Astros Fans Classless?

I was in Houston last night for the game.

For the most part, most of their fans are lacking class! They heckled any and all Cardinals fans before, during, and after. I was cussed at more than a few times, and whatever, i can take it. What annoys me is when i'm being told F the Cardinals while there is a 7 or 8 year old there to witness it. Luckily for them, i'm not speaking of my 7 or 8 year old, or the loud mouth would quickly find out what a F-ing fist tasted like.

As for the booing of El hombre, well, it's a sign of fear and respect! Boo long and hard 'stros fans!  

And for the stadium atmosphere, i grade it at an F! I thought i was at a NBA game or a night club. No organ music, no baseball music, just generated beats and techno. It sucked!

The only good thing about it, the roof was open for the game.

The first and only game I have seen at the new park in Houston, I got the exact same treatment.  This was before the Pujols bomb, and still the fans were very rude.  I as well caught the F bomb from several of their fans.  I just am happy to be a part of a true fan base that appreciates good baseball.  Didn't we give Biggio a standing o at the final game last year. I was there and I stood along with everyone else and applauded him, his, career, and all of his accomplishments.   How many times in his career did he do damage to Cardinal pitching?  Bottom line is they are classless and bitter!!

I remember a couple years ago a division rival hit a career milestone HR (I'm pretty sure it was when Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 500th career HR) it was at St. Louis. Cardinal Nation gave him a standing O as he was rounding the bases! If he had hit it in Houston, he probably would have been booed!  

I know the traditional rivalry is with the Cubs, but I get just as much satisfaction from a "big red 'W'" over the Stros as anybody, and I HATE to lose to them.

I can see that to some extent, but you don't see Cardinal fans booing Lance Berkman, even though he always wears the Cards out.   

 A boo is never a sign of respect in and of itself, although there is an underlying message that says "great player".  

If you go to a game at Busch Stadium, it would not be a big suprise to hear the Cards' fans cheer an opposing player making a spectacular defensive play. How many times has that happened at Minute Maid Park?  

tomahawk hog,

Great topic  and great post!!! Here is my 2 cents worth. I would like for an Astros fan to name me one single time he has ever cheated against them and how he done it. The truth is they can't. I might could see fans boo a player for cheating against their team. But Sir Albert is a very fair and a bona fide gamer. Sir Albert is hands down the best thing to happen to MLB this decade and for many more to come. Oh yes, very well past his playing days. Sir Albert has been a bona fide God Send since players such as Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds still continue to cast a dark shadow over MLB. Sir Albert has tremendously helped brighten the light at the end of the tunnel of all this steroid and HGH mess. Sir Albert reminds me of the way the game used to be played back in the 1950's and 1960's.

To boo him just for helping his own team 2 years ago in the post season is rude, rediculous, obsurd and down right classless. There is absolutely nothing good in booing a player. Like one of you gentlemen said in your post the Cards fans stood and gave retiring Craig Biggio an ovation in his final game at Busch Stadium. How would Astros fans like it if instead of the standing ovation that Biggio deserved the Cards fans booed him???

My guess is they most likely would have given a care less. The Cards fans on the other hand have true compassion and are full of class. Makes me proud to be a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals.    68

They've been booing Pujols before the Lidge HR. I go to Cards-Stros games all the time, and for the most part, I would agree that they are amoungst the least knowledgeable fans in the National League. I have talked to a few very fair and knowledgeable fans at these games but as a whole, their class as a fan base at home games is pretty low, especially in the playoffs, when the fans who dont really understand whats happening show up to fill the seats.

If you wear your gear to another teams ballpark, expect boos! If you hit damaging homeruns against a team in the playoffs, expect boos at their park! I am OK with all of that, the boos mean you have crushed them in the past!

What I'm not OK with are the F-Bombs, and especially in front of the kids! Can't tollerate that!

Cards fans are different, and definately more knowledgeable than the average fan! Very respectful fans, makes me proud to wear the red!