of Mets fans, they make this list because they are also delusional. The Mets choke at the end of the 2007 season, so they sign Johan Santana in the offseason. The fanbase (obviously including all of the national media) proclaim that they will now win the World Series. They choke again at the end of the 2008 season, so they go out and rebuild their bullpen by getting JJ Putz and Francisco Rodriguez. Their fans (once again including the national media) declare that they will win the World Series. Enough already. How can you be so friggin obnoxious about your team when they have proven to be nothing but a bunch of heartless choke artists? Pipe down Mets fans. You look like idiots.
8. Chicago Cubs Fans
Again, Cubs fans are passionate, but the refuse to live in reality. It hasn't been 100 years since their last Championship because of a Curse. The team isn't winning because they just aren't good enough. To use some arbitrary "curse" as an excuse is nothing more than a "Loser's Lament". Cubs fans should be better than this, but apparently they aren't. Therefore, they belong on this list.
7. New York Yankee Fans
No, this isn't just an anti-New York thing. I just can't stand a fanbase that gives off such a sense of entitlement. The Yankees payroll is always the highest in baseball every single year. They have single players who make more than entire teams. They can and do sign whoever they want every offseason. Yet they haven't won anything in ten years. When this fact is brought up to the Yanks fans, they just start in with the "26 Championships" crap. Hey guys, not only should you have won that many Championships with an unlimited payroll and a team filled with Hall of Famers for decades, but you should have won more. MLB needs a salary cap just so that the Yankees can never win another Championship ever and these fans are forced to shut the hell up.
6. Los Angeles Dodgers Fans
They show up late, if they bother to show up at all. They leave early. They don't know anything about the sport or their team. And last year during the playoffs, numerous Phillies fans were threatened by gang-bangers in the stands. Dodger Stadium security's response was to remove the Phillies fans. I guess security was afraid to get killed by the Bloods & Crips too huh? I'm rooting for the next earthquake to take LA to the bottom of the Pacific.
5. Tamp Bay Rays Fans
At this time last year you couldn't find 20,000 Rays fans even in Tropicana Field during a Rays' home game. Hell their "fans" didn't even show up during their stretch run to the playoffs. Then when the fans finally did start showing up, I couldn't wait for them to go away. The worst offense? Those damn Cowbells. Look, I love the Saturday Night Live skit with Christopher Walken, "I've got a fever and the only prescription is more Cowbell". But seriously, that's just stupid. It has nothing to do with the team. And real fans don't need props like cowbells or those lame "thundersticks" to make noise. A real fan only needs two things, their lungs. And don't even get me started on the "Faux-Hawks". It's more like "Faux-Fans".
4. Florida Marlins Fans
This team has only been in existence since 1993, yet they have already won two World Series Championships. My Phillies have been around for more than 100 years and they only have two Championships. Yet, these "fans" never come out to support the Marlins. I understand that Florida is a place with lots of people from other cities. I even understand that ownership has been cheap and completely dismantled both World Series Championship rosters immediately. But that's no excuse for having almost no fanbase whatsoever. The simple fact is that baseball doesn't work in Florida and both teams should be relocated or contracted. It would actually take these "fans" a year or two to figure out their team is even gone.
3. Boston Red Sox Fans
I know they're passionate, but they're also insufferable Jackasses. It is Wicked Hahd not to be annoyed by these fans. They were tolerable before they won their first Championship, but winning removed their underdog label. What they were left with was a bunch of deranged lunatics. I would also like to point out that the two Red Sox teams that won the World Series had the two highest payrolls of any team to ever win the Championship. That kinda makes their railing against the Yankees "Evil Empire" spending money a little hypocritical don't you think? These fans are so bad they have poisoned the Patriots fans (who just missed the cut here). At every Patriots Super Bowl Parade, these Dilweeds chanted "Yankees Suck". While I agree with that statement, it just cements this fanbase's place on this list.
2. Notre Dame Fighting Irish Fans
The only college fans on this list earned their place. I'm not sure why every person of Irish decent is automatically ordained to be a Notre Dame fan, but they are. You ask one of these fans why they are Notre Dame fans and they will tell you "Because I'm Irish". I respond that they're also an Asshole, but that doesn't seem to faze them. These fans are completely delusional with regard to their team. They always think they will win it all. They always have the Heisman Trophy winner. They always think they are the best at everything. They even have their own network contract for football games. Now that is arrogant. The fact is they haven't won a National Championship since 1988. Until the 2008 Hawaii Bowl, they hadn't even won a Bowl game since the 1993 Cotton Bowl. I was even at Notre Dame back in 1990 (my senior year at Penn State) to watch my Nittany Lions defeat the then #1 Irish on a last second Craig Fayak FG. It is also the lamest college campus on the planet. There is only one stinkin bar there. ONE. That fact alone should get Notre Dame on this list, but their moronic fans are second only to one.
1. Dallas Cowboys Fans
As if there was any doubt. First of all I am talking mostly about all the Cowboy fans around the country who are not from Texas and have never been to a home Cowboys game. The actual season ticket-holders who are the "real" fans are a lame bunch themselves, but at least they have a real claim to being a fan of the team. No the annoying ones are the "Faux fans". These frauds are the worst kind of scum on the planet. They are loud, obnoxious idiots who normally have no idea who is even currently on the team. They became fans when the team was winning because they were complete Losers in life. They are everywhere when the team is winning, but you can't ever find them when the team is losing. All they ever say is "Five Super Bowl Trophies". To that I say, none since the 1995 season. As a matter of fact the Cowboys haven't even won a playoff game since 1996. And the next playoff game current QB Tony Romo wins will be his first. The most annoying thing about these Douchebags is the whole "America's Team" crap. That moniker alone puts this fanbase as the #1 most annoying sports fans.
Think there is another team or two that should have been on this list? Think your team was unfairly included on this list? Think my Eagles have the most annoying fans? Well let me hear it. You would all be wrong, but I'm willing to take the time to educate you.
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Hey Benn, maybe you missed it since the national media completely ignored it, but LA Lakers fans threw all sorts of crap on the court when their team didn't win on Christmas Day. To make matters worse, Lakers coach Phil Jackson excused it because of bad officiating. What a Douchebag he is. And what a bunch of hypocrites the national media are for not covering this story. If it happened in Philly it would have been the lead story on every network. Just trying to point out the bias and keep you informed Benn.
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Maybe the Laker fans should move up this list now that 8 police officers were injured during the celebration after the Lakers won the NBA Championship. By the way, that's eight more cops injured than when the Philadelphia Phillies won the World Series, since NO cops were injured by Philly fans. So much for our bad reputation huh?
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See, JimZ gets it. If thletes don't perform, Philly fans will Boo. All we ask for is an honest effort. Well that and some friggin wins.
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Gator, SI is a complete rag written by morons who don't have a frigging clue. I canceled my subscription in 2003 after their NFL Preview stated that Andy Reid would commit to running the ball since he was an ex-offensive lineman in college. Uh, Andy Reid has always been a pass first, second, third, fourth, every down coach. He never ran the damn ball and for Peter King to make such an obvious mistake was inexcusable. As a matter of fact, Andy Reid has thrown the ball more than any other team in the NFL during his decade running (pun intended) the team. How's THAT for backing up my argument with facts? As for McNabb, he is the biggest whining baby I have ever encountered. He holds grudges and pouts when thing don't go his way. The rest of the athletes in Philly love the fans. McNabb is the only exception and that's because he's too sensitive. Whatever he says should be taken with a grain of salt. Plus, Michael Irvin was and is a scumbag of a human being. Have you forgotten about him threatening a couple of hookers with a gun while holding a dinner plate full of cocaine in a hotel room?
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Uh, Bama, what the heck are you talking about? If the Sports God hated Philly so much then why are the Philadelphia Phillies the reigning World F#cking Champions? MC Homer, yes we Booed Rollins because what he said was completely wrong. He admitted it, his teammates said it, his own manager and GM said he was wrong. I do believe a few months later, he was cheered on the stage after the Championship parade.
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I can't believe Gator and Bama are still trying to debate B-Dub. Philly fans are the most passionate fans in sports. We live and die by our teams. We expect them to perform. If they don't they will hear about it. This article definite struck a cord. Great job again, B-Bud.
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Here are some excerpts from an article published in Sports Illustrated in 1999 following the cheering of Michael Irvin's injury. If this doesn't sum it up, then you can't see the forest for the trees.### From your own mayor, "This, in terms of bad taste, was as bad as it gets," said Mayor Edward Rendell, an avid sports fan.### From Donovan McNabb: "I couldn't believe they cheered when Michael Irvin got hurt," said Donovan McNabb, the team's No. 1 pick who was nearly booed off the stage by Eagles fans attending the draft. "You don't know what to expect from them."### From a 78-year-old fan who insisted on not giving his name. "I don't want my name to go on anything that has to do with this city, the way these people act." ### Here is the link to the article: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/1999/10/11/philly_fans_ap/ ### SI, as you know is an internationally known sports publication and it is reliable. I'd take this article into any debate about Philly fans and I know it would serve well. Haven't you ever noticed the only people who think Philly fans aren't annoying/obnoxious are Philly fans themselves. What happened, you guys break all the mirrors in your city during fits of rage? The rest of the country knows it, but you can't accept it. Yes, we know you're passionate. That's great. But other cities have things to do aside from sports. Not everyone's life revolves around sports. Because yours does, that doesn't mean your fanbase in Philly is not annoying. It sure as hell is.
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Dub Dub, no one ever goes to Dodger games, at least not when they are playing anyone other than the Giants and even then, not until the third or fourth inning, so that's no surprise. As for the Padres, congrats on beating a terrible team (but my Giants or 0-6 at Petco this year, bastards!) I only have one specific reason why I think Philly fans are annoying. I think it was last year (or the year before), when Philly nation booed him relentlessly after he gave an honest answer when asked what he thought about his hometown fans. I believe "fair-weather" were his words. Boy, you guys sure didn't take a liking to that little bit of truth. I'm not saying Philly fans are dumb or don't care, because they obviously have way more passion than those suck @$$ teams down in SoCal, but to boo an ex-MVP, and one of your top 3 players, maybe top 2, for being honest is a little "annoying" to me. As for the Dodgers, does anyone actually think they can keep playing the level of baseball they have been for the entire season? They are/were playing out of their minds, time to come back to planet Earth, and when they do, my Giants will be there to pounce. Haha, good one, huh?
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Dub you just can't admit to being wrong and my friend knows as much about Philly sports as you do and quite frankly I admire her for ADMITTING you guys are bad. I would say annoying would be whinning when you win (which is rarely) and whinning all the time when you lose. Maybe the Sports God has punished your city for years because it seems at times Philly fans can't and don't appreciate their teams even when they do well.
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Hey MC Homer, my Phillies are out on the West Coast and after sweeping the Padres in front of an almost empty stdium, Cole Hamels dominated the Dodgers in front of yet another sparse crowd. See, nobody in California cares. You must be an outcast for actually giving a damn about sports.
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MC Homer and Gator, I ask you again to give me one single example of Philly fans' bad behavior that has happened in teh last TWENTY YEARS. The Santa Claus thing was 40 years ago. A dozen guys Booed McNabb at the draft and it's never forgotten, but the fact that every single draft pick the Jets have ever made is conveniently ignored. I back up all my articles with facts and did so here. The point of the article was OPINION though. That's what we're asked to do here, give our opinion. I do that VERY well as evidenced by the responses I get. You guys keep writing and commenting and I'll do the same. By the way Gator, unlike 99.9% of the people who write on the web, I actually understand the English language.
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Oh Dubizzle, you're more than welcome to give my perfectly logical reasons a score of zero, but only giving yourself one point is an injustice. You deserve at least 452, after all, nothing you say is wrong, right? Hey, if the majority of American sports fans found my SF Giants annoying, like they do Philly fans, I'd stick up for them too (with total disregard for reality, of course), but since they didn't make your list, or Nolan's, I've sunk to the unbelievably low depths of accusing Philly fans of being annoying, how dare I! I give you all the credit in the world for writing an article that has gotten so many resposes though. That is the ultimate compliment to one's work. Good, bad, or indifferent, ANY reaction is what every writer should strive for.
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Rational people base their opinions on facts and can then back them up in a debate or a discussion. Irrational people make statistics up and ignore what others, close to the scene, tell them is factual. Clearly Mr. Dub, you are having a hell of a time discerning what is real and what is made up. Have your opinions all you want, I bet we agree on a lot of things, but when you spew these things out and their based on nothing but feeling with no facts, they simply don't hold water and yes, people will call you on it. People have called you on it all week, yet you insist you are right. It's not a matter of right or wrong here, it's a matter of having a foundation for the basis of your opinion. In most cases in your "article", you lack a basis for your opinions. If this article were submitted in a high school English class, it would fail because people expect an author to back his opinions up with facts. It's called reaching a conclusion via factual evidence. You have some facts in your original post, and some in subsequent replies, but your overall tone and message come across a lot like the very thing you bitch about with Yankees and Cowboys fans. They immediately invoke the number of championships and you immediately invoke things like, they're annoying fans because they don't know the team exists or some horse crap like that. I'm done on this one. Go check your scoreboard or whatever it is you do next. By the way, if you make it down to St. Pete for the Rays/Phillies series have a good time. If not, well good luck to your team, they are playing well. And oh, I do not consider myself some high and mighty intellectual who is better than the rest of the people here. I take that as a compliment actually but I enjoy reading what others have to say. It's not a matter of me being better than anyone here. Have a good weekend, enjoy the games.
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MC Homer and Gator, Annoying is different and not having any real fans of a team IS annoying. It's annoying to the REAL fans like all of us who write and read the things on this website. Bandwagon fans are all Douchebags. I understand why there are so many in Florida, but that doesn't make them any less annoying. Especially those damn cowbells. At last count I believe the official number of verified "real" fans of sports in LA was 4. That explains why there is no NFL team in LA. They don't care and I find that annoying. It's my opinion and I'm entitled to it. And you are all entitled to tell me I'm wrong. You would be the ones who were actually wrong, but who's keeping track. (Scorecard: B-Dub 1, MC Homer 0 and GatorSphere 0)
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Don't look now Gator, but you just agreed with me regarding baseball fans in the state of Florida. I knew I'd convince you sooner or later. But did you really accuse ME of name calling before? I believe you just called Philly fans "a fanbase of white trash, uneducated A holes. That's not very nice. And here you're trying to portray yourself as some high and mighty intellectual who's better than the rest of us. Oh well.
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Too many comments here...I left mine under "Ten Most Annoying Sports Fans Part II"
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Get 'em MC!
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Dubinski, to me, obnoxious = annoying, so does being an asshole. You think 'zero fans' = annoying. You also think 'not caring' = annoying. That word can be interpreted numerous ways, not just the ways you choose to define it. The definition says 'causing irritation'. Can you please explain how it is comparing apples to oranges? Seriously, I really would like to know your explanation, you might have a good one that I am just not seeing.
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"You can't find a friggin fan of baseball in the state of Florida, which then makes them annoying." If there aren't any "friggin" fans in Florida, how can they be annoying? It's like trying to divide by zero or, in your case, having your cake and eating it too. If there are no fans, they can't be annoying, can they? Something that doesn't exist can't have that quality. But there are fans here, most of them are transplants from the north and midwest who only go to games (I'm only talking Rays, not Marlins as I don't live there and don't know what their story is) when their "home team" is in town. As for the cowbells you referred to, I agree. I have never taken one to a game and won't. But it was the new owner, Stuart Sternberg, who loves the SNL skit so they played it on the jumbotron or whatever it's called now and the management started the whole deal with cowbells. Some fans need something like that to get into a game. Why? Beats me but they do. Is it annoying, yeah to a point. In regard to having bandwagon fans in Tampa Bay, if the team is still relatively young and until last year, was a dud and a losing franchise, you have to build a fanbaseb. Of course there are going to be bandwagon fans. The Rays haven't been around for generations. It takes time. But people like you are so quick to dismiss the fanbase. Were they there last year all year long? No, not really. Why? Again, most of the people in our market moved here from up north and they are loyal to whomever it was they were growing up with...for GENERATIONS. It takes time in a place like this. Me? I've been going to games since the team started in '98 when I didn't even live in the area. I don't ring cowbells, didn't get a Ray hawk or any of the other sort. For those who did, good for them, it was the first time we had some excitement around here so late in the summer and early fall. Rather be known for having a bandwagon fanbase than a fanbase of white trash, uneducated "A holes" as you call your own people. The rest of the country knows all about Philly fan and no amount of writing on this Web site or any other is going to change that. You don't get the reputation Philly has overnight, it's earned and takes a long time to change. The rest of the US knows Philly fans are obnoxious enough to qualify the whole lot as garbage. Peace.
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MC Homer, we're comparing apples and oranges here. This list is of the most ANNOYING fans. Philly fans would belong more on an Obnoxious or A-Hole list. See the difference?