SportsDiva72
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You're on a 30 Plus Teams Tour with either your girlfriends, the guys, family members or just little old you.
You're finally going to see a baseball,hockey, football,or basketball game in person.
You may not be a fan of the team that you're going to see or you might be one of their biggest fans ever, but you've never seen a game in person.
To say that you're so excited because this is the first time you've seen your favorite team play in person, whether it's on the road, or in person, would be a understatement.
You aren't watching a game on TV or listening to it on the radio, nor are you watching it on your cell phone or tablet.
When you do finally get to go, how do you conduct yourself?
That's where the Sports Diva comes in.
I'm going to give you some tips.
You can take them as serious talk or take them with a grain of salt.
Let me say, though, I'm talking about games in the United States and Canada, but these tips may apply to you no matter if you're at a Rugby match between Australia and New Zealand, a soccer/football match between Arsenal and Chelsea, a cricket match between India and Pakistan,a baseball game between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, or even a basketball game between France and Serbia, the feeling is the same no matter where you see a game in person for the first time.
You will be excited to the first moment you walk into the stadium or arena.
First and foremost, please be yourself no matter how excited you might be.
Cheer loudly for your team, but don't act the fool and get yourself thrown out.
Have that glass of wine at the game if you want to even though your friends are guzzling down the Budweisers and Coronas like the stadium's beer supply is going to run out before the game is over.
If you're a fan of the team that you're going to see, by all means, wear those team colors and your favorite players' number proudly.
You're aware that hardly ANYONE goes to St. Petersburg,Florida to see a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game, but that is YOUR FAVORITE BASEBALL TEAM and you're here to see them play for the first time in person at whatever the stadium is calling itself now.
You just know that you're there to have a good time, win, lose or tie.
You're in the place that you only heard about from people who have been there or seen on TV.
While you're at a game if you want to take those selfies at a Philadelphia Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park, go ahead, it's your first time there in person.
Please though, don't overdo it with the selfies and take them the entire game.
You're going to miss all the action that's going on in front of you.
You're going to miss some great catches, and excellent pitching by someone in the red and white of the Phillies.
It's your first game in person, do you really want to miss out seeing the Phillies beat the team that you really can't stand, the Atlanta Braves?
Leave that hot Brazilian model look that you're trying to achieve on your phone to those real Brazilian models or to the Kardashians.
You aren't at the game to be seen, besides it's Philadelphia, not Los Angeles, ain't nobody got time for that.
Most importantly, don't get into an argument with some of the fans if it's your first time there.
You might be the biggest Buffalo Bills football fan, but dare I say it?
Act like you've been there before even if you haven't.
Now what if it's your first time in a city, you're going to a game and you really don't know anything about the sport, let alone some of the players.
Not a problem, just take in all the craziness that's going on.
You'll definitely get your money's worth if it's a game between two rival teams.
The players don't like each other, let alone their fans.
No matter what the sport, the "hate" is real .
If you're from another country visiting for the first time, do what the guide books say.
Go to a sporting event and soak up the atmosphere.
Get excited with the soccer/football fans of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich or the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Sing along with the Chicago Black Hawks hockey fans to "Chelsea Dagger", when the team scores a goal.
Do something called "The Roll Call" with other New York Yankees baseball fans who sit in the bleachers section of Yankee Stadium.
You can even sing "Sweet Caroline" at a Boston Red Sox baseball game if you want to.
This is a way to make new friends, and you don't even have to know the sport.
Fans will be more than happy to explain what's going on, who are the players to cheer for, and especially the players you should be booing.
You might even become a fan of the sport or player by the end of the evening.
Take in the pregame entertainment, whether it be the cheerleaders or the team mascot.
Dance in your seat to the music being played at the arena.
Wave those pom poms or "Terrible Towels" just like the other fans do and hold up that foam finger with the team name on it just like you see the other fans doing.
If there's a "T-shirt Toss", where they give away shirts with the team's name on it, be like the home crowd, wave your arms, and get loud because you want a T-shirt too.
Sing along to "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" at a Baltimore Orioles baseball game or jump up and down to the song "Jump Around" at a Vegas Golden Knights or Montreal Canadiens hockey game.
Do whatever because it's your first time in person and you're there to have fun.
Now let's say in the midst of all of this, you're bored out of you mind.
Sorry not sorry, that's your fault, boo.
Don't go. Save that money and stay in your hotel, hostel or Air B N B next time.
One final important tip.
If the fans start singing songs about the opposing team, just listen.
Don't go on the field of a baseball game because some other fool who has had one too many Sam Adam's beers, decides to do it.
You'll get escorted out the arena. It's not worth it
What you should NOT do is start chanting about a players, referees, or umpires ethnicity and it DOESN'T matter if it's your first time in Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles, Key Bank Arena in Buffalo, TD Gardens in Boston, a WNBA game in Connecticut or even a soccer match in Manchester or Mexico City, there's NO place for that no matter what the sport is.
It might be your first time seeing a game in person, but that just shows one thing.
How really ignorant you are and there's no place in sports for that.
You're finally going to see a baseball,hockey, football,or basketball game in person.
You may not be a fan of the team that you're going to see or you might be one of their biggest fans ever, but you've never seen a game in person.
To say that you're so excited because this is the first time you've seen your favorite team play in person, whether it's on the road, or in person, would be a understatement.
You aren't watching a game on TV or listening to it on the radio, nor are you watching it on your cell phone or tablet.
When you do finally get to go, how do you conduct yourself?
That's where the Sports Diva comes in.
I'm going to give you some tips.
You can take them as serious talk or take them with a grain of salt.
Let me say, though, I'm talking about games in the United States and Canada, but these tips may apply to you no matter if you're at a Rugby match between Australia and New Zealand, a soccer/football match between Arsenal and Chelsea, a cricket match between India and Pakistan,a baseball game between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, or even a basketball game between France and Serbia, the feeling is the same no matter where you see a game in person for the first time.
You will be excited to the first moment you walk into the stadium or arena.
First and foremost, please be yourself no matter how excited you might be.
Cheer loudly for your team, but don't act the fool and get yourself thrown out.
Have that glass of wine at the game if you want to even though your friends are guzzling down the Budweisers and Coronas like the stadium's beer supply is going to run out before the game is over.
If you're a fan of the team that you're going to see, by all means, wear those team colors and your favorite players' number proudly.
You're aware that hardly ANYONE goes to St. Petersburg,Florida to see a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game, but that is YOUR FAVORITE BASEBALL TEAM and you're here to see them play for the first time in person at whatever the stadium is calling itself now.
You just know that you're there to have a good time, win, lose or tie.
You're in the place that you only heard about from people who have been there or seen on TV.
While you're at a game if you want to take those selfies at a Philadelphia Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park, go ahead, it's your first time there in person.
Please though, don't overdo it with the selfies and take them the entire game.
You're going to miss all the action that's going on in front of you.
You're going to miss some great catches, and excellent pitching by someone in the red and white of the Phillies.
It's your first game in person, do you really want to miss out seeing the Phillies beat the team that you really can't stand, the Atlanta Braves?
Leave that hot Brazilian model look that you're trying to achieve on your phone to those real Brazilian models or to the Kardashians.
You aren't at the game to be seen, besides it's Philadelphia, not Los Angeles, ain't nobody got time for that.
Most importantly, don't get into an argument with some of the fans if it's your first time there.
You might be the biggest Buffalo Bills football fan, but dare I say it?
Act like you've been there before even if you haven't.
Now what if it's your first time in a city, you're going to a game and you really don't know anything about the sport, let alone some of the players.
Not a problem, just take in all the craziness that's going on.
You'll definitely get your money's worth if it's a game between two rival teams.
The players don't like each other, let alone their fans.
No matter what the sport, the "hate" is real .
If you're from another country visiting for the first time, do what the guide books say.
Go to a sporting event and soak up the atmosphere.
Get excited with the soccer/football fans of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich or the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Sing along with the Chicago Black Hawks hockey fans to "Chelsea Dagger", when the team scores a goal.
Do something called "The Roll Call" with other New York Yankees baseball fans who sit in the bleachers section of Yankee Stadium.
You can even sing "Sweet Caroline" at a Boston Red Sox baseball game if you want to.
This is a way to make new friends, and you don't even have to know the sport.
Fans will be more than happy to explain what's going on, who are the players to cheer for, and especially the players you should be booing.
You might even become a fan of the sport or player by the end of the evening.
Take in the pregame entertainment, whether it be the cheerleaders or the team mascot.
Dance in your seat to the music being played at the arena.
Wave those pom poms or "Terrible Towels" just like the other fans do and hold up that foam finger with the team name on it just like you see the other fans doing.
If there's a "T-shirt Toss", where they give away shirts with the team's name on it, be like the home crowd, wave your arms, and get loud because you want a T-shirt too.
Sing along to "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" at a Baltimore Orioles baseball game or jump up and down to the song "Jump Around" at a Vegas Golden Knights or Montreal Canadiens hockey game.
Do whatever because it's your first time in person and you're there to have fun.
Now let's say in the midst of all of this, you're bored out of you mind.
Sorry not sorry, that's your fault, boo.
Don't go. Save that money and stay in your hotel, hostel or Air B N B next time.
One final important tip.
If the fans start singing songs about the opposing team, just listen.
Don't go on the field of a baseball game because some other fool who has had one too many Sam Adam's beers, decides to do it.
You'll get escorted out the arena. It's not worth it
What you should NOT do is start chanting about a players, referees, or umpires ethnicity and it DOESN'T matter if it's your first time in Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles, Key Bank Arena in Buffalo, TD Gardens in Boston, a WNBA game in Connecticut or even a soccer match in Manchester or Mexico City, there's NO place for that no matter what the sport is.
It might be your first time seeing a game in person, but that just shows one thing.
How really ignorant you are and there's no place in sports for that.
